Giriboy

Giriboy
Background information
Born
Hong Si-young

(1991-01-24) January 24, 1991
Seoul, South Korea
GenresKorean hip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor
Years active2011–present
LabelsStandard Friends
Korean name
Hangul
홍시영
RRHong Siyeong
MRHong Siyŏng

Hong Si-young (Korean홍시영; born January 24, 1991),[1] better known by his stage name Giriboy (Korean기리보이), is a South Korean rapper and singer signed to the Standard Friends label.[2]

Career

Giriboy began his musical career in 2011 with the single "You Look So Good to Me", released under Just Music, a label that had been recently founded by rapper Swings. The following year, he released the EP Fatal Album, much of which he had written years earlier as a high school student. He released a second EP titled Fatal Album II later that year.[3]

Giriboy competed on season three of the TV show Show Me the Money in 2014.[4] That year, he also entered the top 100 of the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time with the single "Fluttering Feelings", a collaboration with singer NS Yoon-G. The song ultimately peaked at No. 6 on the chart.[5][6]

In 2015, he appeared on the reality show No Mercy, in which he collaborated on songs with the contestants (who would go on to form the boy group Monsta X) and with established artists Soyou and Mad Clown.[7][8] He also released the album Sexual Perceptions, which reached No. 10 on the Gaon Album Chart in March.[9]

In 2016, he released his fourth album, Mechanical Album. In 2017, he released his fifth EP, called 5 Songs For Initiation.[2] In December of the same year, he released his fifth album, Graduation.

In 2024, Giriboy signed to South Korean label Standard Friends founded by artist Zion.T[10]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[11]
Sensual Album (육감적인 앨범)
  • Released: January 20, 2014
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Sexual Perceptions (성인식)
  • Released: March 17, 2015
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
10
Mechanical Album (기계적인 앨범)
  • Released: May 31, 2016
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13
Graduation (졸업식)
  • Released: December 20, 2017
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
32
Science Fiction Music (공상과학음악)
  • Released: September 22, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
8
100 Years College Course (100년제전문대학)
  • Released: June 10, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15
Fatal Album III (치명적인 앨범 III)
  • Released: December 2, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
16
9Cut (9컷)
  • Released: December 23, 2020
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
21
Avante
  • Released: October 14, 2021
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
18
Novel (소설 쓰고 자빠졌네)
  • Released: October 26, 2023
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
30
GRB01 + GRB02
  • Released: October 15, 2024
  • Label: Standard Friends
  • Formats: CD, digital download
48
I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied (제가 말주변이 없어서)
  • Released: April 10, 2025
  • Label: Standard Friends
  • Formats: CD, digital download
92
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[22]
Fatal Album (치명적인 앨범)
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Just Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Fatal Album II (치명적인 앨범 II)
  • Released: December 4, 2012
  • Label: Just Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 Lonely Songs (외롬적인 4곡)
  • Released: September 1, 2015
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 Songs for Initiation (신고식 5곡)
  • Released: April 4, 2017
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
Hightechnology
  • Released: July 22, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals
  • Released: August 30, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
27
Science Fiction Music: End (공상과학음악 : 결말)
  • Released: November 24, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
Thank You (땡큐)
  • Released: December 28, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1
  • Released: January 24, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
Gab Boon Gi (갑분기)
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Digital download
Like a Film (영화같게)
  • Released: October 4, 2020
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
80
Appendix (별책)
  • Released: December 15, 2023
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
98
Why Are You Always Like This? (넌 왜 항상 이런 식이야)
  • Released: January 16, 2025
  • Label: Standard Friends
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[25]
"You Look So Good to Me" (feat. Swings) 2011 Non-album single
"Planned Girl" (계획적인 여자) (feat. Ggamo and Zico) 2012 Fatal Album
"It Shows On Your Face" (얼굴에 다 써 있네요) (feat. Ugly Duck)
"My Body Is Burning" (내 몸이 불타오르고 있어) (feat. Swings) Non-album single
"Different Look" (다른꼴) (feat. Crucial Star) Fatal Album II
"Skit" (feat. Swings) 2013 112 Sensual Album
"Wake Up" (feat. Swings)
"Camp" (feat. Swings) 2014 118
"Why Do You Live Like This?" (왜 그렇게 사니) 129 Non-album singles
"Edited By Devil" (악마의 편집)
"Back and Forth 30 Min" (왕복 30분) (feat. Shin Ji-soo) 2015 28 Sexual Perceptions
"Wu Gyeol" (우결) (feat. Fromm) 55 4 Lonely Songs
"Hogu" (호구) (feat. Brother Su) 29 Non-album single
"Because You're Pretty" (예쁘잖아) 33 Mechanical Album
"All Day" (하루종일) (feat. DJ SQ and Han Yo-han) 2016 71
"I'm in Trouble" (feat. Loco) 62
"Let's Drink" (술자리) 46 Non-album single
"High Speed" (고속) 2017 42 5 Songs for Initiation / Graduation
"The Graduate" (졸업) Graduation
"TV Star" (바보상자스타) (feat. Kim Seung-min)
"northbutsouth" (feat. Kid Milli) 2018 Non-album singles
"Empty House" (빈집) (feat. Thama)
"Peace" (평화) (feat. Crush and Choi LB) Hightechnology
"Used" (옛날거) Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals
"Keyboard" (키보드) 97 Science Fiction Music
"Attention Whore" (관종) (feat. Thama) Science Fiction Music: End
"Sorry" (미안) (feat. OLNL) Thank You
"Traffic Control" (교통정리) (feat. Heize) 2019 18 100 Years College Course
"Tokyo" (도쿄) (feat. Youra) 78
"Hurts" (아퍼) (feat. Kid Milli, Lil Tachi, Kim Seung-min, NO:EL and C Jamm) 32
"Party People" (파티피플) (feat. Yumdda and Uneducated Kid) 89 Gab Boon Gi
"Tiger Den" (호랑이소굴) (feat. Jvcki Wai) 45 Fatal Album III
"Divorce Papers" (이혼서류) 79
"Eul" () (feat. Big Naughty) 58
"Snow Sweeping" (제설) 76
"What's Wrong" (와츠롱) (feat. Yunhway) 88
"Hurts" (아퍼) (Band version) (feat. Young B, Yunhway, Lil Tachi, Han Yo-han, Justhis and Swings) 193 Non-album singles
"Baby" (애기) 2020 185
"Just Kidding" (농담처럼) 147
"Lasik" (라식) 139 Like a Film / 9Cut
"Reverse" (리버스) (feat. Ahn Byeong-woong, Khakii and Kim Mono) Non-album single
"It Was Love" (사랑이었나봐) 102 9Cut
"Spacetime" (시공간) 2021 106 Avante
"Die Die" (feat. Choi LB) 187 Non-album single
"Because I Was Young" (그땐 어렸으니까) 180 Avante
"You Turned Around" (그리고 돌아섰다) 186
"What a Mess" (엉망진창)
"One Snowy Day" (눈이 오던 날) (feat. Sole) 2022 66 Non-album single
"Issu du Feu" (불로부터) Novel
"That's Why I Can't Talk About Love" (feat. Woo Won-jae) Non-album single
"What Should I Do?" (뭐 어떡할까) 2023 138 Novel
"Tik Tok" (시간이날기다려) (Band version) (feat. Choi LB and Big Naughty) Archive
"Drive Me Crazy" (미춰버리겠어) 2024 I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied
"Hur" (feat. C Jamm) GRB01
"Peak" (feat. Camo) GRB02
"I Think It's Love" (사랑인 것 같은데) 2025 Why Are You Always Like This? /
I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied
"My Job is Cool" (feat. J-Tong and Zico) I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[26]
"Let's Have a Drink" (한잔해요) (with Lil Boi) 2012 Non-album singles
"Rain Showers" (with Swings and C Jamm) 2014
"Hongkiyoung #2" (with Swings and Genius Nochang) Ripple Effect
"I'm Going" (난 앞으로만) (with Swings, C Jamm, and Vasco)
"Just" (with Swings, Vasco, and Genius Nochang)
"Fluttering Feelings" (설렘주의) (with NS Yoon-G) 6 Non-album single
"Breath" () (with Shannon and Vasco) 64 Eighteen
"Pillow" (팔베개) (with Soyou, feat. Kihyun) 2015 5 No.Mercy Part 2
"0 (Young)" (with Mad Clown and Jooyoung, feat. No Mercy) 71 No.Mercy Part 3
"Cliché" (글쎄...) (with Moonshine) Non-album singles
"Days of Disturbance" (소란했던 시절에) (with Junggigo) 2016 Vintage Box
"Eum Eum" (음음) (with Goretexx, Black Nut, Bill Stax, Genius Nochang, and Swings) 2017 We Effect
"Bunzi" (번지) (with Xitsuh and Young B) 28 High School Rapper Part 2
"Flex" (with Kid Milli, NO:EL, and Swings) 2018 11 Non-album singles
"IndiGO Remix" (with The Quiett, Mommy Son, and Swings)
"Supernatural Power" (초능력) (with Choi LB, Kim Seung-min and OLNL) 2019 KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1
"IMJMWDP" (with NO:EL, Black Nut, Yang Hong-won, Osshun Gum,
Yunhway, Justhis, Jvcki Wai, Kid Milli, Han Yo-han, and Swings)
152 Non-album singles
"Super Birthday" (슈퍼버스데이) (with Superbee)
"Call Me Before You Sleep" (잠들기 전 전화해) (with Jessica Jung)
"Acting" (연기) (with Heize) 2020 98 Like a Film / 9Cut
"No Ex" (with Paloalto) 2021 Non-album singles
"Your Night, Your Star, Your Moon" (너의 밤, 너의 별, 너의 달) (with Kim You-jung) 55
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[27]
"Hyena" (하이에나) 2020 Hyena OST Part 4
"A Rat in the Trap" (독 안에 든 쥐) 2021 Mouse OST Part 3
"Abnormal Climate" (이상기후) 2022 Forecasting Love and Weather OST Part 8
"100 °C" (feat. Yunhway) 112 Street Man Fighter OST Part 3
"At Night" (간밤에) 2023 Crash Course in Romance OST Part 4

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[28][29]
As lead artist
"Adult" (성인) 2015 72 Sexual Perceptions
"Beggar" (거지) (feat. Yunhway, Jhnovr, and Justhis) 2019 147 Deadly Album III
"A Star Is Falling" (별이지고있다) 162
"The Time Is Now" (이때다) 175
"Let's Not Love Each Other" (우리서로사랑하지는말자) 2020 110 Like a Film / 9Cut
"Smile, Wait for the Flash" (찰칵) 193
As featured artist
"Gravity" (Swings feat. Giriboy and Mad Clown) 2014 34 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
"The End" () (2LSON feat. Giriboy and Jo Hyun-ah) 47 Non-album single
"Ma First" (Jang Hyun-seung feat. Giriboy) 2015 19 MY
"Don't Be Such a Baby" (애처럼 굴지마) (Sistar feat. Giriboy) 10 Shake It
"Chocolate Chip Cookies" (초코칩쿠키) (Goo Hara feat. Giriboy) 85 Alohara (Can You Feel It?)
"OeO" (Xia feat Giriboy) 46 Yesterday
"Sometimes" (가끔) (Geeks feat. Giriboy and Crush) 2016 2 Fireworks
"SF Skills" (공상과학기술) (Nafla, OLNL, and Odee feat. Giriboy and Swings) 2018 28 Show Me the Money 777
"Breaking Bad" (브레이킹배드) (OLNL feat. Giriboy) 59
"Sunbbang" (Nafla feat. Giriboy and Gaeko) 89
"Taste" (호불호) (Woo Won-jae feat. Giriboy) 2019 21 Non-album singles
"We Don't Talk Together" (Heize feat. Giriboy) 2
"Bada" (바다) (Woodie Gochild, Choi LB, Big Naughty, Young B, and Chillin Homie, feat. Giriboy) 48 Show Me the Money 8
"Flower" () (Code Kunst feat. Giriboy, Jay Park, and Woo Won-jae) 2020 140 People
"Tomorrow" (내일이 오면) (Lil Boi feat. Giriboy and Big Naughty) 2 Show Me the Money 9
"Credit" (Lil Boi feat. Giriboy, Yumdda, and Zion.T) 8
"Face Time" (Since feat. Giriboy, pH-1, and Gaeko) 2021 47 Show Me the Money 10
"Holiday" (Blase feat. Giriboy and Lil Boi) 2022 94 Show Me the Money 11

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 A Glimpse at Lee Hyo-ri The second elder TVING Short Film [30]
TBA It's Okay to Breathe Next to You Kyung-tae [31]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022–2023 The Forbidden Marriage Jeong Do-seok Debut as an actor [32]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Show Me The Money 3 Contestant [4]
2017 High School Rapper Judge with Seo ChulGu [33]
2018 Show Me the Money 777 with Swings
2019 High School Rapper 3 with Kid Milli
Show Me the Money 8 with BGM-v crew
2020 Show Me The Money 9 with Zion.T
2022 Baby Singer Teacher [34]
2023 Super Karaoke Survival: VS Producer with Car the Garden [35]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated work and the result of the nomination
2019 Korean Hip-hop Awards Producer of the Year Giriboy Won [36]
Artist of the Year Nominated [37]
Hip Hop Track of the Year "Flex"
with Swings, Kid Milli, NO:EL
Nominated
Music Video of the Year Nominated
Collaboration of the Year Nominated
2020 Korean Hip-hop Awards Producer of the Year Giriboy Won [38]
Artist of the Year Nominated [39]
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Hip Hop & Urban Music "Eul"
feat. Big Naughty
Nominated [40]

References

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  22. ^ Peak chart positions for extended plays:
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  26. ^ Collaborations:
  27. ^ Soundtrack:
  28. ^ Other charted songs (as lead artist):
  29. ^ Other charted songs (as featured artist):
  30. ^ Shin Young-eun (June 24, 2022). 서울체크인' 이효리·구교환·이옥섭, '사람 냄새 이효리' 제작 비하인드 공개 [Seoul Check-in' Lee Hyori, Koo Gwanhwa, and Lee Ok-seop reveal behind-the-scenes production of 'Human Smell Lee Hyori'] (in Korean). Star Today, Maeil Business News. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
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