Bibi is a popular South Korean artist. Born as Kim Hyung-seo on 27 September 1998 in Ulsan district of South Korea, Bibi has earned a niche place for herself in the world of K-Hip Hop and K R&B. Apart from being a successful musician, Bibi is also praised for her budding acting talents.
Quick Biological facts to check out
Birth: 27 September 1998
Nationality: Korean
Occupation: Singer, Actress, Songwriter
What is the story behind Bibi’s name?
Bibi hails from the famous Kim dynasty of South Korea. However, when she began creating music that put her on the global map, the singer changed her name from Kim Hyung-Seo to Bibi. The orgin of the name is the English, Baby or the French, Bebe. When Bibi was asked to reveal the reason for this name, she expressed rather poetically that it represents how she sees her music and herself, like a new born. She aims to portray the innocence and honesty of a newborn baby through the lyrics and symphonies of her songs.
What is Bibi’s genre of music?
Bibi seeks out eclectic, improvised music. R&B, soul, hip hop, and melancholy are just a few of the genres represented in her songs. It is a musical genre that concentrates on bottling up beautiful sorrows and sufferings that are isolated and kept secret from the public rather than on dealing with beautiful things in a beautiful way.
What is unique about Bibi’s appearance?
Ever since Bibi’s arrival to the limelight, her appearance has set her apart from all her contemporaries. Bibi’s two red spots under her eyes, which have been variously attributed to as moles or dots, are well-known. The dots in her makeup are a nod to her grandpa, who was an inspiration to her and died from fevers-related roseola, which was the reason of his roseola.
How is Bibi’s career and professional life?
Bibi has accomplished a lot professionally at a very young age. Bibi has always found making music to be fascinating, and she wrote a lot of songs as she was growing up. Through Soundcloud, an online music sharing and distribution platform, she got to know Yoon Mirae, a well-known American-Korean rapper, singer, and producer. Mirae discovered Bibi’s music while she was listening to songs on the internet app, and she got in touch with her to see if she would be interested in signing up with Feel Ghood Music.
Bibi has released lots of singles over the years as both lead artist and the featuring artist. She was the lead singer in 2018’s Rebirth, Letter and Fly with me, 2019’s Hangang, Binu, Nabi and Step?, 2020’s Restless, I’m Good at Goodbyes, Kazino and She Got It, and 2021’s The Weekend, Life is a Bi…, Bad Sad and Mad and Why Y.
As featuring artist, Bibi sang Smiley with Yena, Picky Baby with Owell Mood, Galipetter with Lolo Zouai, Second with Hyo, Meu Tempo with Simon Dominic and Heo Won-Hyuk, Canoe with QM etc.
Bibi’s industry success and immense fan following has allowed her to collaborate with lots of other comteporary artists and bands. Her collaborations include, critically acclaimed Automatic Remix, Cute Lil Thug with Yoon Mi-rae, This Is Pengsoo with Bizzy, Tiger JK and the famous Pengsoo, Automatic with Babylon, MOON and Chancellor, She Said with Crush, The Weekend with 347aidan etc.
Over the last three years, Bibi has made lots of soundtrack appearances in titles such as Tonight, Naan, Timeless, Stay with me, Never Gonna Come Down, Maybe If, and Very Slowly.
Bibi portrayed the role of Jae-yeon in 2021’s Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming and was a cast member in the web show, Girls High Mystery Class. She participated in the reality television competition called The Fan and made it to the top 2 contestants. Most recently in 2022, Bibi was the anchor of the show, Witch Hunt 2022.
What is Bibi’s personal life like?
As there are no reports or rumours of Bibi dating anyone right now, she is formally single. She is fairly secretive, and the most of her social media updates are about her job and new music releases. She struggled with shyness as a child and utilised music to help her communicate with others. Dating someone would only happen if the man was persistent enough to get past her barriers because she wasn’t a very social person. The majority of K-Pop musicians are renowned for guarding their personal lives because some of their devoted followers are highly possessive and dislike seeing their idols dating.
What are the honours and accolades received by Bibi?
In 2021 and 2022, Bibi was nominated under numerous categories such as Hot Icon Award at Brand Customer Loyalty Awards, New Artist of the Year for her song, Bibi, R&B Track of the Year for Kazino, and Collaboration of the year for Automatic Remix at the Korean Hip Hop Awards, and Best New Female Entertainer at the Blue Dragon Series Awards.
She has won one award i.e. R&B Soul Artist for Bibi at the Brand Customer Loyalty Awards in 2021.
What is Bibi’s net worth?
Bibi’s net worth is estimated to be more than $20 million based on her earnings from her singing, writing, acting and hosting careers. In addition to this, her musical collaborations as well as the money she earns from brand collaborations and advertisements, make her extremely wealthy!