DJ Soda

Hwang So-hee (, born April 7, 1988), known by her stage name DJ Soda, is a South Korean DJ. Hwang has built her reputation on being a frequent headliner for several Asian music festivals, including "S2O Songkran Musical Festival".

Career 2013–2017: Beginnings as a DJ Hwang began work as a DJ in June 2013. Hwang began majorly touring with the Korea World DJ festival in 2015.

In June 2016, Hwang released her debut EP Closer through Warner Music Group. She also collaborated with labelmates Sistar.

In 2017, Hwang performed at the "S2O Songkran Music Festival" in Bangkok, Thailand.

2018–present In 2018, Hwang joined Starship Entertainment's new sublabel, "House of Music". She was later moved to another of Starship's sublabels, Highline Entertainment, as the earlier sublabel became defunct. In June, Hwang participated in "Ultra Music Festival Korea" (UMF). In December, Hwang performed at World Club Dome: Snow Edition held at the Jungfraujoch railway station in Switzerland.

In December, Hwang was awarded the culture prize in the indie category for the 9th Korea Hallyu Awards.

In April 2020, Hwang collaborated with Psycho Boys Club for the single "Over You". In November, Hwang collaborated with Kryoman and 1st Klase to release the song "Holding Back" featuring KYE. In 2019, she released a remix of the song by DJ Lost Chameleon.

In June 2020, she participated in Electric Blockaloo, a dance music livestream. In November, Hwang took part in her label Highline Entertainment's special performance The Color. She also released a single, "Shooting Star", on June 26.

In August 2021, she released a new single, "Okay!", with Lost Chameleon and Ahin of Momoland.

In November, DJ Soda ended her exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment.

Philanthropy On March 8, 2022, she donated million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of a massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and had spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. It was later extinguished on March 15, 2022.

Sexual victimization She performed on the third day of MUSIC CIRCUS '23 on August 13, 2023. When she interacted with the audience at the end of the performance, she reported on her SNS the following day, August 14, that she had been sexually assaulted by several people who touched her breasts.

On August 15, organizer TryHard Japan announced its intention to file a criminal complaint with the police against the perpetrator on charges of non-consensual obscenity and other offenses. The organizers also released a statement saying that they would "take strict legal action in some cases" concerning slander and hate speech against DJ SODA in relation to the incident.

Discography Extended plays +TitleDetailsSalesCloser Released: June 2, 2016 Label: Warner Music Group Formats: Digital download, streaming audio

Singles TitleYearAlbum "Stay Sweet" 2017 Billboard Presents Electronic Asia Vol. 1 "Never Let You In" (DJ Soda and Walshy Fire) 2018 Non-album single "Think About It" (DJ Soda and Cuebrick feat. Baer) "Holding Back" (DJ Soda, Kryoman, and 1st Klase feat. KYE) "Icy" (DJ Soda and Kaku feat. Young Kay and Pluma) 2019 "If I Die" (DJ Soda and Dolf) Nighttime "Empire" (remix) (Wengie, Minnie, and DJ Soda) Empire Remixes "Over You" (DJ Soda and Psycho Boys Club) 2020 Non-album single "Shooting Star" "Obsession" (DJ Soda and RayRay) BF200 "Okay!" (DJ Soda, Lost Chameleon, Ahin of Momoland) 2021 Non-album single "Starlight" 2022 "Cold" (DJ Soda and Spirit Link) "Tiktok" (DJ Soda and LNY TNZ) "Alice In Wonderland" (DJ Soda, Blasterjaxx, Hard Lights) 2023 "Memories" (DJ Soda, Highup, Justin J. Moore)

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