Wheesung

Wheesung leaves me genuinely moved. He brought a smooth, jazz-touched fluency to Korean R&B as a singer, songwriter and producer, and his voice carried real craft rather than mere flash. Losing him in 2025 feels like a quiet tragedy for anyone who valued substance over spectacle. I sense in his work the meeting of an educated mind and hard-won feeling, the kind of artistry that ages well. I would rather remember a singer who staked everything on his voice than one who chased the loudest moment. He deserves to be heard for a long time.

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Name (English)

Wheesung

Name (Japanese)

フィソン

Reading

ふぃそん

Born

February 5, 1982 – March 2025

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

singer / jazz musician / songwriter / record producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

University

Kyung Hee University

• Official sitehttp://www.wheesung.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wheesungnym/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheesung
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489505

Tags

• singer
• jazz musician
• songwriter

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.