“No No Girls,” the girls’ group audition project organized by CHANMINA and SKY-HI, leader of BMSG, will begin streaming on YouTube starting in October. In preparation for the launch, on Aug. 9, the audition project’s theme song, “NG,” was released as a digital single.
With its dope music and grounded lyrics, it’s like a sister song to CHANMINA’s iconic song “Bijin.” CHANMINA created quite a stir with her announcement that she had married Korean rapper ASH ISLAND and was an expectant mother, moving on to a new stage in her life. Billboard JAPAN recently had the opportunity to talk with her about what went into the creation of this new song and the audition project.
Congratulations on getting married! Is everything going well, health-wise? Thank you. I’m doing great. I appreciate everyone’s blessings.
I’m doing just fine! Around when the music video for “20” came out, a lot of people were suspecting that something was up, and your announcement right after that about getting married and being pregnant with your first child came as quite a surprise. I thought about not mentioning anything about it, but I’ve never been a fan of hiding my private life, and I’ve always sung about my own life in my songs anyway. I’m interested to hear what you feel as you experience marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth.
I’m sure there are insights that you can only reach through those experiences. I wouldn’t be surprised if your artistic output also changes. I t.