# DJ Soda

Hwang So-hee (Korean: 황소희, born April 7, 1988), known by her stage name DJ Soda, is a South Korean DJ. Hwang has built her reputation on being a frequent headliner for several Asian music festivals, including "S2O Songkran Musical Festival".

## Career
### 2013–2017: Beginnings as a DJ

Hwang began work as a DJ in June 2013. Hwang began majorly touring with the Korea World DJ festival in 2015.
In June 2016, Hwang released her debut EP Closer through Warner Music Group. She also collaborated with labelmates Sistar.
In 2017, Hwang performed at the "S2O Songkran Music Festival" in Bangkok, Thailand.

### 2018–present

In 2018, Hwang joined Starship Entertainment's new sublabel, "House of Music". She was later moved to another of Starship's sublabels, Highline Entertainment, as the earlier sublabel became defunct. In June, Hwang participated in "Ultra Music Festival Korea" (UMF). In July, she released a song in collaboration with Walshy Fire, titled "Never Let You In", which topped charts in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.
In 2019, Hwang participated in Typhoon 8, a musical festival in Singapore. In December, Hwang performed at World Club Dome: Snow Edition held at the Jungfraujoch railway station in Switzerland.
In December, Hwang was awarded the culture prize in the indie category for the 9th Korea Hallyu Awards.
In April 2020, Hwang collaborated with Psycho Boys Club for the single "Over You". In November, Hwang collaborated with Kryoman and 1st Klase to release the song "Holding Back" featuring KYE. In 2019, she released a remix of the song by DJ Lost Chameleon.
In June 2020, she participated in Electric Blockaloo, a dance music livestream. In November, Hwang took part in her label Highline Entertainment's special performance The Color. She also released a single, "Shooting Star", on June 26.
In August 2021, she released a new single, "Okay!", with Lost Chameleon and Ahin of Momoland.
In November, DJ Soda ended her exclusive contract with Highline Entertainment.

## Philanthropy

On March 8, 2022, she donated ₩10 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of a massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and had spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. It was later extinguished on March 15, 2022.

## Sexual victimization

She performed on the third day of MUSIC CIRCUS '23 on August 13, 2023. When she interacted with the audience at the end of the performance, she reported on her SNS the following day, August 14, that she had been sexually assaulted by several people who touched her breasts.
On August 15, organizer TryHard Japan announced its intention to file a criminal complaint with the police against the perpetrator on charges of non-consensual obscenity and other offenses. The organizers also released a statement saying that they would "take strict legal action in some cases" concerning slander and hate speech against DJ SODA in relation to the incident.

## Discography
### Extended plays

| Title | Details | Sales |
| Closer | Released: June 2, 2016 Label: Warner Music Group Formats: Digital download, streaming audio Track listing Interstellar Love Kung Fu Dab BB탄 22 Cities | |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Stay Sweet" | 2017 | Billboard Presents Electronic Asia Vol. 1 |
| "Never Let You In" (DJ Soda and Walshy Fire) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Think About It" (DJ Soda and Cuebrick feat. Baer) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Holding Back" (DJ Soda, Kryoman, and 1st Klase feat. KYE) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Icy" (DJ Soda and Kaku feat. Young Kay and Pluma) | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "If I Die" (DJ Soda and Dolf) | 2019 | Nighttime |
| "Empire" (remix) (Wengie, Minnie, and DJ Soda) | 2019 | Empire Remixes |
| "Over You" (DJ Soda and Psycho Boys Club) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Shooting Star" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Obsession" (DJ Soda and RayRay) | 2020 | BF200 |
| "Okay!" (DJ Soda, Lost Chameleon, Ahin of Momoland) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Starlight" | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Cold" (DJ Soda and Spirit Link) | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Tiktok" (DJ Soda and LNY TNZ) | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Alice In Wonderland" (DJ Soda, Blasterjaxx, Hard Lights) | 2023 | Non-album single |
| "Memories" (DJ Soda, Highup, Justin J. Moore) | 2023 | Non-album single |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, recipient of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| Korea Hallyu Awards | 2020 | Indie Artist | DJ Soda | Won | |