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The momentum of the boy group Psycus (Min Jae, Jun Min, Min, Min, Min, Jin Sik, Hyun Woo, Jung Hoon, Se-eun, Yu Jun, Hunter Ye Chan), who has been reborn as a "global icon," is scary.
Psycus, which debuted on March 30, 2023, made a strong presence in the music industry by entering the 75th place on the Billboard main chart "Billboard 200" 12 days after its debut with its first mini album "House of Tree: Doorbell Ring." At that time, they were also listed in the Grammy's Top 11 K-pop boy groups to watch in 2023 and announced the birth of a "monster rookie" and recently became global artists on their 1,000th day of debut.
Psychus's growth is evidenced by indicators. Starting with Min-jae, Su-min, and Ye-chan, the members have directly participated in the album work and built a solid musical identity, and on the Billboard "Emerging Artist" chart, they showed off their potential to rank first for four consecutive albums from mini albums to 4 albums. In addition, he completed his first tour of the Americas and Europe for the first time in a fifth-generation boy group, and recently completed his performances in Seoul, the Americas and Japan through the 2025 World Tour "Road to XY: Enter the Gate." In particular, the 6th mini album released in October last year surpassed 320,000 initial sales, breaking its own record, continuing its "career high" march.
Psykers, who captivated fans around the world with their ceaseless moves, won the 'AAA Potential' award at the '10th Anniversary Asian Artist Awards 2025' hosted by Star News at Kaohsiung National Stadium on December 6 last year. Jung Hoon, who had been temporarily suspended due to injury, joined the team and held a stage as a whole of 10 to talk about his acceptance speech and future activities.
-I received the Potential Award at this '10th Anniversary AAA 2025', and if you have any feelings that you couldn't say at the time.
▶MINJAE = In fact, last year was a very important year for us, Psycus. It's important every year, but it was a year when I was determined to 'step the stairs a little big and get ready to go up properly'. Actually, there are many awards, but we got a prize called potential at a point we were focusing on. The keyword was perfect, so I think it was more meaningful than any other award. It was all the more precious to us because it was an award like a gift for our hard work throughout the year.
Thanks to this precious award, we're practicing hard and preparing a lot of things that we can show as a psycus. As much as I won the Potential Award, I want to make this year a year where Psychus shines. It was an opportunity for me to be more determined, so I was very thankful for this award.
-How did it feel to hold the trophy on stage.
▶Minjae = I was very nervous. The concert hall was huge. The cheers were really loud, so I couldn't hear what I was saying right away, but it rang after 2-3 seconds. So I was suddenly nervous. I thought, "I'm talking in front of so many people." I don't even remember how I made my acceptance speech.
After the acceptance speech, I checked myself on the monitor because I don't usually get nervous. But I personally felt a bit sad because I didn't express my gratitude in words.
-I wonder what you talked about with the members right after the ceremony.
▶Se-eun= We talked about 'Let's work harder and try hard so that we can come to 'AAA' next year.
The stage was so big that we talked a lot about how we should do well today. Many people cheered for us and it felt like we had a fun performance, so we talked a lot about "I'm so happy" and "I had a lot of fun" after the performance.
-If you look back on how you felt at the time of the performance.
▶ Su-min= When I stood on the stage, I thought, "When will I be able to stand on this stage again?" So I thought a lot about wanting to grow up as soon as possible and play with more roadies (fandom names). The stage was really big and 360-degree, so I was able to communicate better because there were fans everywhere I looked. I think we were able to enjoy each other more excitedly while performing on the stage.
-I visited Kaohsiung for this 'AAA' award ceremony. Do you have any interesting behind-the-scenes stories.
▶Junmin = (In free time) I went to eat hot pot with Jinsik, and the picture was taken and it was even on the news. We ate a lot back then, but it came out so I was a little embarrassed. But since all the Kaohsiung fans recognized me, I felt like a celebrity. (laughs)
-following the interview ②
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