By “Boy band culture is still very underdeveloped in India,” says MJ5’s founder R Kartik, and that is something he is hoping to change as the all-boys dance group gets ready to explore the world of music.
Named after the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, the group danced their way to fame by winning a reality show in 2013, and since then have maintained the momentum with their locking and popping. Now, they are expanding their horizons as a boy band, with “focus on pop, and then we have plans to diversify into different genres like EDM, Reggae and Bollywood.”
Kartik tells us, “Over the years we felt there was something lacking in our act and we couldn’t completely express ourselves through dance. Now, we can orchestrate the entire performance more authentically and freely using our original music.”
Describing the music as “emotive, dynamic, passionate and experimental”, he says that as a band, they want to create a boy band culture in India, something that was so vivacious in the 80’s and the 90’s era.
