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All About Producer of BTS, Bang Shi-hyuk

Bang Shi-hyuk is a South Korean composer, songwriter, record producer, and also the CEO and founder of Big Hit Entertainment. Bang Shi-hyuk’s popularity is parallel with the successful boy-group from his agency, BTS. Both Bang Shi-hyuk and BTS are internationally popular among A.R.M.Y (BTS fans). However, before BTS successful in the industry, Bang Shi-hyuk had already collaborated with many famous Korean singers and even formed the duo “Hitman” with JYP Entertainment’s CEO and founder, Park Jin-young. Always hidden behind the success of BTS and Big Hit Entertainment, Bang Shi-hyuk has a lot of hidden stories which are well worth sharing. Let’s find out more about Bang Shi-hyuk PD-nim.

Full Profile of Bang Shi-hyuk

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Real Name: Bang Shi-hyuk
Nickname: “Hitman” Bang
Birthday: August 9, 1972
Origin: South Korea
Education: Kyunggi High School | Seoul National University
Genre: R&B
Occupation: Composer, Songwriter, Record Producer, CEO
Years Active: 1994 – Present
Known for: CEO and founder of Big Hit Entertainment

Interesting Facts About Bang Shi-hyuk

He is known for partnering with JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young as a songwriting duo.
He good at composing and arranging music.
His passion for music began early, as he grew up in a musical home.
His parents discouraged him from pursuing a career in music.
He debuted as a composer while in college.
He was a former part of JYP Entertainment as a composer, arranger and producer.
He got nickname “Hitman” Bang after his work with G.O.D made them one of the country’s best selling and most popular boy-bands of the early 2000s.
He founded Big Hit Entertainment in 2005 after he left JYP Entertainment.
In June, 2018, he was named one of International Music Leaders by Variety due to his role in BTS success.
Along with PD-Dogg, he shared an unboxing video of BTS’s Love Yourself 轉 Tear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwOHAcNHzaw
He shared his successful formula in creating BTS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGA1jQ2K4o
For BTS, he’s currently focused on creating Korean songs rather than making English songs.
On his Twitter account, he mostly posts about food, other than retweeting other people’s posts.
He came from an elite family. His father was a high-ranking government official, his sister is a high-end jewelry designer, his cousin is the founder of one of South Korea’s biggest online gaming companies, Netmarble, his uncle is the director of a news agency and also an ambassador based in Hungary, and is currently a member of a South Korean government party.
Unsurprisingly, all of his family members are alumni of South Korea’s most prestigious universities as well.
On an episode of SBS “Radio Star”, he once called soloist Rain an octopus, and said his first impression of Rain’s appearance was that he looked like a ‘nightclub employee’. He called Rain an octopus after Super Junior’s Kyuhyun claimed that Rain danced like an octopus.
He become a model for Lee Hyun’s music video You Are The Best of My Life, which released in 2011.