MXM (musical duo)

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MXM
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Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2017 (2017)–2018
LabelsBrand New
Associated acts
Websitebrandnewmusic.co.kr
Members

MXM is a South Korean duo under Brand New Music that consists of members Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun.[1][2][3]

History[]

Pre-debut[]

Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun met as trainees under Brand New Music. They represented the agency alongside Lee Dae-hwi and Park Woo-jin in Produce 101 Season 2. When the show ended, neither of the two earned a spot in the project unit Wanna One: Young-min finished 15th overall, while Dong-hyun was eliminated prior to finale, placing 28th.[2]

On July 12, it was announced that Young-min and Dong-hyun would debut as a project unit,[4] with both having signed exclusive contracts with Brand New Music before Produce 101 and becoming members of Brand New Boys.[2] The name MXM reportedly stands for both "Mix and Match" and "More x More". The former refers to the duo's compatibility as a group despite contrasting qualities, while the latter refers to their determination to develop as a duo.[a][1] On July 27, they released a two-track promotional single titled "Good Day".[1][5] Dong-hyun wrote the lyrics of the single's second track "I Just Do" with Young-min, as well as arranging and producing it with Brand New Music producer, Kiggen.[5]

2017: Debut[]

MXM officially debuted on September 6 with the release of their EP entitled Unmix. The EP contains seven tracks, including "Good Day" and "I Just Do".[6][b][7] The lead single, "I'm the One," was written and produced by Brand New Music producers 9999 and Esbee.[8]

On September 22, the duo participated in Brand New Music's annual concert titled "Brand New World Seoul", held at the Seoul Jangchung Arena.[9]

2018–present: Match Up, Rematch, More Than Ever, One More[]

MXM released their second EP titled Match Up on January 10, 2018, with total of six tracks including the lead single "Diamond Girl".[10]

In 2018, MXM announced their release of a double single titled Rematch on March 6, 2018, accompanied with a music video for the track "Gone Cold", produced by Primeboi. They worked on their second Rematch single titled "Love Me Now" with 9999 and Esbee.[11] Also in March 2018, they announced a Makestar photobook project, which opened for participation on March 9.[12]

MXM released their first full-length album titled More Than Ever on August 14, 2018, with the lead single "Ya Ya Ya".[13][14] Following the released of the album, MXM announced would held their first concert titled More Than Ever on September 29 and 30 at Olympic Hall.[15]

On November 7, the duo released special single One More with double lead single, "Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" and "You Look So Different".[16]

Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun joined Brand New Music's new boy group AB6IX in 2019.

Members[]

  • Lim Young-min (임영민) - Rapper
  • Kim Dong-hyun (김동현) - Vocalist

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Peaks Sales
KOR
[17]
More Than Ever
Track listing
 5 KOR: 36,994+[18]

Extended plays[]

Title Details Peaks Sales
KOR
[17] 		JPN
[19]
Unmix (언믹스)[6]
  • Released: September 6, 2017[7]
  • Label: Brand New Music
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
 3 129
Match Up
  • Released: January 10, 2018
  • Label: Brand New Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Track listing
 3 —

Singles[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[22] 		KOR Hot
"Good Day"[c] 2017 60 — Unmix[6]
"I'm the One" 55 —
"Diamond Girl" 2018 — — N/A Match Up
"Gone Cold"[d] — — Rematch
"Love Me Now"[d] — —
"Ya Ya Ya" — — More Than Ever
"Checkmate" — —
"Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" — — One More
"You Look So Different" — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As featured artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR KOR Hot
"LOVE IT LIVE IT" 2018 — — N/A YDPP PROJECT`LOVE IT LIVE IT`
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR KOR Hot
"Baby Can I" (너가 필요한 것 같아)
(with Bumkey, Chancellor, Sanchez, Taewan, and Yang Da-il) 		2017 — — N/A Brandnew Year 2017
'Brandnew Season'
"Sweater" (스웨터)
{with Bumkey, Taewan, Kang Min-hee, Yang Da-il, and Vincent Blue) 		2018 — — Brandnew Year 2018
'Brandnew 7'
"So Special" (스웨터)
{with Boombastic) 		2019 — — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[27] 		KOR Hot
"I Just Do"[c] 2017 99 — Unmix[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music videos[]

Year Title Album Director
2017 "I'm the One" Unmix Digipedi
2018 "Diamond Girl" (다이아몬드걸) Match Up
"LOVE IT LIVE IT" YDPP PROJECT

`LOVE IT LIVE IT`

Han Sa Min (Dextor-Lab)
"Gone Cold" (식어버린 온도) Rematch Vikings League
"YA YA YA" MORE THAN EVER Wooje Kim (ETUI Collective)
"CHECKMATE" Vikings League

Concert and tours[]

Headlining tours
  • More Than Ever (2018)

Awards and nominations[]

Gaon Chart Music Awards[]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 UNMIX New Artist of the Year (Album) Nominated

Golden Disc Awards[]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 MXM New Artist of the Year Nominated
Global Popularity Award Nominated

Melon Music Awards[]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 MXM Best New Artist Nominated

Seoul Music Awards[]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 MXM New Artist Award Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Hallyu Special Award Nominated

Notes[]

  1. ^ Excerpt: 임영민과 김동현의 유닛명 'MXM (BRANDNEW BOYS)'은 'MIX & MATCH'의 약자이자, 'MORE X MORE'의 약자로 임영민, 김동현 두 멤버의 매력을 합쳐 새로운 매력으로 선보이겠다는 의미와 함께 계속해서 더 성장해 나가겠다는 의미를 담았으며, 유닛명만으로도 이번 데뷔에 대한 남다른 각오와 열정이 느껴져 큰 기대감을 심어준다.[1]
  2. ^ Excerpt: 앨범명은 '언믹스'(UNMIX)로, 이 중 2곡이 27일 선공개됐다. 전체 앨범은 ���르면 8월 말, 늦으면 9월 초에 발매할 예정이다.[6]
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Good Day" was released digitally as pre-debut single.[23]
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gone Cold" and "Love Me Now" were released as the double A-side from the group's double single titled "Rematch".[26]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jeong, Jun-hwa (2017-07-21). [공식입장] '프듀2' 임영민·김동현, 유닛명 MXM...27일 데뷔 확정 (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Shin, Mi-rae (2017-07-20). 브랜뉴뮤직 측 “‘프듀2’ 이대휘·박우진·임영민·김동현, 전속계약 체결 완료”(공식) (in Korean). MBN. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. ^ Kim, Mi-ji (2017-07-13). '프듀2' 임영민X김동현 "유닛 ��로젝트 가동…7월말 선공개"(V라이브) (in Korean). Xsportsmedia. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  4. ^ Hwang, Mi-hyeon (2017-07-12). [단독] '프듀2' 임영민X김동현, 유닛 프로젝트 가동 "8월 데뷔" (in Korean). News 1 Korea. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Lee, Min-ji (2017-07-25). MXM 임영민 김동현, 데뷔 싱글 타이틀은 워너원 이대휘 자작곡(공식) (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e MXM으로 뭉친 임영민-김동현 "서로 다른 이미지? 시너지 자신" (in Korean). Yonhap News. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Jeong, Jun-hwa (2017-08-18). "MXM 정식 데뷔"..임영민X김동현, 9월6일 첫 앨범 발매 (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  8. ^ Han, Su-jin (2017-09-06). MXM, 첫 미니 트랙리스트 공개..9999 "임영민-김동현 프로듀서 면모 엿봐“. Herald Pop (in Korean). Herald Corporation. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  9. ^ Jeon, Won (2017-07-21). 임영민X김동현, 브랜뉴 콘서트 참석 확정…버벌진트·산이와 한 무대 (in Korean). Xsportsmedia. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  10. ^ "[퇴근길 신곡] MXM이 '다이아몬드걸'에게..블링블링 팬송 탄생".
  11. ^ "[DAY컷] "시크한 남자의 향기" 컴백 MXM, 콘셉트 이미지 공개".
  12. ^ "[Survey] MXM 화보집 프로젝트 설문 / MXM Photobook Project Survey (+★EVENT★)". www.makestar.co.
  13. ^ "MXM, 오늘(14일) 첫 정규앨범 'MORE THAN EVER' 발매". n.news.naver.com.
  14. ^ "MXM,, 오늘(14일) 데뷔 1년 만 첫 정규 발표 "폭풍 성장 담았다"". 뉴스엔. August 14, 2018.
  15. ^ "'케이팝 듀오' MXM, 9월 29-30일 첫 단독 콘서트 개최[공식]". n.news.naver.com.
  16. ^ "MXM, 오늘(7일) 스페셜 싱글 'ONE MORE'로 컴백…김동현 자작곡 수록". n.news.naver.com.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b Gaon Weekly Album Chart:
    • "Unmix". Gaon Music Chart. September 2–9, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
    • "Match Up". Gaon Music Chart. January 7–13, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
    • "More Than Ever". Gaon Music Chart. August 12–18, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  18. ^ "2018년 8월 Album Chart. See #15". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年09月18日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "2017년 10월 Album Chart. See #19". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  21. ^ "2018년 02월 Album Chart. See #17". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  22. ^ Peak chart positions of MXM singles in Korea:
  23. ^ "Good Day - Single by MXM (BRANDNEWBOYS)". iTunes Store. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  24. ^ Cumulative sales for "Good Day" in South Korea:
  25. ^ 2017년 36주차 Download Chart [Week 36 of 2017 Download Chart]. Gaon Music (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  26. ^ "Rematch - Single by MXM (BRANDNEWBOYS)". iTunes Store. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  27. ^ Peak chart positions of MXM singles in Korea:
  28. ^ Cumulative sales for "I Just Do" in South Korea:
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