Toheart (band)

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Toheart
투하트
Toheart at the Hong Kong Dome Festival in 2014
Toheart at the Hong Kong Dome Festival in 2014
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2014 (2014)
Labels
Members
Website2heartproject.com

Toheart (Korean: 투하트; RR: Tuhateu, commonly stylized as ToHeart) was a South Korean duo formed by Woohyun from Infinite and Key from Shinee in 2014. It was a collaboration between SM Entertainment and Woollim Entertainment.[1]

History[edit]

"At first, we were going to go with names like "Woohyun and Key" or "Key and Woohyun", but it felt like a once in a lifetime thing. We made another name to represent that we'll continue to work as a team in the future and put out good music."

–Member Woohyun discussing the group's name.[2]

On February 20, 2014 S.M. Entertainment released a teaser announcing Toheart, a special unit duo consisting of Woohyun of Infinite and Key of Shinee.[3] The release was followed by a second prologue teaser which was released on February 27.[4] After the release of a music video teaser on March 4, 2014[5] and a track preview video a few days later,[6] Toheart debuted with the mini album Delicious and the music video for the title track was released on March 10.[7] On the same day, the duo held their first showcase in the Coex Artium, hosted by bandmates Minho and Sungkyu.[8][9] Jeff Benjamin from Billboard praised the duo's vocals, and also the choreography and on-screen charisma.[10]

Both Woohyun and Key stated that it was their idea to create this unit, since both are friends and they had interest in working with each other. They didn't expect to do a singing collaboration project, instead thinking of photoshoots and similar.[2][11] On April 7, 2014, the duo followed up their promotions with "Tell Me Why" featuring Infinite Sungyeol’s little brother, Lee Dae-yeol as well as actress Mun Ka-young.[12] The song was requested most by fans and was produced by Sweetune. It tells the story about a man’s unwillingness to let a lover go.[13]

Discography[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions and sales
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[14] 		JPN
[15] 		TW
[16] 		US
World
[17]
1st Mini Album 1 25 11 8
  • KOR: 74,242[18]
  • JPN: 6,216

Singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, sales and album name
Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Sales Album
KOR
[19] 		KOR
Hot
[20]
"Delicious" 2014 9 17 1st Mini Album
"Tell Me Why" 23 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs[edit]

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released, sales and album name
Title Year Peak
chart
positions 		Sales Album
KOR
[19]
"You're My Lady" 2014 34 1st Mini Album
"Maze" (미로 (迷路)) 50
"Departure" (출발) 51
"Intro" 82

Music videos[edit]

Music video Year
"Delicious" 2014
"Delicious (Performance Version)"
"Tell Me Why"

Awards and nominations[edit]

SBS MTV Best of the Best[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 "Delicious" Best Male MV Nominated

Golden Disk Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Toheart Popularity Award[24] Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ 투하트 :: 네이버 인물검색 (in Korean). naver. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Heart and Soul". W Korea. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "키 우현 유닛 출격, 20일 'Toheart' 티저 깜짝공개". Nate. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  4. ^ "우현-키 '투하츠' 2차 프롤로그 공개, 본격적 활동 시작". Nate. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  5. ^ "현 키 유닛 투하트 뮤비 티저, 전에 없던 시선강탈 퀄리티". Nate. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  6. ^ "우현-키 투하트, 프리뷰 공개…"음악 자신만만"". Nate. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  7. ^ "투하트 공개, 키 우현 절친 듀오의 맛깔나는 음악 '딜리셔스' 도전장". Nate. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  8. ^ "투하트 키, "결과보다는 즐기는 무대…의미가 중요해"". Chosun via Osen. March 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "투하트, 10일 쇼케이스…신곡 '딜리셔스' 무대 최초공개". Chosun via Osen. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  10. ^ Jeff Benjamin (13 March 2014). "SHINee's Key & INFINITE's Woohyun Turn Bromance Into Funky Duo: Watch Toheart's 'Delicious' Debut". Billboard. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  11. ^ Na Ji Yeon; Kim Hye Won. "[STARCAST] Everyone is curious about 'Toheart, right?'…Woo-hyunXKey, unit talk". star.naver. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  12. ^ Grace Danbi Hong. "Infinite Sungyeol's Little Brother to Make Debut Appearance in ToHeart's MV". Mwave via CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  13. ^ Grace Danbi Hong. "ToHeart to Follow Up with Promotions for 'Tell Me Why' with Mun Ka Young in MV". Mwave via CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 25 April 2014.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ Peak position on Gaon Album Chart:
  15. ^ "Oricon Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon.
  16. ^ Peak position on G-Music Chart:
  17. ^ Peak position on Billboard World Albums:
  18. ^ "2014년 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  19. ^ a b Peak positions on Gaon Digital Chart:
  20. ^ "Billboard K-Pop 100". Billboard. 2 January 2013.
  21. ^ Cumulative sales for "Delicious"
  22. ^ Cumulative sales for "Tell Me Why" original version (44,915) and broadcast version (69,836):
  23. ^ a b c d "2014년 12주차 Download Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  24. ^ Um Dong-Jin, Park Hyun-Taek (January 9, 2015). "Taeyang, Teen Top, Toheart take nods at Golden Discs". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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