BIGHIT MUSIC
Big Hit Entertainment is a Korean entertainment label founded in 2005 by Bang Si-Hyuk. He currently has 3 artists under his main label: Lee Hyun, BTS and TXT.
Big Hit is working on building a "multi-label" system, in which Big Hit Entertainment is the parent label with various subsidiaries. To date, Big Hit is comprised of: BELIFT, an IP-based multimedia content company; Source Music Entertainment, the label of the idol group G-Friend; beNX, a global trading platform for music; Superb, an online games company.
The first artists to have a contract with Big Hit was the vocal trio 8Eight, which debuted in 2007. To date, only one member of the group is still under Big Hit and promotes as a soloist, Lee Hyun. The group remained active until 2014.
In 2010, Big Hit obtained joint management of Idol 2PM group together with JYP, one of the most important Korean entertainment agencies, and old Bang Si-Hyuk agency. That same year, Big Hit began a nationwide audition tour, in which RM passed.
In 2012, Big Hit debuted her first female idol group, GLAM, in partnership with Source Music Entertainment. GLAM was active until 2014, when the group broke up due to a scandal involving one of the group members: Kim Daehee. Daehee was sentenced to prison following charges of blackmail and stalking of an actor.
The scandal was a severe blow to Big Hit, which found itself almost on the verge of bankruptcy.
In 2014, the contract between JYP Entertainment and Big Hit also ended, and three of the members of 2PM left the group. Big Hit followed by duo HOMME, consisting of Lee Changmin of 2PM and Lee Hyun of 8Eight, but the duo disbanded in 2018 after Changmin's contract ended, leaving Lee Hyun to promote as a soloist.
Big Hit debuted BTS in 2013, whose career propelled Big Hit to become one of the largest entertainment agencies in Korea.
2018 and 2019 were two years of important changes for Big Hit, starting with the management reorganization in the first quarter of 2019, in which Bang Si-Hyuk chose Lenzo Yoon as the new CO-CEO, to head the business sector of the company. In 2019, a second men's group also debuted, the TXT.
Following in the wake of expansion and diversification, in 2018 Big Hit and CJ E&M (another Korean entertainment agency) set out their idea of creating a joint stock company under the name BELIFT. In 2019, Belief announced a series of auditions for a new idol group under this new label. Belief is currently split 52% under CJ E&M and 48% under Big Hit.
In 2020, Big Hit announced a new change to the company's top management, adding a new CEO to head primarily the internal organization and headquarters: Park Jiwoon. Bang Si-Hyuk also became president (chairman) of the company, in addition to maintaining his role as CEO.
IL TEAM
BANG SI-HYUK
Bang Si-Hyuk is the founder and co-CEO of the company, as well as composer, producer, lyricist and record executive. Professionally he is known as "hitman" bang and mainly deals with the artistic sector of the company.
Bang began his career as a composer and producer for JYP Entertainment, one of the largest entertainment agencies in Korea. In 2005 he left JYP to found his own company, Big Hit Entertainment. The success of BTS led him to win various awards for best producer and writer.
In 2018 he was named one of the leaders of the international music industry by Variety, and according to Bloomberg he is valued at $ 770 million.
LENZO YOON
Lenzo Yoon is the co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment and mainly deals with the business sector of the company.
Lenzo joined Big Hit in 2010 as director of strategic planning, then became CBO and finally CEO in 2019.
Lenzo is considered to be the brains behind the contents of the Big Hit artists, who have distinguished the company and led it to success.
PARK JIWON
Park Jiwon is one of the co-CEOs of Big Hit Entertainment and is primarily responsible for organizing the corporate headquarters and management.
Park joined Big Hit in 2020, and was previously the CEO of NEXON Korea and the Global COO of NEXON Japan.
SON SUNGDEUK
Son Sungdeuk is the Big Hit choreographer and performance director. He is responsible for some of BTS 'most iconic choreography, such as We Are Bulletproof pt.2, Danger, Fake Love, Idol, and many more ..
He was the first Korean choreographer to do a workshop tour in the United States.
PDOGG
Kang Hyo Won, better known as Pdogg, is a producer, composer, lyricist and instrumentalist for Big Hit Entertainment. He's been with the company since before BTS debuted, and his studio is called Dogg Bounce.
Pdogg has participated in every single BTS album release so far, including mixtapes by RM, Suga and J-Hope.
He won Producer of the Year Award at MAMA 2017 and Composer of the Year at Gaon Music Chart Awards 2018.
SUPREME BOI
Shin Donghyuk, better known as Supreme Boi, is a producer of Big Hit Entertainment. Supreme Boi was part of the initial lineup for BTS, when it was supposed to be a Hip Hop group along with RM and Suga.
In addition to producing songs, he appeared as a featuring artist on Cypher pt. 3 and Hangsang, and also publishes his songs on Soundcloud.
Supreme Boi is part of an underground Hip Hop group called Rock Bottom, where he is a producer and rapper. His studio is called The Supreme Escape.
LOVES
Adora is the only woman we know of on the Big Hit production team, as well as one of the last to join the team. She started working with BTS with the album WINGS.
Occasionally her voice can be heard in the background to some BTS songs, like Seesaw or Daydream.
Her studio is called Adorable Trap.
SLOW RABBIT
Kwon Do Hyeong, better known as Slow Rabbit, is one of the producers of Big Hit Entertainment.
Slow Rabbit has credits on all BTS albums, and his studio is called Carrot Express.
Slow Rabbit won ARMY's hearts when a video of him in tears came out after BTS won their first Daesang in 2016.