BOYNEXTDOOR Drops 4th Mini Album ‘No Genre’ with Feel-Good Vibes
May 13, 2025
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'One and only', 'What do you think', 'Earth, Wind and Fire', 'Nice Guy', and the recent 'I love you'. Like the team name, the group BOYNEXTDOOR always came up as the face of 'The Boy Next Door'. A team that has tapped the hearts of the public while ringing the eardrums of 'fandom' with a weapon called easy listening. In the K-pop scene, where intense sound and complex worldview were considered the standard of boy groups, they broke the formula early on.
But this time, he threw away the genre and format. Just ready to convince the public once again with one `good feeling.' Boy Next Door will release its fourth mini-album 'No Genre' on the 13th, and will make a comeback with the title song 'I Feel Good'.
It is the first time in four months that Boy Next Door will make a comeback in the music industry since the digital single 'I Love You' in January. Liu said "I'm happy to be back in a new style every time. I want to show you a good performance again this time," said Myung Jae-hyun. "I prepared hard with the desire to return the love I received as a singer with good music and performance"How do you feel about making a comeback.
During the hiatus, it was his first solo tour, where he met local fans from all over Asia. In particular, this tour experience drove the team's growth. Under the name of the first solo Asian tour, he built up valuable experiences one by one by meeting familiar faces in unfamiliar cities. Sung-ho said "The experience gained through the first tour will show you a much better performance than the previous activities" and Taesan also said "I felt a lot of love from the fans during the performance and gained experience, so I will melt it into this activity."
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Taesan "The name of this album is 'No genre". So I thought it wouldn't be limited to genre and concept. It changed when I was working on the album. Previously, I tried to solidify the character or put a message in the album itself, and Myung Jae-hyun had to have a wide musical spectrum of "'no genre'. They say it can be more difficult, but how can we melt the lyrics?I was worried that ' I think our strength is that the audience can also feel the emotions we feel in the performance. I think it's a good feeling to be able to synchronize your emotions."
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Taishan "I felt a thirst to run during the performance. I needed that kind of song" and Unhak wanted to make a song that everyone could play while touring. As soon as I heard the intro, this is it' I wanted to..." he said, expressing satisfaction.
Straightforward lyrics and realistic language are their strengths. 'I feel good' is also drawn as 'life-oriented lyrics' such as'" frowned upon'",'"'"'" and"' to drive me crazy". Taesan thinks that music that can be sympathetic to a lot is good music. So our music has a lot of life-oriented lyrics. The actual lyrics reflect the habits of the six members or their speaking tone. If you listen to our album, I think you can sympathize a lot."
The choreography inspired by Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' is also eye-catching. Liu says, `A lot of artists respect Michael Jackson, and there's a lot of homage. We also had a homage with the lyrics 'Feel Like MJ' in it, so we did a symbolic choreography. First of all, he said he needed to know the fundamentals. So I watched a lot of videos. I wanted to present the originality, and beyond that, we talked a lot to express our own feelings and our own expressions. Each member has his own style" he tipped off.
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Myung Jae-hyun once wrote a song without thinking about popularity. That's the basis of our team. "I'm going to do music that many people can relate to. I'm trying to make it so that I can sing along as soon as I hear it, or make it addictive so that it can get stuck in my mind. I think that's something that can be approached by the public," he nodded.
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Taesan received a lot of love for "Just for Today, so there was a burden and responsibility in the process of preparing this album. Rather than working in a bad way, it became the driving force for 'How to make good activities' I think I was able to prepare well for the comeback," Liu said. "Thankfully, 'I love you for today' led to a good result, so I was more confident than any other activity."," he said with pride.
It's not just the previous work 'I love you for today'. Since its debut in 2023, Boynextdoor has grown quickly over the past two years. It achieved its first million-selling in a year after its debut, and it was also a feat to enter the Billboard main album chart.
Sung-ho "Since his debut, he has grown by continuously painting right-up. I have a desire to continue riding this trend, receiving a good response with better performance than the last activity. To do that, as the team grows, so does what many people expect. That's why it seems that our worries are growing. "No Genre" will enrich the reactions and interpretations of many people, so I want to make a bigger achievement when I come back with the next album" he wished.
Like this, Boynextdoor did not set any genre or frame like the name of the album 'No Genre', but just like the title 'I Feel Good', the most honest 'Feel'feel' at that moment will be sung intact. Lastly, Taesan will be the MC for "M Countdown". If we get the trophy, he'll be like "I feel good" laughed.
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