Highline Entertainment (Korean: 하이라인 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2017 and a subsidiary of Starship Entertainment.
History
In 2017, Starship Entertainment launched another subsidiary label House of Music, which focused on recruiting smaller, independent artists, with MoonMoon being the first signed under the label.[1] In 2018, Starship renamed the label "Highline Entertainment".[2][3]
In 2018, DJ Soda signed with Highline after "House of Music" was defunct.[4]
In January 2019, Highline signed Jang Seok-hoon, previously a member of the hip hop scene super rookie Balming Tiger.[5]
In 2020, Starship began expanding Highline, with a focus on artists who are prominent in subculture.[7]
In April, they signed artist Wonho, previously a member of the boy group Monsta X, to the label, who debuted in September.[8][9]
In September, they announced that singer Yoo Seung-woo had signed to the label. This moved him from Starship's acoustic sublabel "Starship Y", which brought that label to an end, as Yoo was the only artist on the label.[7]
In August 2021, Highline sent You Da-yeon in the survival program Girls Planet 999.[10]
^Yoon, Hye-young (January 8, 2019). 바밍타이거 병언, 스타쉽 서브레이블 하이라인과 전속계약…활동명 변경 [Balming Tiger Byeong-eon, an exclusive contract with Starship's sub-label Highline... activity name change]. Sports Today (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^Park, Bong-gyu (April 23, 2019). '고등래퍼3' 송민재(PLUMA), 스타쉽 서브레이블 하이라인 전속계약 체결! ['High School Rapper 3' Min-jae Song (PLUMA) signs an exclusive contract with Starship's sub-label Highline!]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Naver.
^ abKim, Mi-ji (September 9, 2020). 유승우, 하이라인엔터와 전속계약 체결..원호·DJ소다와 한솥밥[공식입장] [Yoo Seung-woo signs exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment.. Wonho, DJ Soda, etc. [Official Position]]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Daum.
^Hwang, Ji-young (November 10, 2021). [단독] DJ 소다, 하이라인엔터테인먼트와 전속계약 종료 [[Exclusive] DJ Soda ends exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment]. Daily Sports (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Naver.