south korean singer
Nam. In this korean name, the family name is melodious artist
Nam Tae-hyun ( born May 10, 1994 ), besides known as Taehyun, is a south korean singer, songwriter, producer and actor. In March 2017, he founded a music label, South Buyers Club. Sometime afterwards, the pronounce was renamed to The South. [ 2 ] Under the label, Nam debuted the band South Club, of which he is leader, main singer, guitarist, and main composer. He was previously the independent singer of K-pop group Winner, in which he besides composed and produced. In November 2019, Nam announced that he closed his music label and that the band had signed with newfangled management. [ 3 ]

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Life and career [edit ]

Pre-debut : Win: Who Is Next [edit ]

prior to his debut as a member of Winner, Nam performed as a backup dancer for the YG Family Concert 2011. In 2013, he competed in the world program Win: Who Is Next as a trainee in “ team A ”, which he went on to debut as a member of group Winner. [ 4 ] Nam co-composed and co-wrote two songs that were used to compete on the show .

2014–2015 : official debut, 2014 S/S, and television receiver appearances [edit ]

Nam participated in the production of Winner ‘s debut album, 2014 S/S, which was released in August 2014. He co-composed three songs from the album – “ But ( 사랑하지마 ) ”, “ Tonight ( 이 밤 ) ” and his solo chase “ Confession ( 고백하는거야 ) ”. [ 5 ] The album topped respective charts, including the Gaon Music Chart a well as the Billboard ‘s World Albums Chart. [ 6 ]
Taehyun at Winner Japan Tour 2015 in Aichi In 2015, while the group was on foramen, Nam made his acting debut on web drama Midnight Girl. [ 7 ] That same year, he played a digest character in the drama Late Night Restaurant. [ 8 ] He was besides cast in the joint Chinese-Korean production Under the Black Moonlight. [ 9 ]

2016 : Exit : E, television appearances, and deviation from Winner [edit ]

In January 2016, Nam released the single “ Pricked ” ( 사랑가시 ) in collaboration with Mino as a warm-up track ahead of Winner ‘s EP Exit : E. [ 10 ] The single charted at numeral two on MelOn. [ 11 ] After about 18 months of suspension, Winner ‘s comeback mini-album Exit : E was released on February 1. The album featured five tracks, including “ Pricked ”, and doubly title tracks “ Baby Baby ” and “ 센치해 ( Sentimental ) ”. Nam played a major function in the production of both deed tracks, ampere well as for his solo “ 좋더라 ( I ‘m Young ) ”. [ 12 ] In March 2016, Nam joined tvN ‘s Actor School, a diverseness appearance featuring seven stars going through a serial of trainings by actor Park Shin-yang, in order to brush up on their dissemble skills. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] On October 12, YG Entertainment stated that Nam would be halting promotional activities and receiving treatment for mental health issues. As a leave, Winner ‘s comeback was delayed indefinitely. [ 15 ] Later, on November 25, it was announced that he had withdrawn from the group and had terminated his contract with YG Entertainment. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The succeed day, he posted a handwritten letter on his personal Instagram account containing his apology, gratitude to fans and pledge to return with early music and projects. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]

2017–present : music creations and South Buyers Club [edit ]

Nam continues sharing his music creations and covers on his SoundCloud report, [ 20 ] including a cover of Radiohead ‘s “ Creep “, Park Hyo-shin ‘s “ Beautiful Tomorrow ”, and “ Breath ( 숨 ) ”. His influences arise from artists across many genres, such as Nirvana, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, B.B. King, and Eric Clapton. He then created a Tumblr locate on January 5, [ 21 ] posting announcements and communicating with fans from time to time. On January 23, Nam started recruiting applications for his approaching band.

On March 25, Nam, together with his rumored band, South Club, held a guerrilla show at Pet Sounds Bar in Korea. The 30-minute show was livestreamed on platforms such as Instagram, and popular China video-sharing platform Miaopai. South Club performed a sum of four songs, including tracks from The Beatles and Foster the People. [ 22 ] On April 11, Nam announced that his music pronounce “ south Buyers Club ” has formally been registered as of March 30. [ 23 ] On May 26, South Club released the music television for their first pre-release cut “ Hug Me, ” which was a ballad rock candy cut. [ 24 ] South Club ‘s first EP 90 was released on June 27, along with music video recording for the two title tracks : “ Liar ” and “ I got the Blues. ”. The name of the album was inspired by the expression of exemption of youths in the 90s. It was besides due to the fact that all members of the band were born after the year 1990. [ 25 ] On July 9, the dance band came spinal column with their first single titled “ 아니 ( No ) ”. [ 26 ] After the member Yooni ‘s passing, [ 27 ] the ring ‘s inaugural free as a four assemble was the second base single “ 누굴 위한 노래인가요 ( Who Is This song For ? ) ”, which became available for streaming on December 5, 2017. [ 28 ]

radio DJ [edit ]

On July 31, 2017, Nam started his career as a radio DJ. [ 29 ] He broadcast alive on the Casper Radio Vlive channel on Mondays, at 11pm, to talk about versatile topics and to share his music with his fans. On his 32nd broadcast, on April 9, 2018, Nam announced that he would be doing his last broadcast on May 7, in order to focus more on his music. [ citation needed ]

personal life [edit ]

Following the suicide of fellow K-pop idol and actress Sulli in October 2019, Nam spoke out against cyberbullying and malicious comment by netizens, stating that he had previously attempted suicide because of alike harassment. [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

production credits [edit ]

Year

Artist

Song

Role

Album

2013

Team A

“Go Up”

Co-lyricist

Win: Who Is Next, “Final Battle”

“Just Another Boy”

2014

Winner

“Confession (고백하는거야)”

Lyricist, co-composer

2014 S/S

“But (사랑하지마)”

Co-lyricist, co-composer

“Tonight (이 밤)”

2016

“센치해 (Sentimental)”

Exit : E

“Baby Baby”

Co-lyricist, composer, co-arranger

“좋더라 (I’m Young)”

Lyricist, co-composer

discography [edit ]

Singles as a jumper cable artist [edit ]

Singles as a featured artist [edit ]

Title

Year

Peak chart positions

Sales

Album

JPN

“Spoiler” (Japanese Mix)
Epik High (featuring Taehyun of Winner)

2014

—

N/A

Shoebox Japan Edition

“—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography [edit ]

television [edit ]

drama [edit ]

reality [edit ]

other [edit ]

radio [edit ]

Year
Network
Program
Note

2017–present

CaspermusicTV
Nam Taehyun’s 11pm
DJ (every Monday)

References [edit ]

Media related to Nam Tae-hyun at Wikimedia Commons