250 (musician) explained

Lee Ho-hyeong (; born April 11, 1982), better known by his stage name 250, is a South Korean electronic musician. He has released two albums: One Night Stand (2014) and Ppong (2022).

Career

250 is a DJ who has been active in Itaewon for a long time.^[1] He released the single "다시 부르기" in 2013, and his first studio album One Night Stand was released in 2014.^{[2] [3]} He first announced the release of his second album Ppong in 2016, but it took six years before it was released.^[4] As a producer, he has worked with E Sens, Kim Ximya, BTS, NCT 127, Itzy and NewJeans.^{[4] [5]}

His second studio album, Ppong, was released on March 18, 2022. He received critical acclaim for his reinterpretation of trot and ppongjjak, the genres that were regarded as old-fashioned in South Korea.^[6] Along with the album's release, he released the documentary Finding Ppong, which featured cameos from Han Sangcheol of Bulssazo, saxophonist Lee Jeongsik and keyboardist Kim Sooil.^[7] He won four awards at the 2023 Korean Music Awards: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Electronic Album of the Year, and Electronic Song of the Year.^[8]

250 has produced "Attention", "Hype Boy", "Hurt", "Ditto", "ETA", "Get Up", "ASAP", "How Sweet", "Bubble Gum" and "Supernatural" for the K-pop group NewJeans.^[9] He remixed several tracks originally from NewJeans's EP New Jeans and single album OMG for their first remix album NJWMX, released in December 2023.^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

1. Web site: 250. August 9, 2016. Seoul Fashion Festival. ko. September 6, 2023.
2. Web site: Superfreak Records. Kwon. Hyeokin. February 16, 2013. Visla Magazine. ko. September 6, 2023.
3. Web site: https://visla.kr/news/music/14390/. ko:프로듀서 250, 첫 정규 앨범 [One Night Stand] 발표. Kwon. Hyeokin. February 14, 2014. Visla Magazine. ko. September 6, 2023.
4. Web site: https://www.wkorea.com/2022/04/27/%EB%BD%95%EC%9D%84-%EC%B0%BE%EC%95%84%EC%84%9C/. ko:뽕을 찾아서. Jeon. Yeowool. April 27, 2022. W Magazine Korea. ko. September 6, 2023.
5. Web site: NewJeans producer 250 takes home four awards at Korean Music Awards. Yang. Haley. March 6, 2023. Korea JoongAng Daily. en. September 6, 2023.
6. Web site: 'It's like oxygen – it's everywhere!' Why Korea is hot for trot, the cheesiest pop imaginable. Balmont. James. June 8, 2022. The Guardian. en. September 6, 2023.
7. Web site: https://visla.kr/news/music/216258/. ko:250의 다큐멘터리 시리즈 "뽕을 찾아서" 마지막화 공개. Jeong. Imyong. 2023-04-14. Visla Magazine. ko. 2023-10-13.
8. Web site: [Herald Interview] 'There's ppongjjak inside every Korean': producer 250]. Choi. Ji-won. April 18, 2023. The Korea Herald. en. September 6, 2023.
9. Web site: RAYMAKER . ABI . NewJeans Producer 250 Believes Anything Can Be K-Pop . Nylon . NYLON . 13 January 2024 . en . 16 August 2023.
10. News: https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/6064036. ko:뉴진스, '디토' 1주년 맞춰 리믹스 앨범 'NJWMX' 19일 발매. New Jeans releases remix album 'NJWMX' on the 19th to celebrate the first anniversary of 'Ditto'. Kim. Soo-jung. December 15, 2023. No Cut News. ko. December 15, 2023. December 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231215102948/https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/6064036. live.
11. Circle Album Chart positions:
    • Ppong: Web site: Album Chart, 2022 Weeks 15 . September 19, 2023 . . ko.
12. Web site: https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0005242871. Lee. Da-gyeom. January 10, 2024. Maeil Gyeongje. ko. ko:NCT 드림, '2023 써클차트' 디지털 앨범상...올해의 가수상은 20팀(종합). NCT Dream won the '2023 Circle Chart' Digital Album Award... Singer of the Year Award goes to 20 teams (Comprehensive). January 10, 2024. Naver.
13. Web site: March 10, 2023 . ko:한국힙합어워즈 2023 수상작 . Korean Hip Hop Awards 2023 Winners . https://www.koreanhiphopawards.com/2023winners.html . September 6, 2023 . Korean Hip Hop Awards . ko.