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Wooseok
Jung Woo-seok (; Hanja: 鄭禹奭; born January 31, 1998), also known by the mononym Wooseok, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, model and composer. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon in October 2016 and also formed a duo with Lai Kuan-lin as Wooseok X Kuanlin in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment. Early life and education Wooseok was born in Gwangju, South Korea on January 31, 1998. In 2017, he graduated from the School of Performing Arts in Seoul. When he was a child, he played violin and piano, and he regularly participated in competitions and won awards. Career 2016–present: Debut with Pentagon, Wooseok X Kuanlin, and solo activities Wooseok participated in Mnet's reality survival program, ''Pentagon Maker''. He made his official debut with Pentagon on October 10, 2016 with the song "Gorilla" from their self-titled EP. In 2017, Wooseok co-wrote the Produce 101 Season 2 hit song " Never" and Wanna One's debut title track, " E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9801
''9801'' is the debut and only extended play by South Korean duo Wooseok x Kuanlin. Wooseok is a member of Pentagon, while Kuanlin is a former member of Wanna One. Released on March 11, 2019, the album marks the first official collaboration between the two artists. The album contains five tracks including the lead single, "I'm A Star". Background and release On February 22, 2019, Cube Entertainment announced via SNS that Lai Kuan-lin and Pentagon's Wooseok will be in a unit called ''Wooseok x Kuanlin''. The name of the album is a combination of Wooseok's birth year 1998 and Kuanlin's birth year 2001. On March 2, 2019, the tracklist was revealed. Two days later, individual and group photos were released. Musicality ''9801'' gives a glimpse into the members' style and future musical path. The EP symbolizes challenge and the dreams of the youth, which reflects how "the two members came out of their comfort zone and challenged the new". The album contains five songs, including o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentagon (South Korean Band)
Pentagon (; stylized as PENTAGON; abbreviated as PTG) is a South Korean multi-national boy band formed by Cube Entertainment in 2016. The group consists of nine members: Jinho, Hui (singer), Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yan An, Yuto Adachi, Yuto, Kino (singer), Kino and Wooseok. Originally composed of ten members, Dawn (rapper), E'Dawn left the group and the record label on November 14, 2018. They were introduced through the Mnet (TV channel), Mnet survival show ''Pentagon Maker''. Pentagon released their Pentagon (EP), self-titled debut extended play, EP on October 10, 2016. Name The group name Pentagon refers to becoming a perfect group by completing the five elements that an idol must have: vocal/rap, dance, teamwork, talent, and mind. History Pre-debut In 2010, Hui (singer), Hui was a K-pop#Trainee system, trainee at JYP Entertainment after winning first place on Best Male Vocal at JYP 7th Audition Final Round. He also competed in the first season of Chinese Idol but faile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooseok X Kuanlin
Wooseok X Kuanlin (우석X관린) is a South Korean musical duo formed by Cube Entertainment in 2019, composed of Wooseok of Pentagon and Lai Kuan-lin, a former member of Wanna One. On February 20, 2019, Cube Entertainment announced the formation of a new group project featuring Lai alongside Wooseok. The duo debuted on March 11 of the same year with ''9801,'' featuring title song "I'm a Star". History Pre-debut On February 19, 2019, Cube Entertainment announced a new unit. On February 22, Cube officially revealed the unit's name and members. 2019: Debut with ''9801'' Wooseok X Kuanlin debuted on March 11, 2019 with the EP ''9801 ''9801'' is the debut and only extended play by South Korean duo Wooseok x Kuanlin. Wooseok is a member of Pentagon, while Kuanlin is a former member of Wanna One. Released on March 11, 2019, the album marks the first official collaboration betw ...'' and its title track "I'm A Star". The EP contains one unit track and two solo songs each fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Kuan-lin
Lai Kuan-lin, also romanized as Lai Guanlin and better known mononymously as Guanlin, (; Hangul: 라이관린, born 23 September 2001) is a Taiwanese rapper, singer and actor based in South Korea and China. He is known for finishing seventh in ''Produce 101 Season 2'' and was a member of the South Korean boy band Wanna One. He also formed a duo with Pentagon's Wooseok as Wooseok x Kuanlin in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment. Early life Lai was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Under his English name Edward Lai, he lived in Los Angeles, US for five years until he returned to Taiwan. He attended Lin-kou High School. Career 2017–2018: Produce 101 and Wanna One Lai was recruited by Cube Entertainment during the Cube Star World Audition in Taiwan in 2016. In 2017, Lai participated in the second season of Produce 101, representing Cube Entertainment. He ranked seventh during the final episode with 905,875 votes, securing him a place in the show's project boy group Wanna One under YMC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Day (Kim Dong-han EP)
''D-Day'' is the debut extended play by South Korean singer Kim Dong-han. It was released on June 19, 2018, by Oui Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. After Kim's stint on the second season of Mnet's survival reality series ''Produce 101'' in 2017, he promoted as a member of JBJ with fellow former contestants for seven months. Upon the group's dissolution, he began recording music for his debut solo album. A dance record, ''D-Day'' sees Kim explore various genres on the tracks. Following a series of photo and video teasers, ''D-Day'' and its electronic dance lead single "Sunset" were concurrently released. Kim held a showcase for the mini-album and he promoted the song by performing it on music chart programs across various television networks. The song earned him his first music show trophy as a soloist a week later on SBS MTV's ''The Show''. ''D-Day'' peaked at number five on South Korea's national Circle Album Chart and has shifted over 22,000 units domestically sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me The Money 9
The ninth season of the series ''Show Me the Money'' (known as Show Me the Money 9 or SMTM9) premiered on October 16, 2020, and ended on December 18, 2020. It was broadcast every Friday at 23:00 (KST) on Mnet. The season returned to four producing teams, after having featured only two in the previous season. Dynamic Duo & Bewhy, Paloalto & Code Kunst, Zion.T & Giriboy, and Justhis & GroovyRoom formed the producing teams for the season. The season saw approximately 23,000 applicants, the most in the show's history. However, fewer contestants were able to move on from the Rapper Selection Round compared to previous seasons, due to safety restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winner of the season was Lil Boi, with Team Zion.T x Giriboy as the winning producer team. He won ₩100,000,000 in cash, a sports car, and a one-year project label for his music activities, totaling to ₩500,000,000. Producer Giriboy also became the first 3-time winning producer of the show, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentagon (EP)
''Pentagon'' is the first extended play from South Korean boy band Pentagon. It was released on October 10, 2016, by Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean entertainment company. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. Cube are known for h .... The album consists of seven tracks, including the title track, "Gorilla". Commercial performance The EP sold 19,772+ copies in South Korea. It peaked at number 7 on the Korean Gaon Chart. Track listing Charts References 2016 debut EPs Cube Entertainment EPs Pentagon (South Korean band) EPs Kakao M EPs Albums produced by Hui (singer) Korean-language EPs Korean-language albums {{ep-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cube Entertainment
Cube Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean entertainment company. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. Cube are known for having "self-composing and self-producing" idols. In April 2020, the founder of Cube, Hong Seung-sung, resigned from the company due to an ownership dispute. The label currently manages several artists, namely Jo Kwon, BtoB, Pentagon, Choi Yu-jin, Yoo Seon-ho, (G)I-dle and Lightsum. It also manages several entertainers and actors, including Lee Hwi-jae, Heo Kyung-hwan, Park Mi-sun, Na In-woo, Kim Jin-woo and Park Sun-young. It was formerly home to K-pop artists such as 4Minute, Beast, G.NA, Roh Ji-hoon, Hyuna, Rain, E'Dawn, A Train To Autumn, Lai Kuan-lin, Jang Hyun-seung, Elkie, Sorn, Soojin, Yeeun and CLC. History 2006–2010: Formation and first-generation artists Cube Entertainment was founded on August 29, 2006, by Hong Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energetic (Wanna One Song)
"Energetic" is the first single by South Korean boy band Wanna One. It serves as the lead single of their first extended play, ''1X1=1 (To Be One)''. Background and release On the group's reality show ''Wanna One Go'', previews of two songs on the group's debut mini album was shared, " Burn It Up" and "Energetic". Fans were asked to vote on which song they’d like to see the group select as their debut title track. At the end of August 3 episode of ''Wanna One Go'', the result of vote was released and the group's debut title track was announced to be "Energetic". Composition "Energetic" was composed by production team Flow Blow with Pentagon's Hui and Wooseok, who also produced " Never", one of the songs included in ''Produce 101 Season 2'' Top 35 concept challenge evaluation; and won 2nd-place position during the show's on-site voting. Musically, "Energetic" is a dance-pop track with a hint of ballad. It begins with a mellow piano melody which transcends into an electropop ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never (Produce 101 Song)
"Never" is a song by contestants of ''Produce 101 Season 2''. It was re-released by Wanna One, the winning group of ''Produce 101 Season 2'' on their album ''1X1=1 (To Be One)''. Background and release ''Produce 101 Season 2'' was a South Korean survival show that aired on Mnet from April to June in 2017 where 101 male trainees from various entertainment companies competed to debut in an 11-member boy group which would promote until December 2018. On the 8th and 9th episode, the 35 remaining trainees were split into five teams and given five new songs from different producers, with different genres. They were tasked to perform these songs live in front of total audience of 2000. "Never" eventually came second during the show's on-site voting, and received praise for its exceptional stage performance. It was sung by the following 7 contestants: Hwang Min-hyun, Kim Jong-hyun, Kim Jae-hwan, Ong Seong-wu, Park Woo-jin, Lee Dae-hwi and Lai Kuan-lin (collectively known as Nation's Son) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Produce 101 (season 2)
''Produce 101 Season 2'' () was a 2017 boy group survival reality show on Mnet, and is the second season of the original South Korean version of the franchise. The public (called 'national producers') "produces" a boy group by choosing 11 members among 101 trainees from 54 entertainment companies through online voting and live voting with multiple elimination rounds. The public also chose the group's concept, debut song and group name. In the season finale on June 16, 2017, which was broadcast live, the show announced the final 11 members who would debut as Wanna One. More than 16 million people cast their votes during the finale, equivalent to around 30% of South Korea's population. Concept ''Produce 101 Season 2'' consisted of 101 male contestants, who were trainees under company labels, debuted idols, or individual trainees in South Korea. Though most contestants were Korean, there were some Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese participants In addition to those from other nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hui (singer)
Lee Hoe-taek (; born August 28, 1993), better known as Hui (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and composer. He debuted as the leader, main vocalist and lead dancer of boy group Pentagon in October 2016, under Cube Entertainment. He was a member of the co-ed trio Triple H, alongside former bandmate Dawn and former labelmate Hyuna, and is the leader of trot boy group Super Five of MBC's ''Favorite Entertainment''. Hui participates in writing and producing a majority of Pentagon's songs. Some of his best-known works are Wanna One's " Energetic", Nation's Son's " Never", Produce X 101's "Boyness", JO1's " Oh-Eh-Oh", and Pentagon's " Shine", "Naughty Boy", and " Daisy". Name At Pentagon's debut showcase, Hui explained the meaning behind his name: believing Lee Hoe-taek, his real name, is difficult to pronounce (particularly for foreigners), he settled on Hui as a mononym. During a stay in China, he discovered local people pronounce the first syllable of his name, Hoe/Hwe, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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