HYBE’s first Japanese boy band &Team to hold debut showcase in Tokyo on Dec. 8

Japanese boy band &Team [HYBE LABELS JAPAN]

HYBE’s first Japanese boy band &Team will hold its debut showcase event at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Dec. 8, HYBE Labels Japan said Friday.

The event will be livestreamed through HYBE’s official YouTube channel, which starts at 8:25 p.m. It will offer English subtitles in real time.

&Team will perform the lead track “Under the skin,” as well as other tracks from its first EP “First Howling: ME.”

The music video for “Under the skin” was released on YouTube on Nov. 22.

&Team is a nine-member band that consists of K, Fuma, Nicholas, EJ, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki and Maki.

K, Nicholas, EJ and Taki competed on Mnet and HYBE’s K-pop competition show “I-Land” (2020), while the rest are from the Japanese and Korean competition show “&Audition – The Howling” (2022).

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]