Rocky (singer)

Park Min-hyuk (born February 25, 1999), profesionally known as Rocky, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, composer, and actor.

Rocky was born on February 25, 1999, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

He attended and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School with a focus on Practical Music.

He has a younger brother, Jeonggeun, who is a member of the boy group Haww under Biscuit Entertainment.

In 2010 in the fifth grade of elementary school, Rocky participated in the audition for the musical Billy Elliot.

In the same year, he became trainee under Fantagio Music.

Rocky had been a contestant of Korea's Got Talent in 2011.

Rocky was the first trainee who has been introduced into i-Teen project, Lotte World Rising Start Concert. Before their debut, Rocky along with the other 5 members of Astro starred in a web-series To Be Continued.

Rocky debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group Astro in 2016.

Rocky debuted as part of the six-member boy group Astro on February 23, 2016, as a dancer and rapper of the group.

On August 24, 2016, Rocky appeared in an episode of Mnet's Hit the Stage where he portrayed The Mask.

Rocky received praise from the judges, noting his expressions and movements as a perfect portrayal of the character.

On November 5, 2018, after four rounds of battle in 1theK's Dance War, Rocky was revealed to be Purple23 and placed second in the dance battle competition.

On November 30, 2018, Fantagio Music released the digital single "STAR" which is a collaboration between Rocky and singer-songwriter Chawoo.

"STAR" was later included in the FM201.8-11Hz which was released on December 13, 2018.

During Astro's second Astroad to Seoul "Starlight" concert which was held on December 22–23, 2018, Rocky performed his first solo song "Have a Good Day".

Apart from his group's activities, Rocky has also starred in various drama series such as Soul Plate (2019), Find Me If You Can (2021), Hyangjeon of Youth (2021), and Broke Rookie Star (2022).

Additionally, he also played in the Korean interpretation of the musical drama The Three Musketeers (2022).

On February 28, 2023, following the contract discussion since late December 2022, it was confirmed that Rocky decided to not renew his contract with Fantagio and departed from Astro.

Afterwards, he founded his own agency, One Fine Day Entertainment.

It was included in the DVD of the concert which was released in June 2019.

In 2019, Rocky self-composed one of the tracks from Astro's sixth EP, Blue Flame, titled "When the Wind Blows".

Rocky was also one of the composers for the group's special single "No I don’t" which was released in June 2020.

On June 24, 2020, Rocky was announced to be the solo MC for the Chinese Korean Wave Program Idol Coming to Work (爱 豆 上班 啦).

The show promotes the Hallyu wave to China-wide market.

On September 29, 2020, Rocky's first OST entitled "Shiny Blue" was released for the web series Dok Go Bin Is Updating.

On April 5, 2021, his composition entitled "Our Spring" was released as a track in Astro's second full studio album — All Yours.

Rocky appeared as a competitor named 'Undutiful Child Cries' in MBC King of Mask Singer on its 305th and 306th episode which aired on May 2 and May 9, 2021, respectively.

On May 23, 2021, Rocky's self-produced music video for "Our Spring" was released.

Rocky participated from raw video footage collection to post-production of the aforementioned music video.

Rocky was credited as a lyricist and composer for "7Days Tension"—a promotional single by the girl group Weeekly which was released on May 28, 2021, for the eyewear brand Davich.

On October 14, 2021, Fantagio confirmed that Rocky was cast in the web drama Hyangjeon of Youth, based on the South Korean classic literature 'The Story of Chunhyang'.

Rocky will play a modern version of Lee Mongryong.

On October 28, 2021, Rocky was announced as part of G-Market's mystery romance thriller web drama called Find Me If You Can.

He played the role of a superstar named Choi Jeong-sang.

The web drama premiered on November 9, 2021, via INSSA OPPA G YouTube Channel.

On December 10, 2021, Fantagio confirmed that Rocky has been cast in the web drama Salty Idol where he will take on the main role of Hwiyeon — A solo singer who joins the Idol group 'X-PIERS'.

On December 27, 2021, Fantagio confirmed that Rocky and band-mate Jinjin will form Astro’s second sub-unit called Jinjin & Rocky.

They debuted with the extended play Restore on January 17, 2022.

On January 17, Rocky debuted as part of the duo Jinjin & Rocky with the EP Restore. On March 28, it was reported that Rocky would sing the national anthem for the opening games of the 22nd Season of the KBO League happening on April 2, 2022, at the Changwon NC Park.