The Korean music world never stands still and delights us anew every month with new music, accompanied by beautiful photobooks and extras.
Today we're introducing a few albums that will be released soon and that you shouldn't miss!
- ITZY - Crazy In Love will be released on September 24
- Brave Girls - After `We Ride` will be released on August 23
- BtoB 4U - OUTSIDE will be released on August 30
- Kwon Eunbi - Open will be released on August 24
ITZY - Crazy In Love
Ryujin, Yuna, Yeji, Lia & Chaeryeong have been winning the hearts of K-pop fans all over the world since their debut, and most recently delighted them in April with their album "Guess Who". Fans pre-ordered over 260,000 copies, more than for their previous albums. But ITZY is by no means resting on its success and has set itself the goal of making its fans go completely crazy with love!
On September 24, “Crazy In Love” will be released, the girl group's first full-length album after four mini albums. So we can look forward to more than seven songs, including the title track “Loco”, which was produced by Galactika, a team that has already written and composed “Dalla Dalla” and “Wannabe”. On August 13, an album preview was uploaded to ITZY's Twitter account:
Buyers of “Crazy In Love” can choose between six versions, each of which includes, besides the CD, a 64-page photobook, a lyric paper, 2 photocards, 2 polaroids and 1 sticker pack - all neatly packed in one box. If you order before August 24, you'll additionally get one of 5 standing cards, one of two card sets and optionally a poster as well. So you see, pre-ordering is worth it!
If you can't wait to see something new from ITZY, this is exactly the right thing for you:
We'll definitely be watching Chaeryeong's dance to “Cry for Me” by Camila Cabello more than just once!
Brave Girls - After `We Ride`
2021 was THE year for the girl group Brave Girls, who debuted in 2011 and, after ten years without real success, were on the verge of disbanding. What followed, nobody could have imagined, least of all the members of Brave Girls - Yujeong, Yuna, Eunji & Minyoung - themselves. On the YouTube channel “비디터ᴠɪᴅɪᴛᴏʀ”, a compilation of performances by the girl group at military camps was uploaded in February, accompanied by comments from the soldiers, among whom the song “Rollin” released in 2017 is an absolute hit. The video spread like wildfire and catapulted Brave Girls surprisingly to the top of all charts, with a four-year-old song. The group performed the song on music shows again and won their first victory in March.
Over the next two months, Brave Girls filmed no fewer than 25 commercials and were invited to a series of entertainment shows for the first time since their debut. Of course, with all that attention it was no wonder that a new album followed on June 17 with “Summer Queen”. The title song "Chi Mat Ba Ram" brought the girl group further success on music shows, and now " After 'We Ride' " is coming as a repackage album, which, besides the title song of the same name, also contains new versions of the songs from "Summer Queen", including an acoustic version of "Chi Mat Ba Ram". Along with the album comes, besides the CD, a photobook in a sleeve, a postcard, a photocard, a film photocard, a polaroid photo, a sticker and optionally, only for pre-orders, a poster. You can find After `We Ride` here in our shop!
BtoB - Special Album
The seven-member boy group BtoB has already been in the music business for nine years and can look back proudly on a series of albums, successes and experiences. Even so, they manage again and again to present something new to their fans. Four years after the debut of the first subunit "BtoB Blue" in 2016 - consisting of Eunkwang, Changsub, Hyunsik and Sungjae - the band founded its second subunit in 2020. The occasion was the return of Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel from the military. These four are now active under the name “BtoB 4U” while Hyunsik and Sungjae are still serving. Their first album “Inside” with the title track “Show Your Love”, composed by Hyungsik before he began his military service, was released in November 2016.
After “BtoB 4U” took part as BtoB in the survival show “Kingdom. Legendary War”, the second album now follows: Special Album “4U: OUTSIDE”. The two versions “Awake” (white) and “Silent” (black) each include a 96-page photobook, a CD, a lyric paper, an invitation card, a postcard, a photocard, a film photocard and optionally, only for pre-orders, a poster. Order the album now here!
Kwon Eunbi - Open
IZ*ONE, the project group that emerged from the survival show “Produce 48”, released five Korean and four Japanese albums during the two and a half years they were active, which adorn the shelves of hundreds of fans all over the world. Although it was known from their debut that the group would disband in 2021, some fans apparently couldn't accept the end. They even founded the “Parallel Universe Project” and, on April 30, just one day after IZ*ONE officially disbanded, had already raised over 2.8 million US dollars in the hope of re-forming the group. The project was viewed critically by many fans, however, since not a few thought that the members of IZ*ONE should be given the chance to go their own way. Despite differences of opinion, in the end they all hoped for the same thing: new music from the IZ*ONE members.
On August 9, the time had finally come! Kwon Eunbi, former leader of IZ*ONE, announced her solo debut with the mini album “Open” on her Instagram account. Although other members have been seen, among other things, as hosts of music shows or in photo spreads since IZ*ONE disbanded, and most of them have meanwhile opened their own Instagram accounts, Eunbi is now the first to debut as a solo artist. The wait was definitely worth it, because fans can choose between two versions and, besides the CD, get a 64-page photobook, one of 20 photocards, a fold-out postcard and a sticker sheet. With pre-orders, a 5-piece photocard set is even included! You can of course find “Open” in our shop too! Five days ago, a concept trailer was released on the official YouTube channel of Eunbi's agency Woollim Entertainment. In addition, the singer has so far given deep insights into the songs of her new album in five videos.
Possibly we can look forward to more videos, so keep your eyes open!
Which of these albums will you pre-order? Let us know in the comments! ^-^
