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Bloo (rapper)

South Korean rapper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ85980027 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kim Hyeon-ung (Korean: 김현웅; born 1994), better known as Bloo (Korean: 블루), is a rapper based in South Korea. He has released 3 full-length albums: Bloo in Wonderland 2 (2021), Moon and Back (2021)[1] and Fox and the City (2023) as well as the extended plays Downtown Baby (2017), Bloo in Wonderland (2018), and It's Not Love I'm Just Drunk (2019).

His 2017 single, "Downtown Baby," topped South Korean music charts in June 2020, after singer Lee Hyori performed it on the variety show Hangout With Yoo.

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The public source identifies “Bloo (rapper)” as south Korean rapper. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bloo, rapper and South.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2021, 2023, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-10-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bloo, rapper and South providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bloo (rapper)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.