Rubber Soul (Group)

Rubber Soul 러버소울
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, rap, dance, ballad, hip-hop, RnB
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Universal Music Korea Happy Tribe Entertainment withHC
Website	Daum Fan Cafe
Members	Lala Choi Cho Kim

Rubber Soul debuted on February 10, 2015 with the title "Life" featuring Mad Clown, who also helped mentor them. The trio are under three labels: Universal Music Korea, Happy Tribe Entertainment and withHC. The trio was named after the Beatles album 'Rubber Soul'. This name is meant to convey the groups wish to connect with their audience as performers and artists.^[1]

2015 debut with "Life" and promotions

The group performed their single "Life" for the first time on February 10, 2015 on SBS MTV's The Show. This marked their official debut and the group continued promotions on various shows for a few months with both "Life" and their side-track "Lonely Friday" with features Mad Soul Child's Jinsil.

Rubber Soul continued to promote their singles via street performances in Hongdae, as well as performing lives of unreleased songs such as "Choice" and "Beautiful Woman".^[2]

In February, they took part in SNL Korea 6 as guest members on episode 1.^[3]

The trio also participated in a pictorial in Dazed magazine in April.^[4]

The group performed alongside other Korean artists such as MYNAME, G-Friend, Galaxy Express, T-ARA, MAMAMOO and others in September for the Asian Music Network festival.^[5]

In October, 2015, the group participated alongside Giriboy, Black Nut and Genius Nochang in a "1st Look" pictorial for Vans and the winter collection "Designed for the Elements".^[6]

Solo activities

Kim participated in Unpretty Rapstar 2 as an additional contestant starting with episode 6. ^[7]

Members

Rubber Soul has three members. The leader, rapper and vocalist is Lala (라라); birth name Park Geul La (박글라). Choi Cho (최초), birth name Choi ChoA (최초아) and Kim Yeseul (김예슬), stagename Kim (김), also rap and provide additional vocals.

Discography

South Korea Singles "Life" (2015) "I Wish You Good Luck" (mixtape) Filmography Television SNL Korea 6 (episode 1) References "걸그룹이 청순 혹은 섹시하지 않아도, 러버소울처럼 (인터뷰) | 텐아시아". Tenasia.hankyung.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28. "러버소울, ‘론리 프라이데이’ 방송 후 버스킹까지 후속곡 활동 활발 - NSP통신". Nspna.com. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2016-02-28. "OSEN - ‘SNL코리아’ 러버소울, 김준현에 굴욕 4종 사진 ‘웃음’". Osen.mt.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-02-28. "러버소울, 무대 밖 모습에 눈길. 발랄하고 에너지 넘치는 매력 발산 : 스포츠조선". Sports.chosun.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 제목. "스타뉴스". Star.mt.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-02-28. "[화보] 블랙넛-기리보이-천재노창-러버소울, '반스, 윈터 컬렉션 화보 공개' - 세상을 보는 눈, 글로벌 미디어 - 세계일보". Segye.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28. "[단독] 러버소울 킴, '언프리티2' 녹화 마쳐..합류 확정 :: 네이버 TV연예". Entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-02-28.