A Full Guide to Block B
Block B is a 7-members Korean boy group that debuted in 2011.
Block B has 2 official subunits, Bastarz and T2U.Block B's fandom name is BBC (Block B Club) but we go by Bees or Honeybees, which explains the fandom colors and theme (beehive).
This is a guide to help new fans get to know them more.Please check Block B's Wikipedia page as we try to keep it accurate and up to date as much as possible (do ask if you have any question @feitfor).
Block B's Wikipedia Page.
Block B's Official Accounts
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Helpful Guides
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Members
Lee Taeil
Taeil (태일, born September 24, 1990) is Block B's eldest member.
He is the group's main vocalist and is known as one of the best vocalists in K-Pop.Taeil is Block B's shortest member, but his young appearance made him earn the title 'fake maknae', despite being the most tattooed K-Pop idol (which makes people think he's a rapper).Taeil made his solo debut on March 27, 2015, with the single 'Inspiring', he also is a member of the group's subunit 'T2U'.Facts About Taeil:
- He is very knowledgeable in Tropical Fish, he was a member of a Tropical Fish rising club for over ten years and raised his own Tropical fish for years before having to give them away due to serving in the army for 2 years.
- He finished his military enlistment in January 2021.
- He has so many Tattoos and is known for the Bat Tattoo on his neck and, currently, the debut date on the side of his face.
- He is a music producer and song writer with MMM being the first song he produced.
- He likes working out and takes care of his body, he always goes to the gym (his instagram updates are mostly at the gym.Taeil's Social Media:
Twitter
Instagram----------------------------------------------Taeil on music apps:MelonApple MusicSpotify
B-Bomb (Lee Minhyuk)
Bbomb (비범, December 14, 1990) is Block B's main dancer who is known for his smooth dance moves.In addition to being a dancer, Bbomb is a songwriter and producer who makes his own music in addition to making music for other artists, and he is a member of the group's subunit 'Bastarz'.Bbomb made his solo debut on July 2, 2019, with the single 'Dawn', which he wrote and produced, he had multiple solos prior to 'Dawn' in the group's albums.Facts About B-bomb:
- He officially left KQ Entertainment in January 2023.
- He is the owner, CEO, and Barista in an eco-friendly cafe named 'Mujabee' that he opened in 2018.
- He is the owner and CEO of a cozy wine bar called Kangaroo.
- He has a dog named Samsoon & a cat named 'Sero'.
- He can play the Piano
- He acted in the drama 'Jumping Girl' and the stage play 'Yeido', in addition to the web-drama "My 100th Election" and was featured in the reality show "Awesome Feed".
- He finished his military service in April 2021, in which he served as a police officer.
- In February 2023, he started BB Cut YouTube channel with his friends.Bbomb's Social Media:
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube Channel
BB Cut official Youtube
Cafe's Instagram
Wine Bar Instagram
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Ahn Jaehyo
Ahn Jaehyo (재효, born December 23, 1990) is Block B's sub-vocalist and visual.Jaehyo is a multi-talented and skillful member. He is the only member who hasn't debuted as a solo artist yet in the group.Jaehyo was discharged from the army in late 2019, he didn't finish his service due to a chronic illness (injury) in his knee.Facts About Jaehyo:
- He officially left KQ Entertainment in January 2023.
- He is a fisherman: Jaehyo is known as the best idol fisherman, he is a media staff and the advertising model for fishing gear brand Banax, he was also the first idol to be featured on the cover of Fishing Magazine, where it's hard for good fishermen to be featured, and he also revealed that he is the one who trained all idols who like fishing.
- He is the first Korean fishing master to be recognized by the fishing king 'Kang Tae-gong'.
- He is the Secretary General of the Korea Professional Fishing Federation (KPFA) as of 2021.
- He is a holder of an Authorized World Record of capturing a 12.23M Fish by the 'International Game Fish Association (IGFA)'.
- He is a diver: Jaehyo is a certified open-water diver.
- He is a business owner: Jaehyo is the owner & (was) the CEO of Forest Cafe & Dining luxury restaurant in Seoul.
- He is a farmer: Jaehyo owns land in the suburbs where he plants and harvests crops himself.
- He is a photographer: Jaehyo loves photography, he goes on regular photography trips and even held a photo exhibition in 2018 named 'Momento' where he sold his photos and donated all the earnings to charity, currently, he has an Instagram account with that name where he posts his photos whenever he goes on photography trips.
- He is an English Teacher: Jaehyo works as an assistant teacher in an English language academy.
- He is a professional Poker Player: Jaehyo started playing poker in 2021 and by 2022, he had become a professional poker player and an MJC holder.
- Fans communicatin: Jaehyo has a "secret" group with Bees where he shares photos and information with the bees, often starting live streams and just talking to the bees.- A thread about JaehyoJaehyo's Social Media:
Twitter
Instagram
Fishing Instagram
Dog's Instagram
Photography Instagram
Youtube
Twitch
Flitto
U-Kwon (Kim Yukwon)
Ukwon (유권, born April 9, 1992) is Block B's main dancer and lead vocalist, he is known for being a great dancer, and the best when it comes to facial expressions.In addition to being the group's dancer and vocalist, Ukwon is a songwriter and producer, and he wrote and produced his solo songs that are featured in Block B's albums.Ukwon made his solo debut on December 3, 2019, with the EP 'Rise Up', he also is a member of the group's subunits 'Bastarz' and 'T2U'.Facts About Ukwon:
- He left KQ Entertainment in August 2022.
- He is known for his Joker performance in the show Hit The Stage | Watch the performance here
- He is the first idol to be in a public relationship since he was a rookie: he revealed he was dating model Jeon Sunhye in 2011 when he was a rookie, they dated for 10 years before breaking up in 2022.
- He is a dog dad: Ukwon had 4 pet dogs that he takes care of with his ex-girlfriend Sunhye, they also had a 5th dog that passed away, he currently takes care of two of them.
- Ukwon can play the guitar.
- Ukwon can act well, he was in the web drama 'Jumping Girl', made a cameo in the drama 'Radio Romance', and starred in a Japanese movie 'Thrilling everyday life', and he regularly stars in other stage plays.
- He was discharged from the military on November 21st, 2021.
- In January 2023, he established 5Seconds record label with his friends Woosoo and Taekyeong.
- He is a part of the reggae group RBZ with Quan Haha and more, that he also helps produce and write songs for and for their members.U-kwon's Social media:
Instagram
Dog's Instagram
Dog's vouenteering group Instagram
Youtube
Dogs Youtube
TikTok----------------------------------------------Ukwon on music apps:MelonApple MusicSpotify
Kyung ( Park Kyung)
Park Kyung (박경, born July 8, 1992) is Block B's singer, rapper and producer.Park Kyung is known for his intelligence and he's the idol with the highest IQ in the industry (156), which earned him the title 'Sexy/cute Brain' especially when he was a part of the show 'Problematic Men'.Park Kyung made his solo debut on September 21, 2015, with the single 'Ordinary Love' which topped multiple charts, he is also known for his distinct and unmatched rap and music style which he incorporates even in songs he produces for other artists.Facts About Kyung:
- He is a radio DJ: Kyung hosted his own radio 'Dreaming radio' for over a year from 2019 to 2020.
- He has many nicknames in the fandom like Cucumber and Fairy but is mostly known as King Bee for being the closest to fans.
- He was an underground rapper and changed from a strong rap to his current well-known flower-boy style.
- He debuted in 2009 with Zico in a duo called Harmonics.
- He was discharged from the military on September 21st, 2021.Kyung's Social Media:
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube----------------------------------------------Park Kyung on music apps:MelonApple MusicSpotify
Zico (Woo Jiho)
Zico (지코, born September 14, 1992) is Block B's leader, rapper and producer.
He is the group's main producer and is known as the best rapper and producer in the industry.Zico made his solo debut on November 7, 2014, with the single 'Tough Cookie', but he had been releasing solo songs since 2009 and released a couple of mixtapes between 2010 and 2013.Facts about Zico:
- He left KQ Entertainment in 2018 and created his own record label 'KOZ entertainment'.
- He is a very well-known and highly-paid music producer, won multiple awards for his production, and is the first idol to win best producer award, and many more.
- He can play the Piano.
- He was the representative of South Korea's music with Ailee at the inter-Korean summit in Pyeongyang, North Korea.
- He was the first idol chosen to interview Seoul city's mayor.
- He was the very first and youngest idol to be a judge and producer on SMTM show and helped break idol rappers from the idol stigma.
- He appears as a producer or a judge/mentor on Mnet audition shows every year.
- He was discharged from the military on April 28th, 2022.Zico's Social Media:Weverse
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube
TikTok
Weibo
V-live
Koz Website----------------------------------------------Zico on music apps:MelonApple MusicSpotify
P.O (Pyo Jihoon)
P.O (피오, February 2, 1993) is Block B's youngest member (Maknae) and rapper.P.O is also a music producer, a well-known actor, a variety shows star, a stage actor, and a fashionista.P.O made his solo debut on September 27, 2017, even though he had already released solo songs before, and had released his first mixtape in 2013.Facts About P.O
- He is known for his deep, husky voice.
- After starring in the show 'Roommates' and the drama 'Hotel Del Luna', P.O became known for his duality as a powerful rapper and a cute variety star and actor.
- He loves photography and has a collection of cameras, he also ranked 6th among 'Idol with the most expensive items' with his $16k Hasselblad camera, and he released his own photobook.
- He left KQ entertainment in September 2021 but remains a member of Block B, and signed an exclusive contract with Artist Company.
- Along with his friends, he founded Company Boys theatre group, where they frequently write, direct and produce stage plays and independent films.- He is known as a bluechip advertising model because whatever he advertises brings back a lot of profit.- He was discharged from the military on September 27th, 2023.P.O's Social media:
Instagram
Weibo
Company Boys Twitter
Company Boys Instagram
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Block B, Stardom and KQ Entertainment
Block B's History with their management company KQ Entertainment is very simple yet is a huge part of Block B's current state, but there is a lot of misinformation about it.
You find the full context here.Block B originally debuted under Stardom Entertainment in 2011, then in early 2013, they filed a lawsuit against the agency asking for their contracts to be nullified. It was revealed that Stardom Entertainment had not paid the members since their debut and that the CEO had taken over $65k from the member's parents and disappeared with it. On many other occasions, the members had to pay for their training and stage outfits as well.Unfortunately, they lost the lawsuit but agreed with Stardom to create a new agency to manage their work thereafter, where they will move their exclusive contracts.The new agency, Seven Seasons, was created by Kim Kyu Wook, who was an upper director of marketing and creative manager at Stardom Entertainment and is currently the CEO of KQ Entertainment, who moved, with many other employees, to Seven Seasons to manage Block B's work from Stardom.Seven Season's objective was to manage Block B's work, but after the group's huge success in the following years, the company rose to the top entertainment companies lists, and Kim Kyu Wook decided to make use of this success by expanding the company into a new business entity that didn't exist before in the industry.The company's name changed to KQ Entertainment (from Kim Kyuwook's name) in 2015 (& was officially announced in 2016) to pursue this change, and it housed 3 co-labels, KQ Produce, Seven Seasons, and a Hip-hop label that later moved out. This new system meant that everyone under KQ Entertainment was managed by the same employees, just under three (later two) different names on paper.But shortly before this change, in early 2015, Block B fans noticed that Block B was being mistreated by the company, leading to the members publicly complaining about many incidents, this continued until the fans decided to hold a boycott action to force the company to change.
Unfortunately, despite the fans' trending hashtags asking for better treatment in 2016, 2017, and 2018, the company kept ignoring the issue and the members up until they all left. (find details at the end).In late 2018, Block B's contracts (originally by Stardom) ended, and with it, KQ Entertainment started to remove all traces of Seven Seasons, so content or albums released after that mainly contained KQ Entertainment's logo alone, and instead of being known as Seven Seasons artists, Block B member's official profiles changed to KQ entertainment, a thing that was confirmed later on by Block B members.The Block B members that renewed their contracts with KQ in 2018 are Taeil, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, Ukwon, Park Kyung, and Pyo, while Zico left the agency (not the group) to create his label KOZ Entertainment.
The members have stated they renewed to protect the group's name and to do solo and subunit activities until all members finish their mandatory military enlistment. Zico stated that he couldn't take the members with him (leaving KQ) when he left for the same reasons.
But in September 2021, KQ Entertainment announced that P.O's contract had ended and he would not be renewing it, and in August 2022, Ukwon followed when he announced that had left KQ as well, and by January 2023, B-Bomb and Jaehyo followed the maknaes and left the company but remained as members of Block B.
later on Kyung and Taeil, the last remaining members, left KQ Entertainment as the company deleted everything related to them or to Block B from its pages in April 2023, however, KQ Entertainment is yet to release a statement.KQ Entertainment's history of mistreating Block B is long and is yet to end as they still ignore the member and fans and make different errors and mistakes in their content. Here are some threads that highlight some of the main complaints fans had if you are interested to know more:(Korean) 2016's Boycott(English Thread) Block B's Mistreatment(Arabic Thread) Block B's Mistreatment(Turkish Thread) Block B's Mistreatment(Spanish Thread) Block B's Mistreatment(Russian Thread) Block B's Mistreatment(2nd English Thread) Block B's Mistreatment
Song Recommendations
These are mainly B-sides recommendations, meaning Block B's title tracks are excluded.
The Titles are Freeze, Tell Them, Nalina, Nillili Mambo, Be the light, Very Good, Jackpot, Her, A few years later, Toy, Yesterday, Shall we dance, My Zone, and Don't Leave.
Note that the following lists are based on the melody not the lyrics!
Hard-Hitting Songs:Wanna B - Block B
No Joke - Block B
Halo - Block B
Zero for Conduct - Bastarz
Bingle Bingle - Bbomb & Ukwon
Make it rain - Bastarz
Sue me - P.O
Men’z night - P.O
Fuego - Ukwon
Extreme - Zico-----------------------------Upbeat songs:Unordinary girl - Block B
Walking in the rain - Block B
Help me - Bastarz
From Seoul - Bastarz
One Way - Block B
Let's ride - Ukwon
Like a boy - P.O
Instant - Park Kyung
Selfish and beautiful girl - Bastarz
Charlie Chaplin - Bastarz
Cartoon - Zico
Actually - Zico
Nice Day - Block B
-----------------------------Mid-tempo Songs:U Hoo Hoo - Block B
Everythin’ - Ukwon
Does it only happen to me? - Block B
Romantically - Block B
Did it or not? - Block B
Movies over -Block B
11:30 - Block B
Soulmate - Zico
If not me who - Bastarz
Tightly - Bastarz
The hidden girl - Bastarz
Lovesong - B-Bomb
Finale - B-Bomb
To love only once - Park Kyung
Dystopia - Zico
100% Synchronized = Block B
-----------------------------BalladsWhere you at? - Taeil
Like this - Block B
It was love - Taeil
Nobody but you - Bastarz
Rise up - Ukwon
Later - Taeil
Remaining a star - Taeil
Memories - Park Kyung
Goodbye - T2U
Note: All links with English SUB unless otherwise stated:Block B’s OT7 Series:Private Life of Block B:
All episodes
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Enchanted Bastarz (Bastarz)EP 01EP 02EP03EP 04EP 05EP 06EP BONUS-----------------------------------------------Puba Bub (Park Kyung, Ukwon and P.O)Ep01
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EP1EP2EP3EP4-----------------------------------------------Awesome Feed (B-Bomb)Thread to be updated whenever new episodes are added-----------------------------------------------Hack Zico (Zico)Full-----------------------------------------------Private Life of Ukwon (Ukwon)EP 01EP 02-----------------------------------------------Celeb Bromance (Park Kyung)EP 01EP 02EP 03EP 04-----------------------------------------------Mapo Hipster (P.O)Episodes 1 to 10-----------------------------------------------[Taeil]()-----------------------------------------------
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