Rubber Soul (group)

Rubber Soul
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresHip hop
Years active2015–present
Labels
MembersChoi Cho
Kim
Past membersLala

Rubber Soul (Korean: 러버소울) is a South Korean hip hop duo. The all-female group debuted as a trio in 2015 with the single "Life," featuring Mad Clown.[1] After the departure of Lala, the group released their first EP, Love Is, in 2017.[2] The name was derived from the Beatles' 1965 studio album Rubber Soul.

Members

  • Choi Cho (최초; born May 10, 1992) - vocals
  • Kim (김; born May 18, 1993) - vocals

Past member

  • Lala (라라; November 15, 1990) - vocals[3]

Career

Rubber Soul debuted in 2015 as a joint project of record labels Universal Music, Happy Tribe Entertainment, and With HC.[1] They performed their first single, "Life," for the first time on February 10, 2015, on SBS MTV's The Show. This marked their official debut and the group continued promotions on various shows for a few months with both "Life" and their side-track "Lonely Friday" with features Mad Soul Child's Jinsil.

Rubber Soul continued to promote their singles via street performances in Hongdae, as well as performing lives of unreleased songs such as "Choice" and "Beautiful Woman".[4]

In February, they took part in SNL Korea 6 as guest members on episode 1.[5]

The trio also participated in a pictorial in Dazed magazine in April.[6]

The group performed alongside other Korean artists such as MYNAME, G-Friend, Galaxy Express, T-ARA, MAMAMOO and others in September for the Asian Music Network festival.[7]

In October, 2015, the group participated alongside Giriboy, Black Nut and Genius Nochang in a "1st Look" pictorial for Vans and the winter collection "Designed for the Elements".[8]

Solo activities

Kim participated in the reality show Unpretty Rapstar 2 as a contestant starting with episode 6.[9] Kim was also a contestant on The Unit.[citation needed]

Discography

Extended play

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[10]
Love Is
Track listing
  1. Freedom
  2. Dream
  3. Love Is
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Sales (DL) Album
KOR
[11]
"Life"
feat. Mad Clown 		2015 — — Non-album singles
"Beautiful Women" 2017 —
"Hone Me"
feat. YunB 		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ a b Yoon, Sarah (2015-02-13). "Rubber Soul goes against K-pop trend in debut track". The K-Pop Herald. The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ Jeong, Da-hun (2017-08-09). "힙합듀오 '러버소울' 오늘 정오 신곡 '뷰티풀 워먼' 발표, 여자 위한 노래" [Hip hop duo Rubber Soul releases 'Beautiful Women,' a new song for women]. Seoul Economy (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ "Rubber Soul (러버소울)". KBS World Radio. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ^ "러버소울, '론리 프라이데이' 방송 후 버스킹까지 후속곡 활동 활발 - NSP통신". Nspna.com. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ^ "OSEN - 'SNL코리아' 러버소울, 김준현에 굴욕 4종 사진 '웃음'". Osen.mt.co.kr. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  6. ^ "러버소울, 무대 밖 모습에 눈길. 발랄하고 에너지 넘치는 매력 발산 : 스포츠조선". Sports.chosun.com. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  7. ^ 제목 (2015-09-11). "스타뉴스". Star.mt.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  8. ^ "[화보] 블랙넛-기리보이-천재노창-러버소울, '반스, 윈터 컬렉션 화보 공개' - 세상을 보는 눈, 글로벌 미디어 - 세계일보". Segye Ilbo. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  9. ^ "[단독] 러버소울 킴, '언프리티2' 녹화 마쳐..합류 확정 :: 네이버 TV연예". Entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  10. ^ "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  11. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.