Bang Si-hyuk


Bang Si-hyuk, known professionally as "Hitman" Bang, is a South Korean lyricist, composer, producer, and record executive. He is the founder and co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment.

Early life

Bang's passion for music began early, as he grew up in a musical home. However, he was discouraged from pursuing a career in music by his parents. He went to Kyunggi High School before graduating from Seoul National University.

Career

Bang debuted as a composer while in college. He met Park Jin-young during the mid-1990s, and the pair often partnered together as a songwriting duo. When Park founded his company JYP Entertainment, Bang joined him as a composer, arranger and producer. One of their early successes was the first-generation group g.o.d. They were largely responsible for the production of g.o.d's debut album Chapter 1, with Park serving as the producer and primary songwriter while Bang arranged the instrumentation and music. Some of g.o.d's most famous songs arranged by Bang include "One Candle" and "Road". Bang's stage name "Hitman" originated from this period, when g.o.d enjoyed success as one of the country's best-selling and most popular boy bands of the early 2000s, earning himself and Park the reputation as "hit makers". Besides g.o.d, Bang has also produced or composed for artists such as veterans Im Chang-jung and Park Ji-yoon, singer-actor Rain, groups Wonder Girls, 2AM and Teen Top, R&B singer Baek Ji-young, and many others.
In 2005, Bang left JYP Entertainment and founded his own company Big Hit Entertainment, which later became home to boy bands BTS and TXT. He continues to write, compose and produce, and most recently co-wrote six songs in BTS' critically acclaimed album Wings, released in October 2016. The success of Wings garnered him the Best Producer Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the Songwriter Award at the Melon Music Awards that year. In June 2018, he was named one of Variety's International Music Leaders due to BTS' achievements.
In April 2019, Bloomberg estimated Bang's worth to be about $770 million.

Production discography

YearArtistAlbumNotes
2007Wonder GirlsThe Wonder Years
2009Taegoon1st Mini Album
20102AMSaint o'Clock
2011HommeHomme by Hitman Bang
2011Lee Seung-giTonight
2011Teen TopRomanwith composer Park Chang-hyeon
2013BTS2 Cool 4 SkoolCo-produced with Pdogg
2013BTSO!RUL8,2?Co-produced with Pdogg
2014BTSSkool Luv Affair
2014BTSSkool Luv Affair Special Addition
2014BTS1st Japan Single Album: No More Dream
2014BTS2nd Japan Single Album: Boy In Luv
2014BTSDark & Wild
2014BTS3rd Japan Single Album: Danger
2014BTS1st Japanese Album: Wake Up
2015BTSThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1
2015BTS4th Japan Single Album: For You
2015BTSThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2
2015BTS5th Japan Single Album: I NEED U
2015BTS6th Japan Single Album: RUN
2016BTS'
2016BTS2nd Japanese Album: Youth
2016BTSWINGS
2017BTS'
2017BTS'
2018BTS'
2018BTS'
2018IZAngel"Angel" with Supreme Boi, co-composed "Granulate" with Kim Do-hoon
2019TXT'
2019BTS
2019TXT'
2020GFriend回:Labyrinth
2020BTS'
2020TXT
2020GFriend回:Song of the Sirens

Lyrics and composition

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2009Melon Music AwardsSongwriter Awardrowspan="17"
2010Mnet 20's Choice Awards20's Most Influential Stars Award-
2011Korea Music Copyright AwardsBest Lyricist -
2011Korea Music Copyright AwardsBest Songwriter -
2011Korea Music Copyright AwardsMasterpiece Award-
2016Asia Artist AwardsBest Producer Award-
2016Melon Music AwardsSongwriter Award-
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsSpecial Awards – Best Executive Producer-
2017Golden Disc AwardsBest Producer Award-
2017Gaon Chart Music AwardsProducer of the Year-
2017Korea Content AwardsPresidential Commendation Award-
2018Seoul Music AwardsProducer Award-
2018MBC Plus X Genie Music AwardsProducer Award-
2018Mnet Asian Music AwardsProducer of the Year-
2018Edaily Culture AwardsFrontier Award-
2020Pony Chung Innovation AwardInnovation Award-