CLOSE YOUR EYES News

ATEEZ, NMIXX, RIIZE, and CORTIS took the four Daesang awards at the 2026 The Fact Music Awards in Busan; ATEEZ won Icon of the Year and Artist of the Year, NMIXX won Sound of the Year (with Sullyoon winning FANNSTAR MYSTAR), RIIZE won Muse of the Year, and CORTIS claimed Record of the Year and Next Leader

CLOSE YOUR EYES will return with their fourth mini album, 256th Note, releasing on September 30 at 6 p.m. KST after the group dropped the first comeback teaser on September 7

KiiiKiii took Best Song of the Year at the 2026 SPOTV K-Pop Awards, AKMU won Best Artist, and BTS earned Best Album; AND2BLE also scored multiple wins including Best New Artist and several individual awards

The Korea Grand Music Awards released its first performer lineup for Nov. 7–8 at Gocheok Sky Dome, naming ATEEZ, RIIZE, TREASURE, CRAVITY, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii and more; RESCENE’s Woni and actress Nam Ji Hyun will host Day 1, while IVE’s Liz and actor Kim Jae Won MC Day 2

CLOSE YOUR EYES canceled their Jakarta 'BEYOND YOUR EYES' concert scheduled for August 30 after local promoter Maryhouse Media cited safety and security advisories, road closures, and movement restrictions around Senayan and DPR RI as the reason for the last-minute cancellation

The 2026 The Fact Music Awards revealed its special-stage lineup for Sept. 19 in Busan: xikers, CLOSE YOUR EYES and tripleS will open with covers of BTS, NCT DREAM and aespa songs, TREASURE’s Jihoon will duet with KiiiKiii’s Jiyu, and several acts will debut unreleased or never-before music-show stages

CLOSE YOUR EYES is preparing a new album with a comeback targeted for late September, marking their first new music since the April digital single “POSE.”

BAE173 members Yoojun, Muzin, Junseo, Youngseo, and Bit have left PocketDol Studio after their exclusive contracts expired on June 30, 2026; the agency says both sides agreed to part ways to allow the members to pursue new opportunities. J-Min remains signed to PocketDol

ACON 2026, the Asia Artist Awards pre-show on July 25 in Taipei, will be hosted by ZEROBASEONE's Sung Han Bin and features special cover stages from MEOVV, Xdinary Heroes, Yena, CLOSE YOUR EYES, KISS OF LIFE, NEXZ, QWER and more — including a Michael Jackson tribute and MEOVV's cover of BTS' "Dynamite."