Enhypen to release 6th EP after successful Coachella debut
The news confirms the announcement it made following the band's festival debut at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the US.
The mini album comes about seven months after 'Romance : Untold – daydream –,' a repack of second LP 'Romance : Untold.' The repackage sold over 1.4 million copies and set a first-week sales record for a reissue for a K-pop act. The original studio album from July last year sold over 3 million and debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 2.
The band dropped digital single 'Loose' earlier this month and performed it for the first time on American talk show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!.'
On April 19, the seven-piece will hit the stage again at the music festival.
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