Ex-IZ*ONE singer Jo Yu-ri to return with new music next month

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IZ*ONE vocalist Jo Yu-ri will be releasing new music next month, as confirmed by her agency WAKEONE.The entertainment confirmed Jo’s impending comeback in a brief statement to South Korean news outlet Top Star News earlier today (May 13).

WAKEONE noted that the K-pop idol will be “making a comeback with a mini-album in June”, as translated by Soompi.Jo’s forthcoming record will be her first release since making her solo debut in October 2021 with the single album ‘Glassy’.

The project featured a title track of the same name, as well as B-side songs ‘Express Moon’ and the previously-released ‘Autumn Memories’.Following IZ*ONE’s disbandment last year, Jo became the second member to pursue a solo music career, following the group’s former leader Kwon Eun-bi.

Kwon debuted in September 2021 with the mini-album ‘Open’, and made a comeback last month with the project ‘Color’.Kwon had previously shared her thoughts on going solo in an interview with South China Morning Post. “I feel good overall, but I have a lot of weight on my shoulders about needing to show my own colours,” she confessed. “It’s my first time, so I’m trying to show myself as best as I can to everyone.” In other IZ*ONE news, fellow former bandmate Kim Chae-won shared in a recent interview with Weverse Magazine that she had never anticipated working with Miyawaki Sakura again, after both idols reunited as members of the freshly-debuted HYBE girl group LE SSERAFIM.“There were a lot of members, plus we didn’t have a lot of time together.