The group Close Your Eyes (CLOSE YOUR EYES, Clua) proved its status as a global 'hot rookie'.
Close Your Eyes (Jeon Min-wook, Majing Xiang, Jang Yeo-jun, Kim Seong-min, Song Seung-ho, Kenshin, Seo Kyung-bae) won the rookie award, the D Awards Dreams Silver Label (D AWARDS DREAMS SILVER LABEL), at the 2nd D Awards held on the 11th at Hwajeong Gymnasium, Korea University in Seoul.
Close Your Eyes received the honor of winning the rookie award D Awards Dreams Silver Label, which recognizes outstanding new artists who will lead Korea's popular music in the future.
Unable to attend the ceremony due to their Japan tour schedule, Close Your Eyes expressed their gratitude in a VCR video, saying, "We thank D Awards for this meaningful award, our agency family, and all the families of the members. Although we regret that we could not attend, if invited again next time we will definitely attend and brighten D Awards with a great performance."
They added their gratitude to fans, saying, "To our fans Closer (official fandom name), thank you so much. We take this as a call to work even harder and will show better sides of ourselves. Please look forward to more from us. We will put on great stages and music, so we ask for your continued interest and love," raising expectations for their future activities.
Close Your Eyes, which debuted in April last year, has achieved cumulative sales of 1.2 million copies across three mini albums — mini albums 1, 2 and 3 — and despite being rookies less than a year since debut, they have repeatedly achieved notable results and continue to enjoy strong popularity.
Since last year they have won eight rookie awards, proving again their momentum as a 'global super hot trend', including the 2025 K World Dream Awards (2025 KWDA) K World Dream New Vision Award, 2025 Brand of the Year Award in the male idol (rookie) category, The Fact Co. 2025 Music Awards (TMA) hottest category, TikTok Awards 2025 New Wave Artist Award, 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards (2025 KGMA) IS Rookie Award, the 33rd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards K-POP Award, the 40th Golden Disc Awards Golden Choice Award, and the D Awards Dreams Silver Label at the 2nd D Awards.
Meanwhile, Close Your Eyes are meeting local fans through their solo concert 'Beyond Your Eyes' Japan tour. After Seoul, they completed concerts in Tokyo on the 10th and 11th and will continue performances in Nagoya on the 13th and Osaka on the 15th.
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