P1Harmony Announce Highly Anticipated Return With 'BLOW UP'

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Rosa Gulliver of TINYGMUSIC | October 23, 2026

P1Harmony Announces Return With ‘BLOW UP’ After First Headlining U.S. Festival Set, Career-High Billboard 200 Debut

P1Harmony announce their highly anticipated return with BLOW UP: the K-pop crossover sensation's 10th mini album that continues its long-running hero saga.

Introduced with an epic cinematic trailer titled “FINAL MISSION COMPLETE,” BLOW UP continues the heroic cinematic storyline first introduced through the group’s debut science-fiction film, P1H: The Beginning of a New World which earned recognition from The New York Times upon release. What sets P1Harmony’s heroes apart is that they stay cheerful, quirky and human even while saving the world, and for BLOW UP, members Keeho, Theo, Jiung, Intak, Soul and Jongseob return to carry out their final mission in that same spirit. Alongside a to-be-revealed new song previewed in the trailer, P1Harmony show fans that they are moving to a greater world beyond, signaling the start of a new chapter for a group that has never set limits on itself. The trailer closes with the full rollout schedule, including photo, trailer and tracklist dates.

P1Harmony first teased their comeback during their headlining performance at the first day of the inaugural 82WORLD: LA festival, their first headlining slot at a U.S. festival following appearances at Governors Ball in New York City and KCON in Los Angeles. After a 70-plus-minute set that included material from P1Harmony’s UNIQUE album (which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in March), the English album EX (No. 9 in 2025) and fan-favourite tracks like “Gotta Get Back” (their 2022 collaboration with Pink Sweat$), a montage of visuals and clips from past eras played before a final message flashed on screen: “It’s time to go higher. The next step? Are you ready to BLOW UP” setting the stakes for the group’s most exciting release yet.

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Following the set, acclaim came from media including California-based Music Connection who said, “It’s about time P1Harmony headlined a festival. The group has consistently released stellar songs, and its catalog is full of crowd-pleasers made for a festival setting.” In festival highlights, Forbes wrote “P1Harmony proved they deserved headline status,” with Billboard also noting multiple moments as highlights, saying after the headlining set “fans were primed to look forward to whatever P1Harmony was preparing next.”

Following the festival, P1Harmony appeared live on Good Day LA where the morning show declared "P1Harmony is making waves around the world and right here in LA” and teased out the first details of BLOW UP.

BLOW UP arrives just eight months after UNIQUE, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 58,000 units in its first week, P1Harmony’s highest-charting album to date, bringing the group’s total to six Billboard 200 entries. UNIQUE built on a breakthrough 2025 that included their 8th mini album DUH! and first-ever English project EX (which debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 40,000 units in its first week). Last year, Critics also named several P1H songs among the best K-pop tracks of the year, including the title track “DUH!” (Billboard) and “EX” (TIDAL), as well as the B-sides “Pretty Boy” from DUH! (The Hollywood Reporter, Stardust Magazine) and “Dancing Queen” off EX (AV Club).

BLOW UP is available for pre-order now.

About P1Harmony

P1Harmony is a six-member boy group composed of Keeho, Theo, Jiung, Intak, Soul and Jongseob. Introduced through their cinematic debut film ‘P1H: The Beginning of a New World’ and official debut in October 2020, the group built a reputation for its high-concept storytelling, cinematic visuals and a hands-on creative approach that blends pop, rock, Latin and global influences.

P1Harmony’s creative ethos has led to collaborations including Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Pink Sweat$ and New Hope Club, with press appearances including The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Daily Show, Entertainment Tonight, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vogue, Forbes, PAPER, People, NME, Hypebae and more. In 2026, P1Harmony won Best Recording for ‘DUH!’ and the Global Award at the D Awards, as well as Best Stage and an Artist Award at the K-World Dream Awards.

Previously, Billboard has noted that the band is “rising on the charts and growing more bold with their music,” while The Hollywood Reporter has observed that P1Harmony “seems to always be evolving.”