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'Steel Heart Club' presents a colossal "collab unit battle" on a scale far beyond previous band stages, greatly expanding its musical scope. A genre-breaking lineup that adds dance, rap, female vocals, fusion gugak, and saxophone has been announced, and excitement is explosive even before the broadcast.
The seventh episode of Mnet 'Steel Heart Club (STEAL HEART CLUB),' which airs on Dec. 2, will feature the fourth round's second match, the "collab unit battle." Artists from different fields will join in large numbers, promising a distinctly different "hybrid stage" from the usual band battles.
In the preview video released ahead of the broadcast, when the second-round collab artists appeared, scenes showed alternating cheers and shock from the apprentice musicians. Rapper BE'O, STAYC's Sieun collaborating with a band for the first time, and the Blackto dance troupe joining with intense performances all sharply raised expectations. In addition, the unexpected "chemistry explosion" during the preparation process created by the artists and the apprentice musicians will be revealed in full, further concentrating attention on tonight's broadcast.
Especially since up to six people can compete in the fourth round's second match, internal team position competition becomes even fiercer. In Lee Yoon-chan's team "Geotchoksokba" (Park Cheol-gi, Oh Dajun, Yoo Hojin, Lee Yun-seo, Lee Yoon-chan, Joo Ji-hwan, Kevin Park, Kayten), Kayten says, "Lee Yun-seo hyung is someone I don't want to fight," expressing the subtle strain of nerves ahead of guitar position competition. In Dain's team "E.R.E.R" (Kim Geon-dae, Kwon Young-bin, Dain, Rian, Zhao Jia-in, Jeong Woo-seok, Choi Jin-geon, Han Jun-hee), Kim Geon-dae said, "It's not that (Kwon) Young-bin hyung can't do it, but I thought I might know it better," showing confidence and heating up the internal competition within the team.
Kim Eun-chan A team 'WOW BOYS' (Kim Geon-woo, Kim Kyung-wook, Kim Eun-chan A, Kim Eun-chan B, Brody, Lee Woo-yeon, Jung Yeop, Choi Hyun-jun), who were last in the first match of the fourth round, maintained tense suspense right up to the stage. When Choi Hyun-jun said, "You know our team isn't the best," the team's mood rapidly sank, and Brody could not hide his anger, saying, "What is this guy even trying to do?" How internal team emotional clashes will affect the stage results is expected to be another point of interest.
At the end of the preview, Hanbin Kim declared, "I will overturn the voting," foreshadowing a rebellion. In the highlights that followed, a shocking stage compressedly introduced gugak, saxophone, female vocals, rap, and dance combined with band sound, further raising expectations. In particular, director Lee Jang-won praised the stage, saying, "This stage strangely mesmerizes me," drawing attention to what musical synergy the five teams' five distinct stages will create.
The fourth round's "collab unit battle," which breaks the bounds of band survival shows and significantly expands genre boundaries, will be featured on the seventh episode of Mnet 'Steel Heart Club,' airing Dec. 2 at 10 p.m.
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