40 Fun Facts About B.A.P

In the 2012 reality series Ta-Dah, It's B.A.P, the six members played what kind of beings?

Aliens sent to invade Earth as pop singers was the premise: the six had come to save their dying home planet. The show began on SBS MTV in January 2012, weeks before the group's debut.

B.A.P's mascots, the Matoki, each stand for one member and take the form of which animal?

Rabbits gave each member a cartoon double in animated shorts released by TS Entertainment. The group uses them as a logo, and all six appear on the cover of the EP Matrix.

In 2023 a genuine MAMA trophy once awarded to B.A.P was bought at a flea market in which country?

The Philippines find outraged fans, who believed TS Entertainment had thrown away the group's first award when the company shut down in 2021.

What 18-metre-tall, 700-kilogram object appears in the music video for B.A.P's 2012 single Power?

A spaceship looms over the set, and the choreography was built to look stronger than in the group's debut. The EP of the same name sold out its first 30,000 copies.

The jacket photo for B.A.P's 2012 single Goodbye reminded fans of which Beatles album cover?

Abbey Road was the comparison fans drew when the jacket appeared in July 2012. Goodbye is a pop-rock ballad, a change of pace from the group's hard-hitting first singles.

For their 2012 debut, all six members of B.A.P dyed their hair which matching colour?

Blonde hair on all six was meant to give them one team image on stage, Youngjae explained, since each member was so different.

Which leg of B.A.P's 2014 Live on Earth tour did TS Entertainment cancel so the members could rest?

South America was dropped a week before the shows were due, with TS saying the members lacked time to rest. A month later the six sued the label over their working conditions.

Why did four B.A.P members release their 2024 reunion EP under their surnames instead of the group name?

Trademark issues kept the B.A.P name out of reach, so the four promoted as Bang & Jung & Yoo & Moon. The EP was their first release since the group disbanded in 2019.

Yongnam, who has also performed as an underground artist, is related to B.A.P leader Bang Yong-guk in which way?

His identical twin Yongnam has also performed as an underground artist, and the two have an older sister, Natasha, who works as a tattoo artist.

The name of the boy band B.A.P, formed by TS Entertainment in 2012, is an acronym for which phrase?

Best Absolute Perfect also became the title of the group's first Japanese studio album, released in March 2016.

Which single, a hard-hitting protest against social injustice, launched B.A.P's career in January 2012?

Warrior denounced the injustice of society, a subject the group chose so they would not sound like other idol acts. Its single album sold 10,000 copies in two days.

In November 2014 all six members of B.A.P filed a lawsuit against TS Entertainment seeking what?

To nullify their contracts, the six argued that each had been paid about $18,000 in three years while the group earned $9 million. The two sides settled in August 2015.

Why was Zelo, B.A.P's youngest member, unable to join the four-man reunion announced in 2024?

Military service kept Zelo away: he had enlisted in December 2023 and was not discharged until June 2025, ten months after the reunion EP came out.

Why did leader Bang Yong-guk sit out promotions for B.A.P's second studio album in late 2016?

An anxiety disorder led TS Entertainment to announce his break in October 2016, two weeks before the album came out. He returned four months later for the group's next single.

Which B.A.P member plays Korean traditional instruments including the daegeum, janggu and kkwaenggwari?

Himchan is a multi-instrumentalist shaped by Korean traditional music who also plays guitar, piano and violin. He was the second member revealed, as an MC on the music programme The Show.

Which B.A.P main dancer finished third on JTBC's Peak Time in 2023 as part of Team 24:00?

Jongup joined the show alone, in a team the judges built from idols whose groups could not take part. He names Chris Brown as the role model who made him want to sing.

Which 2024 EP brought four B.A.P members back together, five years after the group disbanded?

Curtain Call arrived in August 2024 as a four-man release, announced in the teaser for a documentary called Man on the Moon.

Which 2014 single brought B.A.P their first music show win, on MBC Music's Show Champion?

1004 (Angel) won on Show Champion in February 2014 and collected two more trophies, two years after the group's debut. Its parent album topped Korea's monthly charts.

B.A.P main vocalist Daehyun took a lead role in which stage musical from 2019 to 2020?

Grease ran from November 2019 to February 2020 with Daehyun as Danny. He had moved into musical theatre in 2017, when he was cast in Napoleon.

Which 2014 B.A.P album topped Korea's Hanteo and Gaon monthly charts for February?

First Sensibility held thirteen tracks and also led Billboard's World Albums chart, the third of the group's releases to do so.

Which B.A.P EP, led by the single Rain Sound, became the group's first to top Billboard's World Albums chart?

One Shot also topped the iTunes hip hop download charts in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, barely a year after the group's debut.

Which 2016 album made B.A.P the K-pop act with the most number ones on Billboard's World Albums chart?

Noir was the group's fourth chart-topper there, breaking a tie with GOT7 at three each. Its video for the title track cast the members as mobsters.

Which comeback single won B.A.P a Music Bank trophy exactly a year after the group sued its label?

Young, Wild & Free, co-written by Yongguk, led the EP Matrix, and the group launched it with a free showcase in Seoul. The win came on November 27, 2015.

Which single did Yongguk and Zelo release as a rap duo in late 2011, weeks before B.A.P debuted?

Never Give Up introduced Zelo, then 15, as the third member the public met. The duo performed as Bang & Zelo, and its composers went on to write the group's debut single.

Before B.A.P debuted, Yongguk rapped on which 2011 number-one single by a member of girl group Secret?

Going Crazy topped the Gaon chart in March 2011, and broadcasters asked for Yongguk at once. TS turned them down because he was still a trainee.

Which Secret singer features on Secret Love, the follow-up single B.A.P released in March 2012?

Song Ji-eun sang the female part of a track about a celebrity's hidden romance, written by Yongguk with Kang Ji-won. Its video was a tribute to fans made from behind-the-scenes footage.

In which US city did B.A.P film the video for their 2013 single Badman with around a hundred extras?

Detroit gave the video its backdrop for a track Yongguk wrote about crime in the news, hoping to raise awareness. Hong Won-ki, who had directed the group's debut video, shot it.

Which jazz-tinged 2013 B.A.P single features pianist Song Young-joo and a video shot in several US cities?

Coffee Shop showed a softer side of the group, with one reviewer calling it bittersweet, simple and relaxing. It was written by the duo behind their debut single.

The rap verses of B.A.P's 2012 single No Mercy are delivered in the dialect of which Korean region?

Gyeongsang dialect drives the raps, and the track also works in samul nori, a traditional Korean percussion music. It kept the whistles heard on the group's earlier singles.

At which annual ceremony did B.A.P win the Korean act category in both 2014 and 2016?

MTV Europe Music Awards voters also named the group top Japan and Korea act in 2014, making three wins from five nominations there.

Which single led B.A.P's second studio album in November 2016, promoted without leader Yongguk?

Skydive mixes electric guitar and EDM with the group's hip hop style, and its video drew on Tarantino-style violence.

Under which new title was B.A.P's EP No Mercy repackaged in August 2012 with two extra songs?

Crash added a title track by Duble Sidekick and a remake of Yongguk's solo song I Remember, with Daehyun singing in place of the original guest vocalist.

Which 2012 B.A.P single, produced by Duble Sidekick, samples DJ Kool's Let Me Clear My Throat?

Stop It made the group the top search term on Korean portals such as Naver and Daum. Its producers had also written hits for Sistar and MBLAQ.

Which single, Yongguk's first release after leaving B.A.P's label, is a study of his fear of the stage?

Hikikomori borrows the Japanese word for people who shut themselves indoors, and Yongguk used it to examine his own dread of the stage and the world outside.

How did Yongguk, later B.A.P's leader, first win the notice of underground hip hop crew Soul Connection?

Posting lyrics on a forum got him recognised in his second year of middle school, and he learned to compose by watching the crew's seniors work. He debuted with them in 2008.

Which hip hop duo, TS Entertainment's first signing, recommended Yongguk to the label that formed B.A.P?

Untouchable put his name forward in 2010 for a hip-hop idol group. Yongguk feared the format would limit his music, and joined once TS promised he could live out his dreams.

Which Japanese label, once home to the singer Rain, signed B.A.P in May 2013?

King Records released the group's Japanese debut single that October, and within months they had won new artist honours at the Japan Gold Disc Awards.

B.A.P won eight So-Loved Awards between 2012 and 2014, a K-pop popularity prize from which country?

Germany is home to the popularity prize, which a Korean cultural exchange foundation sponsors. Among the eight wins were album of the year and two for top male group.

Hong Won-ki, director of B.A.P's early music videos, co-founded which Seoul video production company?

Zanybros was set up by Hong and videographer Kim Jun-hong and grew into a leading music video house of the Korean Wave. Hong directed the group's videos for Power and No Mercy.

Which 2017 B.A.P single, the lead track of the single album Rose, has a music video about mental health?

Wake Me Up marked Yongguk's return from a four-month break, and a Billboard critic judged it the group's most personal and accomplished single yet.