TNX (; formerly known as The New Six) is a South Korean boy band formed through SBS TV's reality competition program Loud and managed by P Nation. The group consists of five members: Taehun, Hyunsoo, Junhyeok, Hwi, and Sungjun. Originally a six-piece ensemble, former member Kyungjun left the group in October 2024. They debuted on May 17, 2022, with the released of their first extended play (EP) Way Up.
Name TNX is an acronym for 'The New Six' and refers to the six members in the group's debut lineup.
History Predebut: Formation through Loud, Tanaka Koki's departure
TNX was formed through the SBS K-pop reality competition program Loud, which was hosted by two entertainment agencies, JYP Entertainment and P Nation, in South Korea. The show was a collaboration between Psy and Park Jin-young to develop 2 new global boy groups; one under JYP Entertainment and another one under P Nation. The TV program had 75 contestants from various countries who had to prove themselves to be debut-worthy talent. The contestants showed their dancing, composing/arranging, lyric writing, singing, and rapping skills throughout the challenge rounds to the two judges.
Loud premiered on June 5, 2021 and was broadcast every Saturday at 21:00 (KST) on SBS TV. The TV program's finale was on September 11, 2021 with Kyungjun, Taehun, Hyunsoo, Junhyeok, Hwi, Sungjun and Tanaka Koki being selected as the final members of P Nation's new boy group. However, on January 24, 2022, P Nation announced that Koki Tanaka (13 years old at the time) would not debut in the final group in order to pursue further training at P Nation.
2022–2023: Debut with Way Up, Junhyeok's hiatus, Love Never Dies and Boyhood On March 29, 2022, it was announced the group would be officially called TNX, and they would make their official debut on May 17, 2022. On April 25, it was announced that the group would debut their first EP Way Up.
In January 2023, their agency P Nation announced through their official fancafe that member Junhyeok would be temporarily halting activities due to health concerns.
On February 15, 2023, TNX released their second EP Love Never Dies with the lead single "Love or Die". According to P Nation, both "I Need U" and "Love or Die" would serve as the double title tracks for their second EP Love Never Dies.
On May 22, 2023, TNX announced their third EP Boyhood would be released on June 7. On June 7, 2023, TNX released their third EP Boyhood with the lead single "Kick It 4 Now".
On December 28, 2023, TNX "Love or Die" had been selected as No.14 for The 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2023 by Billboard.
2024-present: Junhyeok's return, Fuego, Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace and Kyungjun's departure On February 1, 2024, P Nation announced member Junhyeok decided to resume his activities with the group, thereby ending his hiatus of over a year. P Nation also revealed the group's plans for the release of a digital single in late March that year.
On March 20, 2024, TNX released their first digital single "Fuego".
On July 10, 2024, TNX was announced as part of the final line up of Mnet's reality competition show Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace.
On October 23, 2024, P Nation announced the departure of member Kyungjun, as he would be completing his mandatory military service and did not intend to continue group activities after discharge, thereby terminating his contract with the company.
Members
Current Taehun () Hyunsoo () Junhyeok () Hwi () Sungjun ()
Former Kyungjun ()
Timeline
Discography Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KORPeaks of EPs on the Circle Album Chart:
JPN Way Up Released: May 17, 2022 Label: P Nation Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 9 — KOR: 73,634 Love Never Dies Released: February 15, 2023 Label: P Nation Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 5 42 KOR: 89,343Accumlated sales for Love Never Dies: JPN: 1,449 Boyhood Released: June 7, 2023 Label: P Nation Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 6 50 KOR: 55,119 JPN: 797 For Real? Released: March 26, 2025 Label: P Nation Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 12 — KOR: 33,044Cumulative Sales of For Real?:
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory
Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak chartpositions Album KORDown.Peaks on the Circle Download Chart: "Move" and other songs from Way Up: "I Need U" and other songs from Love or Die: "Kick It 4 Now": "Move" () 2022 110 Way Up "I Need U" 2023 122 Love Never Dies "Love or Die" 92 'Kick It 4 Now" 150 Boyhood "Fuego" 2024 97 "For Real?" 2025 152 For Real? "Call Me Back" 2026 118 rowspan="2" "Die Another Day" 155
Other charted songs + List of other charted songs, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak chartpositions Album KORDown. "We On" 2022 186 Way Up "180sec" () 180 "Burst Up" () 189 "Your Favorite Melody" () 179 "Love Never Dies" 2023 157 Love Never Dies "Wasn't Ready" 152 "Slingshot" 151 "Dda Dda Dda" (short version) () 153
Videography Music videos Title Year Director(s) Note Ref. "Move" 2022 725 (SL8) Debut music video "I Need U" 2023 HOBIN(a HOBIN film) Comeback music videos "Love or Die" "Kick It 4 Now" Bang Jae-yeob(BANGJAEYEOB FILM) "Fuego" 2024 Paranoid Paradigm(VM Project Architecture) "For Real?" 2025 Bang Jae-yeob(BANGJAEYEOB FILM) "Call Me Back"2026
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Genie Music Awards 2022 New Wave Icons TNX Best Male Rookie Award Hanteo Music Awards 2023 Rookie of the Year - Male Artist of the Year Main Prize WhosFandom Award K Global Heart Dream Awards 2022 K-Global Rising Star Award MAMA Awards 2022 Best New Male Artist Artist of the Year Seoul Music Awards2023 Rookie of the Year Popularity Award Hallyu Special Award The Fact Music Awards 2022 Global Hottest Award
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