&TEAM Officially Releases 'Under the skin' MV, Ahead of Debut

Ahead of his debut, &TEAM (ANDTEAM) released the MV 'Under the skin' on November 22, 2022 local time. The music video for the debut title track was released via the HYBE LABELS YouTube channel. South Korean media Star News informed that the music video for 'Under the skin' depicts the story of 9 boys who are isolated and aware of each other's existence so that they become one.

The video begins with actor Kentaro Sakaguchi narrating to K, “ No matter how scary or difficult it is, if you have something to protect, you have to be brave. ”. The presence of actor Kentaro Sakaguchi previously successfully surprised fans through the previously released &TEAM trailer . Kentaro Sakaguchi is known to have worked with HYBE and especially made an appearance with a new boy group.

The scene continues with K alone. On the other hand the other 8 members & TEAM are trying to find K and get him out of the darkness he is facing. The music video for 'Under the skin' was produced based on HYBE's original story 'DARK MOON: Gray City'. &TEAM will debut on December 7, 2022 with an album titled 'First Howling: Me'. 

Tracklist on the album First Howling: Me & TEAM, namely 'Under the skin' as the main song, 'Scent of You', 'Buzz Love', and 'The Final Countdown (& TEAM Version)'. Two hours after its release, the MV 'Under the skin' made it to the real-time 'Music Video Top 100' chart on Line Music, Japan's largest music site. 

'Under the skin' also made it to the real-time 'Digital Music Top 100' chart at 11th place.&TEAM, who will be debuting in Japan, is getting hot reactions locally as 'HYBE's First Japanese Group'. Several TV stations, such as Fuji TV, Mezamashi TV, Nihon TV, Oha!4, and ZIP! reported that local residents showed high interest in the MV for 'Under the skin'.

&TEAM will be releasing a performance music video for their debut single 'Under the skin' on November 24th. K, Fuma, Nicholas, EJ, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki, and Maki managed to get attention because the nine members managed to pass the survival event HYBE '&AUDITION - The Howling -'.