They are the group’s third unit to be formed since debuting almost a decade ago.
On Wednesday, August 13, ASTRO members MJ and Jinjin officially debuted as the new duo Zoonizini, a name that was derived from the real names of the musicians, Myungjun (for Juni or Zooni) and Jinwoo (for Jini or Zini).
They released on the same day their first mini-album entitled ‘Dice,’ which carries the hip-hop track ‘Some Things Never Change’.
The said lead single also had its music video uploaded on the same day and has since amassed over 20,000 views within six hours.
Aside from the song, also part of the mini-album are ‘New World,’ ‘Utopia,’ ‘Favorite Memory,’ ‘Starlight Voyage,’ and ‘Restart’.
Zoonizini is the third sub-unit project of ASTRO and is joined in the list by the Moonbin&Sanha unit that was launched back in September 2020 and Jinjin&Rocky in January 2022.
Meanwhile, MJ was also the first member to make his solo music debut, releasing the trot song ‘Get Set Yo’ in November 2021.
ASTRO is known for their earlier songs like ‘Hide & Seek,’ ‘Breathless,’ ‘Confession,’ ‘Baby,’ ‘Crazy, Sexy, Cool,’ and ‘Always.’
Amid rising popularity, the group got their first music show win via ‘All Night’ in 2019, with songs like ‘Blue Flame,’ ‘Knock,’ ‘ONE,’ ‘After Midnight,’ and ‘Candy Sugar Pop’ all coming right after that.