MRSHLL

Marshall Bang, known professionally as MRSHLL , is a Korean-American R&B and K-pop singer.

Early life Born and raised in a conservative Christian home in Orange County, California, Bang started developing his affinity for music and singing in church. He further explored his performing sensibilities in his high school show choir and local community theater productions. After graduating, Bang attended private Christian institution Biola University, where he began to post singing videos online such as his cover of Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" that went viral. Post-college, Bang was diagnosed with laryngopharyngeal reflux, where he eventually had to quit singing and decided to enroll in cosmetology school in Los Angeles. A formative time in his life, this was when he was properly introduced to queer culture and the LGBTQIA+ community at large. After receiving his license, Bang eventually moved to New York City to further his career in the beauty industry.

Career While Bang had moved to New York City and given up his music career due to his throat condition, a South Korean television producer from Seoul found his online cover videos and invited him to compete on national Korean television singing competition show, The Great Rebirth – Star Audition: The Next Big Thing 3 in 2012. Though it hurt to sing, his condition gradually improved throughout the show and Bang decided to remain in South Korea after the show to pursue his singing career. and made his official solo debut as MRSHLL in June 2017 with two songs – "Circle" and "Home" – on Feel Ghood Music's compilation album, FeelGhood. A few months later, Bang made his national Korean television debut as MRSHLL on popular hip hop competition show, Show Me The Money (Season 6); where he co-wrote, featured, and performed with Woo Won Jae, Tiger JK, and Bizzy. The song T.O (Again) – released in August 2017 – ended up reaching the Top 40 charts in South Korea.

In June 2018, Bang released his first EP project Breathe, consisting of 6 songs including the title track "Come Over (featuring pH-1) and the disco dance anthem “Pose”.

Personal life Bang is gay. He first came out to his family before moving to New York City Though Bang’s friends warned that coming out would be “social suicide" (as it is still very taboo in Korean culture), Bang decided to be open with his sexuality from the start as he feels it is nothing to be ashamed of. In spite of the fact that his parents are not accepting, Bang is fully supported by his brothers and his chosen family.

Released: June 5, 2018 Label: Feel Ghood Music Formats: CD, digital download —

Released: April 18, 2021 Label: MRSHLLarts Formats: digital download —

Released: October 28, 2021 Label: MRSHLLarts Formats: digital download —

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR FeelGhood with Tiger JK, Yoonmirae, Bizzy, Junoflo, Ann One Released: June 27, 2017 Label: FeelGhood Music Formats: CD, digital download —

Singles pancakes (with TOMMY YANG) (2019) 001 (with Nieah) (2019) mirage / caress (2020) I Don't Wanna Know (with Vardaan Arora) (2020) RECEiVE (2020) Never Too Late (featuring sokodomo) (2020) StarLiGHT (2020) AUTOMATIC REMIX (with Chancellor, BIBI, LeeHi, Jay Park, JAMIE, and 21 others) (2020) DO U (featuring Queen WA$ABII) (2020) deserve better (featuring CHAI) (2021) metamorphosis (2021) show me what U got (2021) Heart Beating (with Tia Kofi) (2022)