Spotlight: In X! Hello, we are CIX!

Hello Jellies,

It’s been rough year for Korean music lovers and we’re not even half way done. We’ve had legal disputes, hiatus’, restructurings, members leaving,  and an unfortunate amount of disbanding. I bring you the unfortunate news of another group succumbing to the seven year curse. Unfortunately this groups story is a too frequent story in Kpop especially for those who’ve been listening for a long time.  The monthly audience on YouTube music (at the time I write this) is sadly only 336K listeners, and Spotify lists 259K listeners. And while that feels like a large number to me who currently has 3 followers on Instagram (at the time I write this), Oneus a group that debuted the same year as CIX averages 1.06m listeners on YouTube music and 420k on Spotify. Even more popular group the same year Tomorrow x Together which averages 36.5m listeners on Youtube Music and 7m listeners on Spotify. 

 I’ve been listening to CIX almost since their debut having followed a member from his previous group Wanna One. Over the years I’ve been doing waking up lists for my sister their music has been feature several times. With some of their songs being on my most played personal playlists, I am sad that there will be no more music from them as a group. With that being said I’d like to introduce you to the members of the group. 

CIX’s name is an acronym for Complete In X. 
Their fans are known as FIX an acronym for Faith In X. 
They debuted in July of 2019. 

Members: Each name is a link to their personal Instagram
BX (Byounggon) - Leader, Main Rapper, Vocalist
Seunghun - Main Vocalist, Dancer
Yonghee - Vocalist, Visual
Bae Jinyoung - Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Center 
Hyunsuk - Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Maknae 

Narrowing down the list of songs to be included for introduction is always difficult. While going through my saved CIX songs, I was surprised how low the play count were for some of them on Youtube. I have decided to play the most played one off my saved list and then after that it's a selection of songs under 200k listens on Youtube. They're in descending order from most listens to least. I went off Youtube listens exclusively because the Spotify listens and Youtube listens numbers were vastly different sometimes.  I'll include listen count for both on here in case there are any data/statistic fans. 

Jungle (2020) at 34M plays on Youtube and 17.7m plays on Spotify. 

Bad Dream (2021) at 171k listens on Youtube and almost 2.5 million listens on Spotify

My Name is Shadow (2024) 161k listens on Youtube and 462k listens on Spotify. This song was released before Bae Jin Young left the group later that same year. 

My Everlasting Sun (2025) 127k Youtube listens and 286k listens on Spotify. This is from their first EP after Bae Jin Young's departure. 

S.O.S (2025) 122k listens on YouTube and 250k listens on Spotify 

Upstander (2025) 74k listens on Youtube and 177k listens on Spotify

Lost (2021) 29k listens on YouTube and 589k listens on Spotify.

Here For You (2021) 23k listens on Youtube and 597k listens on Spotify.

While not all together unexpected, the group’s disbandment was a very sudden announcement. Currently here is what we know about the future for the members. 
- Younghee is enlisting in the military May 10th as an active duty soldier. 
- Hyunsuk is currently filming a drama, so we will be waiting for more news about that. 
- BX hasn’t announced what’s next yet, but hopefully whether he goes solo, goes into acting, or decides to step away from the industry he finds what makes him happy. 
- Seunghan is retiring from the music industry according to translations of his instagram post. I have seen some say that his post was misinterpreted and he isn’t officially retired. Whether he is retiring or just taking a break, I hope that he takes the time he needs. 
- Former member Bae Jin Young is currently doing a small reunion with Wanna One his group before CIX, and released a solo album last year. 

If this was your first time listening to CIX, I recommend you explore some more of their back catalogue. I will continue to love the music we’ve already gotten from this group and look forward to whatever new music and dramas they release on their individual journeys. Thank you for reminiscing with me and listening to some of my favorite songs. Wishing the members of CIX all the best in this new phase.

Happy listening,

-Rei