Bumzu

In this Korean name, the family name is Kye.
Bumzu
Bumzu in 2023 producing Second Wind
Born
Kye Beom-ju

(1991-11-08) November 8, 1991 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
Other names
  • Nusoul
  • Wasurenai
  • Baekgom
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsPledis
Korean name
Hangul
계범주
Revised RomanizationGye Beomju
McCune–ReischauerKye Bŏmchu

Kye Beom-ju (Hangul: 계범주, born November 8, 1991),[1] better known by the stage name Bumzu (Hangul: 범주), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bumzu is best known for writing and producing much of the discographies of boy bands NU'EST and Seventeen.[2]

In 2024, he was the recipient of KOMCA's Grand Prize, having been the highest-earning songwriter for K-pop in 2023.[3]

Biography and career

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Bumzu grew up in Seoul, and learned the violin as a child. By the age of high school, he became active in Hongdae's underground music scene.[4] His first mainstream work was composing for H.O.T's Jang Woo-hyuk's "Don't Go, Go Away" in 2011. He then participated in the singing competition show Superstar K 4 at the age of 22,[5] which has been noted as his big break.[6]

Following the show, he began producing songs for Pledis artists including After School and Nu'est, and has produced songs alongside Woozi for Seventeen since their debut song "Adore U".[4] Bumzu and Woozi's studio, "Universe Factory", is named after a portmanteau of their names in Korean – 우주 (woozi/bumju; wooju) literally meaning "universe".[7]

Since 2020 he has been the co-CEO of the music production company Prismfilter Music Group.[6][8]

In 2024, Bumzu became the primary music producer for new group TWS under the pseudonym "Wasurenai".[9] In February, he was awarded KOMCA's grand prize, having been the highest-earning songwriter for K-pop in 2023.[10]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[11]
Good Life
Track listing
  1. "Bucket List" (feat. Vernon of Seventeen)
  2. "Ya해"
  3. "Give It 2 U" (feat. P.O of Block B & Nii Hwa)
  4. "Good Life" (feat. Dok2 & The Quiett)
  5. "Bad 4 U"
  6. "잠깐 나올래" (feat. 8Dro)
  7. "왜이래"
  8. "Beautiful"
  9. "퉤퉤퉤" (feat. New Champ & Nucksal)
  10. "낯선천장" (feat. Muwoong Of Baechigi)
  11. "Something Special" (feat. Dok2)
  12. "28.5" (feat. Jung-in)
 59 —

Extended plays

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[11]
Something Special
  • Released: September 27, 2013
  • Label: PJR Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 36 —
24
  • Released: December 12, 2014
  • Label: PJR Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 66
27 (많지도 + 적지도 : 스물일곱)
  • Released: December 26, 2017
  • Label: Pledis Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 59

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Sales (DL) Album
KOR
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"Oh My Girl"
feat. New Champ 		2011 — — Non-album singles
"I'm Sick Of It" (질릴만도한데)
feat. 8Dro 		2012 —
"The Ceiling" (낯선 천장)
feat. Muwoong 		2013 60 Good Life
"Something Special"
feat. Dok2 		63
"Game Over" 2014 96 Non-album single
"28.5"
feat. Jungin 		— Good Life
"Live" (살아) 2015 — —
"Give It 2 U"
feat. P.O, Niihwa 		—
"I Want You Back" 2016 — — Non-album single
"Once" (한 때)
feat. Raina 		2017 — 27
"Just" —
"A.C.C.E.L" —
"I'm Good" (아무렇지 않아)
feat. Sik-K 		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

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Year Title Other artist(s)
2011 "Just Friend" Ven, Colson
2014 "Shall We Meet" (우리 한번 만나볼래요) Tarin
2017 "Forever Young" Han Dong-geun

Soundtrack appearances

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Year Title Album
2015 "First Time" (첨이야) A Girl Who Sees Smells OST

Production discography

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Credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise specified.[10]

Year Artist Album Song(s) Note(s)
2013 Rainbow Rainbow Syndrome "Chewing Time"
After School First Love "Make-up & tears"
2014 NU'EST Re:Birth "Good Bye Bye"
2015 Seventeen 17 Carat "Adore U"
Shinee Married to the Music "Hold You"
Seventeen Boys Be "Fronting"
"Mansae"
2016 Nu'est Q is "Lost & Found"
"Overcome"
"VVith"
"Emotion"
Seventeen Love & Letter "Pretty U"
"Popular Song"
"Adore U"
"Monday to Saturday"
Sik-K Flip "Act Different"
Seventeen Love & Letter Repackage Album "Very Nice"
"Can't See The End"
Nu'est Canvas "R.L.T.L"
"Love Paint (Every Afternoon)"
"Thank You (Evening By Evening)"
"Look (A Starlight Night)"
2PM Gentlemen's Game "How Is It?"
Seventeen Going Seventeen "Beautiful"
"Boom Boom"
"Highlight"
"Lean On Me"
2017 NCT 127 Limitless "Back 2 U (AM 01:27)"
Seventeen Al1 "Don't Wanna Cry"
"If I"
"Swimming Fool"
"My I"
"Crazy in Love"
Pristin Hi! Pristin "Wee Woo"
Sik-K H.A.L.F (Have.A.Little.Fun) "Have A Little Fun"
Pristin Schxxl Out "We Are Pristin"
"We Like"
NU'EST W W, Here "My Beautiful"
"Where You At"
"Paradise"
"Good Love"
"With"
Seventeen Teen, Age "Intro. New World"
"Change Up"
"Without You"
"Clap"
"Lilili Yabbay"
"Trauma"
"Flower"
"Rocket"
"Hello"
"Campfire"
"Outro. Incompletion"
Han Dong-geun Broken People "Where We Were in Love"
2018 Fromis 9 To. Heart "Glass Shoes"
Seventeen Director's Cut "Thinkin' about you"
"Thanks"
"Run to you"
"Falling For U"
Nu'est W Wake,n "L.I.E."
"Help Me"
"Wi-Fi"
"I hate you"
"You & I"
"Feels"
Seventeen We Make You "Call Call Call!"
Fromis 9 To. Day "DKDK"
Nu'est W Who, You "Signal"
"Dejavu"
"Polaris"
"ylenoL"
"Gravity & Moon"
"Shadow"
Seventeen You Make My Day "Oh My!"
"Holiday"
"Come to me"
"What's Good"
"Moonwalker"
"Our dawn is hotter than day"
2019 You Made My Dawn "Good To Me"
"Home"
"Chilli"
"Shhh"
"Getting Closer"
Nu'est Happily Ever After "Segno"
"Bet Bet"
"Bass"
"Talk About Love"
"Different"
"Fine"
"Universe"
Fromis 9 Fun Factory "Love RumPumPum" Credited under the pseudonym Baekgom
Nu'est The Table "Call Me Back"
"Love Me"
"One Two Three"
"Trust Me"
"Stay Up All Night"
"If We"
Seventeen An Ode "Hit"
"Lie Again"
"Fear"
"Let me hear you say"
"247"
"Second Life"
"Network Love"
"Back it up"
"Lucky"
"Snap Shoot"
"Happy Ending" Korean and Japanese versions
2020 Non-album single "Fallin' Flower" Korean and Japanese versions
Nu'est The Nocturne "I'm In Trouble"
"Firework"
"Back To Me"
"Must"
"Shooting Star"
Seventeen Non-album single "Us, Again" (우리다시)
Heng:garæ "Fearless"
"Left & Right"
"I Wish"
"My My"
"Kidult"
"Together"
24H "24h" Korean and Japanese versions
Semicolon "Home; Run"
"Do Re Mi"
"Hey Buddy"
"Light A Flame"
"Ah! Love"
"All My Love"
Jin Non-album single "Abyss"
2021 Rain Pieces by Rain "Why Don't We"
Seventeen Non-album singles "Not Alone" Korean and Japanese versions
Hoshi "Spider"
The8 "Side By Side" Korean version only
Nu'est Romanticize "Dress"
"Inside Out"
"Don't Wanna Go"
"Black"
"Drive"
"Earphone"
"Need It"
"Doom Doom"
"Rocket Rocket"
"I'm Not"
Wonwoo & Mingyu Non-album single "Bittersweet" feat. Lee Hi
Seventeen Your Choice "Heaven's Cloud"
"Ready to love"
"Anyone"
"GAM3 BO1"
"Wave"
"Same Dream Same Mind Same Night"
Hoshi Non-album single "Horangi Power"
Seventeen Attacca "To You"
"Rock with You"
"Crush"
"Pang!"
"Imperfect Love"
"I Can't Run Away"
"2 minus 1"
Dino Non-album singles "Last Order"
Seventeen "Power of Love" Korean and Japanese versions
Jin "Super Tuna" (슈퍼 참치)
2022 Woozi "Ruby"
Charli XCX "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama (A. G. Cook and Vernon of Seventeen Remix)
Nu'est Needle & Bubble "Overcome (Re-Mastering)"
"Love Paint (Re-Mastering)"
"Bet Bet (Re-Mastering)"
"Love Me (Re-Mastering)"
"Different (Re-Mastering)"
"Look (A Starlight Night) (Alternative House Ver)"
"I'm In Trouble (Urban Ver.)"
"Galaxy"
"다시, 봄 (Again)"
Seventeen Face the Sun "Darl+ing"
"Hot"
"Don Quixote"
"March"
"Domino"
"Shadow"
"'Bout You"
"If you leave me"
"Ash"
Sector 17 "Circles"
"World"
"Cheers"
Baekho Good Job OST "Savior"
Absolute Zero "Festival In My Car"
"Love Burn"
"No Rules"
"We Don't Care No More" feat. June One of Glen Check
"Bad 4 U"
"Wanna Go Back" feat. Sik-K (변했다고 느끼는 내가 변한 건지)
Seventeen Non-album single "Dream" Korean and Japanese versions
2023 BSS Second Wind "Fighting"
"Lunch"
"7PM"
Seventeen FML "F*ck My Life"
"Super"
"Fire"
"I Don't Understand But I Luv U"
"Dust"
"April Shower"
Sik-K & Haon Album On The Way! "Locked In"
Seventeen Always Yours "Sara Sara"
Seventeenth Heaven "SOS"
"God of Music"
"Diamond Days"
"Yawn"
"Back 2 Back"
"Monster"
"Headliner"
Baekho Non-album singles "What Are We" feat. Park Jiwon of Fromis_9
S.Coups "Me" (난)
2024 TWS Sparkling Blue "Plot Twist" Credited under the pseudonym Wasurenai
"Oh Mymy: 7s"
Seventeen Non-album singles "The Meaning of Encounter" (만남의의미) (相遇的意义)
Haon "Over You"
Seventeen 17 Is Right Here "Maestro"
"Lalali"
"Spell"
"Cheers To Youth"
TWS Summer Beat! "hey! hey!" Credited under the pseudonym Wasurenai
Jeonghan X Wonwoo This Man "Last Night"
"Beautiful Monster"
"Leftover"
TWS Summer Beat! "You + Me = 7942" Credited under the pseudonym Wasurenai
"If I'm an 'S' please be my 'N'"
"Double Take"
"If I were Sun"
Fromis 9 Supersonic "Supersonic" Credited under the pseudonym Baekgom

References

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  1. ^ "범주 키즈 프로필" (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "'세븐틴 프로듀서' 범주, 오늘 컴백..27살 감정 담았다". Korea Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Yoon, So-yeon (February 26, 2024). "Seventeen's producer Bumzu is highest-earning K-pop songwriter of 2023: Komca". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Rashid, Raphael (February 24, 2022). "From tuna fishing to teen love: the producer behind K-pop's biggest stars". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "'슈가맨' 계범주 누구?..'슈퍼스타K4′ 출신 힙합 R&B 싱어송라이터" (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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  7. ^ Mok, Eun (April 24, 2023). "우리가 직조한 우주에서 영원히 가동될 '우주공장'". Brunch Story (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "Poptime PRISMFILTER MUSIC GROUP". 프리즘필터 (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  9. ^ Yeo, Gladys (January 22, 2024). "Pledis Entertainment's new boyband TWS make debut with 'Plot Twist'". NME. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Songs Registered Under BUMZU (10013921)" (in Korean). Korea Music Copyright Association. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. ^ "GOOD LIFE - BUMZU". 멜론 (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 9, 2017.
  14. ^ Cumulative sales of "The Ceiling":
  15. ^ Cumulative sales of "Something Special":
  16. ^ "2014년 06주차 Download Chart". Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  17. ^ "2014년 52주차 Download Chart". Archived from the original on March 10, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  18. ^ "2015년 26주차 Download Chart". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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