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

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in October 2016 and also formed a

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with Lai Kuan-lin as

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 ...

in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment.

Early life and education

Wooseok was born in

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, South Korea on January 31, 1998. In 2017, he graduated from the

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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, "

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" together with Pentagon's leader Hui. Later in September, Wooseok made a cameo with other members of Pentagon as the idol group Asgard in the drama '' Hello, My Twenties! 2.'' He appeared in the music video of labelmate Jeon So-yeon's debut song "Jelly" in November. On March 24, 2018 Wooseok debuted as a model during 2018 F/W Hera Seoul Fashion Week for the designer brand R.Shemiste. On June 19, he was featured on the song "Ain't No Time" by

Kim Dong-han Kim Dong-han (; born July 3, 1998), also known mononymously as Donghan, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He first became known for competing in the reality survival show ''Produce 101'' Season 2, and later debuted in the boy ban ...

from Kim's debut EP ''

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''. On February 22, 2019, Cube Entertainment announced that Wooseok would be debuting in a new unit project alongside labelmate and former Wanna One member Lai Kuan-lin. The unit,

, made their debut on March 11, 2019 with the title track "I'm A Star" and debut extended play, '' 9801''. The EP contains two solo songs, "Always Difficult Always Beautiful" and "Domino", both of which were co-written and co-produced by Wooseok. In 2020, Wooseok was cast in tvN's new variety show, ''Decoding Meow'' alongside Yoo Seon-ho which premiered on January 5. On January 14, Wooseok was featured in Jeong Young-eun's "Fine Day", and he participated in the song's lyrics. In October, Wooseok was confirmed as a contestant on the rap competition program '' Show Me The Money 9.'' During the 60 Second Team Trials, he received one pass and three fails from the producers, and was subsequently eliminated from the show. On January 20, 2021, Wooseok was confirmed to make his web drama debut as the lead in Dingo Music's ''Fling at Convenience Store''. In February, he starred in the web drama ''Nickname Pine Leaf'' for the SBS YouTube channel , where he plays two different versions of himself: PD Jung Seok-woo and Pentagon's Wooseok. In July, he was cast as the lead in his second Dingo Music web drama ''Those Who Want to Catch.''

Discography

Songwriting and credits

Filmography

Drama

Web series

Variety show

References

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