Early Life
Mukki was born on 27 March 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand, by force due to her mother’s critical condition after got into a car accident when she was only 26 weeks pregnant. She was a multiracial child with a German father―Daniel A. Gottschalk―and a Thai mother, Diana H. Gottschalk (was Aileen Busarakham Aromdee). Her father is a coach and talent acquisition specialist for sport racing who owns a sport agency under derHöchste Group Company and one of the shareholder in the group company itself, while her mother is a social activist and F&B specialist who has her own coffee product and become the owner of daHeim, a café and bakery. Mukki has an older brother named Gavin Luther Gottschalk who is five year older than her and a younger brother named Benjamin Seth Gottschalk who only two years younger than her.
Mukki spent her childhood in Thailand for four years before moved to Germany with her family when her grandmother―Hanna M. Gottschalk―asked her father to help the family maintaining their company. In Germany, Mukki went to Berlin Metropolitan School at the age of six and Frankfurt International School at the age of eight. This was when her mother introduced her to music and performing arts and learn how to play a piano afterward. Diana used this as an opportunity for her daughter to rest for a while from Hanna’s lady-like lessons or the bullying Mukki got from school. After finishing her ground school, Mukki moved to U.S.A with her father, while her mother and her younger brother went back to Thailand. She went to Van Wyck Junior High for six months before she transferred to German International School due to the bad treatment she got from her classmates and school boards. Her love music bloomed in U.S.A when her friends introduced her to R&B and Hiphop. She moved to Japan in 2012 for three months with her family before went back to America.
At the age of 13, Mukki began covering songs by various artist and posted on YouTube or performed it in front of her friends. She also started to write songs during her free time. She wrote based on her life experiences or about her feeling that day. She was more expressive than before and inspired to become a singer or music producer someday, although her father disagree with her future planning.
Like any other teenager, Mukki tried everything in her teen age behind his father’s back. She tend a lot of house parties, had a fake ID, went clubbing and tried some alcohol, but also exploring her interest as a musician. She tend a lot of concerts and some underground shows, tried to learn how to adapt to every music genre, learnt how to sing, played guitar and bass, also played as an immature DJ. Nevertheless, she still looked like ‘Daddy’s little princess’ to her father when he needed her to attend a meeting, a dinner, or a formal elite party. Mukki even treated like her father used to be treated, an heiress. She doesn’t like the sound of it, especially when it came to arranged marriage. She was arranged twice by her father before she reached 17 years-old and lost her virginity from one of them by force.
After graduating high school, Mukki ran away to South Korea and lived with her acquaintance. She lived as a street musician and a part-time barista before her father found her. She and Daniel didn’t came out in good condition after the confrontation. Mukki stated to prove her father’s believe is wrong and Daniel also promised that he won’t give a coin for her life since that day. Mukki worked hard ever since and work three jobs at once. She worked in a coffee shop in the morning, babysit at noon, and as a cleaner in the evening to fund her college and language lessons. Her mother and grandmother were silently helping her with fund, Diana even gave Mukki extra pocket money. Mukki still wrote songs and performed it on the street when she had times, she even interested in South Korean music industry. There will be a time or two in a week she became an underground DJ and rapper.
At the age of 19, Mukki got into the most wanted university in Seoul, which was Seoul National University. She started her language lesson for six months before becoming a college student who majoring in audio engineering and music production. She dropped two out of three jobs to focus on her education and career. She met a lot of people that had the same interest even when she still encountered racism. She also started to learn Hip hop dance since she already has contemporary and ball room dance as basic.
Career life
2017 - 2018 : THE THRONE and Career Beginning
In April 2017, Mukki signed a contract with JG Entertainment as a trainee. She specialized as a rapper and started to co-write some songs with her fellow trainee and some music producer under the company. Mukki wrote and co-composed a song called ‘RED’ and released it as a digital single for JGNATION Monthly Project in June 2017.
Mukki was introduced to the public in July 2017 through JG Entertainment’s survival show for trainee, THE THRONE. She was teamed up with Oh Moya, Anitta Maudy Regita, Jung Saerin, Seira Kang, Han Jiyeon, Ishikawa Michiko, and Watanabe Amaya as Girl Team A. Mukki was featured in THE THRONE’s original soundtrack, ‘Chase Me’. She also co-write or re-composed songs that her team used in every mission. Mukki and her team gained some recognition from the public and South Korean music industry after they released their original song ‘Blind’, but they didn’t make it to the final.
After THE THRONE, Mukki got a lot of job offering in music industry or various show. She was featured in JGNATION 1st Mini Album, Summer Vacation, and collaborated with Seira Kang in JGNATION Monthly Project, The Ferriswheel, in November 2017 to release a digital single ‘I NEED U’. Mukki also appeared as a contestant in the third season of a virtual dating reality show, The Blind Date. She was paired up with DESIRE’s Lee Inseong until the show finished.
In December 2017, Mukki was preparing her debut with Seira Kang as PRIMROSE. They released two songs, ‘Um Oh Ah Yeah’ and ‘Emotion’, in JGNATION 2nd Mini Album, The Last Season, before JG Entertainment closed down due to some reason on 25 December 2017. Mukki and Seira didn’t continue their preparation and focus on their individual life.
After two months of searching a new agency, Mukki signed a contract with KEY ‘N LIME Music Records. She got in with her fellow Team A members from THE THRONE, Anitta Maudy Regita, Jung Saerin, Seira Kang, Ishikawa Michiko, and Watanabe Amaya. Oh Moya and Han Jiyeon didn’t continue their career due to their health issue, but the team got an additional member, Park Baby. In April 2018, Mukki also signed a contract with Arirang TV Station to become their MC for their international music program, SIMPLY K-POP.
2018 - 2019 : Debut with ORACLE and Solo Activites
On 22 April 2018, it was announced that Mukki would be debuting in KEY ‘N LIME’s first girl group, ORACLE, as the main rapper and face of the group. She was debuting alongside with Anitta Maudy Regita, Jung Saerin, Seira Kang, Park Baby, and Ishikawa Michiko. They released their first mini album, LUMINEUX, on 13 May 2018. She co-wrote and composed the group’s title tracks, ‘LA LA LA’ and ‘WHOO!!’, and two B-side tracks, ‘Girls on Top’ and ‘Blind’. She also wrote ‘WEEKND’ for her duet with Anitta Maudy Regita for their pre-release digital single and co-composed ‘냠냠쩝쩝’ with Park Baby and Ishikawa Michiko.
In July 2018, ORACLE released a summer digital album (EP) called ‘Love in Summer’ that consisted three songs in it. Mukki wrote ‘Falling in Love’ with Jung Saerin and ‘HEY! YO!’ with Watanabe Amaya. ‘Falling in Love’ was nominated in JTBC Music Chart and MWAVE Music Chart, alongside with the title track, ‘Dance the Night Away’.
In August 2018, ORACLE prepared a reality show called ‘ORACLE’s DIARIES’ and announced their fans’ name, MIRACLE. They also released a song with the same name as their fans. It was unfortunate when they announced in their V-Live videos that the show was cancelled due to some technical reasons.
ORACLE made their second comeback in January 2019, while releasing pre-release singles since early December 2018. They introduced Watanabe Amaya as their newest member. The new album, The Winter Hexagon, was continuing their story as guardians of the stars and they wanted to show other side of themselves with new genres; R&B, Hip hop, and Rock EDM. All of the tracks were arranged, composed, written by ORACLE themselves, including Mukki. She was credited in the album’s intro, the title tracks ‘WHAT’ and ‘Hit Ur Heart’, ‘밤이라도 자지’, and ‘I Don’t Care’. She also wrote ‘ALICE’, ‘어때?’, and ‘HELLO BI+CHES’ for ORACLE’s pre-release digital singles.
During the group’s schedule, Mukki also had some activities as a solo performer. She made an appearance for an episode in the first season of ‘We Got Married’ as her bandmate, Park Baby, and Yoo Jiho’s guest star. She tend to give a surprise for Park Baby and Yoo Jiho in their new house, alongside with MAXWELL. Mukki also made her debut as MC in several off-air shows and music programs.
In March 2019, it was announced that Mukki would participate in a group project for JTBC survival show, BEAT THE CHART. Alongside with CYNFOR’s ASH, HYBRID’s CAS, and ARCTURUS’s Edgar, the group was known as MADDOX. They wrote and released a song named ‘WITH THIS’ and came out as the winner of the show. The song was in JBTC Top Chart for six weeks. Mukki also nominated as ‘The Social Butterfly’ idol by Korean Story.
In June 2019, JTBC announced that Mukki would participate their charity program, HEARTBEAT, as a figure skater with other South Korean idols. Mukki was paired with Bae Taeyang when they performed in Indonesia on 6 September 2019.
Mukki also credited as a composer and lyricist for several idols. She co-composed ‘Pit-A-Pat’ for Park Baby and credited in RE:VALE’s 1st mini album, ‘RAISED UP! Act. 1 : GANGSTA DRAGOSTE’, as a lyricist for their B-Side track, ‘HALA HALA’ with CARAMELT’s N.Mi.
After a year working under KEY ‘N LIME Music Records, the company suddenly closed down violated their contract with ORACLE. The group couldn’t own their royalty and fee, also all of their songs are deleted. In April 2019, ORACLE signed a contract with PHOENIX Music Records and take a hiatus due to some reasons. Mukki take a hiatus due to her mental health in December 2019.
2020 - PRESENT : ORACLE Disbandment and Becoming Solo Artist
After seven months with intensive care for her mental health in Singapore, Mukki went back to South Korea as a solo artist. ORACLE disbanded in April 2020 after a long discussion between the company and the group. Watanabe Amaya and Ishikawa Michiko went back to Japan to continue their study, Park Baby went back to America to pursue her dream there, while Anitta Maudy Regita, Jung Saerin, and Seira Kang stayed in South Korea.
Mukki remained as an idol and music producer without a label. She spent her free time with writing songs and helped her mother with social works and newly launched café, daHeim: Café & Bakery, in South Korea. She became her mother’s coffee product’s ambassador and debuted as a model under her own mother supervision. In July 2020, she opened her own YouTube channel to upload her daily videos and works.
Currently, Mukki was preparing a mixtape for ORACLE's fans, MIRACLE. She was planning to re-released ORACLE's missing songs and her own song in the future. She was also busy with some social works, such as fundraising, with her mother.
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Last updated in June 25th, 2020