Zico (지코) is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer under his own label, KOZ Entertainment. He is the leader of the boy group Block B, a member of the project boy group FANXY CHILD and a former member of the underground duo Harmonics.
He made his solo debut on November 7, 2014 with the single "Tough Cookie".
Career[]
2018–present: Departure from Seven Seasons, KOZ Entertainment establishment, producting activities[]
On November 23, 2018, it was announced that his contract with Seven Seasons had expired and he decided to not renew it. However, there was no decision about his future with Block B.[3]
On January 10, 2019, he officially opened his own label, called KOZ Entertainment, which stands for 'King of the Zungle'.[4] In 2020, the company became part of HYBE Labels.[5]
On May 30, 2023, the first boy group BOYNEXTDOOR debuted under KOZ Entertainment. Zico produced their title track.[6]
Personal life[]
Military service[]
Zico would be enlisted in the military on July 30, 2020. After receiving basic military training, he would be serving as a public service worker.[7] He was discharged on April 29, 2022.[8]
Relationship[]
On August 9, 2016, the local news source Dispatch reported that AOA's Seolhyun and Zico were dating. The next day, August 10, the reports were confirmed by both agencies.[9] However, a month later on September 26, the couple was revealed to have broken up.[10]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
Mini albums[]
Digital singles[]
Special singles[]
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Collaborations[]
Features[]
OSTs[]
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Producing and writing credits[]
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[11]
2000s[]
| Artist | Song | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |||
| Harmonics | "The Letter (편지)" | Writing | |
2010s[]
| Artist | Song | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| ZoPD | "한국힙합에 바란다" | Victory | Writing |
| Verbal Jint & ZoPD | "Map the Music" | 2 The Hard Way | |
| "종의 기원" | |||
| Jeong Seul Gi | 보란듯이2 | "결국 제자리" | |
| "주변인" | |||
| Bizniz | "Hero Music" | Ego | |
| Miss $ | "It's Not Over" | Pro. Miss. U | |
| 2011 | |||
| Block B | "Wanna B" | "Do U Wanna B?" | Writing |
| "Freeze" | |||
| "Does It Only Happen To Me?" | |||
| "Halo" | New Kids on the Block | Writing, Composing | |
| "Tell Them" | |||
| "U Hoo Hoo" | Writing | ||
| "Don't Move!" | |||
| Verbal Jint | "원숭이띠 미혼남" | Go Easy | |
| ZoPD | "Thrilla" | Part.1 - State of the Art | |
| "And The Winner" | |||
| Miss $ | "It's Not Over" | Miss Terious | |
| 2012 | |||
| Block B | "LOL" | Welcome to the Block | Writing |
| "NalinA (난리나)" | Writing, Composing | ||
| "Did It or Not? (했어 안했어)" | |||
| "Synchronized 100% (싱크로율 100%)" | |||
| "Action" | |||
| "NalinA (난리나) (Inst.)" | |||
| J'Kyun | "Hot MC" | Just Lately | Writing |
| Block B | "Moving On (눈감아줄께)" | Welcome to the Block Repackage | Writing, Composing |
| "Action (Remix)" | |||
| "Action (Remix) (Inst.)" | |||
| Giriboy | "Planned Girl (계획적인 여자)" | Fatal ALbum | Writing |
| JJK | "Give and Take" | The Arrvial | |
| Geeks | "Can't Breath (숨이차) (Remix)" | 2nd Mini Album Repackage | |
| Fame-J | "자존심" | ||
| Zico & Pia | "Oasis (오아시스)" | "Golden Time OST Part.9" | |
| Block B | "11:30" | Blockbuster | |
| "Interlude" | Composing | ||
| "Nillili Mambo (닐리리맘보)" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | ||
| "Mental Breaker" | Writing | ||
| "No Joke (장난없다)" | |||
| "Movie's Over" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | ||
| "Dreams Come True" | Writing | ||
| 2013 | |||
| D-UNIT | "Face-to-face (얼굴보고 얘기해)" | Affirmative Chapter 1 | Writing, Composing |
| Offroad | "Head Banging" | ||
| D-UNIT | "Thank You | ||
| Fana | "Show Stoppers (Remix)" | Fanattitude | Writing |
| Block B | "Very Good" | Very Good | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "Be The Light" | |||
| "Three W's and One H" | Composing, Arranging | ||
| "Nice Day" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | ||
| Various Artists | "Brilliant Is" | Writing | |
| Hyolyn | "Red Lipstick (립스틱 짙게 바르고)" | Love & Hate | |
| 2014 | |||
| Block B | "Dime Girl" | Her | Writing, Composing |
| "Her" | |||
| "Jackpot" | |||
| "Very Good (Rough ver.)" | |||
| Park Boram | "Beautiful" | Writing | |
| Olltii | "GeuXX (그XX)" | "Show Me The Money 3 Bobby VS Olltii" | |
| Zico | "Tough Cookie" | Writing, Composing | |
| 2015 | |||
| Yuk Jidam | "Stayed Up All Night" | "Unpretty Rapstar Part.1" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Zico | "Well Done" | Writing, Composing | |
| Block B BASTARZ | "Zero for Conduct" | Zero For Conduct | |
| Zico & Sojin | "Sick" | "Mask OST Part.2" | Writing |
| Crush | "Oasis" | "Oasis" | |
| Ja Mezz, Andup, & Mino | "Turtle Ship (거북선)" | "Show Me The Money 4 Episode 2" | Composing, Arranging |
| Zico, Mino, & Paloalto | "Moneyflow" | "Show Me The Money 4 Episode 3" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Mino | "Fear (겁)" | "Show Me The Money 4 Episode 5" | |
| Zico, Hyolyn, & Paloalto | "Dark Panda" | Writing | |
| Zico & Mino | "Okey Dokey" | "Show Me The Money 4 Episode 6" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Zico | "Tell Me Yes Or No" | ||
| F(x) | "Traveller" | 4 Walls | Writing |
| Paloalto | "Turtle Ship (Remix)" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | |
| Zico | "Predator" | "Boys And Girls" | |
| "Boys and Girls" | |||
| DEAN | "Pour Up" | Writing | |
| Dynamic Duo | "Yayouhwei (야유회)" | Grand Carnival | |
| Zico | "Veni Vidi Vici" | Gallery | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "Eureka" | |||
| "Pride and Prejudice" | |||
| 2016 | |||
| Zico | "I Am You, You Are Me" | "Break Up 2 Make Up" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "It Was Love" | |||
| Mazinga'S | "Her" | "KPop Start Season 5 Top 10 Part.1" | Writing, Composing |
| Block B | "A Few Years Later" | Blooming Period | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "Toy" | |||
| "사랑이었다" | |||
| "Walkin' In The Rain" | Writing | ||
| C Jamm | "Beautiful" | "Show Me The Money 5 Episode 4" | |
| Sejeong | "Flower Way" | "Jelly Box Flower Way" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Zico | "Bermuda Triangle" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | |
| Zico & Jeong Junha | "When You're Exhausted" | 무한도전 위대한 유산 | |
| 2017 | |||
| Block B | "Yesterday" | Writing | |
| Zico & Yoo Jong Shin | "Wi-Fi" | "Monthly Project 2017 February Yoon Jong Shin" | |
| Zico | "She's a Baby" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | |
| "Bump It" | Writing, Composing | ||
| PSY | "I Luv It" | 4x2=8 | |
| Millic | "Paradise" | Vida | |
| Crush | "Behind The Scene" | Television | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "Artist" | |||
| "Anti" | |||
| "Fanxy Child" | |||
| Hangzoo, Young B, Hash Swan, & Killagramz | "Yozm Gang" | "Show Me The Money 6 Episode 1" | |
| Killagramz | "Where U At" | "Show Me The MOney 6 Episode 2" | Writing, Composing |
| Taeyang feat. Zico | "Tonight" | White Night | Writing |
| Hangzoo &Young B feat. Car, the garden | "Search" | "Show Me The Money 6 Episode 3" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Hangzoo | "Red Sun" | "Show Me The Money 6 Episode 4" | |
| Hangzoo | "Turn Around" | "Show Me The Money 6 Episode 5" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Block B | "Shall We Dance" | Montage | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| "One Way" | Writing | ||
| Kang Seung Yoon & Mino | "The Door" | "Prison Playbook OST Part.2" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| 2018 | |||
| Block B | "Don't Leave" | Re:Montage | Writing, Composing |
| Penomeco | "L.I.E" | Composing, Arranging | |
| Haon | "Graduation" | "High School Rapper 2 Winner" | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Swings | "Keep Going" | Writing | |
| ELO | "Osaka" | "Gradation Vol.4" | Writing, Composing |
| Wanna One | "Kangaroo" | 1÷x=1 (Undivided) | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Crush | "Cereal" | Wonderlost | Writing, Composing |
| Zico | "Soulmate" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | |
| O3ohn | "Shine Your Star" | "Mr. Sunshine OST Part.9" | |
| Nafla | "Buckle" | "Show Me The Money 777 Final" | Writing |
| Sam Kim | "It's You" | Sun And Moon | Writing, Composing |
| 2019 | |||
| BIBI | "Three W's and One H" | "The Fan Top 3" | Composing |
| SIXC | "Move" | Produce X 101: 31 Boys 5 Concepts | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| FANXY CHILD | "Y" | Writing, Composing | |
| X1 | "Move (X1 ver.)" | 비상 : Quantum Leap | Writing, Composing, Arranging |
| Zico | "Daredevil" | Thinking | Writing, Composing |
| "Actually" | |||
| "Human" | Writing, Composing, Arranging | ||
| "Extreme" | |||
| "One-man Show" | |||
| "Another Level" | |||
| "Being Left" | |||
| "Dystopia" | |||
| "Balloon" | Writing, Composing | ||
| "The Language of Flowers" | |||
2020s[]
| Artist | Song | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Zico | "Any Song" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
| SUPER JUNIOR | "2YA2YAO!" | Timeless | |
| Dress & Sogumm | "My Taste" | Writing Composing | |
| Sik-K | "Do Main 2020" | Officially OG | Writing |
| Zico & Kang Daniel | "Refresh" | "For The Love Of South Korea" | Writing Composing |
| Zico & Wendy | "My Day Is Full of You" | "The King: Eternal Monarch OST Part.10" | Writing |
| AB6IX | "The Answer" | Vivid | Writing Composing Arranging |
| Hwa Sa | "Kidding" | María | |
| Zico | "Summer Hate" | Random Box | |
| "Cartoon" | |||
| "Love & Hate" | |||
| "No You Can't" | |||
| "Roommate" | |||
| SSAK3 | "Beach Again" | Writing | |
| 2021 | |||
| Epik High | "Rosario" | Epik High Is Here | Writing Composing |
| Penomeco | "Actually Pt.2" | Dry Flower | |
| Lim Kyoung Mun & Lee Dong Hyeon | "Her" | LOUD 2Round Team Mission | |
| Jang Hyun Soo | "Red Sun" | LOUD 5Round JYPSY's Casting | |
| Team P Nation | "Move" | LOUD Live Round -Final Debut- | |
| 2022 | |||
| PSY | "Celeb" | PSY 9th | Writing Composing |
| Zico | "Freak" | Grown Ass Kid | Writing Composing Arranging |
| "Seoul Drift" | |||
| "Trash Talk" | |||
| "OMZ Freestyle" | |||
| "Nocturnal Animals" | |||
| Be'O | "Complex" | Five Senses | Writing Composing |
| 2023 | |||
| BOYNEXTDOOR | "One and Only" | "Who!" | Writing Composing Arranging |
| Dynamic Duo, Zico, B.I, Jay Park, Changmo, Jessi & padi | "Smoke Remix" | Writing | |
| Meenoi | "And You" | Writing Composing | |
| Jang Jun | "Yesterday" | "Into My Playlist Pt. 6" | Writing |
Concerts[]
Concerts participation[]
- Waterbomb Festival Seoul (2022)
- Hyperound K-fest Abu Dhabi 2022 (2022)[12]
- Melosaga 2023 - Escapism (2023)[13]
- Waterbomb Bangkok (2023)[14]
- 2023 Weverse Con Festival (2023)
- Waterbomb Seoul 2023 (2023)
- PEPSI SUMMER FESTA 2023 (2023)[15]
- Waterbomb Seoul 2024 (2024)
- KCON LA 2024 (2024)[16]
Filmography[]
Reality shows[]
- How Do You Play? (MBC, 2019) - guest (eps. 34, 44-45, 50)
- I-LAND (Mnet, 2020) - mentor
- Dancing Queens On The Road (tvN, 2023) - guest[17]
Variety shows[]
- New Festa (JTBC, 2022) - guest (ep. 9)
- No Math School Trip (SBS, 2023)[18]
- The Seasons: Zico's Artist (KBS2, 2024)[19]
Endorsements[]
- Tiffany & Co. Korea (2022)[20]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Zico/Gallery
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 YouTube: 솔로 컴백 한 지코! 본인이름 검색하다 뜨악한 이유? | ZICO(지코) _ Daredevil(천둥벌거숭이) | 본인등판 | Look Me Up
- ↑ Soompi: Block B's Zico And AOA's Seolhyun Revealed To Have Broken Up
- ↑ Soompi: Zico Parts Ways With Seven Seasons, Agency Addresses Block B's Future
- ↑ Soompi: Zico Confirms Start Of His Own Agency KOZ Entertainment
- ↑ Soompi: Big Hit Entertainment Announces Acquisition Of Zico’s KOZ Entertainment
- ↑ Soompi: Watch: BOYNEXTDOOR Says They’re The “One And Only” In Fun MV For New Debut Track Produced By Zico
- ↑ Soompi: Block B’s Zico To Enlist In The Military This Month
- ↑ Koreaboo: Zico Officially Discharged From Mandatory Military Service
- ↑ Soompi: Zico's And Seolhyun's Agencies Respond To Dating News
- ↑ Soompi: Block B's Zico And AOA's Seolhyun Revealed To Have Broken Up
- ↑ KOMCA: Searching Works (search 10000005 under Writers & Publishers)
- ↑ @Hyperound_ae on Twitter (August 4, 2022)
- ↑ @unc_ent_ on Twitter (November 26, 2022)
- ↑ @waterbomb_bangkok_official on Instagram (March 24, 2023)
- ↑ @IVEstarship on Twitter: 썸머 페스타 2023 (May 25, 2023)
- ↑ Soompi: KCON LA 2024 Announces 1st Lineup
- ↑ Soompi: Rain, Zico, HyunA, SHINee’s Taemin, And Red Velvet’s Seulgi Confirmed To Appear On “Dancing Queens On The Road”
- ↑ Soompi: EXO’s D.O., Zico, Crush, Yang Se Chan, Choi Jung Hoon, And Lee Yong Jin Make A Colorful Squad In New Variety Show Posters
- ↑ Soompi: Zico Confirmed As New MC For "The Seasons" After Lee Hyori
- ↑ @dazedkorea on Instagram (November 24, 2022)
- ↑ Soompi: Block B’s Zico Explains Where His Stage Name Comes From
- ↑ ZGR: 5 Lesser Known Facts About Zico, The Leader of The Boy Group Block B
Official links[]
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