SHINee's Key releases schedule for upcoming album 'Gasoline'

SHINee's Key performs last November at the ″World K-pop Concert″ in Kintex, Goyang. [NEWS1]

SHINee’s Key released the schedule for his upcoming second full-length album “Gasoline” on Wednesday.

According to the schedule, Key will begin promotional activities on Aug. 16 for the new album, which is set to drop on Aug. 30.

With the release of a poster that hinted to the style of the new album on Aug. 16, Key will continue to release several concept photographs of himself on Aug. 21 and 22. On Aug. 25, he’ll share some details of the new album.

At the moment, the only information that has been given about the album is that it will contain 11 songs of various genres. On Aug. 29, a day before the release, Key will release a music video teaser.

The poster for Key’s new release, which was shared on Monday by SM Entertainment on its social media pages, hinted at a mysterious, gothic concept.

Key's music comes 11 months since he last released music, with his single "Bad Love" in September last year.

Key debuted in 2008 as a member of SHINee, a boy band best known for songs “Ring Ding Dong” (2009), “Lucifer” (2010) and “Sherlock (Clue + Note)” (2012). SHINee currently has four members: Tae-min, Min-ho, Key and Onew.

Key released his first solo music in 2018 with a single titled "Forever Yours." He released his first full-length album "Face" in the same year.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]