Woo Ji-seok (Korean: 우지석; born May 11, 1990), commonly known by his stage name Taewoon or ₩uNo is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a former member of the boy band Speed and pop group Coed School.
₩uNo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Woo Ji-seok May 11, 1990 |
| Other names | Woo Tae-woon |
| Occupations |
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| Family | Zico (brother) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 우태운 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | U Tae-un |
| McCune–Reischauer | U T'aeŭn |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 우지석 |
| Revised Romanization | U Ji-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | U Jisŏk |
| Hangul | 우노 |
| Revised Romanization | U-no |
| McCune–Reischauer | Uno |
Biography
editWoo Ji-seok was born on May 11, 1990, in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Woo lived in Japan for three years and studied at the Tokyo Polytechnic University for Industrial Art. He alongside his younger brother Zico were both trainees under Stardom Entertainment and trained for Block B, but he left the line-up before debuting and later joined Core Contents Media (Later known as MBK Entertainment).
Career
editCoed School (2010)
editOn September 30, 2010, Woo made his debut as a member of Coed School with the release of their digital single "Too Late",[1][2] followed by their second digital single "Bbiribbom Bberibbom" three weeks later.[3] The group then released their mini-album "Something That Is Cheerful And Fresh" a month after their official debut. Due to various scandals with some of the male members in late 2010,[4][5][6] MBK Entertainment decided to debut a female sub-unit F-ve Dolls in February 2011, consisting of the group female members, and a new member Eunkyo. A year after, in February 2012, the male members debuted in the male sub-unit Speed. A representative of MBK Entertainment revealed in the middle of 2013 that they had no plans for Coed School to reform again, as both of its sub-units had grown and changed their line-ups to become independent groups.
Speed (2012 to 2015)
editSpeed first released their male cover of T-ara's single "Lovey Dovey", which they titled "Lovey Dovey Plus".[7] Woo 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", an electronic dance song. The 15-minute drama music video for their debut track is based on the Gwangju Uprising and features actors such as Park Bo-young, Ji Chang-wook, Ha Seok-jin and A Pink's Naeun.[8][9][10]
In October 2013, Woo and Sejoon (of Speed) went to Los Angeles to meet with Ray J and other rappers in order to record a new song and music video.[11]
In March 2015, Woo withdrew from the group for pursue solo career while MBK still managed him.
Solo activities
editIn December 2012, Woo released a solo track called "Saturday Night".[12]
Woo also has a rap group called "Royal Class", including himself, Roydo, Chancey The Glow, Sims of M.I.B, Konquest, KittiB and Mino from Winner.
In 2015, Woo participated in the Mnet program Show Me The Money 4.[13]
In 2017, he joined Mix Nine. He placed 20th for the males, failing to enter the top 9 who were later chosen as the winning team to debut.
Producer work
editIn February 2014, Speed released a comeback album produced by Woo, Speed Circus,[14] as well as the music videos "Why I'm Not" and "Don't Tease Me".[15] In the same month, Taewoon released another solo track entitled "Focus".[16]
In early 2015, Woo signed to MillionMarket and using name ₩uNo as music producer.
Discography
edit| Year | Song | Album | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, F-ve Dolls's Seo Eunkyo, The SeeYa's Sung Yoojin and T-ara's Soyeon | |
| 2014 | "Focus" | Speed Circus | Solo |
| 2016 | "Copy Ma Lyrics (내꺼 빼껴)" | 내꺼 빼껴 | Featuring Nafla |
| "Fine Apple" | "Fine Apple" | Featuring Kriz | |
| 2021 | "Vaccine" | "Vaccine" | With IONE Featuring Apink's Yoon Bo-mi |
| "You Know" | "You Know" | With IONE | |
| 2022 | "Loved" | "Loved" | With IONE |
Mixtape
edit| 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 |
Songwriting Credits
edit| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Label | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||||
| 2014 | Why I'm Not? | Speed | Speed Circus | Core Contents Media | Yes | Radio Galaxi | Yes | Radio Galaxi |
| Don't Tease Me! (Original Ver. & Vocal Ver.) | Speed | Speed Circus | Core Contents Media | Yes | - | Yes | IAM | |
| Hey Ma Lady | Speed | Speed Circus | Core Contents Media | Yes | - | Yes | Radio Galaxi | |
| Focus | Taewoon | Speed Circus | Core Contents Media | Yes | - | No | - | |
| Zombie Party | Speed | Speed Circus | Core Contents Media | Yes | - | Yes | Radio Galaxi | |
| 2015 | Ring My Bell | Girl's Day | Love | Dream T Entertainment | Yes | Long Candy | No | - |
| Cushion | Sonamoo | Cushion | TS Entertainment | Yes | EastWest | Yes | EastWest | |
| Where You At | JJCC | ACK MONG | Jackie Chan Group Korea | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Long Candy, David Kim | No | - | |
| Trauma | JJCC | ACK MONG | Jackie Chan Group Korea | Yes | Radio Galaxi, David Kim | No | - | |
| Insomnia (Original Ver., Rap Ver. & Ver. 2) | JJCC | ACK MONG | Jackie Chan Group Korea | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Radio Galaxi | No | - | |
| PIPPI | 2EYES | — | Sidus HQ | Yes | Long Candy | No | - | |
| 2016 | ToDay | JJCC | — | Jackie Chan Group Korea | Yes | Duble Sidekick | No | - |
| Love is You | MAP6 | Swagger Time | Dream T Entertainment | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Long Candy | No | - | |
| Uh-Gi-Yeo-Cha | MOMOLAND | Welcome to MOMOLAND | Dublekick Company | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Yanggaeng | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Yanggaeng | |
| 2020 | I Know But | Classy | N/A | Independent | Yes | Classy | No | - |
| 2021 | Love Drug | Leebada | N/A | NUPLAY | Yes | Lee Ba Da, Lee Won Woo, Jang Heewon, | No | - |
| Thank You | Apink | N/A | Play M Entertainment | Yes | Duble Sidekick, Yoon Bo Mi | Yes | Duble Sidekick, De view | |
Filmography
editTelevision dramas
edit| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Can You Hear My Heart | Businessman |
Variety shows
edit| Year | Title | Network | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Show Me the Money 4 | Mnet | Contestant | |
| 2016 | Show Me the Money 5 | |||
| 2017 | Mix Nine | JTBC | ||
| 2021 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | as "Winter Rain" (episode 289)[17] |
References
edit- ^ 혼성 10인조 남녀공학, 데뷔 타이틀곡 '투 레이트' 3D 뮤비 공개돼 [10 members co-ed group "Co-Ed School", debut title track "Too Late" 3D MV to be released] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ ‘데뷔’ 남녀공학, ‘블랙&화이트’ 반전무대…남다른 스케일 ["Debut" Co-Ed School, "Black&White" reversal stage... Extraordinary scale] (in Korean). Now News. September 30, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ 남녀공학, 상큼발랄 '삐리뽐 빼리뽐'으로 인기몰이 나선다 [Co-Ed School, to run for popularity with refreshing and youthful "Bbiribbom Bbaeribbom"] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. October 20, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Agency to take legal action against 'rape-dol' allegations". November 4, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "[K-POP/SCANDAL/K-RUMOR] CO.ED : Kangho Accused Of Raping Pre-Debut". November 5, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "[Telzone] Netizens pressure movie company to edit out Hot Blood Kangho". February 17, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ (in Korean) [1] Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine "koreaboo" October 6, 2013.
- ^ (in Korean) [2] "allkpop" December 4, 2012.
- ^ "Taewoon confirmed to go solo, starting with 'Show Me the Money' + SPEED prepare for comeback with new member(s)". 24 March 2015.
- ^ (in Korean) [3] February 17, 2014.
- ^ (in Korean) [news.newsway.co.kr/view.php?tp=1&ud=2014021710224484885&md=20140217102443_AO] "newsway" February 17, 2014.
- ^ (in Korean)[4]"allkpop" February 16, 2014.
- ^ Kim Na-ra (January 10, 2021). "'복면가왕' 지코 친형 우태운의 반전 역습 "잘나가는 동생 때문에 불편했는데…" [종합]". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2021.