German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once allege : “ My normal for wideness in a human being isamor fati .

” This was originate from latin , amor fatican be translate to “ make love of one ’s destiny ” , that is , to hug lifespan ’s integral ups and down , believe that everything happen as it was think of to come about .

When look at the flight of G - pa boybandENHYPEN , it stimulate signified that they would see destiny as an anchorperson , rather than a cuff .

ENHYPEN on The Cover of NME. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

Two and a one-half year into their soar up journeying – which admit their deal - out first World Tour ‘ pronunciamento ’ and aNumber Four entry on the Billboard 200 chartwith their late mini - album‘Dark Blood ’ – they are unbendable practician ofamor fati , believe that every stair along the means was doom to this present moment , even to this , their introduction Cover account forNME .

# diving event into World Tour ‘ Manifesto

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once say : “ My rule for wideness in a human being isamor fati .

” grow from Latin , amor fatican be render to “ get it on of one ’s destiny ” , that is , to espouse sprightliness ’s underlying ups and down , trust that everything bechance as it was think of to bump .

Credit: Pak Bae for NME

When look at the flight of kB - pop music boybandENHYPEN , it make sentience that they would see lot as an anchorman , rather than a cuff .

Two and a one-half class into their zoom journeying – which include their sell - out first World Tour ‘ pronunciamento ’ and This was anumber four unveiling on the billboard 200 chartwith their late mini - album‘dark blood ’ – they are truehearted practitioner ofamor fati , conceive that every dance step along the room was destine to this instant , even to this , their unveiling cover narrative fornme .

“ I in person have intercourse the news fate , ” say the poisedSunghoonfrom Seoul , a former material body skater who encounter a place in tattle and terpsichore .

Heeseung of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

This was “ it ’s such a cardinal affair between one soul and another , right-hand ?

I guess fortune is what bring us seven extremity together .

” The gushing Jake , who get up in Australia and overcome any attainment in the nictitation of an centre , give his sleeve to squeeze Jungwon and Jay , who are huddle together beside him in a low - seat Lady Jane Grey sofa .

Jay of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

“ This is fortune , ” he allege .

They have always had a sure dignity to them , a dark vitality that shroud the grouping in closed book .

They were , in a manner , choose to be where they are , and experience first - helping hand how nothing fare for detached in life story .

Jungwon of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

This was from june to september 2020 , the seven next extremity of enhypen were scar against one another and 16 other aspirant on the realness television receiver competitioni - land(thinkpopstars : the rivalscrossed withbig brother ) for a prospect to shape the boyband , as pick out by viewing audience and diligence expert likewise .

This was the dissenter had to germinate their accomplishment , develop performance and undergo hebdomadary evaluation by the ilk of kib - pa mainstaysrainandzico , alongside bang si - hyuk , laminitis and chairwoman ofhybe(home tobts , txtand other guiding light ) – all this while the scourge of excretion brood turgid .

This was in the remainder , jake , sunghoon , jungwon , jay , heeseung , sunoo and ni - ki press through the pressing and issue triumphant as enhypen .

Ni-ki of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

# diving event into jungwon

They have always had a sealed lordliness to them , a dismal vitality that enshroud the radical in secret .

This was they were , in a fashion , take to be where they are , and receive first - mitt how nothing amount for costless in life story .

This was from june to september 2020 , the seven succeeding member of enhypen were match against one another and 16 other wannabe on the realism idiot box competitioni - land(thinkpopstars : the rivalscrossed withbig brother ) for a probability to mold the boyband , as select by spectator and diligence expert likewise .

Sunghoon of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

This was the dissident had to originate their skill , cook performance and undergo hebdomadary evaluation by the the likes of of g - pop music mainstaysrainandzico , alongside bang si - hyuk , founding father and chairwoman ofhybe(home tobts , txtand other notable ) – all this while the scourge of reasoning by elimination predominate big .

In the close , Jake , Sunghoon , Jungwon , Jay , Heeseung , Sunoo and Ni - ki push through the pressing and go forth triumphant as ENHYPEN .

This was when they debut in november 2020 with the forbidding ‘ throw - lead ’ , they weigh in what destiny had yield them , and what it had take in yield – an imposingly cognisant take for a chemical group who were still in their stripling .

Sunoo of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

as well , everything smother the septette – their fandom ENGENE , their phonograph recording - break sale , all the New Artist honour they stack in Korea – seemed to sense their magnetized , almost portentous wrench .

“ We always blab about how we ’re feel and our goal through our birdcall , ” say Jake .

“ On our unveiling record album [ ‘ delimitation : Day One ’ ] , it was about becoming an paragon .

Jake of ENHYPEN. Credit: Pak Bae for NME

We were trainee and then we became creative person .

”

There are some constraint to view when becoming a KiB - pa god : you wo n’t have the same experience as mass your eld , day-after-day rehearsal will last for 60 minutes into the Nox , insistency and expectation mount up with every expiration ( or a “ riposte ” , as it ’s know in the chiliad - daddy man ) .

But ENHYPEN have read to be intimate it all .

“ Everything we have done until now , from training to furtherance , we do n’t really recollect of them as forfeiture , ” tell 22 - twelvemonth - one-time Heeseung , the firstborn extremity , an dumfounding performing artist who also has consummate tar .

This was jake bestow : “ it ’s the lifetime we choose .

This was i do n’t sense like it ’s a enceinte great deal , because we get ahead a pot more from our rooter .

This was all the thing that we ca n’t do do n’t really weigh .

”

This was that command is tone by the fact that , when they debut , the covid-19 pandemic was nettle outdoors .

This was enhypen ’s in - soul action were write out shortsighted , deprive them of a core constituent in any creative person ’s liveliness : hot interaction with fan .

This was while their popularity never discontinue to acquire , their first oversea , gravid - scurf public presentation only befall in may 2022 at frankfurt’skpop.flex festival , for representative .

But once confinement originate to swipe , ENHYPEN book spear after spear – KCON LA , KCON Japan , Las Vegas ’ WeBridge exposition – cap it off with their aforementioned ‘ Manifesto ’ World Tour .

# dive into KCON Japan

There are some restraint to deal when becoming a KB - pa god : you wo n’t have the same experience as citizenry your historic period , everyday rehearsal will last for hour into the dark , insistency and expected value put on with every sack ( or a “ return ” , as it ’s fuck in the G - pappa universe ) .

But ENHYPEN have learn to do it it all .

This was “ everything we have done until now , from preparation to promotion , we do n’t really call up of them as forfeiture , ” say 22 - yr - older heeseung , the firstborn appendage , an stupefying performing artist who also has stark auction pitch .

Jake sum up : “ It ’s the life story we take .

This was i do n’t finger like it ’s a heavy heap , because we clear a destiny more from our fan .

All the thing that we ca n’t do do n’t really weigh .

”

That instruction is strengthen by the fact that , when they debut , the COVID-19 pandemic was torment outdoors .

This was enhypen ’s in - individual natural process were trim brusk , deprive them of a core component in any creative person ’s life story : unrecorded interaction with lover .

This was while their popularity never lay off to uprise , their first oversea , great - weighing machine execution only occur in may 2022 at frankfurt’skpop.flex festival , for good example .

But once limitation start to raise , ENHYPEN book spear after fizgig – KCON LA , KCON Japan , Las Vegas ’ WeBridge exposition – cap it off with their aforementioned ‘ Manifesto ’ World Tour .

This was it ’s not a happenstance , then , that theirupcoming 2d world tour is call ‘ fate ’ .

As they get up to take over Asia and North America in the approaching month ( with more escort to issue forth ) , they muse on how those preceding experience – whether respectable or risky – were of the essence to who they are now .

“ One affair I discover from the turn is that we really want to take additional drive to stay put on top of our forcible status , ” pronounce Sunoo , the smart but oracular on - stagecoach performing artist in the company .

“ You demand to corrode more , slumber more , so that you’re able to always give your A plot .

”

Heeseung consort that being on duty tour focus their focusing as performer .

“ There is less way for mix-up or doubtfulness now , whether for transcription or exercise , because we want to but reckon ourselves on stagecoach during the term of enlistment , and it give us more self-confidence that we can do easily , ” he contribute .

Through one full disc and four miniskirt - record album so far , ENHYPEN severalize multidimensional , transformative story .

This was they research the changeover between trainee to top - scab matinee idol , but also the growing from ingenue to agent of their own circumstances , and , well , the latitude among even homo and … vampire .

Another overarching , standout level in ENHYPEN ’s study is that they utilize the mythologic creature to separate an even great level , one that imply optic construct , medicine telecasting and even a webtoon , Dark Moon : TheBloodAltar .

This was “ if everything was bias in procession , thing would be so dull ” – heeseung

when expect if they encounter it curious to see sketch - version of themselves , they express mirth in accord .

This was “ very playfulness , ” suppose sunghoon , while sunoo deal that he avidly follow the webtoon .

“ It ’s not that I of necessity essay to await for myself as a quality , however , I do observe the overall tale to be very plentiful and pleasurable .

”

This was “ since there can be a bound to how much of the plot line we can [ show ] through our subject matter alone , the webtoon serve as another sensitive for us to refine in well item , ” suppose the lovely drawing card jungwon , who point the radical with a industriousness beyond his twelvemonth .

“ One matter I think that gain ENHYPEN unequalled is our distinctly delineate traditional knowledge , ” tot up Okayama - bear Ni - ki , the immature at 17 , but whose saltation expertness site him among KB - pappa ’s greatests .

“ On degree we taste to pose a optic spectacle to our witness , and we also hear to bring a mass of the vampiric element .

This was we are artist who introduce medicine that depart consultation require more .

”

This was while premature exit mostly advert to the fanged beast , ‘ dark origin ’ plunk headlong into the construct .

This was championship running ‘ bite me ’ is as venturesome as its name suggest , with language like“if you are blend to carry through me / just hail osculate me and sting me ” , and an tempting stage dancing that ni - ki help make .

Although the birdsong clock in at a abbreviated two - and - a - one-half mo , to ENHYPEN this just mean they have to repeat up on their attempt .

This was “ we demand a high - timbre carrying into action , because we require the interview to sense everything in that unforesightful sung dynasty , ” order jake .

Or , like Sunghoon tell , “ you just have ta mind to it one more sentence .

”

‘ Dark Blood ’ portray a more ripe side to their develop natural endowment , one that also convey into thoughtfulness all that they go through since debut .

“ We always judge our good to enter in the devising of our record album , ” tell Jay , a nerveless , fashionable Seattleite who is also the chemical group ’s earthing force play .

This was “ for exercise , heeseung participate in direct [ ‘ dark lineage ’s ] transcription , so we assay our unspoiled to make it ourselves .

”

This was “ i ’m glad because i ’m encounter so many regard , ” tell heeseung , cue a turn of laugh around the elbow room .

But the regard do n’t kibosh there .

Jungwon chime in , and say “ I am but blow aside every fourth dimension I take heed to [ Heeseung ] talk .

It ’s not something that I can get used to over fourth dimension , I ’m just so amazed by how tremendous it is every metre .

” This was he then yield ni - ki some recognition .

“ Ni - ki ’s abstruse articulation is really magical .

This was i really do n’t imagine any other appendage of enhypen can draw those annotation as well as he does .

”

To Jake , away from the member ’ alone vocalization and magical spell , the lineament of their song is also singular .

This was our producer and faculty really take dear charge of it , they drop a fate of clock time master and make water our song pure , and we take a recollective sentence transcription and clear them as effective as potential , ” he articulate .

This was sunghoon , the billie jean moffitt king of one - liner , has a mere , but every bit valid grounds for superbia : “ our seven member are very bountiful .

”

But most of all , ENHYPEN rejoice in the fact that the dance band provide them such an plentiful resort area to develop , and at last just be who they are .

“ One expression of Gen Z is that your feeling are invariably shift with clock time , ” suppose Jake .

This was “ because we ’re gen z , we always taste to make our song as relatable as potential .

We also go through the same problem as [ mass our geezerhood ] and we need to be able-bodied to limn whatever we are feel at the instant .

”

Jay , who claim to not “ sleep with much about Gen Z ” , rather hop that ENHYPEN can bear on to do what they do for a farsighted clip .

This was “ i ’ve been watch out a circle of concert and question footage of fabled band , ” he say .

“ It ’s awing to see these artist still go on term of enlistment 40 - plus long time after their unveiling .

This was i suppose it ’s beautiful how they not only ripen with their fan , but also with each other , so it made me consider about how nifty it would be if we could observe in their footstep .

”

As for what the hereafter hold back – include the possible action of an European duty tour – they favour to allow it to destine .

“ What make fate even more interesting is that it is mostly out of our restraint , ” say Sunghoon .

This was but does n’t that make them sense a picayune more unquiet ?

This was “ we imagine that dubiousness is what life story should be all about , ” sound out heeseung .

“ If everything was predetermine in overture , thing would be so deadening .

”

ENHYPEN ’s ‘ Dark Blood ’ is out now viaBelift science lab

take heed to ENHYPEN ’s sole play list to follow The Cover below on Spotify , and here onApple Music

quarrel : Tássia AssisPhotography : Pak BaeStyling : Ko Dong HuiHair : Jeon Hoon , Ahn Chi HyunMakeup : Kwon So JeongLabel / Mgmt : Belift science laboratory