Bloo (rapper)
{{short description|South Korean rapper}}
{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bloo
| origin = La Crescenta, California, United States{{cite web|last=Ingvaldsen|first=Torsten|title=Around the Globe: MKIT RAIN|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/12/mkit-rain-south-korea-hip-hop-interview|website=Hypebeast|access-date=2020-06-25|date=2019-12-11}}
| website = {{Official website|mkitrain.com/bloo}}
| associated_acts =
| label = MKIT RAIN
| years_active = 2015–present
| instrument =
| occupation = Rapper
| genre = Hip hop
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|12|mf=yes}}
| alias = Daniel
| birth_name = Kim Hyeon-ung
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| module = {{Infobox Korean name
| child = yes
| hangul = 김현웅
| rr = Kim Hyeon-ung
| mr = Kim Hyŏnung}}
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Kim Hyeon-ung ({{Korean|hangul=김현웅}}; born 1994),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-10-25|title=메킷레인 블루(BLOO), 퇴폐미 넘치는 일상 사진…'몽환적인 분위기'|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=508600|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625210904/http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=508600 |archive-date=2020-06-25 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=Top Star News|language=ko}} better known as Bloo ({{Korean|hangul=블루}}), is a rapper based in South Korea.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-16|title='다운타운베이비' 부른 블루, 누구? 이젠 '나만 알고 싶은 뮤지션' NO!|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/music/article/2020061610954|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628165604/https://tenasia.hankyung.com/music/article/2020061610954 |archive-date=2020-06-28 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=Ten Asia|language=ko}} He has released 3 full-length albums: Bloo in Wonderland 2 (2021),{{Cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=블루, 첫 정규 앨범 'BLOO IN WONDERLAND 2' 출시|url=https://hypebeast.kr/2021/6/bloo-in-wonderland-2-first-studio-album-release-info|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Hypebeast Korea|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617043830/https://hypebeast.kr/2021/6/bloo-in-wonderland-2-first-studio-album-release-info |archive-date=2021-06-17 }} Moon and Back (2021)[http://thekrazemag.com/latest-updates/2021/10/31/bloo-moon-and-back?format=amp] and Fox and the City (2023) as well as the extended plays Downtown Baby (2017),{{Cite web|last=Chakraborty|first=Riddhi|date=2018-01-05|title=8 Underrated Korean R&B Releases of 2017 (Part 2)|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/8-underrated-korean-rb-releases-2017-part-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108064122/http://rollingstoneindia.com:80/8-underrated-korean-rb-releases-2017-part-2/ |archive-date=2018-01-08 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=Rolling Stone India|language=en-US}} Bloo in Wonderland (2018),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-11-19|title=메킷레인 레코즈 'BLOO', EP 앨범 'BLOO IN WONDERLAND' 발매|url=https://www.insight.co.kr/news/192259|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119123734/https://www.insight.co.kr/news/192259 |archive-date=2018-11-19 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=Insight|language=ko}} and It's Not Love I'm Just Drunk (2019).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-09-26|title=메킷레인 레코즈 블루, EP Its not Love, Im just Drunk 발매...믹싱 참여|url=https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/2019092652204|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627112619/https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/2019092652204 |archive-date=2020-06-27 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Korea Economic Daily|language=ko}}
His 2017 single, "Downtown Baby," topped South Korean music charts in June 2020, after singer Lee Hyori performed it on the variety show Hangout With Yoo.{{Cite web|last=Chung|first=Esther|date=2020-06-16|title=Rapper BLOO's 'Downtown Baby' hits top of the charts thanks to Lee Hyori|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/06/16/entertainment/kpop/Lee-Hyori-How-Do-You-Play-Downtown-Baby/20200616165800278.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616100721/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/06/16/entertainment/kpop/Lee-Hyori-How-Do-You-Play-Downtown-Baby/20200616165800278.html |archive-date=2020-06-16 |access-date=2020-06-25|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-25|title=이효리가 부른 '다운타운 베이비', 가온 디지털차트도 1위|url=https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/06/25/2020062501028.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626052559/https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/06/25/2020062501028.html |archive-date=2020-06-26 |access-date=2020-06-26|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko}}
Discography
= Studio album =
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album details ! colspan="1" scope="col" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Sales |
| KOR |
|---|
| scope="row" |Downtown Baby
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|38 | |
| scope="row" |Bloo in Wonderland
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|39 | |
| scope="row" |It's Not Love I'm Just Drunk
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|47 | |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" |Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Album |
| KOR {{cite web|title=Gaon Digital Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon|access-date=2020-06-25|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko}}
|
|---|
| colspan="4" |As lead artist |
| scope="row" |"Drive Thru"
|2016 |— | rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" |"Better"
| rowspan="3" |2017 |— |
| scope="row" |"Hennessy"
|— |
| scope="row" |"Downtown Baby"
|1 |Downtown Baby |
| scope="row" |"Drink Slow Henny"
| rowspan="4" |2018 |— | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" |"So Rude" (싸가지)
|— |
| scope="row" |"Take Me" (데려가) {{small|feat. Nafla}} |— | rowspan="2" |Bloo in Wonderland |
| scope="row" |"I'm the One"
|— |
| scope="row" |"boyfromthemoon" (달의아이)
| rowspan="2" |2019 |— | rowspan="2" |It's Not Love I'm Just Drunk |
| scope="row" |"Haru Achim" (하루아침)
|— |
| scope="row" |"When I smoke" (내가 담배 태울 때)
| 2020 |— | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" |"Drama"
| rowspan="3" |2021 |— | rowspan="3" |Bloo in Wonderland 2 |
| scope="row" |"Bloo Story"
|— |
| scope="row" |"Come and Kiss Me"
|— |
| colspan="4" |Collaborations |
| scope="row" |"Weathermen" {{small|with Loopy, Nafla, Owen Ovadoz, as MKIT RAIN}} |2016 |— | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" |"BJ" {{small|with Niahn, as Neonblue}} | rowspan="2" |2017 |— | rowspan="2" |Henny and Jamie |
| scope="row" |"You and I" {{small|with Niahn, as Neonblue}} |— |
| scope="row" |"Don't Move" {{small|with Loopy, Nafla, Young West, as MKIT RAIN}} | rowspan="2" |2018 |— | rowspan="2" |Public Enemy |
| scope="row" |"Public Enemy" (공공의 적) {{small|with Loopy, Nafla, Owen Ovadoz, Young West, as MKIT RAIN}} |— |
| scope="row" |"NBA" {{small|with Loopy, Nafla}} | rowspan="2" |2019 |— | rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" |"Candle" (캔들) {{small|with Xbf}} |— |
| scope="row" |"Businessmen" {{small|with Owen Ovadoz, as Mkit Rain}} |2020 |— |
| colspan="4" |{{Small|"—" denotes release did not chart.}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.mkitrain.com/bloo}}