ILLIT announce return with upcoming mini-album, ‘bomb’

ILLIT are due to make their return soon with a new mini-album – see all the release details below.

• READ MORE: ILLIT – ‘I’ll Like You’ review: melodic, manic and almost as magnetic

Yesterday (May 20), the K-pop group’s label Belift Lab took to social media to share a promotional calendar charting the group’s release plans in the lead-up to the mini-album’s launch.

The mini-album – their third – will be titled ‘bomb’, and is slated for release on June 19 alongside a music video. Key details surrounding the album, including its tracklist will soon be made public.

Promotions will kick off on May 22 with the reveal of the project’s tracklist, followed by a highlight medley. The following day will see the release of a title snippet. Between June 8 and June 12, ILLIT will share several concept photos, and release a music video teaser on June 13.

June 15 will see the release of a second teaser for the aforementioned music video. Finally, ILLIT will release their mini-album and its accompanying music video on June 16.

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— BELIFT LAB (@BELIFTLAB) May 20, 2025

‘Bomb’ follows their sophomore mini-album ‘I’ll Like You’, which arrived in October last year. The project scored a three-star review from Mika Chen for NME.

Mika wrote in the review: “The ‘I’ll Like You’ mini-album reaches for but falls short of the magnetism of their debut, even if both releases are largely cut from the same sonic cloth. One thing the group’s offerings never fail to do, though, is leverage ILLIT’s unique vocal texture – finding that spot between cloyingly sweet and youthful zest. If anything, ‘I’ll Like You’ casts ‘Super Real Me’ in a different light, bringing newfound appreciation and revealing complexities previously hidden in the dark.”

ILLIT made their debut in early 2024 with the EP ‘Super Real Me’, which was lead by the viral single ‘Magnetic’.

The girl group – comprising Wonhee, Minju, Iroha, Moka and Yunah – were formed through the JTBC reality TV series R U Next?. Prior to their official debut, ILLIT had starred in luxury fashion house Acne Studios SS24 global campaign.

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