BACKGROUND
Yang Yoseob, more commonly known as Yoseob, is a South Korean singer and musical actor. He is the main vocalist of the boy group Highlight. Yoseob was born in Seoul, South Korea on January 5, 1990. He first gained interest in music and singing after listening to R&B musician Brian McKnight. He then listened to a lot of music of a similar style, but realized that he should not be biased towards a certain genre and started listening to dance music and rock as well. When he was in high school, he joined a school band where he performed a lot of hard rock and metal. Yoseob wanted to try modern rock, though his mentors criticized this aspiration.
Yoseob became a JYP Entertainment trainee, but left after receiving a bad grade from practice reviews. He moved agencies, to M Boat Entertainment (a former sister company of YG Entertainment) where he was trained for five years before transferring to Cube Entertainment where he became a member of Beast, a boyband later renamed Highlight.
Yoseob has also had a successful solo career, has performed in numerous musicals beginning in 2011, served as a judge on a popular Korean music reality show, and acted in several television series. Yoseob attended Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts, formerly known as Dong-Ah Broadcasting College, and graduated in 2014. He began his mandatory military service on January 25, 2019.
