BoyWithUke

Charley Yang, known professionally as Chandol (stylized as chandol) and formerly known as BoyWithUke, is an Korean singer, musician and internet personality. Yang first gained popularity on the online platform TikTok as BoyWithUke with his song "Two Moons", and later "Toxic", "IDGAF" and "Understand". Until October 10, 2023, he was known for hiding his face behind an LED mask. He is currently an independent artist after leaving Mercury Records.

Early life During his performance in Seoul Jazz Festival, Yang revealed that he was born in Daegu, South Korea.

Yang went to Oak Middle School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and also attended Shrewsbury High School. He stated that he was forced into classical music from the age of four, but later dropped it. This was followed by him resuming music through writing music in high school.

Career 2020–2021: Beginnings on TikTok and early albums Yang began uploading to TikTok in 2020 after being introduced to the platform by his brother. His content did not attract much attention on the platform until 2021, when several of his videos (including a series of videos entitled "Minute-Long Songs") started to gain popularity.

In September 2021, Yang released his extended play Faded. Later, the song Toxic went viral on TikTok and was featured in over sixty-nine thousand videos on the platform. It was streamed around half a billion times. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay charts after being on the charts for thirty-one consecutive weeks, which was the sixth-longest rise to No. 1 in Alternative Airplay's history.

In 2021, BoyWithUke released his first and second studio albums, Melatonin Dreams and Fever Dreams respectively.

2021–2022: Signing with Republic Records and Serotonin Dreams In late 2021, Yang signed a deal with record label Republic Records. In 2022, he released the single "IDGAF", featuring Blackbear. He released his debut major-label album, Serotonin Dreams, under Republic Records. After the album's release, BoyWithUke was listed as one of the top ten Billboard Emerging Artists.

Throughout 2022, Yang opened for the indie-pop trio AJR on their tour for their fourth studio album OK Orchestra.

2023–2024: Lucid Dreams and face reveal Yang released his extended play Antisocial on February 24, 2023. It contains three songs, including the single "Rockstar", which was released on February 10, as well as two songs that had previously been teased on his TikTok, "IDTWCBF (Friends)" and "Nosedive". On April 7, 2023, BoyWithUke released another single, "Out of Reach", which is the full version of one of his minute-long songs on TikTok. He also debuted the single in a Roblox concert which also featured "Toxic", and "IDGAF".

BoyWithUke later released "Trauma" as a single on August 3, 2023.

BoyWithUke's fourth album, Lucid Dreams, was released on October 6, 2023. It was preceded by the singles "Rockstar", "Trauma" and "Migraine", with "Problematic" being released as a single on the album's release day. BoyWithUke has claimed that Lucid Dreams will be the last album of the "Dreams" saga.

BoyWithUke first revealed his face on October 9, 2023, at the end of his music video for "Homesick". On an Instagram post, the next day, he revealed his face and name. In the same post, he found that the mask gave him confidence in the past, but now it was negatively affecting his physical and mental health. BoyWithUke also expressed his plans to start a new chapter of his music without a mask. Yang also said that he kept his identity hidden in order for people to pay attention to his musical talent and not his appearance. In November 2024, he uploaded a comedy video interviewing himself, to his YouTube channel, in which he mentions why he wanted this change. He also mentions the discontinuation with his label.

His album Burnout was released under AWAL Recordings on November 15, 2024. Following Burnout, Yang's new stage name will be Chandol.

Yang has stated that Chandol used to be his legal name, but changed it to Charley after people "thought it was weird."

His final album, "BoyWithUke: B Sides", was released on September 5, 2025. This album contains a select compilation of scrapped songs from his earlier days. The album marks the end of his identity associated behind the mask and the name "BoyWithUke".

2026–present: Beginnings of chandol After being silent on social media since the release of BoyWithUke: B Sides, besides a few Instagram story posts, Yang posted a video on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and X through his chandol accounts titled TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF, which was later retitled to chandol - AVALON, making this the official music video for his song Avalon. The video is a 1-minute teaser of his upcoming music. The video features many references to his Asian heritage, including a 100 Japanese yen coin, some Korean text written in the Hangul alphabet, and a packaged Korean beverage, appearing to be Black Sesame & Bean Soy Milk. Yang also does chemical tests on rocks at the beginning of the video. He then plays with a Hot Wheels track. Yang then looks at his hand as the camera zooms in on it to show liquid mercury dripping from it. The next scene shows a sequence of shots of Yang and his brother, Harris, playing soccer in a grassy field at either sunset or sunrise. After that, birds flying over water is shown as Yang's face slowly fades in as the video blurs and text saying "mercurial" appears on screen. This led fans to speculate that chandol's first album will be named mercurial, which refers to something that is changeable.

On May 22, 2026, Yang shadow-dropped a single titled Breakfast in Bed on music streaming platforms. This song was teased and worked on during his Twitch streams in early 2025.

On June 12, 2026, Yang once again shadow-dropped a single, this time titled 2002, on music platforms.

Yang then released What's the Rush? two weeks later on June 26.

On July 6, 2026, he revealed his upcoming album, Mercurial'', which released on July 10, 2026.

Artistry Until October 2023, Yang wore an opaque face shield with two large LED lights to ensure his anonymity.

Discography Albums released as BoyWithUke Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT CAN IRE NLD NOR NZ SWI UK Melatonin Dreams Released: January 22, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Fever Dreams Released: June 4, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Serotonin Dreams Released: May 6, 2022 Label: Republic Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 72 64 48 33 51 72 21 35 61 43 BPI: Silver Lucid Dreams Released: October 6, 2023 Label: Republic Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Burnout Released: November 15, 2024 Label: AWAL Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl — — — — — — — — — — BoyWithUke: B Sides Released: September 5, 2025 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs released as BoyWithUke +List of extended playsTitleDetailsTrouvaille Released: March 5, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streamingFaded Released: September 10, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streamingAntisocial Released: February 24, 2023 Label: Republic Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles released as BoyWithUke Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS AUT GER IRE UK "Two Moons"2021 — — 41 — — — — 66 — — RIAA: Gold MC: Gold Fever Dreams "Toxic" 98 20 71 29 72 32 25 62 60 RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum 99 95 69 61 — 52 — — 48 117 RIAA: Platinum