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MXM was a South Korean duo under Brand New Music that consisted of members Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun.[2][3][4]
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Background information | |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2017 | –2018
Labels | Brand New |
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Website | brandnewmusic.co.kr |
Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun met as trainees under Brand New Music. They represented the agency alongside Lee Dae-hwi and Park Woo-jin in Produce 101 Season 2. When the show ended, neither of the two earned a spot in the project unit Wanna One: Young-min finished 15th overall, while Dong-hyun was eliminated prior to finale, placing 28th.[3]
On July 12, it was announced that Young-min and Dong-hyun would debut as a project unit,[5] with both having signed exclusive contracts with Brand New Music before Produce 101 and becoming members of Brand New Boys.[3] The name MXM reportedly stands for both "Mix and Match" and "More x More". The former refers to the duo's compatibility as a group despite contrasting qualities, while the latter refers to their determination to develop as a duo.[lower-alpha 1][2] On July 27, they released a two-track promotional single titled "Good Day".[2][6] Dong-hyun wrote the lyrics of the single's second track "I Just Do" with Young-min, as well as arranging and producing it with Brand New Music producer, Kiggen.[6]
MXM officially debuted on September 6 with the release of their EP entitled Unmix. The EP contains seven tracks, including "Good Day" and "I Just Do".[7][lower-alpha 2][8] The lead single, "I'm the One," was written and produced by Brand New Music producers 9999 and Esbee.[9]
On September 22, the duo participated in Brand New Music's annual concert titled "Brand New World Seoul", held at the Seoul Jangchung Arena.[10]
MXM released their second EP titled Match Up on January 10, 2018, with total of six tracks including the lead single "Diamond Girl".[11]
In 2018, MXM announced their release of a double single titled Rematch on March 6, 2018, accompanied with a music video for the track "Gone Cold", produced by Primeboi. They worked on their second Rematch single titled "Love Me Now" with 9999 and Esbee.[12] Also in March 2018, they announced a Makestar photobook project, which opened for participation on March 9.[13]
MXM released their first full-length album titled More Than Ever on August 14, 2018, with the lead single "Ya Ya Ya".[14][15] Following the released of the album, MXM announced would held their first concert titled More Than Ever on September 29 and 30 at Olympic Hall.[16]
On November 7, the duo released special single One More with double lead single, "Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" and "You Look So Different".[17]
Lim Young-min and Kim Dong-hyun joined Brand New Music's new boy group AB6IX in 2019.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Sales |
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KOR [18] | |||
More Than Ever |
Track listing
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Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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KOR [18] |
JPN [20] | |||
Unmix (언믹스)[7] |
Track listing
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3 | 129 | |
Match Up |
Track listing
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
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KOR [23] |
KOR Hot | |||||
"Good Day"[lower-alpha 3] | 2017 | 60 | — |
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Unmix[7] | |
"I'm the One" | 55 | — |
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"Diamond Girl" | 2018 | — | — | — | Match Up | |
"Gone Cold"[lower-alpha 4] | — | — | Rematch | |||
"Love Me Now"[lower-alpha 4] | — | — | ||||
"Ya Ya Ya" | — | — | More Than Ever | |||
"Checkmate" | — | — | ||||
"Knock Knock (TAK Remix)" | — | — | One More | |||
"You Look So Different" | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"LOVE IT LIVE IT" | 2018 | YDPP PROJECT`LOVE IT LIVE IT` |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Baby Can I" (너가 필요한 것 같아) (with Bumkey, Chancellor, Sanchez, Taewan, and Yang Da-il) |
2017 | Brandnew Year 2017 'Brandnew Season' |
"Sweater" (스웨터) {with Bumkey, Taewan, Kang Min-hee, Yang Da-il, and Vincent Blue) |
2018 | Brandnew Year 2018 'Brandnew 7' |
"So Special" (스웨터) {with Boombastic) |
2019 | Non-album single |
Year | Title | Album | Director |
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2017 | "I'm the One" | Unmix | Digipedi |
2018 | "Diamond Girl" (다이아몬드걸) | Match Up | |
"LOVE IT LIVE IT" | YDPP PROJECT 'LOVE IT LIVE IT' | Han Sa Min (Dextor-Lab) | |
"Gone Cold" (식어버린 온도) | Rematch | Vikings League | |
"YA YA YA" | MORE THAN EVER | Wooje Kim (ETUI Collective) | |
"CHECKMATE" | Vikings League | ||
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | UNMIX | New Artist of the Year (Album) | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | MXM | New Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Global Popularity Award | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2017 | MXM | Best New Artist | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | MXM | New Artist Award | Nominated |
Popularity Award | Nominated | ||
Hallyu Special Award | Nominated |
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