Bigman (beatboxer)

Yoon Dae-woong (Korean: 윤대웅; born June 6, 1999), better known by his stage name Bigman, is a South Korean beatboxer, singer-songwriter, and composer. Bigman is perhaps best known as Top 8 in the Asia Beatbox Championship 2017, as well as got to viral from his willcard winner video in upload YouTube. Bigman officially signed under Sidus HQ and made his debut with released single album DAY BY DAY on May 31, 2019.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.
Bigman
Born
Yoon Dae-woong

(1999-06-04) June 4, 1999
Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea
EducationDong-ah Institute of Media and Arts
Occupation
  • Beatboxer
  • singer-songwriter
  • composer
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Beatboxing
  • beatrhyming
  • vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2017 - present
LabelsSidus HQ
Associated acts
  • Hiss
  • Show-go
WebsiteSidusHQ official website
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYun Daeung
McCune–ReischauerYun Taeung
Stage name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationBigmaen
McCune–ReischauerPikmaen

Early life

Born in Cheongju when he was in the third year of middle school he started beatboxing as a hobby and means to relieve stress. Under the influence of his parents who worked as a band, he naturally became interested in music, and he started watching beatbox videos on social media.[1]

Career

Bigman began his beatboxing career in 2017 at the By The JB Beatbox Battle on February 11, 2017 in Gunsan and became top 8 in the quarter-final. On August 12, 2017, he was the entry champions to the Die to Die vol. 3 in Busan and became top 4 in the semifinal.[2] He tried to enter competition on Asian Beatbox Championship in Taiwan and predictably won a wildcard for his entry video, granting him entry to the competition. On August 19–20, 2017, he through the elimination rounds and into the knockout rounds, but lost in the quarter-finals and became top 8. Almost immediately after that event, he’s wildcard winner video went viral, gaining over a million views practically overnight and various viral video channels promoted the video, prompting his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 13, 2017.[3]

On March 25, 2018, Bigman was entried an world beatboxer competition is Grand Beatbox Battle held in Basel, Switzerland by Swissbeatbox,[4] but only into the elimination rounds.[5] On August 19, 2018, he was entried another world beatboxer competition is Beatbox Legend Classic held in Foshan, China and became top 8 in quarter-final at result event. On October 11, 2018, he appearance with Korean-American Symphony Orchestra on Korean-American Friendship Concert held in Infinite Energy Area Center, Atlanta, US. On November 16, 2018, he officially signed with Sidus HQ for his music activities.[6] On December 2, 2018, he made his official debut as a singer by participating in producer group 015B with the single song Joshua at Metro.[7]

On May 31, 2019, Bigman released his first single album include the title track song is Day by Day produced by Rocoberry and another track song Get Tired of My Love from his upgrading routine battle, with the director by videoartist's DRGN LAKE.[8]

Musical style

Bigman states that his biggest influence is Gene Shinozaki, who shares a very similar style. They both focus on creating songs rather than battle routines and use a colorful mix of techniques to create a single melody.[9] He listens from references to a lot of Pop and R&B music and makes the composer/songwriter his music by using the skill when beatboxing as a source for music and it has excellent vocal skills and mainly expresses a beatbox with melody or melody based on this. The flow of the existing beatbox, which mainly expressed rhythm and tempo, has been changed to a flow of "make music a beatbox", which has a lot of influence on his flow.[10][11]

Other ventures

Bigman has maintained numerous national and overseas endorsement deals in various industries throughout their career. He starred in the commercial for Hongkong commercial's PlayStation with beatboxer's KRNFX on January 2, 2018[12] and in Korea commercial's Subway with singer and member of Mamamoo's Hwasa on August 2, 2018.[13]

Bigman was receiving act as a public relations ambassador for Goesan County, who are gaining great popularity among the public with their friendly image and excellent skills to raise the military status through effective public relations with actor's Ji Min-hyuk on August 17, 2020.[14]

Performance in competitions
As participate on beatbox events.
Years Competitions Held Result
2017 By The JB Beatbox Battle Gunsan, South Korea Top 8
Die to Die vol.3 Busan, South Korea Top 4
Asian Beatbox Championship Taiwan Top 8
2018 Grand Beatbox Battle Basel, Switzerland Elimination
World Beatbox Classic Foshan, China Top 8
As appreciates on competitions or events.
Years Competitions / events Held Notes
2018 Kunitori Beatbox Battle Tokyo, Japan Judges
Die to Die vol.4 Busan, South Korea
Mouth on Mouth Seoul, South Korea
Korean-American Friendship Concert Atlanta, US Performing with Korean-American Symphony Orcheatra
2019 Sound One Flight Seoul, South Korea Judges
ARMAGEDDON 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beatbox Legend Championship Atlanta, US

    Discography

    Single albums
    Title Album details
    DAY BY DAY
    Track listing
    1. Day by Day (하루하루) (Prod. Rocoberry)
    2. Get Tired of My Love
    3. Day by Day (English ver.)
    4. Day by Day (Inst.)

    Singles
    Title Years Album
    "Joshua at Metro" (지하철의 조슈아) (with 015B) 2018 New Edition 06
    "Day by Day" (하루하루) (Prod. Rocoberry) 2019 DAY BY BAY
    "Get Tired of My Love"

    Filmography

    Television show
    Years Network Program Roles Notes
    2017 NBC The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest Season 15, episodes 07
    YouTube's MIC SWG Mic Swagger III Himself (with. Zizo) Episodes 16
    Arirang TV Heart to Heart Guest Episodes 111
    2019 Mnet I Can Here Your Voice Contestant Season 6, episodes 3 (AOMG hiphop artists)

      References
      1. 공, 민아 (2020-08-05). "美엘렌쇼 인정 비트박서 빅맨 "올라운더 뮤지션 목표"[★FULL인터뷰]". 스타뉴스 (in Korean).
      2. Korean Beatbox TV (2017-08-31). "Huckle VS Bigman - Die To Die 2017 1/2 Finals". YouTube (in Korean).
      3. 전, 기연 (2019-12-01). "토크쇼 엘렌쇼 출연했던 빅맨 윤대웅 "비트박스 대회 나갔다가 PD가 제의". 아주경제 (in Korean).
      4. "GBBB2018: 한국 비트박서 솔로 쇼케이스 히스&하스&빅맨". 비트박스 인사이드 (in Korean). 2018-03-25.
      5. Swissbeatbox (2018-03-25). "BIGMAN - Grand Beatbox SHOWCASE Battle 2018 Elimination". YouTube.
      6. 김, 소연 (2018-11-16). "美 '엘렌쇼' 출연 비트박서 빅맨, 싸이더스HQ 전속계약". 한국경제 (in Korean).
      7. Bigman, Official (2018-12-02). "[015B] 지하철의 조슈아(Joshua at metro) - 015B X 빅맨(Bigman)". YouTube (in Korean).
      8. 김, 민지 (2019-05-31). "세계적 비트박서 빅맨, 오늘(31일) 데뷔 앨범 발매…로코베리 참여". 뉴스1 Korea (in Korean).
      9. LURNINGCURVE (2019-09-07). "Bigman - Beatbox Profile". Human Beatbox.
      10. 비트박스 인사이드 (2019-09-07). "뮤지션 혹은 엔터테이너, 아티스트 빅맨". 네이버블로그 (in Korean).
      11. 비트박스 인사이드 (2017-10-24). "비트박스 인사이드 인터뷰 : 빅맨, 윤대웅(BigMan)". 네이버블로그 (in Korean).
      12. PlayStation Asia (2018-01-02). "Connect The World - PlayStation™Network". YouTube.
      13. 이, 주현 (2018-07-26). "써브웨이, '마마무 화사X비트박서 빅맨 윤대웅' 광고모델 발탁". ETNEWS (in Korean).
      14. 오, 인근 (2020-08-17). "가수 빅맨, 배우 지민혁, 괴산군 홍보대사 된다". 대전일보사 (in Korean).
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