KPOP 1st generation · SM Entertainment / H2 Media
Fly to the Sky
フライ・トゥ・ザ・スカイ / 플라이 투 더 스카이
Fly to the Sky are Hwanhee and Brian, and their singing carried Korean R&B through a decade when almost nobody else was making it.
- 1999DebutNov 21, 1999
- 2Members
- 1thGeneration
- Fly HighFandom
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In 30 seconds: Fly to the Sky
The duo debuted in 1999 and has moved between records, television and solo work without the voices ever being the weak part.
Come here if you want two male singers working against each other properly rather than trading lines.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Fly to the Sky
- Reading / Hangul
- フライ・トゥ・ザ・スカイ / 플라이 투 더 스카이
- Company
- SM Entertainment / H2 Media
- Debut date
- November 21, 1999
- Days active
- 9,841 days (26 years, 11 months)
- Debut song
- Day by Day
- Generation
- 1st generation
- Fandom name
- Fly High(フライハイ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ファニ | 1982-01-17 | 44 | 177cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ブライアン | 1981-01-10 | 45 | 176cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea · United States |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
![FLY TO THE SKY 10TH ALBUM [Fly High] artwork](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/dcb9ff1e7d2d5318354e3c6e6dfee077/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
FLY TO THE SKY 10TH ALBUM [Fly High]
Day by Day MVDay by Day is the origin and the most famous thing they recorded.
Missing You MVMissing You is the ballad that defines the duo for most listeners.
Sea Of Love MVSea Of Love comes later and is where the reappraisal tends to begin.05
From debut to now
- 1999Hwanhee and Brian emerged from SM Entertainment as a male R&B duo, and Day by Day set their starting point.
- 2001The 2nd album The Promise held the balance of pop and R&B while widening the contrast between the two voices.
- 2002Sea Of Love was reissued through the SM Remastering Project and stands at the centre of the early Fly to the Sky.
- 2003Missing You is treated as a signature song on Apple Music too and serves as the ballad entry to Fly to the Sky.
- 2004From Gravity onward a calmer R&B and ballad texture took hold, marking the difference from the brightness of the early years.
- 2006The duo carried on after changing agencies and widened a grown-up ballad line with songs such as Like a Man.
- 2014Continuum, which holds You You You, showed the harmony of the pair returning after a long gap and opened the way to a fresh look.
- 2019Releases stacked up as far as the 10th album Fly High, making them a duo from the class of 1999 that can still be followed.
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Achievements
Key milestones
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's Fly to the Sky note
Fly to the Sky is a male R&B duo that appeared from SM Entertainment in November 1999 with Hwanhee and Brian. From the debut song Day by Day, the axis has been a contrast of voices laid over pop and R&B. Their work spreads across solo careers, television and live shows, but the way the two voices lock together whenever they return as a duo is the core of any short description of this group.
Three songs are enough for a first grasp. Day by Day from the debut period gives the texture of young R&B, and Sea Of Love from 2002 catches the place where the early brightness mixes with R&B. Missing You from 2003 is the signature song of the ballad line, and it is where the difference in range between Hwanhee and Brian comes through most plainly. Three songs in, the outline of the duo is almost fully drawn.
Continuum in 2014 restarted the duo after a long gap, and You You You brought the harmony of the pair back. Your Season followed in 2017 and the 10th album Fly High in 2019, leaving them one of the few duos from the class of 1999 that can still be followed today. Day by Day, then Missing You, then You You You runs from the R&B of the debut period through the signature ballad to the harmony after the restart.
Editors' take Day by Day / Missing You / You You You — how the voices of an R&B duo changed, in three songs from Hwanhee & Brian out of SM Entertainment.
Trivia worth knowing
The two voices
Hwanhee sings deep and Brian sings soft, and the contrast between the two is where the appeal of the duo sits.
SM-born R&B
Within the early K-pop years at SM Entertainment, this pair held the R&B and ballad axis rather than the dance-group one.
Remaster
Day by Day, Missing You and Sea Of Love became easier to revisit through the label's Remastering Project.
Brian
Brian is introduced as American-born, which marks him as the member carrying an English-language sensibility.
Relaunch
Continuum in 2014 is the marker for hearing the mature period rather than stopping at the early hits.
Discography
Separating studio albums, live records, compilations and post-return work reveals the depth of a long catalogue.
Frequently asked questions
What defines Fly to the Sky?
The duo debuted in 1999 and has moved between records, television and solo work without the voices ever being the weak part.
Why should a new listener start with Fly to the Sky?
Come here if you want two male singers working against each other properly rather than trading lines.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Day by Day, Missing You, Sea Of Love, then continue to the official video index.