“Welcome back”: Fans ecstatic as Apink announces comeback date for their tenth mini-album SELF

On March 13, K-pop group Apink officially announced the comeback date for their tenth mini-album, SELF, which will release on April 5, and released its first teaser.

The group has been highly active in the music industry, releasing one album after another almost every consecutive year. Under IST Entertainment, it has released several singles, including its digital single Thank You in 2021 and special album HORN in 2022.

The group is now all set to release their tenth mini-album SELF with a bright concept as stated earlier by them, however, the teaser showcases some contrasting details and fans can’t wait to see how the group unravels their album in April.

“Finally a comeback, I'm so excited!”: Apink fans can't contain their excitement while desperately waiting for mini-album SELF

Apink will be making their much-awaited comeback in April soon and fans just can’t get enough of it. Several were left curious by the contrasting details in the recently released teaser, while it has a dark and gloomy vibe, the group has previously stated that it will make a comeback with vibrant and bright music.

Meanwhile, the girl group will also hold a Pink Drive fan concert that will be available for fans online. Additionally, it has been reported that they will also be releasing their anniversary song during the comeback, raising the anticipation among fans.

IST Entertainment recently announced that Apink will begin its fan concert, Pink Drive, from March 17, with Tokyo, then moving on to Osaka, Taipei, Hong Kong before finally concluding the same in Seoul, South Korea, on April 16.

The upcoming concerts will mark the group's first live interaction with remaining five members since Son Naeun left the group on April 8, 2022, due to her conflicting schedule. Following departure, the idol joined YG Entertainment to continue her career as an actress. Having been a member of Apink for years, both the group members and Son Naeun decided to showcase their full support to each other in their future endeavors.

Son Naeun has featured in several dramas including The Most Beautiful Goodbye, Dinner Mate, Ghost Doctor, Cinderella with Four Knights, and more. Several were saddened by the fact that they will not be able to see the six members together, however, they are happy to witness a comeback.

The K-pop community is currently abuzz with several comebacks in the coming months of April including IVE, aespa, Taeyeon, Stray Kids, BTOB, Exo, NCT unit, and more. It is gearing up to watch all of its favorite group's comeback music videos and listen to the latest music.

More about Apink

The k-pop girl group currently consists of five members, including Chorong, Bomi, Eunji, Namjoo, and Hayoung. The group previously had seven members including Naeun and Yookyung, but while the latter left the group in 2023 to solely dedicate her time to studies, the former left to focus on her acting career.

Debuted on April 19, 2011, with their mini album Seven Springs of Apink, the group has since released a number of albums and singles including Pink Revolution, Pink, MEMORY, UNEANNE, Dear, and more. They have also been credited to singles including LOOK, Everybody Ready?, PERCENT, I want you to be happy, and more.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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