Overview
- Belift Lab announced on Monday that ILLIT will release its fifth EP, Break Even, on Oct. 26 and that this will be the group's first new music in about six months.
- The label says the EP title borrows from the economic 'break-even point' to frame songs about refusing to keep investing time and emotion in relationships that do not return that effort.
- ILLIT will perform encore concerts at Inspire Arena in Incheon on Oct. 17–18 as part of the ongoing Press Start international tour, which is scheduled to conclude in Chiba, Japan, in December.
- The comeback builds on the group's April breakthrough with Mamihlapinatapai, whose lead single and promotions helped the group reach No. 26 on the Billboard 200 and win multiple Korean music show trophies.
- The use of arena encore shows before the EP release signals strong commercial demand and starts a focused promotional cycle that could raise the group's domestic and international profile through the autumn.