3rd generation · STARSHIP Entertainment
MONSTA X / 몬스타엑스
MONSTA X came through the survival programme NO.MERCY and have kept the hip-hop weight and the physical intensity ever since.
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Joohoney, I.M and Hyungwon carry a lot of the writing, which is why the concepts hold together across a long run.
Choose this if you want stage performance at its most physically punishing.
ショヌ셔누 · ShownuSHOWNU X HYUNGWONView in Japanese
ミニョク민혁 · MinhyukView in Japanese
キヒョン기현 · KihyunView in Japanese
ヒョンウォン형원 · HyungwonSHOWNU X HYUNGWONView in Japanese
ジュホン주헌 · JoohoneyView in Japanese
アイエム아이엠 · I.MView in Japanese
ウォノ원호 · WonhoView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ショヌ | 1992-06-18 | 34 | 181cm | O | ISTJ | South Korea |
| ミニョク | 1993-11-03 | 32 | 179cm | A | ENTP-T | South Korea |
| キヒョン | 1993-11-22 | 32 | 174.8cm | B | ENTP | South Korea |
| ヒョンウォン | 1994-01-15 | 32 | 182.4cm | O | INFP | South Korea |
| ジュホン | 1994-10-06 | 31 | 179.2cm | O | ENFJ | South Korea |
| アイエム | 1996-01-26 | 30 | 175cm | O | ISFP | South Korea |
| ウォノ | 1993-03-01 | 33 | 178cm | B | ISFP | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Shoot Out MVShoot Out is the darkest concept and the best-known thing they made.
Dramarama MVDramarama is the most melodic of the singles and the easiest first listen.
Love Killa MVLove Killa is the sleekest and the clearest picture of the group's later sound.3 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of September 17, 2026)
Seoul Music Awards SMA
MAMA Awards MAMA
MAMA Awards MAMA
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
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What anchors MONSTA X is a hard hip-hop colour and how much of the writing and the expression sits with the members. STARSHIP Entertainment brought the group out of the survival show NO.MERCY and debuted it on May 14, 2015 with Trespass, and fierce performing has been at the front from the beginning.
The run goes from the dark concept and fierce stage of Shoot Out through the drama of Dramarama to the matured visual work of Love Killa. Joohoney, I.M and Hyungwon carry a large part of the writing and the expression, and separating the music videos from the dance and performance footage makes the strengths visible.
There is also the English album All About Luv, so following the Korean and the English work apart sorts out the range. Because the run spans military service, putting the recent songs next to the older signature songs shows the change. Shoot Out, then Dramarama, then Love Killa is the way in.
Editors' take Shoot Out / Dramarama / Love Killa — three songs cover the hard hip-hop colour and the members' writing in a STARSHIP group.
No. 25 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 12%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-09-17).
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