KickFlip | |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2025–present |
Labels | JYP |
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Website | kickflip www |
KickFlip (Korean: 킥플립; RR: Kikpeullip) is a South Korean boy band formed through SBS's reality competition program Loud and managed by JYP Entertainment. The group consists of seven members: Kyehoon, Amaru, Donghwa, Juwang, Minje, Keiju, and Donghyeon. They debuted on January 20, 2025, with the extended play Flip It, Kick It!.
Name
The group's name, KickFlip, refers to the skateboarding trick of the same name, which involves the rider making a full rotation along the board's long axis, symbolizing "the group’s ambition to break conventions to deliver bold performances".
History
Formation through Loud
KickFlip, alongside The New Six, were formed through the SBS K-pop reality competition program Loud, hosted by JYP Entertainment and P Nation. Loud premiered in June 2021 and ran till September, where Kyehoon, Keiju, Amaru, Lee Donghyeon and Yoon Min were selected as the members of JYP's new boy group. However, in April 2023, Yoon Min launched a personal Instagram account, seemingly confirming his departure from JYP Entertainment and its upcoming boy group. He later participated in Mnet's reality show Vocal Showdown in October 2023.
2025–present: Debut with Flip It, Kick It!
On November 21, 2024, during the 2024 MAMA Awards in Los Angeles, JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young announced that they are in the "final stages of preparation" for their upcoming boy group, and revealed a silhouetted image of its seven members. A day later, JYP announced the name of their new boy group, KickFlip, along with a debut date of January 1, 2025. Their debut was later postponed to January 6 as a response to the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash. KickFlip released their first extended play Flip It, Kick It! on January 20, following the pre-release single "Umm Great" on January 6.
Members
Adapted from KickFlip's official website.
- Kyehoon (계훈)
- Amaru (아마루)
- Donghwa (동화)
- Juwang (주왕)
- Minje (민제)
- Keiju (케이주)
- Donghyeon (동현)
Discography
Extended plays
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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KOR |
JPN | |||
Flip It, Kick It! |
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1 | 43 |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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KOR DL | |||
"Umm Great" (응 그래) | 2025 | 27 | Flip It, Kick It! |
"Mama Said" (뭐가되려고?) | 12 |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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KOR DL | |||
"Warriors" | 2025 | 30 | Flip It, Kick It! |
"Knock Knock" | 35 | ||
"Like a Monster" | 37 | ||
"See You on Tomorrow" (내일에서 만나) | 34 |
Videography
Music videos
Song title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Umm Great" | 2025 | Unknown | |
"Mama Said" | Junyeop Lee |
Filmography
Reality shows
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2021 | Loud | Reality competition show determining KickFlip's members |
References
- Seon, Mi-kyung (January 6, 2025). JYP 新 보이그룹 킥플립, 1월 20일 데뷔 확정..'응 그래' MV 선공개 [JYP's new boy group KickFlip, confirmed to debut on January 20th..."Umm Great" MV pre-released] (in Korean). Osen. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Jung-youn, Lee (January 6, 2025). "7-member Kickflip to make official debut Jan. 20". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Jung-youn, Lee (January 21, 2025). "KickFlip on board to flip K-pop trend". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- @m1nt1me (April 11, 2023). "👋👋 #윤민 #yoonmin". Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Instagram.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Im, Chae-ryeong (October 27, 2023). '노래방 VS' 기리보이 앞에 선 윤민 "연습생 때 부터 좋아한 롤모델" [Yoonmin in front of Giriboy on 'Karaoke VS' "My favorite role model since I was a trainee"] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Pyo, Kyung-min (November 25, 2024). "JYP to launch new K-pop boy group KickFlip in 2025". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- "JYP to unveil new boy group KickFlip on New Year's Day". m.koreaherald.com. November 25, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- Jung-youn, Lee (January 1, 2025). "JYP postpones debut promotion for KickFlip amid national mourning period". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
- "Artists | KickFlip". KickFlip Official Website. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Peak positions on the Circle Album Chart:
- "Flip It, Kick It!". Circle Chart. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- Peak chart positions on the Oricon Albums Chart:
- Flip It, Kick It!: 週間 アルバムランキング 2025年01月20日〜2025年01月26日 [Oricon Weekly Album Ranking January 20, 2025 to January 26, 2025] (in Japanese). Oricon. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- "Circle Album Chart – Week 04 of 2025". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- Cumulative Japanese sales of Flip It, Kick It!:
- Physical (998):
- 週間 アルバムランキング 2025年01月20日〜2025年01月26日 [Oricon Weekly Album Ranking January 20, 2025 to January 26, 2025] (in Japanese). Oricon. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- Digital (78):
- 週間 デジタルアルバムランキング 2025年02月03日付 2025年01月20日〜2025年01月26日 [Oricon Weekly Digital Album Ranking January 20, 2025 to January 26, 2025] (in Japanese). Oricon. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- Physical (998):
- ^ Peak chart positions on the Circle Download Chart:
- All tracks from Flip It, Kick It!: "Circle Download Chart – Week 04 of 2025". Circle Chart. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- KickFlip(킥플립) "응 그래 (Umm Great)" M/V. JYP Entertainment. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
- KickFlip(킥플립) "Mama Said (뭐가 되려고?)" M/V. JYP Entertainment. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
- Nam, Jeong-hyeon (September 12, 2021). '라우드', MVP는 JYP 이계훈...시청률 2.7%로 종영 ['Loud', MVP is JYP's Lee Kye-hoon... Ends with 2.7% viewership ratings] (in Korean). Newsis. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Naver.