Lim Han-byul
{{Short description|South Korean singer and songwriter}}
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| alias = Onestar
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| years_active = 2008–present
| label = Flex M{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-05-25 |title=임한별, 플렉스엠과 전속계약…이승철과 한솥밥 |trans-title=Lim Han-byul signs exclusive contract with Flex M |url=https://www.joynews24.com/view/1369760 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Joy News 24 |language=ko}}
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Lim Han-byul{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Ju-young |date=2018-05-21 |title=Top 5 artists best known for cover songs in Korea |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180521000692 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}} ({{Korean|hangul=임한별}}; born 1989),{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-10-06 |title=임한별 누구? 먼데이키즈→솔로 전향…저작권료 대박 난 사연 |trans-title=Who is Lim Han-byul? Monday Kiz to solo career...hit the jackpot in copyright fees |url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/1947700 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=E Today |language=ko}} also known by the stage name Onestar, is a South Korean singer and songwriter.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-13 |title=임한별, 신곡 '오월의 어느 봄날' 13일 발매…EXO 첸(CHEN) 피쳐링 지원사격 |trans-title=Lim Han-byul's new song 'May We Bye' will be released on the 13th...Exo's Chen features |url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=624093 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Top Star News |language=ko}}
Career
Lim made his debut in 2008 as a member of the DSP Media boy band A'st1.{{Cite web |date=2008-03-03 |title=DSP엔터, 다국적 男 아이돌 A'ST1 선보여 |trans-title=DSP Entertainment introduces multinational idol group A'ST1 |url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/420477 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=No Cut News |language=ko}} The group released only one extended play and disbanded the following year.{{Cite web |date=2009-12-07 |title=에이스타일 리더 박정진, 해체 공식선언 "나도 믿기 힘들었다" |trans-title=A'ST1 leader Park Jeong-jin announces disbandment 'It was hard for me to believe too' |url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200912070825411002 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Newsen |language=ko}} Lim joined the existing group Monday Kiz in 2010 with the release of their fourth album, Ru:t.{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-05-20 |title=먼데이키즈, 4집 '루트(ru:t)' 발표 |trans-title=Monday Kiz announces 4th album 'Ru:t' |url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/318771 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=E Today |language=ko}} He left Monday Kiz in 2014.{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-11-28 |title=먼데이키즈 前 멤버 임한별, 탈퇴 심경 "아쉬움·미안함·고마움" |trans-title=Monday Kiz former member Lim Han-byul expresses his feelings about leaving the group "sad, sorry, thankful" |url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2014112813411062418 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Star News |language=ko}} In 2015, Lim began uploading vocal covers of popular songs to YouTube, bringing him attention as a solo artist.{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-03-14 |title=유튜브 보컬 스타 임한별 미스티 OST 다섯 번째 가창자 참여 확정 |trans-title=YouTube vocal star Lim Han-byul confirmed to participate as the fifth singer for 'Misty' OST |url=https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A201803140060 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Korea Economic Daily TV |language=ko}}
Lim made his solo debut on March 17, 2018, with the song "On the Way", released as part of the soundtrack to the South Korean TV series Misty.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-17 |title=먼데이키즈 출신 임한별, '미스티' OST 합류… 솔로 활동 시동 |trans-title=Monday Kiz former member Lim Han-byul joins the OST for 'Misty'... Starting a solo career |url=http://www.sportsworldi.com/newsView/20180317000508 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Sports World |language=ko}} On September 13, he released his first single, "The Way to Say Goodbye".{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-09-06 |title=먼데이키즈 출신 임한별 13일 데뷔 10년 만에 첫 솔로 싱글 발매 |trans-title=Monday Kiz former member Lim Han-byul releases his first solo single on the 13th, 10 years after his career debut |url=https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A201809060072 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Korea Economic Daily TV |language=ko}} The song was certified platinum for 100 million streams in South Korea in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-09 |title=[DA:차트] 아이유 '에잇', 6월 가온 1위…2개월 연속 정상 |trans-title=[DA:Chart] IU's 'Eight' ranked first on Gaon in June...2 months in a row |url=https://sports.donga.com/article/all/20200709/101887225/1 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Sports Donga |language=ko}}
On June 13, 2023, a soundtrack album for the Disney animated series Hailey's On It! was released, featuring Lim on two tracks: "I'll Never Lose You Baby" and "Dance (Da Da Da Da)".{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Disney Channel's 'Hailey's On It!' Soundtrack EP Released |url=https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/disney-channels-haileys-on-it-soundtrack-ep-released/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Disney Plus Informer|language=en}}
Personal life
Lim married a non-celebrity woman on December 22, 2018, in Seoul.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-22 |title=[MK이슈]먼데이키즈 출신 임한별, 오늘(22일) 결혼..."빛과 소금 같은 존재" |trans-title=[MK Issue] Lim Han-byul from Monday Kids married today (22nd)... 'Like light and salt' |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2018/12/797463/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Star Today |language=ko}}
Discography
= Singles =
= Soundtrack appearances =
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! scope="col" style="width:22em;" |Title ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Album |
| scope="row" |"On the Way" (그 길에)
| rowspan="2" |2018 |Misty OST |
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| scope="row" |"Hee Jae" (희재)
|The Third Charm OST |
| scope="row" |"Maddening" (미치게)
| rowspan="2" |2019 |
| scope="row" |"You Are As Pretty As A Flower" (꽃처럼 예쁜 그대) |
| scope="row" |"You're My End and My Beginning" (너는 나의 시작이자 마지막이다) {{small|(with Kim Jae-hwan)}}
| rowspan="2" |2020 |
| scope="row" |"Star" (별)
|Alice OST |
| scope="row" |"Like a Star" (별들 중에서)
| rowspan="3" |2021 |Mr. Queen OST |
| scope="row" |"What Should I Do" (난 어떡해야 해)
|How to Be Thirty OST |
| scope="row" |"Love Your Everything" (다 좋으니까)
|Police University OST |
| scope="row" |"Tears" (왈칵)
| rowspan="2" |2022 |
| scope="row" |"Leave Alone" (사랑하면 안 되는 사람)
|Curtain Call OST |
| scope="row" |"Please"
|2023 |The Heavenly Idol OST |
Filmography
= Television show =
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| scope="row" |2018
|rowspan=2|Contestant | Green Monster |
| scope="row" |2020
|Lotto Singer | |
| scope="row"|2021
|Vocal master | |
| scope="row"| 2021–2022
|Tomorrow's National Singer |Contestant | |
| scope="row" rowspan=2|2023
|Vocal master | |
| Super Karaoke Survival: VS
| Producer | with Soyou |
| scope="row"| 2024
|Vocal coach | |style="text-align:center"|{{Cite web |last=KPOP news |first= |date=2024-03-21 |title=메이크메이트원 MAKE MATE 1 KBS 아이돌 데뷔 프로젝트 엠에이원 MA1, 임한별 김성은 솔라 바타 인규 한해 |trans-title=Make Mate One MAKE MATE 1 KBS idol debut project MA1, Lim Han-byul, Kim Seong-eun, Solar Bata, In-gyu Han-hae |url=https://m.blog.naver.com/yyyjjj2070/223390625647 |access-date= |website=Naver |language=ko |via=}} |