I. Introduction
BamBam (Hangul: 뱀뱀; Thai: แบมแบม) is a Thai singer-songwriter, composer and rapper under ABYSS Company. He is a member of the boy group GOT7. In 2021, he and the rest of GOT7 would depart their former company JYP Entertainment to sign with Warner Music Korea. He made his solo debut on June 15, 2021 with his first mini album Ribbon.
II. Career
III. Pre-Debut Appearance and GOT7 Reveal
BamBam was a trainee under JYP Entertainment for three and a half years, starting at the age of 12. Before debuting, he appeared on WIN: Who Is Next along with Jackson, Yugyeom and Mark.
He would later be officially announced as an member in GOT7 who would debut with the mini album Got It? on January 16, 2014. BamBam would be the youngest male trainees to be debuted under JYP Entertainment until Boy Story would debut as an part of JYP's Chinese artist initiative.
IIII. Branching Out as an Composer, Director and Clothing Designer
BamBam produced the lyric video for "You Are", the title track of GOT7's mini album 7 for 7. The video was released on October 14, 2017, a few days after the official MV. Just two months later in December of the same year, in collaboration with Represent, he launched a clothing line titled "DoubleB". The sale was open for two weeks only. Afterwards, all the profits were donated to Water.org, an organization aiming to provide access to safe drinking water in countries who are suffering a shortage of clean, reliable water.
He released, in September 2018, a video called "My Year 2018" that he directed, edited and co-filmed. It was a gift for the fans and the members of GOT7, expressing his gratefulness to them. The video shows beautiful cinematography as well as moments of the group as they travelled around the world.
IIIII. Philanthropy
In March 2019, BamBam went on his first fan meeting tour, holding seven fan meetings in five cities in Thailand. The tour was titled "Black Feather". He was originally supposed to hold only two fan meetings in Bangkok, on March 1st and March 2nd, but following the hot demand for tickets, a third fan meeting was added. The third day quickly sold out near instantly.
Later in the year, he "became the spokesman for UNICEF Thailand’s child protection campaign" and he donated, in September, 100,000 baht to help children affected by the flood happening in the province Ubon Ratchathani.
He released, on September 23, a new video that was fully directed, edited and filmed by him. Titled "Feel It, See It", it's a touching video showcasing his video making skills and featuring shots of nature and of the members of GOT7.
BamBam would later participate in the "Blue Carpet Show for UNICEF" in January 2020. The variety show aims to raise awareness and harness public support for children in need both in Thailand and around the world.
He also became the main model of the 5G campaign of the largest telecommunication company in Thailand, AIS. His childhood best friend, Lisa of Blackpink would appear along side him in many of the adverts for the campaign.
IIIV. GOT7's "Sudden" Departure from JYP Entertainment
On January 10, 2021, it was reported by Dispatch that all GOT7 members would be leaving JYP Entertainment after 7 years of contract, with the 35th Golden Disc Awards being their last activity as a group. On January 11, JYP Entertainment officially announced that the members will be leaving the agency as their contract expires on January 19. However, the group would quickly release an new single under Warner Music Korea, titled Encore. They would at the same time announce to fans that they had retained the copyright and trademark to the GOT7 name when leaving JYP Entertainment after much legal deliberation by the group's leader Jay B, with JYPE's legal team, to get the rights from their former company.
IIV. Solo Music Activities
It was announced on March 5, 2021, with a video on BamBam's newly opened YouTube channel as well as posts on the company's social media accounts and website, that BamBam had signed with ABYSS Company. Which is the same company as former Wonder Girls member and former JYPE Soloist, Sunmi, who had been an pseudo mentor for the members of GOT7 for many years.
On May 24, 2021, the first teaser for his upcoming solo debut, announced for June 15, was released. A day later, the release was revealed to be a mini album titled Ribbon.
On December 14, 2021, it was announced that he will release the pre-single "Who Are You" on December 28, which featured Red Velvet member Seulgi.
On January 7, 2022, teasers for his second mini album B were revealed, announced for January 18, 2022. "Slo Mo" would serve as the lead single for the project. On January 7, 2023, teasers for his first full-length album Sour & Sweet were revealed, announced for March 28, 2023.
On July 15, 2024, it was reported via tabloid blogs that BamBam will be having a comeback in early August, which would turn out to be correct. As on July 18, teasers for his third mini album Bamesis were revealed, announced for August 8, 2024. The lead single would be "Last Parade" and the project would feature not only the languages of Korean and English, but Spanish.
III. Discography
IIII. Mini Albums
Ribbon [2021.03.05]
B [2022.01.18]
Bamesis [2024.08.08]
IIIII. Albums
Sour & Sweet [2023.03.28]
IIIIII. Digital Singles
Make it Right (With Jayleer and others) [2017.04.07]
Beat Your Best [2020.12.15]
Who Are You [2021.12.28]
Skrrt (With F.Hero and YOUNGOHM) [2022.02.20]
Pick It [2023.09.10]
