1st generation · JYP Entertainment / SidusHQ / IOK Company

g.o.d

ジーオーディー / 지오디

g.o.d sang about families and hard years in melodies built for a crowd to join in with, and the country took them to heart.

  • 1999DebutJan 13, 1999
  • 5Members
  • 1thGeneration
  • Fan GodFandom
Road / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: g.o.d

Television made them familiar, the songs made them lasting, and the five of them stayed close to ordinary life in a way their peers did not.

Come here for first-generation pop that reads as popular song rather than as idol music.

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Key facts

Group name
g.o.d
Reading / Hangul
ジーオーディー / 지오디
Company
JYP Entertainment / SidusHQ / IOK Company
Debut date
January 13, 1999
Days active
10,109 days (27 years, 8 months)
Debut song
To Mother
Generation
1st generation
Fandom name
Fan God(ファンゴッド)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
ジュン・パク1969-07-2057181cmANot disclosedSouth Korea · United States
ユン・ゲサン1978-12-2047182cmONot disclosedSouth Korea
デニー・アン1978-12-2247181cmONot disclosedSouth Korea · United States
ソン・ホヨン1980-03-2646177cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
キム・テウ1981-05-1245190cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea

Ages are as of 2026-09-17.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

Then & Now artwork

January 10, 2019 · 20th Anniversary Special Album

Then & Now

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From debut to now

  • 1999
    Emerging as a five-piece around JYP and SidusHQ, they drew notice with a debut song that put a family story front and centre.
  • 2000
    R&B and a choral feel widened their popularity, binding the warmth of the members tightly to the memory of the songs.
  • 2001
    Road remains the song that stands for g.o.d, drawing a large emotional line in later concerts and television appearances.
  • 2004
    Even after a change of members they kept going with An Ordinary Day and others, holding on to a broad public reach.
  • 2005
    After the 7th album run, solo work took over, and the long wait before the reunion deepened the memory held by Fan God.
  • 2014
    Sky Blue Promise and The Story of Our Lives showed the sky-blue fan culture and the symbolism of a first-generation reunion.
  • 2019
    A 20th anniversary special release joined old songs to new ones and updated the record of a long-running group.
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Key achievements

Key milestones

2000Lies / One Candle became popular signature songsEven among first-generation idols, these stayed in the memory of general listeners and not only of fans.
2001Road settled in as a national songCovers and concerts in later years kept it important, and it works as the first door into g.o.d.
2014The five-piece reunion drew wide attentionReturning as five after a long gap made this a symbolic case of a first-generation group reuniting.
2019The 20th anniversary release updated the catalogueThen & Now joined past and present and showed a group that can be followed over the long term.

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KPOP DISCOVER's g.o.d note

g.o.d turn on a family sense of storytelling and a choral feel close to popular song. Debuting in 1999 with To Mother, they became one of the representative first-generation groups: idols, yet loved widely for family narratives and for an easy presence on television.

The doors are To Mother, Lies, One Candle and Road. Take the storytelling from To Mother, confirm the popular peak through Lies and One Candle, then hold on to the national emotional line of Road, and the core of g.o.d comes into view.

After the reunion, Sky Blue Promise and The Story of Our Lives matter most, since they show how a first-generation group recovered the memory of five men across a long silence. In 2019 a 20th anniversary special release joined the old songs to the new. To Mother, then One Candle, then Road covers the storytelling, the popular peak and the national emotional line.

Editors' take To Mother / One Candle / Road — a national first-generation five-piece whose family storytelling and popular choral feel sit inside three songs.

Frequently asked questions

What defines g.o.d?
Television made them familiar, the songs made them lasting, and the five of them stayed close to ordinary life in a way their peers did not.
Why should a new listener start with g.o.d?
Come here for first-generation pop that reads as popular song rather than as idol music.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Road, One Candle, then continue to the official video index.