NMIXX News

Three major K-pop releases — IVE, ILLIT and RIIZE — all land on Oct. 26 as October’s comeback race ramps up, while BLACKPINK’s Lisa drops a six-track EP on Oct. 23 and multiple groups (KickFlip, NMIXX, BABYMONSTER, PLAVE and more) fill out a crowded release calendar

NMIXX will release its sixth EP Strange Muse on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. KST, featuring three dedicated subunit songs and songwriting contributions from all six members as the group builds on a recent grand prize win at The Fact Music Awards

Jungkook's solo single "Standing Next to You" surpassed 500 million streams on YouTube Music, giving him four songs over that mark; the Golden lead also debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has racked up 1.5 billion Spotify streams

NMIXX will return on Oct. 19 with their sixth EP Strange Muse, featuring six dreamy tracks led by the single "Birthday Wish" and, for the first time, three subunit songs pairing members; the six-member group will also hold an encore at Inspire Arena in November

Le Sserafim closed BlizzCon 2026 with a 13‑song set as K-pop promotion expands beyond music shows into esports, gaming festivals, news broadcasts and brand tie‑ins; KiiiKiii, ALLDAY PROJECT, NMIXX, CORTIS and Hearts2Hearts are cited as examples of groups using game collaborations, news studios and campaigns

Ateez and Enhypen have both leaned into Brazilian funk this year — Ateez’s lead single "Bad" and Enhypen’s "Bloody Paradise" helped their albums reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — while earlier experiments from NewJeans and NMIXX show favela/baile funk’s growing fit with K-pop’s choreography- and social-media-driven sound

OURBIRTHDAY debuted Wednesday in Seoul as JYP Entertainment’s first girl group in four years and the first launched under its INNIT subsidiary, issuing a four-track project that includes the namesake single “Our Birthday” and lead track “Squeezy.” The seven-member multinational lineup — three Koreans, two Japanese, one Thai and one Taiwanese — introduced a self-described “whip-hop” sound at a Blue Square showcase, performing “Squeezy” and a version of predebut track “HUNGRY.”