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In September 2014, Jessica Jung had to leave Girl's Generation due to SM feeling that she could not balance both the commitments of being a member of the group and a businesswoman with priorities on her fashion business. Jung established her fashion business, Blanc & Eclare, in 2014. On August 6th 2015, it was confirmed that Jessica Jung left SM Entertainment, who still managed her solo activities after her leave from Girls Generation. In February 2016, Jung signed an exclusive contract to join the record label, Coridel Entertainment, from which she released her first official solo single, "Fly" with an accompanying music video and first solo album, " With Love, J", in May 2016. She also released the single, Love Me The Same with a music video.
In 2015, Jessica took part in a Chinese sports reality show called "YES Coach". She participated in a swimming competition, trained by Chinese professional swimmer, Sun Yang. She also appeared on the Singaporean talk show, "The 5 Show" where she briefly spoke about her business, Blanc & Eclare. In 2015, Jessica was announced as being the lead female character in the Chinese movie, I Love That Crazy Little Thing, which will be released in August 2016, she will also portray the fictional agent of Stephon Marbury, in an autobiographical film based on the life of basketballer Stephon Marbury, called "My Other Home", that is scheduled to release in China in December 2016.
On December 31, 2015, Jessica Jung released a nine minute video called Gravity, the video has a cover of the song Gravity by Sarah Bareilles and an interview from Jessica, she also acts out being an SM trainee as well as a designer. The video was released as part of a promo campaign for Chinese magazine, Grazia.
On December 9, 2016, Jessica released her third solo single, Wonderland with an accompanying music video. And her second album, also named Wonderland.