B.I
KIM HANBIN | B.I
Birth Name: Kim Hanbin | Hanbin Kim
Hangul: 김한빈
Hanja: 金韓彬
Stage Name: B.I
(meaning BE I be myself).
Hangul: 비아이
Title: The Ace Idol, One and Only Dotae, Charismatic Leader (former),
Kpop Protagonist, South Korea Powerhouse Soloist
Birthday: October 22, 1996
Birth Place: Cheonan Seoul, South Korea
Nationality: South Korean
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Height: 175.5cm (5’7)
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: O
Fandom's Name
Before: Binics
Present: IDs (BE IDENTITY)B.I also known as Kim Hanbin is a
Singer, Dancer, Rapper, Model, Beatboxer, Award Winning - Record Producer, Composer, Coreographer, Hitmaker, Philanthropist, SWOTY, POTY, SOTY, ROTY KOMCA FULL MEMBER, JASRAC FULL MEMBER, Executive Producer and 131’s Founder and Owner.Facts
• Father: Jeong Ju Kim
( former CEO of SEUNGHWA PRETECH CO.)
• Mother: Born on 1973
(name not revealed)
• Little Sister: Kim Hanbyul
(15 years gap)
• GED Score: 98%
• MBTI: INFP
• Dropped out of Middle School but took the Middle School and High School Equivalency Exams.
• Family owns a High End Perfumery Store ‘5Gam 131Label’ located in Seoul.
• Years Active: 2009 || 2013-present
• Pre-Debut: 2009-2010 (Indian Boy), 2011-2014 (Trainee)
• Debut: 2015 (with iKON), 2018 (with F’Club), 2021 (as Soloist)
• Agency: YG (2011-2019)
IOK Music (2020-2022)
Wasserman (2022-present)
• Label: 131 (formerly known as 131Label) (2020-present)
Transparent Arts (2021-present)
Wasserman (2022-present)
• Distributor:
DreamUs (2020-present)
Sony Music (2020-present)
• Original Member of iKon
• iKon: 2015-2019
• 2011 (he became a trainee at 14)
• Has 3 tattoos: Nihilism, “Dreams & Hope” (a paper airplane with balloons), Like father, Like son. Like master, Like men. For my freedom, Hanbin's fourth tattoo is Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
• Hobbies are Mountain Climbing, Reading Comics, Flower Arranging, Strolling and Writing.
• Favorite Flower: Dhalia
• Member of the underground hip hop crew ‘F’ Club’ and his rap name is Rudy.
• Adores G-Dragon, Tablo, The Beatles and MJ
• B.I alongside GD never auditioned for any companies.
• G-Dragon once said that B.I reminds him of himself.
• B.I entered the Industry at 11 years old.
• B.I has a deep relationship with Epik High especially with Tablo.
• B.I is a PERFECTIONIST
• B.I appeared in Taeyang’s “Ringa Linga” music video.
• He was obsessed with BINGBONG, Mickey Mouse, Comic Books and Pringles (sour and cream)
• Loves Animals
• B.I is allergic to Walnuts, Cats, Hanbin is allergic to some alcohols frequently used in perfumes
• Kinda workaholic and can sleep anywhere.
• Hates doing aegyo but does it for his fans anyway.
• Speaks English, Korean and Japanese
• He wants to do a collaboration with Kanye, Post Malone, The Weekend and more.
• His parents ran a clothing store when they lived in the US.
• Lived in Virginia United States at the age of 3 & went back to Korea at the age of 7. (source: one of hanbin’s live, fuse tv, buzzfeed and dive get real)
• During his hatius his Korean fans decided to present Hanbin a customized microphone set. It used more than 5500 cubics of 'Black Diamond 2 mm Swarovski' and was revealed that the company who customized it gave a lifetime warranty so that fans don't have to worry about the removal of those diamond cubics. His Chinese fans also gifted him a studio set to encourage him and support his music producing career for his birthday and his International fans also gave him a comfortable chair cause he left his comfortable chair that the fans gave him before in YGE.
• B.I is the founder and owner of 131 Label or now rebranded as 131 (ONE THREE ONE). He started 131 Label with IOK but then soon became an independent label. On July 10, 2023, 131 had become the first affiliated label of th newly created agency Grid Entertainment.Career
• 2009, B.I made his first appearance by featuring as well as participated in promotions for MC Mong's single "Indian Boy", where he also appeared in the music video, followed a cameo appearance in MC Mong's music video, "Horror Show".
• 2011, B.I is the second Idol who didn’t audition for any company, he was part of YG Entertainment and later departed in 2019.
• 2013, B.I joined 4 Survival Shows namely WIN: Who Is Next, MIX&MATCH, Show Me The Money and
Heroes of Remix.
• 2014, B.I and Bobby or Double B where the first trainees to perform on MAMA together with Winner’s Song Mino and Epik High with the song “Born Hater”.
• 2013 - 2019 (with iKon) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKon
• 2015, B.I Debuted as the Leader of his former Idol Group Ikon. B.I was dubbed as the next G-Dragon and this was approved by G-Dragon himself. B.I wrote and produced all of iKon songs and he also choreographs for the group. Hanbin is a charismatic leader and also a perfectionist when it comes to recording and practicing that’s why he’s tough on his former group members. Hanbin with his former group iKon is a self-produced idol group, they where also called the “Monster Rookie” and “DanceKon”.
• 2018, He received the Producer of the Year at Gaon Chart Music Awards for “Love Scenario.”
He was the highest-earning songwriter through song royalties.
B.I was awarded the "Songwriter of the Year" award at the 10th Melon Music Awards and won Song of the Year
• 2020, B.I was appointed as the youngest Executive Director of IOK Company and created his own Label named ‘131LABEL’ (1+3= B, 1+1= I)
• 2021, B.I’s Donation Project ‘Love Streaming’ album has 3 songs which all profits will be given to World Vision. B.I later debuted as a Global Rookie Soloist and released his single “Got It Like That” produced by The Stereotypes in which he collaborated with Destiny Rogers and Tyla Yaweh. On June 1 thesame year B.I released his first full album ‘WaterFall’ with the title track
‘illa illa’ which broke the record of the most viewed male solo artist debut MV in the first 24 hours and topped iTunes Album Chart in 20 countries It also ranked #2 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and #1 on China's QQ Music Best-selling Daily Album Chart Songs including the title track entered the MelOn's Recent 24Hits and he was given the title ‘The Ace Idol’ and ‘The Powerhouse Soloist’
August 31, It was revealed that B.I would feature on his former label-mate Lee Hi's upcoming third studio album 4 Only, on the song "Savior", written and composed by B.I and was officially released last September 9.
October 1, Hanbin released the digital single "Lost At Sea (Illa Illa)", a reinterpretation of "Illa Illa", which features Bipolar Sunshine and Afgan.
On November 11, B.I released the half album Cosmos, which includes the lead single of the same name.
B.I was named as “Rookie of the Year” by Pop Central on YFM Ghana.
• 2022, B.I is the first K-pop and Asian act to participate in the upcoming performance series made by Grammy, GRAMMYs Global Spin.
February 17, B.I signed an exclusive contract with U.S. agency Wasserman. The top talent agency manages artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish, and more.
Meanwhile, B.I also began a management partnership with U.S. agency Transparent Arts last year for his global activities.
March 26, B.I will appeared on “We All Are One – Stop War” concert to help those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
May 4, B.I announced his global album project Love or Loved, with a pre-release collaborative single with Soulja Boy titled "BTBT",
featuring DeVita, which was released last May 13.
June 27, B.I released the single "Lullaby" which was formerly a valentines gift to his fans with Chuu as a collaboration with Dingo Music.
September 2, B.I guested at Dive Studio’s
October 11, B.I recently resigned from the position as IOK’s Executive Director.
131 would go on as an independent label. The label had previously rebranded from 131 Label to 131 (ONE THREE ONE), or 131.
Along with South Korean producers Millennium, Sihwang, Padi and Kim Chang-hoon, B.I founded the record production and songwriting team White Noise Club under 131.
2023, B.I started the year by performing at Music Festivals and he also officially started his Concert Tour last March on thesame month B.I graced Seoul Fashion Week with his presence. While on tour he also performed in Paris, Malaysia and Thailand Music Festivals as one of the main acts.
January 13, B.I collaborated with Mindset
April 27, B.I released his single collaboration with Sik-K and Reddy called "TTM" or “Talkin’ to me?”
June 1, B.I released his second studio album with the title “To Die For”
131 also announced B.I's first concert tour in Europe, Love or Die, with 16 stops across 14 countries in September and October 2023.
The release schedule for the second part of B.I's Love or Loved global album project, Love or Loved Part.2, was revealed shortly before the beginning of the tour.
September 10, B.I kickoff his European gig as the first Korean artist to be invited to the 2023 Lollapalooza Berlin Festival in Germany.
September 30, B.I released another single from the EP, "4 Letters"
November 18, B.I won Rapper of the Year at SBS Superstar Festival held in Thailand
Hanteo Music Awards 2023 B.I was nominated Emerging Artist Award and won Special Award (Hip-hop)
Supersound 2025 B.I won Super Global Hip Hop Artist Grand Prize (Daesang)Brand and Magazine Collaboration:
Brand: EVRIS, ojeito, BORNCHAMPS, Mindset, Privé Alliance
Magazines: tmrw, Glass Man, Super Maps, Numéro Netherlands, HERO, Contents Culture, L’Officiel Philippines and Thailand, Esquire KoreaSongwriting Summary:
B.I was still a trainee when he released the digital single "Be.I", which became the first single from the show
‘SHOW ME THE MONEY 3’ to top the charts. B.I has been credited with the lead role in the production and songwriting of all releases under Team B/iKon but in 2019 YG discredited all his works from
2015-2019 due to a stupid controversy (which you could read on his wikipedia if you wanna know all about it.) and it made all his fans mad that it made #CreditHanbin trend number 1 worldwide. Even though YG may have discredited him, he’s still credited under KOMCA (Korea Music Copyright Association) and JASRAC
(Japanese Music Copyrights).
Hanbin (B.I) currently has a total of 127 songs registered under KOMCA and 150 songs registered under JASRAC. Hanbin currently has a total of 277 songs registered under his name.
B.I became the youngest and only male idol to have won Songwriter of the Year in Melon Music Awards 2018 at the age of 22. B.I received multiple distinctions due to the immense popularity of iKon's hit single "Love Scenario" including Producer of the Year at the Gaon Chart Music Awards. This success led B.I to become the highest earner through music royalties in 2018.
B.I also has songwriting credits for Epik High's Born Hater and Acceptance Speech, Winner's Empty, Blackpink's Whistle, Lee Hi’s No One and Savior, Seunguri’s Mollado, Curious Husband’s OST (FRIEND), Eun Ji Won’s Worthless and Sexy and several songs on PSY's album 4X2=8.
B.I produced a song for MC Mong’s 3rd project “Dream”, a part of the collaboration called “X by X”.
2023, White Noise Club produced A Tempo, the first EP of Soovi, with B.I taking part in writing and composing two of the songs, including the title track "Missing You".
The same year, White Noise Club also contributed to the debut EP by South Korean boy band Pow, Favorite. B.I, in particular, wrote and co-composed two of the four songs and co-wrote and co-composed another.
November 2, B.I collaborated with Dynamic Duo, Padi, ZICO, Jay Park, CHANGMO & Jessi for (SMOKE Remix Version) he wrote his verse for the Smoke remix in France, and he recorded the verse in Poland
December 28 2023, B.I collaborated with Higher Music and DF with Big Naughty and Bang Yedam for a song
March 13, 2024, B.I released his first Japanese EP, Tadaima (ただいま, lit. 'I'm home')
May 9, 2024, B.I featured and composed a song for Label Mate LEO with title tracks Pretty Plzzz and Farewell
May 20, 2024, B.I released the global single "Tasty", for which he worked with a team of North American producers including Malibu Babie and Vaughn Oliver.
May 28, B.I featured in KIXO 키조’s song ‘사랑이 죄야?’
October 10, B.I collaborated with The Rose Woosung with the track title ‘Happy Alone’
GIST - Good Memories - featuring B.I
TOIL - I Wish - featuring B.I
Basecamp - Beautiful featuring B.I
Gist - featuring B.ILive Shows
(2021)
• October 3, B.I had his first Solo Online Concert!
(2022)
• March 26, B.I will appeared on “We All Are One – Stop War” concert to help those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• May 28, 131 X Peaches 'BTBT' Guerrilla Showcase, Seoul
• June 26, BTBT Performance Online Fancon
• June-July Simply K-Pop CON-TOUR (Episodes 524,525,526,527)
• July 23, WET! Poolside Party, Seoul
• April 30, B.I 1st FAN MEETING in Seoul, Korea
• August 7, B.I OFFLINE in Singapore
• August 13, 2022 World DJ Festival
• August 21, B.I OFFLINE in Bangkok, Thailand
• August 27, B.I OFFLINE in Philippines
• August 28, KV Fest in Jakarta
• Sept 4, RAPBEAT 2022 SEOUL
• September 14, Rolling Loud Press Conference Concert, Bangkok
• Sept 24, LALAPA K-CONCERT BANGKOK
• December 10, B.I 2022 All Day Show [L.O.L: The Hidden Stage], Seoul
(2023)
• January 14, Grand Wave Kpop Festival, Kuala Lumpur
• February 18, MIK Festival 2023, Paris France
• B.I 2023 Asia Tour [L.O.L: The Hidden Stage]
Bangkok (March 4, 2023)
Manila (March 5, 2023)
Jakarta (March 10, 2023)
Taipei (March 12, 2023)
Singapore (March 18, 2023)
Macau (April 30, 2023)
L.O.L: The Hidden Stage Encore, Bangkok (May 20, 2023)
• April 14, Rolling Loud Thailand, Pattaya
• April 29, HIPHOPPLAYA FESTIVAL
• May 7, DAEGU HIPHOP FESTIVAL
• May 20, LOL ENCORE IN BANGKOK
• June 11, OVERPASS: K-POP MUSIC CONCERT
• July 29, 4SEIDON WATER MUSIC FESTIVAL
• August 6, S20 Songkran Music Festival
• September 02/03 RAPBEAT 2023
• September 10, Lollapalooza Berlin
• September and October, Europe Tour “Love or Die”
• November 18, SUPERSOUND FESTIVAL
• December 1, Harley-Davidson 120 Hong Kong Music
• December 10, “Ride The Beat” Music Festival
• December 31, The Exchange TRX Countdown Party
• January 15-21, January 18, K-GALAXY 2024 Berlin
• March 4 : Privé Alliance FM
• April 13 : Buzzer Beat Fest
• May 4 : Hiphopplaya Fest
• May 5 : Daegu Hiphop Fest
• May 6 : Blue Spring Fest
• May 18 : HYPE UP in Seoul
• May 19 : Spring Breeze In Campus
• May 24 : HYPE UP in HONGKONG
• June 1 : HYPE UP in BANGKOK
• June 7 : HYPE UP in SINGAPORE
• June 9 : HYPE UP in MANILA
• June 15 : HYPE UP in JAKARTA
• June 30 : HYPE UP in KUALA LUMPUR
• July 6 : HYPE UP in TAIPEI
• July 13 : HYPE UP in MACAU
• July 20, WATERBOMB DAEGU
• August 24, WATERBOMB SUWON
• August 31, WATERBOMB YEOSU
• September 14, 8WONDER MOON FESTIVAL
• September 21, RAPBEAT 2024
• September-October, Hype Up Europe Tour
• November 10, HYPE UP FESTIVAL
• December 14, K-Town Festival
• December 21, X-MAS FESTIVAL
• January 18, 2025 - SUPERSOUND FESTIVAL Macau
• February 15, CLOUD 9 Singapore
• Febuary 22, WATERBOMB MANILA
• Febuary 23, OVERPASS in Jakarta
• April 10-12 HYPE UP IN OCEANIATelevisions Appearances:
2013, WIN: Who Is Next (Contestant)
2014, Show Me the Money 3
Mix & Match (Contestant)
2015, Mari and I (Cast Member)
2018: The Game with No Name (Contestant)
Curious Husband (Mentor)
2019, Law of the Jungle (Cast Member)
Grand Buda (Cast Member)
2023, WET! World EDM Trend
(Special MC)Philanthrophy Summary:
Since 2016, B.I had been anonymously donating to Seungil Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to spread the awareness of ALS. The foundation revealed in 2018 the total amount of his donation.
In 2019, B.I donated to the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association to support the victims affected by the forest fires in Sokcho, Gangwon Province.
On June 10, 2019, B.I, along with the cast and crew of Grand Buda-Guest, donated 2 tons of dog food for stray dogs to a dog shelter in Gyeonggi-do.
2020, B.I donated 100,000 face masks worth a total of ₩200,000,000 to fans, which were distributed by B.I's fanbases, in South Korea, China, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and Vietnam amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.
August 6, 2020, a fanbase of B.I's donated socks to Angel’s Haven for Children in his name, and a few days later on August 10, 2020, B.I donated shoes to the same organization.
On December 19, 2020, the same fanbase organized a projec
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