Bigflo
| BiGFLO | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | South Korea |
| Genre (s) |
K-Pop , Electropop , Pop , EDM , Hip-Hop |
| founding | 2014 |
| Website | bigflo-japan.net (Japanese) |
| Current occupation | |
Singing, choreography |
Euijin (from 2017) |
singing |
LEX (from 2017) |
singing |
Sungmin (from 2017) |
| former members | |
singing |
Kichun (2015-2016) |
Singing, rap, dance |
Z-UK (until 2016) |
Singing, leader |
JungKyun (until 2018) |
singing |
RON (until 2019) |
singing |
Yuseong (until 2019) |
Singing, rap |
HighTop (until 2019) |
BiGFLO ( kor .: 빅 플로 ) is a seven-member boy band from South Korea that is under contract with HO Company (temporarily HO Company, from May to August 2016 Hyeyoon Entertainment). On June 19, 2014 BiGFLO made its debut with the song Delilah ("딜라일라").
history
2014: debut, first and second mini-album
The official Facebook page and the official Twitter account were launched on February 20, 2014 . On the same day the first episode of "BIGFLO TV" was uploaded to YouTube , in which you can follow the founding members JungKyun, RON, Yuseong, Z-UK and HighTop in various situations.
On June 18, 2014, a teaser of the debut song Delilah was uploaded to the official YouTube channel . Just one day later, BiGFLO appeared on the music chart show M! COUNTDOWN of the Korean TV station Mnet . The music video of "Delilah" was released on June 22, 2014 and has almost 170,000 views on YouTube.
The first mini album 1st Mini Album FIRST FLOW was released on June 19, 2014 in South Korea. In addition to the title song Delilah , it includes an intro, the songs It's You, Again and Fly and two instrumental versions. In the first week the mini album reached number 27 in the Korean Gaon Charts . CJ E&M took over the distribution.
A teaser was uploaded to YouTube on November 18, 2014, referring to the release of the song Bad Mama Jama and the accompanying mini-album. The complete music video was released on November 24, 2014 and has over 320,000 views.
The second mini album 2nd Mini Album SECOND FLOW was released on November 25, 2015. In addition to the intro and the title song Bad Mama Jama , the songs Beautiful Girl and Sometimes are included. The album debuted at number 10 on the Gaon Charts. For the second album, the distributor changed and relied on Windmill ENT.
From September until December 2014 was on MBC Every 1 the sitcom Boarding House No. 24 (하숙집 24 번지) broadcast, in which HighTop plays Ri Bang In, who defected from North Korea. The free streaming platform Viki broadcast the sitcom with German subtitles created by fans.
2015: Japanese debut, Japanese singles, new member and third mini album
Due to the growing popularity and large fan base in Japan, BiGFLO released their debut song Delilah in the Japanese version on April 15, 2015 . The second song is the Japanese version of It's You, Again . The debut single Delilah (JPN ver.) Was released in a standard edition as well as a limited edition. The DVD contained there contains the music video and a making-of. The music video for Delilah (JPN ver.) Was released on April 9, 2015 and has over 70,000 views. The single entered the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart at number 17 .
For the boy group's one-year existence, Kichun was added as the sixth member. In an interview with the German side Otaji, the members say that BiGFLO was to debut with six members from the beginning, but that no further member could be prepared for the debut.
On September 30, 2015, a teaser revealed that the band would make a comeback with the hip-hop EDM song Obliviate . The full music video was released on October 7, 2015 and has over 67,000 views.
The third mini album INCANT was released on October 8, 2015 and contains the title song Obliviate , as well as the songs Call Your Homie and When I Was Young . In addition, Z-UK and HighTop sing the song Turn Up Now in a duet. Yuseong sings his solo song Turn On The Music with a rap part from HighTop. This time, too, the distributor changed. With kt music it is the first album that is available in iTunes and Spotify. The album reached number 16 on the Gaon Album Charts.
Surprisingly, without prior notice, KISS Entertainment published a teaser for the second Japanese single 1,2,3,4 on November 13, 2015 . With the title song and Miracle , the single contains two of its own Japanese songs that are in focus. In total there are versions A, B, C and a limited single. Also included are the songs Bad Mama Jama (JPN ver.) And Obliviate (JPN ver.) . The limited edition contains all four songs as well as a DVD with the music video and the corresponding making-of. The single reached number 19 in the Oricon charts.
BiGFLO went on small promotional tours for both Japanese singles. In addition, the Special Winter Show took place on November 23, 2015 . The two-hour concert was broadcast completely and free of charge on nico nico.
2016: HighTop as moderator, Face of Asia, military service, second fan meeting
On December 20, 2015, it was announced that HighTop will be one of four presenters of the new Audition Truck show . The show is produced by Cube TV and starts on January 6, 2016.
JungKyun released his first Japanese-language mini-album 1st Mini Album "Unfinished" on February 12, 2016 together with HO Company, KISS Entertainment and TOWER Records . In addition to the title song Beauty & Stupid, there are two other songs, an acoustic version and an instrumental version. The song No. 1 is a Japanese song with its bandmates from Bigflo. In the chart week from February 8 to 14, 2016, the mini-album entered the Oricon charts at number 28.
The Malaysian operator Sirius Entertainment announced on March 21, 2016 that Bigflo will perform in Malaysia from April 13 to 19, 2016. With this showcase, Bigflo will appear outside of Korea for the second time after Japan. The performances take place as part of the Face of Asia awards.
In April, HO Company released a notice that Leader JungKyun will begin his 21-month military service in June, which all male Koreans are required to do. During his absence, Z-UK will take on the role of leader. At the same time, the band started an Instagram profile on which stories about the members are published daily.
In May, HO Company announced that it would change the name of the agency and operate under the name HYEYOON ENTERTAINMENT from that point on.
After JungKyun started his military service on June 9th, the five remaining members will hold their second fan meeting and mini-concert on June 19th in the Bezzangi Hall in Hongdae, Seoul , celebrating their second anniversary since their debut.
The agency announced on August 28, 2016 that it would change its name from HYEYOON ENTERTAINMENT back to the old name and only change it to HO Company. The reason for this is that there was a lot of confusion among fans of the agency's only band to date, and there was interference in the Korean music industry. In November fans became aware that the HO Company's official website was redirecting to the website of the WAN ENTERTAINMENT agency. There you can read about a merger of the two companies, so that BiGFLO will continue their activities under WAN ENTERTAINMENT in the future.
On December 12, 2016, founding member Z-UK and Kichun, who joined in June 2015, announced on their social media profiles that they would be leaving the band. They thank the remaining members, everyone in the background and above all their fans. HO Company (in this spelling and not WAN ENTERTAINMENT) confirmed this along with the announcement of three new members that will be introduced shortly. A comeback with the remaining members RON, Yuseong, HighTop and the three new members is in preparation. JungKyun continues to serve as a police officer and will join the group after his release from the military.
On December 22nd, 2016 RON, Yuseong and HighTop were guests on the channel IDOL x IDOL on V LIVE . There the remaining members introduced themselves again and answered questions from fans. They were guests again on December 29, 2016. On this day the three new members could also be seen and heard. They introduced themselves and showed their talents. However, their faces were covered with masks.
2017: Guest at IDOL X IDOL , fourth mini-album, THE UNIT
A teaser was published on the band's official YouTube channel on January 2, 2017, showing member Yuseong in a black room. The video heralds the group's comeback in February 2017. As the video confirms, the band's fourth mini-album will be called Stardom .
The three new members of BiGFLO were introduced on January 5, 2017 on the IDOL x IDOL channel on V LIVE. The new members are Sungmin, LEX and Euijin. While Sungmin was a member of the now defunct group A-ble , Euijin is known by his stage name LO-J as the leader of the group A.cian , which he left in October 2015.
The German online magazine Otaji started a series of articles on January 5, 2017 with the title BiGFLO: Next Step . In this the editor refers to the changes in the last few weeks, the future LineUp and the comeback.
On January 31, 2017, HO Company revealed the first details of the new album Stardom . This contains an intro, the title song Stardom and the songs 때로는 (eng. Sometimes ), BETTER LIFE and two instrumental versions. The fourth mini-album will be released on February 14, 2017.
After its release on February 13, 2017, the music video for Stardom counted over 100,000 views after less than two months, which the band had not managed to do in such a short time before.
On April 1, 2017, HO Company and Arirang announced that LEX would be the new host of Hot Beat on Arirang Radio. After the American-Korean singer-songwriter Dabit left his position, LEX started working on April 4, 2017 and can be heard every night from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The show is moderated in English.
BiGFLO will be part of the KCON 2017 lineup , the organizer confirms this in the context of their announcement series KCON 2017 - The Immigration . It is not yet clear which shows the band will be part of.
On June 5th, 2017 HighTop and Somin from the group BadKiz released their single BLUE . The mid-tempo number is mainly sung by Somin and accompanied throughout by HighTop on the piano. He himself has two rap parts in the song. The music video was released on Bigflo and Badkiz's YouTube channels.
Together with the artist Woody, who was a member of the K-Pop band N-TRAIN , HighTop sings the song YAHAE (야해). The hip-hop song was released with a music video on July 17, 2017.
At the beginning of July, the official channel was launched on the V LIVE platform. After an opening video, the tenth episode of its own video diary format B-FILE appeared , which has also been published on V LIVE since this episode. The feature of HighTop and Woody was also published on the additional platform. In a live stream, the members confirmed that they will make their comeback in August.
On August 24, 2017, HighTop published part of the cover of his new single on his Instagram and Twitter profile. This is called IM IN YOU OUT and will be another feature with Woody.
On October 28, 2017, the show The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project started on the KBS2 TV channel . In this Euijin and LEX made it into the show and have to prove themselves in various missions. Among other things, the whole group appeared in the first show without Yuseong. Euijin made it into the top 9 in the seventh episode and was voted fourth in the eighth episode.
2018: Sungmin's Mini Radio , Euijin at UNB, JungKyun finished with military service, Kitchen Ron and fifth mini-album
On January 2nd, 2018 it was announced that Sungmin would get its own format on the band's official channel on V LIVE. So is Sungmin's Mini Radio every Wednesday broadcast live at 12:00 German time. The first episode will be on December 3, 2018.
Euijin made it into the formed temporary band called UNB as a participant in the show The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project . Since then he has been promoting their publications together with the eight other members. In the KBS program K-Rush Season 3, Euijin travels through South Korea in several episodes to bring the viewers closer to the various facets.
After JungKyun finished his military service, he started building his own studio called Studios J2K , which opened in April. However, it is not yet known whether he will continue to be part of BiGFLO.
On April 17, 2018, Ron published his cooking show Kitchen Ron on his specially started YouTube channel . He occasionally publishes videos in which he prepares various dishes.
From August 1st to 2nd, 2018, the Korea Music Festival took place, which was broadcast live on South Korean television and worldwide on the Internet on both days. Bigflo performed there with five people. In addition to Stardom , they presented a shortened version of their new song Upside Down (kor .: 거꾸로 ). On August 6, 2018, Entertainment confirmed that the fifth mini-album will be called [emphes! Ze] and will be released on August 18, 2018. According to the report, JungKyun and Yuseong will not be in the comeback.
2019: Jungkyun, Yuseong, HighTop and RON no longer part of the group
Rumors were already circulating in the last months of 2018 that Yuseong is no longer part of the group. This encouraged the member himself with various posts on Instagram. According to his own statement, his contract expired on January 19, 2019. RON, who recently got married, is also no longer part of the group after his contract expired on January 17, 2019. Jungkyun announced that his contract expired while he was in the military. According to the Japanese website, HighTop's contract has also expired. The group has not officially disbanded.
Members
JungKyun, RON, Yuseong, Z-UK and HighTop are founding members. Kichun joined on June 19, 2015 as the sixth member.
Founding member Z-UK and Kichun, who joined in June 2015, left the band together in December 2016. Z-UK started his own Facebook page in July 2017 and published a teaser for his solo debut on August 7, 2017. The official music video for the digital debut single was released on August 11, 2017.
In January 2017 the three new members Sungmin, LEX and Euijin were introduced.
The Jungkyun Treaty expired while he was in the military. RON and Yuseong's contracts expired on January 17 and 19, 2019, respectively. According to the official Japanese website, HighTop's contract has also expired.
Current occupation
| stage name | Birth Name | Date of birth | role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euijin ( 의진 ) | Lee Eui-jin ( 이의진 ) | February 15, 1990 (30) | Rap, choreography |
| Sungmin ( 성민 ) | Oh Sung-min ( 오성민 ) | December 31, 1990 (29) | Singer |
| LEX ( 렉스 ) | Jeon Hyeong-min ( 전형민 ) | January 12, 1993 (27) | Singer |
former members
| stage name | Birth Name | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| JungKyun ( 정균 ) | Jung Jung-kyun ( 정정균 ) | November 27, 1987 (32) |
| RON ( 론 ) | Cheon Byeong-hwa ( 천병 화 ) | January 22, 1991 (29) |
| Yuseong ( 유성 ) | Jung Yu-seong ( 정유성 ) | October 8, 1992 (27) |
| Kichun ( 기천 ) | Hwang Ki-Chun ( 황기 천 ) | March 14, 1992 (28) |
| Z-UK ( 지 - 욱 ) | Jung Jae-Wook ( 정재욱 ) | January 27, 1993 (27) |
| HighTop ( 하이 탑 ) | In the Hyun-tae ( 임현태 ) | March 19, 1994 (26) |
Discography
Mini albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 KR
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 JP
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| Korean | ||||
| 2014 | 1st mini album FIRST FLOW |
KR27 (... weeks) KR |
- |
First published: June 19, 2014
|
| 2nd mini album SECOND FLOW |
KR10 (... wk.) KR |
- |
First published: November 25, 2014
|
|
| 2015 | INCANT |
KR16 (... weeks) KR |
- |
First published: October 8, 2015
|
| 2017 | 4th mini album Stardom | - |
JP165 (... weeks) JP |
First published: February 14, 2017
|
| 2018 | Emphas! Ze |
KR16 (... weeks) KR |
- |
First published: August 18, 2018
|
| Japanese | ||||
| 2016 | 1st Mini Album "Unfinished" | - |
JP28 (... weeks) JP |
First release: February 12, 2016
Solo mini-album by JungKyun |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
KR
|
JP
|
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| Korean | ||||
| 2015 | My Answer Is | - | - |
First published: December 28, 2015
Z-UK X HIGHTOP |
| We, Now (우리, 이젠 - Uri, Ijen ) | - | - | ||
| 2017 | BLUE | - | - |
First published: June 5, 2017
HIGHTOP x SOMIN (BadKiz) |
| YAHAE | - | - |
First published: July 19, 2017
HIGHTOP x WOODY |
|
| Japanese | ||||
| 2015 | Delilah (JPN ver.) | - |
JP17 (... weeks) JP |
First published: April 15, 2015
Standard Edition, Limited Edition |
| 1,2,3,4 | - |
JP19 (... wk.) JP |
First published: November 25, 2015
Type A, B, C, 6 Member Types, Limited Edition |
|
Other songs
- 2016 Someday (JungKyun)
- 2017 Despacito Cover (LEX)
- 2017 Amazing You (그대 라는 사치) Cover (Sungmin)
- 2017 MUST HAVE LOVE Cover (HEYNE feat.Yuseong)
Filmography
Reality shows and dramas
| year | show | Transmitter / platform | Members | episode | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Boarding House No. 24 | MBC Every 1 | HighTop | 1-12 | Role: Ri Bang In |
| BIGFLO TV | Youtube | all | 1-17 | ||
| 2015 | BIGFLO TV | Youtube | all | 18-19 | |
| Real man | MBC | HighTop | 100-104 | ||
| 2016 | Audition truck | Cube TV (VoD) | HighTop | 1-13 | Role: moderator |
| IDOL x IDOL | V LIVE | all | 22.12.2016 29.12.2016 |
||
| 2017 | IDOL x IDOL | V LIVE | all | 05.01.2017 12.01.2017 19.01.2017 26.01.2017 02.02.2017 09.02.2017 13.02.2017 |
|
| B-FILE | Youtube, V LIVE | all | 1-14 | Since episode 10 also on V LIVE | |
| The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project | KBS2 | Euijin, LEX | 1-28 | LEX dropped out in episode 11. Euijin is promoting as a finalist in the temporary band UNB | |
| 2018 | Sungmin's Mini Radio | V LIVE | Sungmin | 1- | |
| Kitchen Ron | YouTube | Ron | 1- |
Awards ceremonies
| year | price | initiator | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | International K-Music Awards (IKMA): Best Rookie 2014 | Japako Music | nominated |
| 2017 | International K-Music Awards (IKMA): Best Japako Discovery | Japako Music | nominated |
Web links
Korean sites
- BiGFLO on Facebook
- BiGFLO on Instagram
- BiGFLO on Twitter
- BiGFLO on YouTube
- BiGFLO at WAN Entertainment
- BiGFLO on V LIVE
Japanese pages
- Official Japanese website
- BiGFLO Japan on Twitter
- BiGFLO at KISS Entertainment
Individual evidence
- ↑ BIGFLO TV - Episode 1 on YouTube
- ↑ Delilah music video teaser
- ↑ Delilah Music Video - accessed December 27, 2015
- ↑ Gaon Charts - album placement of the week 22-28. June 2014
- ↑ BAD MAMA JAMA music video teaser
- ↑ BAD MAMA JAMA music video - accessed December 27, 2015
- Jump up ↑ Gaon Charts - album ranking for the week from November 30th to December 6th, 2014
- ↑ Boarding House No. 24 on Viki
- ↑ Delilah (JPN ver.) Music video - accessed December 27, 2015
- ↑ Oricon Single Charts - week 13-19. April 2015
- ↑ BiGFLO in an interview with Otaji
- ↑ Obliviate music video teaser
- ↑ Obliviate Music Video - accessed December 27, 2015
- ↑ Gaon Charts - album placement of the week October 4th. - 10.10.2015
- ↑ 1,2,3,4 music video teaser
- ↑ Oricon Single Charts - week 23-29. November 2015
- ↑ http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000434725
- ↑ announcement JungKyun's first mini-album
- ↑ placement of JungKyun's mini-album Unfinished
- ↑ Sirius Entertainment Announces Showcase with Bigflo
- ↑ bigflo_official on Instagram
- ↑ 2ND Fanmeeting & Mini Concert - Announcement on Facebook
- ↑ Announcement of the name change in the Fan Cafe of BiGFLO
- ↑ Facebook fan page BiGFLO Germany about WAN ENTERTAINMENT
- ↑ WAN ENTERTAINMENT homepage
- ^ Z-UK's message about his leaving the band on December 12, 2016 (in Korean) on Instagram
- ↑ Kichun's message about leaving the band on December 12, 2016 (in English) on Instagram
- ↑ Stardom music video teaser (Yuseong)
- ↑ BiGFLO on January 5th, 2017 at IDOL x IDOL on V LIVE
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/acians-leader-lo-j-revealed-to-have-left-the-group
- ↑ Series of articles on Otaji: BiGFLO: Next Step # 1 - Change
- ↑ BIGFLO - 4th mini album 'Stardom' on New Me Hottracks
- ↑ Stardom Music Video - accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Arirang Hot Beat on Arirang Radio
- ↑ KCON.TV - The Immigration ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BLUE (HighTop x Somin) music video - accessed June 16, 2017
- ↑ YAHAE (HighTop X Woody) music video
- ↑ BiGFLO on V LIVE
- ↑ Teaser for IM IN YOU OUT (HighTop x Woordy) on Twitter
- ↑ Announcement for Sungmin's Mini Radio on V LIVE
- ↑ First episode of Sungmin's Mini Radio on V LIVE
- ↑ Picture on JungKyun's Instagram profile
- ↑ Kitchen Ron on YouTube
- ↑ Press release on the mini album emphes! Ze on JTBC Joins
- ↑ BIGFLO's Ron Parts Ways With Agency And Group Following Marriage - Soompi
- ↑ News on the official Japanese website about the end of the contract for RON and HighTop
- ↑ PUSH & PULL (Z-UK) music video teaser
- ↑ PUSH & PULL (Z-UK) music video
- ↑ Someday (JungKyun) music video
- ↑ Despacito (LEX) cover
- ↑ Amazing You (그대 라는 사치) (Sungmin) Cover
- ↑ MUST HAVE LOVE Cover (HEYNE feat. Yuseong)
- ↑ Website of the International K-Music Awards ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
