NexG "Thank you for the Best New Artist Award for 'AAA 2025'..Lee Junho, Stray Kids, Kick Flip JYP Family" [Interview 1]

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• Interview with NexG, a group of winners of the AAA 2025 Best New Artist Award for Singer

"I want to be the '5th Generation Performance Top' and 'JYP's Future'."

The group NEXZ (NEXZ, Tomoya, Yuwoo, Haru, Sogon, Seita, Hewy, and Yuki) appeared in the "10th anniversary AAA 2025" with their song "Beat-Boxer," proving themselves to be a "performance restaurant" with a spectacular stage.

Nexji won the Best New Artist Award in the Singer category at the 10th Anniversary Asian Artist Awards 2025 (hereinafter referred to as 'AAA 2025') held at Kaohsiung National Stadium on December 6 last year.

NexG is a JYP rookie boy group that debuted in May 2024, with members selected from JYP and Sony Music Japan's survival program "Nage Project Season 2." Six of the seven members are Japanese and one is a Korean-Japanese with Korean nationality, targeting Korean and Japanese activities at the same time.

Nexge performed a variety of performances, including the title song "Beat-Boxer" (Beat-Boxer) released in October last year, the title song "I'm Him" (I'm Power), and the title song "O-RLY?" (O-Really?) of the 2nd mini album "O-Really?" (O-Really?) released in April last year. Nexge made a strong impression only at the first attendance of "AAA" with powerful songs mixed with hip-hop and electricity and energetic performances featuring acrobatic, the symbol of JYP artists.

Nexge recently met with Star News and conducted an interview with them about the '10th Anniversary AAA 2025' award speech.

-Nexge won the AAA Best New Artist Award at 'AAA 2025'. How do you feel about the award?

▶Yoooo: I've been watching the AAA Awards since I was a trainee, and it was such an honor for us to attend. The atmosphere on the site was so good, and many people were watching, but it was an honor to perform. When we appeared, we came out of the audience, and the response was good, so we were able to enjoy the stage more.

▶Suggestion: I received the Best New Artist Award, and I liked it because it was a cool award even with a name. When it first became a name, I thought, 'Is it us?' but I was very happy. I received an award before performing, so I was able to get more energy and perform on stage. This year, we want to attend AAA and receive the Best Performance Award.

▶Yuki: All seven of us went to Kaohsiung for the first time, and we were honored and happy to go to AAA. Nexty (fandom name) also cheered for us, which gave us strength.

-"AAA 2025" was held in Kaohsiung, and how did you enjoy the atmosphere of the awards ceremony in Kaohsiung.

▶ Tomoya: I went to AAA with Stray Kids, Kick Flip, and Junho Lee, and it was comfortable and reassuring to have our family. I could have been nervous because there were so many famous people, but JYP Family and fans cheered me up. In the future, we would like to go to Kaohsiung as a solo concert.

▶Haru: We went to Kaohsiung for the first time and wondered if there would be NEXT, but I was surprised while watching the video because they cheered loudly on stage.

▶Hui: Wasn't the concert hall really big. I prepared something in English during the acceptance speech, but I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the concert hall, so I forgot the comment in the middle and just said "thank you."(laughs) I put all my energy into it to the point of collapsing.

-What was the most memorable performance of the singers you saw in "AAA 2025"? Any other actor that you remember?

▶Seita: Stray Kids is also memorable, and Tours is personally memorable. The dance break was good and the atmosphere was overwhelming. I got goosebumps and it was so cool. We're also a performance-oriented group, so I thought we wanted to work hard while watching that kind of performance.

▶Yoooo: I loved Woods' live performance. The song was overwhelming and moved, so even after AAA was over, I watched Woods' performance on the Internet a lot.

▶Tomoya: So we also uploaded a cover video of Woods.

-Is there an artist you met separately and greeted at AAA's site last year?

▶Tomoya: I used the same waiting room as the kick flip. He was a friend who practiced together, and he said, "Good job" and "Fighting." ATEEZ's Min Gi mentioned us on live, and he said he enjoyed our performance. Lee Jun-ho was so good at being an MC and he was so handsome. After it was over, he gave me advice, "Don't get hurt and the stage was great."

▶ Haru: ATEEZ is famous for performing well, but I was happy that he mentioned us.

▶Haru: I have a memory with Park Bo-gum, and when I took a picture of the entire cast, he hugged me and told me to come to the center. (laughs)

▶Yuuu: I wanted to talk to Mr. Takeru Sato, who is also very famous in Japan, but I'm sorry I couldn't walk in the end.

-What was the most memorable moment or episode of the "AAA 2025" award ceremony?

▶Tomoya: Catering egg tarts were so delicious that I took a lot.

▶Seita: I remember appearing at the concert hall in a buggy car. It was nice to be able to see the fans' faces up close while watching them from afar on stage.

▶Sogun: I went out in front of the waiting room without setting up to brush my teeth, and Lee Jun-hyuk was right in front of me, so I was shaking and said, 'Hello.' It was amazing that the person I saw in the drama was in front of me.

-He appeared in "AAA 2025" with 2PM Lee Jun-ho, Stray Kids, and Kick Flip, which must have been impressive.

▶TOMOYA: I watched the reaction video of our stage and it was good because Stray Kids showed a lot of reactions. I.N recently bought me a meal. Another senior also buys me a meal. A senior also came and cheered for me. 3RACHA won an award. I hope we get a production award later.

▶Hui: I watched a reaction video of Stray Kids, and they laughed when they saw that I made a mistake in English greeting. It was embarrassing, but it became an unforgettable memory.

-continuing in the interview ②.

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