Hwang So-hee (Korean: 황소희, born April 7, 1990), known by her stage name DJ Soda, is a South Korean DJ. Hwang has built her reputation on being a frequent headliner for several Asian music festivals, including "S20 Songkran Musical Festival".[1]
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Birth name | Hwang So-hee |
Born | (1990-04-07) April 7, 1990 (age 32) South Korea |
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Revised Romanization | Hwang So-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Sohŭi |
Hwang began work as a DJ in June 2013.[2] Hwang began majorly touring with the Korea World DJ festival in 2015.[3]
In June 2016, Hwang released her debut EP Closer through Warner Music Group. She also collaborated with labelmates Sistar.[4]
In 2017, Hwang performed at the "S20 Songkran Music Festival" in Bangkok, Thailand, considered one of the world's top three music festivals.[5]
In 2018, Hwang joined Starship Entertainment's new sublabel, "House of Music".[6] She was later moved to another of Starship's sublabels, Highline Entertainment, as the earlier sublabel became defunct. In June, Hwang participated in "Ultra Music Festival Korea" (UMF).[5] In July, she released a song in collaboration with Walshy Fire, titled "Never Let You In", which topped charts in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.[1]
In 2019, Hwang participated in Typhoon 8, a musical festival in Singapore.[7] In December, Hwang performed at World Club Dome: Snow Edition held at the Jungfraujoch railway station in Switzerland.[8]
In December, Hwang was awarded the culture prize in the indie category for the 9th Korea Hallyu Awards.[9]
In April 2020, Hwang collaborated with Psycho Boys Club for the single "Over You".[10] In November, Hwang collaborated with Kryoman and 1st Klase to release the song "Holding Back" featuring KYE. In 2019, she released a remix of the song by DJ Lost Chameleon.[11]
In June 2020, she participated in Electric Blockaloo, a dance music livestream.[12] In November, Hwang took part in her label Highline Entertainment's special performance The Color.[13] She also released a single, "Shooting Star", on June 26.[14]
In August 2021, she released a new single, "Okay!", with Lost Chameleon and Ahin of Momoland.[15]
In November, DJ Soda ended her exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment.[16]
On March 8, 2022, she donated ₩10 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of a massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and had spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. It was later extinguished on March 15th, 2022. [17]
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Track listing
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Stay Sweet" | 2017 | Billboard Presents Electronic Asia Vol. 1 |
"Never Let You In" (DJ Soda and Walshy Fire) |
2018 | Non-album single |
"Think About It" (DJ Soda and Cuebrick feat. Baer) | ||
"Holding Back" (DJ Soda, Kryoman, and 1st Klase feat. KYE) | ||
"Icy" (DJ Soda and Kaku feat. Young Kay and Pluma) |
2019 | |
"If I Die" (DJ Soda and Dolf) |
Nighttime | |
"Empire" (remix) (Wengie, Minnie, and DJ Soda) |
Empire Remixes | |
"Over You" (DJ Soda and Psycho Boys Club) |
2020 | Non-album single |
"Shooting Star" | ||
"Obsession" (DJ Soda and RayRay) |
BF200 | |
"Okay!" (DJ Soda, Lost Chameleon, Ahin of Momoland) |
2021 | Non-album single |
"Starlight" |
2022 | |
"Cold" (DJ Soda and Spirit Link) | ||
"Tiktok" (DJ Soda and LNY TNZ) |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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Korea Hallyu Awards | 2019 | Indie Artist | DJ Soda | Won | [9] |
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