{{Short description|South Korean boy band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ulala Session | image = | alt = | caption = Ulala Session in July 2017 | image_size = | landscape = yes | origin = [[Seoul]], South Korea | genre = [[K-pop]] | years_active = 2011–present | label = Ulala Company | website = | current_members = *Kim Myung-hoon *Park Seung-il *Choi Do-won | past_members = *Lim Yoon-taek *Park Kwang-sun *Goon Jo *Ha Jun-seok }}

'''Ulala Session''' ({{langx|ko|울랄라 세션}}) is a South Korean [[boy band]] that rose to fame after winning the 2011 television talent show ''[[Superstar K 3]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2012/10/135_123482.html|title=Ulala, producers of music, hope|last=Kim|first=Ji-soo|date=2012-10-30|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en}}</ref> The group currently consists of members Kim Myung-hoon, Park Seung-il, Choi Do-won.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnet.com/artist/155000/profile|script-title=ko:울랄라세션 소개|website=[[Mnet (TV channel)|Mnet]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20|archive-date=2018-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225349/http://www.mnet.com/artist/155000/profile|url-status=dead}}</ref> The group originally included Lim Yoon-taek, who died from gastric cancer in 2013, and Park Kwang-sun, who left after enlisting in the military in 2015. Choi Do-won and Ha Jun-seok joined the group in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Yu-na|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/12/15/2016121501461.html|script-title=ko:울랄라세션 '실제 불화 있었지만 박광선 솔로·멤버 교체 이유 아냐'|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=2016-12-15|access-date=2018-07-20|language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB10240358|title=울랄라세션 임윤택, 아내에게 남긴 마지막 한마디는?|last=Won|first=Jae-sun|date=2013-02-12|website=[[JTBC]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref>

==Career== Prior to their appearance on ''Superstar K3'', the group was not widely known in South Korea, performing "anywhere, even in the middle of a schoolyard if there was a stage."<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/11/23/12/kpop-group-ulala-session-offers-something-different Korea Times, KF and CJ E&M, "Kpop group Ulala Session offers something different", http://www.abs-cbnnews.com, posted 23 November 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921113517/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/11/23/12/kpop-group-ulala-session-offers-something-different |date=21 September 2013 }}; dates of birth calculated based on their ages as of 23 November 2012.</ref>

During ''Superstar K3'', audiences responded particularly fondly to lead singer Lim's battle with [[stomach cancer]].<ref name=autogenerated1/> This led to some speculation that Ulala Session was making up the story of Lim's cancer as a way to garner sympathy during the competition; Lim responded in July 2012 by bringing his doctor on [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]'s ''One Night in TV Entertainment'' to confirm the diagnosis.<ref>[http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/ulala-sessions-yuntaek-tries-to-clear-up-rumors-refuting-his-cancer-diagnosis VITALSIGN, "Ulala Session's Yuntaek tries to clear up rumors refuting his cancer diagnosis", www.allkpop.com, posted 5 July 2012]</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=July 2025}}

On 11 February 2013, Lim Yoon-taek, leader of Ulala Session, died from [[gastric cancer]].<ref>[http://www.allkpop.com/2013/02/breaking-ulala-sessions-lim-yoon-taek-passes-away Lim Yoon Taek passes away]. allkpop. Posted 11 February 2013. Accessed 11 February 2013.</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=July 2025}}<ref>[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/02/135_130381.html Lim Yoon-taek: 1980–2013 ]</ref>

== Discography == [[File:Ulala Session from acrofan.jpg|thumb|In July 2012]]

=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album details ! colspan="1" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Sales |- ! <small>[[Gaon Album Chart|KOR]]</small><br /><ref name="gaon_album_chart">{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=48&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title=''reJOYce'' charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=21&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title=''Ulala Sensation'' charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=30&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title=''Memory'' charting}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''reJOYce'' | * Released: November 19, 2014 * Label: Ulala Company * Formats: CD, digital download | 22 | *KOR: 798+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=11&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month|script-title=ko:2014년 11월 Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> |}

=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album details ! colspan="1" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Sales |- ! <small>[[Gaon Album Chart|KOR]]</small><br /><ref name="gaon_album_chart"/> |- ! scope="row" | ''Ulala Sensation'' | * Released: May 10, 2012 (Part 1),<br>May 17, 2012 (Part 2) * Label: [[Stone Music Entertainment]] * Formats: CD, digital download | 5 | *KOR: 24,497+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=05&hitYear=2012&termGbn=month|script-title=ko:2012년 05월 Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Memory'' | * Released: June 27, 2013 * Label: Ulala Company * Formats: CD, digital download | 10 | *KOR: 2,299+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=07&hitYear=2013&termGbn=month|script-title=ko:2013년 07월 Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> |- |}

=== Singles === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year ! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album |- !<small>[[Gaon Digital Chart|KOR<br>Gaon]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=Gaon Digital Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=49&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="With You" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=21&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Beautiful Night" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=21&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Used It All Up" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=33&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="Fonky" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=46&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="To Love" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=27&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="I'll Be There" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=47&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title="Those Who Are Crying Now" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=18&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title="Talk of Dreams" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=28&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title="Anxious Heart" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=40&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title="I'll Come To You" charting}} </ref> !<small>[[Kpop Hot 100|KOR<br>Hot 100]]</small><br><ref name="Ulala Session Chart History">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ulala-session/chart-history|title=Ulala Session Chart History|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> |- ! colspan="5" | As lead artist |- ! scope="row" | "With You" ({{Korean|hangul=너와 함께|labels=no}}) | 2011 | 8 | 6 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Beautiful Night" ({{Korean|hangul=아름다운 밤|labels=no}}) | rowspan="2" | 2012 | 4 | 5 | ''Ulala Sensation Part 1'' |- ! scope="row" | "Used It All Up" ({{Korean|hangul=다 쓰고 없다|labels=no}}) | 14 | 10 | ''Ulala Sensation Part 2'' |- ! scope="row" | "Fonky" feat. Sul Woon Do | rowspan="3" |2013 | 46 |— | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "To Lover" ({{Korean|hangul=사랑하는 이에게|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Deux (band)|Deux]]</small> | 43 |— | ''Deux 20th Anniversary Tribute'' |- ! scope="row" | "I'll Be There" ({{Korean|hangul=한사람|labels=no}}) | 17 |— | rowspan="2" | ''Memory'' |- ! scope="row" | "Those Who Are Crying Now" ({{Korean|hangul=지금 우는 사람들|labels=no}}) | rowspan="4" | 2014 | 35 |— |- ! scope="row" | "Talk of Dreams" ({{Korean|hangul=꿈의 대화|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Joo Young-hoon]]</small> | 29 |— | ''Joo Young-hoon 20th Anniversary'' |- ! scope="row" | "Anxious Heart" ({{Korean|hangul=애타는 마음|labels=no}})<br><small>with [[IU (entertainer)|IU]]</small> | 4 | rowspan="3" {{N/A}} | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "I'll Come to You" ({{Korean|hangul=내가 갈게|labels=no}}) | 86 | ''reJOYce'' |- ! scope="row" | "Beautiful" ({{Korean|hangul=아름다운 한컷|labels=no}})<br><small>feat. Wutan</small> | 2017 |— | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="5" |<small>"—" denotes song did not chart.<br>The [[Kpop Hot 100]] chart was discontinued between May 2014 and May 2017.</small> |- |}

=== Soundtrack appearances === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year ! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album |- !<small>[[Gaon Digital Chart|KOR<br>Gaon]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=Gaon Digital Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=42&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Falling Moon" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=43&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Open Arms" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=44&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Beautiful Girl" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=45&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Bad Guy" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=46&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Western Sky" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=47&hitYear=2011&termGbn=week|title="Swing Baby" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=25&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Goodbye Day" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=25&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Tuesdays When It Rains" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=27&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="A Small Pond" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=34&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Pathetic" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=41&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="Draw You Out" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=50&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="The Moon Cries" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=36&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week|title="Love Fiction" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=week&hitYear=2015&targetTime=4&nationGbn=T|title="With My Tears" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=12&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title="Maybe" charting}} </ref> !<small>[[Kpop Hot 100|KOR<br>Hot 100]]</small><br><ref name="Ulala Session Chart History"/> |- ! scope="row" | "Falling Moon" ({{Korean|hangul=달의 몰락|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by Hyeon-Cheol Kim</small> | rowspan="6" | 2011 |3 | 6 | rowspan="6" | ''[[Superstar K 3]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "[[Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms]]"<br><small>originally by [[Journey (band)|Journey]]</small> |1 | 2 |- ! scope="row" | "Beautiful Girl" ({{Korean|hangul=미인|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Shin Jung-hyeon]]</small> |7 | 14 |- ! scope="row" | "Bad Guy" ({{Korean|hangul=나쁜 남자|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]]</small> |19 | 47 |- ! scope="row" | "Western Sky" ({{Korean|hangul=서쪽 하늘|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Lee Seung-chul]]</small> |1 | 1 |- ! scope="row" | "Swing Baby"<br><small>originally by [[J.Y. Park]]</small> |6 | 8 |- ! scope="row" | "Goodbye Day" | rowspan="4" | 2012 |7 | 4 | ''[[Bridal Mask]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Tuesdays When It Rains" ({{Korean|hangul=화요일에 비가 내리면|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by Park Mi-kyung</small> |57 | 96 | rowspan="3" | ''[[Immortal Songs 2]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "A Small Pond" ({{Korean|hangul=작은 연못|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by [[Kim Min-ki]]</small> |97 | — |- ! scope="row" | "Pathetic" ({{Korean|hangul=비창|labels=no}})<br><small>originally by Lee Sang-woo</small> |33 | 33 |- ! scope="row" | "Draw You Out" ({{Korean|hangul=그려본다|labels=no}}) | rowspan="2" | 2013 |42 |— | ''[[The Scandal (2013 TV series)|Scandal]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "The Moon Cries" ({{Korean|hangul=달이 웁니다|labels=no}}) |75 |— | ''[[Golden Rainbow (TV series)|Golden Rainbow]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Love Fiction" | 2014 |13 | rowspan="6" {{N/A}} | ''[[It's Okay, That's Love]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "With My Tears" ({{Korean|hangul=내 눈물 모아|labels=no}}) | rowspan="4" | 2015 |26 | rowspan="4" |''Persevere, Goo Hae Ra'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Family" ({{Korean|hangul=가족|labels=no}}) |— |- ! scope="row" | "Maybe" ({{Korean|hangul=그랬나봐|labels=no}})<br><small>with [[U Sung-eun]]</small> |63 |- ! scope="row" | "She Is Smiling" ({{Korean|hangul=그녀가 웃잖아|labels=no}})<br><small>with U Sung-eun, [[Jung Jin-young (singer)|Jinyoung]], [[Min Hyo-rin]]</small> |— |- ! scope="row" | "Listen" ({{Korean|hangul=들려|labels=no}}) | 2016 |— | ''[[Blow Breeze]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Don't Be Depressed" ({{Korean|hangul=우울해하지 말아요|labels=no}}) | rowspan="4" | 2018 |— |— | ''[[Ugly Miss Young-Ae]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Waikiki Wonderland" ({{Korean|hangul=와이키키 원더랜드|labels=no}}) |— |— | ''[[Welcome to Waikiki]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Stay" |— |— | ''[[Queen of Mystery 2]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Run Through Time" ({{Korean|hangul=시간을 달려|labels=no}}) |— |— | ''[[A Poem a Day]]'' OST |- ! scope="row" | "Timid Man" ({{Korean|hangul=소심한 남자|labels=no}}) | 2022 |— |— | ''[[It's Beautiful Now]]'' OST |- | colspan="5" |<small>"—" denotes song did not chart.<br>The [[Kpop Hot 100]] chart was discontinued between May 2014 and May 2017.</small> |}

=== Other charted songs === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year ! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album |- !<small>[[Gaon Digital Chart|KOR<br>Gaon]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=Gaon Digital Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=2018-07-20}}

* {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=20&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="U-La-La" and "Urbanic" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=21&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="I'm Happy," "Wedding Singer," and "Dynamite" charting}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=26&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title="Fertilizer" charting}} </ref> !<small>[[Kpop Hot 100|KOR<br>Hot 100]]</small><br><ref name="Ulala Session Chart History"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ulala-session-feat-t|title=Ulala Session (feat. T) Chart History|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2018-07-20}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "U-La-La" | rowspan="5" | 2012 |32 | 20 | rowspan="2" | ''Ulala Sensation Part 1'' |- ! scope="row" | "Urbanic" |52 | 37 |- ! scope="row" | "I'm Happy" ({{Korean|hangul=난 행복해|labels=no}}) |59 | 46 | rowspan="3" | ''Ulala Sensation Part 2'' |- ! scope="row" | "Wedding Singer" |75 | 59 |- ! scope="row" | "Dynamite"<br><small>feat. T ([[Yoon Mi-rae]])</small> |34 | 27 |- ! scope="row" | "Fertilizer" ({{Korean|hangul=거름|labels=no}}) |2013 |28 |— |''Memory'' |- | colspan="5" |<small>"—" denotes song did not chart.</small> |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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