Who is Park Seong-hwa, member of the band ATEEZ?
Park Seong-hwa was born in Jinju, South Korea on 3 April 1998 – his zodiac sign is Aries and he holds South Korean nationality. He is a K-pop singer, best known for being a member of the band ATEEZ, previously known as KQ Fellaz.
Childhood and education
Park was raised in Jinju as an only child by his father who is a lawyer, and his mother who is a secretary at an insurance company.
His parents noticed that he was a talented singer when he was six, and enrolled him at an arts school at which Park practiced both his acting and singing skills, but soon learned he wasn’t very talented in acting. Upon finishing elementary school, Park enrolled at Myungshin High School where he joined his first band, and he was also physically active, as he played soccer and volleyball. He soon learned how to play both the guitar and the drums, and upon matriculation in 2016, Park decided not to attend college, but to focus on his career as a musician.
Career as a singer
Park worked several jobs for two years to financially support himself, before he launched his singing career in 2018 when he was signed to KQ Entertainment, and on 24 October joined KQ’s first boy band, ATEEZ, while their debut mini-album “Treasure EP.1 : All To Zero” came out shortly afterwards.
The band currently consists of eight people – Park is the lead vocalist, while Hongjoong is the band’s leader, main rapper and their composer. Yunho is the band’s dancer and vocalist, while Yeosang is a dancer and sub-vocalist, and San is the vocalist and the face of the band.
Mingi is a rapper and dancer, Wooyoung is a dancer and vocalist, while Jongho is a vocalist as well.
On 15 January 2019, the band released their second mini album – “Treasure EP.2 : Zero To One” – which counted six songs, while the song “Say My Name” served as the title track. The album was followed by their third mini-album “Treasure EP.3 : One To All”, which came out on 10 June 2019, and which counted six songs, some of which are “Wave”, “Dancing Like Butterfly Wings” and “Utopia”.
Their debut studio album, “Treasure EP.Fin : All To Action”, came out on 8 October 2019, with their song “Wonderland” serving as the title track of 11 songs – some of the most popular among these are “Dazzling Light”, “If Without You” and “Thank U”. Their debut remix album “Treasure EP.Extra : Shift The Map (Remixx!)” was released in the same year, while the band also worked on their first Japanese album, “Treasure EP.Extra : Shift The Map”, later in 2019.
On 6 January 2020, the band released their fourth mini-album “Treasure Epilogue : Action To Answer”, which counted five songs while two of the most popular were “Star 1117” and “Outro : Long Journey”.
On 12 February 2020, they released their Japanese mini album “Treasure EP. Map To Answer”, made-up of six songs such as “Declaration”, “Answer (Japanese Ver.)” and “Wonderland (Sean Oh’s Skrt Mix)”.
ATEEZ has appeared in several TV shows, such as “Code Name Is: ATEEZ” in 2018, “ATEEZ Wanted” in 2019 and “ATEEZ Treasure Map” in 2019 as well.
Love life and relationships
Park is very secretive when it comes to his love life, and hasn’t talked about any girls he might have dated, but there are rumors circulating the internet about the popular singer being gay, mostly because of his appearance and the way he dresses, also because he hasn’t been seen spending time with any girl.
There are also rumors that he is dating one of his band members, but this hasn’t been confirmed by Park, and not a single band member has talked about Park’s relationships nor about his sexual orientation.
There is also a rumor on the internet that the popular actor is currently seeing a mysterious girl, as two of his fans have stated to have seen him spending time with the girl at a local café in Jinju. As Park hasn’t commented on this, he currently appears to be single, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.
Hobbies and other interests
Park is interested in fashion and is following the latest trends, while he often uploads pictures of his clothes and his outfit combinations onto his Instagram account. He likes to travel, and has been to several Asian countries to perform with his band, while he has also been to Europe on two occasions, visiting England and France, and has been to New York USA once, when he was 20 years old. He is hoping to launch his acting career in 2020, and has already attended several auditions for roles in movies, but so far hasn’t been given an opportunity to act.
He is keen on watching Hollywood movies in his spare time, and his favorite actor and actress are George Clooney and Angelina Jolie, while some of his favorite movies are “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life”, “Mr. and Mrs Smith”, and “The Descendants”.
Park’s net worth
Park’s net worth is estimated at over $200,000 as of June 2020. His hair and eye color is brown, while his height is 5ft 10ins (1.78m). Park is 22 years old.