Never imagined we were so popular in India: K-Pop band KARD

Popular K-Pop group KARD on Thursday said it was overwhelming for m to find out about ir popularity in India as y gear up to perform in country on ir maiden tour.

As part of ir 'Play Your KARD Right' tour, South Korean band will be performing at Talkatora Indoor Stium here Friday.  band will also perform at Shilpgram in Guwahati on July 14.

KARD -- with J Seph, BM 'Big Matw', Somin and Jiwoo as members -- is one of biggest bands from South Korea to perform in India.

"It is our first time in India but we never imagined that we h so many fans here. So we really wanted to do this (tour) for fans. We did t get time earlier but w we're here," BM said at a press conference.

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Highlighting key aspect of ir music, singer said people from or countries are able to relate to ir work because y can find glimpses of ir own cultures in it. 

"Our music is kwn more outside our own country. It's re in Brazil, Latin America and America," he said.

"We have been to Europe and a lot of or places. One of reasons is that we incorporate a lot of foreign sounds in our music. It would be really really cool to be incorporating Indian sounds in our music. Maybe even in our visuals, " BM said.

KARD became popular with ir single "Oh NaNa" and a year later, y released ir first full-fledged album "Hola Hola". 

Unlike ir contemporaries, KARD is first mixed- band of South Korea.

"It's an hour to be one of co-ed groups in this era. I believe we are doing well in industry. I hope we can make or pop co-ed groups shape ir music, and performances with our work.

"I kw a lot of co-ed groups who cover our songs as well and I think it's beautiful to see that happen. I hope to bring a positive impact on co-ed groups and people working in this industry," BM said.

Recently, a video of J Seph trying his hand at song "Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" from Shah Rukh Khan's "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" went viral on social media.

Talking about it, he said, "When I was a first year student in University, I watched 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'. Before coming to India I tried to sing Indian songs but I couldn't. So I really want to do that in future if given a chance to collaborate on an Indian song."

BM said group's name is inspired from playing card deck and each member represents a special card.

"Each letter represents each character of group  K is King card which I represent, A is Ace card which J Seph represents. R is joker card but re are two in card deck. So white joker is JiWoo, while Somin represents black card. 

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"But our most important card is D card, which is hidden card, and that is our fans. This completes our group and makes KARD super cool," he said.

When in India, one ought to explore culture and food, and that is what group plans to do while y are in country. 

"It's really nice here. Everyone is super nice and very communicative. Even when we were on our ride here, our driver was very informative. He kept talking to us and smiling. Everyone is just so warm here and I think that was a very good first impression of India. curry was second best thing here," BM said. 

"Play Your KARD Right" tour is organised by Pink Box Events with support from Korean Cultural Centre India ( Embassy of Republic of South Korea).