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KOREAN RAPPER, K-POP REPRESENTATIVE B.I WILL PERFORM AT THE PALLADIUM CONCERT HALL RIGA

Korean rapper B.I, songwriter, producer, dancer, pioneer in many fields among South Korean artists, will perform at the Palladium concert hall on October 20 this year. Tickets will be available from June 28 at 10.00 on the "Bilešu Serviss" network. FBI and Positivus festival concert club members will be able to buy tickets in advance from June 27 at 10.00 using a code that will be sent to registered users.

B.I, real name Kim Han-bin (Kim Han-bin), born on October 22, 1996, is a South Korean rapper, singer, composer, record a producer and also a dancer, so there is no doubt that he can provide not only the music, but also the show himself. B.I refers to his first idols as "Nelly", "P. Diddy" and "Murphy Lee" ("Shake Ya Tailfeather"), as well as "Jay-Z" ("Song Cry") and Eminem ("Lose Yourself"). Hip-hop and R&B remained his favorite genres and biggest sources of inspiration, but he also considers the music of The Beatles to be very beautiful. For example, the song “Savior” composed by B.I for another artist named “Lee Hi” in September 2021 and “Alive” (November 2021) are jazz inspired. The hit "Endless Summer" (November 2022) was born in the zone of influence of tropical climate and EDM (Electric Body Music), while "Cosmos" was created by the fusion of eighties hairy rock music and the doo-wop lightness of sixties girl pop groups. Although B.I's songs mostly use electronic sounds, he also has acoustic songs, such as "Remember Me" (March 2021).

B.I's work is very diverse - in addition to rap and R & B, energy appears full and loud rock songs, very catchy and melodic pop hits, himself more and more often, and also great when singing, not rapping, because even when they meet within the same song, they are two very different forms of self-expression. Kim fuses styles when he feels that the message of the song will be conveyed to the listeners more effectively, by changing something from the original idea and intention, experimenting with different sounds to use all his creative potential, which seems inexhaustible. However, you have to take into account that, of course, nothing lasts forever - in today's world, everything changes quickly, and if today you are still in the world of fame, then tomorrow you may no longer be there, giving way to the next generation of artists. Today's musical projects are not created with the intention of changing the history of popular music in the following decades, as it may not have been entirely intended, but has happened since the middle of the last century as rock music has developed, because none of the listeners knows what will sound in his headphones a year from now.

2018. In 2010, when talking about his songwriting methods, B.I said that, being still inexperienced at the time, he grabbed and grabbed everything he encountered on his way - films, performances, poetry and intertwined what came under the influence of all this with his own inner feelings. "Music has two most important roles - to take the listener under its power, literally forcing you to listen if you don't run away from the concert venue. And the second role of a monk is to stimulate the imagination, which can take you in all sorts of directions, even forgetting what was in the beginning, because something else has long been in the foreground, inspired by which you can write a story or paint your abstract visions of the future, which, when you see, someone else it may seem like he's seen it before. But all of the above aside, the main reason I compose and produce music is quite simple - it makes me happy. It's like a hobby for me, which I still can't feel as work, which should somehow break and discipline me."

Kim debuted in music in 2015 with the boy band "Ikon", which operated under the company Under the auspices of YG Entertainment, he left the group in 2019 to focus on solo activities. Kim was the most important part of the group, producing and writing almost all of "Ikon's" music, but after a few episodes with illegal substances, he had to leave, and a public apology to fans that he had a difficult time when it happened didn't help either - a court later ruled that for this violation, Kim will be sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence. However, what he had already done with the group in 2018 had brought Kim the important and prestigious "Melon Music Award" (South Korea's local Grammy) as "the best songwriter of the year" - the award-winning hit "Love Scenario" was recognized in "Rolling Stone" magazine in 2023 also named one of the "100 Most Important Songs in Korean Pop History", before topping the South Korean Digital Charts and winning several more Korean Music Awards. At the same time, Kim had "built up his muscles" by successfully participating in competitions and TV shows, as well as writing songs for other musicians from his then-former label MC Mong, Epik High, Winner, Blackpink, Psy, Seungri, Lee Hi and Eun Ji-won. .

2021. In 2016, Kim debuted as a solo artist with the charity single "Midnight Blue" (Love Streaming) and the album "Waterfall", and also created his own record company "131", which he also managed at first, but later transferred these things to business professionals, remaining only in creative activities .

The single "Got It Like That" featuring American artists "Destiny Rogers" and "Tyla Yaweh" was released worldwide in May 2021, but the video for the song "Illa Illa" had already earned in the first 24 hours after its release 12.7 million views, also becoming the most viewed debut music video by a male K-pop artist in the first 24 hours. B.I also became the first South Korean to perform at the German version of Lollapalooza in Berlin. In January 2022, B.I also became the first non-K-pop, but Asian artist to participate in the US Recording Academy's Grammy Global Spin digital performance series, performing a live band version of "Nineteen" from the album "Cosmos". In 2022, with the single "BTBT" and "EP Love or Loved Part.1", Kim announced the global album "Love or Loved", followed by the last "To Die For" in June 2023.

In his he went on his first European tour "Love or Die" only in the fall of 2023, performing in fourteen countries, and including Luxembourg, Estonia and Finland, where South Korean artists have rarely performed, on the tour route. Most of the concerts were completely sold out, showing that Europe has been waiting and couldn't wait for B.I for a long time. The British edition of the music magazine Rolling Stone gave the concert in London a high rating (5 out of 5), lavishing compliments on it, calling it a "masterclass in live performance" and "a perfect night of euphoria that was unique and will be remembered forever".

B.I continues to work in all directions - in March of this year, the first Japanese release was released - EP, "Tadaima" with two singles, but in total it is five songs originally written in Japanese, with the participation of Japanese rappers "Sky- Hi" and "Chanmina". Immediately in the spring, B.I's second Asian tour from May to July was announced, which opened at home - in Seoul on May 17 and 18, and then there are concerts in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Macau, where the artist has long felt like a fish in water and will get a good start for the next European tour, within the framework of which he will also visit us. While still traveling through his native Asia, the single "Tasty" was released worldwide on May 20, which was produced by American producers "Malibu Babie" and "Vaughn Oliver".

Since 2016, B.I has been regularly involved in charity, making private donations impressive sums to help people and animals in distress after huge forest fires. During the "Covid-19" pandemic, Kim has donated hundreds of thousands of face masks to seniors, children, and the poor in South Korea, China, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

The term K-Pop (Korean Popular Music) became internationally popular at the beginning of the new century, when Korean musicians are increasingly successful in other countries with music that mixes genres from all over the world - pop, hip-hop, R&B, Rock,jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance music, folk, country, disco and classical music, not being able to leave the Korean folk music tradition unmoved under all this avalanche.

K-Pop is currently taking over the world and it has enchanted people of all ages and social strata, but mostly children and young people. For a European, an American or an Australian, what is happening in Asia is a completely different, exotic cultural environment, where everything often happens in a motley exaggerated, sometimes tasteless form, the natives of Asia misunderstand the original meaning of a genre, and once again fresh soil has been blown into which something unique can be formed. The first wave of popularity of music coming from South Korea was long before "K-Pop" - the Korean girl group "The Kim Sisters" gained huge popularity in the middle of the last century - in the fifties, singing mostly covers of American pop music hits. These three young, very artistic and talented ladies have performed at least twenty times on the famous Ed Sullivan TV show, where they are invited to make the world believe that rock and roll has no boundaries. However, the word "rock and roll" has become modest, because a lot has changed in the world in recent decades, and these processes are not only continuing, but gaining more and more momentum.

The concert is expected this autumn - on October 20, in the Palladium Riga concert hall. Tickets on sale from June 28 at 10.00 on the "Bilešu Serviss" network. FBI and Positivus festival concert club members will be able to buy tickets in advance from June 27 at 10.00, using a code that will be sent to registered users.

The following VIP tickets are available. Early Entry package (100.00 EUR), the price of which includes: concert attendance; faster entry to the venue; faster access to purchase souvenirs.B.I. VIP package (250 EUR), can only be purchased online, the price of which includes: concert attendance; faster entry to the venue; faster access to purchase souvenirs; photo (in groups of 6 people) with B.I; question and answer session with B.I; exclusive VIP souvenir.< br>
* A service fee of EUR 2.50 of SIA "Palladium Rīga" is applied to each ticket. Tickets may not be used in any contests or campaigns without the written permission of the concert organizer. Visitors of all ages must have a separate entry ticket. There is no age limit for the visitors of the event, but parents who do not accompany their children under 16 to the concert are reminded that children should not be on the street without an adult after 22.00 is prohibited. For visitors with reduced mobility: A visitor in a wheelchair with an accompanying person requires one entry ticket. Program of the event: At 19.00 the doors of the Palladium concert hall are open. 20.00 start of the event. The following VIP tickets are available. Early Entry package (100.00 EUR), the price of which includes: concert attendance; faster entry to the event venue; faster access to purchase souvenirs.B.I. VIP package (250 EUR), can only be purchased online, the price of which includes: concert attendance; faster entry to the venue; faster access to buying souvenirs; photo (in groups of 6 people) with B.I; question and answer session with B.I; exclusive VIP souvenir.

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