Kim Woo-sung (singer)
Kim Woo-sung 김우성 | |
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Born | Los Angeles, CA | February 25, 1993
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Years active | 2017–present |
Labels | Woolfpack |
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Hangul | 김우성 |
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Revised Romanization | Gim U-seong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim U-sŏng |
Kim Woo-sung (Korean: 김우성, born February 25, 1993), also known as Woosung and Sammy, is a Korean-American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and composer, best known as a vocalist and electric guitarist of South Korean band The Rose. He made his solo debut on July 25, 2019 with the extended play Wolf.[1][2]
Career[]
Kim debuted on August 3, 2017, as a vocalist and electric guitarist of rock band, The Rose. The band debuted with their single 'Sorry'.
On March 20, 2019, it was announced on Twitter that Kim will be the third MC on After School Club, replacing Seungmin. Kim would MC alongside with Park Jimin and Han Hee-jun beginning with episode 361 on March 26, 2019.[3]
Kim's pre-release single "Lonely" came out on July 19, 2019. His first extended play Wolf was released the following week on July 25, along with the single "Face". The EP peaked at number 19 on the Gaon Album Chart.[2]
His second extended play Genre was released on December 9, 2021.
Discography[]
Extended plays[]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [4] | |||
Wolf |
Track listing
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19 |
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TBA |
Singles[]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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KOR [6] |
US World [7] | ||||
As lead artist | |||||
"Lonely" (외로워) | 2019 | — | — | Wolf | |
"Face" | — | 21 | |||
"Beautiful Girl" (featuring Peniel) | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Lazy" (featuring Reddy) | 2021 | — | — | Genre | |
"Dimples" | — | — | |||
Collaborations | |||||
"Sign Of The Times" (with Lee Chan-sol) |
2019 | — | — | JTBC SuperBand Episode 5 | |
"ILYSB" (with DPOLE, Mellow Kitchen and Kim Hyung-woo) |
— | — | JTBC SuperBand Episode 7 | ||
"Cake By The Ocean" (with Hwang Min-jae, Park Ji-hwan and Kim Ha-jin) |
— | — | JTBC SuperBand Episode 10 | ||
Soundtrack appearances | |||||
"Feel My Heart" | 2019 | — | — | Catch the Ghost OST Part 1 | |
"Wanna Be Bad" | — | — | Psychopath Diary OST Part 1 | ||
"You Make Me Back" | 2020 | — | — | Itaewon Class OST Part 5 |
Songwriting and composing credits[]
Note: all songs released by The Rose are written and composed by the band, and are thus credited as such.
Year | Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Composer | ||
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Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
2019 | Woosung | "Wolf" | Yes | – | Yes | – | |
"Moon" | Yes | – | Yes | – | |||
"Face" | Yes | – | Yes | – | |||
"Lonely" | Yes | – | Yes | – | |||
Non-album singles | "Beautiful Girl" | Yes | Peniel | Yes | Jerry. L | ||
2021 | "Lazy" | Yes | Reddy | Yes | Lee Gyu-ho, Kim Hong-woo |
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Network | Note(s) | Ref. |
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2011–12 | K-pop Star (season 1) | SBS | Contestant | [8] |
2019 | After School Club | Arirang TV | Host with Jamie and Heejun | [9] |
2019 | Superband | JTBC | Contestant; his team ranked 4th during the finals | [10] |
Music videos[]
Year | Title | Director | Ref. |
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2019 | "Face" | ITCHCOCK | [11] |
"Beautiful Girl" | Kim JW Andy | [12] | |
2021 | "Lazy" | Valentina Vee | [13] |
References[]
- ^ "김우성 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
- ^ a b "'슈퍼밴드' 김우성, 솔로 가수 출격..오늘(25일) 첫 번째 미니앨범 'WOLF' 발매". Joongang Ilbo (in Korean).
- ^ After School Club [@arirang_ASC] (March 19, 2019). "ASCers! Say hello to the new face of ASC! The 3rd MC that will be joining #HEEMIN for the new era