Jung Woo-seok (Korean: 정우석; Hanja: 鄭禹奭; born January 31, 1998), also known by the mononym Wooseok, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, model and composer. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon in October 2016 and also formed a duo with Lai Kuan-lin as Wooseok X Kuanlin in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment.
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Born | Jung Woo-seok (1998-01-31) January 31, 1998 (age 24) Gwangju, South Korea |
Alma mater | School of Performing Arts Seoul |
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Years active | 2016–present |
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Website | cubeent |
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Revised Romanization | Jeong U-seok |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng U'sŏk |
Wooseok was born in Gwangju, South Korea on January 31, 1998. In 2017, he graduated from the School of Performing Arts in Seoul.[1] When he was a child, he played violin and piano, and he regularly participated in competitions and won awards.[2]
Wooseok participated in Mnet's reality survival program, Pentagon Maker.[3] He made his official debut with Pentagon on October 10, 2016 with the song "Gorilla" from their self-titled EP.[4]
In 2017, Wooseok co-wrote the Produce 101 Season 2 hit song "Never" and Wanna One's debut title track, "Energetic" together with Pentagon's leader Hui.[5][6] Later in September, Wooseok made a cameo with other members of Pentagon as the idol group Asgard in the drama Hello, My Twenties! 2.[7] He appeared in the music video of labelmate Jeon So-yeon's debut song "Jelly" in November.[8]
On March 24, 2018 Wooseok debuted as a model during 2018 F/W Hera Seoul Fashion Week for the designer brand R.Shemiste.[9] On June 19, he was featured on the song "Ain't No Time" by Kim Dong-han from Kim's debut EP D-Day.[10][11]
On February 22, 2019, Cube Entertainment announced that Wooseok would be debuting in a new unit project alongside labelmate and former Wanna One member Lai Kuan-lin.[12] The unit, Wooseok X Kuanlin, made their debut on March 11, 2019 with the title track "I'm A Star" and debut extended play, 9801.[13][14] The EP contains two solo songs, "Always Difficult Always Beautiful" and "Domino", both of which were co-written and co-produced by Wooseok.[15]
In 2020, Wooseok was cast in tvN's new variety show, Decoding Meow alongside Yoo Seon-ho which premiered on January 5.[16] On January 14, Wooseok was featured in Jeong Young-eun's "Fine Day", and he participated in the song's lyrics.[17] In October, Wooseok was confirmed as a contestant on the rap competition program Show Me The Money 9.[18] During the 60 Second Team Trials, he received one pass and three fails from the producers, and was subsequently eliminated from the show.[19]
On January 20, 2021, Wooseok was confirmed to make his web drama debut as the lead in Dingo Music's Fling at Convenience Store.[20] In February, he starred in the web drama Nickname Pine Leaf for the SBS YouTube channel yogurD, where he plays two different versions of himself: PD Jung Seok-woo and Pentagon's Wooseok.[21] In July, he was cast as the lead in his second Dingo Music web drama Those Who Want to Catch.[22]
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"Always Difficult Always Beautiful" | 2019 | — | — | 9801 | ||
"Domino" | — | — | ||||
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"Ain't No Time" (Kim Dong-han feat. Wooseok) |
2018 | — | — | D-Day | ||
"Fine Day" (MosPick, Jeong Young-eun feat. Wooseok) |
2020 | — | — | Non-single Album | ||
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"This Stop Is" (with Hui and YooA) |
2018 | — | — | Gag-Singer Producer - Streaming | ||
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"How Can I Do" (with Jinho and Hui) |
2019 | — | — | Welcome to Waikiki 2 Part 4 OST[24] | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
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2017 | Hello, My Twenties! 2 | Thor / Park Woo-seok | JTBC | Cameo | [7] |
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2021 | Fling at Convenience Store | Dingo Music | Jung Woo-seok | Main role | [20] |
Nickname Pine Leaf | yogurD | Jung Seok-woo / Wooseok | Main role | [21][25] | |
Those Who Want to Catch | Dingo Music | Jung Woo-seok | Main role | [22] | |
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2016 | Pentagon Maker | Mnet | Contestant | [3] |
2020 | Decoding Meow | tvN | Cast member | [16] |
Show Me the Money 9 | Mnet | Contestant | [18] | |
2021 | We Cycle | A&E Korea's History | Host with Yoo Se-yoon, James Hooper, Song Yunhyeong of iKon and Jeon Woong of AB6IX | [26] |
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