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MonoTree (Hangul: 모노트리) is a South Korean music producing and publishing company. It was founded in 2014 by Hwang Hyun (황현), G-high, and Lee Joo-hyoung (이주형), 3 former members of music producing team Sweetune.
In 2023, MonoTree was acquired by Kreation Music Rights, a subsidiary of SM Entertainment, as an in-house independent company CIC (Company In Company).[1]
MonoTree is comprised of the members who lead the Asian Popular Music as music producers, artists, and songwriters. We have been working with many Asian pop. artists as a song production company.
MonoTree was founded in 2014 by 3 music producers (Hyun Hwang, G- high and JooHyoung Lee) who want to build creative alliances to share and facilitate the ideas about the music culture with creative musicians and organizations.
Members[]
Founders[]
Producers[]
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Artists[]
Others[]
Former members[]
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KOMCA IDs[]
Status | Name | KOMCA ID |
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Current | DK Choo / Choo Dae Kwan (추대관) | 10004270 |
G-high (지하이) / You Ji Sang (유지상) | W0968700 | |
GDLO (지들로) / Park Sang Hyeok (박상혁) | 10001701 | |
Hwang Hyun (황현) | W0578100 | |
Jung Ji Won (정지원) | 10019084 | |
Lee Joo-hyoung (이주형) | W0739500 | |
NOPARI / No Yu Jeong (노유정) | 10006484 | |
Park Jiyeon / Park Jee Yeon (박지연) | 10011643 | |
Son Ko Eun (손고은) | 10007509 | |
Yoon Jong Sung (윤종성) | W1038900 | |
Former | Choi Young Kyoung (최영경) | 10011644 |
Kim Yu Seok (김유석) | 10004462 | |
Park Asher (박아셀) | W0786500 | |
Shin Agnes (신아녜스) | 10001554 |
Overview: MonoTree's contribution to LOONA's discography[]
MonoTree, as a team, has produced a large amount of LOONA's songs.
- LOONA's music releases that do not contain any tracks made (written, composed or arranged) by MonoTree: ViVi, [#], [12:00], [&], HULA HOOP/StarSeed ~Kakusei~, Flip That, Loossemble, Howl.
- LOONA's music releases that do not contain any tracks composed or arranged by MonoTree (but may have songs whose lyrics are written by MonoTree): ViVi, Go Won, Olivia Hye, [#], [12:00], [&], HULA HOOP/StarSeed ~Kakusei~, Flip That, Loossemble, Howl.
- Title tracks that were not composed or arranged by MonoTree: "Algorithm", "Eclipse", "Egoist", "Everyday I Love You", "Flip That", "Heart Attack", "Howl", "HULA HOOP", "Let Me In", "Love Cherry Motion", "LUMINOUS", "new", "One & Only", "PTT (Paint The Town)", "Sensitive", "Singing in the Rain", "So What", "Sonatine", "Sweet Crazy Love", "Why Not?".
Interviews and Breakdowns[]
Written form[]
- Composer G-high (MonoTree) aka You Ji Sang, about making ODD EYE CIRCLE's "LOONATIC": Interview
- Hwang Hyun (MonoTree): Interview extract
Video form[]
(MonoTree's YouTube channel):
- [ENG SUB] MonoTree discuss making HeeJin's "ViViD": EP.01 ; EP.02
- [ENG SUB] MonoTree's discussion about "Butterfly": EP.01 ; EP.02
- [ENG SUB] MonoTree Ranking - LOONA: EP.01 ; EP.02
- [ENG SUB] MonoTree interviewing LOONA's former A&R Ryu Ji In: EP.01; EP.02
- [ENG SUB] MonoTree's discussion about yyxy's "frozen": EP.01; EP.02
List of LOONA songs written, produced or arranged by MonoTree[]
Indicates single | |
ABC | Members of MonoTree |
Song | Lyrics | Composers | Arrangers | Album | Year | Member |
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"+ +" | - | NOPARI Hwang Hyun GDLO Artronic Waves Billie Jean (BADD) Sly Berry (BADD) |
Hwang Hyun | [+ +] | 2018 | LOONA |
"ADD" | - | NOPARI GDLO Hwang Hyun |
Max & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE | |
"Around You | Lee Joo Hyung | HyunJin | 2016 | HyunJin | ||
"Butterfly" | G-High Jaden Jeong |
G-High | [X X] | 2019 | LOONA | |
"Curiosity" | Park Jiyeon | G-High Ashley Alisha (153/Joombas) |
G-High | [X X] | 2019 | LOONA |
"D-1" | G-High | G-High Choi Young Kyoung |
G-High | Yves | 2017 | Yves |
"Eclipse" | Park Jiyeon Hwang Hyun |
Daniel "Obi" Klein Charli Taft |
Kim Lip | 2017 | Kim Lip | |
"Egoist" | Park Jiyeon Jaden Jeong |
Artronic Waves LAB301 Pablo Groove Lafee |
Artronic Waves LAB301 Pablo Groove |
Olivia Hye | 2018 | Olivia Hye (ft. JinSoul) |
"Egoist (Eng. rap)" | Orbit 1.0 | |||||
"frozen" | Hwang Hyun | beauty & the beat | 2018 | yyxy | ||
"Girl Front" | Jaden Jeong Park Jiyeon Hwang Hyun |
Hayley Aitken Ollipop (Olof Mårten Lindskog) |
Mix & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE | |
"Girl's Talk" | G-High Son Ko Eun |
G-High | Chuu | 2017 | Chuu & Yves | |
"Heart Attack" | Park Jiyeon | Hayley Aitken Ollipop |
Chuu | 2017 | Chuu | |
"Hi High" | Jaden Jeong Hwang Hyun GDLO |
Hwang Hyun GDLO Mayu Wakisaka |
Hwang Hyun GDLO |
[+ +] | 2018 | LOONA |
"Hi High" (Remix) | Orbit 1.0 | |||||
"Into the New Heart" | - | Hwang Hyun NOPARI |
Hwang Hyun | Love & Live | 2017 | LOONA 1/3 |
"지금 더 좋아해" (Jigeum da joahae : I like you more now) | Hwang Hyun | Orbit 1.0 | 2018 | LOONA 1/3 | ||
"Kiss Later" | Shin Agnes Hwang Hyun |
Hwang Hyun | YeoJin | 2017 | YeoJin | |
"LOONATIC" | G-High | G-High Kim Yuseok |
Mix & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE | |
"LOONATIC (Eng.)" | G-High Simple T |
Max & Match
(Limited ver.) | ||||
"Love & Live" | Hwang Hyun | Love & Evil | 2017 | LOONA 1/3 | ||
"Love & Live (Remix)" | Love & Evil (normal ver.) | |||||
"Love Cherry Motion" | Shin Agnes Hwang Hyun |
Hayley Aitken Ollipop Kanata Okajima |
Choerry | 2017 | Choerry | |
"Love Letter" | Park Jiyeon Shin Agnes |
Lee Joo Hyung NOPARI |
NOPARI | JinSoul | 2017 | JinSoul & Kim Lip |
"My Melody" | Shin Agnes GDLO |
Kim Yuseok DK Choo |
DK Choo Kim Yuseok |
YeoJin | 2017 | HaSeul & YeoJin |
"My Sunday" | Kim Yuseok DK Choo GDLO |
HeeJin & HyunJin | ||||
"new" | Jaden Jeong Park Jiyeon |
Brooke Toia Caesar & Loui |
Yves | 2017 | Yves | |
"ODD" | G-High | Hayley Aitken Ollipop |
Mix & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE | |
"ODD Front" | Jaden Jeong Park Jiyeon Hwang Hyun |
Max & Match | 2017 | |||
"One & Only" | Park Jiyeon | Baby Dee Beats Tammy |
Baby Dee Beats (Darren Smith) | Go Won | 2018 | Go Won |
"Perfect Love" | Le'mon (Joombas) | Yoon Jong Sung Le'mon |
Yoon Jong Sung | [+ +] | 2018 | LOONA |
"Puzzle" | G-High Park Jiyeon |
Daniel "Obi" Klein Charli Taft Andreas Oberg |
Choerry | 2017 | Choerry & JinSoul | |
"rendezvous 18.6y" | G-High | G-High Son Ko Eun |
beauty & the beat | 2018 | yyxy | |
"Singing in the Rain" | Park Jiyeon Hwang Hyun |
Caesar & Loui Pontus Petersson Cage |
Cage (Karl-Oskar Gummesson) | JinSoul | 2017 | JinSoul |
"Starlight" | Park Jiyeon GDLO |
NOPARI JJ Evans (Joombas) Hyuk Shin (Joombas) |
NOPARI | Mix & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE |
"Sweet Crazy Love" | Park Jiyeon | Daniel Kim Charli Taft Thomas Sardof G-High |
Max & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE CIRCLE | |
"The Carol" | G-High Choi Young Kyoung |
G-High Choi Young Kyoung Park Asher |
G-High Park Asher |
HaSeul | 2016 | HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul |
"The Carol 2.0" | The Carol 2.0 | 2017 | ViVi, Yves Choerry | |||
"Uncover" | G-High | Max & Match | 2017 | ODD EYE | ||
"Valentine Girl | Hwang Hyun | Love & Live | 2017 | 1/3 | ||
"ViViD" | Park Jiyeon GDLO |
G-High Choi Young Kyoung |
G-High | HeeJin | 2016 | HeeJin |
"ViViD (Acoustic)" | ||||||
"Where You At" | Jung Ji Won | Daniel Kim Mckay Ylva Dimberg |
Daniel Kim | [X X] | 2019 | LOONA |
Credited as Composers & Arrangers[]
Year | Song | Composer | Arranger | Lyrics | Other |
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2016 | "ViViD" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
"ViViD (Acoutic Mix)" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Around You" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"The Carol" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
2017 | "Kiss Later" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
"My Sunday" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"My Melody" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Into the New Heart" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Love & Live" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Valentine Girl" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Love Letter" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"LOONATIC" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"LOONATIC (Eng. Ver.)" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Starlight" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"ADD" | ◯ | ◯ | - | ◯ | |
"Sweet Crazy Love" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Uncover" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"D-1" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"The Carol 2.0" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Girl's Talk" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
2018 | "frozen" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
"rendezvous 18.6y" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"+ +" | ◯ | ◯ | - | ◯ | |
"Hi High" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | |
"Perfect Love" | ◯ | ◯ | ✖ | ◯ | |
2019 | "Butterfly" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
"Curiosity" | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
Credits: Lyrics + "Other" (vocal backgrounds and recording engineering)[]
Year | Song | Composer | Arranger | Lyrics | Other | Composers & arrangers |
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2017 | "Eclipse" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | Daniel "Obi" Klein, Charli Taft |
"Singing in the Rain" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | The Kennel | |
"Love Cherry Motion" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
"Puzzle" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ✖ | Daniel "Obi" Klein, Charli Taft | |
"ODD" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | The Kennel | |
"Girl Front" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
"ODD Front" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
"new" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
"Heart Attack" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | ||
2018 | "One & Only" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | BabyDeeBeats, Tammy |
"Egoist" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ✖ | Artronic Waves + others | |
2019 | "Where you at" | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | ◯ | The Kennel, Daniel Kim, Mckay |
When international music producers produce a song for LOONA, MonoTree usually provides the Korean lyrics.
Credits: Vocal backgrounds and recording only ("Other")[]
Year | Song | Composer | Arranger | Lyrics | Other | Producing Team |
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2016 | "I'll Be There" | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | Artronic Waves |
2018 | "love4eva" | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | BADD, E-Tribe |
"FavOriTe" | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | BADD | |
"열기 (9)" (Yeolgi) | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | The Kennel | |
2019 | "Satellite" | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ◯ | 153/Joombas + David Amber |
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Hwang Hyun
As recording or mixing engineer only
As recording or mixing engineer only
Lee Joo Hyung
Choi Young Kyoung
Background vocals and other
Cho Dae Kwan (DK Choo) As recording or mixing engineer only
GDLO
As recording or mixing engineer only
Kim Yuseok
NOPARI
Onestar
Park Ji Yeon
Background vocals and other
Son Ko Eun
Yoon Jong Sung
Shin Agnes
Background vocals and other
Asher Park
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Notable works for other artists[]
- LOONA's former A&R and Creative Director Jaden Jeong has worked with LADIES' CODE (fellow Polaris Ent. affiliated group), INFINITE, LOVELYZ, KEVIN OH, YUKIKA...; artists for which MonoTree produced a good amount of songs.
- SWEETUNE were BOYFRIEND, INFINITE, KARA and Nine Muses' main producers for a while.
- STELLAR: the entire Marionette (2014) and Sting (2016) mini albums were produced by MonoTree.
- ONF: Almost all their songs and albums are MonoTree produced.
- ONEUS: Inner Child produced a good amount of their songs.
Some songs MonoTree has produced
- ASTRO - Treasure : Lee Joo Hyung, Inner Child
- ASTRO Moonbin & Sanha - Bad Idea : G-High, Yoon Jong Sung
- EXO - MY ANSWER : Lee Joo Hyung
- EXO - STRONGER : Lee Joo Hyung
- EXO-CBX - Be My Love : Hwang Hyun, Onestar
- EXO-CBX - Juliet : Lee Joo Hyung
- (G)I-dle - $$$: Yoon Jong Sung
- Girls' Generation TAEYEON - Farewell : Lee Joo Hyung, DK Choo
- Girls' Generation - Love Is Bitter : Hwang Hyun
- Girls' Generation - Sailing (0805) : Yoon Jong Sung, Park Asher
- Girls' Generation - Wait a Minute : G-High, Lee Joo Hyung, Shin Agnes, Hwang Hyun
- Girls Planet 999 - Over & Over & Over (O.O.O): Hwang Hyun
- IU - Only I Didn't Know : Hwang Hyun
- IZ*ONE - AYAYAYA : Yoon Jong Sung, Inner Child
- JUNG SEUNG HWAN - The Voyager : Hwang Hyun
- KWON EUNBI - OPEN : Hwang Hyun
- KWON EUNBI - Door : Hwang Hyun
- KWON EUNBI - Amigo (ft. Baby Soul of Lovelyz) : Inner Child
- OH MY GIRL - Twilight : Onestar
- ONEUS - Valkyrie: Inner Child
- ONEUS - No Diggity : Inner Child
- ONF - Beautiful Beautiful : Hwang Hyun
- ONF - We Must Love : Hwang Hyun
- RED VELVET - Blue Lemonade : Lee Joo Hyung, NOPARI
- RED VELVET - Hear The Sea : Hwang Hyun
- RED VELVET - Ladies Night : DK Choo, Park Jiyeon
- RED VELVET - Moonlight Melody : Lee Joo Hyung
- RED VELVET WENDY X ERIC NAM - Spring Love : Hwang Hyun
- SHINee - Aside : Hwang Hyun
- SHINee JONGHYUN - Lonely (ft. TAEYEON) : Hwang Hyun
- TVXQ - ATHENA: Hwang Hyun
- TVXQ - Dominus : Lee Joo Hyung, Kim Yuseok
- STELLAR - Marionette : Lee Joo Hyung, G-High
- STELLAR - Vibrato : Hwang Hyun
- X1 - FLASH : Onestar
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Kim Su-hyeon. “[KOR] Sports Chosun: SM, 자회사 'KMR' 본격 영업 활동...'글로벌 최상위 작가' 대거 영입 [공식]”. Naver. 2024.02.16
- ↑ MonoTree Q&A - EP.03
- ↑ According to his first song credited on MonoTree’s website, which is (G)I–DLE’s “$$$”.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 [Ten Asia] Interview of MonoTree's founders - Nov. 2015