Up and coming K-Pop boy group RIIZE is ready to shine with their new mini album, ‘RIIZING.’ The boys sat down and shared who their musical influences are, what to expect from their new album, how they knew they wanted to sing and more in their Billboard cover interview!
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00:00TEAM's motto sort of is to rise and realize.
00:03I think we're doing pretty well.
00:05Slowly going up, that's our goal.
00:14I've always liked to be on stage since I was in middle school.
00:19I wanted to be an artist when I was in high school.
00:25Hi, I'm Shotaro.
00:27I listen to a lot of different genres of music these days.
00:35The artists I was inspired by are
00:38Justin Timberlake, Usher, and pH-1.
00:45My first impression?
00:47I think I was very shy.
00:49At first, we didn't talk much.
00:54It took a while for us to get to know each other.
00:58I think we got close once we started having dance practice together.
01:04All of us sweating and dancing to music together.
01:07I think that was a really natural way for us to open up.
01:11We played around a bit.
01:14The first time I wanted to be an artist was
01:18when I sang in front of people for the first time when I was a student.
01:23Hi, my name is Sohee.
01:25I listen to a lot of different genres of music.
01:28Recently, I've been listening to Justin Bieber.
01:31I think K-pop has been a part of our lives since we were young.
01:39I think I started to like K-pop when I was a trainee.
01:45I think it's similar to our agency.
01:48The first time I felt like that was
01:50when I first came to SM to watch a concert.
01:55When I heard the cheers, I knew I had to do this.
02:02Hi, my name is Wonbin from R1SE.
02:05I listen to a lot of pop, but I've been listening to a lot of ballads.
02:12The artists I'm most inspired by are
02:15Mike Jackson and Chris Brown.
02:20It didn't feel real until we debuted.
02:28I think it was when we did KCON LA.
02:33I think it was when we came to LA to shoot our first music video.
02:39The weather was great.
02:41It was the first time we traveled abroad together.
02:46I think it was a great moment.
02:49I got casted for the first time.
02:51After I joined the company, I practiced and dreamed of becoming an artist.
02:57Hi, I'm Eunsuk.
02:59The artists I'm most inspired by are
03:01Maroon 5, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran.
03:06When we debuted for the first time,
03:11a lot of people around the world liked our song,
03:17and we're releasing a new mini album.
03:22I'm looking forward to how people around the world will react.
03:31I think we'll be able to show a different side of us.
03:37I think I always wanted to be involved in music one way or another since I was young.
03:44I think becoming a K-pop idol really started around the time K-pop started to get really famous in America.
03:54I saw the impact it had on the people around me.
03:58That's when I thought maybe I would like to be a part of it.
04:02Hello, my name is Anton, and I'm a member of the group R1SE.
04:07My personal taste in music...
04:09I don't really have any music that I don't like.
04:12The songs in our album...
04:14Some songs have a love message,
04:17or some songs have our memories from being a trainee.
04:21I think the underlying message that we want
04:24is just for the people who listen to our songs
04:27to be able to connect with them emotionally,
04:30and I think that's what our goal is with this album.
04:33The moment I wanted to be an artist...
04:37When I was in middle school, I saw SHINee and EXO's music videos and performances.
04:44I thought, I want to be an artist like them.
04:49Hi, my name is Sungchan.
04:51Out of the three artists I'm inspired by,
04:55the first one is Kai from EXO,
04:58Taeyang from BIGBANG,
05:01and Jungkook from BTS.
05:05I respect them a lot.
05:08Thank you so much to BLRIS for always supporting us no matter what.
05:14We will continue to show you great performances
05:18not only through the PENCON tour,
05:21but also through our mini-albums and various activities,
05:24so I'd appreciate it if you could continue to support us.