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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.
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₩uNo | |
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| 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 |
Woo 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).
Coed School (2010)
On 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)
Speed 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
In 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
In 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.
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |
Television dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Can You Hear My Heart | Businessman | |
Variety shows
| 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] |
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