Overview

• On August 7 at midnight KST, BigHit Music announced its new boy band CORTIS—Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon and Keonho—and launched official X and TikTok profiles.
• The name CORTIS stands for “Color Outside The Lines,” underscoring the group’s boundary-pushing concept.
• Each member holds pre-debut credits on senior acts, contributing to songs by TXT, ENHYPEN and LE SSERAFIM and choreographing for ILLIT.
• Described as a “young creator crew,” the quintet will share creative control over music, choreography and video production without fixed roles.
• A full teaser video is scheduled for August 10 at midnight KST to build momentum ahead of CORTIS’s official debut on August 18.