ENHYPEN on their sold-out Walk the Line tour and celebrating five years together

NME

Fresh off of wrapping up their latest world tour, which saw them perform in Europe for the first time, the K-pop group tells NME how they hack travelling, their biggest learning moments as a group and their goals for 2026

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00:00That's the fun thing about life, you know?

00:02Yeah, you can't really predict the future

00:04and you can't really know what's gonna happen

00:06but that's the fun part of it and you just gotta try

00:09and give it everything you got in the moment

00:11and hope for the best, I think.

00:21Hi, I'm Lucy Ford and today we are joined by

00:24Inhypers!

00:25Yay!

00:27For the latest in Enemies in Conversation series.

00:30Hi!

00:31Hi!

00:32How are you doing?

00:33We're good.

00:34You just had the concert last night

00:35so I forgive you if you're really tired.

00:38Like I said, we are in London.

00:40It's your first time performing here on tour.

00:43How was it?

00:44I think we had the best that we could possibly imagine.

00:48The energy was just incredible.

00:50It's our first time being in London

00:52and doing our own concert.

00:54so we kind of didn't know what to expect

00:56from the fans and the crowds

00:58but they were more than we expected.

01:00They were so energetic.

01:01You all kind of mentioned on stage that you

01:03always really wanted to come to London.

01:06Yeah.

01:07What is it about London that you've always wanted to

01:09to come to us?

01:11Well, I don't know.

01:12I don't know.

01:13I don't know.

01:14I've never seen it before.

01:17I've never seen it before.

01:18London is a kind of

01:21I've never seen it before.

01:22I've never seen it before.

01:23kind of

01:36I've never seen it before.

01:37I'm not sure who people are in one way.

01:42So I wanted to know how I these fish and chips

01:47I feel like we have an unfair critic, though, because you're Australian. You have pretty good fish and chips, so

01:53I feel like, I'm a hundred percent sure. But the restaurant where we went was very high quality. It was like a proper restaurant

01:59So the fish and chips there were very kind of.. I don't know how to put it, but it was very high quality

02:03quality yeah but i don't know back in australia you would just get fish and chips like on the

02:08road kind of like yeah on any restaurant and they would just serve you like on a plastic

02:13like a paper plate and yeah but here was like very proper so it's like a burger you can have

02:19like a really nice burger or you can have like a dirty burger you know what i mean but they're

02:23still both good they're both good there's no such thing as bad fish and chips in my opinion

02:28um what were you excited about about being able to come to this side of the world

02:33um 아무래도 처음 처음이라는 건 항상 설렐 수밖에 없는 것 같아서 그 점이 가장

02:39유럽 투어가 기대되고 또 저희가 방금 말하셨던 것처럼 되게 크게 하고

02:46왔어요 돔이랑 스타디움으로 돌다가 이제 미국 유럽을 넘어왔는데 그만큼

02:52뭔가 이렇게 멤버들이 조금 더 논다 해야 되나요 무대 위에서 더 잘 할 수

02:59있는 그래도 조금이나마 더 성장해서 오지 않았나 라고 생각을 해서 그런

03:03부분을 유럽에 계신 분들한테 더 잘 보여드릴 수 있으면 좋겠네요

03:08um i've been to you know concerts in lots of different places and something that i really

03:13enjoy is how different every crowd is in different countries is that something that you've

03:17noticed like at home in the us now london i guess is that is that something that you guys

03:23see on stage as well

03:25아 네 확실히 뭔가 시카고나 뭐 뉴욕 뭐 휴스턴 여러 지역들을 이제 무대를

03:33해봤을 때 뭔가 확실히 그 각 지역마다 이제 엔진분들의 환호나 이제 하는 방식들이

03:41조금씩 다른 것 같아서 아무튼 그랬는데 이제 또 어제 런던을 해보니까 런던 분들도 되게 잘

03:48노시고 뭔가 되게 반응도 잘 해주셔서 너무 좋았던 것 같아요 사실 유럽이 처음이어서 어떤

03:55반응을 해주실까 되게 고민도 많이 걱정을 많이 했었는데 되게 잘 해주셔서

04:00어제 재밌게 무대를 할 수 있었던 것 같아요

04:02oh yes um there are a few songs on the setlist i think go big or go home helium that are really fun live like

04:10so good is that something that you think about when you're recording the song like this is

04:15going to be great when we do it at a concert 와 제 생각에 어 보통 저희가

04:20콘서트장에서 이제 공연을 하다 보면은 녹음을 할 때 약간 이 곡은 콘서트는 정말 재밌겠다

04:26라고 생각하는 곡들이 있는데 말씀하신 것처럼 모더나 뭐

04:30뭐 Paranormal 이란 곡도 있고 특히 Drunk Days, Drunk Days, EDM 버전도 있는데 이런 곡들을 녹음을 할 때는 저는 확실하게

04:40이 곡은 진짜 재밌겠다 라고 느끼는 것 같아요

04:44희성은 J, you get a moment to play instruments on stage. How's that? How does that feel?

04:50It's really embarrassing because like UK it's like one of the most biggest band industry in the whole world so

04:58so uh it's a little embarrassing for me as a big fan of British music but uh i just try my best every single time like

05:06trying to making more like colors of the stages like uh instruments or anything else we can do without dancing or singing

05:16so i'm think i think i'm always trying my best to make a new color of the concert

05:22네 일단 저는 항상 할 때 되게 긴장도 많이 하고 하는데 사실 런던에 계신 엔진 분들

05:31또 마찬가지로 역시 너무 너무 즐겨주시고 그리고 저희가 샌드 오프라는 이제 팬분들과 이제 인사를 공연 끝나고 하는 인사가 있는데

05:42거기서 이제 피아노에 대한 칭찬도 많이 해주시고 즐기셨다고 해주셔서 너무 기분이 좋고 그랬던 것 같습니다.

05:50I know J, you actually did mention last night how much you do like British music.

05:55Is there any in particular that you like?

05:58There's a lot of like legendary bands in UK like Police or The Who, U2 and Rolling Stones.

06:09A lot of legendary bands in UK.

06:12So I love like brick pop, British rock like a genre for my life.

06:18So I think it's one of the most like favorite music in my life.

06:25Do you feel like you've got it down now?

06:27Do you know the things you need to do to feel well on stage to do your best?

06:33Or are you still kind of always learning?

06:35Well, I'd say we're definitely less nervous about going up on stage compared to maybe our first tour.

06:42I remember we used to be very nervous being back up backstage, you know, just before we go on.

06:48But now I think we're more relaxed, we're more hyped.

06:50That just came with experience.

06:52Being up on stage in front of a lot of people, I feel like no human being is really not nervous about that at first.

07:01But you get used to it and you just get more ideas of how to make that crowd enjoy more.

07:08So as a group, we're more confident now compared to our first concert.

07:13I would be worried if you weren't nervous about that.

07:15I would be like, you need to go have a rest.

07:18Do you do anything to like hype yourself up before you go on stage?

07:22I ate a bread a lot.

07:26Nice.

07:27With a strawberry jam.

07:29Is that every time or just?

07:32Most of the days.

07:34Yeah.

07:35And also I wanted to like eat a lot.

07:39Yeah.

07:40Carb a lot.

07:41Like carb loading?

07:42Like you're doing a marathon basically.

07:44That makes me energetic.

07:46Yeah.

07:47It's a great excuse to eat loads of bread.

07:50Jake, you mentioned that jet lag can be pretty grueling.

07:53I guess like physically, mentally.

07:55I know when I'm jet lagged, I just want to cry all the time.

07:58Do you guys do anything?

08:00Like do you know how to sort it out now?

08:02Um, I feel like everyone gets jet lag whenever they're traveling.

08:06But the hard thing about jet lag is the time you need to sleep, you can't sleep.

08:10And when you can't sleep, you just get so tired.

08:13I think we're just used to it now.

08:14There's like, we just came to the conclusion that you can't really do anything about it.

08:18So you just got to go through it.

08:20Is there any essentials that you have on tour that you like can't leave home without like necessary?

08:26What's that?

08:27What's that?

08:28Melaton.

08:29Yeah, Melaton.

08:30Very important.

08:31Most important thing ever.

08:32Melaton and jelly.

08:33We need that.

08:34Because of jet lag.

08:35You can't get it in the UK.

08:37Really?

08:38I know.

08:39They don't sell it here.

08:40Yeah.

08:41I just have to get everyone to bring it to me.

08:43Is it like illegal?

08:44Yeah, I mean like it's fine if you have it.

08:46But like you can't buy it here.

08:48You're not going to get in trouble.

08:49Okay, okay.

08:50I was like, what?

08:51No, no.

08:52Please.

08:53No, no, no.

08:55Yeah, we bought it from America.

08:56What a bunch.

08:57I thought it was illegal.

08:58I thought it was illegal.

08:59No, no.

09:01You're all fucked.

09:02You're completely burned.

09:03It's just that I suffer.

09:05Really?

09:06I can't get it.

09:07Yeah.

09:08I thought it was illegal.

09:09Okay.

09:10I was like, whoa.

09:11No.

09:12It's all good.

09:13Whoa.

09:14You're not allowed to leave.

09:15So do you guys have to buy another country?

09:18Yeah.

09:19You can just buy it.

09:20Yeah.

09:21Next time you guys come, I'm gonna ask you to bring it.

09:24Alright, alright.

09:25So back to the essentials?

09:26Yes, back to essentials.

09:27Anything else?

09:30There's an essential thing that I regret not bringing.

09:34Which is my own pillow.

09:36When I sleep, I feel like...

09:37One of those people needs to bring their own pillow.

09:39I feel like pillow is one of the most important thing.

09:42To get a good night's sleep.

09:43But I was thinking about it, but it was way too big to fit in my trunk.

09:47So I couldn't bring it.

09:49But I regret it.

09:50It's also good for your skin as well.

09:52He said it's also good for your skin as well.

09:54To have the same pillow.

09:55Yeah, the same sheets, clean sheets.

09:57What do you think about it?

09:58What do you think about it?

09:59What do you think about it?

10:00What do you think about it?

10:01I think about it.

10:02I think about it.

10:03I think about it.

10:04Okay, so he has...

10:05He has blocked nose.

10:06So...

10:07I don't know if you have this in the UK, but this is a bottle, right?

10:11In Korea, you have this bottle.

10:12It's like a little...

10:13You sweat water through the nose.

10:15You have that here, right?

10:16We do have that.

10:17But it's very clean.

10:19It's like...

10:20It's not normal to have water.

10:21It's like salted.

10:22Oh yeah, like saline?

10:23Yeah, saline kind of.

10:24Yeah?

10:25He does it every day.

10:27Yeah.

10:28But it's really good to fit in there.

10:30Jay, you have said that you think 2025 is the most important year for ENHYPEN.

10:35Yeah.

10:36Why do you think that is?

10:38Okay.

10:39Like this year plan was like...

10:42To change our character...

10:44Like change our team to the next level.

10:46And to the next page of our like team.

10:49The schedules we did, the big events in this year was all for that, I guess.

10:56So I think it will make another like era of our team next year.

11:02So did you come into this year being like, we're going to do bigger stage, more, you know, more stuff?

11:09Yeah.

11:10New challenges like the Europe tour.

11:13It's like intentional.

11:14But to be honest, that's what we talk about at the start of every year.

11:19It's like we try to say, we always gather around the beginning of the year saying that this year is going to be the biggest.

11:26But I think that that's going to be the same for next year.

11:29It's just going to keep going.

11:30Yeah.

11:31You as a group have this really like fantastical lore, you know, that comes with it, like the concepts that you have.

11:38But you kind of don't do that as much on stage.

11:41Do you see them as separate?

11:43Sort of the concept of the group in videos and all that stuff?

11:47And then on stage is more just about you as individuals?

11:50I'm going to make a lot of different things.

11:52I'm going to make a lot of different things.

11:55What are your designs?

11:56Actually, when we're making a project, we can't do it.

12:00We can't do it.

12:03We can't do it.

12:04We can't do it.

12:06We can't do it.

12:08We can't do it.

12:11I think we can't do it.

12:14It's completely different than that.

12:17I think it's a new concept.

12:22We can't do it.

12:26How do you guys stay grounded and sort of plant your feet on the ground when maybe life is whipping you into crazy situations?

12:35It's a very deep question.

12:37I know, sorry.

12:39You can go back to melatonin if you want.

12:41I can't really give you...

12:43Me, personally, are there anything I can give you the answer right away, right now?

12:46Because one of the biggest questions we go through in life and we're still trying to figure out

12:51how to balance and how to do what you said.

12:54But we always come back to, I think, our fans, our engines.

12:57They help us stay grounded and they're kind of the reason we're able to do all this.

13:02Like you said, performing in front of big crowds.

13:04We can't be performing in front of no one, right?

13:07We can't be touring without people watching us.

13:10So I think it always comes back to our fans.

13:13Them being there and them giving us so much love and support.

13:17You said on stage last night that the Walk the Line tour is about looking back in the past and also sort of forging ahead to the future.

13:25When you look into the past, what are the things that you're looking at?

13:29Like what's the first place that you go?

13:32Yeah.

13:33Yeah.

13:34Very difficult.

13:35Iけれども, so that those companies knew the groove of people and developers had Pyakinose.

13:38I have a pleasure to see.

13:39When we function a conference and the staff member Utilized.

13:40I wish you had Deputy Mike a Lucian Mananking and how they want to zoals,

13:45when it comes to our then the companyDS.

13:50When the staff member segers and was invited to publish the Youtgenals,

13:53we see a couple of Bear table guys.

13:58I feel that I've grown up a lot.

14:01You're celebrating five years since you were on island.

14:04Yeah.

14:04Is there anything about your life now that you feel like you could have never predicted?

14:09No that's the fun thing about life you know?

14:12Yeah.

14:13You can't really predict the future and you can't really know what's gonna happen but

14:17that's the fun part of it and you just gotta try and give it everything you got in the

14:21moment and hope for the best of things.

14:23Yeah.

14:24And so much has changed like I remember watching the show and we were all like stuck at home

14:29and I was texting on my friends because I couldn't see them you know just like life

14:33and now last night in a massive arena surrounded by people that must have just been a kind

14:38of crazy thing for you guys as well.

14:41How did you feel?

14:42But it was really five years ago, so we were all so young and so we were all so young.

14:49I think you're a lot of comparing now and we were all so young.

14:54We were all so young and we were all so young.

14:57I think it's not a bit different from that time.

15:02Do you watch it back at all?

15:04I don't watch it.

15:05Sometimes.

15:06Sometimes.

15:08Do you have to be in the right headspace to do it to look back on yourself?

15:12It's fine.

15:13It's not gonna lie.

15:14It's hard to be.

15:16It's not easy if you want to be humble.

15:18Or proud of yourself.

15:21What would you say is like the biggest learning curve that you have experienced over the

15:26last five years then?

15:27I feel like I'm going to do it.

15:31I felt like I'm going to do it.

15:34I felt like when I was in the debut of the first time, but I felt like I felt like I'm going to do it.

15:38I felt like if I was going to do it for a schedule, I felt like I was going to do it.

15:45That's right.

15:48It was a bit of a series of series.

15:50The schedule is also like, we were able to do it.

15:54If we were to do it, we were able to do it.

15:57Can we do it?

15:59But I felt like I was able to do it.

16:01I felt like I was able to do it.

16:03Is there anything that you like literally never thought you'd be able to master that now feels like second nature or that you can do?

16:12I'm just playing on the stage.

16:15At the first time, I'm playing on the stage.

16:20I'm playing on the stage.

16:22I'm playing on the stage when I'm playing on the stage.

16:25Ah, right, right.

16:28I'm playing on the stage when I'm playing on the stage.

16:33I feel like that's a great idea.

16:46Yeah.

16:47I think one, as time goes by, I think the chemistry between the stage and the stage and the stage and the stage.

16:54You have many roles.

16:57I think one, as time goes by, I think the chemistry between the stage and the stage and the stage,

17:02the chemistry between us seven just gets better.

17:05And if we're up on stage, you can tell if someone's not feeling well or someone's having less kind of energy.

17:13And then it's the rest of the members' job to kind of fill that in.

17:18We don't do that without talking.

17:20You can just feel and see that on stage.

17:23I think that we couldn't do that at the beginning.

17:27But I think as time goes on, as we do more concerts, as we do more performances, I think that just comes by naturally.

17:35Now, looking ahead, like you said in the ethos of the tour, do you have any specific goals in mind?

17:41I mean, we've still got a few more months of 2025 to make it an even better year.

17:46Well, we still have the Europe tour left.

17:49We only did London.

17:50I know.

17:51I'm rushing you.

17:52I feel like the closest goal is to do well and that finish the tour well.

17:58We're going to Singapore as well for the Walk the Line tour.

18:01So I think just ending Walk the Line is very important to us.

18:05And rather than look back and look ahead, is there anything in this moment that you're just like really proud of yourself for doing, you know?

18:34I think I'm a lot of talking about it.

18:36I think I was really interested in Coachella's position.

18:39I think I had a big point in our team.

18:44I think that we had a big point in our team.

18:45We had Coachella's position.

18:47We had Coachella's position.

18:50I was really interested in our thoughts and input.

18:54It was a lot of input.

18:57So we had a lot of new direction.

19:04I think that we can be able to move forward with the strength of our own.

19:14That was the most important moment in my life.

19:19I think that Coachella has been a long time in the schedule.

19:25It was a lot of fun and fun.

19:29It was a lot of fun and fun.

19:32You like that.

19:33You like that.

19:35You like that.

19:37That was a huge part of the stage that I really like.

19:41I thought that was really great.

19:46It was a really good stage.

19:48That's fine.

19:49That's fine.

19:50Well, thank you so much for chatting with me.

19:52Oh, thank you.

19:53Yeah.

19:54Unless you want to talk more.

19:56Anything else to say?

19:58I like your hair.

19:59Oh, thank you.

20:00I like your outfit.

20:01I like all your outfits and all your hair.

20:05Thank you so much for chatting with me.

20:06Thanks for having us.

20:07Best of luck for the rest of the tour.

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