1st.One

Promotional photo for "Problem Child"

**1st.One** is a seven-member boy group under FirstOne Entertainment. The group debuted on July 31, 2020 with their first single *You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)*.

## Career

### 2015-2019: Formation

Prior to the group’s debut, members trained for over three years. Their leader Ace is a soloist and released his first debut single “Blow The Night Away” under Star Music and his real name. Even before the group was formed as a seven-member group, Max was a former dance instructor. Ace, Alpha, Max and Joker were former members of the dance group **VJBros**. The dance group performed at the 28th Philippine-Korea Cultural Exchange Festival on September 28, 2019. On November 10, 2019 the dance group won at the Seoul Music Awards PH ‘Dance To Your Seoul’.

It was also said that Jayson was the last member to train under FirstOne Entertainment for over 3 and a half years.

### 2020: Pre-debut, Official debut, *Hold On*

In January 2020 the 1st.One performed at the Seoul Music Awards in South Korea, they're the first Filipino artist or group to perform at the Seoul Music Awards.

On April 2, 2020 the group was introduced to the public and released various content for the group’s upcoming debut. The next day, the group released their pre-debut song One Dream.

The group officially debuted on July 31, 2020 with their first debut single *You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)* with their debut MV which was premiered at 1PM PHT on the same day. Their debut single was produced by Docskim, a producer who worked with Big Hit Entertainment for BTS' songs helped to create their debut song. Shin Minchu, a composer which is known for his song "Paradise" and was used on a korean drama series "Boys Over Flower" and a former member of the group, T-Max. Ryu.D, a choreographer worked with big groups from South Korea like NCT127, BTS, EXO, Stray Kids, and NU'EST.

On October 31, 2020 the group released their first special single and promotional single “Hold On” on YouTube.

In 2021, planned to have a project World Tour Concert '*Kpop x Ppop Showcase*' along with other K-Pop groups that managed and handled by FirstOne Entertainment. But eventually this project was discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### 2021: OH!

On August 31, 2021 the group released their second singls for their official comeback single. In this single, Gift appeared as the seventh and special member of the group.

### 2022: Official comeback, 2022 PPOPCON, Tugatog, "Turn Up", Billboard, & "Dahil Mahal Kita"

On the evening of December 31, 2021, it was announced that the group would make their official comeback in January 2022, after a year of waiting for their official comeback.

On January 15, 2022, they officially released their third single and comeback single Shout Out, the single was written by Ace (1st.One), composed and arranged by Great Brothers and Ragoon.

On March 31, 2022 the group signed a contract with Warner Music PH as their distributor of their albums and songs. In a statement, Firstone Entertainment said that it has partnered with Warner Music Philippines to manage the rising P-pop boy group.

On April 10, 2022 the group performed at 2022 PPOPCON as the main performer with Gift as the seventh member of the group.

On April 12, 2022, it was announced that 1st.One will perform in SM Mall of Asia at the 2022 Tugatog Music Festival to be held on July 15, 2022 with idol groups MNL48, Alamat, BINI, BGYO, LITZ, Ppop Generation, Press Hit Play, and VXON as the first batch announced.

On August 26, 2022, the group released their Road to Comeback single, "Turn Up". They also released their first ballad single, 'Dahil Sa Mahal Kita' on November 18, 2022.

On November 29, 2022, their single Shout Out ranked #1 in Billboard Hot Trending Songs, making them the 2nd P-Pop artist to reach this milestone, first being SB19 with Bazinga.

### 2023: "Problem Child", "Oras"

On January 23, the group announced through their Official SNS that they will be making a comeback on January 31, with their sixth single titled, "Problem Child".

On July 11, the group announced that they will be releasing a new single on July 14. On July 13, the group officially revealed the title of the single, "Oras".

## Discograhy

### Digital singles

* "You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)" (2020)
* "OH!" (2021)
* "Shout Out" (2022)
* "Turn Up" (2022)
* "Dahil Sa Mahal Kita" (2022)
* "Problem Child" (2023)
* "Oras" (2023)

### Other releases

* "One Dream" (2020)
* "You And Me" (2020)
* "Hold On" (2020)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FIRST ONE ENTERTAINMENT: Home to K-pop Soloist Na Yoon Kwon, KISUM, Chan Mi, and P-pop Band 1ST. ONE
2. ↑ 1st.One signs with Warner Music Philippines
3. ↑ NEW P-POP BOY GROUP 1ST.ONE JUST DEBUTED
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Meet 1st ONE is a P-pop boy group
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 New kids on the block: P-Pop group 1ST.ONE takes center stage
6. ↑ LOOK: 1st.One Performed at The Seoul Music Awards!
7. ↑ First look at 1st.ONE, the newest P-pop boy group you’ll stan!
8. ↑ Top-Tier P-pop Group 1ST.ONE Reveals Thoughts About Career, Passion, Schedules, Message to Fans, and More
9. ↑ |P-Pop Boy Group 1ST.ONE Thanks Fans With Christmas Song
10. ↑ Check out 1stONE's Comeback Music Video "OH" (with Gift)
11. ↑ P-pop boy group 1st.One welcomes new year with teasers for upcoming comeback with ‘Shout Out’
12. ↑ 1st.One to comeback with new single ‘SHOUT OUT’ on January 15
13. ↑ 1st.One comes back with explosive single ‘SHOUT OUT’
14. ↑ SHOUT OUT by 1st.One: A scream of the group’s ambition
15. ↑ Warner Music PH signs P-Pop boy group 1st.One
16. ↑ P-Pop boy group 1st.One signs under Warner Music PH
17. ↑ P-POP idol groups, fans come together for 2022 PPOPCON
18. ↑ MNL48, ALAMAT, VXON to perform live at Tugatog festival in July
19. ↑ 1st.One (@1stoneOfficial) January 23, 2023 post
20. ↑ 1stOne (@1stoneOfficial) July 11, 2023 post
21. ↑ 1stOne (@1stoneOfficial) July 13, 2023 post
22. ↑ FirstOne Nomination on Star FM BAGUIO

## Official links

* Facebook
* Instagram
* Twitter
* YouTube
* Official website