R.Tee

R.Tee
R.Tee
Birth name	Kim Jung-gu
Born	March 6, 1990 (age 34)
Genres	Hip hop; electronica; dance;
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter, DJ
Years active	2014–present
Labels	The Black Label;
Korean name
Hangul	김중구
Revised Romanization	Gim Jung-gu
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chungku

Kim Jung-gu (Korean: 김중구, born March 6, 1990), known professionally as R.Tee (Korean: 알티), is a South Korean record producer, songwriter, and DJ signed with The Black Label.^[1] He has produced songs for artists including Big Bang, Blackpink, iKon, and Winner.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Kim Jung-gu was born on March 6, 1990 (February 10, 1990 by the lunar calendar).^[5] He liked Radiohead when he was young, so he felt happy when he saved money and bought a Radiohead T-shirt. Later, he wanted to be always happy no matter what music he did, so he shortened "Radiohead T-shirt" into "R.Tee" and began to use it as his stage name. He became interested in electronica after watching Deadmau5 perform.^[6] He studied Korean painting in college.^[7]

Career

In 2014, R.Tee released his debut single "We Got the World". In 2015, he appeared on the DJ competition TV show Headliner.^[8] He signed to Dee Company, an entertainment agency founded by Yoon Do-hyun.^[9] In 2019, he released the single "What Are You Waiting For" with Anda, which received critical acclaim.^[10] In 2022, he appeared on Show Me the Money 11 as judge and producer.^[11]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year
"We Got the World" (Feat. Hani)	2014
"What Are You Waiting For" (뭘 기다리고 있어) (with Anda)	2019

Songwriting and production credits

Credits are adapted from the Korean Music Copyright Association database. R.Tee's search ID is 10000790.^[12]

Year	Artist	Song	Album	Lyrics		Music		Arrangement
Year	Artist	Song	Album	Credited	With	Credited	With	Credited	With
2014	Badkiz	"Babomba"	non-album single		—		—		Uppercut
2014	C-Clown	"Justice" (암행어사)	Let's Love		—		Shinsadong Tiger, Bum&Nang		—
2015	Seo In-young	"High Heeled" (feat. Dok2)	SIY		—		The Platonix01		—
2015	YB	"20 Years" (스무살)	non-album single		—		Yoon Do-hyun		—
2016	Nada, Jeon So-yeon	"Scary" (무서워)	Unpretty Rapstar 3		—		Kush		Kush
	MOBB	"Hit Me" (feat. Kush)	The MOBB		—		—		Teddy, Kush, Choice37
	Blackpink	"Playing With Fire"	Square Two		—		Teddy		—
	Big Bang	"Fxxk It"	Made		—		Teddy, G-Dragon		Teddy
2017	Taeyang	"Wake Me Up"	White Night		—		Joe Rhee, Kush		Kush
	Mix Nine	"Just Dance"	Mix Nine Part 1		—		Joe Rhee, Teddy, Kush		—
	Yoon Do-hyun	"Trip"	non-album single		—		Yoon Do-hyun, Heo Jun, Chewsup		—
2018	Taeyang	"Louder"	Louder		—		Taeyang, Seo Won Jin, 24, Joe Rhee, Teddy		Seo Won Jin, 24
	Blackpink	"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"	Square Up		—		24, Teddy, Bekuh Boom		24, Teddy
		"Forever Young"			—		—		24, Teddy, Future Bounce
		"See U Later"			—		24, Teddy		24
	Seungri	"Alone" (혼자 있는법)	The Great Seungri		—		Seungri, 8!, Brian Lee		—
	Seungri	"Good Luck to You"	The Great Seungri		—		Seungri, Seo Won Jin, 24		Seo Won Jin, 24
	iKon	"Killing Me"	New Kids: Continue		—		B.I, Joe Rhee		Joe Rhee
	iKon	"Adore You"	New Kids: The Final		—		—		Seo Won Jin
2019	Anda & R.Tee	"What You Waiting For"	non-album single		Joe Rhee, 1105		Joe Rhee, 1105		—
	Blackpink	"Don't Know What to Do"	Kill This Love		—		—		24, Teddy
	Blackpink	"Kill This Love"	Kill This Love		—		24, Teddy, Bekuh Boom		24, Teddy
	Imfact	"The Light" (빛나)	Only U		—		Kim Ji-seon, Cha Wang-un		—
	Jeon So-mi	"Birthday"	Birthday		—		—		24
2020	Winner	"Hold"	Remember		—		Mino		—
	Jeon So-mi	"What You Waiting For"	non-album single		—		24, Jeon So-mi, Teddy		24
	Treasure	"Boy"	The First Step: Chapter One		—		Choice37, Hea, Se.A		—
	Treasure	"I Love You"	The First Step: Chapter Two		Yoshi, Choi Hyun-suk, Haruto		—		Yena
	Blackpink	"How You Like That"	The Album		—		24, Teddy		24
		"Pretty Savage"			—		Teddy, 24, Bekuh Boom		Teddy, 24
		"Lovesick Girls"			—		Teddy, 24, Jennie, Jisoo, Brian Lee, Leah Haywood, David Guetta		24
		"Crazy Over You"			—		Teddy, Bekuh Boom, 24, Future Bounce		24, Future Bounce
2021	Lisa	"Money"	Lalisa		—		24, Bekuh Boom, Vince		24
2022	Blackpink	"Pink Venom"	Born Pink		—		24, Teddy, IDO		24, IDO
		"Yeah Yeah Yeah"			—		Kush, VVN, IDO		Kush, IDO
		"Hard to Love"			—		Freddy Wexler, Teddy, Bianca "Blush" Atterberry, Max Wolfgang, 24		24
	Huh	"Ugly Duckling" (feat. Sunwoo Jung-a, Bobby)	Show Me the Money 11		—		JuniorChef, Huh, Para9on		JuniorChef, Sunwoo Jung-a
2023	Jisoo	"All Eyes on Me"	Me		—		Teddy, 24, VVN		24
	Heize	"VingleVingle" (빙글빙글)	non-album single		—		VVN, Kush, Heize		—
	Taeyang	"Shoong!" (feat. Lisa)	Down to Earth		—		—		24, Vince, Dominsuk
		"Nightfall" (feat. Bryan Chase)	Down to Earth		—		Kush, Vince, NOS, Bryan Chase, VVN		IDO, Kush, NOS, VVN

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Headliner	Contestant	^[8]
2022	Show Me the Money 11	Producer	^[11]

References

^ Park, Boram (2019-03-06). "Anda relaunches music career with BLACKPINK's music label". Yonhap News. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
^ "안다, 노래와 퍼포먼스로 확 당긴다···얼굴도 얼굴이지만". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
^ Dong, Sun-hwa (2020-03-20). "K-pop act WINNER to unveil pre-release song 'Hold'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
^ "알티 "작곡한 노래 중 블랙핑크 '불장난' 가장 애착"". MK Sports (in Korean). 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
^ "알티". Naver People Search (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2020.
^ "이상한 나라의 알티" [R.Tee in wonderland]. W Korea (in Korean). November 16, 2018.
^ "R.TEE는 멈출 줄 모른다" [R.Tee does not know how to stop]. Harper's Bazaar (in Korean). March 5, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Yeon, Na-gyeong (October 13, 2015). "'헤드라이너' 결승 진출 DJ는? "여러가지 만감이 교차합니다"" [Which DJ will advance to the finals? "I have mixed feelings"]. SportsQ (in Korean).
^ Lee, Eun-jeong (September 30, 2015). "실력파 DJ 알티, 윤도현 기획사와 전속 계약" [Skilled DJ R.Tee, signs exclusive contract with Yoon Do-hyun's agency]. Yonhap News (in Korean).
^ "The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks". Billboard. December 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Kwak, Hyeon-su; Jeon, Yong-ho (July 29, 2022). "[와이티엔 스타뉴스] 래퍼 저스디스-알티 합류 완료, 심사위원 확정한 '쇼미 11" [[YTN Star News] Rapper Justhis and R.Tee are confirmed to be the judges of 'Show Me 11'] (in Korean). YTN – via Naver.
^ "전체검색" [Full Search]. Korea Music Copyright Association (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-26.

External links

R.Tee on Instagram

[1] Park, Boram (2019-03-06). "Anda relaunches music career with BLACKPINK's music label". Yonhap News. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[2] "안다, 노래와 퍼포먼스로 확 당긴다···얼굴도 얼굴이지만". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[3] Dong, Sun-hwa (2020-03-20). "K-pop act WINNER to unveil pre-release song 'Hold'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[4] "알티 "작곡한 노래 중 블랙핑크 '불장난' 가장 애착"". MK Sports (in Korean). 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[5] "알티". Naver People Search (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 29, 2020.

[6] "이상한 나라의 알티" [R.Tee in wonderland]. W Korea (in Korean). November 16, 2018.

[7] "R.TEE는 멈출 줄 모른다" [R.Tee does not know how to stop]. Harper's Bazaar (in Korean). March 5, 2019.

[:0-8] Yeon, Na-gyeong (October 13, 2015). "'헤드라이너' 결승 진출 DJ는? "여러가지 만감이 교차합니다"" [Which DJ will advance to the finals? "I have mixed feelings"]. SportsQ (in Korean).

[9] Lee, Eun-jeong (September 30, 2015). "실력파 DJ 알티, 윤도현 기획사와 전속 계약" [Skilled DJ R.Tee, signs exclusive contract with Yoon Do-hyun's agency]. Yonhap News (in Korean).

[10] "The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks". Billboard. December 29, 2019.

[:1-11] Kwak, Hyeon-su; Jeon, Yong-ho (July 29, 2022). "[와이티엔 스타뉴스] 래퍼 저스디스-알티 합류 완료, 심사위원 확정한 '쇼미 11" [[YTN Star News] Rapper Justhis and R.Tee are confirmed to be the judges of 'Show Me 11'] (in Korean). YTN – via Naver.

[12] "전체검색" [Full Search]. Korea Music Copyright Association (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-26.

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