RabidAnce

Kim, Paul (김바울), bassist and group leader, graduated from the College of Music of Kyung Hee University majoring in Vocal Music.{{Cite web|last=서 |first=병기|date=August 4, 2020|title=4인4색 라비던스, "모든 장르 음악, 임영웅과도 무대서고 싶어"|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20200804000101|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=헤럴드경제|language=ko}} The bass singer used to be a member of popera vocal group Ecclesia and gospel group Philos.{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=[인터뷰②] 라비던스 김바울 "오사카서 유년기...모델 성악가 꿈이에요" – 싱글리스트|url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=188334|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=www.slist.kr|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2020|title=유주현이 만난 아트 인플루언서(3) 크로스오버 4중창팀 '라비던스'|url=http://jmagazine.joins.com/forbes/view/330855|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=중앙시사매거진}} In 2019, his team, Philos, was awarded in the Far East Broadcasting Company's gospel competitions.{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2019|title=제25회 극동방송 전국복음성가경연대회|url=http://www.kehcnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=35700|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=한국성결신문|language=ko}}

Kim, Paul was born in Seoul on September 9, 1991.{{Cite web|date=April 16, 2021|title=RabidAnce Members Profile (Updated!)|url=https://kprofiles.com/rabidance-members-profile/|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=Kpop Profiles|language=en-US}} He was moved to Osaka, Japan, for his parents' missionary work and was a basketball player during his elementary school years in Osaka. He had been preparing for admission in a nursing program to achieve his dream of doing medical missionary work with his older brother.  However, when he was hospitalized for a knee injury during the military service and witnessed how nurses worked in a hospital, it led him to give up his dream. At his age of 22, he officially started musical training recommended by a conductor in his church to pursue his dream of becoming contemporary Christian music (CCM) musician, then was accepted into the College of Music of Kyung Hee University.{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=[인터뷰①] '팬텀싱어3' 라비던스 김바울, 서른 잔치는 시작됐다 – 싱글리스트|url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=188332|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=www.slist.kr|language=ko}} After his graduation, Kim moved to Germany for post-grad studies, but returned to Korea to audition for Phantom Singer 3.{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2020|title=유주현이 만난 아트 인플루언서(3) 크로스오버 4중창팀 '라비던스'|url=http://jmagazine.joins.com/forbes/view/330855|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=중앙시사매거진}} Since September 2020, he has been with his management company, Arts & Artists.{{Cite web|date=September 1, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 김민석·김바울·소코, 아트앤아티스트와 매니지먼트 계약(공식)|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2020/09/898539/|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=스타투데이|language=ko}}

John Noh (노종윤; Noh, Chongyoon), tenor, completed his Bachelor of Music program from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. After that, he received his master's degree from the Juilliard School and then finished the master of musical arts program at Yale School of Music with a full scholarship.{{Cite web|title=John Noh|url=https://osopera.org/cast/john-noh/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=On Site Opera|language=en}}{{Cite web|title='Genius tenor' is a man for all genres|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/11/29/entertainment/musicPerformance/JTBC-Phantom-Singer-John-Noh/20201129143209008.html|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=November 29, 2020 |language=en}} John Noh made his debut at Carnegie Hall as a vocal soloist for the Mozart's "Requiem Mass in D minor" in 2018{{Cite web|title=John Songyoon Noh, Tenor: "When I hear you sing, I see that there's a God."|url=https://ceciliachorusny.org/updates-contact/2018/4/26/john-songyoon-noh-tenor-when-i-hear-you-sing-i-see-that-theres-a-god|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=The Cecilia Chorus of New York|language=en-US}}

John Noh, born on June 8, 1991, in Seoul, used to be a choirboy,{{Cite web|date=September 25, 2020|title=국악 크로스오버 장인 라비던스와 함께한 하루 part.2|url=https://www.esquirekorea.co.kr/article/49042|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=ESQUIREKOREA|language=ko}} capable of beatboxing,{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2020|title=도전은 우리 존재 이유…세상 흔들 '사중창계 BTS' 되겠다|url=https://news.joins.com/article/23827605|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}} who frequently stopped by noraebang during his elementary and middle school days. When he was sent to attend a Christian high school in the U.S. to take theology classes, it was to follow suit after his father who was a pastor. Right before his graduation, John viewed a clip of Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini’s opera Turandot.  Deeply moved, he began studying vocal music. After the first year in Peabody, John couldn't afford the remaining years so he went back to Korea to do mandatory military service. Meanwhile, he was automatically dismissed from the university due to a leave of absence of more than one year. John made a video audition tape of himself singing a Mozart aria and sent it to Peabody that not only took him back but also gave him a scholarship.{{Cite web|title=테너 존 노 "클래식의 대중화 가능하다 믿어…'장르 파괴'하는 음악가 될 것"|url=http://www.khan.co.kr/allthatart/article/202010191504001|access-date=August 4, 2021|website=공연·전시 매거진, 올댓아트|date=October 19, 2020 }} While pursuing his Master's degree at Yale University, his grandmother passed away in Korea. The incident made him realize he had never had a chance to show his performances to his family. John decided, if any chances were offered, he would come back to Korea to sing for his family, so he auditioned for Phantom Singer 3 to start his singing career in Korea.

Ko, Yeongyeol (고영열), pansori singer (sorikkun), graduated from the College of Music at Hanyang University majoring in Korean Traditional Music. He won (the 1st prize in) the pansori competition at the 34th annual Onnara Gugak Contest.{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2014|title=제34회 온 나라 국악경연대회서 한양대 8명 수상|url=http://www.newshyu.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=14566|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=뉴스H|language=ko}} He is a singer-songwriter based on a piano. Besides, a new word such as "Piano byeongchang (피아노 병창)" has been used when he performs a pansori accompanied by a piano by himself.{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2019|title=피아노와 함께하는 한국의 소리-소리꾼 고영열|url=http://www.jtnews.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3406|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=전북투데이|language=ko}}

Ko, Yeongyeol was born on March 9, 1993, in Gwangju, South Korea. When he was 13, his mother advised him to start taking pansori lessons which was believed to be helpful to increase his lung capacity to become a professional swimmer. Instead, this experience helped him find his talent in pansori. The more his affection towards traditional music grew, the more his concerns deepened because of the public's low interest in the field. Also he has collaborated with artists from other genres such as Seunghee from Oh My Girl,{{Cite web|last=고 |first=승희|date=August 12, 2020|title=고영열의 '누구도 가지 않은 길'…"매순간 두려웠다, 이제 항해의 시작"(영상)|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20200812000419|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=헤럴드경제|language=ko}} bass singer Son Tae-jin from Forte di Quattro,{{Cite web|title=[불후의 명곡] 국악과 성악이 '트로트'를 만나다...손태진&고영열 – 사랑은 나비인가봐|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000026479|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=entertain.naver.com|language=ko}} and Indi duo Okdal. When asked what made him join Phantom Singer 3, he answered it was his desire to learn more about crossover music and form a crossover vocal group capable of a musical experiment.

Hwang, Gunha (황건하) is an undergraduate student at Chung-Ang University majoring in Theater. He received the High school Musical Star award at the DIMF (Daegu International Music Festival){{Cite web|title=역대 수상자 {{!}} 뮤지컬스타 {{!}} 홈페이지|url=https://dimf.or.kr/portal/contents.do?mId=0404000000|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=dimf.or.kr}} and the gold prize in the middle & high school category at the Musical Star Festival in 2015.{{Cite web|date=October 18, 2015|title=차세대 '뮤지컬 스타'… 네 꿈을 펼쳐라!|url=http://www.kyeonggi.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1056861|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=경기일보|language=ko}}

Hwang, Gunha was born on August 7, 1997, in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. His older brother majored in classical piano and his mother loved going to performances with Gunha which, he said, influenced him a lot. When Hwang enrolled into Hanlim Arts High School with a musical major, it was his mother who encouraged him. PL Entertainment, usually representing big-name musical stars such as Hong Kwang Ho, recruited Hwang, Gunha even before he made an official debut as an actor. The CEO of PL Entertainment said when she met him she had a hunch that Hwang would one day become a big theater star, based on her long experience in this industry.{{Cite web|title=[PICK!터뷰] 황건하, '라비던스' 넘어 배우의 시작이 기다려지는 이유 – 연예투데이뉴스|url=http://www.tvj.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=61125|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=www.tvj.co.kr| date=July 28, 2020 |language=ko}} He made his debut as a musical theater actor on August 19, 2021, playing a leading role, Yi Yeong, a crown prince of the Joseon dynasty, in the Korean original musical called Forbidden Music (Korean: 금악, RR: Geumak){{Cite web|date=May 6, 2021|title=경기시나위오케스트라 뮤지컬 '금악(禁樂)' 8월 개막|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/22M96ESBEQ/GH0210|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=서울경제|language=ko}}

Phantom Singer is a crossover vocalist audition show aiming to find the male cross-over vocal quartet with potential. Each season consists of four rounds, and each participant progresses through the solo, duet, trio and quartet stages. Its third series, Phantom Singer 3 was aired between April 10, 2020, and July 3, 2020.{{Cite web|date=March 23, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 포스터 공개! "업그레이드 된 모든 무대, 공연처럼 준비"|url=https://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB11941461|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=JTBC|language=ko}} Kim Paul, John Noh, Ko Yeongyeol and Hwang Gunha made it to the final round of Phantom singer 3.{{Cite web|date=June 27, 2020|title=최종회 앞둔 '팬텀싱어3' 7월 3일까지 시청자 투표 진행|url=http://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/286594|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=iMBC 연예|language=ko}}

1) The Preliminary Round

• Sarang-ga (Love Song, Hangul:사랑가 )

Ko, Yeongyeol rearranged "Saran-ga" from Pansori Chunhyangga for the piano and performed it in this round. One of the judges of the show, Ji-Yong(Known as Ji) commented, "There was a person who did crossover music by himself. I think this person is going to produce his own music later."{{Cite news|title='팬텀싱어3' 소리꾼 고영열, 홀로 크로스오버 무대..."지금까지 가장 독보적"|work=TV REPORT|url=https://www.tvreport.co.kr/2039101}}

• The Prayer

John Noh sang "The Prayer," a duet song by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion.{{Cite web|date=April 17, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 소리꾼 고영열, 홀로 크로스오버 무대..."지금까지 가장 독보적" [종합]|url=https://www.tvreport.co.kr/2039101|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=TV리포트}} He played double roles in this song with a change in his vocalization from a tenor's silvery voice to a pop singing style.{{Cite web|last=고 |first=승희|date=December 16, 2020|title=[쫄보언니 챌린지] 성악과 팝을 오가는 발성, '성악 천재' 존노에게 배워봤다|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20201216000369|access-date=August 25, 2021|website=헤럴드경제|language=ko}}

• The Scent of Memory (Korean:기억의 향기, RR: Gieogui Hyanggi)

Kim Paul sang "The Scent of Memory" from Korean opera The Scent of Memory in this round.{{Cite web|date=April 24, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 김바울, 편안한 보이스…손혜수 '첼로 소리 같아' 극찬|url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/3917600|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=뉴스1|language=ko}}

• Jangbuga (Hangul:장부가)

Hwang Gunha sang "Jangbuga(Hangul:장부가)" meaning the man song from Korean musical The Hero (Korean: 영웅, RR: yeongung) in the preliminary round for musical rookies.{{Cite web|date=April 16, 2021|title=´팬텀싱어3´ 황건하, 노래 끝나기도 전에 박수 세례|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?Total_Id=23762766|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=isplus.live.joins.com|language=ko}}

2) One on One Genre Match with Rivals

• Tú Eres la Música Que Tengo Que Cantar

After drawing lots to pick among genres Ko Yeongyeol got the genre of world music. Ko Yeongyeol appointed John Noh as a "rival" to compete with whom he would sing their duet song even when Ko Yeongyeol knew John Noh had to leave Korea briefly for the U.S. to deal with his academic schedule. They needed to use video calls when choosing songs for this round and eventually found Cuban singer Pablo Milanés' "Tú Eres la Música Que Tengo Que Cantar."{{Cite web|last=MTN|date=May 2, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 존노X고영열, 레전드 무대 선사! 옥주현·김문정 기립박수|url=http://news.mtn.co.kr/newscenter/news_viewer.mtn?gidx=2020050213422591317|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=MTN|language=ko}}

3) Duet Match

• Ti Pathos

Ko Yeongyeol asked Hwang Gunha to form a team with him and the duet sang "Ti Pathos" by Greek singer George Dalaras.{{Cite web|date=May 18, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 고영열vs유채훈 팀 승자 발표…분당 최고 6.9% 최고의 1분|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=202005190100149370010614&servicedate=20200518|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko}}

4) Trio Match

• Becoming the Wind (Korean: 바람이 되어, RR: barami doeeo)

Tenor John Noh and countertenor Choi Sunghoon (a member of La Poem) who sang together in the duet round picked bass Kim Paul as the final member for their trio round. They selected Ha Hyun-sang's (a member of Hoppipolla) "Becoming the Wind (Korean: 바람이 되어, RR: barami doeeo)," a piece from the OST album of Mr. Sunshine.{{Cite news|date=May 30, 2020|title="성대에 피멍" 존노, 컨디션 난조 속 감동의 무대 '팬텀싱어3'|work=Newsen|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202005300202212510}}

• To the Winds (Korean: 바람에게, RR: baramege)

Ko Yeongyeol and Hwang Gunha who had put on a duet performance in the previous round drafted ByeongMin Gil as their trio member and sang Yoon Sang's "To the Winds (Korean: 바람에게, RR: baramege)."{{Cite web|date=June 5, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 황건하-고영열-길병민, '바람에게' 무대 선공개…'폭발적인 시청자 반응'|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=799040|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=톱스타뉴스|language=ko}}

5) Quartet Match

• A Scary Time (Korean: 무서운 시간 RR: museoun sigan)

All four members weren't ranked in top 3 (qualifying for keeping their trio members for the next round) and they had not been chosen as a 4th member by any of these three teams. After discussion by themselves, Kim Paul, John Noh, Ko Yeongyeol and Jeong Minseong (a member of La Poem) decided to form a quartet.{{Cite news|title=팬텀싱어3 존노X고영열X김바울X정민성, 먹먹함 가득 '무서운 시간' 100점|url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=161121}}{{Cite web|last=서 |first=병기|date=June 6, 2020|title='팬텀3' 드디어 4중창…유채훈-구본수-박기훈-최성훈,정민성-김바울-존노-고영열|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20200606000007|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=헤럴드경제|language=ko}} What they chose for this round was a Korean creative gagok (or Korean lyric songs), "A Scary Time(Korean:무서운 시간 RR: museoun sigan)"{{Cite web|date=June 6, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 윤상 "만점 줄 수밖에 없어"…극찬한 무대는?|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01102086625799096&mediaCodeNo=258|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=이데일리|language=ko}} composed by Kim Joowon with the lyrics from the poem of the same title written by Korean resistance poet Yun Dong-ju in 1941 at the end of the Japanese colonial era.{{Cite web|date=December 8, 2020|title=[취재파일] 도이치그라모폰 첫 한국 가곡과 팬텀싱어 최고점 '무서운 시간' 작곡가는?|url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1006110718|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=SBS NEWS|language=ko}}

After Kim Paul, John Noh, Ko Yeongyeol and Hwang Gunha each went through every single round, they had formed the quartet team just before the final round. They, RabidAnce, performed 4 songs in the final round.{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 존노, 김바울-고영열-황건하와 결승팀 구성 "역사는 시작되었다"|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=812202|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=톱스타뉴스|language=ko}}

The Final Round of Phantom Singer 3

• Happy Traditional Song (Korean: 흥타령, RR: heungtaryeong)

After the formation of RabidAnce, John Noh suggested they should sing a gugak song to open the final round, and they chose a Korean Namdo minyo (folk songs of the southern provinces in Korea), "Heung Taryeong (흥타령)" which described the transience of life in a sorrowful voice.{{Cite web|date=July 16, 2021|title=´팬텀싱어3´ 결승 1차전… 눈물샘 자극 역대급 무대|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?Total_Id=23811714|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=isplus.live.joins.com|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=June 27, 2020|title='흥타령'을 4중창으로 듣다니... '블랙스완' 고영열이 해냈다|url=http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002653729|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=OhmyStar|language=ko}}

• Another Star

Their second song in this round was Stevie Wonder's "Another Star." In the middle of the song, tenor John Noh and pansori singer Ko Yeongyeol exchanged scat.{{Cite web|date=June 26, 2020|title='팬텀싱어3' 존노→고영열, 라비던스 도전+점수 다 챙겼다 – 싱글리스트|url=http://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=166154|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=www.slist.kr|language=ko}}

• After the Love has Gone (Korean: 사랑한 후에, RR: saranghan hue)

Jeon In-kwon's "After the Love has Gone(Korean: 사랑한 후에, RR: saranghan hue)" was their third song in the final round. Writing lyrics in Korean, Jeon In-kwon had remade Al Stewart's "The Palace of Versailles."{{Cite web|title=국악·성악·연극·해외파… '따로 또 같이' 절묘한 크로스오버|url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2021062801031612000001|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=Munhwa Ilbo| date=June 28, 2021 }}{{Cite web|date=January 30, 2019|title=[전인권의 내 인생]③ 사랑한 후에|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201901302038015&code=990100|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Kyunghyang Shinmun|language=ko}}

• Millim Yaffot Me'Eleh (Hebrew: מילים יפות מאלה)

RabidAnce put on their last performance with Israeli musical group Idan Raichel Project's "Milim Yaffot Me'Eleh (meaning "Nicer Words Than These")."{{Cite news|date=July 3, 2020|title=팬텀싱어3' 라포엠 최종우승, 2등 라비던스·3등 레떼아모르|work=OSEN|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1111389859}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVJcnd61T8jsl4NZcg6DcQ Official YouTube Channel]
• [http://www.credia.co.kr/board/?db=gallery_2&no=1423&mari_mode=view@view Official BIO on CREDIA (RabidAnce's agency) website]

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Category:Musical groups established in 2020

Category:Vocal quartets

Category:South Korean dance music groups

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people