K-Pop Comeback Calendar: August 2026
Stray Kids already took the Billboard 200. If you still have one late night left this month, BIGBANG's first new song since 2022 is August 19, ENHYPEN returns as six on the 21st, and NCT 127's tenth-anniversary album lands the 24th.
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Review cadence: Refresh after NCT 127 and ALPHA DRIVE ONE land; archive when the September calendar fills.
Stray Kids already had their week. THIS & THAT came out August 7 and it is No. 1 in the U.S. again, ninth album in a row, about 369,000 units.
KATSEYE put WILD up on the 14th, so that one is sitting there too.
The part that will wreck a sleep schedule is still ahead: BIGBANG on the 19th, ENHYPEN on the 21st, and three boy groups on the 24th. You do not need every row. Pick the night you were already going to stay up for.
At a glance (August 2026)
| Date | Act | Release | Quick note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3 | Red Velvet | Velvet Summer | First summer EP as five since 2024 |
| Aug 4 | KISS OF LIFE | SWEAT | If Sticky is still your August song |
| Aug 5 | NOWZ | Achilles | Cube's disco single |
| Aug 7 | Stray Kids | THIS & THAT | The U.S. No. 1; sales note if you want the numbers |
| Aug 7 | ARTMS | Hyper-Ego | LOONA line under MODHAUS; four promoting, HaSeul is out |
| Aug 10 | WayV | Vision Wings | NCT's Chinese unit, martial-arts video |
| Aug 10 | KiiiKiii | WhyKiiiKiii | The one with Pop Off Pop Off |
| Aug 11 | Jeong Eun-ji | Summer, I | Apink solo she produced herself |
| Aug 13 | Splayit | SPLAY : CHAPTER 01 | New band from Mnet's Steal Heart Club |
| Aug 14 | KATSEYE | WILD | English EP; the film is still in theaters |
| Aug 19 | BIGBANG | BiiiG | First new song since 2022; Goyang starts the 21st |
| Aug 19 | MJ | Right..? | ASTRO vocalist's first physical solo |
| Aug 20 | Tiffany Young | Edge of Calm | Girls' Generation, first full solo album |
| Aug 21 | ENHYPEN | THE SIN : BLISS | First album as six; title track is Bloody Paradise |
| Aug 24 | NCT 127 | BLINGY | Tenth anniversary, five on promo |
| Aug 24 | ALPHA DRIVE ONE | UNBREAKABLE : 少年BEAST | WakeOne rookies, second mini |
| Aug 24 | NEXZ | SAUCIN' | JYP's other Friday |
| Aug 26 | SF9 | TENACITY | Tenth-anniversary full album |
| Aug 31 | Taemin | PHASE 1 : Soft Violence | SHINee solo, then he tours |
EXO's D.O. has an August album with no day attached yet. We will add him when SM names one.
If August already got away from you
Play THIS & THAT. That is the album that actually moved the American chart. If you care more about the sold-out RUN IT rooms than the title track, the capacity piece is the better tab.
Red Velvet's Velvet Summer is five tracks and done. Joy wrote on the title song, Surfin' Boy, and it sounds later in the day than their old summer records.
KATSEYE's WILD is the English one. Five songs, Ed Sheeran on Animal. The movie is still playing if you want to see them before the arena tour starts September 1.
What's left
BIGBANG's new song is Wednesday the 19th. Not an album. Just BiiiG, the first thing G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung have put out as a group since Still Life in 2022. They open XX:COSMOS in Goyang two days later. Play the single if you want the anniversary song. The stadium dates are the actual event.
Friday the 21st is the first ENHYPEN album without Heeseung. He left in March and is making solo music as EVAN. The other six are still inside the vampire story they started in January with THE SIN : VANISH. See if it still sounds like them.
Monday the 24th piles three boy groups onto the same night. NCT 127's BLINGY is the tenth-anniversary album, and they are promoting as five while Doyoung and Jungwoo are in the military. ALPHA DRIVE ONE and NEXZ drop that evening too. Follow whoever you already have a bias for.
If the group pile-up is too much, Tiffany Young's first full album is Thursday and Taemin closes the month on the 31st.
Concert dates live on the North America tour calendar. July and September are on their own pages, and the 2026 hub jumps between months.
Frequently asked questions
- What time do these drop in North America?
- Usually 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. in Korea, which is late night or early morning on the East Coast. If you care about first-week Billboard numbers, get the streams in before Thursday night U.S. time.
- Is BIGBANG releasing an album?
- No. BiiiG is one digital single, August 19 at 6 p.m. KST. The Goyang stadium shows start two days later.
- Why isn't EXO's D.O. on the table?
- An August album is confirmed. The day is not. We will add him when SM names one.
