Tiffany" of South Korean girl group "Girls' Generation" denied Friday romance rumor with rapper "GRAY," her agency said.

S.M. Entertainment said the two are merely close colleagues, not a pair of lovers, during a telephone conversation with Yonhap News Agency.

Earlier in the day, media sources reported the two have been dating for three months since they first met last year to discuss releasing Tiffany's solo album.

Last month, Tiffany issued a Christmas album "Dear Santa" as a member of Girls' Generation-TTS which refers to the subset of Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun from the nine-member group Girls'

Generation. GRAY, whose real name is Lee Sung-hwa, debuted in 2012 in his single album "Crucial Star." (Yonhap)