Go Won (Hangul: 고원)[4] is a South Korean singer. She is the eleventh revealed member of LOONA and a member of its third sub-unit, LOONA / yyxy. She is also a member of Loossemble.
She was born as Park Chae-won (Hangul: 박채원) on November 19, 2000, in Jung District, Incheon, South Korea.
She debuted on January 15, 2018, as a member and subsequently released her solo single album Go Won on January 30, 2018.
History
Early life
Go Won was born as Park Chae-Won on November 19, 2000, in Incheon, South Korea. She is a middle child with an older brother and younger sister.
In August 2016, Go Won decided to become an idol after attending Oh My Girl's "Summer Fairy Tale" concert[5]. To train to become an idol, she joined LP Dance & Vocal Academy, specializing in dance. While training under the academy, she participated in a few dance covers and auditioned for Source Music.[6][7][8] However, she was not accepted and continued to train under LP Dance & Vocal.
In January 2018, she joined BlockBerryCreative, and debuted as a member on January 15. Before pursuing her dream, Go Won attended Bakmun Girls' High School, but she dropped out in order to focus on training.
In an interview with StarNews, she revealed that before joining BlockBerryCreative she had seen previous members' pictures in bus stations and thought, "this is an unusual project." She stated that the "members would be such nice friends," and that she would enjoy being in a group like LOONA. In the same interview, it was revealed she joined the company the same month that her solo song was released, January 2018.
2018: Reveal, debut in LOONA and yyxy, [+ +]
One & Only, "Rosy"
Go Won was teased between January 7, 2018, and January 30, 2018, when her MV was released.
Her first official fan event was with Chuu on February 10, 2018. Her second fan event was solo, on February 24, 2018. Go Won's third fan event was held on March 3, 2018, alongside member Chuu. Her fourth event was held alone on April 1, 2018. Go Won's fifth and sixth fan events were held on April 7 and April 21, 2018, both alongside 12th member, Olivia Hye.
Coincidentally with the album release, BlockBerry Creative published a NAVER article featuring Go Won, Yves and Chuu behind the scenes of “One & Only”.
Go Won was part of the lineup of members attending the LOONA Cinema Theory: Up & Line event on March 17, 2018. She appeared along with Yves and Chuu during the second half of the event.
Go Won appeared in two of Olivia Hye's reveal period promotional teasers, promoting the duet “Rosy” from Olivia Hye. She also made a brief appearance in the “Egoist (feat. JinSoul)” music video. Therefore, the second version of Olivia Hye's physical album features both girls on the cover, the first page of the photobook, the photocard and the pre-order poster.
yyxy
Go Won was officially revealed to be part of LOONA / yyxy with Yves, Chuu and Olivia Hye, on April 27, 2018, through the youth youth by young teaser video.
On May 26, 2018, new exclusive promotional pictures were released on Naver for each member of the unit. Another Naver post, which is now deleted, revealed Behind the Scene pictures of the unit in Hungary, on the 29th of May, 2018.
The autograph events for LOONA / yyxy were held June 17 and 24, and July 1 and 8th, 2018.
On July 14, 2018, yyxy appeared in the one video.
Go Won was part of Line & Up on June 2 and 3, 2018. On the first day, yyxy performed frozen and love4eva. The latter track was performed twice, once with the regular dance break, once with the Limited 'Jazz' dance break, revealing a different version of the choreography. For their interviews, they had to give a short profile of themselves, MCed by HeeJin. Yves and Chuu revealed that Go Won's nickname is 'Vanilla', inspired by her hair colour, and that Yves likes kicking Go Won's bed. The members of the unit then had to draw their representative animals, and the drawing would go to members of the audience, chosen by a raffle. For the first time ever, the 12 members of LOOΠΔ were revealed together, and danced to an unreleased instrumental beat. The main difference was that on the second day, the members of yyxy had to draw their fruits instead. The unit's uniform was the 'clueless' outfits, and the outfits worn by the 12 members were black T-Shirts with black shorts.
[+ +]
After the + + teaser was released on the 29th of July, 2018, LOONA announced then released their lead single [favOriTe] on the 7th of August, 2018, their first ever song as a group.
On August 8, 2018, Go Won's teaser was released for the + + album. She was the first member to be teased. In subsequent days, more teasers of the full group were released, as well as half-group teasers, where Go Won was part of the 'Line unit'.
LOONA's debut concert LOONAbirth was held in Seoul on August 19, 2018.
The following day, the album was released to the public and the Music Video for “Hi High” was released. LOONA promoted for 8 weeks on music shows and on variety shows, including fan signs on August 15, September 1, 8 and 16th, and October 6 and 14.
2019: [X X]
On January 1, LOONA released the X1X teaser, in which every member appeared. However, due to the heavy hints of butterflies, including the spelling out and whispering of the word 'BUTTERFLY', 12 images of the insect being shown, and flashes on both Kim Lip and Go Won, fans were quick to assume the latter would play an important part in the comeback. On January 3, the LOONAVERSE Concerts were announced, and Go Won was used as the poster image.
Then, as teased in X1X, on the 11th of January, 2019, the second teaser named XIIX was posted and only featured Go Won.
On January 1, 2018, Go Won's teaser for X X was released on all SNS platforms. It was the third to be posted overall.
2020
On May 24, 2020, in a response to a comment on her Instagram, when asked if Go Won was the godmother of her child X Æ A-Xii, Grimes soon responded with "yes". While it is unlikely that this exchange actually holds any weight, it resulted in a number of news reports being made on the topic, with TV CHOSUN going as far as to contact BlockBerry Creative regarding the situation, who neither confirmed or denied it.[9]
2021: “Yum-Yum”, “Yummy-Yummy”
On June 12, 2021, LOONA's Yum-Yum unit, consisting of YeoJin, Kim Lip, Choerry, and Go Won, and COCOMONG, released their first collaborative song named “Yum-Yum”.
On November 4, the second LOONA × COCOMONG single titled “Yummy-Yummy” was released. It was originally set to be released on September 8, 2021, but was delayed at the last minute.[10]
2022: Legal disputes, “My Favorite Road”
On November 28, all members of LOONA, except for HyunJin and ViVi, filed injunctions to suspend their exclusive contracts with BlockBerryCreative.[11]
On December 7, a collaboration song between Go Won and Bily Acoustie titled “My Favorite Road” was released.
2023: Instagram account, Fromm, contract termination, CTDE&M, [Loossemble]
On January 13, Go Won, along with HaSeul, YeoJin, Yves, and Olivia Hye lost their intitial injunctions, as the court didn't find their contracts unfair enough.[12]
On March 30, alongside HaSeul, YeoJin, and Yves, Go Won opened her personal instagram account.[13]
On May 17, it was announced the remaining members of LOONA (including Go Won) would be joining Fromm.[14]
On June 16, HaSeul, YeoJin, Yves, Go Won, and Olivia Hye won their lawsuits and terminated their exclusive contracts with BlockBerryCreative. After noticing an issue with BlockBerryCreative's transfer of exclusive contracts to Universal Music Japan without the members' written consent, the Seoul High Court's 5th Civil Cases Division ruled in favor of the five remaining LOONA members.[15][16]
On July 5, YeoJin, Go Won, and Olivia Hye, now known as HyeJu, officially signed exclusive contracts with CTDE&M.[17][18]
On August 2, Go Won was officially revealed as a member of Loossemble.
On September 15, Loossemble debuted with their self-titled mini album [Loossemble]. Go Won participated in writing one of the album’s tracks — “Newtopia”.
2024: [One of a Kind], [TTYL]
On April 15, Loossemble released their second mini album, titled [One of a Kind]. Go Won, along with Yves, participated in writing the lyrics of one of the album’s songs, “Truman Show”.
On September 2, Loossemble held their second comeback [TTYL]. “Hocus Pocus”’ lyrics were written by YeoJin.
Discography
Mini albums
Single albums
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Collaborations
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Filmography
Go Won first appeared in LOONA TV Prequel 16 #ijk on January 24, 2018, where she was named, mentioned and tagged as girl 'k', but her face was still blurred.
Go Won's LOONA TV arc started on episode #265, released on January 30, 2018. It ended on episode #284, released on March 3, 2018.
Go Won appeared in LOOΠΔ Kick #18 with Chuu. They were applying makeup in the back of a car. The video was released on February 19, 2018. On the 23rd of May 2018, Go Won and Yves appeared in LOOΠΔ Kick #22. While Yves looked uninterested, Go Won danced to Hungarian music in a restaurant. The third LOOΠΔ Kick Go Won appeared in was number #25, uploaded on June 10, 2018. During the Line&Up event, she used a selca app to transform her face into a pineapple.
“One & Only”'s Choreography version was played for the first time at LOOΠΔ x Study Group as part of the undisclosed videos, on February 3, 2018.
After Go Won's colour appeared in the "2018.2.29" teaser, she was a part of, the Cinema Theory: Up&Line teaser, with all the other LOONA members.
At the Up&Line event, a short, mysterious video clip of Go Won with SeeSaw as background music was played. This video leads to the latter video clip with Go Won. The second video clip was of Chuu and Go Won sitting opposite each other at a table. Chuu mouths some words from “See Saw” and appears to fall asleep. Go Won strings beads to make a bracelet. She holds the cat from HyunJin’s Cinema Theory teaser clip and places the bracelet around the cat’s neck. The scene then cuts to HyunJin opening a door to see the bracelet left at her doorstep from her "Around You" music video. Both are undisclosed videos, and are believed to be the See Saw MV, and an important part of the LOONA lore.
Go Won published a short video on LOOΠΔ's V-Live channel, celebrating D-1 before Olivia Hye's MV on March 29, 2018. She then hosted a V-Live for Chuu's first 100 days, entitled 'I Want Chuu' Party ♥ MC Go Won on April 7, 2018.
On April 13, 2018, all the LOONA members appeared in the LOOΠΔ PREMIER GREETING: Line & Up teaser. She was seen singing and dancing to her solo song “One & Only”, as well as an unrevealed song with all the members.
Music Video Appearances
As Cameo
Year | Name | Artist |
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2018 | “Egoist (feat. JinSoul)” | Olivia Hye |
Credits
Songwriting
Year | Song | Album | Artist | Lyrics | Composition | Arrangement | Other |
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2023 | “Newtopia” | [Loossemble] | Loossemble | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
2024 | “Truman Show” | [One of a Kind] | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | |
“Hocus Pocus” | [TTYL] | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
Endorsements
- Nature Republic (with LOONA) (2018)
- Lotte Department Store Mobile Application (with LOONA) (2018)
- Skoolooks (with LOONA) (2019)
- ABC Mart LOONA ✕ NIKE (with LOONA) (2021)
- Elite (with Loossemble and POW) (2024)
References
- ↑ Loossemble. “Loossemble Profile Rewrite EP.2”. YouTube. 2023.08.25
- ↑ Loossemble. “Loossemble Profile Rewrite EP.2”. YouTube. 2023.08.25
- ↑ Sometimes appears as “Love (사랑)” (eg. 2018 tweet). Her emotion is stated to be “Hope (소망)” in the “one” special video and LOONA’s 2019 10Star interview.
- ↑ /ko̞.wʌ̹n/, go WUHN
- ↑ Weekly Idol EP.449
- ↑ HyunA "Follow Me" Dance Cover
- ↑ EXID "DDD" Dance Cover
- ↑ Source Music Audition Video
- ↑ 귀찮지만 알려줘 Ep.19
- ↑ Orerry_nim “The release of Yummy Yummy has been postponed”. Twitter. 2021.09.08
- ↑ “9 Members of LOONA Excluding Vivi and Hyunjin in Lawsuit to Terminate Contract”. Team Subbits. 2022.11.28
- ↑ “HeeJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry win their lawsuits to terminate exclusive contracts”. Team Subbits. 2023.01.13
- ↑ “Update: LOONA’s Go Won, HaSeul, YeoJin, And Yves Open Personal Instagram Accounts”. allkpop. 2023.03.30
- ↑ “LOONA #HaSeul #YeoJin #Yves #GoWon #OliviaHye are joining Fromm. Get ready for lots of fun with LOONA on Fromm!”. fromm_official. 2023.05.17
- ↑ Choi Yoon-jeong. “이달의 소녀, 전원 블록베리 떠난다...12명 모두 계약해지 승소 [KR]”. Naver. 2023.06.16
- ↑ LOONA'S Subbits. “All 12 members of #LOONA are free - won their lawsuits to terminate exclusive contracts”. Twitter. 2023.06.16
- ↑ Lee Geum-jon. “前 이달소 여진-고원-올리비아 혜, 씨티디이엔엠과 전속 계약 [KR]”. Naver. 2023.07.05
- ↑ orrery_nim. “Yeojin, Go Won, and Olivia Hye sign exclusive contracts with CTD ENM [ENG]”. Twitter. 2023.07.05
HyunJin • YeoJin • ViVi • Go Won • HyeJu | |
Mini albums | |
Tours | [Loona Assemble: the U.S. Debut Ceremony] (2023) • Loossemble 2024 Concert [Up_Link Station] in U.S (2024) |
Concerts | Loossemble 1st FAN-CON [Make a voyage] (2023) |
Other | The 1st Field Day: Run, Orbit! (2023) • 「LOOSSEMBLE THE FIRST FANMEETING IN JAPAN」 (2024) |
Reality | Down_Link • Loossemble • Looble_tok |
Yves • Chuu • Go Won • Olivia Hye | ||
Mini albums | ||
Characters | yyxy : Yves • Chuu • Go Won • Olivia Hye | |
Locations | Eden | |
Analysis | love4eva |