Trivia / NMIXX

• Approval of God: After Haewon covered "I Love You 3000" as her predebut song, original performer Stephanie Poetri (known to be a JYP Nation stan) commented…
  "thank u so much Haewon!!! congrats to u and all of the girls on ur debut!!"
• She Also Did: Before moving to Korea, Lily appeared on local television in Melbourne a few times. She also took part in an independent film shot in and around her hometown when she was 11. In early 2011, she was the subject of a short piece on Korean television about mixed-race families. And of course she was discovered and scouted by JYP due to her participation in K-Pop Star 4 in which she placed fourth overall. She would also write the narration for one of GOT7's more popular songs - "If You Do".
• What Could Have Been:
  • Lily has had a couple of these…
    • During K-Pop Star Season 4, both JYP and YG saw her potential immediately. YG tried very hard to recruit her to his company, including one-on-1+1 meetings with Lily and her mother. In the end, Lily ended up signing with JYPE instead, partly because she wanted to be part of a group, not a soloist.
    • She was apparently on the short-list for debuting in ITZY. However, the departure of Somi from JYPE (she was also slated to be a member) coupled with a retooling of ITZY's concept to be more dance/rap focused meant Lily was no longer a good fit for the group and she had to wait another three years to debut. Worth noting she is over a year older than ITZY's youngest member Yuna, who treats her like a senior despite debuting earlier, something Lily has said she finds amusing.
  • Sullyoon auditioned for practically every agency in Seoul, including the "Big 3" – JYPE, SME, and YGE^*  (HYBE, formerly BigHit, best known for creating BTS and using that clout to turn the Korean music scene into the "Big 4", did not recruit girls at the time) – and passed all of them. She chose JYPE mostly because she was (and is) a fan of TWICE, but could easily have ended up somewhere else in a completely different group …or stuck in "the dungeon" and not debuting at all.
  • Bae says she had a habit of skipping school on certain days of the week. One day she changed her mind at the last minute and chose to show up… and that was the day she was spotted and approached by a JYPE talent scout. She admitted she probably never would have considered being an Idol otherwise.
  • Both Sullyoon and Bae mentioned that production and shooting activities for their first EP, EXPÉRGO, started during promotions for ENTWURF, implying Jinni was still included in the production at that time, so some things had to be redone in order to remove her following her departure from the group. Some fans suspect this is the reason the music video for "Love Me Like This" is noticeably more minimalistic than their previous and subsequent title songs.