Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe

History

All seven members of Psychic Fever trained at EXPG, LDH’s chain of dance schools across Japan. The group originally had nine members when it was formed in 2019, including Hanatarou and Sam. They first appeared in public on 4 July at the BATTLE OF TOKYO ~ENTER THE Jr.EXILE~ event. LDH made the group’s formation official on 24 September, and from October to December they went on a Musha shugyō training tour.

They visited all 47 prefectures and performed on more than 100 stages, sometimes as backup for other LDH artists. On 31 May 2020, Hanatarou left the group and ended his work with LDH because of health issues, leaving eight members. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted their pre-debut plans, so in July 2021 they started an online Musha Shugyō on TikTok when they released their first pre-debut song, “Hotline.” Later in 2021, they put out three more pre-debut tracks: “Best For You,” “Tokyo Spiral,” and “Snow Candy.”

2022–2023: Debut and early activities

In February 2022, they opened for ØMI’s Live Tour 2022 “ANSWER...”. On 18 April, Sam left the group and LDH, reducing Psychic Fever to seven members. Their major debut came on 13 July 2022 with the studio album P.C.F. and the lead single “Choose One.” The album reached number two on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.

From August 2022 to January 2023, Psychic Fever and fellow Exile Tribe group Ballistik Boyz spent six months in Thailand for another Musha shugyō, part of a partnership between LDH Japan and Thai company High Cloud Entertainment. Thai rapper F.Hero acted as their general producer during the program. Their time in Thailand was shown in the YouTube reality series New School Breakin’’’, which aired from October 2022 to March 2023. In September, they performed at Nippon Haku Bangkok.

In November, they won the Next Generation Global Award at the 2022 Genie Music Awards in South Korea. In December, they received the Asia Rising Stars Award at the Thailand Digital Awards. In February 2023, to wrap up the six-month Thailand program, Psychic Fever and Ballistik Boyz held their first standalone concert outside Japan, Ballistik Boyz vs Psychic Fever The Survival 2023, at CentralWorld in Bangkok.