&TEAM, HYBE’s global rookie group, drops its first Korean mini-album "Back to Life" today (Oct. 28), officially marking the act’s Korean debut.
Fresh off a million-selling run in Japan with their third single "Go in Blind," the group is stepping onto K-pop’s home turf, poised for another leap forward.
The album and its title track "Back to Life" arrived Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. KST. A rock-hip-hop hybrid with towering beats and a cinematic pulse, the song charges behind a rallying cry to trust your reawakened instincts and chase wherever your heartbeat leads.
In the music video, &TEAM leans into its signature "wolf DNA" and fearless drive toward a bigger world. It opens on Maki asking, "Am I a monster? Are we?" before surging into storm-lit imagery, flashes of scars, and a high-impact formation sequence with dozens of dancers that amps up the intensity.
The six-track set spotlights the nine members’ expanded range. Alongside the title cut are the effervescent "Lunatic," a sweet confession in "MISMATCH," the vocal-forward "Rush," the cathartic rock ballad "Heartbreak Time Machine," and the delicately melodic, plainspoken "Who am I."
A heavyweight team powers the credits: Bang Si-Hyuk and Soma Genda lead the lineup, joined by Latin Grammy-nominated producer-songwriter JULiA LEWiS, and producers Tyler Spry, Scotty Dittrich, Mick Coogan, and Park Moonchi.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)