# Soyou & Mad Clown
**Soyou & Mad Clown** (소유 & 매드 클라운) was a one-off collaboration pairing of South Korean singer [Soyou](https://www.edgepedia.org/soyou) of the girl group SISTAR and rapper Mad Clown, staged in 2013 by Starship X Entertainment, the independent label newly founded by their agency [Starship Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/starship-entertainment). Their duet single "착해빠졌어 (Stupid in Love)", released September 10, 2013, topped nine Korean music charts on its release day.[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-3f5toZWI) • [2](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100) The pairing was the first collaboration project between Starship Entertainment and its new sub-label, not a permanent group.[3](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Members | Soyou (강지현) of SISTAR; rapper Mad Clown (조동림)[4](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/3702129) • [5](https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025042516084765956) |
| Label | Starship X Entertainment, founded August 30, 2013 as Starship Entertainment's independent label[6](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20130830040600005) |
| Only release | "착해빠졌어 (Stupid in Love)", digital single, two tracks, released September 10, 2013[7](https://www.qobuz.com/se-en/album/stupid-in-love-soyoumad-clown/lfypx5kcv0qja) |
| Credits | Lyrics Mad Clown and Min Yeon-jae; composition Dokkun (김도훈); arrangement Dokkun and Park Su-jong[8](https://www.genie.co.kr/detail/songInfo?xgnm=82041197) |
| Chart peak | Number one on nine major Korean charts on release day, including Melon, Mnet.com, Olleh Music, and Bugs[2](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100) |
| Status | Not a permanent duo; a staged label collaboration project[3](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release) |
## Background: the two artists and the label that paired them
**Soyou** debuted in 2010 with SISTAR, the Starship Entertainment girl group whose hits included "Ma Boy" (2011), "나혼자 (Alone)" (2012), "Loving U" (2012), "Touch my body" (2014), and "SHAKE IT" (2015).[9](https://tvreport.co.kr/star/article/901666/) She had already built a duet track record: in 2012 she sang "Officially Missing You, Too" with the hip-hop duo Geeks, a chart hit that made the then-unknown duo famous and helped spark a wave of collaborations between indie and mainstream artists.[20](https://www.ajupress.com/view/20121031000685) • [10](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309101846593)
**Mad Clown** debuted with a digital single in 2008 and worked in the indie hip-hop scene with the crew Soul Company before Mnet's rap competition show Show Me the Money 2 made him widely known in 2013; his catchphrase "귀에 때려 박는 랩" (rap that slams into your ears) became a hit phrase.[10](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309101846593) • [6](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20130830040600005) • [11](https://www.ize.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=69468) On August 30, 2013, Starship Entertainment announced it had founded the independent label Starship X Entertainment and signed Mad Clown as its first artist, with a new album planned for September.[6](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20130830040600005) • [4](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/3702129) The duet with Soyou became the label's first collaboration project between the parent company and its new sub-label.[12](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309112115053)
## "Stupid in Love" (2013)
The single "착해빠졌어 (Stupid in Love)" was released at noon on September 10, 2013.[13](https://www.mbn.co.kr/news/entertain/1474195) Genie credits the lyrics to Mad Clown and lyricist Min Yeon-jae (민연재), the composition to Dokkun (김도훈), and the arrangement to Dokkun with Park Su-jong (박수종); the track runs 4:10 and is listed in the ballad/rap-hip-hop genre.[8](https://www.genie.co.kr/detail/songInfo?xgnm=82041197) Some contemporaneous reports phrased the credits differently: Soompi wrote that the song was "composed by Kim Do Hoon and Min Yeon Jae,"[14](https://www.soompi.com/article/529105wpp/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clown-sweep-charts-with-stupid-in-love) while the platform credits give composition to Dokkun alone.[8](https://www.genie.co.kr/detail/songInfo?xgnm=82041197)
The lyrics trace the hurt of a wounded "good woman" and the rawness of a "bad man" who hurls insults before a breakup.[4](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/3702129) Korean press described the song's appeal as the pairing of Soyou's pleading vocal tone, previously overshadowed in SISTAR by [Hyolyn](https://www.edgepedia.org/hyolyn), with Mad Clown's forceful, high-tone rap flow from Show Me the Money 2.[2](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100) • [13](https://www.mbn.co.kr/news/entertain/1474195) The music video was directed by the team Digipedi, and the single was also made available on iTunes.[2](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100) • [14](https://www.soompi.com/article/529105wpp/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clown-sweep-charts-with-stupid-in-love)
## By the numbers: chart run
The song swept to the top of major real-time charts within hours of its noon release, and by the evening of September 10 it held number one on nine music charts including [Melon](https://www.edgepedia.org/melon-music), Mnet.com, Olleh Music, and Bugs Music, an all-kill it kept into the morning of September 11 across sites including Soribada, Naver Music, Daum Music, and Monkey3.[2](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100) • [13](https://www.mbn.co.kr/news/entertain/1474195) • [3](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release) One same-day report put the song second on Melon's real-time chart as of 5 p.m. on release day; other reports describe number one within hours, so the exact hour-by-hour standings differ between sources.[10](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309101846593) • [3](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release) The run had unusual length: a month after release, on the morning of October 11, 2013, the song still ranked first on nine local charts.[14](https://www.soompi.com/article/529105wpp/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clown-sweep-charts-with-stupid-in-love) On Genie the track had accumulated 1,368,346 total listeners and 19,840,057 total plays as of the platform's page.[8](https://www.genie.co.kr/detail/songInfo?xgnm=82041197) Spotify lists it with 3,840,238 plays.[15](https://open.spotify.com/track/70asJaz2YBwCKQQVDQdWw1)
## A staged one-off in the early-2010s duet wave
"Soyou & Mad Clown" was a label-orchestrated collaboration project rather than a standing group; Starship described it as the first of many planned collaborations between the parent company's artists and Starship X.[3](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release) It followed the template Soyou herself had helped set with "Officially Missing You" with Geeks in 2012, which contemporaneous reporting credited as a catalyst for collaborations between indie and establishment artists.[10](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309101846593) • [12](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309112115053) A year later, her duet "썸 (Some)" with Junggigo topped domestic charts.[9](https://tvreport.co.kr/star/article/901666/) The ballad-rap structure of "Stupid in Love", balancing an emotional female vocal against rap verses, is the same sensibility Mad Clown pursued years later; in 2025 he announced work continuing "the 2010s ballad-rap sensibility in today's language" with the single "수고했어 봄" featuring vocalist siso.[16](https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16051309)
## Aftermath: where the two artists went
Mad Clown followed "착해빠졌어" with hits including "견딜만해" and "화", twice served as a judge on Show Me the Money, and later moved toward experimental work including the alter-ego Mamison and the Poetry Slam format.[11](https://www.ize.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=69468) He released music through the agency Beautiful Noise,[16](https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16051309) and on July 28, 2025 put out the album "Anything Goes 2", his first album in eight years and a sequel to the "Anything Goes" album of his twenties.[17](https://v.daum.net/v/20250728113103549)
Soyou remained with Starship until her exclusive contract ended in 2021, after which she signed an exclusive contract with the startup agency Big Planet Made in September 2021;[21](https://www.soompi.com/article/1490924wpp/soyou-officially-signs-with-new-agency) Starship told her in renewal talks that it was preparing new rookie groups and could not fully support her then.[18](https://www.xportsnews.com/article/2027802) On April 25, 2025, Magic Strawberry Sound announced an exclusive contract with her as a vocalist and producer; the label had named Junggigo, her "Some" duet partner, as its new CEO and artist on April 21, 2025.[19](https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/11301656) • [9](https://tvreport.co.kr/star/article/901666/) Her producing work includes lyrics for SISTAR's 2017 farewell single track "For You" and her self-written song "나무" on her 2022 first solo EP.[19](https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/11301656) Her collaboration singles and OSTs for dramas such as "구르미 그린 달빛", "도깨비," and "동백꽃 필 무렵" have charted high on major Korean streaming services.[5](https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025042516084765956)
On copyright, the recording remains under Starship X: Spotify shows ℗ 2013 STARSHIP X, under license to Kakao Entertainment.[15](https://open.spotify.com/track/70asJaz2YBwCKQQVDQdWw1)
## References
1. [소유(SoYou) X 매드클라운(Mad Clown) - 착해빠졌어(Stupid in Love) short ver. | STARSHIP YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-3f5toZWI)
2. [소유·매드클라운 듀엣곡, 9개 음원차트 1위 석권 | 서울신문/연합뉴스](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2013/09/11/20130911800100)
3. [SISTAR's Soyu and Mad Clown's 'Stupid In Love' achieves an all-kill on the day of its release | allkpop](https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/09/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clowns-stupid-in-love-achieves-an-all-kill-on-the-day-of-its-release)
4. [소유-매드 클라운(Mad Clown), "착해 빠졌어" 음원 공개 | 헤럴드경제](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/3702129)
5. [가수 소유, 매직스트로베리사운드와 전속계약 | 아시아경제](https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025042516084765956)
6. [씨스타 소속사 독립 레이블 설립…매드클라운과 계약 | 연합뉴스](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20130830040600005)
7. [Stupid in love, Soyou | Qobuz](https://www.qobuz.com/se-en/album/stupid-in-love-soyoumad-clown/lfypx5kcv0qja)
8. [착해빠졌어(Stupid In Love) - 소유 (SOYOU) & 매드클라운(Mad Clown) | genie](https://www.genie.co.kr/detail/songInfo?xgnm=82041197)
9. ['썸' 정기고·소유, 가족 됐다... 매직스트로베리사운드 합류 [공식] | TV리포트](https://tvreport.co.kr/star/article/901666/)
10. [씨스타 소유, 이번엔 래퍼 매드클라운과 협업…음원차트 돌풍 | 스포츠경향](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309101846593)
11. [[단독] 틀 밖의 아티스트 매드클라운 (인터뷰①) | 이즈](https://www.ize.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=69468)
12. [소유-매드클라운, 차트 석권 | 스포츠경향](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201309112115053)
13. [소유-매드클라운 '착해 빠졌어' 음원차트 1위 싹쓸이 | 매일경제 스타투데이/MBN](https://www.mbn.co.kr/news/entertain/1474195)
14. [SISTAR's Soyu and Mad Clown Sweep Charts with "Stupid in Love" | Soompi](https://www.soompi.com/article/529105wpp/sistars-soyu-and-mad-clown-sweep-charts-with-stupid-in-love)
15. [Stupid in love - song and lyrics by SOYOU, Mad Clown | Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/70asJaz2YBwCKQQVDQdWw1)
16. [매드클라운, "수고했어 봄"…시소와 발라드랩으로 컴백 | 톱스타뉴스](https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16051309)
17. [매드클라운, 'Anything Goes 2'로 8년 만에 컴백[공식] | 경향신문](https://v.daum.net/v/20250728113103549)
18. [소유, 아이브 때문에 재계약 "까였다"…스타쉽 '이사' 케이윌 사과 | 엑스포츠뉴스](https://www.xportsnews.com/article/2027802)
19. [소유, 매직스트로베리사운드서 새 출발…전속계약 체결[공식] | 매일경제](https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/11301656)
20. [ajupress.com](https://www.ajupress.com/view/20121031000685)
21. [Soyou officially signs with new agency (soompi.com)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1490924wpp/soyou-officially-signs-with-new-agency)
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