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THE CORE is on the move
XG's first full-length album THE CORE dropped in January and landed in the Billboard 200 Top 100. Now the world tour is rolling — sold-out nights in Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, and dates locked in for Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, and eventually North America and Europe.
By any metric, this is the biggest moment in the group's career.
But it's not a clean storyline. A lot happened in a short window: producer Simon Jakops (Junho Sakai) was arrested in February on drug charges. Member Cocona came out as transmasculine non-binary in December and has publicly shared their transition — making XG now a co-ed group. And the label quietly rebranded the initialism from "Xtraordinary Girls" to "Xtraordinary Genes."
A new album. A world tour. A gender identity announcement. A producer behind bars. An identity rebrand.
That's a lot of shifts happening simultaneously — and the music is still in the room.
So let's talk about it: Does THE CORE feel like growth to you, or does the new direction feel like it's chasing something? And how are you sitting with all the off-stage developments — do they change how you engage with the music?
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THE CORE is on the move
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