On the 12th October 2020, GFRIEND announced their newest studio album'回:Walpurgis Night' on November 9 through the global fan community platform Weverse and the official fan cafe. On the 27th of October 2020, GFRIEND showed off the concept photo of their new studio album'回:Walpurgis Night' through their official SNS channel. The first concept photo is the 'My Way' version.
The released photo shows the members of GFRIEND who have transformed into intelligent career women. The visuals completed with a black suit in an urban mood leave a refined and strong impression. In particular, the six members showed off their faithfulness to both work and friendship with a confident step. They raised curiosity about the new album by expressing their professional appearance when working and relaxing against the gorgeous night view.
GFriend's comeback comes after 4 months since the release of'回:Song of the Sirens' in July, and since 'Time for us' in January of last year as a regular album. The new full-length album'回:Walpurgis Night' is the last part of the'回 series,' which summarizes the growth narrative of GFRIEND, and is an album that attempts a new look that has never been done before.
In particular,'回:LABYRINTH,' which announced the prelude of change,'回:Song of the Sirens,' which showed and expressed the certain change, and'回:Walpurgis Night' marks the peak of change.
Besides, following the previous work, the group will continue to collaborate with the Big Hit Super Producer Corps and expand GFRIEND members' participation on the album, confirming their growing and evolving musical capabilities. Fans are eager to what kind of performance and music GFRIEND will show with this new album and can't wait for the official release.
Meanwhile, the '回:Walpurgis Night' album pre-order purchase is scheduled to begin on the 19th, and details will be confirmed later through Weverse and the official fan cafe.
GFriend is a six-member South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consists of Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They made their debut with the EP Season of Glass on January 15, 2015. GFriend won several 2015 female rookie awards and has garnered momentum since its debut despite being from a small company.
In 2016, they continued their success with their third EP, Snowflake, and won first place on many music shows with the title song, "Rough." They released their first full-length album, LOL, in July 2016. In 2017, GFriend made a comeback with a new concept with their fourth EP, The Awakening, and the pre-orders for the album exceeded 100,000 units.
GFriend released their fifth EP, Parallel, in August 2017, and the extended play was re-released a month later under the title Rainbow.
In 2018, GFriend held its first concert since debut called Season of GFriend and later their first Asia Tour with the same name. GFriend released its sixth EP, Time for the Moon Night, in April 2018, and the special EP Sunny Summer in July 2018. GFriend made an official Japanese debut with a compilation album, GFriend 1st Best, in May 2018.
In January 2019, GFriend released their second full-length album, Time For Us. In July 2019, GFriend released its seventh extended play album, Fever Season. In February 2020, GFriend released its eighth EP, 回:Labyrinth. In July 2020, the group released their ninth extended play, 回:Song of the Sirens.
GFRIEND will be making their comeback on November 9th, 2020 with their new studio album'回:Walpurgis Night'.
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Written By Ishani Sarkar.
