Bye Bye Badman is a South Korean indie pop band. The band currently consists of Jeong Bongkil, Gwak Minhyeok, Luli Lee and Gooreum.[1] Since their formation in 2009, the band has released two studio albums: Light Beside You (2011) and Authentic (2015).[2] Their band name is derived from the track on The Stone Roses' album The Stone Roses.[3] They won Rookie of the Year at the 2012 Korean Music Awards.[4]
Career
Bye Bye Badman was formed in July 2009, and all but one was a high school student at the time of their formation.[5] In 2010, they performed at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival.[6] They released their self-title EP in 2011, and in the same year, they won the Grand prize in the EBS Hello Rookie Contest.[7] They released their first studio album Light Beside You, and won Rookie of the Year at the 2012 Korean Music Awards.[8][4]
In 2013 they released the EP Because I Want To.[6] They stopped performing after the EP's release and began to take a break, and the band said they needed time to recharge because they ran nonstop for about three years and were trying to concentrate on working on the album.[5] In 2015, they released their second studio album Authentic.[9] In 2016, they signed with C9 Entertainment.[10]
In 2017, they released an EP Wave (너의 파도).[11] In 2018, they released a single Daisy featuring Kim Yoon-ju of Rooftop Moonlight.[12] Member Jung Bongkil later joined the supergroup TRPP as a member, and Luli Lee released her first solo studio album Fade Away Like a Dream in 2022.[13][14]
