{Profile} All About Kang Seung Yoon

 

Birth name	Kang Seung Yoon
Born	January 21, 1994 (age 19) Busan, South Korea
Genres	Rock, Pop
Occupations	Singer. Actor
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	2010–Present
Labels	YG Entertainment

Kang Seung Yoon (Hangul: 강승윤, born January 21, 1994 in Busan, South Korea) is a South Korean male singer.He took part in Superstar K2 and finished in fourth place. In January 2011, he signed as a trainee for YG Entertainment.On September 20, representatives attended 2NE1‘s ‘NOLZA in Japan‘ and met with reporters at a press conference after the event. They revealed, “Kang Seung Yoon will be debuting under a team next year.”.

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Life and career

Early life

Kang Seung Yoon was born in Busan, South Korea. Kang reportedly learned guitar in the eighth grade. He graduated from Busan High School of the Arts in 2012. Kang starred on MBC's High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged.

 

Superstar K2 contestant: 2010–2011

Kang Seung Yoon was a Superstar K2 contestant, before finishing in fourth place. During his time on the show, he released two singles, "I'll Write You a Letter" and "Instinctively". "I'll Write You a Letter" peaked at number 24,before eventually falling off of the charts. It was released on the Superstar K2: Top 6 (My Story) album. "Instinctively" become a top-selling single in Korea, peaking at number one on the Gaon Chart. The song became one of the top 100 songs of the year.It was released on its own as a digital single and later in the Superstar K2 compilation album, Superstar K2 Up to 11. Kang also released "Life is Tab" along with three other contestants to promote the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
After initial success with Superstar K2, CEO Yang Hyun Suk signed Kang to YG Entertainment on January 12, 2011. Kang also released a single, "You are Heaven", for the soundtrack of the Korean drama Midas.

High Kick 3

Seung Yoon has partook in MBC's hit series "High Kick". Starring alongside with F(x) member Krystal and Lee Jong Suk. Kang plays himself in this series as a weird kid (through Yoo Sun's eyes). He has a heavy southern Korean accent and came to Seoul, dreaming to become the President. He first met the Ahn family in the streets when they were running away and later invited himself to their house. He became Jong Seok's best friend when he saved him from a car crash. It is implied later through the episodes that he and Soo-jung (Krystal) may have feelings for one another.

Debut under YG Entertainment

On June 20th 2013, Yang Hyun Suk announced through a Q&A on YG Life that Seung Yoon will debut with his first song under YG Entertainment named "WILD & YOUNG" (composed by Teddy) on July 15th, before releasing a mini album afterwards. "WILD & YOUNG" is said to be a strong rock song perfect for this summer season.The same day it has been said that YG will debut a reality program called WIN (part of the Who Is Next campaign) in which two boy groups (A and B) will go against each other to have the chance to debut at the end of the 10th and last episode to become WINNER. So far Seung Yoon is a member of group A described as a five members group whose average age is 20 years old (included Lee Seung-hoon of K-Pop Star 2). It will start on the second week of July and aired on national TV then on the internet for international fans translated in English, Japanese and Chinese. Viewers will decide which band will debut through a voting process, the one left could be disbanded or face member replacement for a later debut. To reassure fans Yang Hyun Suk said "If group A wins the WIN survival, he will be carrying out both solo and group activities simultaneously as planned. And if group B wins, he will only be working on his solo album." On July 15th 2013, it was announced that Seung Yoon's Debut song "WILD & YOUNG" is postponed until the end of July. Despite this setback, it was announced that another song from his mini album "It Rains" will be released beforehand on July 16th 2013. Seung Yoon's mini album is set to be released by the beginning of September.At 7AM KST on July 17th 2013, just a day after the release, his digital single "It Rains" achieves an all-kill by scoring #1 on all 9 major real-time charts. This is an amazing feat for any rookie singer to achieve with no prior promotions. On July 18th 2013, Kang Seung Yoon released a video message to fans on YG Entertainment's official youtube channel to thank his fans for their continuing support and love he received while he trained for the last 3 years and for the love he received for his new single release. He also thanked CEO Yang Hyun Suk for the support and love he gave to him throughout the 3 years of training,to all his sunbaenims who believed in him, and Double Park's Sandara Park and Park Bom for helping promoting him.On July 22nd 2013, YG Entertainment releases Seung Yoon's first teaser photo for his digital single "WILD & YOUNG" which is set to be released on July 31st 2013. In addition to his single release, it was announced through YG Life's Q&A that Seung Yoon will be releasing 3 title tracks off of his mini album (a promotion tactic similar to what of labelmate Lee Hi did when she debuted as a singer). After releasing "WILD & YOUNG," the other 2 title tracks will be release each in August and September. It was also said that the third title track was written by labelmate G-Dragon. Seung Yoon is planned to start promoting his title track "WILD & YOUNG" beginning on Inkigayo on August 4th 2013.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak positions	Album
		KOR
2010	"I'll Write You a Letter"	24	Top 6 (My Story)
	"Instinctively"	1	Up to 11
2011	"You are Heaven"	11	Midas OST
2013	"It Rains"&"Wild and young"	8	TBA

Music videos

Year	Title	Length	Reference
2011	"Life is Tab (Dance Ver.)"	2:04
	"You are Heaven"	3:47
2012	"Smile, My Love"	3:38

Filmography

• 2010: Superstar K2 (Mnet)
• 2011 - 2012 : High Kick 3 (MBC)

Awards

• Cyworld Digital Music Awards Rookie of the Month October 2010 for "Instinctively"  
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