Marronnier Explained

Marronnier
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	South Korea
Genre:	Pop
Years Active:	1989 - 1998
Past Members:	Producer Kim Seon-min, Shin Yoon-mi, Kwon In-ha, Hwang Chi-hoon, Choi Sun-Won, Kim Shin-Woo, Kim Min-kyoung, Kim Ji-young, Lee Hyeon-uk

Marronnier (마로니에) is a South Korean pop/ballad project group mostly active in the 1990s. Their song "Cocktail Love" was sung by guest singers Shin Yoon-mi, Choi Sun-won and Kim Shin-woo of Marronnier's third album released in 1994. "Cocktail Love" got huge popularity right after its release. However, The improvised group performed lip syncing with songs by Shin Yoon-mi and Choi Sun-won.^[1] The group in the Cocktail Love music video didn't sing at all on Marronnier's third album. There was a legal dispute between the record label because they stole Shin Yoon-mi's voice and arrangement rights.^[2] ^[3] Shin Yoon-mi sang "Cocktail Love" live in court to prove her rights.^[4] Shin Yoon-mi won a copyright lawsuit against record label and regained 'Moral Rights of singers' and 'copyright for chorus arrangement'.^[5] ^[6]

Shin Yoon-mi and Kwon In-ha appeared on the 11th episode of "Two Yoo Project Sugar Man" in 2020.

"Cocktail Love" has been covered by Turtles, Seo Young-eun featuring Kim Youn-woo, and GFriend.

Members

1st Album: Kim Seon-min (김선민), Kwon In-ha (권인하), Shin Yoon-mi (신윤미)
2nd Album: Hwang Chi-hoon (황치훈), Kim Sa-mi (김사미), Lee Yun-seon (이윤선), Yu Ju-hui (유주희)
3rd Album: Shin Yoon-mi (신윤미), Choi Sun-Won (최선원), Kim Shin-Woo (김신우)
4th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Sin Yu-sang (신유상), Won Woo-hyuk (원우혁)
5th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Won Woo-hyuk (원우혁), Lee Hyeon-uk (이현욱)
6th Album: Kim Min-kyoung (김민경), Kim Ji-young (김지영), Lee Hyeon-uk (이현욱)
7th Album: Kim Ji-young (김지영), Yang Jun-seok (양준석), Lim Seung-seon (임승선)

Discography

Albums

비를 기다리는 사람들 / 동숭로에서···, 1989
혼자 남는 법/안개꽃 꽃말은 슬픔, 1992
마로니에 3 - Cocktail Love, 1994
마로니에 '95 - 진실게임, 1995
마로니에 '96 - 큐피트의 화살, April 1996
마로니에 '97, May 1997
마로니에 '98, 1998

Compilations

마로니에 - The best, December 2002

Notes and References

Web site: 국내 가요계, 립 씽크 복병에 휘청 The domestic K-pop industry is reeling from lip-synching. 1994-06-08. 연합뉴스. ko. 오동진.
Web site: 대중가요 음반 편곡권 요구 첫 소송 the first lawsuit for the right to arrange popular song. 1994-08-29. 연합뉴스. ko.
Web site: "가요 '칵테일사랑' 목소리 도용" 신윤미 씨, 음반회사 상대 소송 "'Cocktail Love' voice theft" Shin Yoon-mi, a lawsuit against a record company. 1994-08-31. 한겨레. ko. 김의겸.
Web site: '슈가맨3' 마로니에·더 크로스, 소환 성공…다시 찾은 그 노래 'The Sugarman 3' Marronier and The Cross, successfully summoned…The song found again. 2020-02-14. 동아일보. ko.
Web site: 서울민사지법 1995. 1. 18., 자, 94카합9052, 결정.. 1995-01-18. 국가법령정보센터. ko.