Bumzu facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Bumzu
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Bumzu in 2023 producing Second Wind
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Kye Beom-ju
November 8, 1991 Seoul, South Korea
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Pledis |
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| Hangul |
계범주
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| RR | Gye Beomju |
| MR | Kye Pŏmju |
Kye Beom-ju (Hangul: 계범주, born November 8, 1991), known as Bumzu (Hangul: 범주), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is famous for writing and producing many songs for popular K-pop groups like NU'EST and Seventeen.
In 2024, Bumzu received a special award from KOMCA. This award recognized him as the highest-earning songwriter for K-pop music in 2023.
About Bumzu
Bumzu grew up in Seoul, South Korea. When he was a child, he learned to play the violin. As he got older and went to high school, he became involved in the underground music scene in a place called Hongdae.
His Big Break
Bumzu's first major work was in 2011. He helped compose a song called "Don't Go, Go Away" for Jang Woo-hyuk from the group H.O.T. Later, when he was 22, he joined a singing competition show called Superstar K 4. This show helped him become well-known.
After Superstar K 4, Bumzu started producing songs for artists at Pledis Entertainment. These artists included groups like After School and NU'EST. He has also worked with Woozi to produce songs for Seventeen since their very first song, "Adore U."
Recent Work
Since 2020, Bumzu has been a co-CEO of a music production company called Prismfilter Music Group. In 2024, he became the main music producer for a new group named TWS. For this group, he uses the name "Wasurenai."
Songs Bumzu Produced
Bumzu has produced many songs for various K-pop artists. His work is recognized by the Korea Music Copyright Association. Here are some of the songs he helped create:
| Year | Artist | Song(s) |
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| 2013 | Rainbow | "Chewing Time" |
| After School | "Make-up & tears" | |
| 2014 | NU'EST | "Good Bye Bye" |
| 2015 | Seventeen | "Adore U" |
| Shinee | "Hold You" | |
| Seventeen | "Fronting" | |
| "Mansae" | ||
| 2016 | Nu'est | "Lost & Found" |
| "Overcome" | ||
| "VVith" | ||
| "Emotion" | ||
| Seventeen | "Pretty U" | |
| "Popular Song" | ||
| "Adore U" | ||
| "Monday to Saturday" | ||
| Sik-K | "Act Different" | |
| Seventeen | "Very Nice" | |
| "Can't See The End" | ||
| Nu'est | "R.L.T.L" | |
| "Love Paint (Every Afternoon)" | ||
| "Thank You (Evening By Evening)" | ||
| "Look (A Starlight Night)" | ||
| 2PM | "How Is It?" | |
| Seventeen | "Beautiful" | |
| "Boom Boom" | ||
| "Highlight" | ||
| "Lean On Me" | ||
| 2017 | NCT 127 | "Back 2 U (AM 01:27)" |
| Seventeen | "Don't Wanna Cry" | |
| "If I" | ||
| "Swimming Fool" | ||
| "My I" | ||
| "Crazy in Love" | ||
| Pristin | "Wee Woo" | |
| Sik-K | "Have A Little Fun" | |
| Pristin | "We Are Pristin" | |
| "We Like" | ||
| NU'EST W | "My Beautiful" | |
| "Where You At" | ||
| "Paradise" | ||
| "Good Love" | ||
| "With" | ||
| Seventeen | "Intro. New World" | |
| "Change Up" | ||
| "Without You" | ||
| "Clap" | ||
| "Lilili Yabbay" | ||
| "Trauma" | ||
| "Flower" | ||
| "Rocket" | ||
| "Hello" | ||
| "Campfire" | ||
| "Outro. Incompletion" | ||
| Han Dong-geun | "Where We Were in Love" | |
| 2018 | Fromis 9 | "Glass Shoes" |
| Seventeen | "Thinkin' about you" | |
| "Thanks" | ||
| "Run to you" | ||
| "Falling For U" | ||
| Nu'est W | "L.I.E." | |
| "Help Me" | ||
| "Wi-Fi" | ||
| "I hate you" | ||
| "You & I" | ||
| "Feels" | ||
| Seventeen | "Call Call Call!" | |
| Fromis 9 | "DKDK" | |
| Nu'est W | "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 | "Segno" | |
| "Bet Bet" | ||
| "Bass" | ||
| "Talk About Love" | ||
| "Different" | ||
| "Fine" | ||
| "Universe" | ||
| Fromis 9 | "Love RumPumPum" | |
| Nu'est | "Call Me Back" | |
| "Love Me" | ||
| "One Two Three" | ||
| "Trust Me" | ||
| "Stay Up All Night" | ||
| "If We" | ||
| Seventeen | "Hit" | |
| "Lie Again" | ||
| "Fear" | ||
| "Let me hear you say" | ||
| "247" | ||
| "Second Life" | ||
| "Network Love" | ||
| "Back it up" | ||
| "Lucky" | ||
| "Snap Shoot" | ||
| "Happy Ending" | ||
| 2020 | "Fallin' Flower" | |
| Nu'est | "I'm In Trouble" | |
| "Firework" | ||
| "Back To Me" | ||
| "Must" | ||
| "Shooting Star" | ||
| Seventeen | "Us, Again" (Hangul: 우리다시) | |
| Heng:garæ | "Fearless" | |
| "Left & Right" | ||
| "I Wish" | ||
| "My My" | ||
| "Kidult" | ||
| "Together" | ||
| "24h" | ||
| Semicolon | "Home; Run" | |
| "Do Re Mi" | ||
| "Hey Buddy" | ||
| "Light A Flame" | ||
| "Ah! Love" | ||
| "All My Love" | ||
| Jin | "Abyss" | |
| 2021 | Rain | "Why Don't We" |
| Seventeen | "Not Alone" | |
| Hoshi | "Spider" | |
| The8 | "Side By Side" | |
| Nu'est | "Dress" | |
| "Inside Out" | ||
| "Don't Wanna Go" | ||
| "Black" | ||
| "Drive" | ||
| "Earphone" | ||
| "Need It" | ||
| "Doom Doom" | ||
| "Rocket Rocket" | ||
| "I'm Not" | ||
| Wonwoo & Mingyu | "Bittersweet" feat. Lee Hi | |
| Seventeen | "Heaven's Cloud" | |
| "Ready to love" | ||
| "Anyone" | ||
| "GAM3 BO1" | ||
| "Wave" | ||
| "Same Dream Same Mind Same Night" | ||
| Hoshi | "Horangi Power" | |
| Seventeen | "To You" | |
| "Rock with You" | ||
| "Crush" | ||
| "Pang!" | ||
| "Imperfect Love" | ||
| "I Can't Run Away" | ||
| "2 minus 1" | ||
| Dino | "Last Order" | |
| Seventeen | "Power of Love" | |
| Jin | "Super Tuna" (Hangul: 슈퍼 참치) | |
| 2022 | Woozi | "Ruby" |
| Charli XCX | "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama (A. G. Cook and Vernon of Seventeen Remix) | |
| Nu'est | "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 | "Darl+ing" | |
| "Hot" | ||
| "Don Quixote" | ||
| "March" | ||
| "Domino" | ||
| "Shadow" | ||
| "'Bout You" | ||
| "If you leave me" | ||
| "Ash" | ||
| Sector 17 | "Circles" | |
| "World" | ||
| "Cheers" | ||
| Baekho | "Savior" | |
| "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 (Hangul: 변했다고 느끼는 내가 변한 건지) | ||
| Seventeen | "Dream" | |
| 2023 | BSS | "Fighting" |
| "Lunch" | ||
| "7PM" | ||
| Seventeen | "F... My Life" | |
| "Super" | ||
| "Fire" | ||
| "I Don't Understand But I Luv U" | ||
| "Dust" | ||
| "April Shower" | ||
| Sik-K & Haon | "Locked In" | |
| Seventeen | "Sara Sara" | |
| "SOS" | ||
| "God of Music" | ||
| "Diamond Days" | ||
| "Yawn" | ||
| "Back 2 Back" | ||
| "Monster" | ||
| "Headliner" | ||
| Baekho | "What Are We" feat. Park Jiwon of Fromis_9 | |
| S.Coups | "Me" (Hangul: 난) | |
| 2024 | TWS | "Plot Twist" |
| "Oh Mymy: 7s" | ||
| Seventeen | "The Meaning of Encounter" (Hangul: 만남의의미) (相遇的意义) | |
| Haon | "Over You" | |
| Seventeen | "Maestro" | |
| "Lalali" | ||
| "Spell" | ||
| "Cheers To Youth" | ||
| TWS | "hey! hey!" | |
| Jeonghan X Wonwoo | "Last Night" | |
| "Beautiful Monster" | ||
| "Leftover" | ||
| TWS | "You + Me = 7942" | |
| "If I'm an 'S' please be my 'N'" | ||
| "Double Take" | ||
| "If I were Sun" | ||
| Fromis 9 | "Supersonic" | |
| Seventeen | "Love, Money, Fame" | |
| "Eyes on You" | ||
| "1 to 13" | ||
| "Candy" (Hangul: 사탕) | ||
| "Rain" | ||
| "Water" | ||
| "Shohikigen" | ||
| 2025 | BSS | "CBZ (Prime Time)" (Hangul: 청바지) |
| "Happy Alone" | ||
| "Love Song" (Hangul: 사랑 노래) | ||
| Hoshi X Woozi | "Pinocchio" feat. So!Yoon! | |
| "96ers" 동갑내기 | ||
| "Stupid Idiot" |
