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Ulala Session () is a South Korean
boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their Teenage, teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands ...
that rose to fame after winning the 2011 television talent show '' Superstar K 3''. The group currently consists of members Kim Myung-hoon, Park Seung-il, Choi Do-won. The group originally included Lim Yoon-taek, who died from gastric cancer in 2013, and Park Kwang-sun, who left after enlisting in the military in 2015. Choi Do-won and Ha Jun-seok joined the group in 2016.


Career

Prior to their appearance on ''Superstar K3'', the group was not widely known in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
, performing "anywhere, even in the middle of a schoolyard if there was a stage."Korea Times, KF and CJ E&M, "Kpop group Ulala Session offers something different", http://www.abs-cbnnews.com, posted 23 November 2012
dates of birth calculated based on their ages as of 23 November 2012.
During ''Superstar K3'', audiences responded particularly fondly to lead singer Lim's battle with
stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a numb ...
. This led to some speculation that Ulala Session was making up the story of Lim's cancer as a way to garner sympathy during the competition; Lim responded in July 2012 by bringing his doctor on SBS's ''One Night in TV Entertainment'' to confirm the diagnosis. On 11 February 2013, Lim Yoon-taek, leader of Ulala Session, died from
gastric cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes ...
.Lim Yoon-taek: 1980-2013
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Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles


Soundtrack appearances


Other charted songs


References

{{Authority control South Korean boy bands Superstar K winners