Bae Doo Hoon (배두훈) is a South Korean singer and musical actor under Blue Stage. He is a member of the crossover vocal quartet Forestella.
Career
Early career
Bae studied acting at the Korea National University of Arts but had actually dreamed of becoming a singer when he was younger. He was able to combine both through his career in musical theater and as a guest vocalist for the gugak-rock fusion band AUX.[1]
In 2013, while still serving his mandatory military service in the navy, he auditioned for The Voice of Korea and made it to the semi-finals. He also participated in Hidden Singer (Kim Jinho / SG Wannabe special).
2013–2017: Musical theater
After being discharged, he made his debut in musical theater, playing one of the male leads in the third run of Pungwolju, a contemporary take on the lives of the ancient Hwarang warriors.[2] He also went into theater and was cast in the 2017 run of Our Bad Magnet, originally by Douglas Maxwell.[3] His last musical theater role before auditioning for Phantom Singer was in the Korean adaptation of Laurence Mark Wythe and Timothy Knapman's Midnight.
2017–2018: Phantom Singer, debut with Forestella
In 2017 he was one of many musical actors who auditioned for the second season of Phantom Singer. He first met his future Forestella members in the trio stage. During the "duo vs duo" stage, his duo was up against Cho Min Gyu and Ko Woo Rim and lost. As one of the top 3 winning duos, Cho and Ko had earned the chance to make their first choice pick to form the trio and chose him due to his musical theater background. The newly-formed trio were ranked third at the end of the "trio vs trio" stage and thus allowed to keep their line-up for the upcoming quartet stage. Forestella was officially formed prior to the final stage. The quartet performed four songs in the final stage and won the competition.
The group officially debuted on March 14, 2018 with their first studio album, Evolution.
Personal life
Relationship
On April 3, 2023, Beat Interactive announced that Bae Doo Hoon would be getting married to musical actress Kang Yeon Jung in May after dating for eight years.[4]
Discography
Collaborations
- "나만 아는 바보야" (with Jang Myung Hoon) (2013)
OSTs
- My Bucket List OST (2014)
- A Killer Party OST (with Enoch) (2020)
- "Black Out OST" ("Dear") (2024)
Filmography
Variety shows
- The Voice of Korea (Mnet, 2013)
- Hidden Singer (JTBC, 2014)
- Phantom Singer (JTBC, 2017)
- King of Mask Singer (MBC, 2021) - Episodes 319 to 322 (159th Generation Masked King)
Musical theatre
- Pungwolju (2013) - Sa-dam
- My Bucket List (2014) - Hae-gi
- Salon de Yagi (2015)
- My Bucket List (2015) - Hae-gi
- Our Bad Magnet (2017) - Paul
- Midnight (2017) - Ben
- Vincent Van Gogh (2019) - Vincent Van Gogh[5][6][7]
- Rent (2020) - Mark Cohen
Trivia
- The members have mentioned in interviews and on their V Live that he is the member who oversees the production of their performances and arrangements of the songs. As the only member trained in acting, he would give the other members tips on stage mannerisms and facial expressions.[1]
Gallery
- Main article: Bae Doo Hoon/Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 포레스텔라 "포디콰는 명품, 우린 개성 강한 디자이너 제품". JoongAng Ilbo. November 7, 2017
- ↑ 청년, 배우가 되다! 배두훈 인터뷰. New Stage. November 8, 2013.
- ↑ 나쁜자석 OUR BAD MAGNET. PlayDB
- ↑ Soompi: Forestella’s Bae Doo Hoon To Tie The Knot With Musical Actress Kang Yeon Jung
- ↑ 2인극 <빈센트 반 고흐>로 뮤지컬 무대 돌아온 배두훈. Yes24. December 11, 2019.
- ↑ 빈센트 반 고흐. PlayDB.
- ↑ 배두훈, 2년 만 뮤지컬 복귀…'빈센트 반 고흐' 합류. edaily. November 28, 2019.
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