How We Verify
A release calendar is only useful if you can trust it. This page explains the rules every entry on KpopComebacks goes through before it's published — and what happens when we get something wrong.
The rules
- Two sources minimum. A release is added or changed only when at least two independent sources agree. A date that appears on a single schedule site stays out until it's confirmed elsewhere.
- Official channels outrank everything. An artist's official X account, official YouTube channel, or agency announcement beats any aggregator. When a schedule site and an artist's own announcement disagree, the artist wins.
- Korean press over international rewrites. For Korean artists, Korean-language press and original tracklists are the primary record — international summaries sometimes rename or re-case song titles.
- Korean titles stay verbatim. If a title track is officially announced in Korean, we keep the official Korean rendering instead of inventing an English one.
- No rumors. Unconfirmed dates, leaks, and speculation don't go on the calendar. A missing title track means it simply hasn't been announced — we don't guess.
- Release times only when announced. Most K-pop releases drop at 6 PM KST, but we only list a time when a source actually states it — convention isn't confirmation.
Corrections we've made
Cross-checking is not hypothetical — schedule sources get things wrong, and catching that is most of the work. Recent examples, exactly as they happened:
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER — release date. Aggregator schedules listed the Japanese single Setsuna Hanabi for August 17. The label's announcement, quoted in press coverage, and the official Weverse Shop listing both said August 19 — we corrected the calendar and every article that mentioned it.
- JEONG EUNJI (Apink) — title track name. A schedule site rendered the title track as "I Love LOVE," dropping the main Korean title entirely. Korean tracklists and press confirm the official name is 파도 (i love LOVE) — main title first, official lowercase kept. Our calendar keeps the official rendering.
- HUH JIWON — release type. A schedule site listed The Calling as a single album. The artist's own official X announcement says 1st Mini Album — official source wins, so mini album it is.
Spot something we got wrong? Tell us — corrections ship fast, and this page is the standing promise that they do.
About our automated schedule articles
The weekly roundups and monthly preview articles are generated from the same verified release database that powers the calendar, then reviewed before publishing. They contain only facts from that database — dates, artists, releases, types, and title tracks. Cultural explainers, lore deep-dives, and Spotlight articles are always written and researched by hand, and every cultural claim gets checked against official or reputable published sources before it appears.
Who's responsible
Every article on this site is written or reviewed by YUJU, the Korean fan who runs KpopComebacks. The byline is a promise: if it's on this site, someone checked it — and if it's wrong, someone will fix it.