[Exclusive]Cortis, I met BTS.Looking at the conversation we had at Hive [an interview with]

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• Interview with AAA 2025 Best Performance in Singer, New Artist Award winner group Cortis

-Following the interview ①.

-What was the most unexpected reality compared to before and after your debut?

▶Martin = I was surprised that more people liked our team than I thought. I worked on the album for a long time before my debut. While writing about 300 songs for two years, I had a lot of worries. There was also a lot of worry about 'what kind of music should I do to like' and 'some music may not be liked by someone'. In the end, it seems that many people saw the first album that appeared while expressing ourselves as it was and sympathized a lot with Cortis' honesty. Fortunately, I'm glad that our team did better than I thought.

-Do you feel pressured about Big Hit Music's Next Generation. The success of BTS and Tomorrow X Together will be a reliable lighthouse, but sometimes it seems like a high wall to overcome.

▶ Joo-hoon = Actually, the seniors are incredible people, so I can't say they're not burdened, but we seem to be trying to go our own way again. We are trying to focus on ours as much as possible while finding our own music color and preparing our own performance.

-BTS will make a comeback in March and Cortis in April. It's your first time promoting together since your debut. How do you feel?

▶Martin = As a fan who grew up watching BTS's performances since he was a child, the first time I saw their concerts was at Jamsil Stadium. While watching the stage at that time, I first dreamed of 'I want to be on that stage, too.' I want to learn how well you are on stage. I also watch a lot of senior artists' awards performances, but I feel that the scale is overwhelming, so I want to catch up with that part.

Recently, I was lucky enough to have a chance to run into him at the Hive HQ. While filming (different), we greeted each other in the middle, took pictures with BTS and chatted together. The seniors said, "How are you?" and "I hope you can cheer up." We had a lot of fun everyday conversations.

▶Joo Hoon = I haven't heard BTS's new song yet, so I hope the opportunity comes soon.

-Cortis' desire for a solo concert seems to have grown even greater as he was impressed not only by AAA's stage but also by BTS's concert before his debut. Is there a dream stage?

▶James = I wish I could have a solo concert. Right now, I'm preparing hard for the NBA stage in front of me. Many performances, performances, and new aspects will come out this year, so you can look forward to it.

▶Martin = If there is a chance in the distant future, my dream is to perform at Jamsil Sports Complex. I hope one day we can perform in the sports field.

-The group name means 'coloring outside the line' and 'thinking freely outside the standards and rules set by the world'. Then, in about six months after his debut, when did Cortis pride himself on "going out of the line most boldly"?

▶James = It seems like he's trying to get over the line naturally when he creates it. I keep thinking about continuing to try and create new things. I also always try to do that.

▶Martin = I don't like to be confined to somewhere. So when we all work, we do various things, such as places and what we usually wear. If you wore a punk yesterday, today you keep the variety as if you wear it hip-hop. Recently, I only worked in the studio, but it didn't work out well, so I worked as if I was camping in the hallway outside the studio with chairs and TVs spread out. In this way, it seems that they keep looking for new things in their daily lives.

-Cortis makes his own music, choreography, and videos, so he has a modifier called Young Creator Crew. At the debut showcase, Sung-hyun's way of working was said to be "putting his heads together" in one sentence, but since it is a co-creation process, there are likely to be times when five people disagree. Do you have Cortis' own rules for voting democratically, believing in a person's strong sense, or coordinating it?

▶Seonghyun = Most of them seem to have a majority vote.

▶Keonho = I compare a lot. I don't try to miss out on opinions one by one. Point it out one by one and try it. There could be something new there, too. So it takes a long time, but it seems that the results come out well only with this process.

-How would you say if you introduced Cortis in one sentence except for "Yunkk" and "Bibimbap"?

▶James = We are five young people who are living hard to continue to grow. Trying to keep widening the line and trying to find something new. Each member is still looking for their individual personality or thoughts. I continue to live with new experiences.

▶Juhun = 'No decorations' is a good word. When I'm the most myself, when I'm the most personable, I think the 'color outline'. Cortis seems to be showing our unadorned appearance.

-Then, who is the member who is the most different from his image on stage and his appearance in private?

▶Martin, Sunghyun, Keonho, Juhoon = James.

▶Martin = On the stage, I think he is very professional and has the charm of the oldest, but as soon as he steps down from the stage and wears glasses, he becomes a bank of wrong ideas. I think he becomes a quirky and funny brother under the stage.

▶James = We all seem to have some difference. First of all, I think professional appearance is the most important thing on stage, so I do my best to show it to you and stay fierce under the stage.

-I also wonder if there is a routine that fans don't know well, that they always keep to themselves before going on stage.

▶Martin = 'Victory Pose' has a pose with both arms above the head together with the members. I've been doing this since I've seen an academic study showing that raising both arms for about 20 seconds increases confidence.

-As Martin said earlier, I've been working on more than 300 candidate songs for about 2 years preparing for my debut album, how are you working on it this time ahead of our comeback in April?

▶James = We are preparing very hard. I try to be as honest as I can. I'm trying to make beautiful, most me, and most cortis-like music.

▶ Joo-hoon = I think we have changed a lot when we worked on the first album and when we made the second album, so I think listeners will feel that change a lot.

▶Martin = It seems that the way they work is different. In the first album, each person entered the booth, but in the second album, most of the songs are all entered the booth together and improvised as they feel in freestyle.

-Martin and Gunho also appeared in the YouTube content 'Salon Drip 2'. Do you think you're talented after filming a variety show? I'm also curious about the reason why the two went out.

▶Keonho = Actually, I was very nervous at first, but Jang Do-yeon was kind, very close, and comfortable, so I was able to relax quickly and have more fun talking as time went by. I thought I wanted to go on other entertainment shows more.

▶Martin='Salon Drip 2' PD called us both because he said, "The youngest and the leader have a good fighting chemistry." It was fun because it was a new experience for me and Gunho to go out on entertainment shows and do something. Like Gunho, I was able to proceed comfortably and well thanks to Doyeon.

-In "Salon Drip 2", Martin called Gunho "Jjing Jjing" and said, "He's showing too much of the youngest." Keonho strongly denied it, what do other members think? Does Keonho actually whine a lot?

▶Seonghyun = He's a little whiny. (laughs)

-Continued in Interview 3.

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