Hwang So-hee (Korean: 황소희, born April 7, 1988), known by her stage name DJ Soda, is a South Korean DJ. Hwang has built her reputation on being a frequent headliner for several Asian music festivals, including "S2O Songkran Musical Festival".[1]
Career
2013–2017: Beginnings as a DJ
Hwang began work as a DJ in June 2013.[2] Hwang began majorly touring with the Korea World DJ festival in 2015.[3]
In June 2016, Hwang released her debut EPCloser through Warner Music Group. She also collaborated with labelmates Sistar.[4]
In 2017, Hwang performed at the "S2O Songkran Music Festival" in Bangkok, Thailand.[5]
2018–present
In 2018, Hwang joined Starship Entertainment's new sublabel, "House of Music".[6] She was later moved to another of Starship's sublabels, Highline Entertainment, as the earlier sublabel became defunct. In June, Hwang participated in "Ultra Music Festival Korea" (UMF).[5]
In July, she released a song in collaboration with Walshy Fire, titled "Never Let You In", which topped charts in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.[1]
In 2019, Hwang participated in Typhoon 8, a musical festival in Singapore.[7] In December, Hwang performed at World Club Dome: Snow Edition held at the Jungfraujoch railway station in Switzerland.[8]
In December, Hwang was awarded the culture prize in the indie category for the 9th Korea Hallyu Awards.[9]
In April 2020, Hwang collaborated with Psycho Boys Club for the single "Over You".[10] In November, Hwang collaborated with Kryoman and 1st Klase to release the song "Holding Back" featuring KYE. In 2019, she released a remix of the song by DJ Lost Chameleon.[11]
In June 2020, she participated in Electric Blockaloo, a dance music livestream.[12] In November, Hwang took part in her label Highline Entertainment's special performance The Color.[13] She also released a single, "Shooting Star", on June 26.[14]
In August 2021, she released a new single, "Okay!", with Lost Chameleon and Ahin of Momoland.[15]
In November, DJ Soda ended her exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment.[16]
Philanthropy
On March 8, 2022, she donated ₩10 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of a massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and had spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. It was later extinguished on March 15, 2022.[17]
Sexual victimization
She performed on the third day of MUSIC CIRCUS '23 on August 13, 2023. When she interacted with the audience at the end of the performance, she reported on her SNS the following day, August 14, that she had been sexually assaulted by several people who touched her breasts.[18][19]
On August 15, organizer TryHard Japan announced its intention to file a criminal complaint with the police against the perpetrator on charges of non-consensual obscenity and other offenses.[20][21] The organizers also released a statement saying that they would "take strict legal action in some cases" concerning slander and hate speech against DJ SODA in relation to the incident.[22]
^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.
^Lee Jae-eun (March 8, 2022). "DJ 소다, 산불피해 구호성금 1000만원 기부" [DJ Soda donates 10 million won to forest fire relief] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Naver.
