BOYNEXTDOOR to Make a Comeback on May 13th, Continuing Their Career High

The boy group BOYNEXTDOOR is set to return with a new mini-album.

BOYNEXTDOOR (Seongho, Riu, Myeong Jaehyun, Taesan, Lee Han, Eunhak) announced the release of their fourth mini-album ‘No Genre’ on May 13th through a comeback animation posted on the group’s official SNS at 10 PM on April 14th. The animation, depicting a person running forward, is filled with a cool and cheerful atmosphere. As he runs, he suddenly leaps high, and the screen is filled with the name of the new album, ‘No Genre,’ and the release date, May 13th at 6 PM, raising expectations to new heights.

‘No Genre’ is the new album from BOYNEXTDOOR in about 8 months since their third mini-album ‘19.99,’ released in September of last year. It’s their first comeback in about 4 months since their first digital single ‘Today I LOVE YOU,’ released in January.

BOYNEXTDOOR gained attention by entering the US Billboard main album chart ‘Billboard 200’ at 40th place with their third mini-album and achieving their first million-selling album in Korea. Continuing their upward momentum, they reached a ‘career high’ with ‘Today I LOVE YOU.’ The song climbed to 4th place on Melon’s ‘Top 100’ on January 7th, the day after its release, and ranked 7th in the February monthly chart. As of now, it still ranks 9th on the latest weekly chart (aggregation period: April 7th to 13th), continuing to receive much love. It also topped Apple Music Korea’s ‘Today’s Top 100’ for 37 consecutive days from January 9th to February 14th. Furthermore, it charted on the US Billboard ‘Global (excluding the US)’ and ‘Global 200’ charts, gaining popularity overseas as well. BOYNEXTDOOR recently successfully concluded their first solo tour ‘BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR ‘KNOCK ON Vol.1.’ Starting in Incheon, they performed a total of 17 shows in 12 cities, including Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Miyagi, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Jakarta, and are planning encore performances in Tokyo and Seoul. As a team that is “currently the hottest,” expectations are high for their comeback.

Written by Lee Seung Hun

Translated by Lee So Yun