Doyoung (singer)

Kim Dong-young (Korean: 김동영), born February 1, 1996 and professionally known as Doyoung (Korean: 도영), is a South Korean singer, host and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy group NCT and its sub-units NCT U and NCT 127. Doyoung made his debut in April 2016 as a member of rotational unit NCT U and became a member of Seoul-based fixed unit NCT 127 in January 2017.

Doyoung
Born
Kim Dong-young

(1996-02-01) February 1, 1996
Guri, Gyeonggi, South Korea
NationalityKorean
EducationTopyeong High School
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Host
  • Actor
RelativesGong Myung (brother)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2015–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationKim Dong-yeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Tongyŏng
Stage name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationDoyeong
McCune–ReischauerToyŏng

Early life

Kim Dong-young was born on February 1, 1996 in Guri, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He is the younger brother of actor Gong Myung.[1]

Career

2015: SM Rookies

In 2013, Doyoung became a trainee through SM Entertainment's Casting System after being scouted at a singing competition.

In 2015, he was introduced as a member of SM's pre-debut training team, SM Rookies as he became an MC on MBC Music's Show Champion alongside fellow SM Rookie, Jaehyun. They hosted the program from January 21 to July 1, 2015.

2016–2018: Debut with NCT & solo activities

Doyoung in Vietnam Dream Concert in 2018

In April 2016, SM Entertainment confirmed Doyoung alongside five other members of the SM Rookies program to debut as members of NCT and its first sub-unit, NCT U. Doyoung debuted with the digital singles "The 7th Sense" alongside Taeyong, Ten, Jaehyun and Mark on April 9 and "Without You", alongside Taeil and Jaehyun on April 10.[2]

On July 2016, Doyoung collaborated with Shinee's Key on the song "Cool", for the soundtrack of OCN drama, 38 Squad. This marked his first solo endeavor since debuting under NCT.

During November 2016, he joined the main cast of OnStyle's beauty variety show, Lipstick Prince.[3]

In December 2016, he was announced as a new member of NCT 127, the second sub-unit of NCT which previously debuted in July. He also participated in the SM Station project, "Sound of Your Heart (너의 목소리)", with fellow NCT member Taeil and labelmates Yesung, Sunny, Seulgi, Wendy, and Lee Dong-woo as part of SM Town.[4]

His official debut as a member of NCT 127 took place in January 2017, with the release of the EP Limitless.

In February 2017, he joined Inkigayo as an MC alongside Got7's Jinyoung and Blackpink's Jisoo. In March of the same year, he made an appearance on the MBC program We Got Married due to his brother's appearance on the show.[5][6]

On August 2017, he released "Stay in my Life" for the School 2017 soundtrack, with fellow NCT members Taeil and Taeyong.[7]

In October 2017, he collaborated with gugudan's Sejeong and released "Star Blossom (별빛 이 피면)", through the second season of SM Station.

In June 2018, he released the song "Hard for Me" for the drama Rich Man. "Hard for Me" was originally sung by CHEEZE and was the first song released for the drama, but was later re-recorded by Doyoung.

2019-present: Further solo activities & NCT 2020

In March 2019, he collaborated with indie duo Rocoberry on the song "Don't say goodbye (헤어 지지 말아요, 우리)".[8]

Doyoung had appeared on the King of Mask Singer under the name "Assistant Manager" in July 2019.[9] The following month, he was added to the regular cast of Law of the Jungle in Sunda Islands.[10]

In November 2019, Doyoung collaborated with labelmates BoA, Siwon, J-Min, Sunny, Taemin, Suho and Wendy as part of SM Town on the song "This is Your Day (for every child, UNICEF)".[11]

In April 2020, Nature Republic, a Korean cosmetics brand had officially announced that NCT 127 would be their newest brand ambassadors, stating that the group was picked as their fresh model as their energy matches well with the brand image.[12]

In September 2020, SM had announced that NCT would be releasing their second full album as an entire group, NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1, with the second part NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 following in November. In the first album, Doyoung participated in both of the title tracks, "Make a Wish" and "From Home" making him the only member to be present in both the songs. Along with the given tracks, Doyoung had also participated in the B-sides "Volcano", "Lightbulb" (both B-sides and title tracks released through NCT U) and "Music, Dance" (released through NCT 127).

In the subsequent Resonance album, Doyoung had participated in the B-side track, I.O.U along with the other vocalists within the group.[13]

Musical image

On NCT's Youtube channel "NCT Music", which showcases the musical aspects of the members' talents, Doyoung has covered several songs, including "breathin" by Ariana Grande, "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin, "이름에게 (Dear Name)" and "마음을 드려요 (Give You My Heart)" by IU, "idontwannabeyouanymore" by Billie Eilish, "Rain" and "This Christmas" by Taeyeon, and "Cinta Luar Biasa" by Andmesh Kamaleng (with groupmate Haechan). He has also covered "Mine" by Bazzi (posted on SMTown Youtube), "이런 엔딩 (Ending Scene)" by IU at the NCT Night Night on SBS Power FM, "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith, and "Speechless" from Aladdin by Naomi Scott.

Doyoung made it to the final round on King of Mask Singer based on his renditions of "Beautiful" by Crush and "Time Spent Walking Through Memories" by Nell, performing under the title, "Manager Kim", competing alongside the reigning champion, Nightingale. [14] [15]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role
2021 Midnight Cafe-Sanbok Sanbok Stalker Son Ji Woo (Lead) [16]

Television shows

Year Title Role
2016–2017 Lipstick Prince Main Cast
2019 King of Mask Singer Contestant (Ep. 209–210)[17][18]
Law of the Jungle Cast member (Ep. 388–392)[10]

Radio shows

Year Title Station Notes
2016 Kiss The Radio KBS Cool FM Special DJ
2017 NCT's Night Night! SBS Power FM Saturday Night Special DJ
2017-2019 NCT's Night Night! SBS Power FM Do! Digest Segment DJ
2019 Idol Radio MBC Standard FM Special DJ

Music shows

Year Title Network Role Duration
2015 Show Champion MBC Music MC (with Jaehyun) January 21-July 1
2016 M Countdown Mnet Weekly Guest MC July 28-September 22
My SMT Youku MC September 19-October 24
2017-2018 Inkigayo SBS Host with Jinyoung and Jisoo, "JinJiDo" [19][20][21] February 5, 2017- February 4, 2018
2018 M Countdown Mnet Weekly Guest MC February 22, March 29
M Countdown Mnet Global MC May 22–31
Inkigayo SBS Special MC November 25
The Show SBS MTV Special MC December 5
2019 Weekly Idol MBC Special MC (with Taeyong & Jungwoo) January 9
2020 M Countdown Mnet Special MC August 9

Discography

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album

KOR

Collaborations
"Star Blossom" (별빛 이 피면)
(with Sejeong)[22]
2017 Non-album singles
"Don't say goodbye" (헤어 지지 말아요, 우리)
(with Rocoberry)[8]
2019 184
Promotional Singles
"For Christmas"
(with Joy)
2016 Inkigayo Music Crush Part 4
Soundtrack appearances
"Cool"
(with Key)
2016 281 N/A 38 Revenue Collection Unit OST Part 2[23]
"Stay in my Life"
(with Taeil, Taeyong)
2017 School 2017 OST Part 4[7]
"Radio Romance" 2018 Radio Romance OST Part 1[24]
"Hard for Me" 2018 Rich Man OST Part 5[25]
"New Love" 2019 Best Mistake (TV series) OST Part 1[26]
"Baby Only You" 2019 The Tale of Nokdu OST Part 1

References

  1. Choi, R. (September 28, 2016). "Gong Myung Talks About NCT U's Doyoung And How He Started Acting". Soompi.
  2. Son, Ji-hyoung (April 6, 2016). "NCT U confirms lineup, set to unveil singles 'The 7th Sense,' 'Without You'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  3. Lee, Ji-yeong (November 8, 2016). 아이돌 '화섹남' 총출동!…'립스틱 프린스' 화려한 7명의 프린스 드디어 대공개. enews24 (in Korean). CJ E&M. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  4. "예성ㆍ써니ㆍ루나ㆍ웬디 등 뭉친 '너의 목소리' 공개 임박". TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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  13. "'밀리언셀러' NCT, 정규 2집 121만장 돌파..자체 최고∙최단 기록 '무한 시너지' [공식]"". October 19, 2020.
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  23. NCT's Doyoung and Shinee's Key https://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=648795 38사기동대 OST PART.2 (OCN 금토드라마)
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