Gray (singer)

Gray
Gray in October 2024
Background information
Birth name	Lee Seong-hwa
Born	(1986-12-08) December 8, 1986 (age 38)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupations	Rapper record producer
Years active	2012–present
Labels	AOMG
Website	www.aomgofficial.com/gray

Lee Seong-hwa (Korean: 이성화; born December 8, 1986),^[1] better known by his stage name Gray (그레이; stylized as GRAY), is a South Korean rapper and record producer. In 2012, he released his debut single "Blink" (Korean: 깜빡; RR: Kkamppak). In 2021, he released his first studio album Grayground.

Early life and career

Gray started composing songs when he was 17.^[2] He studied computer engineering at Hongik University.^[3] He joined AOMG in 2013 and contributed greatly to the growth of the label. He produced many hit songs such as Woo's "We Are" as well as high-quality hip-hop tracks such as Jay Park's "On It".^[4]

It was revealed that Gray's exclusive contract with AOMG ended in March 2024. After 13 years, he has decided to leave the label.^[5]

Discography

Loco and Gray (right) at the AOMG 2014 U.S. Tour

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [6]
Grayground	Released: August 17, 2021 Label: AOMG Format: CD, digital download	14	KOR: 4,500[7]

Maxi single

Title	Details
Call Me Gray	Released: October 25, 2013 Label: AOMG Format: CD, digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR [8]
"Blink" (깜빡) feat. Zion.T, Crucial Star	2012	—	Non-album singles
"Blink (Remix)" feat. Crush, Elo, Jinbo	2013	—
"Dangerous" (위험해)		67	Call Me Gray
"Just Do It" (하기나 해) feat. Loco	2015	12	Non-album singles
"Good" with Loco, feat. Elo	2016	1
"Comfortable" (맘 편히) with Simon Dominic, One		1	Show Me the Money 5 Episode 2
"Summer Night (Remix)" feat. Hoody		17	Non-album single
"I'm Fine" (잘) with Sleepy, Loco, Hoody	2017	15	Hyena on the Keyboard
"El Tornado" with Jay Park	2018	—	Non-album singles
"Upside Down" (뒤집어버려) with Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Loco		89
"Late Night" with Loco		76
"TMI"	2019	102
"Stay the Night" feat. DeVita	2020	111	Stay the Night (She is My Type X Gray)
"Connected"	2021	—	Non-album single
"I Don't Love You"[9]		121	Grayground
"Make Love" feat. Zion.T		150
"Party for the Night" feat. Loco, Lee Hi		—
"Sweaty" with Loco and Coogie	2022	131	Street Man Fighter OST Vol. 3
"—" denotes release did not chart.

As a featured artist

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album
"Drinks Up"	2011	Mainstream (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"Love, Life, Rap"	2013	P-Type (ft. Gray)
"See The Light"		Loco (ft. Gray)
"Wish U Well"		Double K (ft. Gray)	Nom (놈)
"Let's Get It On"		G-Slow (ft. Swings, Gray)	Digital single
"A Real Lady"		Swings (ft. Beenzino, Zion.T, Gray)
"Invincible" (못 이겨)		Swings (ft. Gray)
"Victorious 2" (이겨낼거야 2)	2014		Mood Swings II, Pt. 1: Major Depression
"No Manners" (무례하게)		Loco (ft. Gray)	Locomotive
"If I" (좋겠어)
"Lucid Dream" (자각몽)		Wutan (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"Whatever You Do"		Crush (ft. Gray)	Crush On You
"Evolution"		Jay Park (ft. Gray)	Evolution
"Metronome"		Jay Park (ft. Simon Dominic, Gray)
"Success Crazed" (미친놈)		Jay Park (ft. Simon Dominic, Trinidad James, Loco, Gray)
"Parachute"		Elo (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"Parachute [Cool Summer Remix]"	2015
"Respect"		Loco (ft. Gray)
"Awesome"
"My Last"		Jay Park (ft. Loco, Gray)	Worldwide
"Don't Try Me"		Jay Park (ft. Ugly Duck, Gray)
"이제는 떳떳하다"		TakeOne (ft. Gray, Crucial Star, Black Gosi, MC Meta, Lolly)	Digital single
"You Always" (넌 언제나)	2016	Simon D (ft. Hoody, Gray)	Two Yoo Project Sugar Man
"Always On My Grind"		AOMG	Follow The Movement Tour
"GOOD"		Loco & Gray (ft. Elo)	Digital Single
"Comfortable"		One, Gray, Simon Dominic	Show Me The Money 5
"DAY N NIGHT"		Elo (ft. Gray)	8 Femmes
"On My Way"		Swings (ft. Gray, BewhY)	Mood Swings II, Pt. 3: Psychotherapy
"Drive"		Jay Park (ft. Gray)	Everything You Wanted
"1999"		G2 (ft. Gray)	G2's Life, Pt. 1
"Call Me"	2017	Dayday (ft. Gray, Jay Park)	All Day Every Day
"Summer Go Loco"		Loco (ft. Gray)	Summer Go Loco
"We Are" (시차)		Woo Won-Jae (ft. Gray, Loco)	Digital Single
"Wang Like Alexander" (알렉산더처럼 왕)	2018	Hash Swan (ft. Gray)	Alexandrite
"Action!"		DPR Live (ft. Gray)	Digital Single
"Dally" (달리)		Hyolyn (ft.Gray)	Digital Single
"RUN"		Lee Jin-ah (ft. Gray)	Jinah Restaurant Full Course
"How To Love" (Thai song)[10]	2020	Ally (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"All Your Fault" (네 잘못이야)	2021	Yugyeom (ft. Gray)	Point of View: U

As producer

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"I'm Her"	2012	KittiB	Digital single
"Hongdae Blues" (홍대 블루스)		Stello (ft. Rbii)
"Plastic Girl"		Stello (ft. Jeongbo)
"The Way Home"		Stello (ft. Yoon Hyeon-jun)
"You're Not A Lady"		Jerry.K (ft. Zion.T)	True Self
"Red Dress"		Crush	Digital single
"Without You"	2013	Infinite H (ft. Zion.T)	Fly High
"Invincible" (못 이겨)		Swings (ft. Gray)	#1, Vol. 2
"Are You Listening? (듣고 있어?)"		Swings
"Blur"		Elo (ft. Loco)	Digital single
"Two Melodies" (뻔한 멜로디)		Zion.T (ft. Crush)	Red Light
"Click Me"		Zion.T (ft. Dok2)
"Parachute"		Elo (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"Take Care"		Loco (ft. Park Na-rae of Spica)
"Love, Life, Rap"		P-Type (ft. Gray)
"A Real Lady"		Swings (ft. Beenzino, Zion.T, & Gray)
"Feel Like I'm Back" (우울증)		Crucial Star	Drawing #2: A Better Man
"Good Vibes Only"		Dok2 (ft. Gray)	Ruthless, the Album
"No More (G-Mix)"		Dok2 (ft. Crush & Loco)
"Wish U Well"		Double K (ft. Gray)	Nom (놈)
"If I Were U"		Yoon Dae-jang	Digital single
"See The Light"		Loco (ft. Gray)
"Let's Get It On"		G-Slow (ft. Swings & Gray)
"Shower Later"	2014	Gary	Mr. Gae
Mizuno CF			Advertisement
"Victorious 2" (이겨낼거야 2)		Swings (ft. Gray)	Mood Swings II, Pt. 1: Major Depression (감정기복 II, Pt. 1: 주요 우울증)
"Major Depression" (주요 우울증)		Swings (ft. Lovey)
"Hot Summer"		B-Free	Hot Summer
"Metronome"		Jay Park (ft. Simon Dominic & Gray)	Digital single
"Go Hard"		Illionaire Records (ft. Zion.T)
"Whatever You Do"		Crush (ft. Gray)	Crush On You
"Give It To Me"		Crush (ft. Jay Park & Simon Dominic)
"As You Are Living Your Life" (살다가보면)		Jung In	High School King of Savvy OST Part.2
"NaNa"		Jay Park	Digital single
"Pool Party"		Swings (ft. Yoon Jong-shin, Seulong, & G.NA)
"The Promise"		Jay Park
"Taekwondo"
"A Real Man"		Swings & Ailee
"Evolution"		Jay Park (ft. Gray)	Evolution
"Who The F*ck is U"		Jay Park (ft. TakeOne & B-Free)
"Success Crazed" (미친놈)		Jay Park (ft. Simon Dominic, Trinidad James, Loco, & Gray)
"Lucid Dream" (자각몽)		Wutan (ft. Gray)	Digital single
"Hands Up" (손바닥을 보여줘)		Loco (ft. Crush)	Locomotive
"Hold Me Tight" (감아)
"You Don't Know" (니가 모르게)		Loco
"Thinking About You" (자꾸 생각나)		Loco (ft. Jay Park)
"No Manners" (무례하게)		Loco (ft. Gray)
"If I" (좋겠어)
"Your Love"	2015	Elo (ft. The Quiett)	Digital single
"Alright"		Shinhwa	We
"All I Got Time For"		Jay Park	Digital single
"Unpretty Dreams"		Jessi	Unpretty Rapstar
"Ayo"		Lydia Paek	Digital single
"Sex Trip"		Jay Park
"MOMMAE" (몸매)
"Whatever"		Ugly Duck (ft. Mayson the Soul, U-Turn)
"Respect"		Loco (ft. Gray)
"Won & Only"		Simon Dominic (ft. Jay Park)	Won & Only
"Simon Dominic" (사이먼 도미닉)		Simon Dominic
"Money Don't Lie (돈은 거짓말 안 해) (Re-mastered)"
"Lonely Night (GRAY Remix)		Simon Dominic (ft. Elo)
"Respect"		Sik-K, Lilboi, Geegoin (ft. Loco, Gray, DJ Pumkin)	Show Me The Money 4
"ON IT + BO$$"		Lil Boi
"Awesome"		Loco (ft. Gray, Jay Park)	Awesome
"We Up There 2"		Loco (ft. C Jamm, Jay Park)
"Don't Try Me"		Jay Park (ft. Ugly Duck, Gray)	Worldwide
"MOMMAE (remix)"		Jay Park (ft. Crush, Simon Dominic, Honey Cocaine)
"On It"		Jay Park (ft. DJ Wegun)
"Seattle 2 Seoul"		Jay Park
"In This B*tch"
"Eat, Pray, Love"		Dynamic Duo	Grand Carnival
"Watch"		Swings (ft. Black Nut)	Levitate
"Re:Birth/A Piece of Cake (누워서 떡 먹기)"		Ugly Duck & DJ Wegun	Digital single
"Lonely Night"		Gary (ft. Gaeko)
"Always On My Grind"	2016	AOMG	Follow The Movement Tour
"Bad Vibes Lonely"		Dok2 (ft. Dean)	Digital single
"You Always" (넌 언제나)		Simon Dominic (ft. Hoody, Gray)	Two Yoo Project Sugar Man
"Like You"		Hoody	Digital single
"Heartbreak Hotel"		Tiffany Hwang (ft. Simon Dominic)
"GOOD"		Loco & Gray (ft. Elo)
"Not The Same Person You Used To Know" (니가 알던 내가 아냐)		BewhY, G2, One (ft. Simon Dominic)	Show Me the Money 5
"Comfortable"		One, Gray, Simon Dominic
"Forever"		BewhY
"자화상 pt.2 (Fake)"
"Day Day"		BewhY (ft. Jay Park)
"Not The Same Person You Used To Know (니가 알던 내가 아냐) [Remix]"		Jay Park & Ugly Duck (ft. Loco, Dayday, Simon Dominic)	Scene Stealers
"ROSE"		Elo	8 Femmes
"The End"		Elo (ft. Paloalto)
"DAY N NIGHT"		Elo (ft. Gray)
"Parachute [Cool Summer Remix]"
"Angel"		Elo (ft. Simon Dominic)
"On My Way"		Swings (ft. Gray, BewhY)	Mood Swings II, Pt. 3: Psychotherapy
"Your Soul"		Swings
"Drive"		Jay Park (ft. Gray)	Everything You Wanted
"Your Eyes"		Hoody (ft. Jay Park)	On and On
"The Light"		Hoody
"Like You"
"Need U"		Hoody (ft. Dok2)
"1999"		G2 (ft. Gray)	G2's Life, Pt. 1
"막다른 길"		TakeOne (ft. Elo, Stella Jang)	녹색이념
"Knockin' at the Door"	2017	G2	G2's Life, Pt. 2
"A.O.M.G"		Loco	Bleached
"지나쳐"		Loco (ft. Dean)
"Call Me"		Dayday (ft. Gray, Jay Park)	All Day Every Day
"Curtain Call"		BewhY	The Blind Star
"Red Carpet"
"My Star"
"Wright Brothers"		BewhY (ft. CJamm)
"We Are" (시차)		Woo Won-Jae (ft. Gray, Loco)	Digital Single
"I'm Fine" (잘)		Gray (ft. Sleepy, Loco, Hoody)	Hyenas on The Keyboard - Single
"11"		Wanna One (Prod. Dynamic Duo)	1÷x=1 (Undivided)
"Me In"	2018	Bang Jae-min (feat. Chancellor)	Top Management OST
"119"		Nafla, pH-1, Kid Milli, OLNL, Loopy, Superbee	Show Me the Money 777 Episode 4
"Too Much"	2019	BIGONE (Feat.PENOMECO) (Prod. GRAY)	PEACH BLOSSOM
"Angel"	2020	OnlyOneOf (Prod. GRAY)	Produced by [ ] Part 1
"I Want U Around"	2021	Yugyeom (Feat. DeVita)	Point of View: U
"Running Through The Rain"		Yugyeom
"All Your Fault"		Yugyeom (Feat. Gray)
"All About U"		Yugyeom (Feat. Loco)
"When U Fall"		Yugyeom
"Dingo X SGBOYZ - ?"	2021	SGBOYZ (Jay Park, Don Mills, Loco, Nucksal) (Prod. GRAY)	Digital Single
21世紀少年 -21st Century Boy-	2022	YOUYA (Music. YOUYA,GRAY)	Digital Single

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Ballerina	Music director	Netflix Film	[11]

Television

Year	Program	Notes
2015	You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook	Guest with Loco, Jay Park
2016	Show Me the Money 5	Producer with Simon Dominic
2017	You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook	Guest with Loco, Elo
2017	Hyena on the Keyboard	Contestant with Loco, Hoody, Sleepy
2018	A Battle of One Voice: 300	Contestant with Loco
2018	The Call (South Korean TV series)	Contestant with Loco
2018	Hyena on the Keyboard	Contestant with Rhythm Power
2018	After Mom is Asleep	Guest with Simon Dominic, Loco
2018	Eat In Style
2019	I Can See Your Voice	Guest with Loco, Simon Dominic, Code Kunst
2019	Sign Here	Judge
2019	Not the Same Person You Used to Know	Contestant with Loco, Swings, DJ Pumkin
2021	Come Back Home	Guest with Simon Dominic
2021	Sixth Sense 2	Guest with Loco
2021	Knowing Bros	Guest with Code Kunst, Lee Hi, Simon Dominic
2021	Show Me the Money 10	Producer with Mino[12]

Music video appearances

Year	Song Title	Artist	Ref.
2021	"Red Lipstick"	Lee Hi (Feat. Yoon Mirae)	[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2017	Korean Hip-hop Awards	Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[14]
2018				Nominated	[15]
2019				Nominated	[16]
2023	Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Music	Balerina	Nominated

References

1. 그레이(GRAY) 기본소개. Play DB.
2. "※그레이의 첫 번째 자작곡 유출※ / 브이터뷰 [V-Terview]". Dingo Freestyle Youtube. May 20, 2020.
3. '대학 선후배' 그레이-로꼬 "둘 다 학교 잘렸다". Star Today. 2016-02-26.
4. Hwang, Duha (2021-09-26). 그레이 - grayground.. Rhythmer.
5. 최, 재서 (2024-03-28). 그레이·우원재·이하이·구스범스, AOMG 떠난다. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-04-01.
6. "Grayground". August 26, 2021.
7. 2021년 8월 Album Chart [August 2021 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 9, 2021.
8. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-12-23.
   • ""Dangerous" charting".
   • ""Just Do It" charting".
   • ""Good" charting".
   • ""Comfortable" charting".
   • ""Summer Night (Remix)" charting".
   • "I'm Fine charting".
   • ""Upside Down" charting".
   • ""Late Night" charting".
   • ""TMI" charting".
   • ""Stay the Night" charting".
   • ""I Don't Love You" charting".
   • ""Make Love" charting".
   • ""Sweaty" charting".
9. Kim Myung-mi (August 9, 2021). 그레이, 내일(10일) 수록곡 'I Don't Love You' 선공개 예고 [Gray, a support message delivered with a honey voice, preview of the song 'I Don't Love You' from tomorrow (10th)]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
10. "How To Love (feat. GRAY) - ALLY [OFFICIAL MV]". Youtube (in Thai). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
11. Jo Ji-young (April 26, 2022). [공식] 전종서X김지훈X박유림, 넷플릭스 오리지널 영화 '발레리나'로 뭉친다 [[Official] Jeon Jong-seo X Kim Ji-hoon X Park Yu-rim to unite in Netflix original movie 'Ballerina] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved April 26, 2022 – via Naver.
12. Kim Myung-mi (July 16, 2021). '쇼미더머니10' 그레이-송민호, 첫 프로듀서 라인업 공개 (공식입장) ['Show Me the Money 10' Gray & Song Min-ho, First Producer Line-up Revealed (official)]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved July 16, 2021.
13. Choi Jeong-ah (September 9, 2021). 이하이, 등장한 '빨간 립스틱' 뮤비 티저 공개…박재범→정찬성 총출동 [Lee Hi, 'Red Lipstick' MV teaser released... Jae-beom Park → Chan-seong Jeong]. Sportsworld (in Korean). Retrieved September 9, 2021 – via Naver.
14. 한국 힙합 어워드 2017 - 올해의 프로듀서 후보 공개. @khiphopawards Instagram. January 30, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
15. 한국 힙합 어워즈 2018 - 올해의 프로듀서 후보. @khiphopawards Instagram. December 27, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
16. 한국 힙합 어워즈 2019 - 올해의 프로듀서 후보. @khiphopawards Instagram. 2019-02-08. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.

External links

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