K-pop group iKON will be back with a new album on May 3

iKON's last release was digital single 'Why Why Why' from March last year. – Photo: YG Entertainment

iKON will make a comeback on May 3, announced label YG Entertainment Thursday with a poster.

It has been 14 months since all six members put out new music together. Its previous work was digital single Why Why Why from March last year. No specifics about upcoming album have been released but it will also be the first music from the band since Bobby got married and had a son.

The band signaled its return on Monday with a “Coming Soon” poster and the members told fans that they finished shooting a music video for a new song recently in a live chat. In June, it will host an in-person concert for two days in Seoul, its first standalone concert in 3 1/2 years.

iKON debuted as a seven-member team in 2015 and released a series of hit songs including Killing Me, Love Scenario and Rhythm Ta.”In 2019, leader BI left the team acknowledging having smoked marihuana three years before. – The Korea Herald/Asia News Network