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". 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.

Early life and education
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.

2018: Solo debut
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.

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.

2019: Superband & Hoppípolla debut
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.

2020: The Edge & "3108"
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. The song expresses in heart-rending lyrics the regret of losing love in the past by carelessly not knowing how precious it was and not being able to do your best. As Ha Hyun-sang participated in writing, composing, and arranging the lyrics, he shared that he gained inspiration after reading an article saying, "if you run faster than light, you can turn back time." then he asked his brother about the formula for the speed of light and created the song from there. During this comeback, Ha appeared for the first time on KBS 2TV's You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook on November 13 and performed "3108" for the first time. He also appeared on TikTok Music Night at 7 pm on the 15th to meet fans from around the world and deliver healing on a deepening autumn night through a variety of live stages, including his new song "3108".

2021: "Late Night Movie", "Burning Sunset" & Calibrate
On February 21, Young K released a cover song of Lauv's "Never Not", filmed with Ha Hyunsang as part of the cover video project 'YOUNG ONE' through Day6's official YouTube channel. Then on March 29, Stone Music Entertainment announced that Ha Hyunsang third digital single titled "Late Night Movie" will be released on April 2. "Late Night Movie" is a song that metaphorically expresses the night that we can no longer feel after the reality in which we live suddenly changes. Ha Hyun-sang participated in writing and composing the lyrics with Young K as a co-lyricist along with him.

On August 18, he attended the burial ceremony for General Hong Beom-do's remains at the National Cemetery in Daejeon where he sang his OST "Becoming the Wind" from drama Mr. Sunshine in a reverential manner.

On August 23, WakeOne announced Ha's fourth digital single "Burning Sunset" will be released on August 28. Ha Hyunsang revealed a bit of the lyrics through a poster on his social media account also revealed the song credits which he also credited for writing and composing the song. "Burning Sunset" is an alternative rock genre based on electronic sounds where the electric guitar that dominates the introduction and the strong synth sound of the chorus are powerful, and is a song that densely tells a narrative of empathy along with comfort for a moment that will soon disappear. "Burning Sunset" lyrics conveys consolation for the moment that will soon disappear like youth that is not eternal, about the regret of not being able to do what Ha Hyunsang wants in this young moment that will never come again.

On 10 December, it was announced that he would release his third EP titled Calibrate on December 21. The album name Calibrate refers to the name of the button that initializes the settings saved in the instrument. On the 13th, he released a teaser image contains the title song name "Lighthouse". "Lighthouse" is a modern rock song completed with catchy guitar harmonic melodies and Ha Hyun-sang's unique vocals. Ha Hyun-sang also directly participated in writing and composing lyrics for this album, densely depicting his desire to return to the beginning as the meaning of ‘Calibrate’. He said that "Lighthouse", which was inspired by inspiration from the sea on a day when the loneliness of thinking that no one could be me, was overwhelming, beautifully depicts the anxious and dangerous emotions of youth. Calibrate have a total of 6 tracks, including "Highway", "Blue Alley", "Dead Bird", "Take Me Away", and "Someone’s Letter". They carried out promotions at independent bookstores, including setting up special stands, selling his third EP Calibrate album and giving a set of goods to album buyers from December 23 to 31 resulted the album to sold out.

2022: Living the Moment of Love, Gomak Boys & "When Winter Comes"
On May 30, Ha released his fifth digital single, "Living the Moment of Love".

On September 9, Ha Hyun-sang participated in a reality music show titled Gomak Boys where the cast members including Paul Kim, Kim Min-seok, Jung Seung-hwan, Big Naughty, were set to form a boy group and promote the released album together. Ha was the leader of the team.

On December 9, WakeOne announced that his sixth digital single, "When Winter Comes", will be released on December 19.

2023: "By My Side", Time and Trace, "Wherever You Are"
On March 21, Ha Hyun-sang announced that the collaboration digital single with British singer Etham titled "By My Side" will be released on March 28.

On April 12, Ha unveiled a teaser for his first full-length album titled Time and Trace, which will be released on April 27. For celebrating his first full album release, he did a surprise busking at the Dream Forest in North Seoul on May 21.

On October 17, he released the digital single "Wherever You Are" as part of the Two Tracks project.

2024: With All My Heart
On January 8, Ha released his fourth EP, With All My Heart. He participated in all of the music producing of this album.

Concerts

 * 2019 HA HYUN SANG 1ST FAN MEETING [THE FIRST] (2019.11.02.)
 * 문화콘서트 난장 in 나주정미소 난장곡간 (2020.12.03.)
 * 2021 Soundberry Theater #2 (2021.09.24.~2021.09.25.)
 * 2021 SOMEDAY THEATRE CANTABILE - 부산 (2021.10.24.)
 * 2021 SOMEDAY THEATRE LAST CANTABILE (2021.10.30.~2021.11.06.)
 * 2021 Soundberry Theater ＃3 (2021.11.14.)
 * 어썸 뮤직 페스티벌 시즌 3 (2021.12.18.~2021.12.19.)
 * 2022 이달의 어썸 (2022.01.23.)
 * 2022 이달의 어썸 시즌2 (2022.02.19.)
 * 2022 Soundberry Theater #1 (2022.03.19.~2022.03.20.)
 * 〈원픽스테이지〉 10CM 하현상 소수빈 - 광주 (2022.04.30.)
 * PEAK FESTIVAL 2022 (2022.05.28.)
 * 2022 서울 파크 뮤직 페스티벌 (2022.06.25.~2022.06.26.)
 * 2023 Ha Hyun Sang 1st Concert Tour Time and Trace (2023.08.05 ~ 2023.09.02)
 * 2023 HA HYUN SANG – 1st Mini Live & Fan Meeting in Taipei (2023.11.24)
 * 2024 Ha Hyun Sang Concert With All My Heart (2024.01.13~2024.01.14)