Park Chanyeol
| Park Chanyeol | |
|---|---|
 Chanyeol at the SMTown Live World Tour in 2014 | |
| Born |
Park Chanyeol November 27, 1992 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation |
|
| Relatives | Park Yoora (older sister) |
|
Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | S.M. Entertainment |
| Associated acts | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박찬열 |
| Hanja | 朴燦烈 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Chan-yeol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Ch'an-yŏl |
| Signature | |
 | |
Park Chanyeol (born November 27, 1992), is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actor who is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its sub-unit EXO-K.
Early life
Park Chanyeol was born on November 27, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. He attended Hyundai High School in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul. He has a sister named Park Yoora, who is an Announcer at MBC Broadcasting Station in South Korea. His parents own an Italian restaurant "Viva Polo" in Seoul.
Chanyeol was admitted to a private acting institution when he was sixteen years old, where he became good friends with Block B's P.O.[1] He is currently a student majoring in Culture and Art Management at Kyung Hee Cyber University alongside some of his fellow EXO members of Suho, Baekhyun, and Kai.[2]
After watching School of Rock in elementary school, Chanyeol became interested in music and he soon began playing the drums. When he was a first year student in middle school, he joined a band with his best friends and played with them for about three years. He was accepted as a trainee under SM Entertainment after coming in second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. While training under S.M., he began to turn his focus towards rapping.
In 2016, during the two-day EXO'luXion concerts in Manila from January 23–24, he revealed that he had stayed in the Philippines in 2007 to study English, which is a very popular destination choice for Koreans wanting to learn the language.[3]
Career
EXO
Chanyeol was accepted into S.M. Entertainment during his first year of high school after winning second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. During this time, he was involved in his school's band, "Siren". He made several media appearances prior to his debut with EXO, including TVXQ's music video "HaHaHa Song" in 2008. In 2010, he appeared in the music video of Girls' Generation's Japanese single "Genie". He was featured in TaeTiSeo's "Twinkle" music video in 2012. Chanyeol trained for four years before making his debut in EXO on 8 April 2012.
Chanyeol was the last member of EXO to be formally introduced to the public, on February 23, 2012. He cites Jason Mraz and Eminem as his biggest influences, though he was a fan of rock bands like Muse, Green Day, Nirvana, and X-Japan in middle school.[4]
Solo activities
In 2013, Chanyeol guest starred in an episode of the sitcom Royal Villa.[5][6] In 2014, he became a member of SBS's Law of the Jungle in Micronesia[7] and the first season of Roommate, but left in September because of scheduling conflicts.[8] He made his big screen debut in the 2015 film Salut d'Amour along with Moon Ga-young, who he also co-starred with in the web-drama EXO Next Door.[9] He was also featured in the 2015 show Dating Alone.
On May 15, 2015, Chanyeol, along with fellow members Baekhyun and Chen, and other artists such as Girl's Day, Sistar, Niel, and Ailee, sung the KBS1's Special Program 'I Am Korea' theme song, "The Day We Met", for Gwangbok 70th Anniversary.[10]
During his filming in Brunei Darussalam, he made a solo song titled, "Last Hunter" to honor his visit to Brunei. It later became the OST of The Law of The Jungle - Hidden Kingdom Special in Brunei.
In April 2016, it was announced that Chanyeol would be starring alongside actor Kang Ha-neul in the upcoming MBC drama, Gaia. [11]
Songwriting
In 2014, Chanyeol wrote the rap for the EXO-K version of "Run" from their Overdose EP and in 2015 co-wrote the Korean version of the song "Promise (EXO 2014)" with Chen and Lay (singer). The song appeared in the album "Love Me Right" which was the repackaged version of EXO's second full-length album EXODUS.[12] He later wrote the rap for EXO's Star Wars collaboration single, Lightsaber. The song also appeared in EXO's 2015 EP Sing For You.[13]Chanyeol wrote the rap lyrics in Yesung's song Confession, which he also participated in.[14]
Discography
As featured artist
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN | KOR | ||||||||
| 2014 | "Bad Girl"
(Henry feat. Chanyeol) |
18 | 58 |
|
Fantastic
| ||||
| "Rewind"
(Zhou Mi feat. Chanyeol) |
— | — | — | Rewind
| |||||
| 2015 | "Don't Make Money"
(Heize feat. Chanyeol) |
— | 43 |
|
Unpretty Rapstar 2 Semi-final Part 1
| ||||
| 2016 | "Confession"
(Yesung feat. Chanyeol) |
— | — | — | Here I Am
| ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. * China's chart positions are derived from Baidu Weekly Singles Charts. Note: Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and discontinued in July 2014 | |||||||||
Solo songs
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Last Hunter" | SBS Law of the Jungle - Hidden Kingdom Special in Brunei OST | Published on his SoundCloud |
| "듣는편지 (Listen to the Letter)" | — | ||
| "Who I Am" | |||
| "Young Street" | |||
| "All of Me" | |||
| 2016 | "You Are" | — | |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Album | Artist | Song | Label | Lyrics | Music | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||||
| 2014 | Overdose | EXO-K | "Run" | S.M. Entertainment | Yes | — | No | — | Rap lyrics |
| Love Me Right | EXO | "Promise 약속" | Yes | Chen | No | — | Korean Version | ||
| 2015 | Sing for You | EXO | "Lightsaber" | Yes | MQ, Jung Ju-hee | No | — | Rap lyrics | |
| 2016 | Here I Am | Yesung | "Confession" | Yes | — | No | — | Rap lyrics | |
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Salut d'Amour | Min-sung | Supporting |
| 2016 | So I Married An Anti-fan | Hoo Joon | Lead |
Television dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High Kick! | High School Kid | KBS2 | Ep. 71 |
| 2013 | Royal Villa | Himself | jTBC | Ep. 2 |
| 2015 | EXO Next Door | Fictional version of himself | Naver TV Cast | Lead |
| 2016 | Gaia | Seo Si-young | MBC | Lead |
Variety shows
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Idol Star Athletics Championships | MBC | Competitors | Team A: Chanyeol, Baekhyun, Sehun, Tao, Luhan and Suho |
| Challenge 1000 Songs | SBS | Guest | with Chen and D.O. | |
| Hello Counselor | KBS | Ep. 131 with Kris and Suho | ||
| Infinity Challenge | MBC | Special Guest | Ep. 345 | |
| Immortal Songs 2 | KBS | Guest | Ep. 114 with: | |
| Mamma Mia | KBS | Ep. 21 | ||
| Star Face-Off | SBS | Guest | with Lay, Chen and D.O. | |
| Law of the Jungle | SBS | Ep.90-94 | ||
| 2014 | ||||
| Roommate | SBS | Main cast | Season 1 | |
| 2015 | Star Golden Bell | KBS | Guest | New Year Special |
| Dating Alone | JTBC | Virtual lover | Ep. 11 and 12 | |
| Hello Counselor | KBS | Guest | with Chen and Baekhyun | |
| Guerilla Date | KBS | with Xiumin, Lay, Sehun, Chen and Kai | ||
| Infinity Challenge | MBC | Special guest | Ep. 424 | |
| Same Bed Different Dreams | SBS | |||
| The Return of Superman | KBS | Guest | with Baekhyun | |
| Law of the Jungle | SBS | Ep. 175 - 177 | ||
| Unpretty Rapstar | Mnet | Season 2 Ep. 9 - Heize ft. Chanyeol | ||
| Grade One Freshman | Hunan | Ep. 9 | ||
| 2016 | Fantastic Duo | SBS | with Baekhyun, D.O.,Suho, Xiumin and Chen |
Radio Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hong Jin Kyung 2 O'clock | Guest | KBS Cool FM | with EXO-K |
| Sukira - Kiss the Radio | KBS Cool FM | |||
| Younha's Starry Night | MBC Standard FM | |||
| Choi Hwa Jung's Power Time | SBS Power FM | |||
| ShimShimTapa | MBC Standard FM | |||
| 2013 | ShimShimTapa | MBC Standard FM | ||
| Sukira- Kiss the Radio | KBS Cool FM | with EXO | ||
| Hong Jin Kyung 2 O'clock | KBS Cool FM | |||
| Choi Hwa Jung's Power Time | SBS Power FM | |||
| KBS Cool FM | KBS Cool FM | |||
| Sukira - Kiss the Radio | KBS Cool FM | |||
| Cultwo Show | SBS Power FM | with Baekhyun, Suho, Kai, D.O.., Kris, Xiumin & Lay | ||
| KBS World Radio Arabic | KBS Cool FM | with EXO | ||
| ShimShimTapa | Special DJ | MBC Standard FM | with Xiumin | |
| Volume Up | Guest | KBS 2 FM | with Suho and D.O.. | |
| ShimShimTapa | MBC Standard FM | with EXO | ||
| Cultwo Show | SBS Power FM | with Suho, Sehun, Baekhyun, D.O.. and Kai | ||
| Kim Shin-young's Noon Song of Hope | MBC Standard FM | with EXO | ||
| Younha's Starry Night | MBC Standard FM | with Suho | ||
| Oven Radio | Main | 1theK Originals | Ep. 3 The Star (Chanyeol, Kris, Sehun, Kai & Tao)
Ep. 5 The First Snow (Suho, Kai, Kris, Chanyeol & EXO) | |
| 2014 | ShimShimTapa | Guest | MBC Standard FM | with EXO-K |
| Sukira - Kiss the Radio | KBS Cool FM | with D.O.. and Sehun | ||
| Jang Yoon-ju's Rooftop | KBS Cool FM | with Kai | ||
| 2015 | Sukira - Kiss the Radio | KBS Cool FM | with EXO | |
| Sunny's FM Date | MBC Standard FM | |||
| Cultwo Show | SBS Power FM | |||
| Old School | SBS Power FM | with Suho and Kai | ||
| Park Myeongsoo's Radio | KBS Cool FM |
Hosting
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Music Bank | Special MC | KBS | with Baekhyun (7/6/2013) |
| Music Bank | KBS | with D.O. (12/7/2013) | ||
| M!Countdown | Mnet | (1/8/2013) | ||
| Music Bank | KBS | with Baekhyun (23/8/2013 & 6/9/2013) | ||
| Show! Music Core | MBC | (5/10/2013) | ||
| 2015 | Show! Music Core | MBC | (2/5/2015) | |
| 2016 | Show! Music Core | MBC | with Zico (4/16/16) | |
Music video appearances
| Year | Song | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "HaHaHa Song" | TVXQ | with Suho and Kai |
| 2010 | "Genie (Japanese version)" | Girls' Generation | |
| 2012 | "Twinkle" | Girls' Generation-TTS | with Baekhyun, Sehun and Kai |
| 2013 | "You Don't Know Love" | K.Will | Male Lead |
| 2014 | "Hope" | HOT | EXO 90:2014 MV Remake |
| 2015 | "Can You Feel It? (촉이와)" | Donghae & Eunhyuk | Cameo |
| "12:25 (Wish List)" | f(x) | with Suho |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 51st Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | Salut d'Amour | Nominated |
| 8th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | EXO Next Door | Won | |
| Hallyu Star Award | Won | |||
| 2016 | 16th Top Chinese Music Awards[15] | Most Popular Foreign Idol | N/A | Won |
References
- ↑ "Exo-K manual part 1: Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol". Oh My News via Oh My Star (in Korean). 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ↑ "Suho, Baekhyun, and Chanyeol enroll as new students at Kyung Hee Cyber University! date=2014-23-11 accessdate=2015-01-12". twiggo.
- ↑ Bulletin, The Manila. "CONCERT REVIEW: EXO makes history, memories with Pinoy fans". mb.com.ph. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "EXO-K's Chanyeol likes to smile". Newsen (in Korean). 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ "EXO's Chanyeol and Sehun to Cameo on Sitcom "Royal Villa"". Soompi. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "K.Will Unveils 'You Don't Know Love' Video Starring EXO's Chanyeol: Watch". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "EXO's Chanyeol shares his excitement about joining 'Laws of the Jungle' | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "EXO's Chanyeol to Leave "Roommate" Due to Scheduling Conflicts". lovelymorning. 2014-09-11.
- ↑ "EXO's Chanyeol to Make Acting Debut With New Movie, Jang Joo Shop". 2014-09-21.
- ↑ "I Am Korea 'MV filming live".
- ↑ "엑소 찬열, '가이아'로 드라마 첫 도전…'연기돌' 굳히기". m.entertain.naver.com. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2015/06/01/exo-reveals-more-details-on-new-repackaged-album-ahead-of-release/
- ↑ "EXOdicted - EXO Fansite: 151111 Chanyeol wrote the rap part on Lightsaber, official download link and more info about EXO's Lightsaber!". Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ↑ "Yesung shares a photo of Chanyeol recording for 'Confession' | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "EXO, Kangta, and Lee Soo Man take home awards at the '16th Top Chinese Music Awards' + NCT U debuts in China | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Park Chanyeol. |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||
|