Tae-hyun then posted a recruitment announcement online,[4] and eventually met his future bandmate Kim Eui-myeong at a church.

Kim Eui-myeong then later introduced Nam Tae-hyun to his musician friends Kang Kun-ku, Jang Won-young, and Choi Yun-hee and together they formed a five member band.

[6] Jang Won-young would often help his fellow musician friends[7] Their first performance was announced by Tae-hyun on his social media on March 25, along with the name of the band, "South Club".

On June 18, South Club had their first official public stage at the music festival "Smile, Love, Weekend", where they gave an album preview and played the songs they have prepared for their first EP.

[12] On July 8, the band released their second single "NO" and the accompanying music video was uploaded on South Club’s official YouTube account.

On November 18 and 19, South Club held their first official solo concert curated by Kim Tae-won at the Hyundai Card Understage, in Seoul, with the appearances of 10cm, Heize, and Nam Dong-hyun as their guests.

[18] At the start of 2018, Tae-hyun announced on his radio show that South Club would be touring across Europe, visiting London, Paris, Cologne, and Madrid in April.