KISS OF LIFE have announced their first Japanese-language mini-album, ‘Tokyo Mission Start’ – find out more below.
Last weekend, the S2 Entertainment K-pop girl group and former NME cover stars announced their Japanese debut, which will come in the form of a mini-album seemingly titled ‘Tokyo Mission Start’.
The Japanese mini-album is scheduled for release on November 5 at midnight JST. It will come alongside lead single ‘Lucky’. You can pre-order your copy of KISS OF LIFE’s ‘Tokyo Mission Start’ here.
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The EP’s announcement also included a teaser trailer, which sees the four members of KISS OF LIFE arriving at what appears to be an airport in Tokyo. Check out the teaser trailer below.
‘Tokyo Mission Start’ will come less than six months after KISS OF LIFE released their latest South Korean mini-album, ‘224’ in June. Prior to that, they released the ‘Lose Yourself’ mini-album in October 2024.
Speaking to NME in a cover story about ‘Lose Yourself’ last December, member Belle explained: “‘Lose Yourself’ is all about the moment we totally lose ourselves to something we love and dream about, and for us, that’s our music.”
Julie continued: “We asked the question, ‘When do we lose ourselves?’, and everyone said when we’re on stage. The whole album really represents the way we look at music and how we present ourselves on stage, so we didn’t need to force anything – it just came naturally because we already lose ourselves [in that].”
KISS OF LIFE made their debut under S2 Entertainment in July 2023 with their self-titled EP, which included the lead single ‘Shhh’ and solo tracks by the members. They made their first comeback four months later with their second mini-album ‘Born to Be XX’ and title track ‘Bad News’.
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