New Delhi: K-pop boyband EPEX has hit the excessive notes with their first full-length album “Youth Chapter 1:Youth Days.” The octet who debuted in 2021, take a nostalgic journey again in time once they debuted as youngsters. Now on the brink of maturity, the album cherishes moments of the previous, in addition to they stay up for new beginnings.
The album contains eight new tracks, together with the title monitor Youth2Youth, which comes with a powerful message for the younger, whereas KILLSHOT, has a poignant tome to interrupt by oppression, and Painkiller, emphasise feeling gentle with one’s self.
Puja Talwar spoke to EPEX, on their new chapter, their challenges and victories, in addition to being followers of Indian meals.
Q: Congratulations on Youth Chapter 1: Youth Days. Which is your first full-fledged album, did you are feeling this was the precise time, since Spring is the time for brand new beginnings as effectively?
MU: Just just like the expression “we are in the blue spring” within the title monitor lyrics, we felt that this tune’s environment fits the colourful spring season. Additionally, it is also the time when all our members have turn out to be adults.
WISH: The phrase ‘소화 (So Hwa)’ within the album title itself signifies the scenic view of a shiny spring and the radiant time of youth. That’s why we thought it was the right time for us, as we embark on our youth.
Q: So what are the brand new experiences that EPEX as a gaggle is wanting ahead to? And what are the stuff you wish to depart behind?
AYDEN: The second of receiving an award is all the time joyful, and I hope there will likely be many extra days forward after we obtain honourable awards. Just just like the Hollywood Walk of Fame boasts traces of varied outstanding actors, I aspire for EPEX to turn out to be an artist who leaves a mark in music historical past.
YEWANG: I wish to expertise a year-end awards ceremony sooner or later. I wish to create a improbable stage on the awards ceremony to showcase that we’re a workforce with nice performances.
JEFF: I stay up for EPEX rising extra every day. I hope that we depart no less than one memorable scene in many individuals’s minds.
Q: Youth2Youth is in your message to your listeners with a heartfelt message. Was there ever a time you felt misplaced or incomplete?
KEUM: Pre-debut was in all probability probably the most anxious and difficult time for me! I needed to indicate my accomplished self rapidly, however I additionally had moments of battle on account of feeling imperfect.
BAEKSEUNG: I believe I skilled these feelings loads throughout my trainee days. There was uncertainty about whether or not I may debut and I frightened about whether or not I may do effectively. Even after our debut, we all the time ponder easy methods to successfully convey the message we wish to ship to our viewers.
Q: It has been three years since your debut, what has been your greatest problem and largest victory thus far?
KEUM: One of the hardest points was adapting to the brand new ideas and atmospheres that include every album change. It required absorbing them as in the event that they have been my very own, which was difficult. However, overcoming such difficulties and seeing how well-received the ultimate product is by our followers fills me with satisfaction.
MU: In the early days of our debut, the whole lot felt unfamiliar, and it was arduous to regulate, particularly when issues did not go as deliberate. But as we have progressed and witnessed the love from our followers, I really feel like that’s our proudest accomplishment.
Q: With Okay-Pop turning into a world phenomenon, what makes it a particular style?
WISH: Rather than calling it particular, I’d wish to say it is a style that has already established itself with the distinctive environment and tradition of Korea, and many individuals are having fun with it as a definite style!
YEWANG: I believe it feels particular as a result of we pay loads of consideration to singing and dancing concurrently, in addition to making certain a visually fascinating efficiency that pleases each the eyes and ears.
AYDEN: I believe the key to K-pop’s recognition lies in its capacity to check out all genres inside the music, permitting it to all the time keep stylish!
Q: What have been your musical influences and is there any explicit band/ group you dream to collaborate with?
A-MIN: Since our debut, we have been singing songs that symbolize the sentiments of our friends, so I believe my musical inspiration comes from the individuals and conditions round me. I’d like to collaborate with a senior artist YOUNHA. I participated as a refrain in certainly one of her albums beforehand, so if given an opportunity, I’d wish to sing together with her in a collaboration.
JEFF: I’ve drawn loads of inspiration from Coldplay. It can be the group I love probably the most, so I hope to work with them sometime.
Q: India loves Okay Pop are you acquainted with Indian movies?
BAEKSEUNG: I usually discover myself longing to go to India as quickly as attainable. I even have a powerful want to showcase our stage to Indian ZENITH! Plus, I’ve an awesome impression of Indian delicacies as I get pleasure from it loads.
A-MIN: I’ve a eager curiosity in India and infrequently watch movies concerning the nation on YouTube! I hope to go to sometime and expertise its various tradition firsthand. I’d like to strive genuine Indian curry at an area restaurant.
