KIHYUN of MONSTA X returned earlier this year with BORDERLINE, his second solo EP and the follow-up to 2025's YOUTH. Where his debut looked at innocence and memory, this time he turns toward the present: seven tracks moving through wandering, clarity, uncertainty, and conviction, built on a rock foundation that stretches into pop, R&B, and urban textures.
Title track "So Good" carries the EP's core idea, that trusting your own direction matters more than finding the "right" answer, while deeper cuts like "Late Night Drive" and "Lazy Day" pull the record into stillness and pause.
For the latest KPOPWORLD Digital Cover, KIHYUN breaks down the choices behind BORDERLINE, from the sound decisions shaping songs like "Howling" to what it means to carry a solo record's emotional arc after years spent anchoring MONSTA X's sound as a group.
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손목 건강 걱정돼? 당장 이거 따라 해 봐
Just 10min! #morningstretch
Full ver. on 𝗠𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀 👉 https://t.co/r3VSLlrJNL
〈10min Routine〉
📍Watch on 𝗠𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀
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딱 10분! #모닝스트레칭
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〈10min 루틴〉
📍 Watch on 𝗠𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀
#10min_routine #텐미닛루틴 #연지곤지 #YZKZ #MnetPlus_Original #엠넷플러스오리지널 #MnetPlus #엠넷플러스 #Mnet #엠넷 #하이라이트컷
Don’t ever believe them when they say awards don’t matter. They were only trying to make us feel better. They matter. They always have. #CongratulationsMX#MAGIC1stWin
Yanlış anlamadıysam söyle bir sey olmuş
Bu Monstaya birileri demiş ki, bugun ödül almanız çok zor hiç beklemeyin. Bunlar da nasılsa alamayız diye çıkmışlar sahneye. Sonra bi bakıyorlar Monsta X kazandı diye bağırıyorlar. O yüzden şok olmuşlar.
Soyeon’s an easy target for haters because she’s at the top of the game.
Try to find another kpop idol who is a Full KOMCA member with over 100 credits, won multiple Songwriter awards, and the self-composed/written songs has billions of streams/views and 4 Perfect All-Kills, you can see it’s slim pickings, especially for female idol.
So whoever is speaking against her, you have to see that it’s just jealousy. That’s the ugliness of the human heart on display. They all secretly wish their own idols have even just 1/4 of Soyeon’s achievements.
So I’ll just let them bark whilst I enjoy Soyeon’s works. Because at the end of the day, they have no bite😉
260911 Music Bank Winning Speech
(Post-encore) #MONSTAX
🐻Truly, we never even thought about winning so we were very surprised to even be nominated for 1st place
🐻Thinking about how hard you must've worked to vote to get us the win makes us feel sorry but also very grateful
🐶The points from voting were really no joke
🐻We'll repay it back with great performances and contents- bc I feel that's all we can really do
🐻Thank you so much, I hope everyone has a delicious meal today and I love you
🐻SARANGHANDA
🐻🐶🐢🐹🐝: MONBEBE!!
👥️SARANGHANDA MONSTA X!!!
🐝Thank you so much, everyone
#MAGIC1STWIN #MAGIC #셔누 #민혁 #기현 #형원 #주헌 #아이엠 #몬스타엑스
260911 Music Bank Winning Speech
(Post-encore) #MONSTAX
🐻Truly, we never even thought about winning so we were very surprised to even be nominated for 1st place
🐻Thinking about how hard you must've worked to vote to get us the win makes us feel sorry but also very grateful
🐶The points from voting were really no joke
🐻We'll repay it back with great performances and contents- bc I feel that's all we can really do
🐻Thank you so much, I hope everyone has a delicious meal today and I love you
🐻SARANGHANDA
🐻🐶🐢🐹🐝: MONBEBE!!
👥️SARANGHANDA MONSTA X!!!
🐝Thank you so much, everyone
#MAGIC1STWIN #MAGIC #셔누 #민혁 #기현 #형원 #주헌 #아이엠 #몬스타엑스
it’s making me so happy to see that monsta x can still get wins like this get 1st place at music shows at prevotes can sell out venues even after 12 years… it’s so beautiful to see monstas getting all this support and love they deserve it all and even more i love them so much 🫶