July 2026 K-pop Comebacks

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July 2026 has 46 confirmed K-pop releases on the calendar: 3 albums, 14 mini albums and EPs, 22 singles, 1 other release — plus 6 Japanese releases. Full-length albums come from fromis_9, Young K (DAY6), and KARD. Dates and times follow each release's announced local time — KST for Korea and JST for Japan — and may change. This page is revised when source-backed release data changes, and the upcoming page tracks every confirmed release from today onward.

The story of July 2026

July 2026 wrapped with 46 releases on the calendar, and a lot of it was carried by soloists and full-length statements. fromis_9 delivered the full album Glow ME with title track "Vitamin ME," Young K of DAY6 went long with YOUNGEST, and KARD continued their Where To Now? series with the full album NOWHERE. In between, JENNIE dropped "Less than a Lover," SUNMI timed "Forever July" to its own month, HYOLYN returned with OriginaLyn, and even J.Y. Park showed up with "WET."

The Japanese lane stayed busy all month: aespa's KISS N TELL mini album, ILLIT's "I Got Your Back," ATEEZ's "BAD (Japanese Ver.)," P1Harmony's UNIQUE Japan Edition, NCT WISH's "YO-I-DON!," and UNIS closing things out with UNI☆Sparkle! on July 31. For the full rundown, the July 2026 complete guide covers the whole month release by release.

46 confirmed releases

Wednesday, July 1

Thursday, July 2

Monday, July 6

Tuesday, July 7

Wednesday, July 8

Friday, July 10

Monday, July 13

Wednesday, July 15

Picheolin (DINO of SEVENTEEN)
Love Sick (narr. Lee Moon-sae)
Love Sick (narr. Lee Moon-sae)
Pre-release Single 6 PM KST Search YouTube ↗

Thursday, July 16

ASC2NT
Green light, Yellow light, Red light
Green light, Yellow light, Red light
Digital Single 6 PM KST Search YouTube ↗

Monday, July 20

Tuesday, July 21

Wednesday, July 22

Picheolin (DINO of SEVENTEEN)
미쳐 미쳐
미쳐 미쳐
Pre-release Single 6 PM KST Search YouTube ↗

Thursday, July 23

Friday, July 24

Saturday, July 25

Sunday, July 26

Monday, July 27

Tuesday, July 28

KARD
Where To Now? (Part.2): NOWHERE
Back To Life
Full Album 6 PM KST Search YouTube ↗

Wednesday, July 29

Friday, July 31

The stories behind these comebacks

Background on artists releasing this month.

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August 5, 2026

The SEVENTEEN Saga: Thirteen Members, Ten Years, Zero Departures

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August 3, 2026

The RESCENE Saga: How "Geoje, Yaho!" Turned K-pop's Hardest-Working Underdogs Into Chart-Toppers

RESCENE spent two years playing dirt-floor school events. Then one deadpan hometown greeting revived a 680-day-old song, sent it to No. 1, and won their first trophies.

July 29, 2026

The Night ATEEZ Covered BTS in Front of BTS: The 2019 MAMA Stage, Explained

Thirteen months after debut, ATEEZ walked into Nagoya Dome and rebuilt 'WONDERLAND' around covers of BTS, SHINee, and miss A — and the cameras caught BTS loving it.

July 28, 2026

Warehouses, Kaleidoscopes, and the AI Question: aespa's 'Armageddon' MV, Explained

aespa's first full album came with a music video about staying human in the AI era — then won Best Music Video at MAMA while the internet argued about AI in the edit.

July 23, 2026

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