LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Performing with a live band

gave South Korean girl group NMIXX new means to connect with

audiences as they brought their "mix pop" sound to the British

Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park Festival in London on Sunday.

The main stage performance marked a first for the six-piece,

which is made up of members Haewon, Lily, Sullyoon, BAE, Jiwoo

and Kyujin.

"When I heard that we were performing in this historical

park, like, even just visiting here would have been fun but

performing here is so crazy," Australia-born vocalist Lily said

in a post-show backstage interview.

"We honestly don't have a lot of experience with festivals

but this time we were lucky enough to perform with a band," the

21-year-old singer, said.

"When you're doing it with a backtrack, you can't manipulate

it as you go. But with a band you can work together and have

good synergy and you can kind of slow it down if you want to or

make it faster. I think that was an interesting thing that we

were kind of all getting used to while preparing for the

festival."

NMIXX made their debut in early 2022 and have since released

two extended play records, three single albums and toured across

Asia and the United States.

The group's track "Love Me Like This" recently surpassed 100

million streams on Spotify ( SPOT ), with songs "O.O" and "DASH" closing

in on 200 million streams on the digital music service.

The members have also attended European catwalk shows for a

Spanish luxury brand, as an increasing number of fashion houses

hire Asian stars for their highest-profile global promotional

gigs.

Fans will not have to wait long for new music, said the

group, who gave audiences at BST a taster of their

as-yet-unreleased song "Moving On".

"We're working hard to bring out music that's new and

different," Kyujin said.

"I think you're going to get a hip mix that we haven't shown

you yet. It's a little bit more free," added Sullyoon.