Castle J

In this article, the family name is Son.

Castle J
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Native name	손성준
Born	Son Seong-jun (1999-05-31) May 31, 1999 Seoul, South Korea
💼 Occupation	Singer songwriter rapper actor
📆 Years active	2011–present
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Son Seong-jun (Hangul: 손성준; born May 31, 1999), also known professionally as Castle J (캐슬제이), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and actor. He is known as the one of the five members and the leader of South Korean boy band MCND, formed in 2020 by TOP Media.

Career

Early life

Castle J was born on May 31, 1999 in Seoul, South Korea. His family consists of him and his parents. As a child, he moved to Anyang with his parents. He began attending an elementary school in Anyang at a young age. At the age of 12, he began his acting career, appearing on the film Original Fairy Tale. In 2013, at the age of 14, he starred in the film The Queen's Classroom.

At the age of 16 in 2015, he joined TOP Media along with members Minjae and Huijun. In 2016, he, Bic, Minjae and Huijun traveled in the United States to learn dancing.

2019–2020: Debut with MCND

Main article: MCND

In December 2019, Castle J appeared in the performance video for MCND's pre-debut song "Top Gang", which was released on January 2, 2020. The group officially debuted with the extended play (EP) Into the Ice Age. Castle J was credited as a songwriter, composer and producer on the track "Top Gang" and only as a songwriter on the title track "Ice Age". On April 9, 2020, the group released the single "Spring", where he was credited as a songwriter for the song. On August 20, 2020, the group returned with the second extended play (EP) Earth Age, where he was credited as a songwriter, composer and a producer on the tracks "Intro: Earth Age" and "Outro; Kepler1649c" and only as a songwriter for the tracks "Nanana", "Breathe", "Galaxy" and "Bumpin'", he also co-wrote the track "Beautiful" along with members Huijun and Win.

2021–present: Show Me the Money 10 participation and SoundCloud releases

Main article: Show Me the Money 10

In October 2021, he and member Win participated in the Mnet reality show Show Me the Money 10. Unfortunately, he and Win were eliminated in the second round, which was the 60 second beat rap.

On May 31, 2022, Castle J released his first single on SoundCloud called "初年生".

Discography

For Castle J's discography with MCND, see MCND § Discography.

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.

List of songs, showing year released, artist name and name of the album

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Lyricist	Composer	Producer
"Top Gang"	2020	MCND	Into the Ice Age
"Ice Age"
"Spring"			Non-album singles
"Intro: Earth Age"			Earth Age
"Nanana"
"Breathe"
"Beautiful"
"Galaxy"
"Bumpin'"
"Outro; Kepler1649c"
"Crush"	2021		MCND Age
"Player"
"Outro; ㅁㅊㄴㄷ"
"Movin'"			The Earth: Secret Mission Chapter 1
"Cat Waltz"
"#Mood"	2022		The Eath: Secret Mission Chapter 2
"Blow"
"Juice"
"Back to You"
"Odd-Venture"	2023		Odd-Venture
"Pop Star"
"Treasure"
"Cruise"
"X10"	2024		X10
"Tuning"
"Top Gang Vol. 2"

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Original Fairy Tales	Im Dong-jin
2012	Wife's Qualifications	Jo Jae-hoon
2013	The Queen's Classroom

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Show Me the Money 10	Contestant	Eliminated in the second round

References

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