Leo (singer)
Jung Taek-woon ( kor . 정택 운, born 10. November 1990 in Seoul ), better known as Leo ( kor . 레오), is a South Korean singer , songwriter and musical - actor , who at Jellyfish Entertainment is under contract. Known for his high, sharp and clear tones, he made his debut in May 2012 as a member of the South Korean boy band VIXX . In 2014 he began his acting career in the musical Full House in the role of Lee Young-jae. He began his songwriting career in 2015 and formed the band's first subgroup with VIXX member Ravi, called VIXX LR .
biography
Leo was born on November 10, 1990 in Yangjae-dong, Seoul , South Korea and has three older sisters. He studied musical composition at Howon University and was a member of the National Youth Football Players from 2004 to 2007. While he was recovering from an injury, his interest in becoming a singer was sparked by hearing the song Walking in the Sky by Weesung.
Career
See also: VIXX
2012–2014: Debut with VIXX, Blossom Tears and acting debut
Leo passed the audition at Jellyfish Entertainment because of his musical talent and was one of ten apprentices who were selected for the Mnet reality show MyDOL . He became part of the final line-up of VIXX , with which he played with Super Hero on May 24, 2012 on M! Countdown made its debut. During MyDOL, he was featured in Brian Joo's Let This Die and In-guk's Shake It Up music videos . After his debut with VIXX, he appeared with his group members in episode 4 of the SBS TV drama The Heirs .
Leo has already participated in several sporty variety shows such as Dream Team or Idol Athletics Championship with other Kpop stars. He made a guest appearance on an episode of Running Man as a member of a soccer team.
In 2014, Leo had a cameo with Hyuk in the SBS TV drama Glorious Day. He starred Lee Young-jae in the musical Full House at the Hongik Daehangno Arts Center Grand Theater in Seoul from April to June. In the same year he took part in the project "Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island", created by Jellyfish Entertainment CEO Hwang Se-jun, in a collaboration with LYn with their self-written single "Blossom Tears" ( kor . 꽃잎 놀이) part. Their single Y.BIRD from Jellyfish with LYn X Leo was the fourth of the project. In the music video, he played a psychopath who kills the women he loves so he can keep them.
2015 – today: Composition and debut with the subgroup VIXX LR and Mata Hari
In 2015 Leo composed the song On a Cold Night (kor. 차가운 밤 에) from VIXX's fifth single album Boys' Record . Originally he wrote it as a duet between himself and Ken, but a studio version was released with the rest of the VIXX members.
On August 7, 2015, Jellyfish Entertainment released a video trailer on the official VIXX website. There was a mysterious countdown with the silhouette of the last album Boys' Record. When the time ran out, the VIXX members disappeared until finally only Leo and Ravi could be seen. This led fans to suspect that it would mean another comeback for all 6 members. The VIXX LR video trailer was then released.
Jellyfish Entertainment confirmed that VIXX LR is the first subgroup of VIXX, consisting of rapper Ravi and singer Leo. They made their debut with the mini-album Beautiful Liar , which was released on August 17, 2015. On the same day they made their first appearance with Beautiful Liar at Yes24 Muv Hall in Mapo-gu , Seoul.
On November 10th, 2015, Leo's 25th birthday, the second studio album by VIXX Chained Up was released. After the release, the title track became number 1 on Mnet , Genie , Monkey3 and Naver Music . The rest of the songs on the album also made it into the charts .
From March 25 to June 12, 2016, Leo played the lead role in the musical Mata Hari, Armand in Blue Square in Seoul . It was announced that he takes his stage name 'll use his birth name Jung Taek Woon for the role, unlike the Musical Full House, where he used his stage name.
On September 20, 2016, Leo worked with actress and DJ Park So-hyun to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SBS Power FM and released the song That's All (kor. 그 뿐야) as part of SBS Power FM 20 Year Anniversary Song Project .
In October 2017 it was announced that Leo would take part in the musical “The Last Kiss” (alternative title: “Rudolf”) from December 2017 to March 2018. At his side stood EXO ’s Suho and f (x ) ’s Luna.
In mid-July 2018 it was announced that Leo's first mini-solo album entitled Canvas would be released on July 31, 2018 .
Discography
See also: VIXX / discography
Singles
As a collaboration
title | year | Top position | sales | album |
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KOR Gaon |
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Blossom Tears ( 꽃잎 놀이 ) with LYn |
2014 | 11 |
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Y.BIRD from Jellyfish with LYn X Leo |
That's All ( 그 뿐야 ) with Park So-hyun |
2016 | - | SBS Power FM 20 Year Anniversary Song Project - Part 2 |
Songwriting
year | album | song | Artist | text | music | annotation | ||
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Written | With | Written | With | |||||
2015 | Boys' record | On a cold night | VIXX | Yes | Ravi (rap) | Yes | ||
Beautiful liar | Words to Say | VIXX LR | Yes | Yes | ||||
My Light | Yes | Ravi | Yes | Melody design | ||||
2016 | Depend on Me | Shadow | VIXX | Yes | Yes | Limited Edition A Bonus Track | ||
花 風 | Hana-Kaze | Moonlight | Yes | Yes | |||||
That's all | That's all | Leo x Park So-hyun | Yes | Yes | Jo Yong-ho |
Filmography
See also: VIXX / Videography
TV
year | Channel | title | |
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2016 | MBC | King of Mask Singer |
Music videos
year | Music video | Artist |
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2011 | Shake it up | Seo In-guk |
2012 | Let This Die | Brian Joo |
Let This Die (Extended Eng Ver.) | ||
2014 | Blossom Tears | Duet with LYn |
Musicals
year | title | role | annotation |
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2014 | Full house | Lee Young-jae | Leading role, under the name Leo. |
2016 | Mata Hari | Armand | Leading role, under the name Jung Taek Woon |
2016–17 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Albert | Supporting role, under the name Jung Taek Woon |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 린 X 레오, 특급 콜라 보 '꽃잎 놀이' 리스닝 포인트 셋 ( Korean ) August 5, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ My Dear VIXX (Korean) , CECI Magazine. January 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ a b Upcoming group VIXX releases 3rd video teaser for “Super Hero” . In: allkpop . May 20, 2012.
- ↑ a b Grace Danbi Hong: B2ST Yang Yo Seop, A Pink Jung Eun Ji, VIXX Leo, Joo, and More to Star in Musical Full House . In: enewsWorld . March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ↑ a b c A Bitter Serenade (Korean) . In: Ceci Magazine , September 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's First Subunit LR Composed of Leo and Ravi, Releases Teasers and More . Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ VIXX's Leo revealed to be a sports prodigy . June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ [My Name is 빅스 (2) 레오 텐 아시아 | 텐 아시아] ( Korean ) May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX to watch the last episode of 'Mydol' with their fans at a movie theater . In: allkpop . May 31, 2012.
- ↑ VIXX to share download links for their music and teasers on Twitter . In: allkpop . May 20, 2012.
- ↑ Finalists from 'Mydol' reveal official group name, Vixx . In: allkpop . May 10, 2012.
- ↑ (January 31, 2012). Brian Joo (브라이언) - Let This Die (Extended Eng Ver.) .
- ↑ (August 8, 2011). Seo In Guk (서인 국) “SHAKE IT UP” Music Video .
- ↑ 빅스 레오 '아 육대' 부상 현장 포착, 깁스 후 목발 짚고 절뚝 절뚝 ( Korean ) September 4, 2013. Accessed June 20, 2015.
- ↑ Kangin's basketball team defeats Yonghwa's team with Michael Jordan style . February 19, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's Leo Was Nervous to Be Around His Idol Park Ji Sung on "Running Man" . June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX starts a mysterious countdown - perhaps to a comeback? . Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX′s First Unit LR to Debut on August 17 . Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's sub-unit LR unveils teaser photo for their upcoming debut! . Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's first subunit LR releases tracklist for 'Beautiful Liar' mini album . Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX LR Holds Its First Showcase . Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ LR's Leo and Ravi Reveal Why They Formed VIXX's First-Ever Unit . Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's entire 'Chained Up' album takes over music charts . Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX's Leo to Shed His Idol Stage Name for Upcoming Musical Role . Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX Leo to star in musical 'Mata Hari' . Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ (September 12, 2016). [SBS] '파워 FM 20 주년 쏭 프로젝트' 2 탄 소현 이 레오 (박소현 X 빅스 레오), 스페셜 음원 '그 뿐야' 티저 .
- ↑ EXO's Suho, f (x) 's Luna, And VIXX's Leo To Star In Musical “The Last Kiss”. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
- ↑ VIXX's Leo announces his 1st solo mini album 'Canvas' with a teaser image . In: allkpop . ( allkpop.com [accessed July 23, 2018]).
- ^ Gaon Digital Chart ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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^ Chart and sales reference for Blossom Tears
- South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from August 3-9, 2014 (in Korean) . In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- South Korea's Monthly Gaon Downloads Chart (in Korean) . In: Gaon Chart . Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ↑ Special Single Album: Boys' Record . Jellyfish Entertainment . February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX LR MINI ALBUM: Beautiful Liar . Jellyfish Entertainment . August 17, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ↑ VIXX 日本 1st オ リ ジ ナ ル ア ル バ ム の タ イ ト ル が 「Depend on me」 に 決定 、 収録 曲 も 発 表 . In: vixx.cjve.jp (Official site) . December 15, 2015. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ [Mnet 그 뿐야 - 박소현, 레오 (빅스)] . mnet.com. September 22, 2015. Accessed September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Male Idol Group Member Charms Listeners With His Sweet Voice on “King of Mask Singer” . soompi. March 13, 2016. Accessed March 14, 2015.
- ↑ '복면가 왕' 흥부 빅스 레오, "새로운 숲 하나 점령 한 느낌" . nate.com (in Korean). March 13, 2016. Accessed March 14, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Young, Taek-woon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |