- 5 months ago
BOYNEXTDOOR stopped by the Audacy studios to talk about their busy 2025, playing to thousands of fans at Lollapalooza, grabbing a more intimate spotlight at the GRAMMY Museum, and continuing their musical legacy with the 'No Genre' EP.
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00:00Who would survive in a zombie apocalypse?
00:03Which one of you guys would it be?
00:05That's maybe Lee Han.
00:07Okay, why?
00:08Lee Han.
00:09Lee Han.
00:10Lee Han.
00:11Okay, just surviving in general.
00:12Just a surviving type of guy.
00:13And he has really extrovert personality,
00:17so I think he can be friends with zombies.
00:21Oh, okay, okay.
00:22Friends with zombies.
00:23I don't know how that would work.
00:24But that, okay, I feel that.
00:30Hello from the Odyssey Studios here in LA.
00:32I'm Brooke Morrison, and we have Boy Next Door.
00:35Yay!
00:36Welcome, guys.
00:37You guys have had a big summer already.
00:39Lollapalooza, Grammy Museum.
00:41Yeah.
00:42Amazing.
00:43How was Lollapalooza though?
00:44What was that experience like?
00:45It was crazy because Lollapalooza is Boy Next Door's big goals.
00:52Yeah.
00:53So it's unreal, still unreal, but yeah, we did it.
00:58Yeah.
00:59I love that.
01:00Congratulations on that.
01:02And you guys were here this time last year as well.
01:04Yes.
01:05I was able to sit down with you guys.
01:06How have the 2025 vibes been so far for you guys?
01:102025 was really busy year.
01:14Yeah.
01:15We did a lot of things, a lot of comeback, a lot of albums, and Lollapalooza, Grammy Museum.
01:24Right.
01:25Like, especially like Lollapalooza, I think it's the really biggest festival in the US.
01:34So we really wanted to stage and perform at the Lollapalooza, but we did it.
01:39So I think it's WONDUOR made it.
01:43WONDUOR is our fandom's name.
01:45WONDUOR made it.
01:46So I want to say thank you.
01:48And I think 2025 was really thankful a year.
01:52Yeah.
01:53For sure.
01:54So speaking of comebacks, no genre is out now.
01:57Yeah.
01:58Congrats on that as well.
01:59What's been your favorite part of this comeback?
02:00Yeah.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Yeah.
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02:05Yeah.
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02:21Yeah.
02:22Yeah.
02:23I Pengao
02:34Nice.
02:35You look really cool doing it too.
02:36That's, that's great.
02:37Is there, I mean no genre.
02:38There's a lot of different sounds on this album.
02:41Is there one track that just, feels very distinctly BOY NEXT DOOR.
02:45Oh that's I feel good.
02:47No, God.
02:49Because I feel good equal BOY NEXT DOOR Energy.
02:50True.
02:51So, of course…
02:52true yeah that's all yeah okay I forget is point X or energy right makes
03:00everyone else feel good too that's amazing yeah if you could describe the
03:03comeback with one emoji which one would you guys pick yeah one emoji rock star
03:11yeah rock star sorry any other it's just that one I feel good yes amazing what is
03:21the group's creative process looks like now like what is it how is it
03:25differed I guess from debut?
03:51is there any song that really challenged you guys
04:18vocally emotionally lyrically which one would it be?
04:21이번 앨범 음악을 만들 때 평천 전 앨범들 같은 경우에는 되게
04:26뭔가 뭐라 해야 되죠? 그 저희 이야기를 담거나 아니면 뭐 스토리텔링을 하거나
04:31했었는데 이번 앨범은 진짜 온전히 아까 말씀드린 대로 좋은 음악을 만들자
04:36라는 생각으로 앨범을 만들었기 때문에 작업을 할 때 좋은 음악이란 뭘까? 라는
04:42고민을 되게 많이 했던 것 같아요
04:44음 ok interesting yeah that's always a good question for artists what is good music?
04:49speaking of all your other music too I mean obviously this is just your latest
04:52comeback but does anything hit differently any of your older songs now that some time has passed?
04:57모든 곡들이 좀 되게 다르게 느껴지는 것 같아요 특히나 재현이가 얘기를 했었는데요
05:04이제 저희 곡이 아니어도 장소마다 들을 때 다르다고 했었는데 저희 노래도 또 뭔가 시간이 지날 때마다
05:12그리고 언제 어디서 누구랑 듣냐에 따라서 달라지는 것 같아요 그게 또 음악이 줄 수 있는 힘인 것 같아서 되게 신기한 것 같습니다
05:22absolutely and you guys are always bringing in new fans because you're doing all this stuff you know lalapalooza i'm sure brought in a lot of new fans
05:28and then you're performing for current fans at the grammy museum and things like that but what one song would you say you recommend to newer fans to get them into boy next door?
05:39i think one and only one and only that's if you listen one time boy next door가 어떤 그룹인지 잘 알 수 있지 않을까 라는 생각이 들어요
05:47awesome and you guys have always had this concept that i think is very boyhood and emotional
05:53does it seem to change with you guys do you feel like you're growing out of it at any point in time how does that really fit into your group now?
05:59awesome how does that mean your original album be profound and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive things
06:05it's really quite exciting for you guys when we are doing it
06:07리유가 얘기했던 것처럼 사실 데뷔 때와 지금도 저희가 활동하면서 너무 느낌이 다르고
06:11we feel that our debut were working and just a positive and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive and positive
06:15그렇게 저희가 변해가는 것을 그대로 또 다음 앨범 그리고 무대에서 아니다 tuyong을 할 수 있기 때문에
06:19and we can participate in the next album and on the stage.
06:24As we are older, our music is becoming more mature,
06:30and we will be able to participate in how we can change the future,
06:37so I think we will be able to participate in the same album.
06:40I think we are always able to have a huge opportunity.
06:47That's awesome.
06:48And here's a question that I've always wanted to ask. Anybody that I come into contact with that is quote-unquote famous or has a fandom or something like that. I asked NCT 127 this question as well.
06:58Is there anything about being in an idol group and what you guys do for a living that you wish fans would understand a little bit more about?
07:05What do you think about it?
07:06Actually, I feel the most happy that I'm working as an idol group and I feel the most happy that I feel the most happy about the fans.
07:20I feel the most important part in this industry.
07:25So we're the most happy that we can love the fandom and our music and our growth of the audience.
07:35And our growth of the audience and our growth of the audience and our growth of the audience.
07:39We have a lot of love for the K-pop scene and love for the audience.
07:44But that is the biggest part of the audience.
07:47We have all our growth of the audience and our growth of the audience and our growth of the audience.
08:04Yeah, I love that.
08:05You guys are closer to fans every single day, closer to each other I'm sure every single day as well.
08:09So kind of a funny question but I want to know who would survive in a zombie apocalypse?
08:14Which one of you guys would it be?
08:16Maybe Lehan
08:18And he has really extrovert personality so I think he can be friends with zombies.
08:45work but that okay i feel that what about smart who would i look yeah smart is good who would die
08:50first die first yeah maybe that's me okay why um i'm just fighting jumbie oh you want to fight
09:03yeah you know what i would probably want to die right away i don't think i would want to try
09:08at all that's smart yeah thank you thank you so what about something that fans get right about
09:14you guys and what's something that fans always get wrong about you guys okay it must be nice
09:29being a boy next door fan then you guys know everything about them already that's perfect
09:34if you guys could plan your own fan meeting then if you could plan anything like if you wanted to
09:38drop them in and out would there be dancing would there be a contest how would you guys plan a fan
09:43meeting so 개인적인 아이디어로는 같이 아쿠아리움 한번 가고 싶어요 아쿠아리움에서
09:49그 막 요새 뮤직비디오도 찍고 영상도 되게 촬영을 많이 하던데 아마 팬분들과 같이 가면은
09:57더 행복하지 않을까 생각합니다 perfect how about how about the boy next door's
10:03koreography competition oh that'd be fun the judge is real okay that'd be fun yeah that'd be fun i'd love that
10:13that oh okay i like that there's nothing wrong with that you know um what is something that's stuck with you guys
10:23lately you guys i'm sure i've seen a lot of comments from fans all these performances and things you've done
10:38what's something from a fan that's really stuck with you
10:43something from a fan that's really stuck with you oh 최근에 럴라팔러자 했을 때 그 컨디션이 좋지 못했는데
10:50무대가 끝나고 나서 팬분들이 아픈지도 몰랐다 그만큼 잘했다 라고 해줘서 최근에 받았던 말 중에
10:57제일 감동이었던 것 같아요 아 잘하고 있구나 라는 생각을 할 수 있었습니다
11:01oh nice i love that well i hope you're doing better now now i'm okay okay good good good so one last question for you guys the rest of
11:09the rest of 2025 i want you to finish the sentence we'll go through all six of you
11:14i want boy next door to be known for blank beginning of the legend
11:20okay wow all right starting a movie right now love that all right
11:27주인공 main character heck yes main character energy all 2025 okay summer summer yeah summer vibes
11:36okay love that unforgettable memories unforgettable memories all right
11:44scene stealer scene stealer
11:50so hard so hard okay superstar superstar yeah not yet not yet but we got a superstar you guys are superstars
12:00come on thank you thank you thank you so any last message you have to fans before we go
12:06okay thank you for supporting us and and and you guys are so important in my life
12:15every every day every night thank you and i love you
12:18so cute i love you guys how to see you again la yes he got a lot of nervous oh no don't be nervous
12:28you guys can speak in korean too all the love all the love killed it you guys all killed it anything
12:33else you want to say before we go yeah i have one thing okay yeah yeah yeah we we're a boy next
12:38door and we always be by our side and so please memory this word remember this sentence we always be
12:49by our side because we are boy next door ahaha all right thank you boy next door thanks so much thank
12:55thank you thank you thank you see you next time boom
13:08you
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