Katseye News

TUIDE, HYBE’s first girl group from the new ABD label, debuted Aug. 24 with the EP Tune & Play and groove-heavy lead single “Sun Kiss,” marking HYBE’s first girl-group debut in two years since U.S.-based Katseye. The seven members — Seohee, Seoyeon (younger sister of TWICE’s Jihyo), Elena, Jia, Saki, Seah and Yi Hani — describe their sound as “soultronic”; the five-track EP mixes soul, R&B, house and electronic touches, and the members (born 2006–2011) come from South Korea, the United States, Britain and Japan

Jennie of BLACKPINK released old-Hollywood–inspired teaser photos for her upcoming solo EP Fallen Angel, a six-track set that includes lead single "Fallen Angel" and previously released "Less than a Lover"; three tracks will be released as a digital-only album on streaming platforms Friday at 1 p.m

Katseye earned its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with third EP Wild, becoming the fourth female group since 2020 to top the chart; prerelease “Animal” debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 24 and the EP opened at No. 2 on the U.K. albums chart with three singles entering the singles chart

KATSEYE’s third EP Wild debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 170,000 equivalent album units, including 145,000 traditional album sales. The HYBE/Geffen-formed group scored its first U.S. chart-topper since debuting in 2024, outpacing Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend and Stray Kids’ This & That; Yonhap reported the EP includes contributions from Hybe chairman Bang Si‑hyuk, Ed Sheeran and producers Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin. Soompi noted Wild delivered the largest week by units for an all-female group since Billboard began ranking by units and the biggest pure-sales week for an all-female group since TWICE’s READY TO BE

KATSEYE’s third EP Wild debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 170,000 equivalent album units and also opened at a career-best No. 2 on the UK Official Albums Chart after its Aug. 14 release, a sharp rise from the No. 55 peak of their previous EP Beautiful Chaos; three songs from the record entered the Official Singles Chart (Animal No. 12, Hootie Frutti No. 16, Bel Air No. 97). The EP credits include contributions from HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk, Ed Sheeran and producers Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin

ZEROBASEONE's second Japanese EP Love debuted at No.1 on Oricon's Daily Album Ranking; the three-track set is led by the single "Existence" featuring Omoinotake, marks the group's first Japan comeback as a quintet, and will be introduced at a special Tokyo showcase

Stray Kids' title track "This & That" debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the group's highest-ever Hot 100 placement — while their 10th EP opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking Stray Kids' ninth consecutive No. 1 album

Cortis earned two 2026 MTV VMA nominations — Best New Artist and Best K-pop (for “RedRed”) — just one year after debut, marking the first recognition at the VMAs for a K-pop boy group that debuted in the 2020s

CNBLUE will release its eighth Japanese studio album Full Circle on Oct. 21 and will launch a Japan tour in November, including Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka dates; leader Jung Yonghwa co-wrote the lead track “360 Degrees.”