Boy band &TEAM set to release second EP in June

&TEAM will drop its second EP on June 14, the boy band’s agency HYBE Labels announced Thursday. The band’s first EP, “First Howling: ME,” released in December 2022, was produced with HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk and ...

&TEAM, HYBE's multinational boy band based in Japan [HYBE LABELS]

&TEAM will drop its second EP on June 14, the boy band’s agency HYBE Labels announced Thursday.

The band’s first EP, “First Howling: ME,” released in December 2022, was produced with HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk and other producers behind the music of boy band BTS and Tomorrow X Together. The album landed at No. 1 on the Japanese Oricon Daily, Weekly and Monthly album charts.

&TEAM, Hybe’s first Japanese boy band, consists of one Korean member, EJ, one Taiwanese member, Nicholas, and seven Japanese members: K, Fuma, Yuma, Jo, Harua, Taki and Maki. Maki holds both Japanese and German citizenship.

K, Nicholas, EJ and Taki competed on Mnet and HYBE’s K-pop competition show “I-Land” (2020), while the rest are from the Japanese and Korean competition show “&Audition – The Howling” (2022).

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]