{"id":681966,"date":"2025-07-29T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bibi-on-tour-love-and-ending-the-narrative-album-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T05:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:00:33","slug":"bibi-on-tour-love-and-ending-the-narrative-album-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bibi-on-tour-love-and-ending-the-narrative-album-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BIBI on tour, love, and ending the narrative album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b7ae0d70c8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bibi-on-tour-love-and-ending-the-narrative-album-2\/#On_her_new_concept_record_Eve_Romance_K-pops_rebellious_show_woman_is_really_just_singing_about_herself\" >On her new concept record Eve: Romance, K-pop\u2019s rebellious show woman is really just singing about herself.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_her_new_concept_record_Eve_Romance_K-pops_rebellious_show_woman_is_really_just_singing_about_herself\"><\/span>On her new concept record <i>Eve: Romance<\/i>, K-pop\u2019s rebellious show woman is really just singing about herself.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272694\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cBeing at the Empire State Building in person is different \u2014 I\u2019ve only ever seen it in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nakedbibi\/?hl=en\">BIBI<\/a> tells me on a blazingly hot and humid Wednesday in July. The South Korean singer is midway through her first-ever world tour and arrived in New York City earlier this week to perform on the <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/bibi-performs-apocalypse-from-new-album-live-on-today-242463301779\">Today<\/a><\/i> show. She has two more days left in town and she\u2019s squeezing in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@page.bema\/video\/7522995672317037855\">fan meeting<\/a> at a K-pop album store in Koreatown later, but this morning, BIBI decided she wanted to take a tour of the city\u2019s most famous historic landmark. When we meet in a room on the building\u2019s ground floor, the 26-year-old greets me with a hug before relaxing into her chair. \u200b\u200bMarked underneath her right eye are two red dots in honor of her late grandfather, symbols that she\u2019s said <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaboo.com\/stories\/bibi-lee-young-ji-full-story-grandpa-drawing-two-red-dots-eye\/\">represent calmness and control<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            BIBI, born Kim Hyung-seo in Ulsan, South Korea, confesses a few things just minutes into our chat: First, that she was initially nervous about hitting the road for five long months, which makes sense. It\u2019s the longest she\u2019s ever been abroad, and what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens if she falls sick, people don\u2019t show up to her shows, or worse, she can\u2019t easily access quality kimchi? Since then, her worries have been assuaged by the outpouring of support and fans packing each venue. She\u2019s been awed by everyone\u2019s widespread backgrounds (from \u201cNASA interns\u201d to \u201cTinder employees\u201d), and their willingness to participate in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chaeiore\/video\/7513467017102445854?lang=en\">lap dances<\/a> and risqu\u00e9 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kess.and.han\/video\/7517359853900156190?lang=en\">interactive audience banter<\/a>. The crowds have shown BIBI a different kind of energy than she\u2019s used to back home. \u201cI\u2019m everywhere in Seoul \u2014 I&#8217;m in the club,\u201d she tells The FADER. \u201cEverybody will think, \u2018Oh, if I can\u2019t see BIBI this time, I can just go to her show next year,\u2019 but it\u2019s been the opposite everywhere I\u2019ve been. People are eager to come and see me perform.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272696\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2494_noTrdyRR_cg7jwe\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2494_noTrdyRR_cg7jwe\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 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      To understand BIBI\u2019s ascent to global stardom is to see a singer on the outskirts of K-pop gently pushing at its borders. Her candor, especially in her lyricism, bulldozes over the glossy images and polished pop songs associated with her more mainstream counterparts. On songs, like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m6N6jOt7heY\">Derre<\/a>,\u201d a bubbly same-sex anthem, she questions societal norms and probes at topics that often go untouched in the K-pop mainstream. Her explorations often manifest in explicit videos like the blood-filled 2023 visual for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVLRky1hGfk\">Animal Farm<\/a>,\u201d in which a man-slaying BIBI, who begins bound up like a suckling pig on a table, speaks on female objectification and defends her femininity with a Katana sword in hand.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            BIBI landed a record deal at 19 years old with Feel Ghood Music, a South Korean entertainment label founded by two industry rap veterans, Yoon Mi-rae and Tiger JK, after being discovered through self-produced songs on SoundCloud and snagging second place in the South Korean competition show The Fan in 2018. Eight years later, BIBI\u2019s witty personality and her rebellious storytelling have cultivated a large audience, especially in the States: she went viral in 2021 for kissing fans and throwing condoms into the crowd at Head in the Clouds; she played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1DzOIGRBwfI&amp;list=RD1DzOIGRBwfI&amp;start_radio=1\">Coachella in 2024<\/a> as part of 88rising\u2019s set; her 2021 R&amp;B pop track \u201cThe Weekend\u201d charted on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/kpopconcerts.com\/k-pop-news\/bibi-charts-on-top-40-radio-with-the-weekend\/\">U.S. top 40 radio<\/a>. Today, BIBI tells me she wants to peel back even more of her layers, though embracing vulnerability has been a challenge. Her music is often filtered through high-octane album concepts and fictional characters, obfuscating tools that served a purpose: \u201cIt\u2019s out of fear that people will know everything about me.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            BIBI\u2019s sophomore concept album <i>Eve: Romance<\/i> is her way of bringing her walls back down to ground zero. The 14-track album is told through a vivid sci-fi narrative that follows Luca, a resurrected genius child, and EVE-1, the clone of a deceased pop star named Eve. The album weaves concepts of resurrection, identity, and free will, and is split into two halves: seven songs from EVE\u2019s perspective and the rest from EVE-1\u2019s. Eve\u2019s perspective is told through soft songs like \u201cMidnight Cruise\u201d and her 2024 smash hit \u201cBam Yang Gang,\u201d while EVE-1\u2019s outlook is more audacious via \u201cHongdae R&amp;B\u201d and \u201cSugar Rush.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272722\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cIt\u2019s out of fear that people will know everything about me.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272721\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ube44\ube44 (BIBI) - \uc885\ub9d0\uc758 \uc0ac\uacfc\ub098\ubb34 (Apocalypse) Official M\/V\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWL1Tzl0YdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272697\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2520_hCIzGtmg_e50hnc\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"BIBI on tour, love, and ending the narrative album\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272723\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            As fantastical and otherworldly as the album\u2019s concept is, the project is really a mental spiral down the consequences of fame and societal pressures. On every track, BIBI returns to a central point: a desire to be loved, and the many adversities that stem from that. \u201cThrough this story, I wanted to share that there are a lot of expectations people often have of you. I\u2019m always thinking that I have to be something to be loved,\u201d she says. \u201cBut sometimes this love eats away at me. The people in my life love me, but I often feel that I have to provide something to them to be loved, like transactional love.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            BIBI portrays the great (and not so great) parts about desire through ambiguous innuendos cushioned in biblical references and Greek mythology. On \u201cScott and Zelda,\u201d she writes about a one-sided romance that still clings to hope: \u201cWould you pinch me? \/ Would you turn my page? Would you read me? \/ Don\u2019t return me and lose me forever.\u201d \u201cWhen I wrote this story, I couldn\u2019t come up with a bad ending,\u201d BIBI adds. \u201cI think Eve and EVE-1 are me. Whether I wrote it as a happily ever after or not, I knew I wanted this story to live on just like how I\u2019d want mine to as well.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <i>Eve: Romance<\/i> <i>is<\/i> a reflection of BIBI\u2019s life, though she only arrives at that conclusion after much talk around in our discussion, as if she\u2019s still trying to grapple with how much of herself she put into the music.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            BIBI grew up in a busy family with a musician father and poet grandmother who were deeply embedded in their careers. She says she felt isolated during her upbringing, finding it difficult to cultivate friendships. She muses that her tendency to explore existential concepts in her music stems from her childhood search for love. \u201cWhen I was little, I had a toxic way of loving myself and others,\u201d she says. \u201cI didn\u2019t understand what love was, and I thought it was useless. I thought life was always bleak, and I didn\u2019t want to live.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until she turned 18 that she realized not everyone perceived love, or life, in this way. \u201cThere are so many people who are worse off and still find happiness, and I wondered why I couldn\u2019t. I thought that I was allergic to this life, and that I\u2019d be better off cloning myself to live a better one.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272698\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGG_2470_sHlAyQGC_tlvhhq\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"BIBI on tour, love, and ending the narrative album\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272725\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cThe people in my life love me, but I often feel that I have to provide something to them to be loved.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272724\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Compared to that time, when she struggled to comprehend her \u201cball of trauma,\u201d BIBI says she\u2019s much better off now, thanks to therapy sessions that have helped reconstruct her views on unconditional love. When asked what she learned over the years, she holds her fingers to her temples as if trying to recite a math equation from memory: \u201cI once told my therapist that, \u2018I know that people love me, but for some reason, I can\u2019t fucking touch it.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Why do you think you love them unconditionally and they don\u2019t love you unconditionally?\u2019 That was the moment I realized I never thought of it in that way because it\u2019s always been about me, me, me.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Going forward, BIBI wants to focus on making bodies of work that are not contingent on virality (\u201cI never cared to go viral, to be honest.\u201d), and represents her as Kim Hyung-seo \u2014 which means she may or may not be ditching the characters and narrative concept for good. \u201cI think my story era is done,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s been years since my debut, and I think I\u2019m brave enough to showcase myself. No more hiding.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272699\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/NGN_5452_fw7wloNc_jjemu0\/bibi-eve-romance-interview-tour.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"BIBI on tour, love, and ending the narrative album\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272726\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>All photos courtesy of BIBI.<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">India Roby<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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