Sweetune

Sweetune (Hangul: 스윗튠) is a South Korean music producer team, originally consisting of Han Jae-ho and Kim Seung-soo, and now including nine other members.^[1][2] They have produced many hit songs and albums for Korean pop idols and Japanese idols, including Kara, Rainbow, Infinite, Nine Muses, Boyfriend and Spica.^[3][4][5] Sweetune is known for their 1980s-style synthpop and disco sound.^[6][7]

Team members

The Sweetune team includes music producers, composers, songwriters and engineers.^[8]

Current members

• Han Jae-ho (founder)
• Kim Seung-soo (founder)
• Song Soo-yoon
• Lee Chang-hyun
• Go Nam-soo
• Go Myung-jae
• Ahn Joon-sung
• Jung Byung-kyu
• Han Bo-ram
• Hong Seung-hyun
• Yue Kim

Former members

Before debuting with Spica, Kim Boa worked for Sweetune as a vocal coach, and also recorded background vocals and guide vocals. In 2014, three team members (Lee Joo-hyung, Hwang Hyun and G-High) left Sweetune and formed their own music production team, MonoTree.^[9]

Production discography

2008

• Kara – Rock U and Pretty Girl

2009

• Kara – Pretty Girl Special Edition and Revolution
• Rainbow – Gossip Girl^{[lower-alpha 1]}

2010

• Brown Eyed Girls – "Magic"
• Infinite – First Invasion^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Kara – Lupin and Jumping

2011

• Baby Soul ft. Wheesung – "Stranger"
• Boyfriend – "Don't Touch My Girl" and "I'll Be There"
• f(x) – "Love" from Pinocchio
• Heo Young-saeng – "Let It Go" from Let It Go
• Idoling!!! – "Shōjo no Jidai Kara" from Sisters and Yarakai Heart
• Infinite – Evolution,^{[lower-alpha 1]} Inspirit and Over the Top^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Kara – Step^{[lower-alpha 1][2]}
• Rainbow – So Girls^{[lower-alpha 1]}

2012

• Beast – "Hateful Person" from Big OST
• Boyfriend – Love Style, Janus and "My Lady"
• Dramatic Blue – "Tearfully Beautiful"^[10]
• Infinite – Infinitize^{[lower-alpha 1][10]}
• Kara – Pandora^[1]
• Nine Muses – Sweet Rendezvous
• Spica – "Russian Roulette" and "Lonely"

2013

• Boyfriend – Seventh Mission^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Heo Young-saeng – She
• Infinite – New Challenge^[11]
• Kara – Full Bloom^[3]
• Nine Muses – "Dolls", Wild, Prima Donna^{[lower-alpha 1]} and "Glue"
• Yoo Ji-ae – "Delight"

2014

• Boyfriend – Witch
• Infinite – Season 2^{[lower-alpha 1][12][13]}
• Nicole – First Romance^[14]
• Spica – "Ghost"^[6]
• Stellar – Marionette and "Mask"

2016

• Snuper – Platonic Love, Compass and Rain of Mind
• 100% - "Time Leap"

Notes

1. Some songs on the album are not produced by Sweetune team members

References

1. Jeon Su-mi (August 8, 2012). "Kara's Title Song and Album to be Named 'Pandora'". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
2. Lee Hyo-won (September 13, 2011). "The girls are coming back home". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
3. "KARA releases new album, flaunts tomboy style". Yonhap News Agency. September 2, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
4. Kim, Erika (March 31, 2013). "[Star of the Week] [Song Review] Infinite Takes It Up a Notch with ′Man in Love′". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
5. Kim, Erika (September 9, 2012). "[Song Review - Star of the Week] Kara Levels Up with 'Pandora'". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
6. Benjamin, Jeff (November 6, 2014). "'Ghost': SPICA Go Makeup-Free in Heartfelt Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
7. "Exploring Freelance Hit-makers: Sweetune". Seoul Beats. November 9, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
8. "About Sweetune". Facebook. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
9. "About MonoTree". Facebook. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
10. Benjamin, Jeff (December 28, 2012). "The Color of K-Pop: HyunA, Yo Seob and K-Pop All-Stars Unite for Charity Singles". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
11. Benjamin, Jeff (March 23, 2016). "INFINITE Makes Full Return With 'Man In Love'". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
12. Benjamin, Jeff (May 22, 2014). "INFINITE Return to '80s-Inspired Sound on 'Last Romeo'". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
13. Ock Hyun-ju (May 26, 2014). "INFINITE tops local chart with new album". The Korea Herald. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
14. Park Gyu-oh (November 19, 2014). "Nicole stands on her own with 'MAMA'". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Sweetune on Facebook