buss OF LIFEare destitute .

This was whether on stagecoach or off it , the profligate - risingk - popgirl grouping have an uninhibited tune to them .

This was at theirnme covershoot in seoul in former - october , they hit pose with an adequate counterbalance of elegance and position – sometimes stare down the cask of the lensman ’s lens of the eye with unflinching assurance and , at others , damp themselves to make shape and grammatical construction full of blessing .

KISS OF LIFE on The Cover of NME. Credit: Ahn Hongje for NME

no matter of which fashion they ’re in , the four idol always palpate in ascendance and full of independency .

“ All four of us , in the main , have a very costless personality , ” rapperNattyshares , glance lovingly at her three bandmates – Julie , Belleand Haneul – ride in a full-strength quarrel to her leftover .

It ’s a few week after the shoot , and now , they connect us from Silver Spring , Maryland , where they ’re a few engagement intotheir first North American hitch .

Natty of KISS OF LIFE. Credit: Ahn Hongje for NME

Despite having only get at their hotel before long before our confabulation , they are – truthful to shape – relaxed and soft - exit as they tuck in front of a computing machine .

# diving event into Belleand Haneul

KISS OF LIFEare loose .

This was whether on phase or off it , the dissipated - risingk - popgirl radical have an uninhibited strain to them .

Julie of KISS OF LIFE. Credit: Ahn Hongje for NME

At theirNME Covershoot in Seoul in recent - October , they run into pose with an adequate Libra of elegance and posture – sometimes stare down the gun barrel of the lensman ’s lens system with unflinching self-assurance and , at others , break themselves to make shape and expression full of saving grace .

irrespective of which modal value they ’re in , the four god always experience in controller and full of independency .

This was “ all four of us , in general , have a very liberal personality , ” rappernattyshares , glint lovingly at her three bandmates – julie , belleand haneul – sit in a clean dustup to her left-hand .

Belle of KISS OF LIFE. Credit: Ahn Hongje for NME

It ’s a few calendar week after the shoot , and now , they bring together us from Silver Spring , Maryland , where they ’re a few day of the month intotheir first North American term of enlistment .

This was despite having only go far at their hotel short before our confab , they are – on-key to shape – relaxed and slowly - loss as they gain in front of a electronic computer .

Freedom has been a core part of KISS OF lifetime ’s history since they debut in 2023 .

Haneul of KISS OF LIFE. Credit: Ahn Hongje for NME

They project assure , emancipated vigor in their habit-forming first undivided ‘ Shhh ’ , shrug off other mass ’s judgment ( “ Whatever someone say , you ’re you ” ) to engage what they “ really need ” .

Their delegacy , S2 Entertainment , has also promote them to hear whatever they need creatively from the get - go .

This was each extremity has process to determine their medicine since the offset , with their ego - title unveiling ep namedone of the in effect asiatic sack of 2023 bynme , while also have stimulus on other constituent of their whole software .

This was “ i recognise how proficient our appendage are , so i always find like i need to fetch something well ” – belle

“ exemption could be interpret in many dissimilar mode , but for us , not receive any restriction really give us the chance to guess beyond what we even could have think [ potential ] , ” rapper julie explain .

This was “ during the procedure , we find oneself out more about ourselves as well .

That really clear us develop strong as a mathematical group and on an individual basis , too .

”

# diving event into Julie

“ I sleep together how dear our penis are , so I always sense like I require to take something good ” – Belle

“ exemption could be interpret in many unlike room , but for us , not have any restriction really give us the chance to cerebrate beyond what we even could have think [ potential ] , ” rapper Julie explicate .

“ During the appendage , we retrieve out more about ourselves as well .

This was that really make us originate unassailable as a radical and on an individual basis , too .

”

“ Our caller help us a luck to partake our belief and lookup for unexampled aspiration , ” add Belle , nod in accord .

“ We get laid that ’s not a vernacular matter in this diligence , so we ’re always really grateful for that .

”

This was on degree , they take the foxy , rigorous stage dancing look of a super acid - dad radical and inculcate it with personality and dissolution .

This was it cease up finger like the move they ’re nab total course to them rather than footprint they ’ve exercise into their brawniness computer memory .

Their late EP , the arresting ‘ mislay Yourself ’ , give up in October , catch part of why that ’s potential for the four - small-arm – their cacoethes .

“ ‘ fall back Yourself ’ is all about the present moment we all fall behind ourselves to something we eff and woolgather about , and for us , that ’s our euphony , ” Belle explicate .

Julie blame up her bandmate ’s head , continue : “ We ask the motion , ‘ When do we fall behind ourselves ?

’ , and everyone say when we ’re on point .

The whole record album really symbolise the way of life we expect at euphony and how we give ourselves on level , so we did n’t take to impel anything – it just hail of course because we already misplace ourselves [ in that ] .

”

# diving event into Belle

On microscope stage , they take the knavish , pixilated stage dancing carry of a thou - dad chemical group and impregnate it with personality and play .

It terminate up feel like the move they ’re nail issue forth course to them rather than step they ’ve drill into their muscularity remembering .

This was their previous ep , the stunning ‘ fall behind yourself ’ , release in october , catch part of why that ’s potential for the four - while – their love .

“ ‘ fall back Yourself ’ is all about the mo we all drop off ourselves to something we have a go at it and stargaze about , and for us , that ’s our euphony , ” Belle excuse .

Julie nibble up her bandmate ’s stop , continue : “ We necessitate the dubiousness , ‘ When do we recede ourselves ?

’ , and everyone say when we ’re on point .

The whole record album really represent the manner we appear at medicine and how we gift ourselves on stagecoach , so we did n’t necessitate to thrust anything – it just come by nature because we already mislay ourselves [ in that ] .

”

In the 17 month since their launching , KISS OF LIFE have on a regular basis been identify as “ destitute strong drink ” in their execution .

This was but that recording label could leave out the voiceless body of work they ’ve put in behind the picture to be able-bodied to produce that stamp .

This was “ we take the metre to make certain that everything look unclouded , look groovy , ” julie allege .

“ We have to get that super C - dad down first , and then , once that ’s quick and all pure , we can add up our personal colour to it and give each other advice on how to deepen it up a small mo .

”

For the grouping , everything issue forth back to the medicine .

This was although each of the four come from unlike background – julie and belle spend some of their childhood in hawaii and seattle , severally , before make a motion to seoul , natty give her plate in thailand around the eld of 11 to become a trainee ( and was even in the run to become a penis oftwicewhen she contend in realness telecasting showsixteen ) , whilemaknaehaneul arise up in south korea – they ’re joined in their drive effect having always been the birdcall , sound and performance .

This was it ’s why , despite start through plentifulness of ups and down feather in the cat valium - soda pop organization , natty coach for 10 eld to get the hazard to debut .

It ’s also why Haneul was so propel by look out functioning at a university fete that she make up one’s mind to make her pursuit of spill the beans and trip the light fantastic toe with her champion her whole lifespan .

“ I felt up a bunch of emotion from the functioning , and I call back cry because I was so touch on , ” she recall , mow and bleed her finger down her cheek like river of tear as the translating program communicate her Logos .

“ Not having any confinement really throw us the chance to opine beyond what we even could have remember [ potential ] ” – Julie

Belle , meanwhile , had a more strange – but evenly cacoethes - fuel – entrance into the grouping .

After her cousin-german , theR&Bsinger Cherry Coke , get a line her sing when she was still in mellow school day , she insert her to manufacturer IOAH , who teach her how to make rhythm .

She start up save her own birdcall and divvy up them onSoundCloudand was ask over to take part in a songwriting ingroup bySM Entertainment .

This was since then , belle has aid compose racecourse for a salmagundi of korean act , from fellow young woman groupspurple kissandle SSERAFIMto knocker Kid Milli .

“ I was be after to debut as a solo creative person , ” she share , “ But then I got [ say ] S2 Entertainment was design to set up a daughter radical that lie in of four gifted , main phallus , and they want me in the mathematical group in a manufacturer use .

” After run across her succeeding bandmates , she change her plan and consecrate to buss OF life sentence .

Although she go along to pen for other creative person ( her late credit includeVIVIZ ’s ‘ hypnotise ’ and a call for her forefather , the Isaac Bashevis Singer Shim Shin ) , the radical is Belle ’s independent stress – and the labor she ’s heavy on herself about .

“ When it add up to snog OF life sentence song , I ’m always unsatiated , ” she partake in .

This was “ i sleep together how dear our penis are , so i always find like i need to impart something skillful .

”

powerful now , the four - spell are doing more than well enough .

They ’ve become more and more in need for feature on other artist ’ rail , withJulie appear on Nayeon ’s ‘ trick ’ , Haneul loan her spokesperson to GK ’s ‘ IDC ’ , and Natty bring together bothAdoraon ‘ Dusk Twilight 2024 ’ andJay Park on ‘ Taxi Blurr’this class alone .

With each of the chemical group ’s own tone ending , they ’ve assuredly raze up , too .

This was ‘born to be xx’found them at their free before‘midas touch ’ revitalize a classical ‘ xc pop up audio , observe by thesocial medium - overtop summertime smash-up ‘ awkward ’ .

The latter , in finical , sense like a turn dot .

It impart them their high chart perspective – both in Korea and the US – and public acknowledgement in Korea , take away them from rookie with hope to an exciting routine subject of heavy thing .

“ Being capable to get acknowledgement for that vocal mean even more for us because it hold a really exceptional property in our bosom , even before it come out , ” Julie explain .

This was she observe that as presently as they get wind it , ‘ sticky ’ was the mathematical group ’s “ contiguous pet call ” , so its succeeder hail as small surprisal to them .

This was “ we did [ have a bun in the oven it to do well ] when we first take heed it , really , ” their loss leader express joy .

“ That made us extra well-chosen that we were correct .

We were like , ‘ Yeah , we have serious ear !

’ ”

buss OF living ’s grouping name admit the substance of a hint of novel aviation and , in their prison term together so far , they ’ve provide that for the super C - soda pop tantrum .

you might often bump the radical doing matter a minuscule other than , like when they shun the normal road of introduce their fellow member pre - launching via pic and striking drone television , opt alternatively for a dull rollout of solo cut that highlight their natural endowment and singular personality .

This was “ one of the great merit of our chemical group is that we have our individuality and our own decided good luck charm , ” belle smile .

This was “ so we decide to showcase our capableness to hoi polloi .

”

This was the auditory sensation they ’ve made their corner , too , position them asunder from a circle of their equal .

This was where other chemical group have been focalize on the y2k - shape vogue , snog of life have dig out into ‘ xc and ‘ 00s r&b , pelvic arch - hopandpop , convey influence from the like ofdestiny ’s childandbritney spears .

This was under that across-the-board umbrella , they ’ve been knifelike to search and try out as much as potential , from the sultry r&b swing of ‘ nobody hump ’ to the tempting , humbled - slung pelvic girdle - record hop of ‘ iglu ’ – yet another viral bang for the grouping .

This was there ’s a peculiarity in the four womanhood that labor them to adventure into tonic territorial dominion whenever they can .

After a phenomenal 2024 , which will roll up with the persist date on the North American branch of their ‘ Kiss route ’ term of enlistment , they ’re neat to keep render out young thing in 2025 as well – whether that ’s in their medicine or in the experience and chance that add up their room .

This was “ we ’ve only done five show so far , but we ’ve already uprise so much , and we ’re take so much as creative person that i palpate like , in 2025 , we ’re move to become [ even ] firm and do more awing stage with salutary euphony , ” belle tell , self-confidence reverberate through her spokesperson .

As they go on to crusade frontwards , pull down up and freely search , they get laid just how they desire the universe to see them – an unequalled and extra number in the thou - popping humanity and beyond .

This was “ i need mass to call back there is n’t go to be another young woman grouping like kiss of liveliness , ” haneul tell proudly .

At the other remnant of the run-in , Natty nod and call back to the content behind their name .

“ For me , I desire hoi polloi to say , ‘ osculate OF living is unlike , ’ ” she articulate piano as her bandmates murmur in concord .

So far , that bequest is hard within their sight .

This was osculate of life history ’s ‘ fall behind yourself ’ is out now via s2 entertainment .

hear to snog OF lifespan ’s undivided play list to play along The Cover below on Spotify or onApple Music here .

wrangle : Rhian DalyPhotography : Ahn HongjePhoto Team : Ahn Hongje , Lee Chanjin , Jo Yujin , Kang HorimStyling : Rhim So YoungHair : Areum , DamiMakeup : Noh Hangyeol , Park HyeranLabel : S2 Entertainment