Son Ho-young

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Son Ho-young (born March 26, 1980) is a Korean-American singer and musical actor based in South Korea.

After the group went on hiatus, he made his debut in the entertainment industry and pursued a solo career as a singer and musical theater actor.

He has appeared on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend and other music variety shows.

Early life

Son is the younger of two children and was born in the United States to Korean parents who are naturalized American citizens. They moved to South Korea, but their parents divorced and the siblings stayed in South Korea with their father, a university professor and amateur musician; the mother and son were only reunited as adults. With Kang Sung-hoon and Ko Ji-yong, both of whom went on to form Sechs Kies, Son was elementary and middle school classmates. Despite growing up in a musical household, he had no desire to work in the music industry until he was a teenager. He had a turbulent relationship with his father in adolescence and would run away from home to avoid being disciplined for misdeeding, but he did return to home at age seventeen after nearly three years. When he befriended future g.o.d bandmate Danny Ahn and then auditioned for a charity group that Ahn's cousin Park Joon-hyung was forming, he later revealed that he had been on the streets. After his first return to reconcile with his father and give him a copy of g.o.d's debut album, he returned home.

Personal life

Son and three of his bandmates were injured in a car crash on the Yeongdong Expressway in 2000. He was the most injured and needed hospitalization. It was revealed in March 2006, after g.o.d.'s halt in group operations, that Son had undergone surgery on his right knee as it had never fully recovered from the injury, and that he had been touring throughout the God is Back National Tour, although on painkillers and delayed care.

VJ Son Jung-min, son's older sister, is a performer and actor (ko). They also have a much younger half-sister from their father's second marriage. Since being born in the United States to Korean parents who were naturalized American citizens, his son and his older sister both have American citizenship.

His citizenship was a point of insecurity when his father's estranged second wife revealed in 2005 at a press conference that he had recently given up his Korean citizenship and claimed he did so to avoid mandatory military service. Son explained that he had been granted Korean citizenship as a result of an administrative mistake and had returned his passport at the Immigration Office's request to correct the mistake. He was never eligible for Korean citizenship because he was born overseas to parents who did not have Korean citizenship and therefore did not fulfill the requirements.

The body of a woman in Son's vehicle was discovered on May 21, 2013. They learned that the woman was his girlfriend, who had borrowed his car and later committed suicide in it. The suicide was not related to her son's marriage, according to his father's firm. On the morning of May 24, 2013, Son Ho-young attempted suicide after his girlfriend's death. Son parked his car outside Onnuri Community Church in Seoul at 4:36 a.m. and attempted suicide by torching butane gas inside his vehicle, according to police. The car caught fire, and a passerby noticed the fumes coming out of the car and called the police for assistance. He was rushed to the hospital and was treated right away, leaving no long-term harm to his health.

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Career

Danny Ahn, Shoo, and Kim Hwan-sung were all involved in a mixed-gender project group at the time, but they were forced to leave when Shoo signed with S.M. Entertainment; she made her debut as a member of S.E.S.A. Kim was recruited as the last member of NRG, but NRG was not drafted as the last member of the organisation. Ahn was recruited by his cousin Park Joon-hyung to work with EBM and asked Son to audition, but he refused. Yoon Kye-sang and Kim Sun-a were both recruited, but the latter were left to continue acting and Kim Tae-woo was fired. The group later became a five-man boy band g.o.d, short for "Groove Over Dose," after it was announced in January 1999. Park Jin-young, as their producer and principal songwriter, became their producer and primary songwriter. Despite the lukewarm response to their debut, g.o.d's debut was to be one of the most popular kid bands of the early 2000s. Son was both a rapper and a singer, but he was mostly given rap roles on the first and second albums. He was gradually given more singing parts as seen in his third album.

SidusHQ, the EBM's successor company, was in charge of Son and the other original members. SidusHQ's collective deal came to an end in 2003, and they migrated to JYP Entertainment, Park Jin-young's company. Son and Park have signed individual contracts with JYP Entertainment, while Yoon and Ahn stayed with SidusHQ.

For the final time in December 2005, the four remaining members of Yoon left the company and joined the club in 2004. Son did not renew his JYP Entertainment contract and signed with Lobe Entertainment, which was later absorbed into LOEN Entertainment. "I Know," "Cry," "Korean: "R: Unda), and "Love Brings Separation" were among his first albums released by him (Korean: RR: Unda) (Korean: ; RR: Unda); "Love Brings Separation) (Korean: yeh; RR: 3) "Cry") "Korean: "I Know" (Korean: The album received the Bonsang award for Best Artist (Judge's Choice) at the 21st Golden Disc Awards and "Love Brings Separation" reached the top of the charts for January 4, 2007 on Mnet's M Countdown and Inkigayo's January 14 for January 14, 2007. Son has since re-released the album, which included a DVD of the album's music videos. He continued to regularly collaborate with former bandmate Kim Tae-woo, often appearing with one another or together at variety shows together.

Son released Sweet Love in 2007; the lead song is "My Heart in Heaven" (Korean: nae ma-eumi). During the "Special Stage" segment of Music Bank, in which two singers or idol groups would cover one another's songs, he performed the song with Lee Min-woo of Shinhwa. The same year was released an Under the Sea concert DVD. Son's second album, Returns, was released in late 2008.

Son appeared as a soloist at the Korean Music Festival in 2008 and 2009, as well as MC for the 2009 and 2012 editions. He briefly reunited with three of his ex g.o.d bandmates for a special performance during the 2012 edition. He appeared on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend. He appeared in an episode for the first time in episode 75 (broadcast on November 17, 2012).

Kim Tae-woo having been barred from the military for the first time in February 2010, the pair toured overseas for the first time together. Six concerts were held in Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver. Son was one of three former JYP Entertainment performers, with Kim and their close friend Rain invited to attend the first JYP Nation concert TEAMPLAY held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in December.

Son released his second mini album U-TURN on November 10, 2011. The promoted single "Pretty But Hateful" (Korean: RR: Yeppeutda) debuted rapper Bizzy, best known as a member of pioneer hip hop group Drunken Tiger, and debuted at #72 in the Gaon Digital Chart, peaking at #72. Suzy of miss A. The music video featured Suzy of miss A. The album was well-received critically and was featured on Mnet's Pick. Son performed in the musical Fame from November 25, 2011 to January 29, 2012, with Eunhyuk of Girls' Generation, Tiffany of Girls' Generation, Go Eun Seong, Shin Ui Jeong, Lina of The Grace, Choi Ju Ri, KoN, and Kim Jung-mo of TRAX.

Son competed and won in MasterChef Korea together with other Korean artists, Seo Hye-jeong, Lee Kye-in, Shin Eun-jung, Kim Sung-jung, Lee Sung-ja, Teo Sung-sun, Hwayobi, Fei, and Giyul (Miss A).

Son returned to entertainment after a one-year absence, appearing on television for the first time since 2013. Moon Hee-jun and Lee Hong-gi co-hosted the M Countdown 10th anniversary special on July 24.

When Yoon Kye-sang agreed to rejoin the company as quintet, the group was officially revived as quintet. They resigned from a joint venture with SidusHQ, which owns their company name and now oversees their group operations, although each member remained with their individual departments. They embarked on their 15th anniversary country-wide tour, beginning on July 12, 2014, after releasing their eighth studio album. To encourage individual members to continue their solo careers, they mainly concentrate on new content and staging live concerts rather than promoting music performances.

Son sang "One Day" (Korean: RR: Haruman) one of the soundtracks for the tvN drama film Marriage, Not Dating. It was first seen during the closing credits of episode 8, which aired on July 26, and CJ E&M's accompanying music video was released later this week. The single peaked at #33 on the Gaon Digital Chart. Danny Ahn also collaborated with Danny Ahn on a recording of the song. In between g.o.d.'s reunion performances, he made a guest appearance at Baek Ji-young's concert in Daet, as well as sang Taecyeon's role in "My Ear's Candy" ( ). He was also featured in Natthew's single "Love Will Be Ok" and its music video, which were both released in November 2014. The single debuted at number 25 in the Gaon Social Chart this week, with little buzz. He served as a guest judge on No.Mercy, Mnet and Starship Entertainment's survival initiative, in 2015; the seven remaining contestants will debut as Monsta X.

Son's fifth mini album, May, I, was released on May 23, 2016, marking his tenth year as a solo artist. The music video for "My Weak Point" (Korean) was posted on CJ E&M's YouTube channel; RR: Na-ui yakjeom) was posted. It debuted at #8 on the Gaon Album Chart and stayed in the top 100 for the months of May and June. The repackaged album, which featured an additional new single "None Like You" (Korean: ; Na gateun saram eopseo), was released in October.

For the most part of the second half of 2016, Son returned to musical theater for the majority of the second half. In Peste, Albert Camus's translated musical version of his novel The Plague, he was double-cast as Dr. Rieux. The musical premiered on July 20, 2016, starring music by K-pop superstar Seo Tai-ji. He was cast as the protagonist of the Donghak Peasant Revolution in December 2016.

In May 2017, Son renewed his relationship with his new company MMO Entertainment, a CJ E&M subsidiary company, in May 2017. He was one of eight guest artists on his bandmate Kim Tae-woo's sixth solo album T-WITH, which was released in June 2017. Son appeared in All Shook Up, from November 2017 to February 2018, the third time he had appeared in the jukebox musical All Shook Up. He held a series of joint concerts with Kim Tae-woo, the first time they had ever held a concert together domestically over three days in Seoul and Busan. It was revealed in January 2018 that he would appear in the cast of The Three Musketeers, which ran from March to May for its tenth anniversary run.

Son's solo projects were postponed for the second half of 2018 due to g.o.d's involvement in a string of initiatives commemorating the 20th anniversary of their debut. He was the stage producer for the concerts, which took place in Seoul, Busan, and Dael over six days. Son released the ninth track, a remixed and recorded version of the song "You Don't Know" () from their fourth album, on January 10, 2019.

Son and Kim revealed on August 1 that they were collaborating as a project team under the name HoooW (Korean: RR: Ho-u), a portmanteau combining one character from each of their given names. They appeared on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend and You Heel's Sketchbook and performed as guests at Psy's summer concerts. They released the digital single "Game Over" on August 16, the Korean: "Chinguneun ije teutnaegiro hae).

Son was born in April 2020 as part of the cast for the new musical version of the famous drama Another Miss Oh! He was triple-cast in the male lead role of Park Do-kyung, who was portrayed by Eric Munch in the drama. Both the audience and critics applauded his performance. The musical was a box office hit and then quickly became a hot topic on the internet, with a 9.5/10 rating on Naver's ticket booking portal and rated as the number one musical they would watch with netizens. Son was cast in Chunhyang is Alive ( ), a modern interpretation of the pansori Chunhyangga. It was ordered to commemorate Namwon's Chunhyang Festival, which took place 90 years ago. It was staged without an audience and live streamed on YouTube on September 11 due to COVID-19-related restrictions.

Son and Ahn co-hosted a talk show g.o.d.'s Lunch Attack, which is available on Naver's subscription service Naver NOW. On weekdays, noon would have been served at noon.

Son signed an exclusive deal with Beat Interactive on June 11, 2021.

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