South Korean boy band
The East Light
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The East Light at the 2018 Incheon Airport Sky Festival
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Origin
| Seoul
, South Korea
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Genres
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Years active
| 2016
(
2016
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?2018
(
2018
)
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Labels
| Media Line Entertainment
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Past members
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- Seokcheol
- Eunsung
- Seunghyun
- Junwook
- Sagang
- Woojin
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Website
| www
.officialeastlight
.com
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The East Light
(
Hangul
: 더 이스트라이트, stylized as
TheEastLight.
) was a South Korean band formed by Media Line Entertainment. The band originally consisted of six members, who made their official debut with the single "Holla" on November 3, 2016. Brother members Seokcheol and Seunghyun later spoke out and filed a lawsuit against the agency,
[1]
while Media Line Entertainment has removed Eunsung, Junwook, Sagang and Woojin from the group to prevent future complications from the lawsuit.
[2]
History
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Prior to debuting, Eunsung, Woojin, and Sagang were contestants on the
Mnet
show
Voice Kids Korea
.
[3]
Sagang was also a contestant on the
Mnet
show
Superstar K3
, while Eunsung had made a cameo appearance in
Monstar
as the young Kyu-dong
[4]
and Seokcheol appeared in the 2014 film
My Boy
alongside
Cha In-pyo
and
Lee Tae-ran
.
[5]
Junwook appeared on the
SBS
show
Star King
as the "thirteen-year-old guitar prodigy".
[5]
In 2017, Woojin competed on
Produce 101 Season 2
and finished in 34th place.
[6]
Eunsung and Sagang also competed on
I Can See Your Voice
(season 4 episode 10) and became the winners of the episode, winning the chance to duet with
Highlight
(the guest) and releasing a digital single titled "Cafe Latte" (a cover of the
Urban Zakapa
song).
Sagang has appeared as an MC on a
game show
called
놀자고go
[7]
on EBS (
Educational Broadcasting System
),
[8]
presenting with
Ji Min-hyuk
, Min Ka-rin (A member of
Elris
), Hyeju, and Jeong Seong-yeong.
Abuse allegations
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On October 18, 2018, news outlet XSportsNews reported allegations of physical and mental abuse against members of The East Light by a producer, while the CEO watched the abuse and did nothing about it.
[9]
Member Seokcheol held a press conference on October 19, 2018, confirming the abuse allegations, on his and his brother's behalf.
[10]
Media Line Entertainment issued an apology, but denied some of the allegations made by the media.
[11]
On October 22, 2018, Media Line Entertainment announced that they terminated the contracts of members Eunsung, Sagang, Woojin and Junwook.
[2]
On January 8, 2019, the CEO of Media Line Entertainment was indicted for child abuse.
[12]
Past members
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- Lee Seok-cheol (
Hangul
: 이석철) ? leader, drums, DJ
- Lee Eun-sung (이은성) ? vocals, keyboards
- Lee Seung-hyun (이승현) ? bass guitar
- Kim Jun-wook (김준욱) ? guitars
- Jeong Sa-gang (情事江) ? vocals, guitars
- Lee Woo-jin (이우진) ? vocals, keyboards
Discography
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Extended plays
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Single albums
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Music videos
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Year
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Title
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2016
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"Holla"
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"I Am What I Am"
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2017
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"You're My Love (Tropical Mix)"
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"Love Is..."
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"I Got You"
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2018
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"Real Man"
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"Are You Okay"
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"Love Flutters"
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Other videos
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Year
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Title
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2016
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"I Am What I Am" (Lyric Music Video)
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2017
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"I Am What I Am (Tropical Remix)"
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"You're My Love (Rock Mix)"
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"My Love" (One Take Video)
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References
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External links
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