Global boy group AEN was selected as Golden Choice's rookie of September and showcased exceptional performance skills and charm in the middle of COEX.
Golden Choice is content in which the Golden Disc Awards, South Korea's representative popular music awards, selects one noteworthy artist each month with talent and potential and introduces them through its official YouTube channel and social media. This year's newly Director General Golden Choice has collaborated with the Random Play Dance (hereafter "RPD") YouTube channel "PLAY ON: RPD" to present special stages with K-pop fans.
AEN was named Golden Choice's rookie of September. In Random Play Dance content released on the Golden Disc Awards YouTube channel and official social media on the 1st, they showed confidence and solid performance skills uncharacteristic of rookies.
Earlier, AEN, who had raised expectations with a teaser titled "What happens when the monster rookie AEN dances Random Play Dance in the middle of Seoul COEX," captivated attention in the full video by perfectly taking over the Random Play Dance at COEX.
Before the Random Play Dance, AEN rehearsed and continued performing without hesitation even when unexpected songs appeared. All seven members quickly caught songs from various genres and delivered highly polished choreography, showing the momentum of a "monster rookie" with expressive range that moved freely from cute to sexy to charismatic depending on the music's mood.
After finishing practice, AEN, unified in all-black suits, appeared at the Random Play Dance site and performed their debut title track "X to Z (Next to me)." Their powerful performance and perfectly precise formations immediately captured the audience's attention, and the members' relaxed stage manners added to the fans' enthusiastic response.
In particular, for each randomly played song all seven members delivered performances with perfect coordination, proving their solid skills. They executed choreography without wavering despite different musical styles, revealing themselves as a global boy group equipped not only with visuals but also performance capability.
The excited reaction of citizens and K-pop fans who visited the site continued. When AEN's full-group debut-song performance began, a crowd quickly gathered, and the members enjoyed Random Play Dance with the audience, adding pleasant energy to the scene.
Their natural synchronization and consideration in response to participants' movements revealed a friendly charm different from the intense charisma they showed on stage.
Through this Golden Choice, AEN once again asserted their presence as a global rookie group attracting attention from early in their debut. AEN, composed of four Korean members and three Japanese members, is expanding its position as a next-generation global group with both music and performance through activities between Korea and Japan.
Meanwhile, AEN officially debuted by simultaneously releasing their first mini album "A NEW ERA OF NOW" in Korea and Japan on the 5th of last month.
[Photo] Provided by Golden Choice
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