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Blackpink, Treasure, Babymonster confirmed for comebacks

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748232829038BLACKPINK.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>(Top) Blackpink; (Bottom, from left) Treasure and Babymonster. Photos from the groups&#x27; official X accounts</div>K-pop sensation Blackpink and their labelmates Babymonster and Treasure are set to make comebacks later this year, their agency YG Entertainment confirmed late Sunday, while also revealing plans to launch new groups.YG founder and executive producer Yang Hyun-suk revealed the company&#x27;s plans in a video posted on the label&#x27;s official YouTube channel.In the video, Yang confirmed that Blackpink, which is set to go on a world tour beginning July, would be releasing a new song.&quot;After a long time, Blackpink will be meeting with fans. Although we don&#x27;t have a confirmed date yet, news about Blackpink&#x27;s new song will also be announced soon,&quot; Yang said.The upcoming release will mark Blackpink&#x27;s first new material since &quot;The Girls,&quot; a single released in 2023 for the mobile game &quot;Blackpink The Game.&quot;<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2025/5/5/lisa-teases-new-blackpink-music-ahead-of-group-s-tour-1508">READ: Lisa teases new Blackpink music ahead of group&#x27;s tour</a></div>Meanwhile, Babymonster, another all-female act, is set to put out the single &quot;Hot Sauce&quot; on July 1, which will serve as a pre-release for the seven-member group&#x27;s extended play (EP) or mini album scheduled to drop in October.Yang described &quot;Hot Sauce&quot; as a song that &quot;takes inspiration from the late 1980s.&quot;&quot;It&#x27;s music from when I first danced to rap music as a teenager,&quot; said Yang, a member of the seminal Korean act Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s.After &quot;Hot Sauce,&quot; Babymonster will come out with another pre-release single in September.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wsiGUcSDGgg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></div>Yang added that boy band Treasure is preparing to drop an EP, with a release date &quot;tentatively set&quot; for September 1.&quot;To be honest, last year, Treasure wasn&#x27;t able to be as active... so starting from this year, including the recent promotions for &#x27;Yellow,&#x27; we&#x27;re planning to actively promote the mini album coming out in September,&quot; he explained.The producer was referring to Treasure&#x27;s special EP &quot;Pleasure,&quot; released in March and led by the single &quot;Yellow.&quot;Yang shared that he and the Treasure members also &quot;discussed about consistently releasing two mini albums or a full album every year.&quot;The 10-man Treasure will also embark on a world tour beginning October.<div>New groups</div>In the same video, Yang said the company is planning to debut a boy group next year and a four-piece girl group whose members have already been finalized.&quot;Since it&#x27;s only been a year since Babymonster debuted, I believe that in terms of sequence, it would be reasonable for a new boy group to debut next,&quot; Yang said.The agency currently has two teams of male trainees: one with an average age of around 18, and another comprising younger trainees aged around 15 to 16.&quot;Next year, among these two boy teams, I&#x27;m determined to debut one team,&quot; Yang said.The company is also eager to introduce the members of its next female act, with the first member set to be revealed on May 28 at midnight KST (11 p.m. Philippine time).&quot;This year I&#x27;ll be sharing their training process with you and next year, if possible, I&#x27;d like to release their solo tracks because I believe each member&#x27;s talent is absolutely exceptional,&quot; Yang said of the girl group.&quot;So I thought releasing official tracks and even filming music videos would be great,&quot; he added.Established by Yang in 1996, YG Entertainment has formed several popular K-pop groups, including BIGBANG, 2NE1, Akdong Musician, Winner and iKON.

K-pop sensation Blackpink and their labelmates Babymonster and Treasure are set to make comebacks later this year, their agency YG Entertainment said, while also revealing plans to launch new groups.

K-pop sensation Blackpink and their labelmates Babymonster and Treasure are set to make comebacks later this year, their agency YG Entertainment said, while also revealing plans to launch new groups.

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K-pop groups Blackpink, Treasure, Babymonster confirmed for comebacks

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published May 26, 2025 12:36 PM PHT

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