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South Korean boy band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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KickFlip (Korean: 킥플립; RR: Kikpeullip) is a South Korean boy band formed through SBS's reality competition program Loud and managed by JYP Entertainment. The group consists of seven members: Kyehoon, Amaru, Donghwa, Juwang, Minje, Keiju, and Donghyeon.[1] They debuted on January 20, 2025, with the extended play Flip It, Kick It!.
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Name
The group's name, KickFlip, refers to the skateboarding trick of the same name, which involves the rider making a full rotation along the board's long axis, symbolizing "the group's ambition to break conventions to deliver bold performances".[2]
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Formation through Loud
KickFlip, alongside The New Six, were formed through the SBS K-pop reality competition program Loud, hosted by JYP Entertainment and P Nation. Loud premiered in June 2021 and ran till September, where Kyehoon, Keiju, Amaru, Lee Donghyeon and Yoon Min were selected as the members of JYP's new boy group.[3] However, in April 2023, Yoon Min launched a personal Instagram account, seemingly confirming his departure from JYP Entertainment and its upcoming boy group.[4] He later participated in Mnet's reality show Vocal Showdown in October 2023.[5]
2025–present: Debut with Flip It, Kick It! and Kick Out, Flip Now!
On November 21, 2024, during the 2024 MAMA Awards in Los Angeles, JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young announced that they are in the "final stages of preparation" for their upcoming boy group, and revealed a silhouetted image of its seven members.[6] A day later, JYP announced the name of their new boy group, KickFlip, along with a debut date of January 1, 2025.[6][7] Their debut was later postponed to January 6 as a response to the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash.[8] KickFlip released their first EP Flip It, Kick It! on January 20, alongside its lead single "Mama Said", and following the pre-release single "Umm Great" on January 6.[2] On March 18, it was announced that KickFlip would be part of the lineup for Lollapalooza 2025 scheduled for August 2[9], Their second EP, Kick Out, Flip Now!, was released on May 26.[10]
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Members
Adapted from KickFlip's official website.[11]
- Kyehoon (계훈)
- Amaru (아마루)
- Donghwa (동화)
- Juwang (주왕)
- Minje (민제)
- Keiju (케이주)
- Donghyeon (동현)
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