BABYMONSTER Releases CHOOM Today. The World Tour Starts in Seven Weeks.

Six members, four tracks, and a second world tour waiting at the end of it.

BABYMONSTER dropped their third mini album CHOOM today at 6 PM KST via YG Entertainment. The four-track project - titled after the Korean word for dance - marks the group's first release of 2026 and arrives without member Rami, who remains on a health-related hiatus and did not participate in recording or production.

The tracklist runs "Moon" (2:46), title track "Choom" (2:58), "I Like It" (3:26), and "Locked In" (3:01). YG Entertainment announced the project on March 4, with Yang Hyun-suk confirming the May 4 date on March 30.

The release is paired with a live broadcast. At 8 PM KST tonight, BABYMONSTER is hosting a Comeback Special Live on YouTube, Weverse, and TikTok, hosted by entertainer Yoo Jae Pil, centered around the album's dance concept. The members will perform the title track's "point dance" and discuss production details in real time.

The commercial setup is stronger than their previous EP cycle. WE GO UP, released October 2025, debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart, Hanteo Weekly Album Chart, and iTunes Worldwide Albums Chart - but drew mixed critical response, with assessments noting strong technical execution against inconsistent conceptual direction. CHOOM arrives with a cleaner, more defined brief: the concept positions the group as performers first, built around live delivery rather than production concept.

That framing leads directly to what comes next. The 2026-2027 BABYMONSTER World Tour [CHOOM] opens June 26-28 at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul - already sold out - before expanding into six cities across Japan through July and August, then continuing across five continents including Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America. It is the group's second world tour.

The scale of the touring commitment relative to the EP's four-track runtime is deliberate. CHOOM functions as a tour launch vehicle more than a standalone statement - a pattern YG has used before with BLACKPINK's pre-tour releases, where a concise high-impact drop precedes an extended global run rather than competing with it.

Whether CHOOM can close the critical gap between BABYMONSTER's performance reputation and their recorded output is the more open question. The Seoul dates will be the first real test.