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| Born | Pil Seo-jin 필서진 (1989-07-07)July 7, 1989 (age 36) Seongnam,Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, piano | ||||||||||||||||||
| Labels | Linfair Records | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 orBi Shu-jin (Chinese:畢書盡; pinyin:Bì Shūjìn; Korean:필서진; romaja:Pil Seojin; born July 7, 1989), known professionally asBii, is a South Korean-Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actor.
Bii was born and raised inSouth Korea, to a Taiwanese father and Korean mother. At the time of his birth, theSouth 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 asoverseas 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 anational 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.[1]
His native language is Korean. He did not learnStandard Mandarin until he came toTaiwan.
In 2011, Bii acquired his nationality in Taiwan. He took a hiatus from the entertainment industry to serve hismandatory military service in Taiwan between November 2011 and November 2012.[2]
Bii was always interested in music. He was the lead singer in his high school band. Later he went toDongguan,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.
On July 9, 2010, Bii released his first EP which was titled "Bii." This EP contains a total of 4 songs: 1 inKorean and the remaining 3 inMandarin. On October 6, 2010, Bii released his first album, "Bii Story" which has been sung in both Korean and Mandarin.
The name "Bii" stands for "Be-I-I," indicating his dual personas.[3]
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.[4][5] His songs have been featured in many TV series, such asZhong Wu Yan (2010),Love Around,Someone Like You,Bromance,Prince of Wolf, andBetter Man in Taiwan.[6]
Bii made a cameo appearance in the TV seriesLove Around (2013) as Peter. He appeared in Episode 1 of the TV seriesSomeone Like You (2015) as Gu Long, who raced against Fang Zan Cheng played byKingone Wang.[7] He appeared as Wei Qingyang in a romance comedy,Bromance (2015), co-starring with Baron Chen, Megan Lai, Sean Lee, and Katie Chen.[8]
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Bii (EP)
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Love More (EP)
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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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| 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 | WithMiu | ||
| 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, andDino 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" |
| 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 |
| Year | Network | Title | Role |
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| 2018 | ViuTV | Goodnight Show - King Maker | Judge (EP39-45)[9] |
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