Black Eyed Pilseung (블랙아이드필승), as know as B.E.P., is a producer duo from South Korea, made up of Rado and Choi Kyusung[1].
They are currently known as founders/CEO of Highup Entertainment and producers of STAYC.
Biography[]
The first song they wrote & composed as Black Eyed Pilseung is "Hello" by Huh Gak (2011). The first album they produced is "Touch N Move" by SISTAR (2014), which B.E.P. consider as their duo birth date[1],[2].
With Highup Ent., they produced and managed male duo 415 (February 2020-November 2022) and girl group STAYC (November 2020-present). They wrote & composed almost every STAYC songs so far.
They also produced hits for many other artists and are especially famous for their work with SISTAR and TWICE.
Selected works[]
| Artist/Group | Single | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Apink | "Only One" | 2016 |
| "I'm So Sick" | 2018 | |
| "%% ((Eung Eung (응응)) | 2019 | |
| "Dumhdurum (덤더럼)" | 2020 | |
| "Dilemma" | 2022 | |
| Chungha | "Roller Coaster" | 2018 |
| "Gotta Go" | 2019 | |
| GOT7 | "If You Do" | 2018 |
| Huh Gak | "Hello" | 2011 |
| Hyolyn | "See Sea" | 2011 |
| miss A | "Only You" | 2015 |
| Refund Sisters | "Don't Touch Me" (debut track) | 2020 |
| SISTAR | "Touch My Body" | 2014 |
| "I Like That" | 2016 | |
| "Lonely" | 2017 | |
| STAYC | "So Bad" (debut track) | 2020 |
| "ASAP" | 2021 | |
| "Stereotype" | 2021 | |
| RUN2U" | 2022 | |
| "Beautiful Monster" | 2022 | |
| "Poppy" | 2022 | |
| "Teddy Bear" | 2023 | |
| TEEN TOP | "Missing" | 2014 |
| Toyote | "Still I Love You" | 2021 |
| TWICE | "Like Ooh-Ahh" (debut track) | 2015 |
| "Cheer Up" | 2016 | |
| "TT" | 2016 | |
| "LIKEY" | 2017 | |
| "FANCY" | 2019 | |
| WJSN | "HAPPY" | 2017 |
Awards[]
- 2016 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards: Composer of the Year
- 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best Producer
- 2017 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards: Composer of the Year
- 2020 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards: Composer of the Year
Trivia[]
- Black Eyed Pilseung regularly worked with songwriters Sam Lewis (2015-2016) and Jeon goon (2016-present), as well as with music producer FLYT (2022-present).
- Their name means “Black Eyed Victory”[3] and refers to the american group Black Eyed Peas[2].
- They appear in many episodes of the Youtube documentary series K-Pop Evolution (March 2021), that include the making of STAYC[4].
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Highup Representative Producer Black Eyed Pilseung, highup-ent.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 히트곡은 그냥 만들어지는 게 아니야, youtube.com (@theiconkrtv),
- ↑ Black Eyed Pilseung, en.wikipedia.org
- ↑ K-Pop Evolution, youtube.com