Young-hu Kim


Young-hu Kim is a South Korean music producer, songwriter and software engineer. He works mainly with SM Entertainment artists, and has written songs for Girls Generation, Exo, TVXQ, BoA, Shinee, f, Super Junior, Shinhwa, and Fly to the Sky.

Career

Born on November 7, 1981, in Seoul, South Korea, he started his career when he was signed to SM Entertainment as the youngest producer, signed at the age of 15. His first number 1 single was Shinhwa's "I Pray For You", with work on subsequent hits including TVXQ's "Whatever They Say," Shinee's "Replay," and Girls Generation's "Oh." He co-founded XP Music Publishing based in Los Angeles, with offices in Seoul and Tokyo, taking on projects in tech and building the first online music publishing catalog in Asia.
He is currently the CEO of mobile app company Qoop.

Discography

South Korea