Kickflip “DAY6 Young K senior, ‘Youngest need to be free to last long’ advised him”

The group Kickflip expressed their gratitude to their JYP seniors for their advice.

On the 20th at 2 PM, Kickflip held a press showcase to commemorate the release of their debut album ‘Flip it, Kick it!’ and met with reporters at Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

On that day, Gye Hoon said about the advice from PD Park Jin-young, “He did not spare his praise. I was grateful that he told me that we had a song that could become a trend for K-pop groups. I will show you a good side of us”.

DAY6 Young K, who wrote the lyrics for the third track ‘WARRIORS’, also gave some advice. Minje said, “Senior Young K told me, ‘A team where the youngest is free will last a long time.’ We take good care of our youngest and have a fun team atmosphere, so I thought it would be good if we could continue that good atmosphere in the future.” Maknae Donghyun said, “I took my senior‘s words to heart. My older brothers have already tried to make it comfortable for me without my younger brother, so I’m also living happily.”

Joo Wang also mentioned, “Stray Kids‘ Changbin and I.N seniors told me, ’For a team to last a long time, we need to have good teamwork.‘ He said that if we fight with the mindset of reconciling, the team will last a long time.”

JYP’s new boy group Kickflip is made up of seven members: leader Gye Hoon, who has nearly 10 years of experience as a trainee, as well as Amaru, Donghwa, Joo Wang, Minje, K-Ju, and Donghyun. The group name is borrowed from a term for the difficult skateboarding technique of spinning the board 360 degrees with the tip of the foot, and contains a bold ambition to be unconstrained by convention and to create something new.

Kickflip‘s first mini-album, ‘Flip it, Kick it!’, contains a total of six tracks, including the title track ‘Mama Said (What are you trying to become?)’ (마마 세드), ‘Yeah Yeah’, ‘WARRIORS’ (워리어스), ‘Knock Knock’ (낙 낙), ‘Like A Monster’ (라익 아먼), and ‘See You Tomorrow’ (내일에서 나일에서 나미서). The album, with over 300,000 pre-orders, will be available on various music sites on Monday the 20th at 6 p.m.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com
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