ZEROBASEONE News

Chicago-based Prism Kru won the Global K-Pop Cover Dance Championship in Gangnam, with Unit21 and Mkeme Crew placing second and third, and the nine US cover teams later sharing the festival stage with acts including ZeroBaseOne, KiiiKiii, P1Harmony and headliner Psy

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

KATSEYE will perform at the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles on Oct. 18, joining Tate McRae, Megan Thee Stallion and Megan Moroney on the lineup. The HYBE–Geffen multinational girl group—midway through its THE WILDWORLD world tour—recently topped the Billboard 200 when third EP WILD debuted at No. 1 in August; its single “Animal” is at No. 30 on the Hot 100 in its ninth week and has climbed to No. 14 on Pop Airplay. One report notes the booking would make them the second K-pop group to play the event after Twice and the third K-pop act overall following Lisa’s 2024 Paris set

Sung Hanbin of ZEROBASEONE revealed the eight-track tracklist for his first solo EP Dead: Alive — featuring lead single "The Undead" and fan-dedicated song "Seomgwang" — with the EP and a same-day showcase set for Oct. 12

Tomorrow X Together’s digital single “Love Language” surpassed 100 million Spotify streams, becoming the group’s 20th track to reach that milestone; the song also topped iTunes in nine regions and TXT will perform at the 2026 Global Citizen Festival in New York

Yuqi of (G)I-dle will hold a four-city fan concert series in China titled "27," stopping in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai with dates yet to be announced; her solo single "Radio (Dum-Dum)" spent 52 weeks in Tencent Music’s Korea chart top 10

Seok Matthew and Park Gunwook of ZEROBASEONE have formed hip‑hop subunit EMP and will release EMP Mixtape Vol. 1: We the Extra, with lead singles “EMP” and “Pina C”; both members co‑wrote the four tracks, and a digital single is planned for November