xikers have released the powerful new single, ‘Iconic’ – check it out below.
Last Friday (August 01), the KQ Entertainment K-pop boyband returned with ‘Iconic’ several months after their fifth EP ‘House Of Tricky: Spur’. ‘Iconic’ takes on a trap sound, with a blend of Western-inspired guitar riffs.
The group sing on the chorus: “Turn up the heat, yeah, I’m about to blow / Live my life, so iconic / They’re gonna think I’m ironic / I want so much more what you’re waiting for / I want so much more from it / What ya waiting for from me? / Y’all thought I would hide from it / I just put some ice on it / They’re gonna hear me roar, got that animal / Live my life, so iconic / They’re gonna think I’m ironic”
Check out xikers’ ‘Iconic’ below.
The release of ‘Iconic’ comes around four months after the group dropped their fifth EP ‘House Of Tricky: Spur’. That EP included the tracks ‘You Hide We Seek’, ‘Breathe’, ‘Highway’, ‘Roller Coaster’ and ‘Rock Your Body’.
Prior to releasing ‘Iconic’, the group embarked on their 2025 ‘Road to XY: Enter the Gate’ world tour, featuring concerts in Rosemont, Atlanta, New York and more. It all kicked off in early May with a show in Seoul, South Korea.
In other K-pop news, ILLIT have enlisted rising Canadian singer-songwriter and social media star Sophie Powers for a new version of their song ‘Jellyous’. The original version of the track arrived in June as part of their ‘Bomb’ EP.
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Oliver Tree’s team has provided a new update following the singer’s death in a helicopter crash on June 14, confirming that a new artist grant will soon be established in his memory to help creatives secure funding, a plan he had detailed in his will before his passing.
Accompanying a collection of photos highlighting Tree’s performances, travels and creative work through the years, a post shared Sunday (June 21) on his Instagram account revealed that the musician’s remains have been brought back to California, the state he called home and where he will be laid to rest. “His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named ‘Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses’ coming soon,” the caption reads. “This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing.”
“We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish,” the statement continued, adding that “the constant love, support and positivity” shown by fans throughout the past week has helped his “family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times.”
Tree was among six people who lost their lives in a helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro. The musician was in Brazil for his The World’s First Tour run and had performed what would ultimately be his final concert on June 6 in São Paulo. The other victims of the crash were identified as passengers Lucas Vignale, Gaspar Prim and Lucas Brito Chaves, along with pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.
Just months before his death, Tree discussed his plans to direct his fortune and future earnings from his music toward a grant program for artists during an appearance on the Zach Sang Show. “I take no credit for anything I’ve ever done,” he said during the April interview. “Furthermore, I don’t believe that any of the wealth or things that get made from it is mine. So when I die … my will is set up so that when I pass, my family, nobody is going to get a penny.”
“If I have a wife or kids or anything, they’re not getting a penny,” he added at the time, explaining that the initiative would focus on helping artists create work rather than funding education. “I’ll get my kids through college, that’s the agreement, but there’s not gonna be a silver spoon. All the money is going to go back to artists.”
