K-pop girl group ITZY will be making a comeback this October, with the return of vocalist Lia.
Yesterday (September 4), TenAsia reported that ITZY will be making a comeback as a full group this October, marking the return of vocalist Lia after a lengthy hiatus due to health issues.
Shortly after, their agency JYP Entertainment confirmed via TVDaily that ITZY are “preparing for a full group comeback this October”. However, the agency has yet to share specific details on the record, such as its title, tracklist and release date.
Back in July, JYP Entertainment issued a statement sharing that Lia would return to the group in the coming months, after going on hiatus due to “extreme levels of anxiety” since September 2023.
“Her tension and symptoms of anxiety have significantly improved,” it said at the time. “After careful discussion with Lia, it has been decided that she will resume her activities.”
The upcoming record will be ITZY’s first release since their second studio album ‘Born to Be’, which arrived in January 2024. The album did not feature Lia, apart from her solo song ‘Blossom’.
In February, the singer made her first public appearance since going on hiatus at the group’s ‘Born To Be’ concert in Seoul as an audience member. During the show, the singer was spotted on the venue’s LED screens on stage, waving to fans and her bandmates.
In other K-pop news, NCT’s Taeyong is set to release his first solo concert film Taeyong: TY Track in Cinemas this October. The movie will feature his February concert at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
Madonna revealed that she saw her late mother "on the other side" while she was in a medically induced coma in 2023.
In a conversation on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast on Monday, the Queen of Pop explained that she was treated in intensive care and remained in a coma for two days after doctors discovered a "serious bacterial infection" that developed after a mild fever.
Thinking back to the health scare, Madonna shared that she experienced a vision of her mother, also named Madonna Ciccone, who lost her life to breast cancer in December 1963.
"I was almost there on the other side, and I had a conscious moment," she said. "My mother appeared to me, and she said, 'Do you want to come with me?' And I said, 'No.'"
She added that her assistant was present in the room and heard her say the word, "No."
"And then, when I did eventually wake up, I realised that the 'no' was about me needing to forgive and make good with people that I still held grudges against," the 67-year-old explained.
One of the long-standing conflicts she chose to release was her troubled relationship with her brother Christopher Ciccone.
The artist passed away from pancreatic cancer at 63 in October 2024.
"For my brother, I didn't speak to him for, you know, for years, years, and years. And it was him being ill (and) reaching out to me and saying, 'I need your help.' And me having that moment like, 'Am I going to help my enemy?' You know, that's how it felt. And I just did," the Ray of Light singer said. "And I ended up (helping) and I felt so relieved. And it was such a load off my back, such a weight that was removed, baggage that I could put down to finally be able to be in a room with him and holding his hand, even if he was dying and saying, 'I love you and I forgive you.' That was really important."
