RIIZE Returns with First Full-Length Album “ODYSSEY” 616 Days After Debut — Setting a “New Standard for K-Pop” Through Video Projects for All Tracks

K-pop blockbuster RIIZE has returned with its first full-length album. Officially released at 6 p.m. on the 19th, “ODYSSEY” marks their comeback after 11 months and follows their first mini-album “RIIZING” last year. Rated as the ultimate outcome of a “trinity” of innate talent, proportional effort, and exceptional planning skills, this album reaffirms that they are “idols in a distinctly different dimension” unseen in K-pop to date. The full-length album features 10 new songs, including the title track “Fly Up.” They previously warmed up for their return by releasing the hip-hop-based “Bag Bad Back” and Kenzie’s masterful track “Ingel (Amber to Solar),” officially launching their comeback with “Fly Up” on that day. RIIZE even showed off their confidence in the album by expressing it through a three-line poem, emphasizing that it “captures the fruits of intense growth.” Along with the release of their first full-length album, RIIZE demonstrated an “unmatched” scale by turning all tracks into videos, weaving them together like a single movie. This first and greatest challenge delivers a high level of completion that surpasses any flashy descriptions. The lineup of album producers also matches the unprecedented effort, featuring legendary singer-songwriter Yoon Sang, who has been working with them since their debut. Yoon Sang is the father of RIIZE member Anton. At a premiere, Anton revealed their casual father-son relationship by saying, “Dad, good job,” and added that the other members learned about his involvement in the album only later. To coincide with the release of the full-length album, RIIZE will embark on their first world tour, “RIIZING LOUD.” The concerts will start at Seoul’s K-SPO DOME in July and continue until Macau in February next year. In interviews, the members said, “Since ‘ODYSSEY’ is our first full-length album, we wanted to comprehensively showcase all our past experiences as well as our hopes and aspirations for the future. Through this album, we hope to give listeners the courage to start their own journeys.”