K-pop Stars Enhypen on ‘Desire: Let Loose,’ Coachella Launching and What to Anticipate on Their U.S. Trip

K-pop stars Enhypen remain in the middle of a banner year.

Back with their 6th EP, Desire: Let Loose, the seven-member kid group under Hybe’s Belift Laboratory made their Coachella launching in April and are preparing to go out on a world trip throughout The United States and Canada and Europe.

Enhypen– consisted of members Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo and Ni-ki– were formed through the music survival program I-Land The program, a joint endeavor in between Hybe and Korean home entertainment huge CJ ENM, aired on the CJ ENM-owned channel Mnet in South Korea.

On the current album, the group, unsurprisingly, checks out desire in all its kinds. Their lead single, “Bad Desire (With or Without You)” is constantly memorable and sonically in line with previous releases. The transcendent video begins with a cooling voiceover: “Did you actually believe I could simply wait and enjoy you vanish?” Enhypen’s tradition– the story that has actually deciphered throughout their profession– leans supernatural, particularly vampiric, in nature, and “Bad Desire” continues that through-line.

Listed below, Enhypen shares the motivation behind the album, what their Coachella experience resembled and what they’re preparing for their approaching world trip.

What’s the principle behind Desire: Let Loose, and why are you all so fired up about the release?

JUNGWON Simply as the title suggests, the overarching style and principle is desire. To elaborate a bit on our lead single (” Bad Desire”), there can be numerous kinds of desire, right? I believe among them might be how you wish to amount to the individual that you love. This tune focuses on the principle of that and the battles and internal disputes that features love.

Does anybody have a preferred tune on the album?

JAKE “Loose.” It’s a great tune. With the weather condition getting really hot, I believe it’s a great tune to listen to when you’re feeling a bit too hot. It makes you more unwinded and makes you cooler. It’s a really great, light and breezy tune.

SUNOO “Flashover” is my preferred. The tune itself is simply actually uplifting. I get really hyped when I listen to it, and I simply believe it’s the ideal opening track to kick the album off.

” Outdoors” is an actually enjoyable track. Can you inform me a bit more about the tune?

JAKE “Outdoors” has a really tense and really strong standard, which is I believe is really distinct and really attractive. I seem like it’s a really hip hop design tune. We have not done that in the past. We have actually done hip hop design tunes in the past, however I believe this one is really distinct and it’s a lot more deep. It’s a fantastic tune that we chose to place on the album since we seemed like the energy of the tune and the design of the tune matches the entire style of Desire effectively.

Jay, what was it like getting to produce and play guitar on “Helium?”

JAY This was a chance that I have actually been training for since our launching, so I’m actually grateful for it. I’m particularly happy and delighted that I got to compose a tune for the group. I actually put every bit of my last effort into this and the recording went actually efficiently. The result likewise came out really perfectly. I’m really delighted and pleased with the outcomes.

What was the experience of carrying out at Coachella like? Existed any minutes that stood apart?

JAY We prepared really difficult for the efficiency. It was a challenging efficiency. There were some weather condition concerns, however I think simply every minute of it was a fantastic experience and it allowed us to grow even more as artists.

Do you feel you discovered anything about yourself as an entertainer throughout your sets? At a huge celebration like that, there can be technical problems or severe climate condition that you can’t manage.

JAKE The technical problems, like you stated, it’s something that the group and our group can get ready for prior to the efficiency. Besides that, being up on phase, I seem like all of us felt something various since Coachella itself is a really popular phase that a great deal of artists dream about playing, and it actually was more than anticipated. The energy, the ambiance and the crowd were really various to what we were utilized to, however in a great method. Simply carrying out there was really enjoyable, really interesting [to be] walking, seeing everybody. We really got to enjoy Post Malone’s set the day after our efficiency. In general, we had a good time.

Existed anybody else that you saw and you delighted in?

JUNGWON I enjoyed the program for about 2 hours directly the day before we went on the phase. The artists that left the greatest impression on me were Benson Boone and Tyla. Their live vocals were so flawless [that] I believed they were playing the[studio version]

JAKE We likewise enjoyed Lisa.

JUNGWON We actually wished to be there for her program, however it was the day in the past, so we were actually unfortunate that we could not go, however we saw Lisa’s efficiency also online.

You’re preparing to head to the U.S. this summer season for your world trip. What can fans anticipate?

HEESEUNG I believe it’s been a while because our last U.S. trip, and we’re actually delighted to go and fulfill the Engenes and in each state. We’re incredibly delighted for their interest. I understand that they’re likewise really fired up, and I simply hope that we’ll exist In no time.

Exists a tune in specific you’re delighted to perform this time around?

NI-KI We prepared a great deal of rearrangements for this trip. The set list includes a great deal of reorganized tunes. I’m especially delighted for “Pass the Mic” [“Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)”] since throughout other programs fans liked it. We had a good time performing it at Coachella also. I’m actually delighted for the U.S. fans to see it and enjoy it personally.

When we spoke in 2015, you stated you felt you were at a turning point as a group. How do you feel presently?

SUNGHOON We certainly think this album is coming at a really essential time. Obviously, every brand-new album or brand-new release is very important to us, however this one in specific comes at a really essential time. We’re standing at a vital point. That’s why it holds a really unique location in our heart, and I think this will mark a turning point in our profession where the in the past and after are really various. I think there needs to be a distinction as we move forward.

Your trajectory as a group is actually intriguing. You have actually grown together with your music, however you have actually likewise matured together with your fans, Engenes. What has that experience resembled?

JUNGWON I think we are a rather distinct case since we debuted through an audition program. We do not consider ourselves one hundred percent ideal even now. At that time, similarly, we weren’t completely refined as a brand-new group. On the brilliant side, I believe that provided us a fantastic chance to share this development journey with our fans. They were with us every action of the method. In the past, we utilized to have some what ifs about our launching. Recalling, I believe it was a fantastic chance for us to form a tighter bond with our fans. Like I stated, we do not think that we are one hundred percent ideal even now. We simply wish to advance interacting and getting in touch with our fans and sharing this development journey with them as we move forward. I simply hope that this gorgeous relationship will last even more into the future.