July 2026 K-pop Comebacks

Comeback data last updated .

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 main calendar tracks every confirmed release from today onward.

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Monday, July 13

NCT WISH
YO-I-DON! / BOY MEETS GIRL
YO-I-DON!

Wednesday, July 15

Picheolin (DINO of SEVENTEEN)
아프지 않은 이별은 없다 (narr. 이문세)
아프지 않은 이별은 없다 (narr. 이문세)
Pre-release Single6 PM KST
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K-pop stories & deep dives

Artist lore and MV explainers from our guides.

TXT's Universe, Explained: Horns, Neverland, and Seven Years of Growing Up

How TOMORROW X TOGETHER built K-pop's longest-running coming-of-age story — from the boy who grew horns in CROWN through Neverland and The Star Seekers webtoon to 2026.

August 5, 2026

The KATSEYE Saga: From 120,000 Auditions to the Grammy Stage

HYBE ran a global audition on the K-pop trainee model, filmed it for Netflix, and debuted six girls who reached the Grammys in under two years. The story so far.

August 4, 2026

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

From a webcast that filmed trainees for years to record-breaking albums — and the rarest K-pop ending of all: thirteen members who re-signed together, twice.

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