Rainy days, rainy days, now that you've gone far away.
THIS IS A QUICKLY COBBLED TOGETHER AND SLIGHTLY LACKING IN FANCY GRAPHICS
원웨이 (ONEWAY) PIMP POST.
So Oneway is like this beautiful collaboration of vocal talent and rapping skills, otherwise known as the beautiful mix of Chance, Peter, and Young Sky. Their music sort of rides the line between R&B and hip-hop, and they do incorporate both of these genres into their music. They are currently signed under Yejeon Media and have their own Youtube channel at onewayonesound. They frequently upload live covers and cute videos so you should definitely check that out.
THE MEMBERS
Chance
Stage Name: Chance
Real Name: Kim Michael Jung
Position: Leader, rapper [occasionally], vocalist, my favorite :3
Birthday: 10/22/1986
Height: 180 cm [roughly 5'10"]
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea, but he was raised in Los Angeles, California
Interesting facts: He has probably the best mastery of English though he sounds just like Taecyeon [a tryhard Korean-American]. He also has a really soft and beautiful voice and he got his own solo song on their album, Rainy Days, "Forever". He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, known also as Henry Lau from SJ-M's alma mater. He plays piano, drums, and has the highest pitched voice in Oneway. He's also really, really good friends with Donghae and apparently Henry as well! And all of Oneway is best friends with Junsu from 2PM [more later]. He was also the lead singer of an American band Xtacy Xport before he collaborated to form Oneway. Chance acts the most mature pretty much all the time, and usually speaks up first to thank fans and offer information on Oneway's activities.
Twitter: onewaychance. He tweets a lot about shoes, hats, Oneway, Peter and their sexcapades, and gives mad love to Oneloves. :)
More photos: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Peter
Stage Name: Peter
Real Name: Hyun Peter
Position: Main vocalist, choreographer
Birthday: 12/3/1985
Height: 175 [roughly 5'8"]
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea, but he was raised in Sydney, Australia.
Interesting facts: He plays the piano and drums. In 2008, he debuted as a solo artist under a different label with the title song "Showman". He was the undefeated Australian dance champion [5 times, too!] from 1997-2001. He's considered the best dancer in Oneway and he also does amazing runs with masterful control. Peter is probably the most childish of the group, though he is the oldest; he's generally pretty goofy.
Twitter: onewaypeter. I have no idea what he tweets about, frankly. Over Christmas, he was talking about Santa and beating up Santa and I don't even know. Kid's weird.
More photos: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Young Sky
Stage Name: Young Sky
Real Name: Cho Jun Young
Position: Main rapper
Birthday: 4/4/1988
Height: 182 cm [roughly 5'11"]
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea, but he was raised in Sydney, Australia under middle school, and then moved to Los Angeles, California for high school.
Interesting facts: Young Sky's the baby of the group, but he probably acts the most mature. He plays the piano. He has a really distinctive rapping style and a pretty deep voice. He might remind you of T.O.P. from Big Bang a little bit. He made a cameo in the 2009 music video for SHU-I, a South Korean boy band, "Bomb Bomb Bomb". Before his debut, he was in an underground hip hop group called 37 Degrees with his brother Kazmik Flow. Young Sky was actually a JYP trainee and might have been a member of 2PM had he chosen to stay. [!!!!!!!!!]
Twitter: onewayyoungsky. I don't really know what he tweets about either. He tweets much less infrequently but he does thank fans a lot and talk about Oneway's activities abroad.
More photos: 1, 2, 3, 4.
THE MUSIC
One Way Street
1. U-drag
2. One-way
3. Magic
4. 없는 번호 (Obneun Beonho)
5. CASINO
6. Magic(R&B Remix)
7. Magic (instrumental)
8. 없는 번호 (instrumental)
And one track that's not included on this album but that you can get from the Philippine Edition CD is the English version of "Wrong Number" which is #4 on One Way Street.
Rainy Days
1. The Forecast (feat. One Sound Choir)
2. Rainy Days (feat. Kim Junsu of 2PM)
3. New Drag
4. 빠져
5. Forever
6. Flight 101 (feat. As One)
7. Can't Stop
8. Coffee (feat. J.ae)
9. Rainy Days (Unplugged English ver.)
10. A Thousand Words
11. Coffee (Trumpet ver.) (Bonus Track)
12. Forever (Harmonica ver.) (Bonus Track)
13. A Thousand Words (Harmonica ver.) (Bonus Track)
14. Rainy Days (Radio Edited ver.) (Bonus Track)
MUSIC VIDEOS
Note: The only songs they've promoted so far have been "Magic" and "Rainy Days". I included my favorite performances of those in the "In Studio & Live covers" section toward the bottom.
U Drag
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Magic
MY FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO OF THEIRS: Wrong Number
Rainy Days (English version)
Rainy Days (Korean version feat. Kim Junsu)
IN STUDIO & LIVE COVERS
Displaying their dancing skills to "99 Problems" by Jay-Z
Peter singing and dancing to "Because Of You" by Ne-Yo
One of the best covers you could ever hear and my favorite cover ever done by a Korean artist: Oneway reinterpreting "Look Only At Me" by Taeyang
Chance and Peter singing "Sexy Love" by Ne-Yo [it starts around 0:12]
"Geek In The Pink" by Jason Mraz
Not a cover, but SO CUTE YOU GUYS SHOULD WATCH IT.
Live cover of "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
Chance and Charm Park covering "Charlene" by Anthony Hamilton
And since I didn't make a category for live performances, I just included these here. They're amazing, okay? n_n<3
All right, I hope that was informative and made you want to check them out, because I love them to pieces. And if you have any questions, please leave me a comment and I'll try to get back to you! Onelove ♥