KPOP 2nd generation · Seven Seasons / KQ Entertainment
Block B
ブロックビー / 블락비
Block B were the loud, badly behaved end of their generation, and ZICO's production work sat at the centre of it.
- 2011DebutApr 13, 2011
- 7Members
- 2thGeneration
- BBCFandom
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In 30 seconds: Block B
NalinA and NILLILI MAMBO carry the rough energy, Very Good and H.E.R turn approachable, and Toy and Yesterday show how far the singing side went.
Come here for the starting point of ZICO's career and for a boy group that never sounded managed.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Block B
- Reading / Hangul
- ブロックビー / 블락비
- Company
- Seven Seasons / KQ Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 13, 2011
- Days active
- 5,680 days (15 years, 6 months)
- Debut song
- Freeze!
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- BBC(ビービーシー)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| テイル | 1990-09-24 | 36 | 167cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ビボム | 1990-12-14 | 35 | 178cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジェヒョ | 1990-12-23 | 35 | 182cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユグォン | 1992-04-09 | 34 | 176cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| パク・キョン | 1992-07-08 | 34 | 171cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジコ | 1992-09-14 | 34 | 182cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ピオ | 1993-02-02 | 33 | 181cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Block B THE BEST
Very Good MVVery Good is the easiest way to feel the raw energy the group traded on.
H.E.R MVH.E.R is the friendliest single and the clearest shape for a first listen.
NILLILI MAMBO MVNILLILI MAMBO is the most playful and the most obviously theirs.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
View all official videos →View in Japanese05
From debut to now
- 2011Activity began with the debut release carrying Freeze!, putting a hard hip-hop colour and free characters to the front.
- 2012Welcome to the Block and Blockbuster made playful rapping, hard beats and a bad-boy image the core of Block B.
- 2013Very Good is the signature song that stands for their momentum, and putting the music video beside the dance practice shows the stage feel.
- 2014The flash of Jackpot and the bright pop feel of HER showed that the way into Block B is not only the rap songs.
- 2016Toy stands for the emotional line of Block B and is the key next song for anyone who came in through the harder tracks.
- 2017Yesterday showed pop for a wide audience and Shall We Dance the polished beats of the later period.
- 2024After solo work and military service, the full line-up on stage drew attention again, and the route back from ZICO and P.O to Block B itself grew stronger.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's Block B note
What anchors Block B is a hard hip-hop colour and free characters. The seven-piece boy group debuted in 2011, built its core on playful rapping, hard beats and a bad-boy image, and put the writing context around ZICO at the front. It is also treated here as the important parent group where ZICO started.
The way in is NalinA, NILLILI MAMBO, Very Good and HER. From raw energy to pop approachability, the range of Block B comes through in a short run. Very Good gives the signature song that stands for their momentum, HER confirms that the entrance is not only the rap songs, and from there the widening into songs like Toy and Yesterday comes into view.
From 2024 the full line-up on stage after solo work and military service has drawn attention again, and the route back from the solo work of ZICO, P.O and U-Kwon to the group itself has grown stronger. As a long-running group they carry a thick catalogue of releases and video routes, not only the signature songs. NalinA, then Very Good, then Toy covers the raw energy, the momentum and the emotional line.
Editors' take NalinA / Very Good / Toy — three songs cover a hard hip-hop colour and free characters in a Seven Seasons seven-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Entry point
Very Good, H.E.R and Toy make the fastest first pass, three songs that cover the force, the brightness and the melodic range in one sitting.
Production
ZICO's solo work and his career as a producer grow directly out of the songwriting and the rap lines he built inside Block B.
Unit
B-Bomb, U-Kwon and P.O also record as BASTARZ, a sub-unit that branches off from the parent group.
Japan
An official Japanese presence and Japanese-language editions exist, so the Korean catalogue and the Japan releases are worth following as two separate strands.
Videos
Beyond the music videos, the dance practice takes for Very Good and Toy sit alongside official KBS and Mnet stages, and together they show how the group works live.
Comparison
Set against BIGBANG, iKON and WINNER, the rough hip-hop edge of Block B and the way they lean towards pop become much easier to hear.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 8/ 241 groups
No. 8 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 3%)
- 19Japanese releases
- 46Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 2Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines Block B?
NalinA and NILLILI MAMBO carry the rough energy, Very Good and H.E.R turn approachable, and Toy and Yesterday show how far the singing side went.
Why should a new listener start with Block B?
Come here for the starting point of ZICO's career and for a boy group that never sounded managed.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Very Good, H.E.R, NILLILI MAMBO, then continue to the official video index.