KPOP 3rd generation · 143 Entertainment
iKON
PAK ×11 song with a PAK (iChart)Love Scenario175 times
アイコン / 아이콘
iKON came out of a YG Entertainment survival show and have balanced hip-hop foundations against melodies the whole country could sing.
- 2015DebutSep 15, 2015
- 6Members
- 3thGeneration
- iKONICFandom
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In 30 seconds: iKON
The group later moved to 143 Entertainment and continues as six, so the early videos and the recent ones belong to different eras.
Start here for one of the few boy groups whose biggest song became genuinely national property.
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Key facts
- Group name
- iKON
- Reading / Hangul
- アイコン / 아이콘
- Company
- 143 Entertainment
- Debut date
- September 15, 2015
- Days active
- 4,064 days (11 years, 1 month)
- Debut song
- MY TYPE
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- iKONIC(アイコニック)
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Member guide
ビーアイ비아이 · B.IView in JapaneseProfile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジェイ | 1994-02-07ⓘ | 32 | 165cm | A | INFP | South Korea |
| ソン | 1995-02-08ⓘ | 31 | 177cm | A | ISFJ | South Korea |
| バビ | 1995-12-21ⓘ | 30 | 180cm | O | INFP | South Korea |
| ディーケー | 1997-01-03ⓘ | 29 | 173cm | O | ENFP | South Korea |
| ジュネ | 1997-03-31ⓘ | 29 | 182cm | A | ENFP | South Korea |
| チャン | 1998-01-26ⓘ | 28 | 183cm | O | ENFP | South Korea |
| ビーアイ | 1996-10-22 | 30 | 177cm | O | INFP | 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.
Rhythm Ta MVRhythm Ta is the early single with the most momentum behind it.
Love Scenario MVLove Scenario is the one everybody knows, and it is gentler than anything around it.
Killing Me MVKilling Me is the loudest of the three and carries the strongest emotional line.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2015Following MY TYPE, Rhythm Ta, Apology and Dumb & Dumber shows the many-sided entrance to the early iKON.
- 2016The Japanese version of Dumb & Dumber and others widened the Japanese releases, which sit on a shelf apart from the Korean songs.
- 2017Bling Bling, from New Kids : Begin, shows the route through official music videos with a harder hip-hop colour.
- 2018Love Scenario made an entrance with wide appeal, and Killing Me and Goodbye Road widened a different emotional line.
- 2020Dive covers the official music video route on the 2020 side and fills in the run after New Kids.
- 2021Why Why Why is a single with the feeling out front and a key entrance to the later YG years.
- 2022But You showed a new expression in the sound, and the Japanese version can be seen on the official stage from the Japanese tour.
- 2023Following through to Tantara, after the move to 143 Entertainment, sorts out the change from the YG years to afterwards.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Charts and PAK
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
1 recordNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
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 iKON note
What anchors iKON is a hard hip-hop colour held together with hits that reached everyone. The group debuted on September 15, 2015 with MY TYPE, and coming out of a YG survival show it has kept a hip-hop base and melodies with wide appeal together. The line-up today is Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne and Chan.
Rhythm Ta gives the momentum of the early period, Love Scenario the hit that reached everyone, and Killing Me a hard emotional line. Separating the music videos from the YG years from the recent official footage makes the periods easier to sort out. The writing and signature songs from the time B.I was a member are kept apart in the data.
Following through Tantara after the move to 143 Entertainment in 2023 sorts out the change from the YG years to afterwards. There are Japanese versions and routes through the Japanese tour as well. Love Scenario, then Rhythm Ta, then Killing Me covers the wide entrance, the early momentum and the emotional line.
Editors' take Love Scenario / Rhythm Ta / Killing Me — three songs cover a hip-hop colour held together with hits that reached everyone, in a 143 six-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Entry point
Love Scenario is the mainstream door in, Rhythm Ta holds the early momentum, and Killing Me carries the heaviest emotional line.
Fandom
iKONIC comes straight from the group name, and it frames the fandom as the people holding that symbol up.
Japanese releases
Dumb & Dumber, Love Scenario and Killing Me all have Japanese-language versions, and a Japan touring line runs alongside the Korean releases.
Video
Splitting the music videos made during the YG years from the ones filmed after the move keeps the two eras from blurring together.
Members
Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne, Chan and B.I each carry their own active span and their own role inside the songs.
Comparison
Compared with BIGBANG, WINNER and GOT7, the gap between crowd-pleasing singles and hip-hop leaning tracks across the YG lineage becomes clear.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 67/ 241 groups
No. 67 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 28%)
- 3Japanese releases
- 22Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official 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 2026-10-26).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines iKON?
The group later moved to 143 Entertainment and continues as six, so the early videos and the recent ones belong to different eras.
Why should a new listener start with iKON?
Start here for one of the few boy groups whose biggest song became genuinely national property.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Rhythm Ta, Love Scenario, Killing Me, then continue to the official video index.