Girls' Generation to release seventh full-length album 'Forever 1' next month

Image for Girls' Generation's upcoming album ″Forever 1″ [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

Girls’ Generation will release its seventh full-length album “Forever 1” on Aug. 8, SM Entertainment said Monday.

The girl group revealed an image for “Forever 1” on its social media the same day. Preorders for the album are also available from Monday through online and offline CD stores.

The album is Girls’ Generation’s first music since its 2017 full-length album “Holiday Night.”

Ahead to its comeback, the girl group has been appearing on its reality show "Soshi Tam Tam" on JTBC since earlier this month. According to Smart Media Rep, which distributes short TV clips to YouTube and other platforms, clips from “Soshi Tam Tam” have hit over 4.85 million streams in total, suggesting a high interest in the veteran girl group’s comeback.

Girls' Generation [SM TOWN]

Girls' Generation debuted in 2007 with the track "Into the New World." An iconic girl group in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it produced hits such as "Gee" (2010), "Genie" (2010) and "The Boys" (2011). Its current members are Taeyeon, Sunny, Yoona, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung and Seohyun.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]