Enhypen to drop digital Japanese single on Feb. 22

Boy band Enhypen [BELIFT LAB]

Enhypen is set to drop a digital Japanese single titled “Always” on Feb. 22, the boy band’s agency Belift Lab said Monday.

It is Enhypen’s second Japanese song since “Forget Me Not,” which was released in July last year as part of the band’s debut Japanese EP “Border: Hakanai” (2020).

“Always” is currently the theme song for the Japanese TV drama series “Muchaburi! Watashi ga Shachou ni Naru nante” (2022), which is broadcasting on the Japanese television channel NTV.

The full song will be available on global streaming sites.

The teaser photo for ″Always″ [BELIFT LAB]

Enhypen debuted in 2020 as the finalists of Mnet’s music survival television program “I-Land” (2020). The band consists of seven members: Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo and Ni-ki. It debuted with the EP “Border: Day One” and has released songs such as “Given-Taken” (2020), “Drunk-Dazed” (2021) and “Tamed-Dashed” (2021).

The band previously swept the Oricon daily and weekly singles charts with “Border: Hakanai,” reaching the No. 1 spot. It was the first artist to achieve the milestone with a debut Japanese EP.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]