TWICE’s company JYP Leisure and Republic Data to launch new North American lady group beneath ‘A2K’ venture

Ok-pop company JYP Leisure, residence to high acts like TWICE, ITZY and Stray Youngsters, is teaming up with Republic Data to debut a brand new North American lady group, holding auditions within the US this September.

On July 25, the 2 companies unveiled a video that includes JYP Leisure founder and chairman Park Jin-young and Republic Data’ founder and CEO Monte Lipman asserting their upcoming enterprise ‘A2K’.

“The title of this venture is ‘A2K’, which is an abbreviation of ‘America2Korea’. So the ultimate artist that comes out of this process would be the first American artist made out of a Ok-pop system,” mentioned Park.

“It’s like gifted artists who goes by a coaching system like an Olympic gymnast will undergo,” he added. “That’s the Ok-pop artist that the worldwide viewers fell in love with due to their dedication, their self-discipline and their arduous work and the values they carry. That’s what separates them from plenty of artists.”

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“We're going to discover, determine and curate this unimaginable expertise coming from America,” continued Lipman. “However we’re making use of the Ok-pop system, the JYP system in growing an excellent group, which we’ve by no means seen earlier than.”

The ‘A2K’ venture will observe a contest format, kicking off with in-person auditions within the US, which will likely be open to American and Canadian candidates between the ages of 12-16. Auditions will likely be held throughout 5 cities in September 2022. See the complete listing of audition dates and cities for JYP Leisure and Republic Data’ ‘A2K’ Undertaking under:

September 2022
Saturday 10 – Atlanta, Georgia
Wednesday 14 – Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, Sunday 17, 18 – New York Metropolis, New York
Tuesday 20 – Dallas, Texas
Friday-Sunday 23-25 – Los Angeles, California

Profitable candidates will then attend a bootcamp in Los Angeles, after which chosen semi-finalists will journey to JYP Leisure’s headquarters in Seoul. Contestants will then bear coaching with the company’s hitmakers and choreographers to compete for a spot within the group’s remaining lineup.