Next Gen

Next Generation Sound, more famously known as Next Gen (Hangul: 넥스트젠 ) is an 11-member South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul and Shanghai. The group was formed by Monarchy Entertainment in 2010 and debuted in 2011. The band has been gaining rising popularity in Simspop worldwide and have been continuously promoting as one group since 2014.

2007-2011: Formation
In 2010, Monarchy Entertainment CEO Park Mona revealed plans to debut a brand new boy group that would be divided into two sub-units, one to promote in Korea and the other to promote in China. Next Gen's two leaders, Kaden and Junmoney, were the first to join Monarchy Entertainment, becoming trainees in 2007. Monggu was scouted after winning a talent contest in 2008 and Baek-soo joined in the same year after a successful audition. In 2009, Channie was given a contract after auditioning with a friend, and in the same year, Huan-he was scouted by a Monarchy Entertainment Representative and passed his audition later in the year. Kaleb, Yeong-soo, and Guiying all took part in the casting system in 2010. The last members to be signed were Min-hao and Xiang. While the rest of the members were already formed in 2010, Min-hao and Xiang became members of Next Gen later, right before they debuted, as they were only 13 at the time and only had 11 months of training. The group debuted with their first single, "Cry", in December 2011. Originally, the Chinese unit of Next Gen was going to have 6 members instead of 5, but the last trainee left Monarchy Entertainment right before the debut.

Links
All of Next Gen's Activities

Next Gen on the Official Monarchy Entertainment Schedule