An MTV LA journalist on her encounter with ENHYPEN:
-I’ve had experience with many kpop bands and all of them have been wonderful.
But what I experienced with ENHYPEN was something very different, I’ll tell you why.
The people that are behind the kpop industry are people who follow procedures very rigorously. There’s a lot of control over the questions you can ask, of what you get to say, of how they need to answer. If you didn't know, its a very strict world in that regard.
So, usually with this type of interview, there's not a lot of room for you to interact with the talents outside of the cameras. Normally they're sitting down, waiting for someone to tell them the camers are rolling and for questions to be asked.
They almost never interact or ask you questions, which could be due to the language barrier. But in this case it wasn't like that.
From the moment they came in, they were super friendly, they greeted us all. You could tell they had watched the Norway vs. England game, and we started talking to them about it.
We told them “right now, we’re rooting for Norway because England eliminated us”. They laughed and said “Ok we support Noway!” They were very chatty, very nice. We ended the “payaso de rodeo” portion super hyped and happy.
We sang “ENHYPEN, hermano ya eres Mexicano (ENHYPEN, brother, you’re already Mexican)” and they were like “Wow, what does that mean?” and when we told them, they asked us what to do if the fans yell that at them, and we told them to say “Viva Mexico!”.
There were a lot of interactions that didn’t come out on camera and that almost never happens to me with kpop artists. It doesn’t usually happen, so it surprised me that it was like that. It shows that they, even though they're huge worldwide, are still very humble people, very down to Earth.
I am going to my grave regretting that dance segment. I don’t know when my brain decided to go the other side (taught them a slightly incorrect dance)
But, either way, we had an amazing time. They had a lot of fun.
I couldn't stay until the end of the show, so I found out after that they tried to dance it on the stage. But that they didn't do it right. I’m sorry… it was probably my fault!
Anyways, I want to tell you that if you are an ENGENE and you support ENHYPEN, honestly, girl (or boy or them), you get everything… They're really people who are super, super nice.
I was terrified, because I was called out once before for not knowing how to pronounce a Korean name, so I spent an entire day listening to a video of how to pronounce them, so something like that doesn't happen again.
But honestly, from the moment they walked in, they took my nerves away.
They made me feel like they were having a good time- I was having a good time, the team was having a good time, everyone was having a good time! And hopefully when ENGENE gets to see this content, they will be having an incredible time.
I dont know when the whole interview will come out, but it'll air on the MTV LA channel. You can watch them there. When it comes out, I'll let you know. Tell me what you think~
the vampire brand film being a commercial to all the brands of the ENGENE version is so creative and fun. i love stanning ENHYPEN. they always be doing something no one would ever expect them doing