{"id":248,"date":"2024-01-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/wp\/144516_144517.jpg"},"modified":"2024-04-25T00:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:45:31","slug":"cover-story-starting-the-year-with-bambam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/th-th\/cover-story-starting-the-year-with-bambam\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover story: Starting the year with BamBam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Singing, dancing Thai phenomenon <strong>BamBam<\/strong> has been carving his own path in the industry. In a year of firsts, the star has launched a full length album Sour &amp; Sweet and his first solo world tour. He talks to <strong>Zaneta Cheng<\/strong> about life after GOT7, geeks out about music making and why fighting to be himself is his key to longevity in show business<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cover story: Starting the year with BamBam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGbSwdlDvCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The last time I saw Kunpimook Bhuwakul, known more widely as BamBam, the Thai singer, dancer and much-loved member of South Korean boy band GOT7 was <a href=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/style\/star-studded-opening-at-the-karl-lagerfeld-macau\/\">in Macau to headline the opening ceremony of a hotly anticipated hotel<\/a>. The night before his performance, we had dinner with the star and his team, which is rare, given the usual isolationist policy of many celebrities \u2013 but this is not BamBam\u2019s way. Anyone from the outside listening in on the meal would hear the kind of spirited gregarious din one usually associates with friends getting together. The singer and his team were eager to try the food and made conversation so easy, everyone couldn\u2019t help but like him. Afterwards, we all followed him to his soundcheck. And that\u2019s where the happy-go-lucky personality of the singing, dancing phenomenon made way for the professional performer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142710\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Damoflage cropped jacket and pleated shorts, white shirt, black LV Lovers beret and LV Checker knee-high boots _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A soundcheck with BamBam goes something like this: The set list is five songs long, covering tracks from <em>Sour &amp; Sweet<\/em>, his first full-length solo album launched in March last year. On the stage is BamBam and a cohort of roughly 10 dancers. There\u2019s respect, but it\u2019s also clear from the easy rapport that everyone in the troupe is friendly with the star. There are multiple run-throughs to mark steps and, despite being old hands at adapting to an unfamiliar stage, the team discusses how BamBam should appear, where certain speakers should be placed and how to modify their usual dance number to the show space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142712\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Damoflage cropped jacket and pleated shorts, white shirt, black LV Lovers beret and LV Checker knee-high boots _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As usual, the bigwigs eventually begin to drop in \u2013 a good chance to survey the rehearsal for the big night but also an opportunity to flex that they were privy to a behind-the-scenes moment with the headline act. None of this phases BamBam, who continues to ask (very politely) for the panel to adjust the volume of his in-ear set and to tweak bass and amp. It\u2019s not a one-and- done exercise. The Thai musician is as exacting as they come, requesting adjustments after the replaying of the same six or so bars of MMO. Once it\u2019s right, he rehearses his opening and more amendments are made. The kind of dedication BamBam exhibits for what bystanders might assume to be a quick half-hour deal turns it into a one-and-a-half-hour affair, where the discipline and exactitude displayed transforms even the most confident \u201cI could perform on stage as well, how hard could it be\u201d naysayer into an appreciative audience.<\/p>\n<p>When I recount this to BamBam on the set of our cover shoot in Seoul six months later, the 26-year-old K-pop phenomenon says, \u201cThat was the hardest stage this year.\u201d I ask why, confused because the star made it look so easy and second-nature. \u201cBecause it\u2019s not just my people, it\u2019s a lot of new people,\u201d he explains. \u201cSome know me, some don\u2019t but I need to create a show that everyone will enjoy, even if they\u2019re not familiar with me or my music style. I tried to create rapport with everyone in the audience. I knew I needed to be formal for the occasion, but I wanted to be friendly at the same time. And then I just did my best, because, you know, if you do your best, I think even if they don\u2019t like you, they\u2019re going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is BamBam\u2019s solo music style given that GOT7\u2019s oeuvre sits firmly in the K-pop genre? \u201cI feel like I have two styles,\u201d BamBam explains. The star perks up when he gets to talk about music. There\u2019s true joy when he talks about his craft and it\u2019s a pleasure to listen to a geek geek out about his favourite subject. \u201cOne is like a chill song, which you won\u2019t really hear me perform on stage because it\u2019s a song for listening or it\u2019s a song to cheer other people up, or a song that you can switch on and play while you\u2019re vibing with your friends and stuff. The other style is something like <em>Sour &amp; Sweet <\/em>and stronger stuff that\u2019s for performing \u2013 I feel like these days in K-pop they don\u2019t really do strong stuff anymore because the focus is on topping the music charts and strong songs never really make it up the charts because people don\u2019t tend to play them on repeat. These are much better performed live. But I feel like I have that strong side and that\u2019s what draws people to my shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142711\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Damoflage denim jacket and jeans, and black LV Checker derby shoes _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s probably this sincerity that has seen BamBam rise to such stratospheric heights in both South Korea, where he trained and first found fame, and his native Thailand. There\u2019s nary a stretch of billboard across Bangkok where one cannot find BamBam\u2019s photograph. But this success, as well as his ability to be himself, was a privilege the star had to strive for.<\/p>\n<p>Almost two decades ago, BamBam\u2019s mother, a long-time Rain fan, took her son to a concert and it was there that the star realised performing was something he also wanted to pursue. \u201cAt first, I think I wanted to do it for fun because I wasn\u2019t really someone who wanted to sit in school and read a book and study all the time,\u201d he recalls. \u201cThe concert was the first time I realised, \u2018Oh, I want to be that guy; I want to be on stage.\u2019 I wanted attention like that, and then somehow I started doing it. My younger sister and I just started going to dance classes and participated in dance competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The siblings began building reputations for themselves, ultimately landing themselves in Thai dance crew \u201cWe Zaa Cool\u201d, whose membership includes two other K-pop stars of Thai origin. It\u2019s here that BamBam says his career really started. \u201cAt that time, they had a lot of people in the group \u2013 almost 30,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was really a childhood moment where it felt like I had made it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, BamBam was recruited to be a trainee and moved to Seoul to focus on preparing for a life in entertainment. \u201cI had to work on my language skills and my dancing and singing,\u201d he remembers. It\u2019s hard to imagine a time when BamBam wasn\u2019t killing it, especially given the success he\u2019s seen since his debut as part of K-pop group GOT7 in 2014, but the star says it wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cDance is a strength of mine so I didn\u2019t find that so hard. I\u2019m not going to lie, the singing and language parts were difficult for me because I had never sung before. I was always very confident dancing but I wasn\u2019t confident singing and letting others listen to my singing voice, so that was a difficult hurdle,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam4-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142713\" style=\"width:819px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Damoflage denim jacket _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Four or five years after the group\u2019s debut, having pocketed a slew of music awards and worked on a few projects independent of the group \u2013 and having clearly conquered his initial set of challenges \u2013 BamBam decided to overcome another, slightly less tangible barrier. \u201cHow should I start? You know, in the K-pop world, people see what they want to see. I found myself becoming something that wasn\u2019t me because I just wanted to be the person that other people wanted me to be and did what they wanted to see from me \u2013 all the time, but I think four or five years after I debuted, I felt a bit burnt out and I thought, \u2018This isn\u2019t me, why do I have to keep faking who I am and keep faking my personality in front of other people?\u2019\u201d the singer shares. \u201cI began slowly to try and show others the real me and also to slowly express my own real opinions on things, and then fans started to see and understand why I wanted to slowly, slowly change my image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome fans kind of didn\u2019t like it but, you know, I feel like I really need to be myself so I can do this job for the long term. I think it started from small interviews to TV shows or spaces and platforms where I could be myself and show that to the fans. Looking back, I think it worked out and somehow, now, I can finally be myself both in front of and behind the camera. I didn\u2019t need to fake being myself anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think now, they just accept me for who I am. I like to hang out with friends. I drink sometimes. I express myself a little bit. I\u2019ve even gotten some new fans because they feel like I\u2019m more than just an artist and a K-pop idol. I think they feel like I\u2019m just like one of their own friends, someone relatable. So yeah, it kind of worked out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, the singer has been nurturing a solo career and persona that\u2019s seen him on variety television like <em>Master in the House <\/em>or as a mentor on <em>Seven Stars<\/em>, a talent audition programme in Thailand. It all culminated in his first full-length album <em>Sour &amp; Sweet<\/em>, which he released in March last year and a first solo world tour that the star is still in the thick of. All this marks a period of evolution for BamBam, who\u2019s been adjusting to his solo work with trademark enthusiasm. \u201cThe only difference between GOT7 and my solo work is the style in which we work and the music style. GOT7 always operates as a group. We do our concerts as a group and when we sing, I only sing my parts because each member has their own part. The rest of the time we can rest while we perform,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a soloist though, I need to do everything by myself, so there\u2019s no one to step in and fill in so that I can take a break, which means I need to be more alert, making sure I\u2019m ready for any situation that might happen on stage and generally make sure my work is as perfect as it can be. That\u2019s the only thing that\u2019s different really, which I feel is better for me because I need to grow up. If someone keeps helping me by stepping in when I mess up or cuts me some slack, then I wouldn\u2019t find out which areas of my performance need improving and where I need to continue working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam5-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142714\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grey Micro Damier PDP collar jacket and slim shorts, white shirt with pearl buttons, black LV Checker derby shoes and red Speedy 25 _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not just this aspect where BamBam is growing up. These days, his approach to fame has done a 180 since he was at the Rain concert. \u201cWhen I started, I wanted attention. I wanted the crowds to love me, but it\u2019s not like that for me these days. Attention is good. For celebrities, of course attention is good, but it\u2019s not all about that kind of attention anymore,\u201d he explains, thoughtfully. \u201cI feel like now, I want to put my message out into the world. I want people to gain something from me \u2013 be it a smile on their face at the end of the day or maybe some meaning that spoke to them from my lyrics and it betters their life. I really hope to inspire other people now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BamBam\u2019s lyrics do, he tells me, relate to himself and his life. But the hope is that people don\u2019t listen and apply the lyrics just to the singer\u2019s own life but that they\u2019re able to get the universal takeaway. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to explain but I think music is the best way for me to put my message out into the world because I feel like when things are spoken, it\u2019s hard to get people to really feel it but when the words are sung through melody, through music, I feel like people can really feel what I\u2019m trying to communicate,\u201d says BamBam.<\/p>\n<p>Take for example his song \u201cTake it Easy\u201d, which the star wrote when he was going through a hard time. \u201cThe lyrics are about working hard. We all live in a world where we have to work hard, but if we don\u2019t know how to enjoy life as well, what\u2019s the point of working hard?\u201d he says gently. \u201cThe world is going to keep spinning with or without us so sometimes it\u2019s ok for us to take our time and to take it easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam6-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142715\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Green big Damier Pop nylon tailored jacket and trousers, white polo shirt, black leather loafers and blue Polochon PM Damier Pop bag _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And while BamBam\u2019s schedule is back-to-back, taking it easy and being himself seems to be a formula that\u2019s working for him. The star is hotter than ever with his summer appearance in Macau landing him as the number one trending hashtag on Twitter that evening. His first solo release landed at number one across six countries in Asia, which was a surprise to BamBam himself because, \u201cIt was my first solo. I never thought that it would turn out that way.\u201d Just this past menswear season, BamBam was invited as a guest to attend the Louis Vuitton menswear show in Paris. His appearance went viral on social media with the highest number of social media engagement across platforms, leading to his appointment as an ambassador for the French luxury house in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>But the star hasn\u2019t let any of his success get to his head. Case in point: when asked who his <em>#legend <\/em>is, BamBam is the first cover star that\u2019s come up with not one, not two but five industry titans he admires from Korea all the way to American shores. His respect for others in his industry is palpable even earlier when talking about his unexpected social media success at the Louis Vuitton show when he mentions the star-studded lineup of other attendees \u2013\u201cA$AP Rocky was there, Rihanna was there, my friend Jackson Wang was there \u2013 everyone was there! It was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam7-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142717\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Green big Damier Pop nylon tailored jacket and trousers, and white polo shirt _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for his <em>#legend<\/em>s, BamBam has categorised them into those who inspired his career and those who inspired his music. The first category comprise Rain, Big Bang and Taeyeon from Girls\u2019 Generation. \u201cThese three are the people who got me to fall in love with the entertainment business \u2013 they made me want to dance. Because of them I wanted to make music and explore this field. But you know, the world keeps changing. Times change. People change and my lifestyle has also changed. Right now, I\u2019d say as a creator, Pharrell Williams for sure. Pharrell makes really good music too but for the music part, there\u2019s this guy, who, after his debut, really helped me see a lot about what it is to make good music. He keeps everything really simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point BamBam\u2019s eyes gleam as they seem to do when he talks about music and what makes melodies and a song popular or not, or successful or not and how. It\u2019s probably one of the first times in my life that I\u2019ve been privy to someone so successful in the industry getting real about what makes him tick when it comes to his craft. \u201cIf you look at the files of K-pop songs in general, they\u2019re usually quite complicated with many layers. I\u2019d say K-pop songs tend to have like 50 to 100 layers but somehow you\u2019re not really able to hear all of the layers. I always thought that was how music was done,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after I started making music in the US, I learned that songs could be made with four to five layers and still sound really good. The guy that\u2019s doing that is Post Malone. His producer also does some work with me and it\u2019s through him that I learned why his songs sound so good and why they can also sound so clean \u2013 because it\u2019s just five layers. I really feel like, these days especially, the less complication there is in a song, the higher it goes on the charts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/legend-watermark-BamBam8-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142716\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black double-breasted tailored jacket, V-neck vest and flared trousers _ Louis Vuitton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Surprisingly (or not), the star\u2019s new year\u2019s resolution is simple: to finish his world tour, which is due to end in May this year. After that, his months have all been planned out so \u201c2024 is actually going to go by really fast.\u201d He\u2019s hoping that his knee will hold out with no more falls and everything goes according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>And in between, for the uninitiated, the star just wants to go home and clean \u2013 \u201cWhen I\u2019ve had a busy day and come back home, I always clean. It\u2019s actually already clean because I\u2019ve cleaned it the night before but I like to clean a little bit more. It empties my mind and helps me end the day. My favourite thing is to clean my table because you know I have a cat, right? When I leave my house in the morning, I come back and I\u2019ll see paw prints everywhere but then I spray the table and wipe it clean. That\u2019s my favourite feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-652bb96a124b5588771614e5f080dda9\"><em><strong>CREDITS<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Creative concept \/ #legend<br \/>Photography \/ Kimheejune<br \/>Styling \/ Doooho<br \/>Producer \/ Danny Kang<br \/>Hair \/ Kim Taehyun from Mizangwon by Taehyun<br \/>Make-up \/ Lee Eunju<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hashtaglegend.com\/style\/cover-story-ryeoun-on-his-steady-ascent-to-stardom\/\">Cover Story: Ryeoun on his steady ascent to stardom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing, dancing Thai phenomenon BamBam has been carving his own path in the industry. In a year of firsts, the star has launched a full length album Sour &amp; Sweet and his first solo world tour. 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