Interesting Facts about B.I

We are just a few days away from seeing Hanbin and we are ready to swoon over our favorite charismatic rapper, B.I

B.I is coming back to the Philippine stage for yet another exciting fan meet. We’re sure Filo IDs (B.I’s fans) have already marked their calendar with a heart for this special day! To hype up your spirits. We have prepared a “Did You Know?” list about B.I

Here are 5 Facts You Need to Know About B.I

BI: An Extraordinary Name

Kim Hanbin popularly known as B.I, is a 27-year-old South Korean rapper and producer. He debuted on September 15, 2015, under YG Entertainment’s boy group iKON. BI has certainly a catchy stage name. Here is the backstory of how he came up with such a unique alias.

B.I is an abbreviation of the phrase “Be I” which is a concept of creating a persona of whoever he wants to be in life—“I can become anything I want to be”.

Following his creative name, his fans are called, ID. An abbreviation for “IDENTITY”. When put together, it signifies the BI and ID’s bond in search of their personas.

BI’s Pinoy Pride Collaboration

Filipinos are proven to be one of the closest to BI’s heart. In fact, he had collaborated with OPM artist, James Reid for songs “Jacuzzi” (2023) featuring DJ Flict and “4 Letters”, which is B.I’s most popular song according to digital song lyric media, Genius.

TV Star B.I

B.I is born to be a star, as he proves during his TV appearances. Even before his debut as a K-pop idol, he first graced the as a TV star. In 2013, as a part of “TEAM B,” he debuted as a TV personality for MNET’s WIN—a reality program. The following year, BI joined iKON’s Bobby, Junhoe, Donghyuk, Jinhwan, Chanwoo, and Yunhyeong and appeared in Mix & Match.

In 2014, Bobby joined B.I for the rap TV contest, Show Me The Money‘s third season.

B.I as a Music Genius

Moreover, B.I is also musically a genius. He had been composing all of iKON’s songs since their debut with Welcome Back (2015). Despite having to leave the group in June 2019, B.I has collectively composed songs for their discography including their trilogy albums: New Kids Begin (2017), Continue (2018), and The Final (2018).

Further, before his farewell to the team, he wrote songs for Return (2018).

He also co-wrote songs for WINNER’s debut single, “EMPTY”, “Born Hater” for EPIK HIGH, and three songs for PSY, “BOMB”, “Last Scene”, and “Auto Reverse”.

Record Breaker BI

B.I debuts as a solo act under his own record and agency 131 label, which was patterned with the shape of his initials BI. His first official music video of his track “Illa Illa”, under his first album Waterfall in June of 2021 created recognition for him as the most viewed K-pop male soloist MV debut in just 24 hours.

One of B.I’s masterpieces also is for his former group’s song “Love Scenario” which topped the charts in 2018. Daesangs under Melon Music Awards 2018 crowned BI as the year’s “Songwriter Award” winner.

Which among our fun facts about B.I is your favorite? We do hope this creates more excitement for you as we wait for B.I this Saturday, March 2 for Privé Alliance Meets B.I in Manila 2024 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Don’t miss it!