Only the virtues of Day6 and Stray Kids were extracted.A very ‘selfish combination’ that only gathered the superior genes of JYP’s representative players.This is the future kickflip of K -pop.

JYP Entertainment’s(JYP)’super rookie’ Kickflip made a comeback on the 26th.It’s only been 4 months since their official debut at the end of January.They showed their determination to “freeze” various popular charts from the beginning of summer.In their new song ‘FREEZE’, which contains such determination, they ‘passionately’ melted the rock spirit of JYP’s pride and senior group DAY6 and the performance of Stray Kids in Kickflip style.

Their second mini-album, “Kick Out, Flip Now !” featuring “Freeze!” has already surpassed the incredible sales of their debut album.According to their agency JYP, the pre-sales of the new album surpassed 350,000 copies as of the 25th, the day before its official release, which is a record that has already surpassed the initial sales(one-week sales)of 320,000 copies set by their debut album, “Flip It, Kick It!”

At the media showcase held on the 26th, the day of the release of their new album, at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul, Kickflip allowed us to see and hear how much growth can be achieved in ‘4 months’ for this extraordinary newcomer.They also performed ‘Jekkija’, a song included in their new album, and confidently stated, “Our goal was to beat ourselves.”

This sentiment also applies to the ‘production review’, and Kickflip showed off their appearance as a representative ‘producing idol’ of the 5th generation idols by including lyrics and even self-composed songs throughout the new album.’Producing idol’, a combination of the words producer and idol, is like the ‘signature of JYP idols’ as seen in the cases of Day6 and Stray Kids.


Another thing that catches the eye is that the new album contains 7 new songs, and is filled with a “regular album-level composition.” Starting with the title song “Freeze,” the pre-released songs “Jekkija” and “Someday the Sun Will Explode” showed signs of becoming mega hits, with streaming skyrocketing immediately after their release on various popular music platforms that afternoon.

Kickflip made their first appearance at the 1st DAWARDS in February, just over a month after their debut, and garnered much attention by performing on the opening stage.They won two awards at the DAWARDS, including ‘DAWARDS Discovery - Discovery of the Year’ and ‘DAWARDS Remark’.


Reporter Heo Min- mignon@donga.com

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