TXT debuted 2019 as the first BigHit boy group after BTS, a lineage heavily leveraged in Chinese K-pop coverage (
师弟 BTS /
弟弟们). Huening Kai (
休宁凯) has Korean-American-Chinese heritage (his father is Korean-American, mother Chinese-American). The group's 'coming-of-age' concept and 2022-2024 Billboard 200 #1s made them one of HYBE's main post-BTS sales pillars.