Black Eyed Pil-Seung Gets Candid About His First Girl Group STAYC

Black Eyed Pil-Seung's first self-produced girl group STAYC has started counting down to their debut with their first single album "Star To A Young Culture." The single album will include the tracks "So Bad" and "Like This."STAYC's debut album is scheduled to drop on the Nov. 12, at 6:00 P.M. KST. The countdown until the debut is filled with surprise releases, including concept photos, a preview video consisting of three versions of a tracklist, concept, album, choreography, and a music video teaser video.

STAYC has been deemed to be a revolutionary new K-pop girl group coming from the producing team that produced several incredible hit songs for popular girl groups such as Twice, Chungha, Apink, and Sistar, and recently, the first activity song "DON'T TOUCH ME." It will be the first girl group in charge of self-production and production by Black Eyed Pil Seung.

STAYC stands for "Star To A Young Culture," meaning 'I will become a star leading young culture.' As expected, close attention is being paid to what kind of concept StayC will bring to the music industry.

An official from the agency said, "I am grateful that STAYC (StayC) is being shown a lot of interest and support even though it is still before debut. The members are working hard to prepare for their debut to greet fans with a more wonderful look."

Sumin was originally going to be a contestant on Produce 48. She and Yoon are roommates. She trained for five years and six months. She participated in VICTON's reality show, "Me & 7 Men," as "the invisible girl." She auditioned for Kpop Star. She was in Huh Gak's 'The Last Night' MV. She joined High Up in 2018. She is a former trainee under Play M Entertainment.

Sieun is the daughter of Park Namjung. She has appeared on many TV shows like "Happy Together," "Law of the Jungle K," "Kids Are Life's Blessing," etc. She joined High Up in 2019. She joined JYP on January 18, 2017, and she left the company in 2020. She was also on The King Of Masked Singer. She's a former trainee and actress under JYP. She has acted in many K-dramas like "Mystic Pop-up Bar," "Just Between Lovers," "Still 17", etc.

Isa was introduced on Oct. 13. She joined High Up in March 2018. Isa was the first member to join the company. Seeun trained for two years and seven months. She joined High Up in 2019. Yoon was introduced on Oct. 15, and J, the maknae of the group, was introduced on Oct. 14. Fans cannot wait to meet the group members and are eager to listen to their music.The following is a translated question and answer between The Fact, Korea, and BEP.

Q. As a producer, please tell us what kind of group STAYC is?

STAYC is a team that combines three beats with visual and skill. Please pay attention to a mix of teen and fresh styles.

Q. Is there anything special about the member composition?

When setting up STAYC, the first thought that I focused on was, "Let's stick to the basics." And I wanted to break the big frame of the concept of the main vocal, the main dancer, and the main visual, and above all, I looked for friends whose individual vocal colors were unique and paid attention to their harmony.

Q. You also directly participated in the debut song, "SO BAD." Was there any difference between working on songs by other artists and songs by artists you made yourself?

I tried to relieve my strength as much as possible, and I tried to write the song by looking at it from a third party's perspective with the idea of ​​giving another artist.

Q. As there are so many girl groups in the music industry, you must have had a lot of worries in deciding on the concept of STAYC. What's the focus on differentiation?

It is a team that does not have individual special parts. Like a movie where the protagonist changes every time, you will be in charge of a part that matches each song.

Q. What is the title song 'SO BAD' and the track 'LIKE THIS'?

"SO BAD" is a song that contains the know-how of Black Eyed Pil-seung of the past 10 years that can show the standard of K-POP. It is a song that can be an important indicator in the future of STAY's music life. The included song 'LIKE THIS' is a hip-hop & R&B genre that contains a lot of popular elements with a cute song with a different atmosphere from the title.

Q. What is STAYC's goal for Black Eyed Pil-seung?

I hope that we will grow into a "star leading a young culture" as the meaning of STAYC means, and hope that it will be the future of K-POP.

Q. Lastly, ask music fans to directly promote the new girl group, STAYC.

Before I was a celebrity, I always wanted to be a really good person. I wish I could make good memories with my precious fans at every moment, and as a musician, I will take responsibility for STAY's music and make it wonderful. The moment when children, who thought it was only the future, take their first steps toward their dreams, is getting closer to reality. It may be insufficient and sometimes fall, but I will never give up and hold on to your hands and run hard towards my dreams.