Kim Ji-won

Kim Ji-won, stage name Bobby, was born on December 21, 1995 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a Korean male singer and a member of the male singing groups iKON and MOBB.

In 2013, Kim Ji-won participated in the YGE Entertainment debut survival program "WIN: WHOISNEXT" and made his first public appearance as a trainee. In 2014, he participated in the MENT music program "SHOWMETHEMONEY3" and won the championship; in the same year, he became the first member of the YG male singing group iKON; in 2015, he officially debuted with the group IKON when they released the first regular album prelude "Orientation Sniper", and Kim Ji-won also followed. The group won the Newcomer Award at the 25th Seoul Music Awards for this album. In 2016, Kim Ji-won released his first solo single "HOLUP!" "And participated in forming the MOBB group and released the single "HITME". On September 14, 2017, the first solo album "LOVEANDFALL" was released.

Chinese name: Kim Ji-won

Foreign name: Bobby, ___, KimJiWon

Alias: Barbie, Jinba, Rabbit, Kimbap

Nationality: South Korea

Constellation: Sagittarius

Blood type: Type O

Height: 180cm

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Date of birth: December 21, 1995

Occupation: Singer

Agency company: YG Entertainment

Representative works: SHOWMETHEMONEY3, Orientation Sniper, WELCOMEBACK, RHYTHMTA

Groups: iKON, MOBB

Early experience

Kim Ji-won was born in Seoul, South Korea on December 21, 1995. He was in the fourth grade of elementary school due to financial reasons. Moved to Virginia, USA with his family. Later, in order to reduce the burden on his family, strengthen his family, and realize his dream of becoming a star, he returned to South Korea alone. In January 2011, he participated in the interview of YG Entertainment and became a trainee under YG.

Acting experience

On August 23, 2013, Kim Ji-won, Kim Jin-hwan, Song Yun-hyung, Kim Han-bin, Koo Jun-hui, and Kim Dong-hyuk participated in the YGE Entertainment debut survival program "WIN: WHOISNEXT" as TeamB members , competed with TeamA and made their first public appearance as a trainee; on October 25, TeamB failed to win the show and failed to qualify for debut.

In 2014, Kim Ji-won participated in the MENT music program "SHOWMETHEMONEY3" as a YG trainee, and won the championship with the song "Pick Up the Shield Bounce"; on September 18, he became a member of the YG male singing group iKON The first batch of members; on October 18th, he collaborated with EpikHigh to release the song "BORNHATER"; on November 11th, he participated in the featuring and lyrics creation of YG sub-unit HISUHYUN's first single "I'm Different", and starred in the song's MV; On December 2, he formed "YGHIPHOPPROJECT2" with MastaWu and Dok2 and released the single "ComeHere".

On September 15, 2015, the group IKON released the first regular album prelude "Orientation Sniper", officially debuting; on October 1, the group released half of their debut album "WELCOMEBACK". Once released, the title song "RHYTHMTA" occupied the first place on the major Korean music charts, and other included songs also ranked in the top 10. It also occupied the first place on the iTunes rankings in 11 countries and regions including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Kim Ji-won also followed. With this album, the group won four awards: the 7th MelOnMusicAwards Male Newcomer Award, the MAMA Asian Music Festival Male Newcomer Award, the 25th Seoul Music Awards Newcomer Award, and the 30th Golden Disk Awards Sound Source Newcomer Award; on the 3rd, The group held a debut concert in South Korea; on the 16th, they collaborated with Kim Hanbin to release the song "ANTHEM"; on the 14th, the group released their first regular album "WELCOMEBACK", which included 11 songs of different styles.

On May 29, 2016, the group released the single "#WYD". After the song was released, it topped the 7 major music charts such as Naver Music and Music-Olleh, and also ranked first in Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Ranked 1st on the country's iTunes music singles chart; on September 7, the first solo single "HOLUP!" was released. "; On the 9th, he formed the MOBB group with WINNER member Song_Hao and released the single "HITME".

On September 14, 2017, he officially debuted as a solo singer and released his first solo album "LOVEANDFALL".

Main Works

Music Works

Variety Shows

Magazine Photos

Appearing in MVs

Award-winning record

Character evaluation

Kim Ji-won is the sexiest when performing rap. As soon as he stands on the stage and the lights shine on him, his singing voice will become rough. His eyes became very lethal, and even the curve of his chin was full of charm. When he was singing at the highest point of concentration, he could not even hear the screams from the audience. But he is only an open beast on the stage. Off stage he is a complete cutie. It is difficult for anyone to resist his smiling eyes and big smile. Not only does he take care of the people around him, he is also very humble and polite, which increases his fans' good impression of him. (mwave review)

Kim Ji-won has a very simple personality and loves to joke in private. He is as approachable as the idiot brother in the community. (Comment by Kim Han Bin)

Despite his mischievous smile, it seems that "monster" is more appropriate to describe Bobby. When participating in singing competitions, Kim Ji-won has gorgeous rhythms and an inherent calm attitude. He can make full use of his natural sense of rhythm on the stage to show excellent performances and give people a strong sense of presence, thus leaving a deep impression on the public. Even though he is young, he is still worthy of people's expectations. (Comprehensive evaluation of KpopStarz and Tencent Entertainment)