Seo Kyoungbae

Seo Kyoungbae is one of the youngest faces in CLOSE YOUR EYES, but his rise never felt accidental. He came out of JTBC's Project 7 with the kind of steady upward momentum that labels notice: sharper stage control, cleaner live focus, and the composure to keep growing under pressure. Finishing fourth gave him a direct path into the final lineup, but the bigger takeaway was how quickly he turned survival-show visibility into a real rookie profile.

That transition mattered once Uncore moved the group from program buzz into an actual release cycle. Seo Kyoungbae debuted with CLOSE YOUR EYES on Eternalt in April 2025, then stayed active through Snowy Summer, Blackout, and the 2026 Beyond Your Eyes concert run. The catalog is still early, but it already shows where he fits: a younger member who helps keep the group's tone bright, precise, and emotionally readable.

On HITKULTR, Seo Kyoungbae reads like a high-upside rookie rather than a placeholder maknae entry. He is part of a group built on post-survival-show urgency, but his individual appeal is quieter and more durable. The more CLOSE YOUR EYES scales, the more valuable that kind of grounding presence becomes.