Whereas the previous weekend’s KCON competition supplied Okay-pop followers the uncommon alternative to see their favourite artists in individual via three days of conference and concert events, ZEROBASEONE took full benefit of the Los Angeles viewers unexpectedly saying a brand new album on the fest’s ultimate day on Sunday (July 28).
After the nine-member boy band carried out the singles “Really feel the POP” and “In Bloom” on the Crypto.com Enviornment, a mysterious video appeared throughout the KCON marquee with the phrases “Cinema Paradise” and “August 2024” beneath it. The fellows rapidly confirmed that the tease was a “comeback spoiler” to the viewers.
Cinema Paradise shall be ZB1’s fourth Okay-pop launch since debuting simply over a yr in the past on July 10, 2023, with their Youth within the Shade EP. See the comeback spoiler “movie” beneath:
ZEROBASEONE wasn’t the one artist to make the most of KCON LA to tease new music.
Not lengthy after ZB1 made the shock album announcement, subsequent KCON performer Jeon Somi revealed on the finish of her set that she can be returning to the Okay-pop scene with “a “enjoyable summer season tune.” The soloist shared the melody and lyrics from the upcoming observe, telling the viewers to sing together with the call-and-response strains: “Come and get your ice cream… / Too chilly!”
Somi’s company, THEBLACKLABEL, rapidly confirmed that the singer’s new single “Ice Cream” would drop on Aug. 2 and shared the next photographs.
Elsewhere throughout KCON, Billboard 200–charting boy band P1Harmony overvalued followers when chief Keeho shared the group’s “comeback is coming sooner than you suppose” throughout the “crimson carpet” ceremony on Saturday, July 27.
Plus, the Japanese lady group ME:I (created on Produce 101 Japan The Women, an area model of a Okay-pop singing competitors developed by KCON organizer CJ E&M) shared a dwell efficiency of their new single “Hello-5” forward of its official launch on Aug. 28. Beforehand, the 11-member outfit peaked at No. 2 on the Japan Sizzling 100 up to now with their debut single “Click on” in April.
The music video to “Hello-5” dropped a number of hours after making its dwell debut to KCON-ers in attendance.
KCON studies {that a} mixed 5.9 million followers confirmed up in individual and on-line from greater than 170 nations throughout the three days of this yr’s festivities, which is according to the 5.9 million viewers from 176 areas from final yr’s fest. With the bonus of shock bulletins and new tune reveals this yr, the upcoming KCON Germany 2024 in September must also boast hundreds of thousands of followers tuning in.
