MONSTA X to Return With Mini Album 'The Phase' on Sept. 4
New mini album 'The Phase' lands Sept. 4, picking up the interdimensional lore right where the tour left off.
MONBEBE WE ARE SO BACK — MONSTA X is officially ending the drought. the veterans confirmed their new mini album 'The Phase' drops Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. KST, their first Korean comeback in nearly a year, and they are treating this rollout like a season premiere.
Starship already mapped out an entire teaser gauntlet — story trailers, a full trailer, waves of concept photos stretching across mid-August, a mood sampler, a music video teaser on Sept. 1 and a full album preview on Sept. 3 before the thing even drops. they're not releasing an EP, they're airing a limited series.
and yes, there's LORE. 'The Phase' reportedly picks up the interdimensional storyline from their 2026 world tour 'The X: Nexus,' where the members canonically crossed into a new dimension. a boy group this committed to sci-fi worldbuilding in its 11th year?? the narrative continuity is mothering.
eleven years in and still pulling off performance-heavy, high-concept, plot-armored comebacks while half the industry cycles out — that's the longevity flex nobody claps for enough. mark your calendars, the phase is upon us.
Reported by The Korea Times. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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TWICE to Mark 11th Anniversary With Fan Party 'ONCE UPON A THRI11'
eleven years, one intimate party for 750 ONCEs, and a group pun we have to respect.
ELEVEN years of TWICE and they're throwing a party for it. as they should.
the group announced an 11th-anniversary fan party titled 'ONCE UPON A THRI11' — yes, the '11' pun, we see it, we're obsessed — hosting around 750 fans for an intimate celebration. after more than a decade of stadiums, a small-room moment with ONCE hits especially sweet.
eleven years in K-pop is genuinely rare air; most groups don't make it close. that nine women are still here, still together, still throwing fan parties is its own quiet milestone worth celebrating.
ONCE, eleven years and still that girl. happy almost-anniversary. 🍭
Reported by allkpop. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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the leader marked his birthday by giving to three different causes — soft-launching tears, genuinely.
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