The Untold Truth of K-pop Rising Star – Kim Samuel
Marcus Reynolds
Updated on December 31, 2025
Who is Kim Samuel? Samuel Kim Arredondo was born on 17 January 2002, in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is a vocalist, most popular from performing under the name Samuel or Punch, at first as half of the hip jump team 1Punch during 2015, however later chasing after a performance vocation. He likewise procured a touch of popularity through his appearance in the second time of “Produce 101”.
The Abundance of Kim Samuel As of mid 2020, Kim Samuel’s total assets is assessed to currently be more than $1 million, procured through an effective vocation in the music business. He’s delivered various singles and expanded plays (EPs), and furthermore dealt with an independent collection.
Early Life and Vocation Starting points While Samuel later found distinction in South Korea, he experienced childhood in Los Angeles – his mom is of South Korean drop while his dad is Mexican-American. Quite early on, he tried to a leap forward in media outlets, and was unveiling exhibitions at 11 years old. One of his most memorable appearances was in the TV program “Seventeen television”, which exhibited the teeny-bopper group Seventeen, and was a way to advance them before their presentation in the business.
He prepared under Pledis Diversion, yet ruled against going on with the task, leaving the office in 2013, meanwhile fostering his singing and rapping abilities. Following two years, he then, at that point, turned out to be half of the hip jump couple called 1Punch close by rapper One, made as a cooperation between D-Business Amusement and Fearless Diversion. Their most memorable single was designated “Turn Me Back”, and they elevated singles paving the way to their collection “The Hymn” – they showed a ton of potential yet it was fleeting.
Produce 101 The motivation behind why 1Punch immediately disbanded was because of One being explored by YG Amusement, and started preparing under them, prompting the disbandment of the couple. Samuel went on with the gathering under the name PUNCH, and delivered the single “Spotlight” in 2016, which was a cooperation with rapper Silento, which demonstrated fruitful, and they won a Seoul Music Grant thus. The two kept cooperating, and they visited the US together.
In 2017 he started his initial moves towards a performance vocation, showing up in the endurance show “Produce 101” during its subsequent season, as a delegate for Bold Diversion. In the show, the general population picks among 101 students addressing 54 unique organizations across South Korea. Watchers can cast a ballot on the web or through live democratic, to pick which among the challengers remain. Eventually, 11 individuals would be picked, appearing as the gathering Want to One.
Kim Samuel The show was extremely famous, seeing around 30% of the South Korean people group vote during the finale. Kim was one of the early top picks in the opposition, however was at last fruitless, completing eighteenth in general., which shocked a ton of his fans who were certain he planned to make it into Want to One.
Solo Vocation Being fruitless during the second time of “Produce 1” didn’t stop Samuel’s force, as a couple of months after the opposition, he appeared as an independent craftsman.
He initially delivered the little collection “Sixteen”, which had a main track of a similar name, including the rapper Changmo. Later in the year Kim delivered his most memorable full collection called “Beautiful sight”, which comprised of 10 tracks, with the lead single of the collection named “Treats”.
He was acquiring a great deal of consideration, and started causing disturbances with the Japanese people group, driving him to sign with the advancement organization Horse Ravine. In 2018, he delivered his most memorable Japanese single, which was a Japanese form of his melody “Sixteen”.
He then dealt with his second scaled down collection called “One”, which highlighted Jung Il-Hoon of BtoB fame, and in the following couple of months dealt with his subsequent Japanese single, a Japanese variant of “Treats”. One of his most recent deliveries is the collection “Young person”, which highlighted joint efforts with Lee Ro Han who had acquired distinction from his exhibitions during the second time of “School Rapper”.
Individual Life It is realized that Kim Samuel is single and like numerous South Korean specialists, he has not yet offered a ton of consideration towards his heartfelt life, in any case, he is near a more youthful sister.
He is proficient in Spanish and English as well as Korean. He can likewise play a few instruments, however he is especially talented with the drums. Beside music, he has likewise communicated interest in acting and photography He additionally knows how to play golf as his dad claims a fairway in California. He regularly visits the US frequently because of his family, however his work in the South Korean media outlet has implied that he is many times arranged there.