2026 BIGHIT MUSIC GLOBAL AUDITION

Why Koreans care

The caption calls for “나만 알기 아까운 끼” (namman algi akkaun kki, “flair too good to keep to yourself”). Here, 끼 (kki) is not merely technical skill: it is the distinctive charm, confidence or performance instinct that makes someone compelling, matching the video’s advice to start with confidence rather than elaborate preparation.

In the Korean comments

One comment turns TXT themselves into a daunting advertisement for the audition, reading in translation, “Looking at you guys makes it feel like we couldn’t do it…?” Another says they have been calling Beomgyu beautiful for eight years and that “every day is his prime.”

What the words mean

“매일이 리즈야” (maeiri rijeuya, “every day is your prime”) does not refer to the English city of Leeds, despite 리즈 (rijeu) deriving from its Korean name. In casual fan language, 리즈 (rijeujeu, peak era or best-ever look) means someone’s peak era or best-ever look, so the commenter is affectionately exaggerating that Beomgyu continually surpasses his previous visual peak.