Overview
- YG confirmed on Oct. 13–14 that it is preparing a five-member boy group and a four-member girl group.
- Both groups are scheduled to record demo songs by the end of the year and their official debut dates will be set after title tracks are finalized.
- Yang Hyun Suk said he is personally overseeing the projects and positioned the new acts alongside TREASURE and BABYMONSTER as central to YG’s next generation.
- The company also announced near-term releases from current artists, with BABYMONSTER’s slower digital single "DESERVE" due Oct. 23 and TREASURE set to return with a hip-hop single titled "SHOCK."
- The moves signal a roster renewal for YG—its first boy-group launch since TREASURE in 2020 and its first girl-group launch since BABYMONSTER in 2024—and Yang promised a further YG announcement video toward year-end.