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Tamar Herman

In a world of K-pop groups that tend to feature more members than can be counted on one hand (sometimes two), three-member boy band BDC are a bit of an outlier.
Kim Si-hun, Hong Seong-jun and Yun Jung-hwan have been together since 2019, and are under the label Brand New Music – which is also the home of AB6IX. BDC have shown their vocal and instrumental talents on the recently completed album trilogy “The Intersection”. The series came to a conclusion with the special single Moon Walker, which arrived on August 10.
BDC stands for “boys da capo”, a phrase which means a lot to the group.
“It means we never lose where we came from, at the beginning,” shares Yun. “Da capo is an Italian musical term that means to repeat [from the start], so it’s our motto – we always want to go back to where we came from.”


For BDC, that means never losing the inspiration that set them on the path to becoming K-pop stars, both as individuals and a group.
“The beginning, as in our stage debut, the mindset we had when we began performing,” reflects Kim. “Whenever we have tough times or anything bad happens, we repeat ‘da capo’ to remind ourselves of those feelings and that mindset.”

The album series began in September 2020 and consists of three EPs: Belief, Discovery and Contact, the last of which dropped on June 30. Through the series, the trio convey the different stages of coming together as a group; they use a fictive world view to reflect this in their music videos.
“The series goes through our own individuality, coming together and connecting, and it represents us as a group,” says Hong.
Whistle-fuelled dance track Moon Walker, the finale and special single, took the band and their backup dancers to an extraterrestrial planet where they performed the dance step most associated with US singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.

“It’d be great if the public could remember us and follow us by thinking of Michael Jackson even for a moment,” says Hong. “Since it’s such a well-known [move], we do get nervous but we’re hoping to do it well in our own style.”
The song, co-written by Kim, is dedicated to their fans, who are known as Fine, and followed June’s Moonlight. “When I first heard the track [for Moon Walker], it was just so good so I really wanted to write the lyrics. I wrote them while thinking ‘How’d be if I walked with Fines on the moon?’ just like the title.”
According to Kim, the album series “is precious and meaningful to us because it’s a way of letting people know about the beginning of BDC”, and it’s only the start for what they hope to show the world. “Through ‘The Intersection’ series, we showed our growth and we hope to continue doing that throughout our career.”


K-pop trios are not unheard of but are fairly rare, and BDC are aware that they stand out simply for their lack of sheer numbers on stage. That’s why they are determined to create performances that fill the space other groups fill with members.
“With three of us, we’re quite agile and it’s comfortable to divide our parts on stage,” reflects Hong. “But since there are only three of us, we have a bit of pressure and challenge ourselves to fill in performances and fill the stage in the same way groups with more people do. There is some pressure, but it motivates us to work even harder.”
The trio are working hard to better showcase their songs and are very aware that what they’ve released represents the start of their potential, not all that they have to offer.
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“I feel relieved by completing [“The Intersection”] with the meaning of ‘beginning’, but honestly, I have feelings of regrets. I think ‘I could’ve done better’,” admits Yun.
Still, the group promises to keep releasing music to show how much they’ve grown from their beginnings. “We’d like to make our name known to more fans with better quality,” says Kim.


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In the music video for their single Moon Walker, the final track of BDC’s The Intersection album trilogy, the trio moonwalk on an imaginary planet
‘We’re hoping to do it well in our own style,’ says Hong Seong-jun of the Michael Jackson dance step. Band mate Kim Si-hun says the trilogy is ‘only the start’


Kim Si-hun, Hong Seong-jun and Yun Jung-hwan of K-pop’s BDC talk to the Post about their Intersection album series, dedicating a song to their fans and what the band name stands for.


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