Andrew Choi

Andrew Choi
Also known as	Andrew Choi (앤드류 최 )
Born	Choi Seong-hyun (최성현) (1980-12-25) December 25, 1980 (age 44) Busan, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, dance, R&B
Occupations	Singer composer
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	SM Entertainment Iconic Sounds Sony Music
Korean name
Hangul	최성현
RR	Choe Seonghyeon
MR	Ch'oe Sŏnghyŏn

Andrew Choi (born December 25, 1980), is a South Korean singer and composer. He is best known for finishing in third place on SBS's K-pop Star Season 2 . He released his first album, Love Was Enough on May 27, 2013. ^[1] He previously known for worked as producer and composer under SM Entertainment. ^[2]

In 2025, He became the singing voice for the character Jinu in the Netflix animation, KPop Demon Hunters . ^[3]

Background

Choi was born in Busan on December 25, 1980, ^{[4] [5]} but grew up in the United States. He was five years old when his family moved to New Jersey. ^[3] He wanted to enroll to a music school when he was younger but never had the opportunity, thus he pursued a musical career on his own. ^[3] He majored in psychology at Rutgers University. He returned to Korea in 2009 and started working as an English teacher at a hagwon. He then joined Iconic Sounds and started composing music for other artists, before applying to K-pop Star 2. ^[6]

He was brought on board the KPop Demon Hunters project by Ejae and originally asked to sing as Romance or Mystery but eventually became the singing voice for the main male character, Jinu. ^[3]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [7]
Love Was Enough	Released: May 27, 2013 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Track list "느금마" "Basketball team" "멀리 있더라도 (Sending You My Love)" "Not Over Us" "If It Wasn't For You"	11	KOR: 1,145 [8]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR [9]
"Love Was Enough"	2013	59	Love Was Enough
"Under My Skin"	2025	—	Non-album single
"Better With You"		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"행복을 크게 넓게 길게"	2013	Non-album single

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		KOR [10]	AUS [11]	CAN [12]	MLY [13]	NZ [14]	PHL Hot [15]	SGP [16]	UK [17]	US [18]	WW [19]
"Soda Pop" (with Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, and SamUIL Lee as Saja Boys)	2025	2	4	5	5	3	6	3	3	3	3	ARIA: Platinum [20] BPI: Gold [21] RIAA: Platinum [22] RMNZ: Platinum [23]	KPop Demon Hunters
"Free" (as Jinu, with Ejae as Rumi)		26	13	21	6	9	10	7	— [A]	23	11	ARIA: Platinum [20] RMNZ: Gold [23]
"Your Idol" (with Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, and SamUIL Lee as Saja Boys)		6	4	8	3	4	14	4	5	4	3	ARIA: Platinum [20] BPI: Silver [25] RIAA: Platinum [22] RMNZ: Platinum [23]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As producer / songwriter

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise ^[26]

Year	Artist	Song	Album
2011	BoA	"Distance"	2011 Winter SMTown: The Warmest Gift
2012	TVXQ	"Destiny"	Catch Me
		"Gorgeous"
2013		"I Know"	Time
	Rainbow	"In Love"	Rainbow Syndrome
	Shinee	"Beautiful"	Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
		"Why So Serious?"	Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me
		"Shine" (Medusa I)
		"Dangerous" (Medusa II)
	Exo	"Baby Don't Cry"	XOXO
	Exile	"No Limit"	Extreme Best
2014	Royal Pirates	"Drawing the Line"	Drawing the Line
	TVXQ	"Love Again"	Tense
	15&	"Sugar"	Sugar
	Exile Shokichi	"Enrai"	The Future
	History	"I Got U"	Desire
		"It's Alright"
	VIXX	"After Dark"	Error
	Super Junior	"Evanesce"	Mamacita
2015	Shinhwa	"White Shirts"	We
	Red Velvet	"Stupid Cupid"	Ice Cream Cake
	Hotshot	"Midnight Sun"	Am I Hotshot?
	Generations from Exile Tribe	"...for you"	Speedster
		"Pages"
	Day6	"이상하게 계속 이래" (Out Of My Mind)	The day
	NU'EST	"Koisuru Wonderland"	Bridge the World
	Exo	"On the Snow"	Sing for You
2016	Taemin	"Guess Who"	Press It
	Got7	"Something Good"	Flight Log: Departure
	Day6	"Blood"	Daydream
	VIXX	"Dynamite"	Zelos
	Dumbfounded	"Safe"	We Might Die
	U-Kiss	"Heartless"	Stalker
	Exo	"Lucky One"	Ex'Act
		"Winter Heat"	For Life
	Tiffany Young	"Heartbreak Hotel" (Tiffany and Simon Dominic)	SM Station Season 1
	Eric Nam	"Can't Help Myself" (못참겠어) (featuring Loco)	Non-album singles
	Jero	"Airplane" (못참겠어) (featuring Giriboy)	Airplane
	2PM	"Never"	Gentlemen's Game
	Song Ji-eun	"I Wanna Fall In Love"	Bobby Doll
	Kangta	"If I Told Ya"	'Home' Chapter 1
2017	Seohyun	"Hello" (featuring Eric Nam)	Don't Say No
	T-ara	"Real Love" (Eunjung solo)	What's My Name?
	NCT 127	"Whiplash"	Cherry Bomb
	Justin Park	"Dates In LA"	Non-album single
	VAV	"ABC (Middle Of The Night)"	Spotlight
	JJ Project	"Icarus"	Verse 2
		"Find You"
		"Fade Away" (Jay B solo)
	NCT Dream	"My Page"	We Young
	Kevin Oh	"Sorry"	Non-album single
	Day6	"Out of My Mind" (이상하게 계속 이래; Final Ver.)	Moonrise
2018	Rainz	"Open Ur Heart"	Shake You Up
	Suzy	"SObeR"	Faces of Love
	TVXQ	"Wake Me Up"	New Chapter #1: The Chance of Love
	Ten	"New Heroes"	SM Station Season 2
	Victon	"Celebrate"	Evergreen OST (Part 6)
	Leebada	"LOVE" (featuring pH-1)	Pink Ocean
		"Runnin’ Back"	Black Ocean
	NCT 127	"100"	Chain
	Shinee	"Chemistry"	The Story of Light
		"Undercover"
	UMB	"Black Heart"	Black Heart
	Jamie	"Count You Out"	jiminxjamie
	Chanyeol & Sehun	"We Young"	Station X 0
	T2U	"Ocean"	Ocean
	Babylon	"One More Night" (featuring Vinxen)	Caelo
	Exo-CBX	"Off the Wall"	Magic
	NCT	"Timeless"	NCT 2018 Empathy
	Taemin	"What's This Feeling"	Taemin
	Baek A-yeon	"Starlight"	Dear Me
	Yesung & Chung Ha	"Whatcha Doin'"	SM Station Season 3
2019	Bumkey	"Dancing on glass"	Non-album single
	Chanyeol	"SSWF"	SM Station Season 3
	WayV	"Say It"	Take Off
	U-Know	"Blue Jeans"	True Colors
	JeA	"My World"	Newself
	Ailee	"Midnight"	Butterfly
		"Want it"
		"Headlock"
	Weki Meki	"Tiki-Taka (99%)"	Week End LOL
	Monsta X	"Disaster"	Follow: Find You
2020	Ryuji Imaichi	"Kiss & Tell"	Zone of Gold
	Sechs Kies	"All for You"	All for You
	The Boyz	"Shake You Down"	Reveal
		"Christmassy!"	Non-album single
	Shuta Sueyoshi	"With Me"	Pret-a-Porter
	Pentagon	"Asteroid"	Universe: The Black Hall
	JO1	"Tsukame (It's Coming)"	Protostar
	NCT 127	"Make Your Day"	Neo Zone: The Final Round
	Bang Ye-Dam	"Wayo"	Non-album single
	DMTN	"Never Forget"
	Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi	"Jelly"	Monster
	Taemin	"I Think It's Love"	Never Gonna Dance Again
	Jasmine Sokko	"Red Pill"	新乐园 / Made In Future
2021	The Rampage from Exile Tribe	"Bad Luv"	Reboot
	Victon	"Chess"	Voice: The Future Is Now
	Shinee	"Heart Attack"	Don't Call Me
	Yuki	"Baby it’s You"	Terminal
	WayV – Kun & Xiaojun	"Sleepless"	Back To You
	Twice	"Wonderful Day"	Doughnut
2022	SixTones	"Papercut"	City
	Deep Squad	"Hitorigoto"	Gimme Gimme
	Ryuji Imaichi	"Star Seeker"	Good Old Future
2023	Mirror	"Rumors"	Non-album single
	Shinee	"Hard"	Hard
	Exile Takahiro	"Canaria"	Explore
	The Rampage from Exile Tribe	"Sekai ga kawatte"	Katasumi
	Yim Siwan & Winter	"Win for You"	Non-album single
	WayV	"Lighthouse"	On My Youth
2024	Bang Ye-Dam & Winter	"Officially Cool"	Non-album single
	The KingDom	"Flip that Coin"	Realize
		"Gundam"
	Artms	"Virtual Angel"	DALL
	Kim Jae Joong	"Good News"	Flower Garden
	NCT 127	"Orange Seoul"	Walk
	Zerobaseone	"Good So Bad"	Cinema Paradise
	Olivia Marsh	"42"	Meanwhile
	Project 7	"Psycho"	Project 7 Final
2025	Olivia Marsh	"Strategy"	Meanwhile
		"Backseat"
		"Pina Colada"
	SM Town	"Thank You"	2025 SM Town: The Culture, The Future
	Zerobaseone	"Blue"	Blue Paradise
		"Extra"	Never Say Never
		"Long Way Back"
	Mark	"+82 Pressin’"	The Firstfruit
	NCT Wish	"Melt Inside My Pocket"	Poppop
		"Color"	Color
		"Cheat Code"
	INI	"Potion"	The Origin
	Andrew Choi	"Under My Skin"	Non-album single
		"Better With You"
	Yook Sungjae	"Break Away"	All About Blue
	NCT Dream	"Chiller"	Go Back To The Future
	WayV	"Your Song"	Big Bands
	Park Bo Gum	"On My Way"	On My Way
	Idntt	"Storm"	<unevermet>
	8Turn	"Electric Heart"	Electric Heart: Born to Glow
	Haechan	"Adrenaline"	Taste
	Hearts2Hearts	"Flutter"	Focus

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2025	K-World Dream Awards	Best OST	"Soda Pop" [B]	Nominated	[27]
	MAMA Awards	Best OST		Pending	[28]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2025	KPop Demon Hunters	Jinu (singing voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2012–2013	Survival Audition K-pop Star Season 2	Contestant	SBS

Notes

1. "Free" did not enter the Official Singles Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the Official Singles Sales and number 24 on the Streaming chart. ^[24]
2. with Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, SamUIL Lee as Saja Boys

References

1. Park Mi-hye (May 27, 2013). 앤드류 최, 첫 미니앨범 'Love Was Enough' 발매 [Andrew Choi Releases First Mini Album 'Love Was Enough']. Star Daily News (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
2. https://m.entertain.naver.com/home/article/609/0001019311
3. "KPop Demon Hunters singer Andrew Choi says actor Ahn Hyo-seop's cover of Free is 'perfect'". The Straits Times . Retrieved August 21, 2025.
4. "이재, 오드리 누나, 레이 아미…'케이팝 데몬 헌터스' OST 가수도 스타덤" (in Korean). Nate News. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
5. "앤드류 최 (가수)" (in Korean). 광고정보센터 (Korea Advertising Federation). Retrieved August 21, 2025.
6. "앤드류 최 "작곡가가 노래도 부르니 꿈 이뤘죠"" (in Korean). KBS News. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
7. "Album Chart: 2013 Weeks 23". Circle Chart . Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
8. "Album Chart: 2013.05 Month". Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
9. "Digital Chart: 2013 Weeks 23". Circle Chart . Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
10. "Digital Chart: 2025 Weeks 30". Circle Chart . Retrieved July 31, 2025.
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12. "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. September 20, 2025. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
13. "The Official Southeast Asia Charts – This Week's Official Malaysia Chart Top 20 from 07/04/2025 to 07/10/2025". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 15, 2025. [Select 2025 Week 28]
14. "Official Top 40 Singles". Official Aotearoa Music Charts . Recorded Music NZ. July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
15. "Philippines Hot 100: Week of July 5, 2025". Billboard Philippines. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
16. Peaks on the Official Singapore Chart:
    • "Free": "The Official Singapore Charts Week 28 (4 - 10 Jul 2025)". RIAS. Archived from the original on July 15, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
    • "Soda Pop", "Your Idol": "The Official Singapore Charts Week 32 (1 - 7 Aug 2025)". RIAS. Archived from the original on August 12, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
17. "SAJA BOYS/ANDREW CHOI/NECKWAV songs and albums | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Retrieved September 20, 2025.
18. "With Seventh Week Atop Hot 100, HUNTR/X's 'Golden' Now Among All-Time Top 10 Longest-Leading No. 1s From Movies". Billboard . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
19. "Billboard Global 200". Billboard. August 30, 2025. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
20. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2025 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved November 13, 2025.
21. "British single certifications – Saja Boys/Andrew Choi/Neckwav – Soda Pop". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved October 3, 2025.
22. "American single certifications – Saja Boys". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 8, 2025.
23. "New Zealand single certifications – KPop Demon Hunters Cast". Radioscope. Retrieved September 19, 2025.Type KPop Demon Hunters Cast in the "Search:" field.
24. "RUMI/JINU/EJAE/ANDREW CHOI songs and albums | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
25. "British single certifications – Saja Boys/Andrew Choi/Neckwav – Your Idol". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
26. "Songs Registered Under Andrew Choi (10048874)". Korea Music Copyright Association (in Korean). Retrieved November 1, 2025.
27. Kim, Yeonhee (July 23, 2025). "Huntrix, Saja Boys bring K-Pop Demon Hunters rivalry to real world stage". The Korea Economic Daily . Retrieved August 30, 2025.
28. Saulog, Gabriel (October 17, 2025). "Here Are The Nominees For The 2025 MAMA Awards – Full List". Billboard Philippines . Archived from the original on October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.

External links

• Andrew Choi on Facebook