Onewe

Onewe (Korean: 원위, stylized in all caps, pronounced [wʌnˌwi]), is a South Korean alternative rock band composed of five members: Yonghoon, Harin, Kanghyun, Dongmyeong and CyA.

Not to be confused with Onew.

Onewe
Onewe in September 2019
Background information
Also known asM.A.S 0094
MAS
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2015 (2015)–present
Labels
  • RBW
  • Kiss Ent.
  • Modern Music (former)
Associated actsOneus
WebsiteOfficial (Korea)
Official (Japan)
Members
  • YongHoon
  • Harin
  • Kanghyun
  • Dongmyeong
  • Cya

Onewe originally formed under the name M.A.S 0094 (Make a Sound 0094) which consisted of the same five members.[1] They released the digital single "Butterfly, Find a Flower" on August 13, 2015 under Modern Music.[2] Later, they released two EPs: "Feeling Good Day" (2016) and "Make Some Noise" (2017), which was their last release as M.A.S 0094.

In June 2017, they moved to RBW and were renamed MAS.[3] In June 2018, it was announced that the band would redebut under the new band name, ONEWE. The band officially made its redebut on May 13, 2019 with their first single album 1/4.[4][5]

Career

2015–2016: Formation and debut

Formed in May 2015, M.A.S 0094 were an independent group who performed and covered well-known songs in public with all profits going to charity for comfort women victims.[6] On August 13, 2015, they released the digital single "Butterfly, Find a Flower".[7][2]

M.A.S 0094 released their first EP, Feeling Good Day, on March 25, 2016. The EP contains six tracks, including the lead single "Feeling Good" and their digital single "Butterfly, Find a Flower" that was previously released.

They officially debuted on August 2 with their song "After 15 Seconds" which was performed on the music program The Show.[8][9][10][11][12]

On December 31, they were the only Korean act to participate in the Hello Starlight Forest New Year's Eve Concert held at Changsha, China.[13]

At this time they had two fans meet. "MAS 0094 Solo Concert "MAS in Wonderland" (2016) y "MAS 0094 Valentines + 200 Days Concert" (2017)

2017–2018: Make Some Noise, survival show and rebrand as Onewe

On January 1, 2017, M.A.S 0094 performed as a session band for Mamamoo's performance during the 2016 KBS Song Festival.[14]

On January 6, the band released their second EP Make Some Noise. The EP contains six tracks including the lead single "Make Some Noise" and "Starlight".

In April 2017, Dongmyeong represented RBW in the reality television series Produce 101 Season 2. Dongmyeong later was eliminated in 68th place during episode 5.

On May 27, Modern Music published a statement on the fan cafe stating that the band were to join RBW.[15]

On June 9, RBW confirmed that the band signed under their label and would begin using the name 'MAS'.[3]

MAS participated in the reality television series The Unit during October 2017. On the 7th episode, Harin (52nd), Yonghoon (58th), Cya (59th) and Kanghyun (61st) were eliminated. Dongmyeong made it to the finale where he was later eliminated (16th).[16]

In December 2017, MAS joined the RBW debut project RBW Trainee Real Life – We Will Debut along with pre-debut team RBW Boyz (now Oneus). They later held a concert for the project's second season entitled We Will Debut Chapter 2 – Special Party in the same month.[17][18]

In June 2018, RBW revealed that MAS would re-debut under the name "Onewe".[19]

On September 27, they released a pre-debut single and MV for “Last Song” along with their labelmate Oneus.[20]

As alumni, Onewe held Special Cheer Up Lectures for ModernK Music Academy students and parents from October 26 to November 11.[21]

On December 23, they held a Christmas concert entitled "Studio We : Live #1".[22]

2019: Re-debut and Japan debut

ONEWE made its official re-debut on May 13, 2019 with the release of their first single album entitled 1/4 with the lead single "Reminisce About All"[23]

They made their debut in Japan on June 7, releasing an indie single album containing the Japanese versions of the songs included in 1/4.[24] It made Tower Records Japan's Top 10 Best-Selling Japanese Singles released by Korean Artists for the first half of 2019.[25] They later held their 1st Japan Mini Live 「~PROLOGUE~」on June 8.

On June 30, they held a mini concert entitled "Studio We : Live #2 The Name of the Star I Live On"

On August 29, the band released its 2nd single album 2/4 with their lead single "Regulus".[26] On the same day, ONEWE made their music show debut on M Countdown.[27]

On October 13, they held a mini concert entitled "Studio We : LIVE #3" Fallin’ Good Day"

On December 29, they held a Christmas mini concert entitled "Studio We : LIVE #4" My Own Band Room"

2020: ONE album

On April 2nd, the band released their 3rd single "3/4" with title track "모르겠다고" (Q) featuring MAMAMOO's Hwasa. The single debuted at No. 12 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales Chart.[28]

ONEWE's first full-length album ONE was released on May 26th which consisted of tracks from their previous releases along with three new songs including the title track "End of Sping". The release gained notable attention overseas, that the band peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Next Big Sound Chart.[29]

Members

Adapted from their Naver profile.[30]

  • Yonghoon (용훈) – leader, main vocal
  • Harin (하린) – drum
  • Kanghyun (강현) – guitar
  • Dongmyeong (동명) – vocal, keyboard
  • Cya (키아) – rap, bass

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[31]
One
Track listing
  1. 미쳤다미쳤어(Crazy Good)
  2. 나위 계절 봄은 끝났다(End of Spring) 
  3. Feeling Good (2019 ver.)
  4. 내가 처음 만져본 강아지(Love Me)
  5. 모르겠다고 (Q) (Feat. Hwasa)
  6. 야행성 (Regulus)
  7. IF
  8. 공과 사 (0&4)
  9. 귀걸이가 나를 때리게 (Ring on my Ears)
  10. 다 추억 (Reminisce about All)
  11. 귀걸이가 나를 때리게 (Ring on my Ears) (Remix)
  12. 나위 계절 봄은 끝났다(End of Spring) (Rock ver.)
 13
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Extended plays
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[31]
Feeling Good Day[lower-alpha 1]
  • Released: March 25, 2016 (KOR)
  • Label: Modern K
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Feeling Good
  2. After 15 Seconds (15초 후)
  3. Butterfly Find a Flower (나비 꽃을 찾다)
  4. I Wish (좋겠어)
 — N/A
Make Some Noise[lower-alpha 1]
  • Released: January 6, 2017 (KOR)
  • Label: Modern K
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Make Some Noise
  2. Bubijuk Bibijuk (부비적 비비적)
  3. Starlight (별보다 빛나는)
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Single albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[31]
1/4
  • Released: May 13, 2019
  • Label: RBW
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Ring on My Ears" (귀걸이가 나를 때리게)
  2. "Reminisce About All" (다 추억)
  3. "0&4" (공과 사)
  4. "Ring on My Ears (Remix)" (귀걸이가 나를 때리게)
 — N/A
2/4
  • Released: August 29, 2019
  • Label: RBW
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
Track listing
  1. "Love Me" (내가 처음 만져본 강아지)
  2. "Regulus" (야행성)
  3. Feeling Good (2019 Ver.)
  4. 야행성 (Regulus) (Inst.)
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[33]		 JPN
[34]		 US
World
[35]
Korean
"Butterfly, Find a Flower" (나비‚ 꽃을 찾다)[lower-alpha 1] 2015 ——— N/A Feeling Good Day
"Feeling Good"[lower-alpha 1] 2016 ———
"Starlight" (별보다 빛나는)[lower-alpha 1] ——— Make Some Noise
"Make Some Noise"[lower-alpha 1] 2017 ———
"Reminisce About All" [lower-alpha 2] 2019 ——— One
"Regulus" ———
"Q" (모르겠다고) (feat. Hwasa) 2020 ——12
"End of Spring" (나위 계절 봄은 끝났다) ———
Japanese
"Reminisce About All" (다 추억)[lower-alpha 3] 2019 —38—
  • JPN: 1,610 (Phy.)[34]
 Non-album singles
"Regulus" (야행성)[lower-alpha 4] ———
  • JPN: 1,581 (Phy.)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaboration
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[33]
"Last Song" (with Oneus) 2018 — N/A Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(DL)		 Album
KOR
 KOR
Hot
"About Her" (그녀는 대체) 2020 —— N/A Was It Love? OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other songs
Title Year Format Album Notes
"Shape of Heart" (봐) 2019 Digital download, streaming lunCHbox- 6th Album [36] sang by Yonghoon & Dongmyeong
"Dazzling" (예쁘다) 2020 Digital download, streaming lunCHbox- 7th Album sang by Yonghoon

Filmography

Television
Year Network Title Note
2017 RBW YouTube, V Live Trainee Real Life – We Will Debut With Oneus[37][38]
2018 Olleh TV With Oneus[39]
2018 MBC Music Cafeteria Oppa Is in Business With Oneus[40]

Notes
  1. Released as MAS.
  2. Their first official releases as Onewe.
  3. "Reminisce About All (Japanese ver.)" was released on June 7, 2019 in Japan as their first single.
  4. "Regulus (Japanese ver.)" was released on October 25, 2019 in Japan as their single.

References
  1. http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1106920
  2. "[Single] Butterfly, Find a Flower". Mwave. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  3. "안녕하세요. RBW입니다" (in Korean). RBW Inc.
  4. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/410/0000584690
  5. http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=445293#_enliple
  6. "앨범소개" (in Korean). sorinara.
  7. "M.A.S 0094∼나비, 꽃을 찾다" (in Korean). Tistory.
  8. "15초 후". Melon. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  9. "풋풋한 비주얼 밴드의 심쿵 고백송! MAS 0094 '15초 후'". Naver.
  10. "[Album] Feeling Good Day".
  11. "MAS 0094 공식 데뷔일 '2016년 8월 2일' 확정! [MAS 0094 Official Debut Day 'August 2, 2016' confirmation!]" (in Korean). MAS0094.
  12. "MAS 0094 SBS MTV ＜더 쇼＞ 사전녹화 후 깜짝 미니팬미팅 공지!" (in Korean). MAS0094.
  13. http://m.kr.ajunews.com/view/20170102112945907
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QkmtkKOcI4
  15. "안녕하세요 모던뮤직엔터테인먼트 입니다" (in Korean). Modern Music Entertainment.
  16. POP, 헤럴드 (December 10, 2017). "더유닛 투표결과 女양지원·男티모테오 1위…35명 대거 탈락(종합)".
  17. https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0003672801
  18. https://www.soompi.com/2017/12/01/rbw-trainees-to-hold-concert-before-debut-next-year/
  19. "Watch: RBW Releases Debut Trailers For 2 New Boy Groups". Soompi. June 15, 2018.
  20. https://www.soompi.com/article/1237069wpp/watch-oneus-onewe-drop-touching-mv-last-song
  21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11YFjb3DmU
  22. http://cafe.daum.net/makeasound0094/hKTG/116
  23. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/396/0000509398
  24. https://tower.jp/article/news/2019/05/10/n501
  25. https://tower.jp/article/campaign/2019/07/01/04
  26. http://m.sportsseoul.com/news/read/811171#_enliple
  27. http://m.asiatoday.co.kr/kn/view.php?key=20190829000934092
  28. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/215/0000864464
  29. https://www.billboard.com/charts/next-big-sound-25/2020-06-13
  30. "Naver profile". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  31. "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  33. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  34. "週間 CDシングルランキング 2019年06月17日付" [Weekly CD Single Ranking for June 17, 2019]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  35. "World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
    • "Q". April 18, 2020.
  36. http://m.sportsseoul.com/news/read/836803
  37. "DEBUT PROJECT 'I Shall Debut' ('데뷔하겠습니다' 프로젝트)". RBW Youtube. January 12, 2019.
  38. "ONEUS + ONEWE – DEBUT PROJECT 'I Shall Debut' (원어스 + 원위 - '데뷔하겠습니다' 프로젝트)". RBW Youtube. January 12, 2019.
  39. "데뷔하겠습니다 (ONEUS & ONEWE)". RBW Youtube. January 12, 2019.
  40. "Power Up! Beautiful snack bar is open (당 충전 프로젝트! 매점오빠는 영업 중)". RBW Youtube. January 12, 2019.
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