(G)I-DLE have introduced a rebrand, making their comeback with a brand new identify.
Final night time (Could 1), the Okay-pop woman group – who’re celebrating their seventh anniversary – revealed the identify change by way of their official social media channels, in addition to a Naver report.
Shifting ahead, the band shall be identified i-dle. It’s reported that the now-removed (G) of their identify was beforehand meant to suggest “women”, and that a part of its removing comes from them not eager to be restricted by gender norms.
i-dle (아이들) seventh ANNIVERSARY
2025.05.02#아이들 #idle#idle_7th_Anniversary pic.twitter.com/G3aBdrZiz4
— i-dle (아이들) (@official_i_dle) Could 1, 2025
Moreover, i-dle have introduced two new mini-albums. The primary is because of arrive later right this moment at 6pm KST/9am GMT. They’ve additionally shared a teaser for a monitor titled ‘for (G)’, which seems to be a remix of their debut monitor ‘LATATA’.
The second mini-album they’ve introduced can be on account of arrive this month, on Could 19.
The rebrand and upcoming releases come after CUBE Leisure in April confirmed that the woman group could be making a comeback in Could after all 5 members renewed their contracts with the label late final yr.
Their final launch was July 2024’s ‘I Sway’, their seventh mini-album. The file featured lead single ‘Klaxon’. ‘I Sway’ was additionally the follow-up to their January full-length file ‘[2]’, the album that received them the File of the 12 months Grand Prize on the 2024 MMAs.
Within the time since their final launch music collectively, Thai member Minnie made her solo debut earlier this yr with the mini-album ‘Her’. Minnie enlisted bandmate Yuqi for B-side track ‘Drive U Loopy’, whereas NCT’s Ten lent his vocals to ‘Obsession’.
In the meantime, Chinese language bandmate Yuqi additionally dropped a digital single titled ‘Radio (Dum-Dum)’ in March.