Next ( ; Hangul: 넥스트 ； stylized as NEXT) is a Chinese

boy group A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Man ...

signed to

Yuehua Entertainment Yuehua Entertainment (Chinese: 乐华娱乐, Korean: 위에화 엔터테인먼트) is a privately held Chinese multinational entertainment group and talent agency based in Beijing. The company was founded in June 2009 by former Huayi Brothers empl ...

. The group consists of five members:

Zhu Zhengting Zhu Zhengting (, born March 18, 1996) is a Chinese singer and actor. He took part in the talent show ''Produce 101 Season 2'' in 2017, and debuted as a member of limited boy band Nine Percent on April 6, 2018 through the Chinese talent show ''Ido ...

, Bi Wenjun, Huang Xinchun,

Fan Chengcheng Fan Chengcheng (; born 16 June 2000) is a Chinese singer, rapper and actor. He is a former member of the Chinese boy group Nine Percent and a member of Yuehua's NEXT. Early life Fan was born on 16 June 2000 in Qingdao, Shandong. Career ...

, and Huang "Justin" Minghao. They debuted on June 21, 2018, with the song "Wait a Minute" and officially debuted as NEXT on November 8, 2019, with the song "WYTB".

History

Pre-debut

Prior to debuting, members

and Justin took part in Korea's ''

Produce 101 ''Produce 101'' is a reality television talent competition franchise created by South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ E&M, based around the formation of a K-pop girl group or boy group. The format is noted for having no panel of judges, em ...

'' and gained international attention. As Yuehua Entertainment trainees, all members competed in China's ''

Idol Producer ''Idol Producer'' (), is a 2018 Chinese reality boy group survival show, which premiered on January 19, 2018 on iQIYI. It is presented by Lay Zhang with Li Ronghao, Jackson Wang, MC Jin, Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong serving as mentors. On Apr ...

'', making it into the final project group

Nine Percent Nine Percent (Chinese: 百分九少年; commonly stylized as NINE PERCENT) was a nine-member Chinese boy group formed by the survival show '' Idol Producer'' by iQIYI on April 6, 2018. The group was scheduled to promote for 18 months since form ...

Debut

The group debuted on June 21, 2018, with the EP, ''The First'', and its lead single "Wait a Minute". Their second EP, ''The First II'', was released on July 18 followed by their third EP, ''The First III'', on August 17. The group's first studio album, ''Next To You'', was released on December 7.

2019: Official debut as NEXT

On November 8, 2019, the group officially debuted as NEXT (乐华NEXT) while also releasing their fourth EP, ''Next Begins''. Fan Chengcheng was missing in this comeback due to schedule conflicts and is still in the group.

2020: My Love

On September 29, 2020, the group released a new single entitled "My Love". On October 9, an animated music video was released to accompany it.

Members

(朱正廷) * Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺) * Huang Xinchun (黄新淳) *

(范丞丞) * Justin (黄明昊)

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Soundtrack appearances

References

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