15 Facts About Teddy Park

In 1998, Teddy Park debuted in the hip hop group 1TYM with his friend Danny, Jinhwan, and Baekyoung.

Teddy Park has co-produced and co-written songs for YG artists such as Jinusean, Seven, Big Bang, 2NE1, Lee Hi, Blackpink, and Jeon Somi, as well as Uhm Jung-hwa and Sunmi.

Teddy Park was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to New York City as a young child.

Teddy Park learned the piano as a child, but as he grew up, he was more interested in playing the guitar and beatboxing.

At 22 years old, Teddy Park began producing for other artists on the label, most of whom were much older and more experienced than him.

Teddy Park would go on to have a hand in producing a majority of 2NE1's work, including their debut extended play, 2NE1 and studio album, To Anyone.

In 2017, Teddy Park wrote and produced the hit single "As If It's Your Last" for Blackpink.

Teddy Park wrote and produced Blackpink member Jennie's number-one hit song "Solo".

Teddy Park produced for the first time for a non-YG Entertainment artist with "Just Dance," the theme song for the reality television competition Mix Nine.

Teddy Park produced two songs for singer Sunmi: "Gashina" and "Heroine".

In 2019, Teddy Park wrote and produced Blackpink's second EP, Kill This Love.

Teddy Park wrote and produced singer Jeon Somi's debut single "Birthday".

In 2021, Teddy Park wrote and produced Blackpink members Rose and Lisa's respective debut solo singles "On the Ground" and "Lalisa".

Teddy Park wrote and produced many of the songs on Jeon Somi's debut studio album XOXO, which included top-ten single "Dumb Dumb".

Teddy Park gets paid about US$850,000 a year from the Korean Music Copyright Association.