Ikon Members New Stage Names And Most Recent News

iKON released their debut studio album Welcome Back in 2015 with the number-one singles “My Type,” “Apology,” and “Dumb & Dumber,” also the three top-ten singles “Rhythm Ta,” “Airplane,” and “Anthem.” The album was a commercial success, selling 260.000 copies in Asia, and the songs sold 4.8 million copies, which led to the group winning several awards. The next two years, iKON released two singles “#WYD” and “New Kids: Begin,” and they focused on touring with their first Asia tour and several Japanese tours. In early January 2018, iKON announced their second studio album, Return, that was released on January 25th, 2018.

New Stage Names

In the middle of 2017, YG Entertainment released an image of seven cuts of each iKON member’s individuality for their new comeback titled “New Kids: Begin” in the morning of May 21st, 2017. iKON brought the new concept of “New Kids” with two new songs, “Bling Bling” and “B-Day.” Beginning with the release of the album, they continued being busy with activities throughout the year.

The “Bling Bling” teaser video, that was released on May 21st, 2017, had raised expectations for the comeback after receiving a spotlight again with the release of the image and tracklist. On the other hand, iKON successfully concluded their first performance of the first Japanese Dome Tour “iKON JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017,” starting from May 20th, 2017, at Osaka Kyocera Dome and moving on to several cities in Japan. The most exciting part about the comeback teaser was the 4 members’ new stage names (Except for Ju-ne, Bobby, and B.I) that were printed in the photos.

Jinhwan will now be reintroduced as Jay
Yunhyeong will now be addressed by his family name Song
Chanwoo’s name has been shortened to Chan
Donghyuk’s name has been abbreviated to the nickname DK (referring to Dancing King) Under the concept of “New Kids”, which means ‘new start’ and ‘new style’, the members’ English names were also newly announced.

Pros and Cons of the New Stage Names

YG Entertainment is considered lacking in creativity in giving the new stage names by netizens. This is because the same names are already in use among members of other Korean bands. Let’s see, there is already Seventeen’s DK, Victori’s Chan, and the stage name ‘Jay’ reminds netizens of Jay Park and Day6’s Jay. Some netizens also said that the 4 members’ new stage names aren’t memorable and they also got used to the members’ real names and liked the real names better. Netizens also had many questions about why were the stage names suddenly changed, whereas it had been 2 years since iKON’s debut. Other netizens even said that it seemed like they (iKON) were trying to appeal to western fans but they chose cringe names.

Why Did YG Change Their Stage Names?

All of you must be curious as to why YG Entertainment changed their stage names. YG Entertainment hasn’t made an official statement regarding the change of the stage names that would make such a drastic change for iKON, a band that has gotten hold of the success since 2015 in Korea, Japan, and even the world. It is speculated that the change in the stage names could be related to the “New Kids” concept of their comeback album and could be a way for new fans to memorize their shorter and catchier nicknames.

What’s Happening With iKON’s Instagram?

For some people, it will be a little bit difficult to find a Korean idol’s Instagram username, because most of the usernames are difficult to spell and memorize, and so are iKON members’. But, if you want to know the recent updates of iKON, let’s check them out through their top 5 Instagram posts of each member’s Instagram!

B.I – @shxxbi131

1. Happy Birthday DK, from B.I

A post shared by 김한빈 비아이 (@shxxbi131) on Jan 2, 2019 at 7:11am PST B.I congratulated DK’s birthday on January 3rd. Happy Birthday our dancing king!

2. Celebrating the New Year With Other Korean Bands

A post shared by 김한빈 비아이 (@shxxbi131) on Dec 31, 2018 at 8:36am PST iKON, Winner, and other Korean bands celebrated the New 2019 Year at MBC Gayo Daejun.

3. A Selfie With His Best friend

A post shared by 김한빈 비아이 (@shxxbi131) on Dec 26, 2018 at 6:22am PST It is known that Choi Raesung a.k.a Millenium (in the middle of the photo) is a multi-talented artist from YG Entertainment. Even though he is still a trainee, his name is often listed in the title tracks of some YG Entertainment artist’s songs. He has produced and composed many songs along with B.I and ONE and is best friends with the two of them.

4. Double B is the Real Bromance

A post shared by 김한빈 비아이 (@shxxbi131) on Dec 20, 2018 at 8:36am PST It’s been a long time since B.I and Bobby have had that cute bromance bond. They are often called Double B due to the first letter of their name being B. From the post above, Bobby was seen “on a date” with B.I at a restaurant.

5. The Bouncing Balls

A post shared by 김한빈 비아이 (@shxxbi131) on Dec 16, 2018 at 8:27pm PST B.I, Jay, and Song were seen playing with a bouncy ball that was connected to their head. All they had to do were punch the ball regularly without missing it. Surprisingly, B.I seemed very professional doing it.

Jay – @gnani____

1. New Kids Repackage Album is Going Out Soon!

A post shared by 김진환 (@gnani_____) on Jan 2, 2019 at 8:20pm PST For iKONIC who has been waiting for the New Kids Repackage album, this post was a real source of joy. As seen from the post above, the New Kids Repackage album is going to be released on January 7th, 2019, with a total of 23 songs listed.

2. Looking Charming With Strawberry Red Hair

In the post above, Jay looks really good with his strawberry pinky red hair, black clothes, red mic, even the pinky red flowers around him. Those photos were captured beautifully by B.I