D-NA. the youngest male idol with average age of 17.4 debuted with 'Admiring Boy'.
They are currently promoting their follow-up song 'No One...Anyone' after their title song 'Stumble Stumble'. They said, "We're going to throw away our cute young boy image."
Mika added, "Our image before was only cute, but now in 'Stumble Stumble', we're more manly. We're slightly going to a rebel image. With a fierce choreography too."
Hyunmin explained, "Our song 'No One...Anyone' will reveal the outward changes from boys to men." Jay also explained, "We're going to express our feelings with expression and finger moving, instead of some fierce moves. We worked so hard for the expression and choreography. D-NA is catching some attention because of their chair choreography from Junjin and Lee Minwoo (Shinhwa).
Karam explained, "We worked so hard to express our feeling for 'No One...Anyone'. A feeling of being abandoned, and being alone." and Mika added, "It's a song that will show our harmonization as much as our own vocal ability."
They are growing through songs and practices but some external growth from the environment are clear. They debuted as a rookie but after days, some new people in entertainment world called them 'Senior'.
Jay said, "Sometimes some people in the waiting room called us 'senior'. We were surprised and feeling some responsibility hearing that. We're still awkward but I think we still have to work even harder to show some power in stage."
Especially those young juniors who just debuted. D-NA has an extraordinary feeling of that. Karam said something regarding some singers who started their activities in young age, "I'm being a guest now at 'Starry Night' as a consultant for friends in their 10s. They could say this and that because they have to start their social life way faster than their friends. But I think they're gaining more than what they lost." But contrary Mika said, "They can't go to their graduation trip, and it's the truth that they can't make many memories in school. But since they have a goal in this path, it's a normal thing if they wanted to give up or feeling some shame."
Some positive points that they could gain is being close with some seniors. "If there's a chance, Injoon always listen to some idols stories, like U-kiss or ZE:A. About their way of practice, company operation, or working methods. Those exchanges could be an influence for us, and in fact it's helping us."
After 7 months of their debut, D-NA is growing slowly from boys to men. The process might be not sweet, but those internal and external changes that they stacked together could offers better music and stage for everyone else.
Original source: 매일경제 스타투데이 이현우 기자 nobodyin@mk.co.kr
Translation credits: dianapetrina@enchanteDNA.com
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