Hong Si-young (; born January 24, 1991), better known by his stage name Giriboy (), is a South Korean rapper and singer signed to the Standard Friends label.
Career Giriboy began his musical career in 2011 with the single "You Look So Good to Me", released under Just Music, a label that had been recently founded by rapper Swings. The following year, he released the EP Fatal Album, much of which he had written years earlier as a high school student. He released a second EP titled Fatal Album II later that year.
Giriboy competed on season three of the TV show Show Me the Money in 2014. That year, he also entered the top 100 of the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time with the single "Fluttering Feelings", a collaboration with singer NS Yoon-G. The song ultimately peaked at No. 6 on the chart.
In 2015, he appeared on the reality show No Mercy, in which he collaborated on songs with the contestants (who would go on to form the boy group Monsta X) and with established artists Soyou and Mad Clown. He also released the album Sexual Perceptions, which reached No. 10 on the Gaon Album Chart in March.
In 2016, he released his fourth album, Mechanical Album. In 2017, he released his fifth EP, called 5 Songs For Initiation. In December of the same year, he released his fifth album, Graduation.
In 2024, Giriboy signed to South Korean label Standard Friends founded by artist Zion.T
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KORPeak chart positions for studio albums:
Sexual Perceptions: Mechanical Album: Graduation: Science Fiction Music: 100 Years College Course: Fatal Album III: 9Cut: Avante: Novel: GRB01 + GRB02: I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied: Sensual Album (육감적인 앨범) Released: January 20, 2014 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download — Sexual Perceptions (성인식) Released: March 17, 2015 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 10 KOR: 1,886Mechanical Album (기계적인 앨범) Released: May 31, 2016 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 13 KOR: 1,558Graduation (졸업식) Released: December 20, 2017 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 32 KOR: 1,559Science Fiction Music (공상과학음악) Released: September 22, 2018 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 8 KOR: 1,829100 Years College Course (100년제전문대학) Released: June 10, 2019 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 15 KOR: 4,198Fatal Album III (치명적인 앨범 III) Released: December 2, 2019 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 16 KOR: 3,9749Cut (9컷) Released: December 23, 2020 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: LP, CD, digital download 21 Avante Released: October 14, 2021 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: LP, CD, digital download 18 KOR: 5,000Novel () Released: October 26, 2023 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 30 KOR: 3,691GRB01 + GRB02 Released: October 15, 2024 Label: Standard Friends Formats: CD, digital download 48 KOR: 1,150I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied () Released: April 10, 2025 Label: Standard Friends Formats: CD, digital download 92 KOR: 988"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KORPeak chart positions for extended plays:
Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals: Like a Film: Appendix: Fatal Album (치명적인 앨범) Released: June 19, 2012 Label: Just Music Formats: CD, digital download —rowspan="5" Fatal Album II (치명적인 앨범 II) Released: December 4, 2012 Label: Just Music Formats: CD, digital download —4 Lonely Songs (외롬적인 4곡) Released: September 1, 2015 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download —5 Songs for Initiation (신고식 5곡) Released: April 4, 2017 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download —Hightechnology Released: July 22, 2018 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download —Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals Released: August 30, 2018 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 27 KOR: 1,000Science Fiction Music: End (공상과학음악 : 결말) Released: November 24, 2018 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download — rowspan="5" Thank You (땡큐) Released: December 28, 2018 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download —KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1 Released: January 24, 2019 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download —Gab Boon Gi (갑분기) Released: August 2, 2019 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Digital download —Like a Film (영화같게) Released: October 4, 2020 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: Cassette, digital download 80Appendix (별책) Released: December 15, 2023 Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp. Formats: CD, digital download 98 KOR: 840Why Are You Always Like This? (넌 왜 항상 이런 식이야) Released: January 16, 2025 Label: Standard Friends Formats: Digital download — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORSingles as lead artist: "Skit": "Camp": "Why Do You Live Like This?": "Back and Forth 30 Min": "Wu Gyeol": "Hogu": "Because You're Pretty": "All Day": "I'm In Trouble": "Let's Drink": "High Speed": "Keyboard": "Traffic Control": "Tokyo", "Hurts": "Party People": "Tiger Den": "Divorce Papers", "Eul": "Snow Sweeping", "What's Wrong", "Hurts" (Band Version): "Baby", "Just Kidding": "Lasik": "It Was Love": "Spacetime": "Die Die": "Because I Was Young": "You Turned Around": "One Snowy Day": "What Should I Do?": "You Look So Good to Me" (feat. Swings) 2011 — "Planned Girl" () (feat. Ggamo and Zico)2012 —Fatal Album"It Shows On Your Face" () (feat. Ugly Duck) —"My Body Is Burning" () (feat. Swings) — "Different Look" () (feat. Crucial Star) — Fatal Album II"Skit" (feat. Swings)2013 112Sensual Album"Wake Up" (feat. Swings) —"Camp" (feat. Swings)2014 118"Why Do You Live Like This?" () 129 rowspan="2" "Edited By Devil" ()—"Back and Forth 30 Min" () (feat. Shin Ji-soo)2015 28 Sexual Perceptions"Wu Gyeol" () (feat. Fromm) 55 4 Lonely Songs"Hogu" () (feat. Brother Su) 29 "Because You're Pretty" () 33Mechanical Album"All Day" () (feat. DJ SQ and Han Yo-han)2016 71"I'm in Trouble" (feat. Loco) 62"Let's Drink" () 46 "High Speed" ()2017 42 5 Songs for Initiation / Graduation"The Graduate" () — Graduation"TV Star" () (feat. Kim Seung-min)—"northbutsouth" (feat. Kid Milli)2018— rowspan="2" "Empty House" () (feat. Thama)—"Peace" () (feat. Crush and Choi LB)— Hightechnology"Used" ()— Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals"Keyboard" () 97 Science Fiction Music"Attention Whore" () (feat. Thama)— Science Fiction Music: End"Sorry" () (feat. OLNL)— Thank You"Traffic Control" () (feat. Heize)2019 18 100 Years College Course"Tokyo" () (feat. Youra) 78"Hurts" () (feat. Kid Milli, Lil Tachi, Kim Seung-min, NO:EL and C Jamm) 32"Party People" () (feat. Yumdda and Uneducated Kid) 89 Gab Boon Gi"Tiger Den" () (feat. Jvcki Wai) 45 Fatal Album III"Divorce Papers" () 79"Eul" () (feat. Big Naughty) 58"Snow Sweeping" () 76"What's Wrong" () (feat. Yunhway) 88"Hurts" () (Band version) (feat. Young B, Yunhway, Lil Tachi, Han Yo-han, Justhis and Swings) 193 rowspan="3" "Baby" ()2020 185"Just Kidding" () 147"Lasik" () 139Like a Film / 9Cut"Reverse" () (feat. Ahn Byeong-woong, Khakii and Kim Mono) — "It Was Love" () 102 9Cut"Spacetime" () 2021 106 Avante "Die Die" (feat. Choi LB) 187 "Because I Was Young" (그땐 어렸으니까)180Avante"You Turned Around" () 186"What a Mess" () —"One Snowy Day" () (feat. Sole) 2022 66 "Issu du Feu" (불로부터)—Novel"That's Why I Can't Talk About Love" (feat. Woo Won-jae)— "What Should I Do?" () 2023 138Novel"Tik Tok" (시간이날기다려) (Band version) (feat. Choi LB and Big Naughty)—Archive"Drive Me Crazy" (미춰버리겠어)2024—I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied"Hur" (feat. C Jamm)—GRB01"Peak" (feat. Camo)—GRB02"I Think It's Love" (사랑인 것 같은데)2025—Why Are You Always Like This? /I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied"My Job Is Cool" (feat. J-Tong and Zico)— I Tend to Get Tongue-Tied"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Collaborations TitleYear Peak chart positionsAlbum KORCollaborations: "Fluttering Feelings": "Breath": "Pillow": "0 (Young)": "Bunzi": "Flex": "IMJMWDP": "Acting": "Your Night, Your Star, Your Moon": "Never Meant to Be": "Let's Have a Drink" () (with Lil Boi) 2012— rowspan="2" "Rain Showers" (with Swings and C Jamm)2014—"Hongkiyoung #2" (with Swings and Genius Nochang)—Ripple Effect"I'm Going" () (with Swings, C Jamm, and Vasco)—"Just" (with Swings, Vasco, and Genius Nochang)—"Fluttering Feelings" () (with NS Yoon-G) 6 "Breath" () (with Shannon and Vasco) 64 Eighteen"Pillow" () (with Soyou, feat. Kihyun)2015 5 No.Mercy Part 2"0 (Young)" (with Mad Clown and Jooyoung, feat. No Mercy) 71No.Mercy Part 3"Cliché" () (with Moonshine) — "Days of Disturbance" () (with Junggigo) 2016— Vintage Box"Eum Eum" () (with Goretexx, Black Nut, Bill Stax, Genius Nochang, and Swings)2017— We Effect"Bunzi" () (with Xitsuh and Young B) 28 High School Rapper Part 2"Flex" (with Kid Milli, NO:EL, and Swings)2018 11 rowspan="2" "IndiGO Remix" (with The Quiett, Mommy Son, and Swings) —"Supernatural Power" () (with Choi LB, Kim Seung-min and OLNL)2019 — KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1"IMJMWDP" (with NO:EL, Black Nut, Yang Hong-won, Osshun Gum,Yunhway, Justhis, Jvcki Wai, Kid Milli, Han Yo-han, and Swings) 152 rowspan="3" "Super Birthday" () (with Superbee) —"Call Me Before You Sleep" () (with Jessica Jung) —"Acting" () (with Heize) 2020 98 Like a Film / 9Cut"No Ex" (with Paloalto)2021— rowspan="3" "Your Night, Your Star, Your Moon" () 55"Never Meant to Be" () (with Heize) 2026140"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Soundtrack appearances TitleYear Peak chart positionsAlbum KORSoundtrack: "Hyena" () 2020 — Hyena OST Part 4 "A Rat in the Trap" () 2021 — Mouse OST Part 3 "Abnormal Climate" () 2022 — Forecasting Love and Weather OST Part 8 "100 °C" 112 Street Man Fighter OST Part 3 "At Night" () 2023 — Crash Course in Romance OST Part 4
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumKOROther charted songs (as lead artist): "Adult": "Beggar", "The Star Is Falling", "The Time Is Now": "Let's Not Love Each Other", "Smile, Wait For The Flash": Other charted songs (as featured artist):
"Gravity": "The End": "Ma First": "Don't Be Such a Baby": "Chocolate Chip Cookies": "OeO": "Sometimes": "SF Skills": "Breaking Bad": "Sunbbang": "Taste": "We Don't Talk Together": "Bada": "Flower": "Tomorrow": "Credit": "Face Time":