Overview

• Cortis officially debuted on Aug. 18 with its digital prerelease single “What You Want” and showcased treadmill-based choreography at a Seoul media event.
• BigHit introduced the quintet as a “young creator crew” with all members credited on songwriting, choreography and video production.
• “What You Want” layers 1960s psychedelic rock guitar riffs over boom-bap hip-hop beats as the lead prerelease from the EP Color Outside the Lines, due Sept. 8.
• Members Martin and James arrive with pre-debut credits on projects for Hybe acts such as TXT and ILLIT, highlighting the group’s in-house production skills.
• Cortis’s global rollout has included a viral TikTok launch, a member-co-directed LA pre-debut MV and plans for an English-version collaboration ahead of the full EP.