September 2026 K-pop Comebacks: BOYNEXTDOOR, &TEAM, izna & Everything Announced So Far
September’s slate stretches from 82MAJOR’s HEAT and CHUNG HA’s “México” on September 1 to n.SSign’s Japanese mini album 迷走路 -WAY OUT- on September 30. This page tracks the records themselves — title tracks, rollout sequences, and the slots still waiting on titles. For the day-by-day layout of the month, see the September 2026 calendar, which carries release times and filters.
izna — “HANDLE WITH CARE” (September 2)
izna released the Japanese mini album “HANDLE WITH CARE” on September 2, led by the title track “DUMB HOT!”
MONSTA X — “The Phase” (September 4)
MONSTA X arrived on September 4 at 1 PM KST with the EP “The Phase,” led by the title track “MAGIC.”
&TEAM — “Mark on Me” (September 8)
&TEAM followed on September 8 at 6 PM KST with the Korean mini album “Mark on Me.” The title track shares the album’s name.
BOYNEXTDOOR — “HOME: DELUXE” (September 28)
BOYNEXTDOOR release the repackaged album “HOME: DELUXE” on September 28 at 6PM KST. The title track is “ANIMAL.” Their Japanese digital single “Boom Boom Boom” was released August 18, making September’s repackage their second release in about six weeks. If you’re catching up on the month before, the August 2026 preview has the full rundown.
Rollouts in progress
LISA’s “SaWaDiKa” (9 AM KST) and JISOO’s “CLICK” (1 PM KST) arrived as pre-release singles on September 4; LISA’s EP PRESS PLAY follows on October 23, covered in the October 2026 preview. ONEW (SHINee) has a pre-release single set for September 29, another for October 7, and the single album 착각 for October 20. CLOSE YOUR EYES opened their mini album 256th Note with the pre-release single “Open Your Eyes” on September 18, ahead of the album itself on September 30 at 6 PM KST, led by “Drop That!”
Notable leads through the month
IU’s digital single “이 별로부터” (September 10, 6 PM KST) carried two title tracks — “이 별로부터” and “Dear my crazy soulmate.” The Volunteers’ full album i love u (September 14, 6 PM KST) also carried a double lead: “White Truck” and ‘“RBF”.’ YOUNGTAK’s full album GOGO landed the same day with “꺾어,” and SORAN’s EP Layer followed on September 18 at 6 PM KST, led by “이별직전.” Earlier in the month, SERRI (Dal Shabet) released “Night Drive” on September 9, with KIM KYU JONG (SS501)‘s EP SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL and GYUBIN’s “우리의 여름” on September 10. Noon KST openings: Big Ocean’s “Love Sign” and H//PE Princess’s “AWA” on September 9, then L.SUJEONG’s “NEW ISSUE” on September 10.
In the back half: C.NU (B1A4)‘s mini album REAL (September 19, 6 PM KST), led by “I.B.L”; AFuture’s “Last Party,” LUNEDI’s EP ANEW and QWER’s special single 소년만화 & 피카레스크 (all September 21, with ILLIT’s Japanese single the same day — see the Japan corner below); ONEUS’s mini album FIRST LIGHT : 井 (September 23, 6 PM KST), led by “눈을 돌리지마”; dearALICE’s EP dancefloorKILLA (September 25), a UK release; NCHIVE’s mini album ACHIEVE (September 26, 6 PM KST); and LEE JIMIN’s remake single “사랑 없는 노래 (2026)” (September 27).
Dated, but not yet titled
As of September 18, three September slots still hold unnamed records: Hi-Fi Un!corn’s September 25 digital single, MINZY (2NE1)‘s September 28 single, and ONEW’s September 29 pre-release single.
Japan corner
On the Japanese side, sun (tripleS)‘s “DNA” arrived September 1, with FTISLAND and izna following on September 2. SHIN SOOHYUN (U-KISS) and PLAVE followed on September 3, with FLARE U and XngHan&Xoul on September 9; the latter’s pre-release single is “Who Knew?” NAZE and IRENE & SEULGI (Red Velvet) shared September 14. ONEW (SHINee), KISS OF LIFE and INI released new Japanese records on September 16, alongside LIGHTSUM’s pre-release single “どうして.” ILLIT release “Swingin’ Magic” on September 21, followed by LIGHTSUM’s mini album “Re:idol” on September 23. XngHan&Xoul, SEO IN GUK, and n.SSign all land on September 30 with “HIGH BEAM,” “TRACE,” and “迷走路 -WAY OUT-,” respectively.
The full September schedule
Every September 2026 release we track, day by day with announced times and source links, is on the September 2026 comeback calendar.
We update this page as each new release is confirmed, so check back through the month, and see what’s coming next for everything beyond September.
Schedule facts in this article come from our verified release database — compiled from confirmed announcements, cross-checked, and reviewed before publishing. Read how we verify.