Backstage With K-Pop's Monsta X Talking Tour Stories & Monbebe Moments

Backstage With K-Pop's Monsta X Talking Tour Stories & Monbebe Moments
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Calling all Monbebes! Young Hollywood is at the final show of Monsta X's 'The Connect World Tour' where we sit down and chat with the boys backstage! Shownu, Hyungwon, Wonho, Kihyun, I.M, Jooheon, and Minhyuk explain the meaning behind their fandom name and how differently fans react to them around the world, plus they tell us how their band stands out among all others in K-Pop!
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Hey guys, it's Tracy with Young Hollywood and I am sitting here with the boys of Monster X.
Hey, 인사드립니다. 둘 셋. Hu Monster X. 안녕하세요. Monster X입니다.
What's up guys.
Hi, I'm Shaunu. Nice to meet you.
Hi, I'm Youngman. Nice to meet you.
I'm Wuno. How are you guys?
I'm Ki Hyun.
I am, I am. Who?
Hello, I'm Joehan. What's up?
I'm I'm of Monster X. Yeah.
And I'm Tracy. Now that's exciting. Uh well welcome. Thank you guys so much for having me backstage. We are in LA. Final night of the connect tour. This is a big night. Big night. Sorry, are you guys excited? Are you nervous? Are you sad that it's going to be over?
Uh I think we're more excited than nervous. Yeah. We're very super excited.
Your fans are called the Monbabies, right?
Right. That one.
So, what what does that name mean? How did that even come about?
Mon means in France, it's mine. So it's like mine. My lady, my like my darling. My darling. My lover. Call like my lover.
By the way, your fans are so dedicated. They love you guys. What's been some like what's like the nicest thing a fan has done for you guys?
Every show, their reaction is crazy. I will touch it up there.
Touring in America is it actually do you feel like it's any different than touring in other countries? Or what's sort of like the biggest kind of difference that you see?
So like especially US Monbabies like are more insane at the reaction. So it's kind of like a you know, reaction is kind of like a reflection. So if you see that reaction, we get more crazy and more focus on the stage.
I know this is your second world tour. So you guys have done this before. What do you feel like this whole experience has been like in comparison to the last one? I mean, any just funny stories or memories that have happened together this time around?
In my case, uh we were doing a Europe tour and I think I'm saying this twice, but you know, it was the venue was Amsterdam. I was trying to say sexy and missed my Y and he said that word and the audience was getting crazy and Woo. They really liked it. Yo, I didn't expect it though, yo.
Did you have just like a favorite moment together like throughout the whole experience?
We kind of like have a like a selfie at the end of the stage when the at the end of the concert and all of the fans like picked their up their banners and plan cards. It's such a touchable moment at that time.
Oh, that's so cool.
Every, yeah, we. You know. Yeah. Yeah.
Wow. Okay.
much eat a lot of eat a lot of beef? Yeah. Yeah.
What's been your favorite food? What's like your your
I like all food, but something beef, pork. Yeah. Meat. I like Rebbie. Rebbie. I love Clam Chowder. Clam Chowder. You look like a clam. What? What? Sorry.
I heard one of you doesn't like cucumbers. Is that true?
Oh. I hate it.
I saw your fans say they he really doesn't like cucumbers. Do you like cucumber?
I like that.
Oh my god. Why don't you like them?
Uh, smell and taste so bad.
I know they don't taste like anything and they don't really smell. I don't like that. That is really funny. Well, first of all, so K-pop I just have to say it's such a huge phenomenon. I mean, it's growing not just in Korea but the whole entire world. I mean, it's taking everyone by storm especially here in the US. How would you guys say that you you know, sort of stand out from other K-pop acts? And what do you want Monster X, you know, what what's your mission and your goals as a group?
Maybe maybe our energy and uh like music. Yeah. Like soul. handsome. And tall. And tall. Everything is perfect. physical.
I I'm not going to disagree with that. These guys are perfect in every way.
Thank you so much.
Mom babies would agree with me on that. Your eyebrow is perfect.
Why? Why?
Okay, thank you.
You're welcome. Thank you. I have small food. 255.
Young Hollywood. And the baby boys, right? Yeah. Young Hollywood. Like, like this, you know.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Tracy
Young Hollywood interviewer
- Shownu
Member of Monsta X
- Hyungwon
Member of Monsta X
- Wonho
Member of Monsta X
- Kihyun
Member of Monsta X
- I.M
Member of Monsta X
- Jooheon
Member of Monsta X
- Minhyuk
Member of Monsta X
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