ZEROBASEONE announces Japanese EP 2 'Kigui Love' for August 19

ZEROBASEONE will release their Japanese EP 2, Kigui Love (回帰LOVE), on August 19, 2026. Wakeone announced the release on August 1 via the group's official SNS with a poster for the album.

Three tracks make up the EP: title track Existence (イグジステンス), Aphrodite, and a Japanese-language version of Top 5. The concept centers on "circling back to you." Members of Japanese piano trio Omoinotake contributed to the project.

It's their first Japan comeback in roughly 10 months. The special EP ICONIK came before this. That release landed in the upper tier of the Oricon Daily Album Chart right after dropping and hit No. 1 on Tower Records' all-store comprehensive album chart.

Sung Hanbin, Kim Jiwoong, Matthew Seok, Kim Taerae, and Park Gunwook formed through Mnet's 2023 survival program Boys Planet. They set a record for the highest first-week sales of a K-pop debut album and swept rookie awards across multiple award ceremonies. (Domestically, they had already released their sixth mini-album Ascend- in May 2026.)