Find Out More About Bolbbalgan4‘s Full Profile!
Do you know the vocal duo from South Korea named, Bolbbalgan4? They are known as a duo or a unit with 2 members, both of which participated in the television show Superstar K6 in 2014.
Bolbbalgan4 (볼빨간 사춘기) signed under Shofar Music and made their debut on April 22nd, 2016. It didn’t take a lot of time for the duo to become popular and earn a place among the top groups in South Korea. They were even able to win some awards with their unique music.
Well, if you want to know more about the duo Bolbbalgan4, let’s scroll down and check out their full profile and learn everything about them, up until their latest news!
Profile and Facts
Fandom Name: LoBoly (stands for Lo: Lovely and Boly: Bolbbalgan4)
Official Site: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bolbbalgan4)
Ji-young
Real Name: Ahn Ji-young (안지영)
Stage Name: Ji-young (지영)
Place and Date of Birth: South Korea, September 14th, 1995
Zodiac: Virgo
Nationality: Korean
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Blood Type: A
Position: Main Vocalist
Official Site: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hey_miss_true/)
Fun Facts About Ji-young:
- Ji-young was raised in Yeongju, Gyeongsang, South Korea and she was a classmate of Ji-yoon and they had the same dream of becoming singers.
- Ji-young represents the ‘Youth’ of Bolbbalgan4 and is visualized as a teenager who turned to be adult.
- Ji-young’s hobby is going to the supermarket and buying things.
- Ji-young’s ideal type is a person who has a good voice.
Ji-yoon
Real Name: Woo Ji-yoon (우지윤)
Stage Name: Ji-yoon (지윤)
Place and Date of Birth: South Korea, January 6th, 1996
Zodiac: Capricorn
Nationality: Korean
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 44 kg
Blood Type: A
Position: Guitarist, Bassist, Rapping, Backing Vocals
Official Site: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bssazzzn/)
Fun Facts About Ji-yoon:
- Ji-yoon and Ji-young were classmates and they were raised in Yeongju, South Korea.
- Ji-yoon represents the ‘blushing’ member of Bolbbalgan4 because of her shy attitude.
- Ji-yoon’s ideal type is a person who can cook well and she isn’t the type who cares about how someone looks.
Discography
Studio Albums
| Title | Album Details | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | ||
| Release date | Label | Formats | KOR | ||
| Red Planet | August 29th, 2016 | Shofar Music, NHN Bugs | CD, Digital Download | 15 | KOR: 25,646 |
| Track List : | |||||
| 1. Galaxy (우주를 줄게) 2. Fight Day (싸운날) 3. You (=I) 4. Grumpy (심술) 5. Hard To Love (나만 안되는 연애) 6. Chocolate (초콜릿) 7. Freesia (프리지아) 8. X Song 9. Ring (반지) 10. When You Fall In Love (사랑에 빠졌을 때) |
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Extended Plays
Singles
As Lead Artist
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | Certifications | Album |
| KOR | |||||
| “Fight Day” (싸운날) | 2016 | – | KOR: 16,260 | N/A | Red Ickle |
| “Galaxy” (우주를 줄게) | 2 | KOR: 2,716,160 | Red Plane | ||
| “Hard to Love” (나만 안되는 연애) | 12 | KOR: 2,500,000 | |||
| “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해) | 2 | KOR: 2,500,000 | Red Planet ‘Hidden Track | ||
| “Some” (썸 탈꺼야) | 2017 | 1 | KOR: 1,122,548 | Red Diary Page.1 | |
| “To My Youth” (나의 사춘기에게) | 3 | KOR: 884,853 | |||
| “Travel” (여행) | 2018 | 1 | N/A | Red Diary Page.2 | |
| “Wind” (바람사람) | 20 | KMCA: Platinum | |||
| “Dejavu” | 21 | N/A | Red Diary ‘Hidden Track’ |
Collaborations
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | Album |
| KOR | ||||
| “Romantic Wish” with Sweden Laundry, Vanilla Acoustic, Kim Ji-soo, Kim Sa-rang, 20 Years Of Age and Letter Flow |
2016 | – | N/A | Non-album singles |
| “We Loved” (남이 될 수 있을까) with 20 Years of Age | 2017 | 1 | KOR: 2,500,000 | |
| “#First Love” (#첫사랑)with Dingo | 2018 | 2 | N/A |
As Featured Artist
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | Album |
| KOR | ||||
| “Lost Without You” (우리집을 못 찾겠군요) Mad Clown feat. Bolbbalgan4 |
2017 | 5 | KOR: 1,012,764 | Love Is a Dog from Hell |
| “Mohae” (모해) San E feat. Bolbbalgan4 |
5 | KOR: 260,140 | Non-album singles | |
| “Hurry Up” Sohee feat. Bolbbalgan4 |
2018 | – | N/A |
Soundtrack Appearances
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | Album |
| “Hidden Path” (가리워진 길) | 2014 | 60 | KOR: 55,979 | Misaeng OST Part 4 |
| “Dream” (드림) | 2016 | 54 | KOR: 47,657 | Hwarang OST Part 3 |
| “You and I From the Beginning” (처음부터 너와 나) | 2017 | 3 | KOR: 1,346,861 | The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST Part 2 |
| “My Trouble” | 2018 | 48 | Why: The Real Reason You Got Dumped OST Part 1 |
Other Charted Songs
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Sales | Album |
| KOR | ||||
| “Grumpy” (심술) | 2016 | 38 | KOR: 1,052,943 | Red Ickle |
| “You(=I)” | 40 | KOR: 1,371,749 | Red Planet | |
| “When You Fall in Love” (사랑에 빠졌을 때) | 78 | KOR: 66,307 | ||
| “Grumpy” (심술) | 83 | KOR: 69,098 | ||
| “X Song” | – | KOR: 21,678 | ||
| “Freesia” (프리지아) | KOR: 17,003 | |||
| “Blue” | 2017 | 5 | KOR: 757,087 | Red Diary Page.1 |
| “Fix Me” (고쳐주세요) | 11 | KOR: 467,335 | ||
| “Imagine” (상상) | 12 | KOR: 399,631 | ||
| “Lonely” | 2018 | 24 | – | Red Diary Page.2 |
| “Starlight” (야경) | 34 | |||
| “Dear, Teddy Bear” (안녕, 곰인형) | 42 | |||
| “Clip” | 65 | |||
| “6 o’clock” | 80 | Red Diary ‘Hidden Track’ |
Music Videos
| Title | Year | Album | Director |
| “Fight Day” (싸운날)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ri7I32Auhg |
2016 | Red Ickle | Zanybros |
| “Galaxy” (우주를 줄게)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8uA702xrE |
Red Planet | BTS Film | |
| “Hard To Love” (나만 안되는 연애)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlLLBuuvVU |
Zanybros | ||
| “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MAgMVwfFs |
Non-album single | VFAR | |
| “We Loved” (남이 될 수 있을까)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1pGxkXyDvc |
2017 | ||
| “Blue”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34e6LYro-4 |
2017 | Red Diary Page.1 | ALOHA MAN |
| “Imagine” (상상)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOBpb1O5u0 |
2017 | ||
| “Some” (썸 탈꺼야)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZmoMyFXDoI |
2017 | Mustache Film | |
| “Fix Me” (고쳐주세요)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoMbEtS5So |
2017 | Unknown | |
| “Travel” (여행)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRbPAVnqtcs |
2018 | Red Diary Page.2 | Zanybros |
| “Starlight” (야경)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6TvZRVLYo |
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| “Wind” (바람사람)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_925lEs4u0 |
Awards and Nominations
2016
- Bolbbalgan4 were nominated in the Best New Artist category and won the Best Indie award for the work of “Galaxy” (우주를 줄게) at the Melon Music Awards. They were also nominated for the Artist of the Year and Best New Female Artist award at the Mnet Music Awards.
2017
- Bolbbalgan4 won the Best Entertainer Award (Music Category) at the Asia Artists Awards, Song of the Year for the work of “Galaxy” (우주를 줄게) at the Korean Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards, Indie Discovery of the Year at the Gaon Chart Music Awards, Top 10 Artists at the Melon Music Awards, Best Vocal Performance – Group for the work of “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해) at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
- Bolbbalgan4 were nominated in the Best Entertainer Award (Music Category) at the Asian Artists Awards, New Artist of the Year and Best Pop Song at the Korean Music Awards, Popularity Award and Asian Choice Popularity Award at the Golden Disc Awards, Song of the Year – December for the work of “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해) at the Gaon Chart Music Awards, Song of the Year for the work of “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해), Album of the Year for the work of “Red Diary Page.1,” Artist of the Year, Kakao Hot Star Award for the work of “Bolbbalgan4,” Best Rap/Hip-Hop for the work of “Lost Without You” (우리집을 못 찾겠군요) Mad Clown feat. Bolbbalgan4 and Best OST for the work of “You and I From the Beginning” (처음부터 너와 나).
2018
- Bolbbalgan4 won the Digital Bonsang for the work of “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해) at the Golden Disk Awards, Top 10 Artists at the Melon Music Awards, Bonsang Award at the Seoul Music Awards and Bonsang Award at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards.
- Bolbbalgan4 were nominated for the Digital Daesang for the work of “Tell Me You Love Me” (좋다고 말해) and Global Popularity Award for the work of “Bolbbalgan4” at the Golden Disc Awards, Song of the Year – June for the work of “We Loved” (남이 될 수 있을까) with 20 Years of Age, Song of the Year – September for the work of “Some” (썸탈꺼야) and Song of the Year – January for the work of “First Love” at the Gaon Chart Music Awards, Song of the Year for the work of “Travel” (여행), Album of the Year for the work of “Red Diary Page.2,” Artist of the Year for the work of Bolbbalgan4 at the Melon Music Awards, Best Selling Artist of the Year for the work of “Bolbbalgan4,” Digital Album of the Year for the work of “Red Diary Page.2,” Song of the Year and Vocal Track (Female) for the work of “Travel” (여행) and Genie Music Popularity Award for the work of “Bolbbalgan4” at the MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards, Song of the Year and Best Vocal Performance – Group for the work of “Travel” (여행) at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Daesang Award, Popularity Award and Hallyu Special Award at the Seoul Music Awards, Popularity Award (Female) at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards.
2019
- Bolbbalgan4 won for the Song of the Year – May for the work of “Travel.”
- Bolbbalgan4 were nominated for the Song of the Year – January for the work of “First Love.”
Music Program Awards
Bolbbalgan4 got their 1st place by winning on The Show with their song, “Some,” on October 17th, 2017.
On October 22nd, 2017, Bolbbalgan4 took their 2nd win by earning the 1st place on SBS Inkigayo with their song, “Some,” but didn’t air due to a golf tournament being broadcast on SBS.
Bolbbalgan4 got their 1st win on SBS Inkigayo with their song, “Travel.”
Scandal
On January 24th, 2017, there was a piece of highlight news that has been circulating around that one of the members of Bolbbalgan4, Ji-young, was caught liking a post by an anti-fan of IU on Instagram.
The group that consists of two members, Ji-young and Ji-yoon, recently made a cover of a song from IU, but there was a fan who was not happy about it and decided to post a message for Bolbbalgan4 on Instagram.
The fan who wasn’t amused with Bolbbalgan4’s cover of IU’s song complained that the singer has a lolita controversy and it is not recommended to sing like her. The fan’s post read, “Ji-young-ah, Ji-yoon-ah… ㅠㅠ You can sing any singer’s songs during the concert but please do not sing songs from artists who have caused controversies, especially IU… Because she had a lolita controversy and it wasn’t allowed since it’s being hateful against women or being lolita so, please don’t ever sing IU’s songs anymore… ㅠㅠ”
The fans who caught on that Ji-young liked the post made by IU’s anti-fan, quickly asked her to unlike the post before it gathered negative responses to Bolbbalgan4.
Right after receiving a caution from her fans on Instagram, Ji-young made an apology through an Instagram post in a whole white picture and explained the situation that caused the trouble. Here’s the apology from Bolbbalgan4’s Ji-young’s Instagram:
“On my Instagram account, I have seen a lot of support for me and my group since I debuted. I would like to give “love” on the posts I was tagged in. Since I have more fans now, there are a lot of posts that I received and due to the large number of posts, I couldn’t reach every single post and could only see them from the pictures without realizing that it was a hateful comment for IU sunbaenim [refers to a senior]. I deeply apologize for my mistakes, to IU, and everyone who found this offensive.”– @hey_miss_true
The scandal was cleared up and it was obvious that Ji-young is not a hater of IU, but it was clearly a mistake since she wasn’t aware of the caption on the Instagram post.
Check out Bolbbalgan4’s Ji-young latest updates on her Instagram below!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRJcmtHKko/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuLJwQqndRq/
And now, let’s check out Bolbbalgan4’s Ji-yoon latest updates on her Instagram below!
Latest News
As reported from OneHallyu, Bolbbalgan4 is currently preparing for their next comeback in the first half of 2019. There aren’t any further explanations about it but let’s wait patiently for the official news about their comeback this year.
On October 18th, 2018, Bolbbalgan4 was featured on ELRIS’ So-hee solo debut with her song, “Hurry Up.”
Bolbbalgan4 are the ones who composed and also wrote the lyrics of the song, and it was the first time for them to write a song for someone else. ELRIS’ So-hee explained that it was an honor to work with her favorite duo, Bolbbalgan4, since she’s a fan of theirs.
“When it’s time to head back to our dorm, I always ask if we can listen to Bolbbalgan4’s song and I really like “Starlight” to be played since the song has a healing vibe. I am so grateful for getting this opportunity to work with them and I practiced so hard before the recording session. I was so worried that it usually takes 8~9 hours to record a song but it was done in 2 hours so I thought I must have done something wrong, but they [Bolbbalgan4’s Ji-young and Ji-yoon] praised me. I was so grateful for that.”– ELRIS’ So-hee.
Then she continued, “They really treated me like a younger sister and they are truly great coaches and I’m grateful to them, we did our best to create such a great song.”
That was all the available information about the South Korean duo, Bolbbalgan4! They are truly very talented musicians since they are known to have made their own songs and they always choose for a different music taste as an indie band, but they have earned many achievements even though they could still be considered a rookie! Well, let us hope for the best to Bolbbalgan4 in the future so they can prepare another comeback this year and be ready to make more hit songs for us to listen!
