You Hee-yeol

You Hee-yeol
유희열

Yoo Hee-yeol at the LG Optimus LTE showcase event, on October 10, 2011
Background information
Born (1971-04-19) April 19, 1971
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 1992–present
Labels Antenna Music (1997–present)
Website antenna - Yoo Hee-yeol
Korean name
Hangul 유희열
Hanja 柳喜烈
Revised Romanization Yu Hui-yeol
McCune–Reischauer Yu Hŭi-yŏl

You Hee-yeol (Hangul: 유희열; Hanja: 柳喜烈 ; born April 19, 1971)[1] is a South Korean singer-songwriter, radio DJ, and the host of You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook. He is the founder of the record label Antenna Music and the sole member of the project band Toy.

Biography

You Hee-yeol was born in Seoul and attended Kyungbock High School. He graduated from Seoul National University's College of Music with a major in composition. He first appeared in the local pop music scene by winning the grand prize at the fourth You Jae-ha Music Contest held in 1992 with the song "달빛의 노래" ("The Moonlight Song").[2]

In 1994, he started the band Toy as a duo with Yoon Jeong-oh. But after releasing Toy's first album, Yoon left the band to study overseas and You joined the navy for his mandatory military service. Since 1996, Toy has continued as a one-man band with You as the sole member. After his discharge from military service, Toy's second album Fairy Tales for Adults was released, with the title song "Remember I Was Next to You" sung by Kim Yeon-woo becoming a big hit. Since then, You has rarely sung the songs in his albums and instead features guest vocalists such as Kim Yeon-woo, Kim Hyung-joong, Lee Jang-woo, Yoon Jong-shin, Kim Jang-hoon, Jinu, and Byeon Jae-won.[3]

You has also produced many albums for K-pop musicians including Lee Seung-hwan, Yoon Jong-shin, Lee Sora and Lee Moon-se. In 1997, he founded the record label Antenna Music, then known as Toy Music.

In July 1999, You published a book of illustrations titled In Front of a Familiar House. The album of the same title contained instrumental tracks in a range of genres.[3] Besides songwriting, You has worked as a radio DJ, appearing on MBC FM4U's Yoo Hee-yeol's Music City (1999–March 2001),[3] MBC FM4U's All That Music (October 2, 2002–April 25, 2004), and KBS 2FM's You Hee-yeol's Radio Heaven (2008–Nov 11, 2011).

Since 2009, You has hosted the major K-pop live music program You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook on KBS 2TV. He was also a member of the judging panel for K-pop Star 3 (2013–14) and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live Korea in September 2013.[4] In 2015, he appeared in the music video for Psy's single "Daddy".

Discography

Singles

Music video

Bibliography

Awards

Music show awards

KBS Music Bank

Year Date Song
2014 November 28 "Three People"

References

  1. ↑ He intentionally spells his family name as 'You', not 'Yoo'. See his album cover Toy6
  2. ↑ Yoo Jae Ha Music Scholarship Foundation
  3. 1 2 3 Toy (You Hee-yeol) KBS World.
  4. ↑ Reason for joining SNL Korea
  5. ↑ You Hee-yeol (1999). 유희열 삽화집 - 익숙한 그 집 앞 [You Hee-yeol Illustrations - In Front of a Familiar House] (in Korean). Random House Korea. ISBN 978-89-8375-286-4.
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