YG Entertainment is launching a search for new talent to follow groups Big Bang, Blackpink, TREASURE and BABYMONSTER. Expectations are higher because chief producer Yang Hyun-suk is expected to personally oversee and judge candidates from the initial paperwork stage.
YG Entertainment began holding the special audition "2026 YG SPECIAL AUDITION : GO! DEBUT" on the 21st of last month. The audition runs through the 28th and anyone born from 2007 to 2015 can apply regardless of gender or nationality. YG plans to use the audition to accelerate securing a pool of new group talent to follow Blackpink, TREASURE and BABYMONSTER.
As the subtitle "GO! DEBUT" suggests, this audition shows an intent to find talent who will open the future of the global K-pop market, beyond simply discovering trainees.
In particular, this audition is made more special by chief producer Yang Hyun-suk participating in the overall judging process. Yang Hyun-suk is expected to lead the audition and put more effort into finding talent who will open the future of the K-pop market.
Above all, chief producer Yang Hyun-suk is the person who discovered YG's past artists beginning with Big Bang and helped grow them into global teams, including 2NE1, Blackpink, WINNER, iKON, TREASURE and BABYMONSTER. He discovered talent and developed them into artists with rigorous skill evaluation and an eye for star quality.
This time he plans to participate directly from the initial document screening to rigorously verify the skills and star quality of future talents as a producer. Expectations are rising that the judgment of chief producer Yang Hyun-suk, who has nurtured many world-class K-pop stars, will shine once again.
YG said, "As the title 'SPECIAL AUDITION' suggests, there is a major distinguishing feature in this audition. Unlike before, chief producer Yang Hyun-suk will personally take part starting from the document screening—the first gateway of the audition—with a strong will to discover major new artists to follow Big Bang and Blackpink."
YG Entertainment has produced many artists who have performed on stages around the world, not just in Korea. The birth of a new K-pop star set to soar worldwide under the leadership of chief producer Yang Hyun-suk is anticipated.
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