Taewoon
| Woo Taewoon 우태운 | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Woo Jiseok (Hangul: 우지석) |
| Born |
May 11, 1990 Mapo, Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, dance-pop, hip-hop |
| Occupation(s) | Idol, singer-songwriter, dancer, actor, producer |
| Years active | 2010 - present |
| Labels | MBK Entertainment |
| Associated acts |
SPEED (2012-2015) Coed School F-ve Dolls T-ara Davichi The SeeYa |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 우태운 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | U Taeun |
| McCune–Reischauer | U T'aŭn |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 우지석 |
| Revised Romanization | U Jiseok |
| McCune–Reischauer | U Jisŏk |
Woo Taewoon (Hangul: 우태운; born on May 11, 1990 in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea), born Woo Jiseok (Hangul: 우지석), is a singer, rapper, dancer, actor and record producer. He is a former leader of the South Korean Boy group Speed and former member of the South Korean Coed group Coed School
Biography
Taewoon lived in Japan for 3 years and studied at Tokyo Polytechnic University. He and his younger brother Zico were both trainees for Block B, but Taewoon left to debut with Coed School on September 29, 2010.
Music career
Coed School (2010)
On September 29, 2010 Taewoon made his debut as a member of Coed School with release their single "Too Late".
SPEED (2012 to 2015)
Speed first released their male cover of T-ara's single "Lovey Dovey," which they titled "Lovey Dovey Plus.".[1] Taewoon then became the leader of Coed School's subgroup Speed.
They made their official debut on January 17, 2013, with the song "It's Over". The 15-minute drama music video for their debut track is based on the Gwangju May 18 massacres and features actors such as Park Bo-young, Ji Chang-wook, Ha Seok-jin and A Pink's Naeun.[2][3][4] "It's Over" has an R&B strong Introduction, which is an electronic dance song when its arrangement stands out. Away from the regular repetitive dance songs, there is a start and end to it. The song is good to listen to, with it having a very firm melody line with semi-retro sound.[5][6]
On March 2015, MBK Entertainment announced Taewoon left the group to begin a solo career.
Solo activities
On December 2012, Taewoon released a solo track called "'Saturday Night'".[7]
On October 2013, Taewoon and Sejoon went to Los Angeles to meet with Ray J and other rappers in order to record a new song and music video.[8]
Taewoon has a rapper group called "Royal Class", the members are himself, Roydo, Chancey The Glow, Sims of M.I.B, Konquest, Kitti B and Mino from WINNER.
Producer work
On February 2014, Speed released a comeback album produced by Taewoon, Speed Circus,[9] as well as two Music Videos: "Why I'm Not" and "Don't Tease Me".[10] In the same month, Taewoon released another solo track entitled "Focus".[11]
Solo career
After Taewoon decided to SPEED out of the group, to start a solo music career. He will begin his solo career by performing at Mnet program, 'Show Me the Money' Season 4
Discography
| Year | Song | Album | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Be With You" | Good To Seeya | With The SeeYa |
| 2013 | "Jeon Won Diary" | Jeon Won Diary (T-ara N4 EP) | With T-ara N4 |
| "Painkiller" | Tears of Mind | With Choi Sungmin, Seo Eunkyo, an ex-member of F-ve Dolls, Sung Yoojin of The SeeYa and Soyeon of T-ara | |
| 2014 | "Focus" | Speed Circus | Solo |
Mixtape
| Year | Song | Album | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dear Fan | ||
| 2012 | Saturday Night | ||
| 2014 | Walkin' On Ma Way | Royal Class | |
| I've Got A Wing | |||
| Blind | |||
| Zico's Hyung | |||
| Hooted | Royal Class | ||
| 5AM | Doin' A Free Fall | ||
| If God Had Tired | |||
| In Order | Feat. Dorothy | ||
| Fall | |||
| This F*cker | Royal Class | ||
| Lost Star | |||
Filmography
Television Dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Can You Hear My Heart | Businessman | |
Variety shows
| Year | Network | Title | Role | Episode | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MBC | Enjoy Today | Regular Guest | With Coed School | |
| 2013 | Mnet | SPEED's Dreaming Polaris/Real Documentary | Reality show with SPEED | ||
| SBS | People Looking for a Laugh | Audience | With SPEED | ||
| MBC | All the KPOP | Contestant | 34-35 | ||
| KBS 2 | Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 | 202 | |||
| MBC | ShimShimTapa | Guest | With SPEED | ||
| Weekly Idol | |||||
| Mnet | SPEED's Eating TV | Regular Guest | Variety show with SPEED | ||
| Beatles Code 2 | Guest | With Kim Jungwoo, Sungmin and Davichi | |||
| MBC | Show Champion's "True Back Show" | Host | |||
| All the KPOP | Contestant | With Sungmin | |||
| 2014 | Good People | Guest | Appearance with SPEED for Shannon's story | ||
| ShimShimTapa | With SPEED | ||||
| Arirang | After School Club | ||||
| Mnet | Moon Hee Jun's Pure 15 | With Sungmin | |||
| YouTube | DEEPSPEED | Regular Guest | SPEED's documentary, aired on MBK Entertainment's official YouTube | ||
| Royal TV | Royal Class's documentary, aired on Royal Class' official YouTube | ||||
| Mnet | 4 Things Show | Zico's documentary | |||
Music video appearances
| Year | Artist | Title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | T-ara | "Lovey Dovey" | Zombie Ver. |
| December | "She's Gone" | ||
| The SeeYa | "Be With You" | Dance Ver. | |
| 2013 | T-ara N4 | "Jeon Won Diary" | Drama Ver. |
| Dance Ver. | |||
| 2014 | Solo/Royal Class | "I've Got A Wing" | |
| "Blind" | |||
References
- ↑ 남녀공학, 티아라 '러비 더비' 리메이크 '눈길' (in Korean). Naver. January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ↑ 스피드 ‘잇츠오버’ 15일(오늘) 정오공개, ★들도 열광한다 왜? (in Korean). eNewsWorld. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ 스피드 '잇츠오버' 뮤비 공개, 박보영 오열 '눈길' (in Korean). Joins. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ "SPEED(스피드) _ It's over (Drama Ver.) MV". LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube. January 14, 2013.
- ↑ "SPEED(스피드) _ It's over (Drama Ver.) MV". LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube. January 14, 2013.
- ↑ 스피드 ‘잇츠오버’ 15일(오늘) 정오공개, ★들도 열광한다 왜? (in Korean). Joins. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ (Korean) "allkpop" December 4, 2012.
- ↑ (Korean) "koreaboo" October 6, 2013.
- ↑ (Korean) February 17, 2014.
- ↑ (Korean) [news.newsway.co.kr/view.php?tp=1&ud=2014021710224484885&md=20140217102443_AO] "newsway" February 17, 2014.
- ↑ (Korean)"allkpop" February 16, 2014.