The Boyz to return with 2nd album in August

The Boyz will return on Aug. 7 with its second full-length album, the boy band's agency IST Entertainment said Thursday. The upcoming album will be The Boyz' first Korean music release since "Be Awake," which dropped in February this year, and ...

Boy band The Boyz [IST ENTERTAINMENT]

The Boyz will return on Aug. 7 with its second full-length album, the boy band's agency IST Entertainment said Thursday.

The upcoming album will be The Boyz's first Korean music release since "Be Awake," which dropped in February this year, and the first full-length album released in three and a half years, since the release of "Reveal" back in 2020.

"The Boyz will come back with its second full-length album on Aug. 7," IST Entertainment said Thursday in a press release.

The name of the upcoming full-length album and other details will be released in the near future, the agency added.

The Boyz is an 11-member group that debuted in 2017. It consists of Sangyeon, Jacob, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Juyeon, Kevin, New, Q, Ju Haknyeon, Sunwoo and Eric. The boy band gained popularity after winning Mnet's music competition show "Road to Kingdom" (2020).

The boy band is currently on its second world tour, "Zeneration." The tour kicked off with a three-day performance at the KSPO Dome, southern Seoul in May and the band performed in Taiwan, Macau, the Philippines and in multiple Japanese cities.

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