WooSung
Born Kim Woo-sung, this Korean-American lead vocalist and guitarist for the Seoul-based melodic indie rock quartet the Rose employs slick R&B and 1980s pop-inspired stylings on his solo material.
Raised by his mother in L.A., Woo-sung initially had ambitions to be a professional footballer. However, a serious shoulder injury sustained in his mid-teens led him to make a career in music his primary goal. By 2011 he was on Korean TV appearing as a contestant on the first season of SBS' K-pop Star. His confidence took a knock when he narrowly missed out on being included in the show's Top Ten artists, but this also instilled in him a determination to push on and succeed in the industry. His next big break came in late 2015, when Park Do-joon, keyboard player of the indie act Windfall, asked him to join the band. Within a year, they changed their name to the Rose and secured a record contract with J&Star Company. The Rose's debut single, August 2017's "Sorry," reached the Top 20 of Billboard's World chart, and their two 2018 EPs -- Void and Dawn -- reached the Top Ten. Theat same year, they toured Europe, the U.S., South America, and Australia before winning the Most Promising Artist prize at the International K-Music Awards.
2019 brought Woo-sung's first flurry of solo activity. He kicked off the year as a host of Arirang TV's After School Club and made three collaborative appearances on JTBC SuperBand. That July, using his full birth name as a moniker, J&Star issued his debut solo EP, Wolf, which nodded to R&B and hit the Top 20 of the Korean charts. It featured Woo-sung's debut solo single, "Lonely," as well as "Beautiful Girl," on which Reddy provided a guest rap. Coinciding with that release, a non-EP solo track, "Feel My Heart," was included on the soundtrack to tvN's Catch the Ghost. Late 2019 and early 2020 brought further exposure of this nature when his rock track "Wanna Be Bad" appeared on tvN's Psychopath Diary and "You Make Me Back" not only appeared in JTBC's Itaewon Class but was also the lead track on the show's accompanying soundtrack album.
Following the release of the Rose's August 2020 single, "Black Rose," all three of Woo-sung's compatriots in the band were drafted for mandatory military service, leading to the outfit's temporary hiatus. Woo-sung revealed in mid-2021 that both he and the Rose had parted company with J&Star. This cleared the way for him to launch his own label, Woolfpack. Its inaugural release was his own Genre EP, an '80s pop-inspired set issued in December 2021 under the simple mononym, Woosung.
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Discografia
10 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Catch the Ghost, Pt. 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Colonne sonore - Pubblicato da Genie Music il 22 ott 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
IDOL: The Coup (Original Television Soundtrack, Pt. 4)
WooSung, GA EUN, Sentimental Scenery, Hodge
Serie TV - Pubblicato da ADA Korea il 29 nov 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Phase Me (Fancy Inc Remix)
House - Pubblicato da Transparent Arts il 4 dic 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
