Highline Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2017 and a subsidiary of

Starship Entertainment Starship Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2008 and became an independent subsidiary of Kakao Entertainment in 2013. It is also called one of the "five major agencies" in the pop music world, with SM Entertainm ...

History

In 2017,

launched another subsidiary label House of Music, which focused on recruiting smaller, independent artists, with MoonMoon being the first signed under the label. In 2018, Starship renamed the label "Highline Entertainment". In 2018, DJ Soda signed with Highline after "House of Music" was defunct. In January 2019, Highline signed Jang Seok-hoon, previously a member of the hip hop scene super rookie Balming Tiger. In April, Highline signed

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's '' High School Rapper 3'' contestant PLUMA. In 2020, Starship began expanding Highline, with a focus on artists who are prominent in subculture. In April, they signed artist

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, previously a member of the boy group

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, to the label, who debuted in September. In September, they announced that singer

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had signed to the label. This moved him from Starship's acoustic sublabel "Starship Y", which brought that label to an end, as Yoo was the only artist on the label. In August 2021, Highline sent You Da-yeon in the survival program ''

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''.

Partnerships

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* Intertwine

Artists

List adapted from official social media account. *

* Leon * DJ Vanto * dress * ROVXE * Seungguk

Former artists

* MoonMoon (2017–2018; contract terminated due to occlusion of a formal criminal record) * DJ Soda (2018–2021) * Lil Reta (2020–2022) * Jang Seok-hoon (2019–2022) * PLUMA (2019–2022) * M1NU (2020–2022) *

(2020–2024)

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Highline Entertainment Companies based in Seoul Entertainment companies established in 2017 Starship Entertainment Contemporary R&B record labels Hip-hop record labels Music publishing companies K-pop record labels Publishing companies established in 2017 South Korean record labels Talent agencies of South Korea South Korean companies established in 2017