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₩uNo
Born
Woo Jiseok

(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 34)
Mapo, Seoul, South Korea
Other namesWoo Taewoon
Occupations
Musical career
Genres
Years active2010–present
LabelsMBK Entertainment (2010-2015) Doublekick Company (2015-present)

Template:Contains Korean text

Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationU Taeun
McCune–ReischauerU T'aeŭn
Birth name
Hangul
우지석
Revised RomanizationU Jiseok
McCune–ReischauerU Jisŏk
Hangul
Revised RomanizationUno
McCune–ReischauerUno

Woo Jiseok (Template:Lang-ko; born May 11, 1990), commonly known as Taewoon or ₩uNo is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. He is a former member of the South Korean boy band Speed and former member of the South Korean Coed group Coed School.

Biography

Taewoon was born Woo Jiseok on May 11, 1990 in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Taewoon lived in Japan for 3 years and studied at the Tokyo Polytechnic University. He and his younger brother Zico were both trainees for Block B, but left before debuting and later joined Core Contest Media.

Career

Coed School (2010)

Main article: Coed School

On September 30, 2010, Taewoon 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)

Main article: Speed (South Korean band)

Speed first released their male cover of T-ara's single "Lovey Dovey", which they titled "Lovey Dovey Plus".[7] 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", 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, Taewoon 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, Taewoon announced that official withdrawn from the group for pursue solo career while MBK still managed him.

Solo activities

In December 2012, Taewoon released a solo track called "Saturday Night".[12]

Taewoon 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 Taewoon would be performing on the Mnet program Show Me The Money season 4.[13]

Producer work

In February 2014, Speed released a comeback album produced by Taewoon, 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, Taewoon signed to Doublekick Company and using name ₩uNo as music producer.

Discography

Main article: Speed (South Korean band) § Discography
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

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

List Song Written by ₩uNo

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. and 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 Tea Entertainment Yes Long Candy No -
Cushion Sonamoo Cushion TS Entertainment Yes - Yes -
PIPPI 2EYES — Sidus HQ No - Yes -

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Remarks
2011 Can You Hear My Heart Businessman

Variety shows

Year Network Title Role Note
2013 All the KPOP MBC Contestant Episode 34-35
Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 KBS 2 Episode 202
Beatles Code 2 Mnet Guest With Kim Jungwoo, Sungmin and Davichi
Show Champion's "True Back Show" MBC Host
All the KPOP MBC Contestant With Sungmin
2014 Mnet Moon Hee Jun's Pure 15 Guest With Sungmin
Royal TV YouTube Cast Royal Class's documentary, aired on Royal Class' official YouTube
4 Things Show Mnet Guest Zico's documentary (Episode 18)
2015 Show Me The Money season 4 Mnet Contestant Episode 1-3

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
2015 Jakop, Raina, ₩uNo, DAYDAY Allday Allnight

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. ^ ‘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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Agency to take legal action against 'rape-dol' allegations". November 4, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "[K-POP/SCANDAL/K-RUMOR] CO.ED : Kangho Accused Of Raping Pre-Debut". November 5, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "[Telzone] Netizens pressure movie company to edit out Hot Blood Kangho". February 17, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  7. ^ 남녀공학, 티아라 '러비 더비' 리메이크 '눈길' (in Korean). Naver. January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  8. ^ 스피드 ‘잇츠오버’ 15일(오늘) 정오공개, ★들도 열광한다 왜? (in Korean). eNewsWorld. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  9. ^ 스피드 '잇츠오버' 뮤비 공개, 박보영 오열 '눈길' (in Korean). Joins. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "SPEED(스피드) _ It's over (Drama Ver.) MV". LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube. January 14, 2013.
  11. ^ Template:Ko icon [1] "koreaboo" October 6, 2013.
  12. ^ Template:Ko icon [2] "allkpop" December 4, 2012.
  13. ^ "Taewoon confirmed to go solo, starting with 'Show Me the Money' + SPEED prepare for comeback with new member(s)". 24 March 2015.
  14. ^ Template:Ko icon [3] February 17, 2014.
  15. ^ Template:Ko icon [news.newsway.co.kr/view.php?tp=1&ud=2014021710224484885&md=20140217102443_AO] "newsway" February 17, 2014.
  16. ^ Template:Ko icon[4]"allkpop" February 16, 2014.
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