The K-pop boy band U-KISS has received major press in the West in the last few months, due mainly to rapper AJ's ongoing academic studies at Columbia University in New York City.
After a major profile in the New York Post, AJ even made an appearance on "Good Morning America" back in January.
The recent U-KISS US tour, scheduled to coincide with the rapper's winter break, rapped up earlier this month.
But though AJ is back in school, the other five members of U-KISS have no plans of slowing down. The group, who has sold over a quarter of a million albums internationally, will release their third album "Memories" on March 19.
A few days after the release of their eighth Japanese single, "Break Up" the members of U-KISS (minus AJ, who returned to Columbia on Jan. 21 and is on indefinite hiatus from the band), sat down with KpopStarz Japan reporter Kiyori Matsumoto to discuss their new album and the relentless touring schedule they have become known for.