WOODZ

WOODZ (우즈), born Cho Seungyoun (조승연), sits in a rare position inside Korean pop: he has idol pedigree, genuine producer credibility, and a catalog that actually sounds like one person made the decisions. He first surfaced through UNIQ, reintroduced himself as a solo act after the group's stalled Korea-China arc, and turned the WOODZ name into a home for alt-pop, R&B, and rock instincts that never feel trend-chasing.

His post-X1 run is where the artist identity really locked in. EQUAL, WOOPS!, ONLY LOVERS LEFT, COLORFUL TRAUMA, and OO-LI built a discography with real sequencing logic instead of idol-release autopilot. The commercial peak arrived in a strange way: "Drowning" kept growing while he was away for military service, then turned into one of 2025's most persistent songs without needing a conventional comeback cycle to carry it.

Now under EDAM Entertainment, WOODZ used 2025 singles like "I'll Never Love Again" to reset the tone before 2026 full-length Archive. 1. The album, its pre-release single "CINEMA," and the accompanying world-tour rollout make the current phase feel less like a return and more like the moment the broader market finally caught up with how self-directed he has been for years.