Bian

Concept photo for "The End of Chaos"

**Bian** (비안, formerly known as **Jiwon**) is a South Korean singer, dancer and model under ANS Entertainment. She is a member of the girl group MAJORS, as well as a former member of the company's previous girl group ANS. She is also a former member of the girl group MIDNIGHT, which disbanded before debuting.

She made her debut with MAJORS on March 9, 2021 with the release of the single album "The Beginning of Legend".

## Career

### 2019: MIDNIGHT

In February, H&I Entertainment introduced Jiwon as a member of their upcoming girl group, MIDNIGHT, through a solo singer medley dance cover posted on their YouTube channel. On April 8 & 9, H&I introduced two new trainees who would be replacing three members who had departed from the line-up, one of whom was Jiwon.

### 2019–2020: ANS

Four months later, on August 12, she was revealed as a member of the girl group ANS under ANS Entertainment, under the stage name **Bian**. The group debuted on September 16, 2019 with the digital single album, "Boom Boom".

On October 6, 2019, she and fellow member Royeon released a ballad duet, "Lean On Me".

On August 20, 2020, she was among the members who announced that they had terminated their contracts with their agency, and the disbandment of ANS back in August 11.

### 2021-present: MAJORS

On March 9, 2021, Bian re-debuted in ANS Entertainment's new girl group MAJORS.

In 2022, speculations that Bian has left the group were spread, as on May 8, 2022, her mother posted to Instagram, saying "You can say 'goodbye' to Bian~~ Bian is a memory now… It's Jiwon from now on, not Bian." However, on May 25, ANS Entertainment released a statement clarifying that Bian has not officially left MAJORS yet. In the same statement, they also clarified that Vita, who was also speculated to have left, has also not left MAJORS.

On August 24, 2022, it was rumored that Bian signed an exclusive contract with Chinese company Haiwen and planned to be active on Douyin and becoming a brand model, in addition, they stated that she was no longer member of MAJORS. However, ANS Entertainment stated that Bian was still part of MAJORS and their company.

Bian resumed group activities starting on September 23, 2022.

## Trivia

* She is in charge of being the main dancer of the team, being quirky, ab building and being a baby wolf.
* Her charm points are her snaggletooth, being clumsy, the shape of her lips and eating everything delicious.
* Her hobbies are choreography, putting on makeup everyday, going to coin karaokes alone, getting abs, exercising, making Tik-Toks and collecting cosmetics.
* Her skills are doing leg splits, arm stretches, cartwheels and wiggling her ears.
* She likes sushi, pickled radish, dancing in the mirror alone, twinkly and sparkly things, eating, ANS's members, using accessories and chocolate.
* She dislikes curry, jajangmyeon and decorating her room differently from the other members.
* She began dancing at the age of 4.
* She has a pet cat.

## References

1. ↑ Allkpop: MIDNIGHT's New Member Jiwon Makes First Appearance in '2018 Solo Medley' Dance Cover
2. ↑ Bian on Instagram: Girl Group's Flooded MV behind
3. ↑ @ANS\_official\_ on Twitter (August 12, 2019)
4. ↑ Soompi: 7 ANS Members Announce Contract Terminations + Haena Claims She Was Bullied By The Group
5. ↑ Upcoming 6-member girl group MAJORS feat. ANS' Bian to debut in March
6. ↑ @0309ans on Twitter (May 8, 2022)
7. ↑ Daum: 메이져스 향후 활동 안내
8. ↑ nbntv: 유지원(비안), 하이웬 왕홍 전속계약
9. ↑ @MAJORS\_official on Twitter (August 26, 2022)
10. ↑ MAJORSGLOBAL on Twitter / MAJORS performing "Salute" retrieved from September 23, 2022
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 @ANS\_official\_ on Twitter: Bian profile (December 6, 2019)
12. ↑ YouTube: FactInStar - "The New Spiritual Idol Group 'ANS' and Boom Boom (BoomShakaLaka)"
13. ↑ @im\_m\_bian on Twitter (October 8, 2022)