Meet Matthew Kim – aka K-pop star BM – who plays Woosh in Netflix’s Beef Season 2
‘Big Matthew’ was a rapper in coed K-pop group Kard before joining Beef Season 2 with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Parasite’s Song Kang-ho
Matthew Kim, better known to K-pop fans as BM or Big Matthew, just made his Hollywood acting debut starring in the latest season of Netflix’s acclaimed drama series Beef.
“[Beef] was acting school for me. The most prestigious acting school,” he told Marie Claire at the Los Angeles premiere of the show’s second season. “The information [I learned] through working alongside these actors is, wow. I feel so much different now than I did before Beef.”
The hit show features a new storyline in addition to its impressive cast line-up including Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Korean veteran actress and Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung, as well as Parasite’s Song Kang-ho, in its second season, which premiered on April 16.
While Kim may be a Hollywood newcomer, the K-pop star has a career spanning 15 years in the entertainment industry. Here’s everything you need to know about Matthew Kim.
Matthew Kim is a K-pop idol
Matthew Kim was born in October 1992 in Southern California and relocated to Seoul, South Korea, in 2011 to participate in the singing competition K-pop Star. While he didn’t make it as a finalist on the show, he was recruited by DSP Media as a trainee for several years.
Aside from rapping, the idol is also credited as a composer, songwriter and producer for various Kard tracks, including their 2020 song “Dumb Litty”.