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Who are Enhypen? New K-pop group from BTS label Big Hit will release their first music this month
- The boy band has seven members with ages that range from 14 to 19 – and of the seven, three hail from overseas
- They will release their first mini album, Border: Day One, on November 30
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Upcoming boy band Enhypen, who are expected to release their first music later this month, have the backing of some of the biggest names in the K-pop industry.
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A seven-member group produced by media company Belift Lab, the new team will release their first mini album, Border: Day One, on November 30.
Even without any music released, Enhypen have become one of the world’s most popular K-pop groups – the members’ official Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts each have well more than 1 million followers.
Here’s what we know about Enhypen so far.
How they formed
Belift Lab is a joint venture created by Big Hit Entertainment and CJ ENM, two of the biggest players in the South Korean entertainment world. Big Hit is home to K-pop giants BTS and numerous other popular acts including Seventeen, TXT and GFriend, while CJ ENM is the entertainment wing of CJ Group, a South Korean chaebol, or a large family-owned business conglomerate. CJ ENM and subsidiary cable channel Mnet hosts events such as the Mnet Asian Music Awards (Mama) and KCON, an annual Korean wave convention held in locations across the world.
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