Loco (rapper) explained

Kwon Hyuk-woo (Hangul: 권혁우; born December 25, 1989), better known by his stage name Loco (Hangul: 로꼬), is a South Korean rapper signed to hip hop label AOMG. His name "loco" means "crazy" in Spanish.^[1] He won the first season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money in 2012.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Personal life

On September 13, 2022, Loco announced via Instagram that he would be marrying a non-celebrity girlfriend of the same age in the fall.^[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart position	Sales
		KOR [6]
scope=row	Bleached	Released: May 25, 2017 Label: AOMG, LOEN Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	10	KOR: 3,127+[7]
scope=row	Weak	Released: October 17, 2023 Label: AOMG Formats: CD, digital download	70	KOR: 1,909[8]

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart position	Sales
		KOR [9]
scope=row	Locomotive	Released: November 28, 2014 Label: AOMG, LOEN Formats: CD, digital download	12	KOR: 1,336+[10]
scope=row	Summer Go Loco	Released: August 18, 2017 Label: AOMG, LOEN Formats: CD, digital download	—
scope=row	Hello	Released: February 7, 2019 Label: AOMG, Kakao M Formats: CD, digital download	10	KOR: 4,584+[11]
scope=row	Some Time	Released: October 14, 2020 Label: AOMG, Kakao M Formats: CD, digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Sales	Album
		KOR Circle [12]	KOR Billboard [13]	US World [14]
As lead artist
scope=row	"See the Light"	2012	—	—	—	rowspan="3"
scope=row	"No More"		—	—	—
scope=row	"Take Care"	2013	—	—	—
scope=row	"Hold Me Tight"	2014	4	7	—	KOR: 926,128	Locomotive
scope=row	"Respect"	2015	33	rowspan="4"	—	KOR: 251,835	rowspan="4"
scope=row	"Awesome"		17	—	KOR: 189,342
scope=row	"You Too" (너도)	2016	5	—	KOR: 442,275
"Still" (남아있어)	6		—	KOR: 291,499
"Too Much" (지나쳐)	2017	12	19	—	KOR: 367,499[15]	Bleached
"Summer Go Loco"		53	67	—	KOR: 56,485[16]	Summer Go Loco
"Post It" (나타나줘)	2018	39	37	—	rowspan="3"
"It Takes Time" (시간이 들겠지)		2	—	—
"Late Night"		76	—	—
"It's Been a While" (오랜만이야)	2019	17	—	—		Hello
"Can't Sleep" (잠이 들어야)	2020	36	—	—		Some Time
"Not OK"	2023	195	—	—		Weak
Collaborations
scope=row	"Good"	2016	1	rowspan="2"	—	KOR: 358,675	rowspan="2"
scope=row	"Think About' Chu" [17]	2017	16	—	KOR: 197,273[18]
scope=row	"Don't Give It to Me" (주지마)	2018	1	1	—	KOR: 2,500,000[19]	Hyena on the Keyboard Part.4
"Upside Down"	89		—	—
"Young"	11		18	4		Station X 0
"Love" (러브) [20]	2021	25	—	—		Duet Mate
"Somebody	"	2022	51	22		—	Somebody
"Sweaty"	131		—	—		Street Man Fighter
As featured artist
"My Last"	2015	30	rowspan="3"	19	KOR: 249,588[21]	₩orld ₩ide
"Can't Help Myself" (못참겠어)	2016	20	4	KOR: 250,063
"Double Dip"		—	—		Identity
"All I Wanna Do (K)"		176	37	9	KOR: 2,500,000 [22]	Everything You Wanted
"That Girl"	2017	77	—	—	KOR: 26,909[23]	Do Disturb
"Outerspace"	2021	80	—	—
"Smeraldo Garden Marching Band"	2024	44	24	—		Muse
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Notes: Billboard Korea Kpop Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and discontinued in July 2014. The chart was re-established on May 29, 2017.

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart position	Sales	Album
		style=font-size:90%			KOR [24]
scope=row	"The Virus"	2013	—		The Virus OST
scope=row	"This Song" (with Mamamoo)	2014	65		My Lovely Girl OST
scope=row	"Spring Is Gone by Chance" (with Yuju)	2015	5	KOR: 2,500,000[25]	A Girl Who Sees Smells OST
scope=row	"Say Yes" (with Punch)	2016	15	KOR: 274,375[26]	OST
scope=row	"Star (Little Prince)" (with U Sung-eun)	2018	—		Memories of the Alhambra OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television

Year	Program	Network	Roles	Notes
2012	Show Me the Money	Mnet	Himself	Contestant and Winner
2015	Show Me the Money 4			Judge/Producer with Jay Park
2016	My little Television	MBC		Cast member
	Happy Together 3	KBS2
2017	You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
2018	It's Dangerous Beyond the Blankets	MBC		Cast member[27]
	Hyena On the Keyboard	KBS2		Cast member (Episodes 7-8)
		tvN		Contestant with Gray (Episodes 1-)
	Show Me the Money 777	Mnet		Loopy 'V' Featured
	Radio Star (TV series)	MBC		Cast member
2020	Show Me the Money 9	Mnet		Lil Boi 'ON AIR' Featured
2021	High School Rapper (season 4)			Judge/Producer

Music video appearances

Awards and nominations

Melon Music Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	Best OST	"Spring Is Gone by Chance" by Yuju & Loco
2018	Hot Trend Award	"Young" (with Byun Baek-hyun)
		"Don't" (with Hwasa)
	Best Ballad

KBS Entertainment Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015-01-22. '컬투쇼' 로꼬, 이름 뜻 밝혀… '헉 그런뜻이였어?'. 2021-05-16. dailyKorea. ko.
2. Web site: Rapper show launches new season. Kim. Jae-heun. 2015-06-26. The Korea Times. 2016-06-15.
3. Web site: LOCO (로꼬). KBS World Radio. 2016-06-15.
4. Web site: 로꼬's Story. Chung. Seo-hee. 2014-04-02. IZE Magazine. ko. 2016-06-15.
5. Web site: 로꼬, 결혼 발표…"예비신부는 동갑내기 동네친구. Jeon. Jae-kyung. Loco announces marriage... "The bride-to-be is a neighborhood friend of the same age. Newsis. Naver. September 13, 2022. September 13, 2022. ko.
6. Charted albums on the Circle (formerly Gaon) Album Chart:
   • Web site: Bleached. May 21–27, 2017.
   • Web site: Weak. October 15–21, 2023.
7. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, June 2017. Gaon. 2018-04-22.
8. Web site: Circle Album Chart – Week 42, 2023. Circle Chart. ko. October 26, 2023.
9. Charted EPs on Gaon Music Chart:
   • Web site: Locomotive. December 7–13, 2014.
   • Web site: Hello. Gaon Chart. ko. February 14, 2019.
10. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, December 2014. Gaon. 2018-04-22.
11. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, February 2019 . Gaon Music Chart . 2021-07-25.
12. Charted singles on the Circle Chart:
    • Web site: Hold Me Tight. March 16–22, 2014.
    • Web site: Respect, Awesome. July 26 – August 1, 2015.
    • Web site: You Too. April 3–9, 2016.
    • Web site: Still. November 6–12, 2016.
    • Web site: Can't Help Myself. July 17–23, 2016.
    • Web site: That Girl. July 16–22, 2017.
    • Web site: Summer Go Loco. August 20–26, 2017.
    • Web site: Post It. March 18–24, 2018.
    • Web site: Don't Give It To Me. April 22–28, 2018.
    • Web site: Young. September 2–8, 2018.
    • Web site: It Takes Time. October 7–13, 2018.
    • Web site: Late Night. November 25 – December 1, 2018.
    • Web site: It's Been a While. February 3–9, 2019.
    • Web site: Can't Sleep. October 18–24, 2020.
    • Web site: Outerspace. May 9–15, 2021.
    • Web site: Love. July 4–10, 2021.
    • Web site: All I Wanna Do (K). March 20–26, 2022.
    • Web site: Somebody!. July 24–30, 2022.
    • Web site: Sweaty. September 11–17, 2022.
    • Web site: Not OK. October 15–21, 2023.
    • Web site: Smeraldo Garden Marching Band. June 23–29, 2024.
13. Charted songs on Kpop Hot 100:
    • Hold Me Tight. . April 5, 2014.
    • Web site: Too Much. June 5–11, 2017.
    • Web site: All I Wanna Do. July 10–16, 2017.
    • Web site: Summer Go Loco. August 28 – September 3, 2017.
    • Web site: Post It. March 19–25, 2018.
    • Web site: Don't Give It To Me. April 30 – May 6, 2018.
    • Web site: Young. September 3–9, 2018.
    • Somebody!. Billboard. August 9, 2022.
    • Smeraldo Garden Marching Band. Billboard. July 9, 2024.
14. World Digital Song Sales. Billboard.
15. Cumulative sales for "Too Much":
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart – May. Gaon Music Chart.
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart – June. Gaon Music Chart.
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart – July. Gaon Music Chart.
16. Cumulative sales for "Summer Go Loco":
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart - Week 33. Gaon Music Chart.
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart - Week 34. Gaon Music Chart.
17. Web site: [뮤직&톡] 샘김X로꼬, 추억 소환하는 리메이크의 옳은 예]. 2017-01-25. 뉴스1. ko. 2020-04-26.
18. Cumulative sales for "Think About' Chu":
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart - Week 1 . Gaon Music Chart.
    • Web site: 2017 Gaon Download Chart - Week 2 . Gaon Music Chart.
19. Web site: Gaon Certification – Download. Gaon Chart.
20. News: 이성경X로꼬, 7월 4일 듀엣곡 발매 '대세 만남. Hwang Hye-jin . June 24, 2021. June 24, 2021. Newsen . Naver. ko.
21. Web site: My Last - 2015.
22. Web site: Gaon's Observation Notes. Gaon Music Chart. September 19, 2019. September 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920103337/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/article/view.gaon?idx=15819&sgenre=opinion&search_str=. September 20, 2019. live.
23. Web site: ko:2017년 12주차 Download Chart. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=29&hitYear=2017&termGbn=week. Gaon Music Chart. November 30, 2017. ko.
24. Charted singles on Gaon Music Chart:
    • Web site: This Song. September 21–27, 2014.
    • Web site: Spring Is Gone by Chance. May 3–9, 2015.
    • Web site: Say Yes. August 28 – September 3, 2016.
25. Web site: Gaon's 관찰노트. Gaon's Observation Notes. Gaon Music Chart. Daniel. C.. June 21, 2019. June 21, 2019. ko.
26. Cumulative sales for "Say Yes":
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 36. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-09-08.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 37. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-09-08.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 38. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-09-22.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 39. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-09-29.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 40. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-10-06.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 41. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-10-13.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 42. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-10-20.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 43. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-10-27.
    • Web site: Gaon Download Chart - Week 44. gaonchart.co.kr. 2016-11-03.
27. Web site: '이불밖은위험해' 이이경·로꼬, 새로운 집돌이 합류 . the-star.co.kr.
28. Web site: 티빙 새 연애 리얼리티 '러브캐처 인 서울', 장도연→써니 왓처 5인방 출격. Oh Ji-won. Teabing's new love reality 'Love Catcher in Seoul', Jang Do-yeon → Sunny Watcher 5 members sortie. YTN . Naver . October 21, 2021. October 21, 2021. ko.
29. Web site: 이하이, 등장한 '빨간 립스틱' 뮤비 티저 공개…박재범→정찬성 총출동 . Choi Jeong-ah . Lee Hi, 'Red Lipstick' MV teaser released... Jae-beom Park → Chan-seong Jeong . Sportsworld . Naver . September 9, 2021 . September 9, 2021 . ko.