| Yoo Hwe-seung | |||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1995 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Genre: | K-pop | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2017–present | ||||||||||
| Label: | FNC Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Current Member Of: | N.Flying | ||||||||||
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Yoo Hwe-seung (; born February 28, 1995)[1] is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actor known for his work as a vocalist of the South Korean band N.Flying.
Yoo signed with FNC Entertainment as a trainee in October 2016.[2]
Yoo participated in Produce 101 Season 2, in which he ended up at 39th place. On June 19, it was announced that Yoo would be joining N.Flying as their newest member.[3] He made his official debut as a member and main vocalist of N.Flying on August 2 with the group's second mini album, The Real: N.Flying.[4] Yoo released his first solo original soundtrack, entitled "Another Day", for the South Korean drama Criminal Minds on September 14.[5]
In April 2018, Yoo participated in King of Masked Singer. He first appeared in episode 147, which he showed himself as "Gameboy". He successfully entered the final round in which he was able to challenge the king, but was defeated by the king.[6] In February 2023, Yoo returned to the King of Masked Singer stage as "First Place Trophy", and this time he was successful in ascending the throne. He became the 63rd king in the history of the show and served as the king of the 194th to 197th generations.
Yoo released the track "Still Love You" as part of his collaboration with Lee Hong-gi of F.T. Island under FNC LAB.[7]
In 2019, Yoo made his solo appearance in KBS's music competition program, Immortal Songs 2 in 2019.[8] He received his first ever overall win in the program on October 19, 2019, with a total vote of 432.[9] He performed a cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions", which earned him the win.[10]
In October 2019, Yoo announced his musical debut for the musical We Will Rock You, starting from December 2019. He played as the male lead, Galileo in his debut play.[11]
Yoo finished his mandatory military service before his debut.[12]
Yoo has three older sisters.[13]
See also: N.Flying discography.
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Still Love You" | 2018 | FNC LAB 'Still Love You |
| "Expectation" | Expectation | |
| "Delinquent" | 2019 | The Master of Producer Part 3 |
| "So Nice" (GMF2020 Ver.) | 2020 | So Nice (GMF2020 Ver.) |
| "Farewell Under the Sun" | 2021 | You Hee Yul's Sketchbook with You: 75th Voice 'Sketchbook X Yoo Hwe Seung (N.Flying), HYNN |
| "Older Brother" | 2023 | Older Brother |
| "Brother" | The Seasons Vol II. 7 | |
| "I Still Love You" | 2024 | I Still Love You |
| "Hate and Miss You" | Hate and Miss You |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [14] | |||
| "Another Day" | 2017 | — | Criminal Minds OST Part.2 |
| "If You Were Me" | 2018 | — | A Korean Odyssey OST Part.5 |
| "Together" | — | Hometown Sounds OST | |
| "Run to You" | 2020 | — | The Spies Who Loved Me OST Part.3 |
| "Still Love You" | 2022 | — | Tomorrow OST Part.4 |
| "Our Country, Ordinary House, Ordinary Me" | — | Musical Secretly Greatly: The Last OST | |
| "Fight On" | — | Doctor Lawyer OST Part.3 | |
| "Destiny" | 2023 | — | Elsword OST: Destiny |
| "Garosugil at Dawn (2023)" | — | My Love OST | |
| "Love Me Baby" | — | My Reason to Die (Naver Webtoon) OST Part.2 | |
| "I Think I Did" (Korean: 그랬나봐) | 2024 | 35 | Lovely Runner OST Part.6 |
| "Dangerously (Prod. Czaer)" | — | Stage Fighter(STF) Original Vol.4 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Produce 101 Season 2 | Contestant | Finished in 39th place | [15] | |
| 2018 | King of Mask Singer | Contestant | as "Gameboy" (episode 147–148) | [16] | |
| 2023 | King of Mask Singer | Contestant | as "First Place Trophy" (episode 392–401) | [17] |
| Year | Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | We Will Rock You | Galileo Figaro | [18] | |
| 2020 | Blazing Sonata | S | [19] | |
| 2021 | Wonder Ticket - The Village with the Guardian Tree | Pungbaek | [20] | |
| 2021–2022 | KLIMT: Into the Time of His Soul | Egon Schiele | [21] | |
| 2022 | Secretly Greatly: The Last | Ri Hae-jin | [22] | |
| Wonder Ticket - Resurrection of Guardian Tree | Pungbaek | [23] | ||
| 2023 | Mozart! | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | [24] | |
| 2024 | Next to Normal | Gabe | [25] |
| Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korea Grand Music Awards | 2024 | Best OST | "I Think I Did" | [26] |