News & Monthly Guides

The monthly guides are the editorial layer above the calendar. They select the headliners, debuts and cross-region patterns that shape each month, then link back to the exact dates and release details. They go up early and are revised as agencies confirm more dates.

Use the upcoming comebacks list for the next announced releases and the monthly calendars when you need the complete schedule, filters or calendar subscription. Use the guides below when you want a focused route through a busy month rather than another row-by-row list.

Where these dates come from

We compare public schedule listings with official artist or agency announcements and reputable coverage before adding or changing a release. When sources disagree, the official announcement wins. Title tracks and release times stay blank until a source states them outright; we do not infer a time from industry habits. Our verification process spells out where the lines are.

Dates move. Agencies delay releases, add pre-releases, and occasionally push a comeback by a full month, and when that happens the calendar changes with it rather than keeping the version that was true in July. That is also why these pages carry an updated date instead of pretending a schedule written weeks ago is still current.

If you're new here

Start with what a comeback actually is — the word does not mean what it sounds like — then the difference between a single, an EP, and a repackage, which is most of what the calendar labels mean. From there, K-pop 101 covers the rest of the vocabulary and Lore gets into the stories groups are telling underneath the music.