Rebecca Rose Johnson, professionally known as Bekuh Boom (stylized as Bekuh BOOM) is an American singer and songwriter. She featured on two co-written singles: "I Won't Let You Down" by Danish singer Christopher, which charted at #1 on Tracklisten, the official Danish music charts,[1] and "Money" by Norwegian electronic duo Broiler, which peaked at #3 on Norwegian music charts.[2] As of 2016 she has co-written over 10 songs reaching the #1 position on various music charts.[citation needed]
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Birth name | Rebecca Rose Johnson |
Also known as | Bekuh Boom |
Born | (1994-06-21) June 21, 1994 (age 28) Orange County, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 2013–present |
Website | bekuhboom |
Johnson signed her first publishing deal to Warner Chappell Music at the age of 18.[3][4]
Bekuh Boom was born in Orange County, California , on June 21, 1994 with the real name Rebecca Rose Johnson. She stated that she had an interest in music since elementary school. At the age of 11, she started to learn how to write and compose her own melodies for her own songs. In high school, she revealed that she took dance and choreography classes to become a dance instructor and choreographer.[4]
In 2011, at the age of 16, Boom participated in American Idol season 10, though she didn't pass the audition. At the age of 18 she signed her first contract with Warner Chappell Music, going on to release her first two collaborations titled 'Money' and 'I Won't Let you Down'.[4][5]
Later, she landed deals primarily as composer and producer for K-pop artists,[4] where two of the songs that she worked on were picked and released through YG Entertainment, namely "Eyes, Nose, Lips" by Taeyang and "I'm Different" by Hi Suhyun.[4][6][7] Prior to becoming a Kpop composer and producer, Boom had composed songs for singers such as R. Kelly, Jordin Sparks and Jessica Mauboy.[4] In 2012 she was connected with Blackpink via YG Entertainment, where she studied korean with them.[8] In 2016, Boom became the songwriter and producer for two of BlackPink's debut singles, Whistle and Boombayah which occupied the #1 chart on World Digital Song Sales and Circle Digital Chart respectively. Later she published the demo versions on her social media.[4][9][10] The next year she worked on Winner's song "Island", which topped the charts.[4]
In 2020 she became the lyricist and composer for the virtual group K/DA, where she provide the voice of Ahri.[11] Later that year she released her solo song "there's no place like home" and "designer love"
Year | Song title | Artist | Album |
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2013 | "Cookie" | R. Kelly | Black Panties |
"Skipping a Beat" | Jordin Sparks | Non-album single | |
"Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)" | Jessica Mauboy | Beautiful | |
2014 | "Eyes, Nose, Lips" | Taeyang | Rise |
"I'm Different" | Hi Suhyun (feat. Bobby of iKon) | Non-album single | |
2015 | "Shake The Ground" | Hedegaard (feat. Brandon Beal & Bekuh Boom) | Non-album song |
2016 | "Golden" | Brandon Beal (feat. Lukas Graham) | Truth |
"Money" | Broiler (feat. Bekuh Boom) | Non-album single | |
"Catch Me" | Cosmic Girls | Would You Like? | |
"Blues"(희망고문) | Lee Hi | Seoulite | |
"I Won't Let You Down" | Christopher (feat. Bekuh Boom) | Closer | |
"Boombayah" | Blackpink | Square One | |
"Whistle" | |||
2017 | "Island" | Winner | Our Twenty Four |
2018 | "Best Friend" | iKon | Return |
"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | Blackpink | Square Up | |
"Goodbye Road" | iKon | New Kids: The Final | |
2019 | "Kill This Love" | Blackpink | Kill This Love |
"Don't Know What to Do" | |||
"Good Idea" | Broiler - feat. Bekuh Boom | Non-album single | |
"Birthday" | Jeon Somi | XOXO | |
2020 | "The Baddest" | (G)I-dle, Bea Miller, and Wolftyla as K/DA | All Out |
"More" | Madison Beer, (G)I-dle, Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns and Seraphine as K/DA | ||
"Villain" | Madison Beer and Kim Petras as K/DA Evelynn | ||
"Drum Go Dum" | Aluna, Wolftyla, and Bekuh Boom as K/DA Kaisa | ||
"I'll Show You" | Twice (Jihyo, Nayeon, Sana, and Chaeyoung), Bekuh Boom, and Annika Wells as K/DA Ahri | ||
"Ice Cream" (with Selena Gomez) | Blackpink | The Album | |
"Pretty Savage" | |||
"Crazy Over You" | |||
"You Never Know" | |||
2021 | "Lalisa" | Lisa | Lalisa |
"Money" | |||
2022 | "Church" | JLO (feat.Maluma) | Marry Me |
"Wonderland" | AleXa | American Song Contest: Episode 1 | |
"Ready for Love" | Blackpink | Born Pink | |
"Typa Girl" |
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