The name
FirstOne was taken from the name of their entertainment, FirstOne's Company in
South Korea.
2015–2019 member search The group members were trained individually for three years before they debuted and launched as 1st One. The leader of 1st One, Ace, was a singer in the Philippines before he turned out to be part of the group. Ace had been part and the representative of the
KBS Kpop World Festival in 2015. Under his real name, he released a song "
Blow the Night Away", and it was followed by "
Ikaw Pa Rin" and "
Giliw" through
Star Music. They worked with Korean songwriters and producer for their debut song which is "
You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)". Docskim, a producer who worked with
Big Hit Entertainment for BTS' songs, helped create their debut song. Shin Minchu, a composer who is known for his song "Paradise" and was used on a Korean drama series "
Boys Over Flower" and a former member of the group, T-Max. And Ryu.D, a choreographer, worked with big groups from South Korea like
NCT127,
BTS,
EXO,
StrayKids, and
NU'EST. Debuted on July 31, 2020, with their single "
You Are The One (Ttak Maja Nuh)" reached almost 900,000 views on YouTube. In 2021, planned to have a project World Tour Concert
Kpop x Ppop Showcase along with other K-Pop groups that are managed and handled by FirstOne Entertainment.
2022: Official comeback, PPOPCON, Tugatog On the evening of December 31, it was announced that the group would make their official comeback in January 2022, after a year of waiting for their official comeback. On January 15, they officially released their third single and comeback single "Shout Out", the single was written by one of their members, Ace, and was composed and arranged by Great Brothers and Ragoon. On March 31, the group signed a contract with
Warner Music Philippines as the distributor of their albums and songs. In a statement, Firstone Entertainment said that it has partnered with Warner Music Philippines to manage the rising P-pop boy group. On April 10, the group performed at 2022
PPOPCON as the main performer, with special member, Gift as the seventh member of the group at the
Araneta City. On April 12, it was announced that 1st One will perform in SM Mall of Asia at the 2022 Tugatog Music Festival to be held on July 15, 2022 with idol groups MNL48,
Alamat,
BINI,
BGYO, LITZ, Ppop Generation,
Press Hit Play, and
VXON as the first batch announced. On August 26, 1st One released its road-to-comeback single "Turn Up". The group was all involved in the creative process of the track. Ace, the group leader, wrote the lyrics, and Max, one of the main vocalists, did the lyrics proofing. The other members co-wrote the rap parts. November 29, the group pop-rock single "Shout Out," debuted at the 13th spot on the
Billboard Hot Trending Song (HTS). Before the day ended, "Shout Out" received the number 1 spot on the 24-hour, real-time ranking. This triumph makes 1st One the second Filipino act to enter Billboard's HTS chart. 1st One now joins the
P-Pop supergroup
SB19 on the milestone, the first artist to invade the international music tabulation. == Artistry ==