I. Get To Know G.Soul
G.Soul (formerly known as Golden) is a South Korean singer-songwriter.
G.Soul Journey
In 2001, G.Soul met JYP through an audition show on SBS called 'Prodigy Growth 99%(영재육성 프로젝트 99%)'.
Before debuting as a solo artist in South Korea, G.Soul received recognition in the country and some parts of America for being "R. Kelly's protege". He is considered to be JYP's longest trainee, having been trained for 15 years before debuting.
In a long Twitter post Park Jin-young announced the news of G.Soul long awaited debut in which he detailed meeting the singer when he was a sixth grader in 2001.
Display More15 years of passion
In 2001, I met a boy so shy he could barely even look into peoples’ eyes. He was only in 6th grade but when he opened his mouth and sang, I was shocked because I’ve never met an Asian voice filled with so much soul.
Because of his poor financial background, this boy saved up his own bus money by walking to school for two months just to buy a Boys II Men tape. He listened to it till the tape wore out. He absorbed and learned everything he could from that tape.
Amazed by his talent, I brought him with me to America to learn true R&B/Soul music. Only minimum level of financial support was provided by the company since he was just a trainee, but he hustled and worked hard to develop his talent. And slowly his talent started to stun many U.S. musicians and executives and finally we agreed to a recording deal with a great producer. We were all extremely excited.
But unfortunately little after, U.S. economy crisis caused by Lehman Brothers took over the music business by storm and all the risky projects were dropped. Breaking an Asian R&B artist in the U.S was of course on the top of the list. Most of our JYP U.S. projects got dropped and we had no choice but to leave the US behind.
However, this boy insisted to stay in New York alone to learn and further develop his craft. I tried to convince him to come back with me to Asia where I knew he would succeed but he did not listen. So he stayed for 5 more years and made his way through the New York underground music scene developing and mastering his music.
And after 9 years of his U.S. life, the boy returned to Korea with 20 songs written and produced by him. I could not believe my ears. The little shy boy who I met 15 years ago was standing in front of me as an amazing artist.
His unfortunate childhood, the loneliness… nothing stopped his passion for music.
G.Soul, a former JYP Entertainment artist who has been training for 15 years — the longest of any of it’s trainees — will finally see the light of day. The singer debuted with his first mini album “Coming Home” in January 19, 2015.
Then on June 8, 2017, it was announced that Golden had signed with H1GHR Music following his contract expiration with JYP Entertainment.
On January 9, 2021, after completing his military enlistment it was revealed that he had also left H1GHR Music following his contract expiration and come January 11, 2021, he announced via Instagram Stories that he would be changing his name back to GSoul.
In addition to writing and recording his own music, he has also co-written and produced songs for artists including EXO, NCT 127 and Wheein.
II. Music Videos
III. Discography
Mini Albums
- Coming Home (2015)
- Dirty (2015)
- Circles (2017)
- Hate Everything (2019)
- Can Love Be Fair (2021)
Digital Singles
- "You (Acoustic Ver.)" (2015)
- "Love Me Again" (2015)
- "Far, Far Away" (2016)
- "Tequila" (2017)
- "Bad Habit" (2017)
- "I'll Be There" (2017)
- "Another Sad Love Song" (2020)
Collaborations
- "Smooth Operator" (2016)
- "Bad" (with LOS & Jay Park) (2017)
- H1GHR : Red Tape (with Various Artists) (2020)
Features
- Epik High - "End Of The World" (2021)
OSTs
- "Full House OST" ("Too Late") (2004)
- "Syndrome OST" ("Open") (2006)
- “Sisyphus: The Myth OST Part.1" ("Stay (tempus)") (2021)
IV. Filmography
Reality Shows
- Voice Korea 2020 (Mnet, 2020) - contestant
