Crush

About

Crush is the name of at least fourteen different musical acts. 1) Crush (크러쉬), born Shin Hyo-Seob on May 3, 1992, is a South-Korean R&B and hip-hop singer, rapper and songwriter. He is a member of the hip-hop crews Fanxy Child, Club Eskimo, and VV:D. 2) Crush were formed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1996 and featured Donna Air and Jayni Hoy (both then-teenage actresses in BBC TV's 'Byker Grove'). They released two singles in the UK, jellyhead and luv'd up, but disappointing sales led to their debut album teenage kicks (which included a cover of we got the beat) being shelved. Jayni Hoy then quit the duo and a replacement, Luciana Caporaso, was drafted in. This line up released a remixed version of the debut album, now called crush, in the USA on Robins Records, in 1997. Much more dance/Europop orientated than the indie-pop of previous singles, this album retains the original vocals from Jayni on 8 of the 12 tracks, including several compositions by saint etienne vocalist Sarah Cracknell (rumor has it that the band were managed by her mum!). After the band split, Air moved into TV presenting, whilst Caporaso went on to front Shooter and electro-rock act Portobella. 3) The solo pr…