Ha Hyun-sang

Ha Hyunsang (born September 14, 1998) is a South Korean singer and songwriter who debuted as a K-Indie artist on February 21, 2018 with a single titled "Dawn".

In August, TvN's Saturday Drama Mr. Sunshine announced that the drama's seventh OST, Ha Hyun-sang's "Becoming the Wind", will be released on the South Korean domestic music site on the 12th.

The drama production team of 'Mr. Sunshine' said that they discovered Ha Hyun-sang who still a 5 months old rookie at that time while looking for a new voice to add strength to the drama.

Ha Hyun-sang participated in JTBC's Superband where indie musicians were invited to perform and create a band.

He participated the program as a vocalist but he also performed on the stage with his guitar.

On the first round, he formed a team consist of Shin Ye-chan (Violinist) and Hong Jin-ho (Cellist) then performed "Viva la Vida".

During the second round, he joined Jo Won-sang (Bass Guitarist) team with Lee Gang-ho (Guitarist) and Jeong Sol (Percussionist) and performed "Virtual Insanity".

For the third round, he joined I'll (Vocalist) team with Kim Hyeong-u (Bass Guitarist), and Hong Jin-ho (Cellist) and performed "1000x".

On the fourth round, he joined Kim Hyeong-u (Bass Guitarist) team with the same member during round 3 and performed "Creep".

Before the semi-final round round Ha Hyun-sang with I'll (Vocalist), Kim Young-so (Guitarist), and Hong Jin-ho (Cellist) created a band and named it Hoppipolla, which was taken from the Sigur Rós song of the same name.

For the 1st semi-final round, Hoppipolla band performed "Hoppipolla" to present the message of their band name "Hoping people around the world can immerse in their music and feel bliss by getting solace".

During the 2nd semi-final round, Hoppipolla performed "Wake Me Up".

Hoppipolla got 2nd place with 14,670 points from the result of the semi-final round.

On the final round live broadcast, Hoppipolla performed "One More Light".

They won both the online pre-voting and the live text message voting.

Hoppipolla also won the final result of the show with 48,339 points.

As the winning team, Hoppipolla received a total prize money of 100 million won, the opportunity to release an album, do the world tour, and SUV.

After winning the Superband, Ha joined the promotion with Hoppipolla.

They appeared on Immortal Songs 2 for 3 times to perform "Heart Beats " by Lee Eun-mi, "Broken Heart " by Koyote, and "A Million Roses " on episode 422, 423, and 434 respectively.

Hoppipolla signed with Dreamus Company and Moss Music for their band promotion.

Hoppipolla officially debuted on November 16 with a single album titled About Time which consist of 2 songs, the opening track "Opfern" and the title song "About Time".

On December 13, Ha and Hoppipolla also performed in the Superband Top 3 Concert with Lucy and Purple Rain.

On May 28, Ha announced his second EP titled The Edge will be released on June 8.

This album consist of 6 tracks, "Intro : Rise", "A Book of Love", "Nostalgia" (feat. Rohann), "Not Okay", "Close", and "With you" (CD Only).

The name of this album, ‘The Edge’, literally means edge, and captures the growth of Ha Hyun-sang as a boy or young man and the ambiguous boundary of Ha Hyun-sang as an artist.

Through this work, Ha Hyun-sang plans to present a variety of music that he has never tried before.

It is especially noteworthy in that he participated in writing lyrics and composing all songs.

The title song "Nostalgia" (Feat.Rohann) from album The Edge is an electronic pop containing memories of the past that Ha Hyun-sang worked together with his friend, rapper Rohann.

To commorate his comeback, Ha Hyun-sang held an online busking event through his YouTube channel on June 7, the day before the release of his new album, and introduced the new song and show off his singing.

On October 29, Onefect Entertainment announced Ha Hyun-sang second digital single titled "3108" will be released on November 10.

The song name "3108" expresses the speed of light as a formula (3x10^8 km/s), and contains the earnest desire to run faster than light to the past and meet the person you were back then.

"3108" is a pop genre song that adds a lyrical melody to EDM sound.

On February 21, 2018, Ha officially debut with his first single "Dawn" as a K-Indie artist of Bluewood label.

On May 1, Ha released his first EP My Poor Lonely Heart, which contains 5 tracks including his first single "Dawn", and for new tracks "Where are you now", "Gone tonight", "Koh Samed", and "Break Down".

This EP later will be remastered and released again in 2022 as a limited edition LP.

Besides his solo work, he is also the vocalist of Hoppipolla, a band that won a television talent show called Superband on JTBC in 2019.

On 2022, he participated in a music reality show titled Gomak Boys and became their leader during the promotion.

Ha Hyun-sang dreamed of becoming a singer while playing in the band in middle school, and after entering Lira Art High School's Department of Practical Music, he began learning how to sing and write songs in earnest.

In High school days, he received the Encouragement Award at the Kim Gwang-seok Song Festival.

He enrolled in the Department of Applied Music at Seoul Institute of the Arts.