Kang Daniel lays out plan for future activities in Japan

A teaser photo for Kang Daniel's first Japanese album ″Joy Ride″ [KONNECT ENTERTAINMENT]

Singer Kang Daniel revealed the plans for his activities in Japan after signing with Warner Music Japan last June.

Kang will release the single “TPIR,” featuring Japanese guitarist Miyavi, on Aug. 17 and his first Japanese EP “Joy Ride” on Oct. 5, his agency Konnect Entertainment said Friday.

“Joy Ride” will include two new songs and the Japanese versions of four of his Korean songs.

The two new songs are the title track “Joy Ride” and “TPIR.”

Four songs from “The Story,” Kang’s first full-length Korean album that was released in May — “Upside Down,” “Loser,” “Ride 4 U” and “1000x” — will be turned into Japanese versions for the EP.

“Loser” will be a remix in collaboration with Japanese rapper Chanmina.

Kang is also set to perform twice at Summer Sonic 2022, a Japanese music festival held in Osaka, on Aug. 20 and Tokyo on Aug. 21.

Kang debuted in 2017 after winning first place on Mnet’s hit K-pop audition show “Produce 101.” He and 10 other finalists formed the project boy band Wanna One, which disbanded in early 2019. He debuted as a soloist in July that year and has released songs like “Touchin’” (2019), “2U” (2020) and “Paranoia” (2021).

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