Coogie | |
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| ๐ Coogie in 2022 Coogie in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Kim Jeong-hun (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994 (age 32) Daejeon, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2018-present |
| Label | AOMG |
Kim Jeong-hun (Korean: ๊น์ ํ; born January 23, 1994), known professionally as Coogie (Korean: ์ฟ ๊ธฐ), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. He gained popularity when he appeared on Show Me The Money 777 in 2018. He signed to hip-hop label ATM Seoul where he released the studio album Up! (2020), extended plays Coogie (2018), Emo #1 (2018), and S.O.S (2019), and the mixtape I Got A Feeling (2021). In 2020, he released the single "Fadeaway" with Jvcki Wai, Paloalto, The Quiett, and Bassagong, which won Collaboration of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards. He signed to AOMG in 2022.
Early life
[edit]Kim Jeong-hun was born on January 23, 1994, in Daejeon.[1] He started listening to foreign hip-hop and writing lyrics when he was in the fifth grade.[2]
Career
[edit]2018โ2021: Show Me the Money 777 and Up!
[edit]Coogie signed to ATM Seoul, a hip-hop label found by rapper Bill Stax. In March 2018, he released his debut single "HBK". In May 2018, he released his debut EP Coogie. In September 2018, he appeared on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money 777 where he first garnered attention. He released the singles "Saimsaim" and "Watch Me Ballin'" on the show and finished in the Top 12.[3] In December 2018, he released the EP EMO #1. "Wifey", the single from the EP featuring rapper Changmo, received positive reviews from critics.[4]
In March 2020, Coogie released his debut studio album Up!, which received critical acclaim.[5] In May 2020, he released the single "Fadeaway" with rappers Jvcki Wai, Paloalto, The Quiett and Bassagong, which won Collaboration of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards.[6] In 2021, he released his debut mixtape I Got A Feeling.
2022: Signing to AOMG
[edit]In 2022, Coogie signed to hip-hop label AOMG.[7]
Artistry
[edit]Coogie cited rappers Lil Uzi Vert, Famous Dex, and Rich the Kid as his biggest influence.[8]
Discography
[edit]Studio album
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [9] | |||
| Up! |
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โ | โN/a |
| Upset |
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38 |
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EPs
[edit]| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Coogie |
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| EMO #1 |
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| S.O.S (with Sik-K) |
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Mixtape
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart position |
|---|---|---|
| KOR [11] | ||
| I Got a Feeling |
|
24 |
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart position |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [11] | |||
| "HBK" (Feat. Ted Park) |
2018 | โ | Non-album single |
| "Peach" | โ | Coding Black | |
| "Movin' & Movin'" (Feat. Bla$eKid) |
โ | ||
| "Girls Like (Remix)" (Feat. Tommy Strate, Ja Mezz, Sik-K) |
โ | ||
| "Coogie" | โ | Non-album singles | |
| "Coosebumps" | โ | ||
| "Catch Up" | โ | Preview | |
| "Bouncin'" | โ | ||
| "Saimsaim" (์ฌ์์ฌ์) (with Superbee, D.Ark feat. Changmo) |
7 | Show Me the Money 777 Episode 1 | |
| "Watch Me Ballin'" (๋น์ด๋จน์ ์ธ์ฐ; bireomeogeul inyeon) (Feat. Sik-K) |
72 | Show Me the Money 777 Episode 3 | |
| "Wifey" (Feat. Changmo) |
โ | Emo #1 | |
| "No Filter" (์๋ฌด ๋ง; amu mal) (with George) |
2019 | โ | It's Okay to Be Sensitive 2 OST Part.2 |
| "Hooligans" (Feat. Bill Stax) |
โ | Non-album single | |
| "Into The Abyss" (with Suran) |
โ | Abyss OST Part 1 | |
| "Pipe Down!" (Feat. Superbee) |
โ | Non-album singles | |
| "GPS" | โ | ||
| "Right Away" (Feat. pH-1) |
โ | Up! | |
| "North Face" (Feat. Jvcki Wai) |
2020 | โ | |
| "Fadeaway" (with Jvcki Wai, Paloalto, The Quiett, Bassagong) |
โ | Non-album singles | |
| "Life Goes On" (Feat. pH-1) |
โ | ||
| "Pow" (Feat. Gray) |
2021 | โ[A] | |
| "Up & Down" (Feat. Mirani, Penomeco) |
โ | I Got a Feeling | |
| "Fast" (with Gaeko) |
โ[B] | Non-album single | |
| "Good Night" (Feat. Be'O) |
2022 | 63 | Re: Up |
| "Beat 'em up" | โ | ||
| "Alone" (Feat. Lee Hi) |
138 | Non-album single | |
| "Sweaty" (with Gray and Loco) |
131 | Street Man Fighter OST Vol. 3 | |
| "Right Now" (Feat. Crush) |
2023 | 82 | Non-album single |
| "๋์ด ์" Kwon Eunbi ft. Coogie | 2025 | โ | Non-album single |
Filmography
[edit]TV
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Show Me the Money 777 | Contestant (Top 12) | [3] |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Award | Year | Nominee | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean Hip-hop Awards | 2019 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | [12] |
| 2021 | "Fadeaway" | Collaboration of the Year | Won | [6] | |
| Music Video of the Year | Nominated | [13] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ์ผ๋ฏธ๋นจ(?) ๋จ์ด์ง ์ฟ ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ์ฌํ ์์ ์ํจ ํจ์๊ณก์ด ๊ถ๊ธํ๋ค๋ฉด I Coogie, AOMG, SMTM, Show Me The Money, Good Night, ์ค์ฆ๋ [If you're curious about the song that brought Coogie back to life after Show Me the Money I Coogie, AOMG, SMTM, Show Me The Money, Good Night, Suzuran] (in Korean). Esquire Korea. February 4, 2022 โ via YouTube.
- ^ Seo, Dong-hyeon (December 20, 2018). ์ฟ ๊ธฐ์ ๋ชจํ [Coogie's adventure]. Arena (in Korean).
- ^ a b Park, Suin (October 20, 2018). '์ผ๋ฏธ777' ์ฟ ๊ธฐ "๊ฟ์ ์ด๋ค ์๋คโฅ์ค๋ฅด๋ด๋ฆผ ๊ฒฐ์น๊ฐ๊ธธ" ํ๋ฝ์๊ฐ[SNSโ ์ปท] ["Show Me 777" Coogie "I have lived the dream.. I hope OLNL goes to the finals" thoughts on being eliminated]. Newsen.
- ^ "2019 ๊ตญ๋ด ๋ฉ/ํํฉ ๋ ธ๋ ๋ฒ ์คํธ 10" [2019 Domestic Rap/Hip-hop Songs Best 10]. Rhythmer (in Korean). January 31, 2020.
- ^ "2020 ๊ตญ๋ด ๋ฉ/ํํฉ ์จ๋ฒ ๋ฒ ์คํธ 10" [2020 Domestic Rap/Hip-hop Album Best 10]. Rhythmer (in Korean). January 6, 2021.
- ^ a b ํ๊ตญ ํํฉ ์ด์์ฆ 2021 ์์์ [Korean Hip-hop Awards 2021 Winners]. Korean Hip-hop Awards (in Korean).
- ^ Lee, Taesu (January 25, 2022). ๋ํผ ์ฟ ๊ธฐ, AOMG ํฉ๋ฅโฆ์ ์ฑ๊ธ '๋ฆฌ:์ ' ๋ฐํ [Rapper Coogie, joins AOMG... Releases news single "Re: Up"]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean).
- ^ Kim, Hyeon-sik (December 7, 2018). [์ธํฐ๋ทฐ] '์ผ๋ฏธ777' ์ฟ ๊ธฐ "ํ๋ก์ ์ 10๋ง ๋ช ์ฆ๊ฐ, ์ผ๋จ๋จํด" [[Interview] "Show Me 777" Coogie "I gained 100 thousand followers, I can't believe it"]. No Cut News (in Korean).
- ^ "Upset (2025)". Circle Chart. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- ^ "Circle Album Chart โ Week 21 of 2025". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- ^ a b "Coogie". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "Alone": "Digital Chart โ Week 28 of 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- "Sweaty": "Digital Chart โ Week 38 of 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- "Right Now": "Digital Chart โ Week 42 of 2023". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ @khiphopawards; (January 29, 2019). ํ๊ตญ ํํฉ ์ด์์ฆ 2019 ํ๋ณด [Korean Hip-hop Awards 2019 Nominees] (in Korean) โ via Instagram.
- ^ ํ๊ตญ ํํฉ ์ด์์ฆ 2021 - ์ฌํด์ ๋ฎค์ง๋น๋์ค ํ๋ณด [Korean Hip-hop Awards 2021 - Music Video of the Year Nominees]. Korean Hip-hop Awards (in Korean).