Casey drops 'Sailboat' pre-release, announces December solo concert for EP 'ODYSSEY'

Casey sets sail with '돛단배' ahead of full EP

Casey (Kim So-yeon, 31) dropped '돛단배' (Sailboat) on November 9 as the first pre-release from her upcoming EP ODYSSEY. The track is the album's second, using the image of a small boat crossing the sea to depict the passage of time after a breakup — the emotional thread that runs through the entire four-track project.

ODYSSEY frames the post-breakup experience as a single narrative arc: time passing, feelings shifting, eventually finding oneself again. '돛단배' will share double-title status with the third track, which has not yet been released. Tracks 1, 3, and 4 remain under wraps, unveiled sequentially before the December concert.

A year of singles leading into this

The EP caps a busy 2026 for Casey. She put out '그댈 위한 사랑' in February, '늦은 후회' in April, and '이보다 행복할 수 있을까 (Happy&ing)' in June. Her sixth mini-album Full Bloom came out in 2024, the same year she took the lead role of Na-rae in the drama 매일 재회해 드립니다 (Meet Again Every Day). Her catalog speaks for itself: '그때가 좋았어' (2018), '가을밤 떠난 너', '진심이 담긴 노래', and '사실말야내가말야 그게그러니까말이야' (2023). ODYSSEY extends what she's been building all along.

December concert at Yonsei University

Casey will close out the year with KASSY 2026 CONCERT CHAPTER.01 안녕;Farewell at Yonsei University Centennial Hall Concert Hall in Seoul. Two shows: December 12 at 6 PM and December 13 at 4 PM. The concert's theme covers the full emotional arc from first meeting through love, breakup, and memory to a new beginning. The setlist will include '돛단배', the remaining ODYSSEY tracks, and her representative works.

She put it plainly to fans: "Are you listening to '돛단배' well? People who want to sail the [ODYSSEY] voyage with me, shout out." (CHAPTER.01 in the concert title suggests she's thinking beyond one night.)