Boy band xikers to debut with EP 'House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing'

Teaser poster announcing boy band xikers' first EP ″House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing″ [KQ ENTERTAINENT]

Boy band xikers will debut on March 30 with its first EP “House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing,” its agency KQ Entertainment announced Monday.

The 10-member boy band will be KQ Entertainment’s first boy band since Ateez, who debuted in 2018.

The teaser poster released Monday showed the 10 members posing for the camera, along with the name of the EP and the release date.

The name of the boy band, xikers, pronounced "psy-kers," is a combination of “x,” used to represent the horizontal coordinates, and “hikers,” meaning the “members of the boy band are finding the coordinates to travel through time and space,” explained the agency.

Originally known as KQ Fellaz 2, the boy band consisting of Minjae, Junmin, Sumin, Jinsik, Hyunwoo, Junghoon, Seeun, Hunter, Yujun and Yechan were first introduced in the SBS program “The Player- K-Pop Quest” (2022), a show revolving around the 10 members receiving training prior to their debut. The band also participated in KCON 2022 Japan, performing boy band NCT 127’s 2020 hit “Kick It.”

xikers will also perform during the Thai leg of KCON 2023 on March 18.

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]