Lucia (루시아), also known as Sim Gyu-seon (심규선), is a South Korean singer-songwriter under GYU (헤아릴 규).
She used to be signed under Pastel Music (파스텔뮤직) from her debut in 2010 to the end of 2016. She goes by her real name "Sim Gyu-seon" ever since her departure from Pastel Music.
She debuted in 2010 with the song "고양이 왈츠" (Cat Waltz) in the single "첫번째, 방" (The First Room).
Discography
Studio albums
- A Room Of One's Own (2011) (with Epitone Project)
- Light & Shade Chapter.1 (2014)
- Light & Shade Chapter.2 (2015)
- #Humankind (2023)
Live albums
Mini albums
- Décalcomanie (2012)
- Flower Shade (2013)
- Fantasy Pieces Op.1 (2017)
- Body & Soul (2018)
- Fantasy Pieces Op.2 <ARIA> (2019)
- Lunar Phase (2020)
- Narrow Road (2021)
Singles
- "LUCIA : Melody of Dream Ep.01" (2014)
- "LUCIA : Melody of Dream Ep.02" (2014)
- "Melt Me" (2014)
- "Fatalité" (2017)
- "Your Flower Language" (2018)
- "IVORY" (2020)
- "Lunar Phase : A Side" (2020)
- "Lunar Phase : B Side" (2020)
- "Periwinkle Blue" (2023)
- "난설헌" (2024)
- "요란" (2024)
Special albums and singles
- Merry Lonely Christmas And Happy New Year (2010) (Redribbon Foxes)
- "Immortal Songs 2 - Singing the Legend (Kim Gun Mo EP.2)" (2012) (Regret (미련))
- "The Quiet Family Part.1" (조용한 가족 Part.1) (2012)
- "The Quiet Family Part.2" (조용한 가족 Part.2 - 사랑떼) (2012)
- "So Nice (GMF 2012 Ver.)" (Grand Mint Band (GMB))
- "Ten Years After: 5th Single (10th Anniversary Pastel Music)" (with Sabo) (2012)
- "Ten Years After : First Encounter (Pastel Music 10th Anniversary)" (with Duk Won) (2012)
- "You Can Lean On Me (Aronamin 50th Anniversary Album)" (2013)
- "#DearMuse #201510A #PinkRibbon" (2015)
Collaborations
- "첫번째, 방" (with Epitone Project) (2010) – "고양이 왈츠" (Cat Waltz)
- "두 번째, 방" (with Epitone Project) (2010) – "부디" (Please)
- "꽃처럼 한 철만 사랑해 줄 건가요?" (with Epitone Project) (2011) – "Sakura Moment"
- Epitone Project - "오늘" (Today) (2010)
- Epitone Project - "선인장" (Cactus) (2010)
- Sentimental Scenery - "Heavenly Sky" (2011)
- Herz Analog - "녹차우유곽" (2012)
- "Re;code Episode II" (with Woo Hyun) (2013)
- Sentimental Scenery - "지금 여기, 이곳에서" (~Now Here, Here Now) (2015) - music video
- "015B Anthology Part.5" (with 015B) (2018)
OSTs
- "Rainbow Rose OST" ("Cat Waltz (Acoustic Ver.)") (2012)
- "Hyde Jekyll, Me OST" ("Maybe" with Epitone Project) (2015)
- "Fantastic OST" ("Here, Take My Heart" with Yoon Hyun Sang) (2016)
- "The Bride of Habaek 2017 OST Pt.6" ("Without You") (2017)
- "Couple on the Backtrack OST Pt.3" ("Dream") (2017)
- "Judge VS. Judge OST Pt. 2" ("This Much") (2017)
- "Jugglers OST Pt. 6" ("Angels in the City") (2018)
- "Mystery Queen 2 OST Pt. 3" ("I Don't Know Love") (2018)
- "30 But 17 OST Pt. 4" ("Tears In My Heart") (2018)
- "Feel Good to Die OST Pt. 4" ("For You")(2018)
- "Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung OST Pt. 4" ("You Are My Love") (2019)
- "When I Was Most Beautiful OST Pt .4" ("The Days Engraved") (2020)
- "The Red Sleeve OST Part.5" ("Beautiful") (2021)
- "고맙습니다 (웹툰 '선녀외전' X 심규선 (Lucia))" ("고맙습니다") (2024)
Producing and writing credits
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[1]
Artist | Song | Album | Type |
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2015 | |||
XIA | "Yesterday" | Yesterday | Writing Composing |
2017 | |||
Lovelyz | "Sleepy Dream" | Fall in Lovelyz | Writing Composing |
Concerts
- "처음" (~First) (2013)
- "꽃그늘" (Flower Shade) (2013)
- "다시, 봄" (~Spring, Again) (2015)
- "Light & Shade" (2016)
Awards and nominations
Years | Awards |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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Trivia
- She wanted to debut under her real name ("Sim Gyu-seon") but an executive of her company found that it was a too masculine name.[2]
- She is a Roman Catholic; her baptismal name is Lucia.[3] She sang in a church choir when she was young.
- She sometimes mentions religious themes in her songs:
- god ("Upon Your Existence", "Song Of Candle Dripping", "God Loves him (신이 그를 사랑해)") and the devil ("Ophelia" and "Wuthering Heights").
- She sometimes mentions religious themes in her songs:
- Other recurring themes in her songs:
- flowers, the moon, nights, birds, the sea/waves, the wind, dreams, art/paintings, seasons, cold-warm contrasts
- She likes reading. She mentioned really liking writers Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf.[3] She draws inspiration from real life and literature to write her lyrics:
- "Demian (데미안)" from Light & Shade Chapter.1 (2014) is inspired by Hermann Hesse's 1919 novel "Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth".
- "The Moon and Sixpence (달과 6펜스)" from Light & Shade Chapter.2 (2015) is inspired by W. Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel "The Moon and Sixpence".
- "Ophelia (오필리아)" from LUCIA : Melody of Dream Ep.02 (2014) is inspired by Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare's drama "Hamlet" written between 1599 and 1601.
- She graduated from Busan Arts College (부산예술대학교).[citation needed]
- She was the vocalist of Asco (아스코, ASCORBIC ACID), a joint band composed of Busan Arts College and Dong-Eui University students. In 2015, the band participated in the 29th MBC University Song Festival with the song "Feel Love" and won the gold prize.[3]
- Other members of Asco included: Jeong Jun-kyo (정준교, guitar), Kim Jin-young (김진영, keyboard), Choi Gyeong-woon (최경운, drum), Yu Gyeong-hoon (유경훈, bass)