[talk] Kim Jaejoong, creating '2nd TVXQ'... Announcement of launching boy group

Global entertainment company iNKODE has announced that they will be producing the next generation K-pop boy group!

I'm really looking forward to the second TVXQ!

Incode Entertainment, founded by singer and actor Kim Jae-joong and former Cube Entertainment Vice President Noh Hyun-tae, will hold a global audition titled '2025 iNKODE GLOBAL AUDITION' starting in Seoul on January 11th next year, followed by five cities nationwide (Daejeon, Daegu, Gwangju, Busan, and Jeju), as well as Japan, China, Thailand, and the United States.

Last October, Incode's first rookie girl group SAY MY NAME, produced directly by Kim Jaejoong, made a successful debut, and recently, even a French public broadcasting documentary was filmed about Incode Entertainment's rookie development and training system, drawing attention from foreign media.

Encode aims to debut the first boy group through global auditions, and will then select talents to take over the next generation of K-pop.

With Jang Yoo-jin, the head of headquarters who selected AB6IX members Lee Dae-hwi and Park Woo-jin, formerly of group Wanna One, and who served as a co-producer at Brand New Music, taking charge of Incode's new talent development, even more attention is being focused on the new K-pop stars that will be born from Incode.

Also, this global audition began accepting pre-registrations worldwide from 6 PM on the 16th via the iNKODE Entertainment audition email. Anyone born between 2005 and 2015 can apply regardless of gender or nationality, and can apply by selecting one of the following fields: singing, rap, dance, or visuals.

For more information about the '2025 Incode Global Audition', please visit the iNKODE Entertainment homepage or the official SNS of the Incode Rookie Development Team.

Meanwhile, Kim Jae-joong debuted as a member of TVXQ under SM Entertainment and later promoted as JYJ with Park Yoochun and Kim Jun-su. Recently, he and Kim Jun-su have been active as a project group called JX, and at a recent concert, he mainly sang songs from his TVXQ days, bringing back memories.