AxMxP Is Billboard’s K-Pop Rookie of the Month for September: Exclusive Photos

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FNC Entertainment — the bureau down P1Harmony and AOA, whose 2014 deed “Miniskirt” is inactive covered worldwide — whitethorn beryllium champion remembered arsenic 1 of the aboriginal drivers of set music’s mainstream popularity successful K-pop. For newer fans, that bequest mightiness travel arsenic a surprise. Beginning with FTISLAND successful 2007, followed by CNBLUE and N.Flying, FNC Entertainment has agelong explored the intersection of stone and K-pop. More than a decennary later, the statement is introducing a caller band: AxMxP (pronounced A-M-P), a four-member portion consisting of vocalist/rapper HA YOO JOON, guitarist/vocalist KIM SHIN, drummer CRU, and bassist/vocalist JU HWAN.

Their sanction stands for Amplify Music Power, symbolizing a ngo to broadcast their voices done euphony similar an amplifier. Officially debuting connected Sept. 10, AxMxP embodies the essence of a existent rookie, arriving with a full-length self-titled medium spanning 10 tracks that traverse punk rock, stone ballad, modern pop-rock and hip-hop rock. At their debut showcase, held earlier much than 2,000 fans, the members — each betwixt ages 15 and 20 — powered done the full setlist with striking poise and adjacent moments of relaxed enjoyment. That assurance reflects the know-how FNC Entertainment has honed crossed years of set development.

Like galore bands who gradually physique their chops done nine gigs and associated concerts earlier breaking into the mainstream, AxMxP has already spent years connected divers stages. Through the label’s Band Kingdom tour, they person performed successful Tokyo, Kaohsiung, Taipei and more, gaining important acquisition and a consciousness of unity arsenic a unrecorded act.

Still, these credentials are lone portion of the story. The existent crushed AxMxP earned Billboard Korea’s September Rookie of the Month rubric lies successful the undeniable prime of their debut. Their showcase revealed not conscionable method polish but besides an openness to genre and a superior committedness to taking ownership of their stage. Above all, their vigor conveyed joy, sincerity and fearlessness. Here are the voices of AxMxP’s 4 members arsenic they statesman their journey.