BIGBANG world tour kicks off Aug 21 as K-pop boy groups stack August: Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, NCT 127

BIGBANG kicks off a 14-country world tour on August 21 at Goyang Sports Complex. It's their first concert in nine years, arriving just in time for their 20th debut anniversary. No official album title or release date yet, though industry sources expect a 20th anniversary album around the tour launch. Their last release was the 2022 digital single 봄여름가을겨울 (Still Life).

Stray Kids already moved. The group dropped their 10th mini album THIS & THAT on August 7. Eight tracks, including the title track and After You. Producing unit Three Racha — Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han — are credited on every song. Felix on the album: "this time I think it's a song and album that brews Stray Kids' own deep and rich taste anew."

ENHYPEN follows on August 21 with their 8th mini album THE SIN : BLISS, continuing THE SIN : VANISH, the 7th mini album from January.

NCT 127 closes out the month on August 24 with their 7th full-length album BLINGY. Nine tracks marking the group's 10th debut anniversary. (Ten years, one album title that sounds like a toddler's nickname — very on-brand.) Tracks Legacy and 127 Million Miles appear alongside the title track, with the album framed around the group's decade-long journey and team unity.