Red Velvet's IRENE & SEULGI Make Their Official Japan Debut with the Mini Album 'Cheetah' and a Seven-City Tour

What happened

IRENE & SEULGI, a unit of Red Velvet, will release their first mini album in Japan and make their official debut there. According to News1, the pair release their first Japanese mini album Cheetah on physical formats in Japan on 4 November, and put all of its tracks up on global music platforms first, on 14 September.

The album has five tracks. The same outlet described the title track ‘Cheetah’, which shares the album’s name, as a song marked by bright, upbeat energy, and wrote that the album also carries songs ranging from a mature R&B mood to delicate emotion.

Why is it trending?

The concerts start before the physical release. According to Newsen, IRENE & SEULGI follow their Japan debut with ‘IRENE & SEULGI JAPAN TOUR 2026 -blank-’. Starting in Fukuoka on 19 September, the tour goes on to Hyogo, Osaka, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Aichi and Kanagawa, seven cities in all.

The schedule runs in this order: all tracks out on 14 September, the tour opening on 19 September, the physical release in Japan on 4 November. Economy Queen wrote on the same day that the album has five tracks and that the concerts take place in seven Japanese cities.

What you need to know

• IRENE & SEULGI is a unit made up of Red Velvet members Irene and Seulgi.
• Their first Japanese mini album Cheetah comes out on physical formats in Japan on 4 November.
• All of its tracks go up on global music platforms before that, on 14 September.
• The album has five tracks, including the title track ‘Cheetah’.
• The tour ‘IRENE & SEULGI JAPAN TOUR 2026 -blank-’ opens in Fukuoka on 19 September.
• The seven concert cities are Fukuoka, Hyogo, Osaka, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Aichi and Kanagawa.
• The video below is the music video for ‘Monster’, the unit’s 2020 debut song, on the official SMTOWN channel. K-Culture Radar links to the official upload rather than re-hosting it.