2nd generation · Mnet Media / Stone Music Entertainment

SG Wannabe

エスジーワナビー / SG워너비

SG Wannabe sang in thick, close harmony and carried Korean ballads through the middle of the 2000s.

  • 2004DebutJan 20, 2004
  • 4Members
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Timeless / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: SG Wannabe

Kim Yong-jun, Kim Jin-ho, Lee Seok-hoon and Chae Dong-ha worked across records, television and solo projects without ever leaning on choreography.

Come here if you want male voices arranged against each other rather than traded line by line.

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Key facts

Group name
SG Wannabe
Reading / Hangul
エスジーワナビー / SG워너비
Company
Mnet Media / Stone Music Entertainment
Debut date
January 20, 2004
Days active
8,276 days (22 years, 7 months)
Debut song
Timeless
Generation
2nd generation
Fandom name
Love Room(ラブルーム)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
キム・ヨンジュン1984-09-1242174cmABNot disclosedSouth Korea
キム・ジンホ1986-05-2140173cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
イ・ソクフン1984-02-2142178cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
チェ・ドンハ1981-06-2345182cmANot 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.

You're the Best of Me artwork

July 16, 2021 · Single

You're the Best of Me

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From debut to now

  • 2004
    Arrived with drama-style music videos and heavy ballads, drawing attention as a group that reached people through the voices and the storytelling before the faces.
  • 2005
    Through the signature songs of the second-album period, aching melodies and the weight of three voices became the central image of SG Wannabe.
  • 2006
    The 3rd Masterpiece moved from the early drama towards a wider entrance into popular ballads.
  • 2008
    Through a change in the line-up they carried on into a later catalogue that includes brighter songs such as Lalala.
  • 2015
    After a long break they released The Voice, leaving a route through the official music video and the distributed footage to hear the later voices.
  • 2021
    Official television and broadcast footage pushed a return to the older songs, so the early work and the present singing can be watched side by side.
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Key achievements

Key milestones

2004Timeless establishes the ballad entranceThe debut song Timeless still works as the first song for getting to know SG Wannabe.
2005Sal Da Ga becomes the core of the popular balladsThe signature song of the second-album period fixed the impression of a male vocal group holding drama and singing together.
2015The Voice builds the later official video routeThe official music video for The Voice makes the voices after the restart followable as well as the early signature songs.
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Official links

Official site

Official social accounts and platforms

Shopping guide

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KPOP DISCOVER's SG Wannabe note

SG Wannabe is a four-piece vocal group that debuted on January 20, 2004. Kim Yong-jun, Kim Jin-ho, Lee Seok-hoon and Chae Dong-ha put the voices and the storytelling to the front and arrived with drama-style music videos. Coming from Mnet Media and Stone Music Entertainment, they became a group that stands for Korean popular music in the second generation, built on ballads and R&B.

For a first listen the three songs are Timeless, Partner for Life and Lalala. Timeless gives the heavy three-part harmony of the debut period at once. Partner for Life shows how carefully the arrangements stack up the ache, and moving to the brighter colour of Lalala brings the range of the voices into view. Going back and forth between the studio and the stage through the official KBS archive footage also confirms how strong the singing is live.

After a stretch in the 2010s where the releases came further apart, The Voice restarted things in 2015. The official music video and the broadcast stage footage are still there, an entrance for hearing the early songs again beside them. From 2021 official television footage has brought the older songs back into circulation, confirming a catalogue that does not end with a single hit. Timeless, then Partner for Life, then Lalala covers the heavy harmony, the ache and the brighter colour.

Editors' take Timeless / Partner for Life / Lalala — three songs with voices and storytelling at the core, from a four-piece on Mnet Media and Stone Music Entertainment.

Frequently asked questions

What defines SG Wannabe?
Kim Yong-jun, Kim Jin-ho, Lee Seok-hoon and Chae Dong-ha worked across records, television and solo projects without ever leaning on choreography.
Why should a new listener start with SG Wannabe?
Come here if you want male voices arranged against each other rather than traded line by line.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Timeless, Partner for Life, Lalala, then continue to the official video index.