Bii (singer)
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Born | Pil Seo Jin 필서진 July 7, 1989 Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||||||
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Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||
Musical career | |||||||||||||||||||
Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||||||||||||
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, drums, piano | ||||||||||||||||||
Labels | Linfair Records | ||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 畢書盡 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 毕书尽 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 필서진 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 畢書盡 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Website | Bii's Official Site |
Pil Seo Jin or Bi Shu-jin (Chinese: 畢書盡; pinyin: Bì Shūjìn; Korean: 필서진; romaja: Pil Seo Jin; born July 7, 1989), known professionally as Bii, is a South Korean-born Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actor.
Early life
[edit]Bii was born and raised in South Korea, to a Taiwanese father and Korean mother. At the time of his birth, the South Korean nationality law did not allow South Korean women who were married to foreigners to transmit their nationality to their children, so he was regarded as overseas Chinese in South Korea. He also has a younger brother, Pil Seo-yeong.
His life in South Korea was reported to be a bit challenging as he did not qualify for a national identity card. He could not afford any health insurance and he had to pay higher tuition fees than his Korean peers.
At the age of 17, SM talent agent scouted Bii, who was a high school student then, but his mother rejected the idea of him being a singer.[2]
His native language is Korean. He did not learn Standard Mandarin until he came to Taiwan.
Nationality
[edit]In 2011, Bii acquired his nationality in Taiwan. He took a hiatus from the entertainment industry to serve his mandatory military service in Taiwan between November 2011 and November 2012.[3]
Career
[edit]Audition
[edit]Bii was always interested in music. He was the lead singer in his high school band. Later he went to Dongguan, Mainland China to find his father, who worked there, to find a job. Afterwards, a friend of his father's took him to Taiwan and introduced him to the boss of Eagle Music, where Bii started to pursue a musical career.
Debut
[edit]On July 9, 2010, Bii released his first EP which was titled "Bii." This EP contains a total of 4 songs: 1 in Korean and the remaining 3 in Mandarin. On October 6, 2010, Bii released his first album, "Bii Story" which has been sung in both Korean and Mandarin.
Stage name
[edit]The name "Bii" stands for "Be-I-I," indicating his dual personas.[4]
Music
[edit]As a singer and songwriter, he has composed a lot of songs or written the lyrics in Korean and Mandarin. Many of Bii's songs were the theme songs of TV series.[5] [6] His songs have been featured in many TV series, such as Zhong Wu Yan (2010), Love Around, Someone Like You, Bromance, Prince of Wolf, and Better Man in Taiwan.[7]
Acting
[edit]Bii made a cameo appearance in the TV series Love Around (2013) as Peter. He appeared in Episode 1 of the TV series Someone Like You (2015) as Gu Long, who raced against Fang Zan Cheng played by Kingone Wang.[8] He appeared as Wei Qingyang in a romance comedy, Bromance (2015), co-starring with Baron Chen, Megan Lai, Sean Lee, and Katie Chen.[9]
Discography
[edit]EP
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Bii (EP)
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Love More (EP)
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Album
[edit]Album information | Tracks |
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Bii Story (album)
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Come Back To Bii (album)
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Action Bii (album)
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I'm Bii to the Double I (album)
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Bii Your Light (album)
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Soundtrack
[edit]Year | Album | Song title | Notes |
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2007 | My Lucky Star OST | Looking At Each Other (Korean version) | |
2010 | Zhong Wu Yen OST | "Lost", insertion | |
"Day by Day", insertion | |||
"Bye Bye Bye", insertion | |||
"After Turning Away", ending | |||
"Cannot Reach Happiness/That Cannot Be Happy", opening | |||
2012 | What Is Love ? OST | "You Give Me Love", insert song | |
2013 | The King 2 Hearts OST | "Flying Meteor", opening | |
2013 | Love Around OST | "Come Back To Me", opening | |
"Nothing To Do With Happiness/Nothing But Happiness", ending | |||
"I Know", insertion | |||
"I Will Be By Your Side", insertion | With Miu | ||
2015 | Someone Like You OST | "I'm Still Missing You", opening | |
"Baby Don't", insertion | |||
"Break Me Down", insertion | |||
"We Are Walking in Love", insertion | |||
"My Love For You Won't Change", insertion | |||
2015 | Love Cuisine OST | "Love More", insertion | |
2015 | Bromance OST | "Epochal Times", opening | With Andrew Tan, Ian Chen, and Dino Lee |
"Back in Time", insertion | |||
"Tender Love", insertion | |||
2016 | Princess Jieyou OST | "Aurora", ending | Bii |
2016 | Prince of Wolf OST | "I Will Miss You" | |
"Sweet Little Baby" | |||
"Love Magic", opening | |||
"Funky Boy" | |||
2016 | Better Man OST | "38", insertion | |
" All You Did", ending | |||
"Maybe Baby", insertion | |||
2017 | Memory Love OST | "You're Gone" | |
"Nothing at all" | |||
2018 | Sweet Combat OST | "A Fearless Tomorrow", OPENING | |
2022 | 49 Days With a Merman OST | "Be Alright", ENDING | |
"Love Now" |
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]Year | Network | English title | Role |
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2010 | TTV / SETTV | Zhong Wu Yen | Street Performer |
2013 | TTV | Love Around | Peter |
2015 | TTV / SETTV | Someone Like You | Gu Long |
2015 | TTV / SETTV | Bromance | Wei Qingyang |
Television shows
[edit]Year | Network | Title | Role |
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2018 | ViuTV | Goodnight Show - King Maker | Judge (EP39-45)[10] |
Film
[edit]- 2016 Trolls, Branch (character voice in Taiwan's Mandarin version)
- 2018 About Youth (有一种喜欢), 饰演崔修男
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://roman.cs.pusan.ac.kr/eng_result_all.aspx?input=%ed%95%84%ec%84%9c%ec%a7%84
- ^ Sushi, Squishy (March 23, 2016). "10 Crazy Facts about "Bromance" Star Bii". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Z, Nancy (March 3, 2015). "Bii". Drama Fever. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Sushi, Squishy (March 23, 2016). "10 Crazy Facts about "Bromance" Star Bii". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Corner, Selina (June 10, 2013). "WHO IS BII 畢書盡??". Someone's Corner. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Z, Nancy (March 3, 2015). "Bii". Drama Fever. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Team, iReporter (August 29, 2013). "Bii". K Pop Starz. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Z, Nancy (March 3, 2015). "Bii". Drama Fever. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Cupcakees, Miss (September 29, 2015). "Bii Ventures into Acting in New Drama with Megan Lai". A Fairy Tale World. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Goodnight Show - King Maker". ViuTV. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Seongnam
- Male actors from Gyeonggi Province
- Singers from Gyeonggi Province
- 21st-century Taiwanese male singers
- 21st-century Taiwanese singers
- Taiwanese Mandopop singers
- Taiwanese male television actors
- Taiwanese people of Korean descent
- Taiwanese expatriates in South Korea
- English-language singers from Taiwan
- Korean-language singers of Taiwan
- 21st-century Taiwanese male actors