40 Fun Facts About The Boyz

The Boyz finished runner-up on Mnet's Kingdom: Legendary War in 2021 behind which winning group?

Stray Kids took the title in the live finale on June 3, 2021, leaving The Boyz, who had earned their place by winning the prequel series a year earlier, in second.

A month before their 2017 debut, the members of The Boyz became exclusive models for a brand of what?

School uniforms were the product: all twelve signed with the brand Skoolooks in November 2017, alongside a second modelling deal with a cosmetics label.

The Boyz filmed the six-minute video for their 2023 single Lip Gloss on Siargao, an island in which country?

Philippines locations on Siargao made it the longest shoot of any video by the group, said Hyunjae, who compared the finished clip to a short film.

Keeper, a 2018 digital single by The Boyz, was produced by Park Kyung, a member of which group?

Block B's Park Kyung produced Keeper as a special single in July 2018, the first release with all twelve members together again after one had sat out three months.

Jacob Bae and Kevin Moon of The Boyz are both of Korean heritage but hail from which country?

Canada is home for both singers, and Kevin Moon is counted among the notable people of Vancouver, on the country's Pacific coast.

Which name do The Boyz give their official fandom, the audience addressed in their 2022 fan song Timeless?

The B is the official fandom name, and five members wrote the words of Timeless, first performed as a surprise at the Seoul finale of the group's 2022 tour.

Which original member of The Boyz became the first to leave, departing in October 2019 over health issues?

Hwall had already missed three months of promotions in 2018 through ill health, and after leaving he went solo and moved into acting.

In round one of Road to Kingdom in 2020, The Boyz covered Danger, a solo hit by which Shinee member?

Taemin's Danger became a full-mark stage: The Boyz took the maximum 10,000 points in each of the first two rounds of the contest.

Which member of The Boyz, the group's leader, enlisted in March 2025 to serve in an Army marching band?

Sangyeon, also the oldest member, enlisted on the very day the album Unexpected came out, so he missed its entire promotion.

The first part of The Boyz's 2023 album trilogy Phantasy takes its title from which South Korean romance film?

Christmas in August, a 1998 romance, lent its name to part one, and Sunwoo said every part of the trilogy was titled after a famous film.

Which member of The Boyz released 0329 from.24, his first self-written song, as a thank-you to fans in late 2021?

New wrote it to thank fans for carrying him through lonely spells, and published a note alongside the release to explain the song.

Ju Haknyeon placed 19th on which Mnet survival series in 2017, months before debuting with The Boyz?

Produce 101 ranked him 19th in its final episode, and by July 2017 his agency was unveiling the group he would debut with that December.

Which member of The Boyz hosted MBC's Music Core from late 2023 alongside Nmixx's Sullyoon and actor Lee Jung-ha?

Younghoon presented the weekly chart show from November 2023 to February 2025, a run of more than fifty episodes.

Which member of The Boyz joined bandmate Sunwoo as a permanent DJ on Idol Radio in January 2025?

Eric took over the Monday shows, while Sunwoo, who had fronted the season alone since February 2024, kept Wednesdays.

Which member of The Boyz co-hosted the weekly music programme The Show for a year from February 2020?

Juyeon presented with Everglow's Sihyeon and Kim Min-kyu, on the same programme where The Boyz had lifted their first weekly trophy in 2019.

Kevin of The Boyz was first introduced to the public as an early-exit contestant on which TV audition series?

K-pop Star 6 sent him home early, but within months he was singing on the soundtrack of the period drama Saimdang, Light's Diary.

Sunwoo of The Boyz went out early on which Mnet hip-hop contest at the start of 2017?

High School Rapper cut him early, yet by 2022 he was credited as a lyricist on every track of the group's EP Be Aware.

The Boyz's first agency, Cre.ker, merged in 2021 with Play M Entertainment, the label behind which girl group?

Apink debuted on the label in 2011; the merged company took the name IST Entertainment and kept The Boyz until their contracts ran out in December 2024.

After their IST Entertainment contracts ended in December 2024, the members of The Boyz all signed with which label?

One Hundred signed every member at once, and their first album there, Unexpected, outsold everything the group had released before.

When The Boyz left IST Entertainment in late 2024, a public dispute between the two agencies centred on rights to what?

The group's name stayed with the members after days of duelling statements: IST said they could use the trademark free of charge, and the incoming agency confirmed a settlement.

Which 2019 release, the title song of a single album, gave The Boyz their first-ever win on a weekly music show?

Bloom Bloom took the trophy on SBS M's The Show on May 7, 2019, about seventeen months after the group first took the stage.

The Boyz made their Japanese debut in November 2019 with which EP, named after its lead single?

Tattoo reached Japan nearly two years after the group's agency confirmed a Sony Music deal for Japanese promotion, two days before the Korean debut.

Which February 2020 release was the first full-length studio album by The Boyz, led by a single of the same name?

Reveal doubled as album and title song, and months later a reworked version of the song scored full marks in round two of Road to Kingdom.

Which song did The Boyz release specially for the finale of Road to Kingdom, the Mnet contest they won in 2020?

Checkmate sealed first place overall, and with it the one place reserved for the winner on the following year's sequel.

For the 2023 EP Be Awake and its whistle-laced lead single Roar, The Boyz adopted which dark concept?

Fallen angels who break a taboo for the sake of romance was the story, a sequel to the forbidden-romance theme of the EP released six months earlier.

The choreography for VVV, lead single of The Boyz's 2025 album Unexpected, was inspired by which sport?

Boxing shaped the dance for VVV, the song the members felt best summed up their first album after changing labels.

The Boyz gave their first overseas performance in March 2018 at the Asian Film Awards, held in which city?

Macau hosted the 12th Asian Film Awards, where the group performed barely three months after their first release.

The Boyz opened their first world tour in May 2022 with a concert in which American city?

Los Angeles came first on a route of eleven cities across the US, Europe and Asia that finished with three nights back in Seoul.

The Boyz ended their first world tour in 2022 with three encore nights at which Seoul arena?

KSPO Dome drew 24,000 fans across the three nights, and before the final show the group named the larger Gocheok Sky Dome as its next goal.

Which reality series introduced The Boyz to viewers in 2017, months before the group had released a record?

Flower Snack ran for seven weeks before the group's launch and ended with the twelve members' first song together.

In the song-swap round of Kingdom: Legendary War, The Boyz reworked O Sole Mio, a 2017 single by which group?

SF9 returned the favour in the same round with their own take on The Stealer, while The Boyz subtitled their cover The Red Wedding.

On Road to Kingdom, The Boyz teamed up with which rival group to cover Sunmi's Heroine in the collaboration round?

Oneus and The Boyz placed third of the three pairings, a rare stumble for a team that had won both earlier rounds on full marks.

The Boyz issued the promotional singles Drink It and Sweet through the music arm of which K-pop fan app?

Universe put out Drink It in July 2021 and Sweet eleven months later, and the group also filmed reality series for the app.

Which 2021 EP, issued two months after Kingdom: Legendary War ended, became The Boyz's first half-million seller?

Thrill-ing sold more than 520,000 copies in its first week on the Hanteo chart, a career high that followed the group's runner-up finish on the Mnet contest.

Which title did The Boyz give their second world tour, which opened with three Seoul concerts in May 2023?

Zeneration ran through Asia for nine months, and a sequel tour carrying the same name reached North America and Europe in 2024.

Hur Hyun-jun, an original member of The Boyz who left in 2019, made his acting debut in which web series?

Color Rush premiered in December 2020, months after he launched his solo career with a single on Dia Note, a music label he set up himself.

Which lead single of The Boyz's 2022 EP Be Aware carries lyrics co-written by members Sunwoo and Jacob?

Whisper fronted a six-track EP on which every song carried lyrics written at least partly by members of the group.

Which 2021 hip-hop single did The Boyz rework as a rock song to open the final night of their first world tour?

Maverick was the title song of their third single album, which beat the sales records the group had set only three months before.

The Boyz's first European tour, Dreamlike, played Berlin, Paris and London before closing in which city in late 2019?

Amsterdam's Melkweg staged the fourth and last show on December 20, 2019, and the group did not tour Europe again until 2022.

In summer 2021 The Boyz collected a first trophy from a public broadcaster, on which weekly chart show?

Music Bank, on KBS, handed over the prize eleven days after the group's sixth EP came out, their first Korean EP in almost a year.