He has been the frontman and singer for Das Pop, the Belgian band he founded in Ghent in 1994 together with schoolfriends Reinhard Vanbergen, Niek Meul and Lieven Moors.

Bent van Looy became drummer for Soulwax and he toured as MC throughout Europe along concert halls like Ethias Arena, Brixton Academy, Telefonica Open de Madrid, Palacio da bolsa and many others with Soulwaxmas, the Christmas party organised by Soulwax In 2013, Bent Van Looy released his first solo album Round the Bend, produced in Los Angeles by Jason Falkner.

Director Dimitri van Zeebroeck also shot a documentary with similar title to be distributed with the album.

Van Looy started painting again after a long break and held a solo exhibition The Vessel, the Jerk and the Edge of Reason in the summer of 2020 in gallery Super Dakota in Brussels.

Bent Van Looy became the winning coach with his contestant Tom De Man carrying the title.