Next Generation Leaders: NewJeans
Since dropping their first music video in August 2022, the girl group has reached global milestones faster than any other Korean act ever.
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00:00 What do you think about the future of K-pop?
00:03 For us to be part of K-pop in this day and age, I think it's such...
00:06 We're very lucky because it's been really growing and blowing up a lot internationally as well
00:11 and getting a lot of attention and recognition.
00:13 For us, I would say, if we continue to just, you know, enjoy each other's company and performing
00:19 and, you know, just doing music with each other and work hard,
00:23 then whatever the future holds for us, we're looking forward to all of it.
00:28 Hi, we're WJJ!
00:32 What do you think about the future of K-pop?
00:40 I think we're just dancing to our favorite music.
00:49 Of course, there are certain choreographies, but we're expressing them as we hear them.
00:57 When other people see us, they think, "This part fits well, but this part is expressed differently."
01:04 So sometimes I think it's a bit like freestyle.
01:23 When we debuted as well, a lot of our seniors covered our, like, you know, the dance challenge stuff on TikTok.
01:30 They did that. They did a lot for us as well.
01:32 And even then, it was very like, "Oh my gosh!"
01:36 It was really like, "It's amazing!" Surreal, surreal.
01:40 It's really surreal because we've grown up watching our seniors' performance stage and everything.
01:47 They did that cover for our song and everything.
01:50 So it was just a lot of fun to watch and we're so grateful that they've listened to our song
01:55 and that they even posted a video of them dancing to it on us because we really enjoy watching it.
01:59 I can't imagine a different life.
02:02 Living with the members and being able to really participate in something that we really enjoy doing and love.
02:11 It's just, I can't, yeah, it's such a pleasure.
02:15 And I can't imagine us doing anything else, to be honest.
02:18 And the fact that we get to do it together, I think is the best part about it.
02:22 Always good fun.
02:24 [Music]