Pil Seo Jin or Bi Shu-jin (Chinese: 畢書盡; pinyin: Bì Shūjìn; Korean: 필서진; romaja: Pil Seo Jin; born July 7, 1989), known professionally as Bii, is a South Korean-born Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actor.
Early life
Bii was born and raised in South Korea, to a Taiwanese father and Korean mother. At the time of his birth, the South 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 as overseas 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 a national 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.[2]
In 2011, Bii acquired his nationality in Taiwan. He took a hiatus from the entertainment industry to serve his mandatory military service in Taiwan between November 2011 and November 2012.[3]
Career
Audition
Bii was always interested in music. He was the lead singer in his high school band. Later he went to Dongguan, 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.
Debut
On July 9, 2010, Bii released his first EP which was titled "Bii." This EP contains a total of 4 songs: 1 in Korean and the remaining 3 in Mandarin. On October 6, 2010, Bii released his first album, "Bii Story" which has been sung in both Korean and Mandarin.
Stage name
The name "Bii" stands for "Be-I-I," indicating his dual personas.[4]
Music
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.[5][6] His songs have been featured in many TV series, such as Zhong Wu Yan (2010), Love Around, Someone Like You, Bromance, Prince of Wolf, and Better Man in Taiwan.[7]
Acting
Bii made a cameo appearance in the TV series Love Around (2013) as Peter. He appeared in Episode 1 of the TV series Someone Like You (2015) as Gu Long, who raced against Fang Zan Cheng played by Kingone Wang.[8] He appeared as Wei Qingyang in a romance comedy, Bromance (2015), co-starring with Baron Chen, Megan Lai, Sean Lee, and Katie Chen.[9]
Discography
EP
EP information
Tracks
Bii (EP)
Released: July 9, 2010
Track listing
Bii My Love
What Can I Do
Lost (Chinese version)
Stay (Korean version)
Love More (EP)
Released: July 23, 2015
Track listing
Love More
B-A-B-Y (Korean version only)
Album
Album information
Tracks
Bii Story (album)
Released: October 6, 2010
Track listing
After Turning Away
Bye Bye Bye
Day by Day
Cannot Reach Happiness/That Cannot Be Happy
Lost
Baby I Love You
Bellucia
The Song Written For You
Bii My Love
After Turning Away (Korean version)
Bye Bye Bye (Korean version)
You Leave Me (Korean version)
Stay (Korean version)
What Can I Do (Korean version)
Come Back To Bii (album)
Released: May 16, 2013
Track listing
Come back to Me
Feel Good
Flying Meteor
Nothing To Do With Happiness/Nothing But Happiness
Names in Bold indicate the winning singer, while Italics indicate the runner-up singer. Singers are listed based on their original season appearances, returning singers (who participated in seasons 5 or 8) are not repeated.
Singers participated in groups are listed in parentheses. Initial singers first listed in order of official announcement, followed by Substitute/Challenge Singers in order of appearance.
