New Groups to Debut in October 2026

In October 2026, a series of new K-pop groups and solo artists will make their debuts. On October 1, TIOT will release its 5th Mini Album 『Time for Us』, while tripleS neptune will issue its Japanese digital single 『Welcome to Heaven』. The title tracks for these releases are respectively 『Five Hours in Pieces』 and 『Welcome to Heaven』.

On October 2, Jay Owan will announce his U.S. debut and release his 1st US EP 『ANIMAL』. The title track of this EP is 『ANIMAL』, with preview tracks 『WHATCHA DOIN』 and 『SAKURA』 already available. Additionally, Mark from GOT7 and Minjun from Nine will make their solo debuts. Mark will release his Digital Single 『NIGHTLIGHT (feat. MILLI)』, whose title track is 『NIGHTLIGHT』. Minjun will debut with his Digital Single 『Another Breath』, also titled 『Another Breath』.

On October 4, the Japanese group ORBIT will release its digital single 『TACOS』, with 『TACOS』 as the title track. On October 6, KickFlip will issue its 5th Mini Album 『KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1』, featuring title tracks 『Kick Off The Wall (Feat. iann dior)』 and 『Puzzle Piece (미완성)』. Yesung from SUPER JUNIOR will release his 2nd studio album 『Where We Are』, with 『Pedazos』 as the title track. X:IN will release his 1st studio album 『Chain Reaction』, whose title track is 『ZZIRIT (feat. Luisa Sonza)』.

On October 7, KO1KEYZ will release its debut single 『KO1KEYZ』. The title track is also 『KO1KEYZ』, and the members include Daiki Kato, Yoshiki Yada, Siyoung Park, Shinhyung Oh, Yui Kotō, Isaya Yanagia, Keito Ono, Yuran Abe, Ryō Iizuka, Ryūji Sugiyama, Kosuke Terui, and Ei-en Hamada. Forming part of LAPONE—the debut group from 『PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SHINSEKAI』—this new boy group’s release includes 3 new songs along with KO1KEYZ versions of 『BLACK ANGEL』, 『Neko (네코)』, and 『SHINSEKAI』. Meanwhile, YOUNG POSSE will release its digital single 『GO해』, with 『GO해』 as the title track. Hwang Minhyun will release his digital single 『OUR』, while Onew will release the preview track 『Tic Tac Toe』 in collaboration with Zico. Kim Jaehwan will release his 3rd single album 『Love, From Here』, whose title track is 『Call It Love (사랑이라 부를지도 모를 거야)』.

On October 8, Wooji from GIRLSTAY will release her 2nd mini album 『이십칠 (27)』, with 『Stay』 as the title track. N.Flying will release its 9th mini album 『Still』, titled 『Still (잔불)』. KNK will release its single album 『동화』, while Chae-yeon will issue her Japanese debut single album 『보쿠노코에 (나의 목소리)』, whose title track is 『보쿠노코에 (My Voice)』.

On October 12, NCT WISH will release its 4th mini album 『I SPY』, MEOVV will release its single album 『GO HARD』, MODYSSEY will release its first EP 『2.Multitude: How We Bloom』, Sung Hanbin will release his solo debut EP 『DEAD:ALIVE』, PLAVE will release its 5th mini album 『HYPERDRIVE』, and Xdinary Heroes will release its 9th mini album 『IMPULSE』. The title tracks for these releases are respectively 『I SPY』, 『GO HARD』, 『CAN YOU HEAR THAT (타!)』, 『UNDEAD』, 『Star Trace』, and 『Obsessed with Youth』.

On October 13, A2O LITE will release its debut single 『NEON』, with 『NEON』 as the title track. This release comes from A2O Entertainment and is known to be the sister group to A2O MAY.