THE BOYZ have been confirmed to be releasing new music subsequent month, with Eric rejoining the group’s actions.
Yesterday (January 5), South Korean information outlet News1 reported that the Okay-pop boyband are set to launch new album in February. The publication additionally alleged that member Eric, who had been on a brief hiatus since March 2022 resulting from unspecified well being causes, will likely be returning to the group for the upcoming mission.
IST Leisure has since confirmed these reviews with Soompi, solidifying that THE BOYZ will in actual fact drop a brand new album subsequent month with Eric.
Nevertheless, reviews didn’t specify if bandmate Sunwoo will likely be concerned within the upcoming document, after he additionally went on a brief hiatus in late August resulting from “well being difficulties” and a “worsening of his situation”. “After [a] severe dialogue with the artist himself, now we have determined that he’ll quickly halt actions with the intention to get relaxation and concentrate on recovering his well being,” the company stated of their assertion on the time.
THE BOYZ’s forthcoming music will likely be their first document in roughly six months, since they launched their seventh mini-album ‘Be Conscious’ in August 2022. That document was led by title monitor ‘Whisper’, and included an extra 5 B-side tracks. All six tracks on the document had been co-written by member Sunwoo, with different members together with Hyunjae, New, Q and Jacob having been credited as co-writers alongside him on choose songs. The boyband additionally dropped a particular standalone winter single ‘All About You’ in December.
‘Be Conscious’ was additionally THE BOYZ’s first home launch of 2022, arriving 10 months after their November 2021 single album ‘Maverick’. In a blended three-star evaluation of the document, NME’s Rhian Daly wrote that its songs “differ wildly throughout the tracks, typically ushering us into slinky, attractive territory, however different instances misstepping into one thing way more disjointed.”