World woman group XG have launched the primary episode of their new documentary sequence which follows their journey to debut.
On April 26, XG unveiled episode certainly one of their documentary XTRA XTRA, which incorporates footage of the members’ coaching course of, accompanied by interviews with the group and their government producer JAKOPS.
The brand new episode takes viewers by way of the beginnings of their label, XGALX (then generally known as X-GALAXY) in 2016, adopted by its auditions in early 2017. The documentary then introduces every of the XG members – Jurin, Chisa, Hinata, Harvey, Juria, Maya and Cocona – with brief interviews and clips of their auditions, and later provides a quick overview of the group’s choice course of.
Following the auditions, the label gathered a a number of trainees to attend its numerous coaching camps, earlier than narrowing down the group’s potential members to 21 trainees by 2018. They included Hikaru of Ok-pop woman group Kep1er and former Women Planet 999 contestant Kamikura Rei.
“My purpose for the group is easy,” JAKOPS shares in an interview. “To create a bunch with a robust character, mindset and humanity that has a transparent message and imaginative and prescient, world sensibility, and could be cherished by anybody, no matter language or tradition.”
“A very powerful factor is to have the ability to convey braveness, hope, and pleasure to as many individuals as attainable,” he provides. “That’s the form of artist group I goal to create.”
Earlier this yr, XG made a comeback with their singles ‘Taking pictures Star’ and ‘Left Proper’, the previous of which was just lately re-released with a brand new verse by Rico Nasty. GOT7 member Jackson Wang and Ciara additionally carried out a canopy of ‘Left Proper’ throughout their efficiency at Coachella earlier this month.
XG first debuted in March 2022 with their single ‘Tippy Toes’, which was adopted by their second single ‘Mascara’ in June 2022. Later that yr, the group’s rappers, Jurin, Harvey, Maya and Cocona launched their ‘GALZ XYPHER’ rap cypher video, which went viral on TikTok.