Park Chanyeol
Park Chan-yeol (Korean: 박찬열; born November 27, 1992),[1] better known mononymously as Chanyeol, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor and model. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo, its sub-group Exo-K and sub-unit Exo-SC. Apart from his group's activities, Chanyeol has also starred in various television dramas and movies such as So I Married an Anti-fan (2016), and Secret Queen Makers (2018).
Park Chan-yeol | |||||||
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Born | Park Chan-yeol November 27, 1992 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||
Other names | Loey | ||||||
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Musical career | |||||||
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Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||
Years active | 2012–present | ||||||
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Website | Official website | ||||||
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Hangul | 박찬열 | ||||||
Hanja | 朴燦烈 | ||||||
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Early life
Park Chanyeol was born in Seoul, South Korea. He attended Hyundai High School in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul. He has an elder sister named Park Yoo-ra, who is a former announcer at South Korean broadcasting station YTN,[2] and MBC. 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.[3]
After watching School of Rock in elementary school, Chanyeol became interested in music and soon began playing the drums.[4] Chanyeol wanted to be a singer after listening to Unconditional Kismet by Yoo Young-jin.[5]
Chanyeol has cited 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.[6]
Chanyeol became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. While training under S.M., he began to turn his focus towards rapping. Prior to his debut, Chanyeol made cameo appearances in TVXQ's "HaHaHa Song" music video and Girls' Generation's "Genie" music video in 2008 and 2010 respectively.
Career
2012–14: Career beginnings
Chanyeol became the last Exo member to be officially introduced to the public on February 23, 2012. He possesses a baritone singing voice.[7] The group official debuted on April 8 with the extended play Mama. He made a guest appearance in Girls' Generation-TTS's music video for their debut single "Twinkle". In October 2013, Chanyeol joined the cast of SBS' reality TV show Law of the Jungle during its filming in Micronesia.[8] He also composed and recorded an original soundtrack titled "Last Hunter" for the show in 2015 after rejoining the show.[9]
In 2014, Chanyeol wrote the rap for the Korean version of the track "Run" from Exo's second extended play Overdose and was featured in label-mates Henry's second extended play and Zhou Mi's debut EP.[10][11] In May 2014, he became a regular cast member of the first season of SBS' reality TV show Roommate. He left the show in September 2014 due to schedule conflicts.[12]
2015–present: Acting, songwriting and Exo-SC
In April 2015, Chanyeol made his big screen debut with a supporting role in the South Korean film Salut d'Amour, which starred Park Geun-hyung and Youn Yuh-jung.[13] He later starred as the male lead alongside actress Moon Ga-young and fellow Exo members in the web-drama Exo Next Door.[14] In June 2015, Chanyeol, along with fellow Exo members Chen and Lay, co-wrote the Korean version of the track "Promise" from Love Me Right, the re-released version of Exo's second studio album.[15] He later wrote the rap for "Lightsaber", Exo's promotional single for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was subsequently included in their third extended play Sing for You.[16]
In April 2016, Chanyeol wrote and performed the rap for the song "Confession" from Yesung's debut extended play.[17] In Exo's third studio album Ex'Act, which was released in May 2016, he co-wrote the lyrics for the track "Heaven".[18] In June 2016, Chanyeol starred alongside Yuan Shanshan and label-mate Seohyun in the South Korean-Chinese film So I Married an Anti-fan. He and Yuan Shanshan also recorded a duet titled "I Hate You" as the theme song for the movie.[19] In October 2016, Chanyeol and American R&B singer Tinashe were featured in American hip hop group Far East Movement and American electronic musician Marshmello's song "Freal Luv".[20][21] In December 2016, Chanyeol and South Korean singer Punch collaborated on an original soundtrack titled "Stay With Me" for tvN's drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.[22] The song reached number three on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.
In January 2017, Chanyeol played a supporting role in MBC's drama Missing 9.[23] In February 2017, it was reported that he had allegedly registered himself as a music producer under the pen name "LOEY" with the Korea Music Copyright Association.[24] Later in February, Chanyeol collaborated with South Korean singer Junggigo on a duet titled "Let Me Love You".[25]
In May 2018, it was announced that Chanyeol would be playing the supporting role of Jung Se-joo, Hee-joo's younger brother in tvN's drama Memories of the Alhambra.[26]
On September 14, 2018, Chanyeol with fellow Exo member Sehun released a collaborative single, "We Young", for SM Station X 0.[27]
On April 25, 2019, he released his first solo song "SSFW" through SM Station.[28] On June 28, it was confirmed that Chanyeol along with his fellow Exo member Sehun would debut as the group's second official sub-unit Exo-SC, and they released their first EP What a Life on July 22, 2019.[29][30]
In 2021, he appeared in musical road film The Box, a jukebox musical containing familiar popular songs from world music as Coldplay, Billie Eilish, and Pharrell Williams in the backdrop of South Korean locales.[31]
Personal life
Along with fellow Exo members Suho and Baekhyun, Chanyeol attended Kyung Hee Cyber University and took online classes for Culture and Arts Department of Business Administration.[32] Prior to his enlistment, Chanyeol took graduate studies at Inha University for interior design.[33]
Chanyeol enlisted into the military as an active duty soldier on March 29, 2021.[34] He was officially discharged on September 28, 2022.[35]
Discography
Songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) |
Album | |||
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KOR [36] |
KOR Hot [37] |
MLY [38] |
US World [39] | ||||
As lead artist | |||||||
"Delight" | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
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Exology Chapter 1: The Lost Planet |
"Youngstreet" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Lee Gook Joo's Young Street Logo Song | |
"SSFW" (봄 여름 가을 겨울) | 2019 | 174 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Tomorrow" | 2021 | — | — | — | 9 | SM Station Season 4 | |
"Good Enough" | 2023 | TBA | Non-album single | ||||
Collaborations | |||||||
"If We Love Again" (with Chen) | 2016 | 38 | — | — | — |
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Two Yoo Project Sugar Man Part 32 |
"Let Me Love You" (with Junggigo) | 2017 | 16 | — | — |
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Across the Universe | |
"We Young" (with Sehun) | 2018 | 72 | 71 | — | 3 | — | Station X 0 |
"Yours" (with Raiden feat.Lee Hi, Changmo) | 2020 | 49 | 53 | — | 8 | Non-album single | |
As featured artist | |||||||
"Bad Girl" (Henry feat. Chanyeol) | 2014 | 75 | — | — | — |
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Fantastic |
"Rewind" (Zhou Mi feat. Chanyeol) | — | — | 6 | — | Rewind | ||
"Don't Make Money" (Heize feat. Chanyeol) | 2015 | 43 | — | — |
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Unpretty Rapstar 2 Semi-final Part 1 | |
"Confession" (Yesung feat. Chanyeol) | 2016 | 133 | — | — |
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Here I Am | |
"Freal Luv" (Far East Movement and Marshmello feat. Chanyeol and Tinashe) |
—[upper-alpha 1] | — | — |
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Identity | ||
"Anbu" (Lee Sun-hee feat. Chanyeol) | 2020 | 58 | 85 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
"Ocean View" (Rothy feat. Chanyeol) | 97 | 78 | — | — | |||
"Faded" (Devine Channel feat. Loopy and Chanyeol) | — | — | — | — | Byproduct | ||
Soundtrack appearances | |||||||
"Last Hunter" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"I Hate You" (with Yuan Shanshan) | — | — | — | So I Married an Anti-fan OST | |||
"Stay with Me" (with Punch) | 3 | 83 | 12 | 3 |
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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST | |
"Go Away Go Away" (with Punch) | 2020 | 73 | 63 | — | 21 | — | Dr. Romantic 2 OST |
"Minimal Warm" | — | — | — | — | She's My Type OST | ||
"Break Your Box" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | The Box OST | |
"Bad Guy" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Without You" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Happy" (with Aancod) | — | — | — | — | |||
"My Funny Valentine" | — | — | — | — | |||
"What a Wonderful World" (with Kim Jihyun) | — | — | — | — | |||
"Raining" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Everyday With You" | — | — | — | — | |||
"A Sky Full of Stars" | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Notes: Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and discontinued in July 2014. Billboard's China V Chart was first issued in November 2015. Billboard Philippine Hot 100 was first issued on June 12, 2017. |
Notes
- "Freal Luv" charted at number six on the Gaon International Digital Chart.[46]
Songwriting credits
All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.[49][50]
Year | Song | Album | Artist(s) | Lyrics[upper-alpha 1] | Music[upper-alpha 2] | Arrangement[upper-alpha 3] | |||
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Credited | With | Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
2014 | "Run" | Overdose | Exo | Yes | Seo Ji-eum | No | — | No | — |
2015 | "Promise" (Korean and Chinese versions) | Love Me Right | Yes | Chen, Lay | No | — | No | — | |
"Young Street" | Lee Gook Joo's Young Street | Chanyeol | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
"Last Hunter" | Law of the Jungle in Brunei | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
"Don't Make Money" | Unpretty Rapstar 2 Semi-final Part 1 | Chanyeol, Heize | Yes | Heize, DM, Sleepwell | No | — | No | — | |
"Lightsaber" | Sing For You | Exo | Yes | MQ, Jung Ju-hee | No | — | No | — | |
2016 | "Heaven" | Ex'AcT | Yes | Min Yeon-jae | No | — | No | — | |
"Freal Luv" | Identity | Chanyeol, Far East Movement, | Yes | Nishimura, Coquia Roh, Chris Comstock, | No | — | No | — | |
2017 | "Ko Ko Bop" | The War | Exo | Yes | Chen, Baekhyun, JQ, Hyun Ji-won | No | — | No | — |
"Chill" | Yes | Seo Ji-eum | No | — | No | — | |||
"Sweet Lies" | The Power of Music | Yes | G.Soul | No | — | No | — | ||
"Together" | Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium (dot) | Yes | MQ | No | — | No | — | ||
2018 | "Give Me That" | Non-album single | Chanyeol | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Woozi | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Woozi | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Woozi |
"Hand" | Non-album single | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
"Gravity" | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Exo | Yes | Kim Min-jung | No | — | No | — | |
"With You" | Yes | Kim Min-ji | No | — | No | — | |||
"Love Shot" | Love Shot | Yes | Jo Yoon-kyung, Chen | No | — | No | — | ||
"Trauma" | Yes | Jo Yoon-kyung | No | — | No | — | |||
2019 | "What a Life" | What a Life | Exo-SC | Yes | Gaeko, Sehun | No |
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No |
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"Just Us 2" | Yes | Boi B, Sehun | No |
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No |
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"Closer to You" | Yes | Gaeko, Hangzoo, Sehun | No |
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No | Devine-Channel | |||
"Borderline" | Yes | Gaeko, Sehun | No |
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No |
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"Rollercoaster" | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun, Gaeko | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun, Gaeko | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun, Gaeko | |||
"Daydreamin" | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | |||
"Confession" | Non-album single | Kai | Yes | Kai | No | — | No | — | |
"Familiar" | Non-album single | Loey, MQ | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | |
2020 | "Slow Walk" | Non-album single | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
"안부" | 안부 | Lee Sun-hee feat. Chanyeol | Yes | Lee Sun-hee | No | — | No | — | |
"1 Billion Views" (10억뷰) | 1 Billion Views | Exo-SC feat. Moon | Yes | Gaeko, Boi B, Oh Sehun | No | — | No | — | |
"Say It" | Exo-SC feat. Penomeco | Yes | Gaeko, Thama, Sehun, Penomeco | No | — | No | — | ||
"Rodeo Station" | Exo-SC | Yes | Gaeko, Boi B, Sehun | No | — | No | — | ||
"Telephone" | Exo-SC feat. 10cm | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | ||
"Jet Lag" | Exo-SC | Yes | Gaeko, Hangzoo, Sehun | No | — | No | — | ||
"Fly Away" | Exo-SC feat. Gaeko | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | ||
"Nothin'" | Exo-SC (Chanyeol solo) | Yes | Gaeko | Yes | Nellz, Will Yanez, Mike Molina, John Mitchell, Xplicit | No | — | ||
"On Me" | Exo-SC (Sehun solo) | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | Gaeko, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji), Sehun | Yes | IMLAY, Studio 519 (MQ, Jung Yong Jun, yunji) | ||
"Faded" | Byproduct | Devine Channel feat. Loopy and Chanyeol | Yes | Loopy | Yes | Devine Channel, Loopy | No | — | |
2021 | "Break Your Box" | The Box OST | Chanyeol | Yes | — | No | — | No | — |
"Tomorrow" | Non-album single | Yes | JQ, Makeumine Works | No | — | No | — | ||
"Prayer" | Votiz project Vol. 2 | Lim Han Byul, Lee Hyuk | Yes | Lim Han Byul, Jjanggu | No | — | No | — | |
2023 | "Regret It" | Exist | Exo | Yes | Jang Sang-min | No | — | No | — |
"Good Enough" | Non-album single | Chanyeol | Yes | — | No | — | No | — |
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Salut d'Amour | Min-sung | Supporting role | |
2016 | So I Married an Anti-fan | Hoo Joon | Main role | |
2020 | 두근두근두근거려 | Bae Gu-soo | Audio cinema, main role | |
2021 | The Box | Ji Hoon | Lead role |
Television dramas
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | High Kick! | High school student | Extra; episode 71 |
2012 | To the Beautiful You | Himself | Cameo; episode 2 |
2013 | Royal Villa | Himself | Cameo; episode 2 |
2015 | Exo Next Door | Chanyeol | Main role |
2017 | Missing 9 | Lee Yeol | Supporting role |
2018 | Memories of the Alhambra | Jung Se-joo | Supporting role |
Secret Queen Makers | Chanyeol | Lead role |
Television shows
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Law of the Jungle | Recurring cast | Episodes 90–94 |
Roommate | Main cast | Season 1 | |
2015 | Law of the Jungle | Recurring cast | Episodes 175–177 |
2017 | Master Key | Recurring cast | Episode 4 |
2018 | Salty Tour | Recurring cast | Episodes 25–30 |
2021 | Law of the Jungle in Ulleungdo & Dokdo | Recurring cast | Episodes 432–433[53] |
Music videos
Year | Title | Ref. |
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2013 | "1-4-3 (I Love You)" (Acoustic version; Henry Lau featuring Chanyeol) | [54] |
2014 | "Rewind" (Zhou Mi featuring Chanyeol) | [55] |
2016 | "I Hate You" (with Yuan Shanshan) | |
"Freal Luv" (Far East Movement & Marshmello featuring Chanyeol & Tinashe) | [56] | |
"Stay With Me" (with Punch) | [57] | |
2018 | "We Young" (with Sehun) | [58] |
2019 | "SSFW (봄 여름 가을 겨울)" | [59] |
2020 | "Yours" (with Raiden) (featuring Lee Hi, Changmo) | [60] |
"Nothin'" | [61] | |
2021 | "Break Your Box" | [62] |
"Without You" | [63] | |
"Raining" | [64] | |
Guest appearances | ||
2014 | "빛" (remake; H.O.T.) | [65] |
Theater
Year | English title | Korean title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2021 | The Meisa’s Song | 메이사의 노래 | Raman | Military musical | [66][67] |
Ambassadorship
Year | Title | Ref. |
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2019 | Muse for Acqua Di Parma | |
2020 | Nacific Brand Ambassador | |
Prada Brand Ambassador |
Awards and nominations
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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Asia Model Awards | 2017 | Asia OST Popularity (with Punch) | "Stay With Me" (with Punch) | Won | |
KKBox Music Awards[upper-alpha 4] | 2018 | Best Korean Single of the Year | "Stay With Me" (with Punch) | Won | |
Korea Drama Awards | 2015 | Best New Actor | Chanyeol | Won | [73] |
Hallyu Star Award | Won | ||||
Melon Music Awards | 2017 | Top 10 Artist | Nominated | ||
Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2017 | Best OST | "Stay With Me" (with Punch) | Nominated | |
Tencent Music Entertainment Awards | 2019 | Most Popular Overseas Singer | Chanyeol | Won | |
Top Chinese Music Awards | 2016 | Most Popular Foreign Idol | Chanyeol | Won | |
YinYueTai VChart Awards | 2017 | Best Collaboration | "I Hate You" (with Yuan Shanshan) | Won | [76] |
Most Popular Artist (South Korea) | Chanyeol | Won | |||
Notes
- Chanyeol was credited as Loey for the lyrics writing of Exo-SC tracks
- Chanyeol was credited as Loey for composing Exo-SC tracks
- Chanyeol was credited as Loey for the arrangement of Exo-SC tracks
- The KKBox Music Awards is an annual music ceremony organised by Taiwan-based music streaming service KKBox. Every year KKBox tabulates the streaming statistics from their subscribers and identifies the 10 artists that are most popular to be awarded the coveted "Artist of the Year" awards amongst others.
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