“MIX & MATCH”’s YANG HYUN SUK Says, “I Can’t Help Having Affection For B.I… He Reminds Me of GD”
[마이데일리 = 최지예 기자] YG’s head producer YANG HYUN SUK expressed his affection for YG artist B.I.
A press meeting of “MIX & MATCH”, a debut project for YG’s new boy group, was held on the 2 this month at 3:30pm, at Conrad Hotel located in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.
At the meeting, YANG HYUN SUK said, “Talent can blossom only in a good work of art. It’s the same for BIGBANG. I want to make iKON a skilled idol singer who has the ability to produce all their albums”.
YANG added, “I can’t help having affection for B.I. He reminds me of the time when I first saw G-DRAGON, and he has the ability to write songs. All YG people like him, too. I just want to say that I have a special affection for him”.
Three matches will be shown in “MIX & MATCH” and total nine candidates including B.I, BOBBY, and KIM JIN HWAN whose debut has already been confirmed, TEAM B members SONG YUN HYEONG, KOO JUN HOE, and KIM DONG HYUK, as well as new trainees JUNG JINHYEONG, JUNG CHANWOO, and YANG HONGSEOK will fiercely compete in the audition program.
Only seven of them will be able to debut as YG’s new boy group, after being selected through 30% of judges’ decision and 70% of viewers’ vote.
“MIX & MATCH”’s first episode will be aired on the 11 at 11pm, simultaneously on cable channel Mnet and search engine NAVER’s TV Cast.
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