Hwang Min-hyun

Biography

Hwang Min-hyun (Korean: 황민현; born August 9, 1995), known mononymously as Minhyun, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. He began his career, debuting as a member of the South Korean boy band NU'EST in March 2012. In 2017, he participated in second season of Produce 101 and finished ninth place, becoming a member of Wanna One. Following Wanna One's disbandment, Hwang returned to NU'EST, remaining until the group's disbandment in 2022. He is a solo artist and actor signed under Pledis Entertainment.

Pre-debut

Hwang was scouted by South Korean entertainment agency Pledis Entertainment at the age of fifteen and became a trainee for almost two years. Prior to his debut, he became more well known after appearing in Orange Caramel's music video for their single "Shanghai Romance". He also made appearances in labelmates' music releases as a member of 'Pledis Boys'.

2012–2016: NU'EST

On March 15, 2012, Hwang debuted as a member of NU'EST. He also appeared at the 2012–13 Seoul Fashion Week as a model for designer Park Yoon-soo's fashion show 'Big Park'. In 2015, Hwang was featured in indie artist Fromm's new track, "Aftermath". In 2016, Pledis Entertainment released Minhyun and JR's music video for "Daybreak", which is part of NU'EST's fifth mini album Canvas.

2017–2018: Produce 101 and Wanna One

In 2017, NU'EST halted all promotions while JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren participated in the second season of the series Produce 101.
In the third episode of the series, Hwang picked the members for 'Sorry Sorry Team 2', for which he was nicknamed 'producer' and 'CEO Hwang' by online commenters. In the "Position" challenge, he covered I.O.I's "Downpour" and the view count of his fancam reached 1 million within three days. In the "Concept" challenge, he was the center of "Never" team, which charted at number one in multiple music charts. Hwang ranked 9th of the season, garnering 862,719 votes and officially debuted as a member of Wanna One with exclusively promotions for 1.5 years.

2019–2022: Return to NU'EST, solo activities and Wanna One reunion stage

While his Wanna One contract officially ended on December 31, 2018, Hwang did not officially return to NU'EST until the end of January 2019. This was due to Pledis and Swing Entertainment coming to an agreement that allowed him to attend scheduled year-end shows and award ceremonies throughout January 2019 as a member of Wanna One. His final Wanna One activity before returning to NU'EST was a final concert (titled Therefore) that was held across four days, ending on January 27, 2019.
Hwang and the rest of NU'EST announced their contract renewal with Pledis Entertainment on February 1, 2019. On March 15, Hwang official releases since returned to NU'EST with special digital single "A Song For You" to celebrate the seventh anniversary of their debut. On April 3, he released a digital solo single "Universe×Universe3 April 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Universe3:21" as the pre-release single for the group's upcoming EP Happily Ever After. The single is accompanied by the music video shot in Budapest and Milan. Later in the year, Hwang made his musical theater debut as Count Axel von Fersen in the Seoul revival of the musical Marie Antoinette, which ran from August until November 2019.
On June 26, 2020, Hwang was cast in the lead role of Go Eun-taek in the JTBC drama Live On, which aired from November 2020 to January 2021.
In April 2021, Pledis Entertainment announced that he was cast in the upcoming tvN drama Alchemy of Souls, written by the Hong Sisters. After days of speculation, it was confirmed on November 15, 2021, that Hwang, alongside the other members of Wanna One (except for Lai Kuan-lin), will reunite for a special stage performance at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards in December 2021. While CJ E&M announced that there are talks of a Wanna One reunion concert and subsequent albums, Pledis Entertainment clarified that Hwang will perform with Wanna One only at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards and will return to NU'EST and his solo projects afterward.
On December 5, 2021, Hwang released the single "I'll Be With You Every Day" (모든 날을 너와 함께 할게), his first solo original soundtrack, for the MBC series The Red Sleeve.
On February 28, 2022, Pledis announced that NU'EST's exclusive contract will expire on March 14, 2022 with only Hwang and Baekho have renewed their contracts with the agency, signifying the group's disbandment. On March 24, 2022, Hwang confirmed a four-year contract extension with Italian luxury brand Moncler.
On November 28, Hwang was announced to cast in upcoming drama My Lovely Liar, written by Seo Jung-eun, plans to aired in 2023.

2023–present: Solo debut

On January 20, 2023, Pledis confirmed that Hwang would make his solo debut the next month. He released his first mini-album titled Truth or Lie×Truth or Lie27 February 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Honest3:522Hidden Side2:573Crossword2:584Perfect Type2:425Smile3:136CUBE3:26 on February 27, 2023. On October 8, 2023, Hwang held his first solo concert in the Philippines at the New Frontier Theater.