NMIXX Wants Everyone To Love Loudly With Their ‘Heavy Serenade’

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentNMIXX Wants Everyone To Love Loudly With Their ‘Heavy Serenade’ByLaura Sirikul,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music.Follow AuthorMay 12, 2026, 05:17am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.NMIXX's Heavy SerenadeJYP Entertainment It all started with NMIXX’s "Heavy Serenade A Cappella Highlight Medley," posted eight days before the EP’s release, showcasing the group’s vocals and harmonies as they blended the melodies. It was impressive to hear the K-pop group, who typically do a cappella medleys of their albums – truly playing with their ranges, which change beautifully and quickly with tempo and beat. But, what makes Heavy Serenade feels different is the sonic treat that gracefully weaves the tracks, each celebrating love, into a full, defined story.While their last mini-album, Blue Valentine, reflects the highs and lows of love and loss, Heavy Serenade is one of love as a sound from their pre-release track, “Crescendo,” raising the sound and feeling of love to the title song, “Heavy Serenade,” emphasizing the power of that love. The love continues with “Idserveit,” “Different Girl,” and “Superior,” and ends with the declaration-of-love song, “Loud.”After the success of Blue Valentine, NMIXX – members Lily, Haewon, Sullyoon, Bae, Jiwoo, and Kyujin – knew they wanted to continue the theme of love, creating a dreamy feeling about that emotion that deepens over time."The whole message of the album is basically like a crescendo – basically, love keeps increasing and increasing,” Lily says over Zoom from the JYP Entertainment offices in Seoul. “We really wanted to show that with our whole track list, including the title song. So the last chorus [in ‘Heavy Serenade,’] it really explodes – just like our love. The whole track l...