In a previous interview, Brand New Music boy group AB6IX bared their goals for 2021 and beyond.
“We want to continue growing musically. Our true goal is releasing more great albums. We also hope that we can appear on television more often. Hopefully, 2021 will be a year where you can see AB6IX on music shows and variety shows. After preparing ourselves with healthier bodies and brighter mindsets, we want to expand our members’ solo activities,” said the group’s center and maknae Lee Daehwi.
Daehwi is on track to achieve that goal, as he has been cast in Live Agent Season 1 along with Dowoon of DAY6, Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation, Jun K of 2PM, his former Wanna One bandmate Yoon Jisung, and more. Live Agent’s first episode will be broadcast through U+Idol on September 18 at 5:00 PM KST.
Daehwi is perfect for that show because it will see him work with other idols to solve crimes. He’s smart, to the point that he has become known as a “talented genius.” However, Daehwi doesn’t really like that label. He told Singles Korea magazine back in February, “My genius image has been well-developed by my agency and on broadcasts, but if you look deeper, I don’t have much. I’m thankful for the nickname, but I also feel a little upset because I think it overshadows everything I lost sleep and worked hard for.”
Meanwhile, Daehwi’s bandmate Kim Donghyun will appear in the K-Drama I’ll Become Your Night. It’s a romance drama about a popular idol band called LUNA and a fake doctor who moves into their dorm to treat a sleepwalking member.
Donghyun has been cast as LUNA member Gaon, who plays keyboards for the band. At 17 years old, Gaon is also their maknae. He made it into the band two years before the series began after beating out 10,000 other aspirants in a nationwide search. He has been described as someone with “impressive and charismatic talent” as a keyboard player but also has a “unique and indescribable personality that others fear.”
Gaon loves to pick fights with the other members of LUNA, but he turns into a timid boy in front of their fans. He also has the greatest body in the band and is a “character of surprise” who’s hiding a secret.
In addition to their solo activities, Daehwi and Donghyun are also gearing up for the release of AB6IX’s second full-length album MO’ COMPLETE. Their label started dropping concept photos and teasers on September 8, and the album itself will be made available on all streaming services on September 27 at 6:00 PM KST.
It looks like the second half of 2021 will be a wonderful time for ABNEW (the band’s fans), thanks to all the amazing content the AB6IX members have prepared!
