I love Jooheon challenging the stereotype of older groups

MONSTA X’s Joohoney says he wants to “break the fixed notion” that older idol groups make “half-hearted” music

MONSTA X rapper and producer Joohoney has revealed he wishes to "break the fixed notion" of older groups producing "half-hearted" music.

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“I wanted to break the fixed notion people have that the further you get into your career, you’ll start making music half-heartedly, or the tempo of your songs will get slower,”

“Because if a song has a powerful sound, its choreography gets more powerful as well,” he added. “I feel apologetic to the members who suffered [because of the song’s choreography], but looking back on it now, I think it was the right decision. Because it made MONSTA X’s unique colour and style even clearer and more developed.”

Lol, he did tire them out with both Gambler and Rush Hour :D

They always have powerful choreo. I love that.

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I'm glad he took this approach, because Gambler is the one that made me really pay attention to them, and kind of go "wait, how am I not late to this bandwagon? MX is awesome."

They deserved a lot more praise for that era!

I think so too! Gambler is one of my fave eras. I love the song, the concept, the video, the choreo, and the styling. It all works perfectly for me. I can't believe it got no wins. Jooheon must've been disappointed especially since it was the first title track that he got to write/compose/produce. I'm so glad that Rush Hour did amazingly. He must've been so relieved.

I love that we're seeing more older groups sticking around and producing great music.

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The "seven year" curse just seems silly these days. I remember that being a legit source of anxiety in second gen!

MX's increasing popularity just goes to show that companies shouldn't throw groups away just coz they get older. I hate that attitude that groups are disposable and that fans are only interested in the new, younger thing

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stream gambler

Still one of my top listened to songs!

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I love that they refuse to be less than 100%. Like the choreo for Rush Hour is insane. I remember seeing a tweet after the MV dropped about how they all decided to show out because Shownu was gone. They really do show no signs of slowing down.

Oh yeah, I saw that. They did do this all without their main dancer. Hyungwon was probably DYING. Lol No wonder he's been working out so hard. And man, he killed the Gambler choreo and looked hot doing it.

MX just getting better and better in all ways!

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I learned the rush hour choreo it's so tiring

You did? Omg, i want to learn in too. Put it on youtube:)

What do you think is more of tiring, that or Fantasia?