40 Fun Facts About VIXX

Which 2013 VIXX single had its choreography banned by major TV networks as too violent?

Voodoo Doll had the members 'stabbed' with a staff, so broadcasters made VIXX rework the routine. Its horror-style video was rated R, and a clean cut followed within a week.

VIXX's 2016 Conception trilogy, which opened with Zelos, took its gods from which mythology?

Greek gods shaped all three releases: Zelos for jealousy, Hades for the underworld and Kratos for strength. A fourth record, Ker, wrapped up the project that November.

VIXX's original six members were chosen from ten trainees on which 2012 Mnet survival reality show?

MyDOL cut ten hopefuls to six in spring 2012. Before the final line-up was picked, several of them cameoed in music videos by older labelmates.

The name VIXX is an acronym for voice, visual and which third word, 'in excelsis'?

Value completes the phrase 'voice, visual, value in excelsis'. Despite the spelling, the name is pronounced 'vicks'.

VIXX members N and Leo were both chosen to run as torchbearers ahead of which sporting event?

Winter Olympics organisers picked both singers for the 2018 PyeongChang torch relay, which they ran that January. VIXX were also booked to perform for the Olympic committee's session there.

All six VIXX members made a cameo as themselves in episode four of which hit 2013 drama?

The Heirs gave the group a walk-on while Ken sang the ballad In the Name of Love on its soundtrack. The high-school drama starred Lee Min-ho and Park Shin-hye.

Before joining VIXX, vocalist Leo spent 2004 to 2007 as a national youth player in which sport?

Soccer came first for Leo, who played for South Korea's national youth side as a teenager. He turned towards singing while recovering from an injury.

Which name do VIXX's fans go by, shared with a song the group dedicated to them in 2012?

Starlight is formally styled with a star in place of the letter A. The name can mean that the fans light up VIXX, or that VIXX shines because of them.

Ravi of VIXX was a regular cast member for over two years on which long-running Korean variety show?

2 Days & 1 Night brought him in for its fourth season in December 2019, alongside actor Kim Seon-ho and rapper DinDin. His last episode aired in May 2022, ahead of his military service.

VIXX's run of dark concepts began with On and On in 2013, which cast the members as what?

Vampires were only the first guise: later videos turned the members into cyborgs and living puppets, earning VIXX the nickname 'concept-dols'.

VIXX made their debut on M Countdown in May 2012 with which single, whose raps Ravi wrote?

Super Hero was composed by Kiggen of the hip-hop group Phantom with guitarist Brent Paschke and producer Drew Ryan Scott. VIXX closed its promotions that July with a remix.

Kara's Heo Young-ji plays a cyborg girl in the music video for which 2014 VIXX title track?

Error won five music show trophies and doubled as the group's first Japanese single that December. Chinese-language versions followed in 2015.

Which 2015 VIXX single, a remake of an R.ef song, earned the group's first triple crown on The Show?

Love Equation reworked R.ef's Farewell Formula for the special single album Boys' Record. Its first trophy came on The Show on 3 March, and it went on to sweep the music programmes.

VIXX's third Korean studio album, released in April 2018, was built around which concept?

Perfume ran through Eau de VIXX, from a teaser showing an uncorked bottle to the lead single Scentist, whose video casts the members as perfumers mixing scents in a lab.

VIXX's first mini album and its 2013 repackage were both named after which literary character?

Dr Jekyll gave the repackage its title two months after the mini album Hyde. N created the choreography for the repackage's lead single, G.R.8.U.

VIXX LR, the sub-unit of Leo and Ravi, debuted in August 2015 with which mini album?

Beautiful Liar entered both the Gaon and Billboard World Albums charts at number two. The duo said L and R also stand for left and right, for their contrasting images.

Which VIXX member won a new performer award at the Shanghai film festival for the 2016 film Chasing?

Hyuk, the youngest of the group, played the leader of a fearless high-school gang in the action comedy. It was his first acting role in a film.

Hongbin of VIXX landed his first lead role, as Wang Chi-ang, in which 2016 KBS drama?

Moorim School cast him as the spoiled son of a Chinese tycoon sent to a mysterious academy. VIXX backed him with two soundtrack songs, Alive and The King.

VIXX's N played Benny in a Seoul production of which musical from December 2016?

In the Heights ran at the Seoul Arts Center until February 2017. Before VIXX formed, N had already appeared in the musical Gwanghwamun Love Song.

In 2015 VIXX rapper Ravi entered which Mnet rap competition series, going out in the second round?

Show Me the Money was in its fourth season, won by Basick. Ravi then featured the champion on OX, a track from his first mixtape, R.ebirth.

VIXX's first weekly TV chart win came in December 2013, over a year after debut, on which programme?

Music Bank put VIXX at number one on 6 December 2013 with the horror-themed lead single of their first studio album. Their debut had come about 18 months earlier.

Leo plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in a teaser for which 2016 VIXX title track?

Fantasy paired a dramatic, orchestral sound with an underworld theme and won three music show trophies. Its parent single album reached number one on the Gaon chart.

Which second studio album by VIXX entered Billboard's World Albums chart at number three in 2015?

Chained Up sent its title track to number one on four Korean music sites on release day. VIXX launched it with a showcase at AX Korea in Seoul.

VIXX gave their first overseas performance in July 2012 at which anime convention in Baltimore?

Otakon welcomed the two-month-old group to the Baltimore Convention Center, where that year's three-day event drew more than 30,000 people.

VIXX played the very first KCON in October 2012, five months after debuting, in which US state?

California hosted that first KCON at an amphitheatre in Irvine, where VIXX shared the bill with 4Minute and B.A.P. The group returned to the convention in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Which hip-hop label did VIXX rapper Ravi launch in 2019 after leaving the group's agency?

Groovl1n blends the words groove and goblin, and its roster grew to include rappers Justhis and Nafla. Ravi added a second label, The L1ve, in 2021.

In 2017 VIXX's Ken played the role of Tsukasa Domyouji in the stage musical of which story?

Boys Over Flowers was one of three musicals Ken joined in 2017. His first stage lead had come two years earlier, as a world champion player in Chess.

Hex Sign, Utopia and Elysium were all editions of which VIXX headline concert series?

Live Fantasia began in 2014 with Hex Sign, which visited Japan and several European countries. Later editions were titled Daydream, Lost Fantasia and Parallel.

VIXX's N, billed as Cha Hak-yeon, starred beside Park Eun-bin in which tvN drama of 2023?

Castaway Diva follows a would-be idol who comes home after 15 years stranded on an uninhabited island. N played Kang Woo-hak across its 12 episodes.

Which Seoul agency, founded in 2007 by composer Hwang Se-jun, formed and launched VIXX?

Jellyfish Entertainment was known for ballad singers such as Sung Si-kyung and Park Hyo-shin before VIXX. Its later idol groups include Gugudan and Verivery.

The music video for VIXX's 2013 pre-release single Only U was filmed in which European capital?

Stockholm's architecture fills the video, and Sweden was also a stop on the group's first global showcase tour that autumn. Shinsadong Tiger produced the song.

Which member of Sistar appeared in the music video for VIXX's second single, Rock Ur Body?

Dasom appeared in the August 2012 video, shot by the group's regular director Hong Won-ki. The single arrived less than three months after VIXX debuted.

Which lyricist wrote a run of VIXX title tracks from On and On in 2013 through Eternity in 2014?

Kim Eana wrote the lyrics for five straight title tracks while Ravi supplied his own rap verses. She returned later in 2014 for the group's cyborg-themed single.

Hong Won-ki, who directed most early VIXX music videos, belongs to which production company?

ZanyBros director Hong Won-ki shot the group's clips from the 2012 debut onwards. A rare exception was On and On, which was directed by Song Won Young.

In their debut year, VIXX became goodwill ambassadors for which charity's Christmas campaign?

Salvation Army Korea made VIXX goodwill ambassadors for its 2012 Christmas Kettle appeal. A Christmas single the group recorded with labelmates that month also raised funds for the charity.

Future VIXX members appeared in the Shake It Up video of which senior labelmate?

Seo In-guk used N, Leo and Ravi in that video and Hongbin in another, Tease Me. He had joined the label in 2009 after winning the first season of Superstar K.

VIXX rapper Ravi took his stage name from a word meaning to delight or enchant in which language?

French supplied the word, which Ravi picked himself. Leo's name, by contrast, was chosen by the label's chief executive, who saw him dominating the music industry.

Which fifth mini album did VIXX release in November 2023, led by the single Amnesia?

Continuum took continuity and growth as its themes. It was the group's first Korean mini album since Shangri-La in 2017.

Leo of VIXX, billed under his birth name Jung Taek-woon, played Der Tod in which musical from 2018?

Elisabeth was one of several lead roles he took under his own name, a habit that began with Mata Hari in 2016. His first musical, Full House, had credited him as Leo.

VIXX vocalist Leo made his solo debut in July 2018 with which EP, led by the single Touch & Sketch?

Canvas reached number two on the Gaon album chart, and Leo held a three-day solo concert of the same name a month later. He has writing credits on seven of its songs.