Adora (singer)

Park Soo-hyun (Korean: 박수현; born September 25, 1997[1]), professionally known as Adora (Korean: 아도라), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and record producer. She made her debut as a soloist on November 5, 2021, under Aura Entertainment with the digital single "Make U Dance" featuring Eunha of Viviz and released her debut EP Adorable Rebirth in 2022.[2]

Adora
Born
Park Soo-hyun

(1997-09-25) September 25, 1997
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2016–present
LabelsAura Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

2012–2014: Early beginnings

Adora started singing and writing songs at an early age.[3] One of her first compositions includes a fan song she made for Highlight in 2011 at 13 years old.[4]

She joined Stardom Entertainment as a 14-year-old trainee in 2012.[5] She trained with Topp Dogg and co-composed their song "Playground" from their debut EP Dogg's Out released in 2013.[6] She left the company for unknown reasons, then joined Music K Entertainment in 2014 and trained with the members of The Ark, but did not make it into the final lineup of the group.[7]

2016–2020: Working as a music producer

In 2016, she applied to Big Hit Music's 'Next New Creator' audition project and was selected to join the company that same year.[8] Her first professional songwriting credit under the name Adora started with the song "Interlude: Wings" on BTS' album Wings (2016) and the singles "Spring Day" and "Not Today" on their repackage You Never Walk Alone (2017).[9] As an in-house producer for Big Hit Music, she also co-wrote songs for TXT and GFriend.[10][11] She left the company in 2020.[12]

2021–present: Solo debut with Adorable Rebirth

On October 25, 2021, it was announced that Adora signed an exclusive contract with Aura Entertainment.[13][14] She officially debuted as a singer on November 5 with the release of the single "Make U Dance", in collaboration with Dingo Music.[15] Although it wasn't planned at first, she decided to have Eunha featuring in her debut single because she wanted a different tone of voice on the song.[16]

In 2021, the Recording Academy spotlighted Adora as one of the 5 K-pop songwriters and producers who 'defined 2021' by making their mark worldwide.[17] She also named by NME,[18] Tone Deaf,[19] and Bandwagon[20] as one of new artists to watch in 2022.

On March 7, 2022, with an animated music video which was loosely based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, Adora released the single "The Little Name".[21][22] Her inspiration for writing the song came from reminiscing about her childhood memories and missing certain people from that time.[23]

On June 1, The single "Trouble? Travel!" was released.[24][25] She had her first-ever music show performance on KBS2's Music Bank.[26]

On July 22, Aura Entertainment confirmed that Adora would be appearing as a cast member on U+Idol Live's music variety show, Sing in the Green, which would be premiered five days later.[27] Within the show, she had released three songs: The first song "Together Forever" which featured Kim Dong-hyun on August 24,[28] a solo song called "The End of Eternity" on September 14,[29] and the song "Sing in the Green" with the entire casts on September 28.[30][31]

On September 26, Adora released her debut extended play Adorable Rebirth. It consisted of nine tracks, three previously-released singles and six new tracks, including an instrumental version of the lead single "Magical Symphony".[32] She held a showcase for the release at Ilji Art Hall in Gangnam, Seoul.[33]

Adora participated in Mnet's survival show Artistock Game, starting from October 3.[34] She was eliminated on the eighth episode right before the semi-final round.[35]

Personal life

Adora revealed that she used to suffer from thyroid cancer, which later became a turning point to her life to achieve her dream of becoming a singer once again.[36]

Discography

Extended plays
List of extended plays,
showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[37]
Adorable Rebirth 80

As lead artist
List of singles as lead artist,
showing year released, chart positions, and album name
Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Album
KOR
DL
[38]
"Make U Dance"
(featuring Eunha)		 2021 139 Adorable Rebirth
"The Little Name" (어린이름) 2022 —
"Trouble? Travel!" —
"Magical Symphony" —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Promotional singles
List of promotional singles, showing year released, and album name
Title Year Album
"Together Forever"
(featuring Kim Dong-hyun)		 2022 Sing in the Green
"The End of Eternity" (우리는 더 이상 우리가 아니었음을)
"Sing in the Green" (싱인더그린)
(with Yoon Sang, Yoon Ddan-ddan, Stella Jang, Yerin)

Songwriting for other artists

All songwriting credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted.[39]

Big Hit Music's artists
Year Artist(s) Album Song Writing Producing
Credited With Credited With
2016 BTS Wings "Interlude: Wings" Yes Pdogg, RM, J-Hope, Suga No
2017 You Never Walk Alone "Spring Day" Yes Pdogg, RM, "hitman" bang, Arlissa Ruppert, Peter Ibsen, Suga No
"Not Today" Yes Pdogg, "hitman" bang, RM, Supreme Boi, June No
"Outro: Wings" Yes Pdogg, RM, J-Hope, Suga No
Love Yourself: Her "Best of Me" Yes Andrew Taggart, Pdogg, RM, Suga, J-Hope, "hitman" bang, Ray Michael Djan Jr, Ashton Foster, Sam Klempner No
2018 J-Hope Hope World "Blue Side (Outro)" Yes Hiss noise, J-Hope Yes Hiss noise
BTS Face Yourself "Intro: Ringwanderung" Yes "hitman" bang, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Pdogg, Ray Michael Djan Jr., UTA, Ashton Foster, Andrew Taggart, Sam Klempner No
Love Yourself: Tear "134340" Yes Pdogg, Bobby Chung, RM, Martin Luke Brown, Orla Gartland, Suga, J-Hope No
"Love Maze" Yes Pdogg, Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young, Candace Nicole Sosa, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Bobby Chung, Yoon Ki-ta No
"Magic Shop" Yes Jungkook, Hiss noise, RM, DJ Swivel, Candace Nicole Sosa, J-Hope, Suga Yes Jungkook, Hiss noise
"So What" Yes Pdogg, "hitman" bang, RM, Suga, J-Hope No
Love Yourself: Answer "Euphoria" Yes DJ Swivel, Candace Nicole Sosa, Melanie Joy Fontana, "hitman" bang, Supreme Boi, RM No
"Epiphany" Yes "hitman" bang, Slow Rabbit No
RM Mono "Forever Rain" Yes RM, Hiss noise Yes RM, Hiss noise
2019 TXT The Dream Chapter: Star "Our Summer" Yes The Futuristics, Delacey, Jesse St John, Shae Jacobs, "hitman" bang No
BTS Map of the Soul: Persona "Home" Yes Pdogg, RM, Lauren Dyson, Tushar Apte, Suga, J-Hope, Krysta Youngs, Julia Ross, Bobby Chung, Song Jae-kyoung No
TXT Non-album single "Our Summer" (Acoustic mix) Yes The Futuristics, Delacey, Jesse St John, Shae Jacobs, "hitman" bang No
V Non-album release "Winter Bear" Yes Hiss noise, RM, V Yes Hiss noise
J-Hope Non-album single "Chicken Noodle Soup"
(featuring Becky G)		 Yes JINBO, Supreme Boi, J-Hope, Brasa, Pdogg, Becky G No
TXT The Dream Chapter: Magic "Roller Coaster" Yes Sam Klempner, Jacob Attwooll, Supreme Boi, Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Hueningkai, EL CAPITXN, Bobby Chung No
"Poppin' Star" Yes Shae Jacobs, Lauren Amber Aquilina, "hitman" bang, Jeong Su-kyoung, Song Jae-kyoung No
"Can't We Just Leave the Monster Alive?" Yes Wonderkid, Shinkung, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz, "hitman" bang, Joni, Jeong Su-kyoung No
"20cm" Yes Jordan Kyle, Shin Hyuk, Jayrah Gibson, danke, Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Supreme Boi, Hiss noise, Bobby Chung, Joni No
2020 BTS Map of the Soul: 7 "Friends" Yes Pdogg, Jimin, Supreme Boi, Martin Sjølie, Stella Jang No
"Moon" Yes Slow Rabbit, RM, Jin, DJ Swivel, Candace Nicole Sosa, Mikael Daniel Caesar, Alex Ludwig Lindell No
V Itaewon Class Original Soundtrack "Sweet Night" Yes Hiss noise, V, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz No
TXT Non-album release "Sweat" Yes Slow Rabbit, Yeonjun, Revin, Taehyun, Beomgyu, Hueningkai, Soobin No
The Dream Chapter: Eternity "Maze in the Mirror" Yes Slow Rabbit, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Hueningkai, Soobin, Taehyun No
Minisode1: Blue Hour "Way Home" Yes Wonderkid, Shinkung, Sofia Kay, "hitman" bang, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz, Bobby Chung, NU'MAKER, danke, Joni No
2021 J-Hope Non-album release "Blue Side" Yes J-Hope, Hiss noise Yes Hiss noise
2022 TXT Good Boy Gone Bad "Ring" Yes Slow Rabbit, Yeonjun, Taehyun, Hueningkai No

Other artists
Year Artist(s) Album Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2013 Topp Dogg Dogg's Out "Playground" No Yes Kim Dong-hwi, Kidoh
2020 GFriend Labyrinth "Labyrinth" Yes "hitman" bang, Jo Yoon-kyoung, Noh Joo-hwan, Sophia Pae Yes Noh Joo-hwan, Lee Won-jong, Kim Jeong-woo, FRANTS, Sophia Pae, Carlos K., Kim Yeon-seo
Kim Soo-chan Soochan Song Party "Hip" Yes Ahn Soo-ji, danke (lalala Studio) No
2022 Fromis 9 From Our Memento Box "Blind Letter" Yes Lee Seu-ran Yes Slow Rabbit, Daniel Caesar, Ludwig Lindell, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz
Chungha Bare & Rare "Good Night My Princess" No Yes Lee Hyun-sang (Artmatic), Choi Ji-san (Artmatic)
Plum Non-album singles "Tryna" No Yes SQUAR (PixelWave)
Hyuk "Stay for Me"
(featuring Seo In-guk)		 Yes Hyuk Yes Hyuk, BYMORE, MIN
Xydo "Sold Out" No Yes PUFF, Xydo

Filmography

Television show
Year Title Role Ref.
2022 Artistock Game Contestant [34][35]

Web shows
Year Title Role Ref.
2022 Sing in the Green Cast member [27][31]

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