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ILLIT
아일릿
ILLIT are a five-member girl group under BELIFT LAB: Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee and Iroha. Formed through JTBC's R U Next?, they debuted on 25 March 2024 with the mini album SUPER REAL ME, released the fourth mini album MAMIHLAPINATAPAI in April 2026 and a Korean version of 'I Got Your Back' in August.
- Agency
- BELIFT LAB
- Debut
- 25 March 2024
- Members
- 5
- Fandom
- GLLIT
Who ILLIT are
ILLIT (아일릿) are a five-member girl group under BELIFT LAB: Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee and Iroha. They were formed in September 2023 through JTBC’s survival programme R U Next?, which followed the selection of HYBE Labels’ new girl group, and debuted on 25 March 2024 with the mini album SUPER REAL ME.
The name joins I will, for an independent and forward-looking will, with the pronoun It, for something special; the label describes it as a group with the potential to become anything. The fan club is called GLLIT (글릿).
Where to start
Start with ‘It’s Me’, the title track of the fourth mini album MAMIHLAPINATAPAI, released on 30 April 2026. The newest song is ‘I Got Your Back’, released first as a Japanese single in July and in a Korean version on 17 August. The debut song ‘Magnetic’ reached number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2024.
ILLIT began their first solo tour, PRESS START, with concerts in Seoul in March 2026. Official videos are on the HYBE LABELS YouTube channel and the group’s own channel. K-Culture Radar does not re-host video; it links to the official uploads.
Official links
Timeline
- Release
ILLIT release the Japanese digital single 'Swingin' Magic'
The opening theme of season two of the TV anime Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly, released in the original and a Korean version.
Brief · Read the story - Award
ILLIT win Artist of the Year at the 2026 TMA
ILLIT received Artist of the Year at the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS in Busan.
Brief · Read the story - Release
A Korean version of 'I Got Your Back'
The song released as a Japanese single in July returned as a Korean version with a rock arrangement. The Japanese single had reached number two on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
Electronic Times · Source 1 - Release
I Got Your Back, the second Japanese single
JISOO and MOMOKA of HANA feature on the title track and wrote their own rap verses. The digital release came at 8 p.m. that day and the physical single on 29 July.
iMBC · Source 2 - Release
MAMIHLAPINATAPAI, the fourth mini album
It came out at 6 p.m. KST, with the techno track 'It's Me' as its title track. Wonhee explained that the album's name is a word from the Yaghan language of South America for the moment when two people each wait for the other to act first.
Dispatch · Source 3 - Milestone
The first solo tour, PRESS START, opens in Seoul
It began with two concerts at Ticketlink Live Arena in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on 14 and 15 March. The tour runs to 14 concerts in seven cities, through Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hyogo and Tokyo in Japan to a finale in Hong Kong on 22 August.
Chosun Ilbo · Source 4 - Milestone
The official fan club name, GLLIT, is announced
BELIFT LAB announced it. The name is drawn from the English word glitter, to sparkle and shine, for the fans who shine brightest in ILLIT's eyes and make ILLIT sparkle.
Soompi · Source 5 - Milestone
The debut song 'Magnetic' enters the Billboard Hot 100
It entered the Billboard Hot 100 dated 20 April at number 91. Newsis reported it as the first time a K-pop group's debut song had reached that chart.
Newsis · Source 6 - Debut
Debut with the mini album SUPER REAL ME
The album holds four songs, the title track 'Magnetic' among them. That afternoon the group held its debut showcase at Blue Square in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
MK Sports · Source 7 - Note
ILLIT named on the final of JTBC's R U Next?
The last episode of the survival programme, in which BELIFT LAB trainees competed to form a new girl group, went out live. Of the trainees who earned a place that night, Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee and Iroha debuted as ILLIT the following year.
Edaily · Source 8
Members
Music
Mini album
MAMIHLAPINATAPAI
Single
Bubee (Korean Ver.)
Single
NOT CUTE ANYMORE
Mini album
bomb
Mini album
I'LL LIKE YOU
Mini album
SUPER REAL ME
Videos
Channels
- YouTubeILLIT
Endorsements
Stories
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ILLIT win Artist of the Year at the 2026 TMA ahead of their fifth mini album BREAK EVEN on 26 October
ILLIT received Artist of the Year at the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS in Busan on 19 September 2026. Two days later they released the Japanese digital single 'Swingin' Magic', and they return with their fifth mini album BREAK EVEN on 26 October.
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