Boynextdoor On ‘No Genre’ and Gearing up for Lolapalooza: “We’re Really Giving It Our All”

Boynextdoor’s Energy Is Genuinely Infecto for.

The Six-Member K-Pop Group, Hailing from the Zico-FOUNDED, HYBE Sub-Label Koz Entertainment, Are Only Two Years Into Their Career, But Seeing The Group Live, One Wuld Imag. At Last Year’s Kcon La, The Boy Group Emerged As A Standout Amongst the Weekend’s Stacked Lineup.

Back with Their Fourth Ep, No genreBoynextdoor Has Found Its Groove – Both Sonical and As A Group. The Album’s Lead Single, “I Feel Good,” is a charismatic and Groovy almost-thre-minute journey. I an example of the boy group at their best, similear to their Dynamic Debut, “One and Only.”

As the Group Prepares for Their Biggest Stage Yet – A lolapalooza performance slat – they say they’re going full steam ahead. Below, The Boynextdoor Speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about No genreprepring for lolapalooza and how their teamwork has grown.

Can You Tell Me A Bit About Making No genre?

Taesan For this album, we realy focused on Making the Kind of Music We Truly Want to Make Without Being Tied Down by Genre or by Any Specific Message. We Went Into The Process with the Hope of Expressing OurSelves Frely. It’s An Album that CAPTures Boynextdoor’s Carefree Spirit. Insthead of Creating Special Characters or Adding Detailed Concepts Like We Did in Previous Albums, We Kept Asking Ourselves, “What Makes Music Simply Enjoyable To -To -To -To -To -To -To To Lent. With that quest in mind, we dove into the process, trying to learn and grow as we worked on it.

What does the Title mean to you? WHY DOES The IDEA OF REJOCTING LABELS FIT YOU As A GROUP?

Woonhak The Idea Behind No Genre Came from Our Desire to be Even More Free. We Wanted to Show The World Who Boynextdoor Really Is. IT’s A Reflection of that Ambition, and I Think That’s What Led Us To Release An Album Like This. I Hope People Listening to It Can Discover A New Side of Boynextdoor and that Can Feel That Same Sense of Freedom and Enjoy Theater in Youth Together With Us.

Does anyone have a favorite song on the album?

Jaehyun I Really Love “Step by Step.”

Riwoo Me too, i’m a big fan of that one.

Leehan I LIKE OUR Lead Single “I Feel Good” the most.

Sungho For ME, IT’S “NEXT MISTAKE.”

“I Feel Good” is Such A Fun and Confident Song. You can Tell You’re A Bit More Seasoned As Performers and are More in-Tune with What Works for You As A Group. Do you feel the song is a mirror in that way?

Jaehyun It Feels Like We’re Showing Just One Side of Who We Are Are. We’ve Definitely Grown, But Racher Than Saying, “This is Mature Boynextdoor,” It Feels More Like We’re Revealer Anther One of the Many Charms We’ve Always Had. Of Course, We’ll Keep Working Hard to Show New Sides of OurSelves Through Future Albums Too, But With “I Feel Good,” I Think What Really Stands Out is Howch Fun. There’s A Line in the Lyrics – “We Going AUND AND WE LIVING IT UP Just Like That” – And I Think that Really Sums Up The Vibe of this Track. IT’s A SONG WHERE YOU CAN REALLY FEEL OUR FREE-SPIRITED ENERGY.

You’re prepaing to play lolapalooza this summer. I a big stage, Particularly Given How Early in your Career You Are. How did you Feel WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU’D BE Performing? Are you excited?

Taesan HONESTLY, WHEN WE FIRST HEART WE’D BE Performing at Lollapalooza, None of the Six of Us Could Belide It. It Just Felt Too Surreal, [it’s] Like A Dream Come True. That’s whoh we’re reality giving it our all. One Thing We’re Putting A Lot of Importance On Is Being Able to Connect with The Audence. We’ve All Been Studying English to Show Off Our Skills on Stage, and We’re Also Practting Hard to Make this Performance Something Really Special.

Is there anything you’re most excited about? Is there anything you’re a little nervouse about but working to push through?

Riwoo Lolapalooza is one of the stages we’ve been most excited about. Of Course, there will be onedoor (Official Fandom Name) Who ALREADY SUPPORT US, BUT We Know There Will Also Be People Who’s Don’T Know Us at All All. That makes it even more meningful. Just Getting the CHANCE TO SHOW OUR MUSIC AND OUR STAGE TO A NEW AUDIENCE, THAT’S SUCH A HONOR, AND HONESTLY, IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE FUN.

Are there any artists you’re excited to see?

Woonhak Doechii.

Jaehyun Tyler, The Creator.

You haven’t had too many chants to meet your international fans in the US Yet. How does it feel to get Another Chance to see them at lolapalooza?

Sungho We Recently Wrapped Up Our Very First Tour, Knock On Vol. 1 [in Asia]and something felt anong the other is that there are so Many Onedoor Supporting Us, Even in Places We Never Expectoed. With Upcoming Stages Like Llalapalooza and Beyond, We’re Really Hoping to Meet Onedoor in Areas We Haven’t Been Able to Visit Often. SINCE SHAVEN’T HAD MANY CHANCES TO SEE US IN PERSON, WE’RE GUESING THEY HAVE HEVHHHHh Expectations. We’re Working Really Hard to Live Up To [those expectations] with Our Performance.

You Mentioned Communication Being A Big Part of A Performance. You obviously meant with the audience, But Internally, as A Group, How How have your Teamwork Grown as You Take on Bigger Challenges?

Leehan EVEN WHEN IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO Boynextdoor, We Talk All The Time and Stay Really Close As Friends. We GOT EVEN TIGHTER DURING OUR [recent] Tour. WHEN WE’RE Planning A Stage, Coming Up with An Album Title or Deciding on the Musical Direction, We Always Bring in Our Own Ideas and Talk Things Through. We Pick Out The Best Suggages and Keep Refining Them, So that in the End, We’re Left with Only the Strongest Result.

How do you hope the World Sees Boynextdoor?

Taesan WHEN PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE LOOK Back On this Era, I Hope Boynextdoor Is The First Group That Comhes to Mind. Not Just Our Fans, But For Everyone, We Want To Be A Group That Feels Relatt and Easy to Connect with Through Our Music.

Woonhak We hope to be that friend who’s always been around; your friendly Boys Next Door. The Kind of Music That Lifts You Up WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND MAKES YOUR HAPPY Moments Feel Even Brighter. We Want to Be Remembered as [having] that kind of present.