1Verse

1Verse (; pronounced and stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by Singing Beetle. The group consists of five members: Hyuk, Seok, Aito, Kenny and Nathan. Two members of the group (Hyuk and Seok) are from North Korea, making them the first South Korean boy group with North Korean defectors. They debuted on July 18, 2025, with the single album The 1st Verse.

==History== ===Pre-debut=== Two of the five members of the band are North Korean defectors. Yu Hyuk, one of the members, is from North Hamgyong Province and grew up with his father and grandmother, after his parents separated and his mother defected to South Korea. His family was poor and as a child he worked odd jobs, begged on the streets and sometimes stole food to survive. He said that he usually ate only one meal a day and he never heard of K-pop music while in North Korea. Hyuk was contacted by his mother who requested he join her in South Korea, and he undertook a six-month journey through several countries to escape, arriving in Seoul, South Korea, at age 13, in 2013. After arriving in South Korea, he became interested in K-pop, joining a music club in his first year of high school and writing rap lyrics.