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Lee Dae-hwi (Korean: 이대휘, born January 29, 2001), known mononymously as Daehwi, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and television personality. He is a member of South Korean boy group AB6IX, and is known for his participation in the reality competition show Produce 101 Season 2, where he finished in third place overall and became a member of the boy group Wanna One. In addition to singing and writing songs for various artists, he guest hosted and then became the permanent host for the long-time running variety show M Countdown.

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Lee Dae-hwi
Lee in April 2022
Born	(2001-01-29) January 29, 2001 (age 24) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	School of Performing Arts Seoul – Department of Stage Arts
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer television personality actor
Years active	2017–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Brand New Warner Korea YMC^[a] Swing^[a]
Member of	AB6IX
Formerly of	Wanna One
Website	Official website

Korean name
Hangul	이대휘
Hanja	李大輝
Revised Romanization	I Daehwi
McCune–Reischauer	I Daehwi


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Early life and education

Lee Dae-hwi was born in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] His father passed away when he was six years old due to liver cirrhosis.^[2] He had lived in Osaka, Japan, for two years and Los Angeles, United States, for six years.^[3] He started his path as an idol after he passed the JYP Entertainment's Global Audition in the United States to begin his trainee life in South Korea in 2015. Around late 2016 he got accepted in Brand New Music through audition.^[4] In 2019, he graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul as a Department of Stage Arts major.^[5] He currently attends Global Cyber University as a Broadcasting and Entertainment major.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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Pre-debut: Produce 101

In 2017, Lee participated in Produce 101 Season 2, a reality competition show broadcast on Mnet which produces a boy band from a field of 101 contestants. Lee became the first center performer for the program's promotional theme song, "Pick Me".^[6]^{[full citation needed]} He participated on the program along with Brand New Music representative trainees Park Woo-jin, Im Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun. In the finale, he finished in third place with 1,102,005 votes, securing him a spot as a member of the boy band which was named Wanna One.^[7]

2017–2018: Wanna One, guest hosting

Wanna One debuted at the Wanna One Premier Show-Con on August 7, 2017, at the Gocheok Sky Dome with the mini-album 1×1=1 (To Be One).^[8]^[9] He went on to represent the group in several appearances on variety shows such as Saturday Night Live Korea, Wednesday Food Talk, Amazing Saturday, Produce 48,^[10] Visiting Tutor^[11] and King of Masked Singer.^[12]

He also continued to promote with Wanna One, including as a part of Wanna One's unit The Heal, as a duo with fellow member Ong Seong-wu. He participated as a lyricist of the unit's song, "Sandglass", which is produced by Heize.^[13] The group disbanded in January 2019.^[14]^{[full citation needed]}

In 2018, Lee was involved in several prominent solo activities as an emcee. He was part of Global MC Crew on M Countdown,^[15] a music program on Mnet. He has also participated as a special emcee on music programs such as Inkigayo,^[16] M Countdown in Thailand, and the music festival KCON 2017–2018 during its stops in Los Angeles, Australia,^[17] Japan,^[18] New York,^[19] and Thailand.^[20]

Lee has also composed and produced songs for the Produce 101 shows. During the first evaluation of the Produce 101 Season 2 program, he performed his own composed song, titled "Hollywood".^[21] After his debut in Wanna One, Lee had been actively released his own songs under his label, Brand New Music. His first released song under the label was "Good Day" which was included in MXM's first digital single.^[22]

In 2018, Lee participated in the Mnet competition program Produce 48 as one of producer for the Concept songs, which was titled "See You Again".^[10] His other composed songs for his labelmates includes "Remember Me" by Kang Min-hee,^[23] "Wish You Love Me" and "Dawn", which was included on the MXM's first album More Than Ever.^[24]

2019–present: Solo single and AB6IX debut

In January 2019, Lee collaborated with fellow labelmate Park Woo-jin and released a single titled "Candle".^[25] The song reached number 60 on the Gaon Single Chart.^[26] Lee also joined Brand New Music's boy band AB6IX, which debuted in May.^[27]^{[full citation needed]}

Lee wrote the song "Slow" for Yoon Ji-sung's debut album Aside,^[28] the song "Young 20" for Park Ji-hoon,^[29] and the song "Airplane" from Iz*One's second mini album Heart*Iz.^[30]

In April 2019, he and Han Hyun-min became official permanent co-hosts on M Countdown.^[31] His final broadcast as MC for the show was in February 2021.^[32]^{[unreliable source?]}

Lee is set to make his acting debut as the male lead Dong Jin-woo in SBS's mobile platform Mobidic short drama called Mon Chouchou Global House.^[33]^{[full citation needed]} The drama will begin filming in August and premiere in October.^[34]^{[full citation needed]}

On December 16, 2020 it was confirmed that Lee would be producing songs for Mnet's audition show CAP-TEEN.^[35]

Daehwi participated in the music competition show Listen Up, competing against producers from across the K-pop industry.^[36]^{[full citation needed]} In the finale, on October 8, 2022 it was announced he had finished the show in 1st place.^{[citation needed]}

Other ventures

Endorsement

In April 2019, Lee was selected for his first solo endorsement deal as a campaign model of Coca-Cola Korea beverage brand, Fanta pineapple flavor.^[37]^{[full citation needed]}

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Songs

More information Title, Year ...

Title	Year	Peak charts position	Album
Title	Year	KOR Gaon ^[38]	Album
As lead artist
"Rose, Scent, Kiss"	2020	—^[b]	5nally
"In Your Eyes"	2022	—^[c]	Complete with You
As featured artist
"Never"^[d]	2017	2	35 Boys 5 Concepts
"Sandglass" (모래시계)^[e]	2018	9	1÷x=1 (Undivided)
"It's Ok Not To Be Ok" (애써) (As One featuring Lee Dae-hwi)	2019	194	Non-album single
Promotional
"Playlist" (with various artist^[f])	2021	—	Non-album single
Collaboration
"Candle" (with Park Woo-jin)	2019	60	Non-album single
Soundtrack appearances
"I'm Crazy" (with Jeon Woong (AB6IX))	2022	—	Crazy Love OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As producer / songwriter

All credits are adapted from Korea Music Copyright Association unless stated otherwise.^[41]

More information Year, Song ...

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement
2017	"Good Day"	MXM	Unmix	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	"Sandglass" (모래시계)	Wanna One	1÷x=1 (Undivided)	Yes	No	No
	"Hoping That You'd Love Me" (사랑해줬으면 해)	MXM	More Than Ever	Yes	Yes	No
	"Dawn"	MXM	More Than Ever	Yes	Yes	No
	"See You Again" (다시 만나)	Produce 48 Trainees	30 Girls 6 Concepts	Yes	Yes	Yes
	"기억해줘요" (Remember Me)	Kang Min-hee	Non-album single	Yes	Yes	No
2019	"Candle"	Lee Dae-hwi, Park Woo-jin	Non-album single	Yes	Yes	No
	"Slow" (쉼표)	Yoon Ji-sung	Aside	Yes	Yes	No
	"Young 20"	Park Ji-hoon	O'Clock	Yes	Yes	No
	"Airplane"	Iz*One	HeartIz*	Yes	Yes	No
	"Absolute"	AB6IX	B:Complete	Yes	No	No
	"Breathe"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Friend Zone"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Light Me Up"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Dance For Two"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Hollywood"			Yes	Yes	Yes
	"Dream For You" (꿈을 꾼다)	Produce X 101 Trainees	Produce X 101 - Final	Yes	Yes	No
	"Blind For Love"	AB6IX	6ixense	Yes	Yes	No
	"Dandelion" (민들레꽃)			Yes	Yes	No
	"Sunset"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Love Air"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Nothing Without You"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Melting"	AB6IX, BDC, Kang Min-hee, Kanto, Yo Da-young	Brandnew Year 2019 'Do That Brandnew Thing'	Yes	Yes	No
	"It's Ok Not To Be Ok" (애써)	As One feat. Lee Dae-hwi	Non-album single	Yes	Yes	No
2020	"Rose, Scent, Kiss"	Lee Dae-hwi	5nally	Yes	Yes	No
	"Color Eye"	Park Woo-jin	5nally	Yes	Yes	No
	"Red Up"	AB6IX	Vivid	Yes	Yes	No
	"Vivid"		Vivid	Yes	Yes	No
	"Salute"		Salute	Yes	Yes	No
	"Bloom"		Salute	Yes	Yes	No
2021	"Apricity"		Salute: A New Hope	Yes	Yes	No
	"Blind For Love (Nu Disco Mix)"			Yes	Yes	No
	"Encore" (앵콜)	AB6IX feat. Abnew		Yes	Yes	No
	"#Hashtag"	Jo Ah-young	Cap-Teen Top 7	Yes	Yes	No
	"21"	Lee Dae-hwi	Non-album single	Yes	Yes	No
	"Lululala"	AB6IX	Mo' Complete : Have A Dream	Yes	Yes	No
	"Merry-Go-Round"			Yes	Yes	No
	"A Long Winter"			Yes	Yes	No
	"One Day"	Produce 101 Japan (season 2) Trainees	Final	Yes	Yes	No
	"Creep"	Lee Dae-hwi	Non-album single	Yes	Yes	No