Bigflo Explained

Bigflo
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Origin:Seoul, South Korea
Genre:K-pop
Years Active:–present
Label:HO Company
Current Members:
  • Lex
  • Euijin
  • Sungmin
Past Members:
  • Z-UK
  • Kichun
  • Ron
  • HighTop
  • Jungkyun
  • Yuseong

Bigflo (; stylized BIGFLO) is a South Korean boy band formed by HO Company.[1] The group consists of three members: Lex, Euijin, and Sungmin, and six former members: Z-UK, Kichun, Ron, HighTop, Jungkyun And Yuseong. They made their debut with the mini-album First Flow on June 23, 2014.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

2014: Formation and debut

The band was formed on June 19, 2014, with five members, Jungkyun, HighTop, Ron, Yuseong and Jiwook (Z-UK).[1]

On June 23, 2014, the group debuted with their first EP First Flow, which included the songs "Delilah", "It's You Again", and "Fly".[3] [4] [5] The group's leader at the time Jungkyun and member HighTop contributed lyrics, music and arrangements for all three. HighTop said they worked on it for about three months, and selected songs that best reflected the individuality and merits of the members.[3]

2015–present: Debut in Japan and new members

On April 15, 2015, they debuted in Japan with a single album Delilah (Japanese version), after signing with the same Japanese Company, KISS Entertainment, who other groups BtoB, Girl's Day, and Secret were signed with for their Japanese promotions. They held solo concerts in Japan on April 18 and 26, and album release events in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. While in Japan, they also performed at the KCON Saitama concert on April 22, at the Saitama Super Arena.[6] [7]

On June 18, 2015, they reformed as a six-member group following the additional of new member Kichun, a singer, dancer and actor who studied in China for several years, and is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.[1] On December 13, 2016, Z-UK and Kichun announced their departure from the group. As a result, the three new members have been added for Bigflo's upcoming mini-album "Stardom" in February 2017.[8]

In October 2017, It was confirmed that Lex and Euijin as well as former member Z-Uk joined . In the finale episode, Euijin was ranked in 2nd place and made it into lineup of winning boy group UNB.

On January 17, 2019, it was confirmed that Ron, HighTop, Jungkyun and Yuseong officially departed from the group after their contract expired.[9]

Members

Adapted from WAN Entertainment's official website.[10]

Former members

Timeline

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Discography

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
JPN
[11]
Korean
First Flow 27
Second Flow
  • Released: November 25, 2014
  • Label: HO Company, TSN Company
  • Format: CD, digital download
10
Incant
  • Released: October 8, 2015
  • Label: HO Company, KT Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
16
Stardom
  • Released: February 15, 2017
  • Label: Hyeyoom Entertainment, Naturally Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
165
  • JPN: 925
Emphasze
  • Released: August 18, 2018
  • Label: HO Company, Loen Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
16
  • KOR: 3,666
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
KOR
[15]
JPN
JPN Hot.
Korean
"Delilah"2014First Flow
"Bad Mama Jama"Second Flow
"We, Now" 2015
"Obliviate"Incant
"Stardom"2017
"Upside Down"2018Emphas!ze
Japanese
"Delilah (JPN ver.)"201517rowspan="2"
"1,2,3,4"1964
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ahn. Woorim. BigFlo Welcomes Its New Member. June 18, 2015. Yahoo! News/BNT News.
  2. Web site: Choi. Song-hee. ko:[인터뷰] 빅플로, 지금까지와는 다른 이야기. http://hei.hankyung.com/hub02/201407210597q. Korea Economic Daily. January 20, 2016. July 21, 2014.
  3. Web site: Hwang. Hye-jin. '데뷔' 빅플로 "활동목표? 신인상 받고싶다"[포토엔]]. July 3, 2014. JoongAng Ilbo. November 30, 2016.
  4. Web site: 빅플로(BIGFLO). Naver. November 30, 2016.
  5. Web site: BIGFLO. iTunes. November 30, 2016.
  6. Web site: Ghim. Sora. BIGFLO To Debut In Japan. April 14, 2015. Yahoo! News/BNT News. November 30, 2016.
  7. Web site: Brown. August. Korean pop's KCON moves to Staples Center, adds third day . April 17, 2015. Los Angeles Times. November 30, 2016.
  8. Web site: Lee. Min-ji. ko:빅플로 팀개편 단행, 새 멤버 3인 영입해 내년 2월 컴백(공식입장). http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201612130812192410. Newsen. December 15, 2016. Korean. December 13, 2016.
  9. Web site: Yoon. Sang-geun. ko:론, 빅플로 떠난다 "뜻깊은 추억 갖고 열심히 살게요"(전문). http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2019021309313306901. Star News. MT Media Group. March 9, 2019. Korean. February 13, 2019.
  10. Web site: BIGFLO. WAN Entertainment. November 30, 2016. Korean. February 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170217114839/http://www.wanenter.com/new. dead.
  11. Web site: ja:オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 -CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック-. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/. Japanese. Oricon Style. Oricon. subscription . May 8, 2017.
  12. Web site: ko:2014년 07월 Album Chart. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=07&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month. Gaon Chart. November 30, 2016. Korean.
  13. Web site: ko:2014년 12월 Album Chart. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=12&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month. Gaon Chart. November 30, 2016. Korean.
  14. Web site: ko:20154년 10월 Album Chart. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=10&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month. Gaon Chart. November 30, 2016. Korean.
  15. Web site: Gaon Digital Chart. Gaon Chart. November 10, 2018. ko.