Rubber Soul (group) explained

Rubber Soul
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Origin:Seoul, South Korea
Genre:Hip hop
Years Active:2015–present
Current Members:Choi Cho
Kim
Past Members:Lala

Rubber Soul 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

Past member

Career

Rubber Soul debuted in 2015 as a joint project of record labels Universal Music, Happy Tribe Entertainment, and With HC. 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.

Discography

Extended play

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[10]
Love Is
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart
positions
Sales (DL)Album
KOR
[11]
"Life"
2015rowspan="3"
"Beautiful Women"2017
"Hone Me"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes and References

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