At long last, XG is releasing a debut album. In a Tuesday (Sept. 2) announcement, the Japanese girl group shared that its first-ever full-length is set to drop in a matter of months, with a lead single coming even sooner.
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As revealed in an ethereal, extra-terrestrial album teaser, JURIN, CHISA, HINATA, HARVEY, JURIA, MAYA and COCONA will unveil their debut LP on Jan. 23, 2026. In the clip, a snippet of music plays with the repeating phrase, “Everything you do.”
Ahead of the project, the R&B/hip-hop septet will also unveil lead single “GALA” on Sept. 19. Described in a release as a “high-energy, runway-ready anthem driven by futuristic sounds and striking visual imagery,” the track will fuse “hard-hitting rap, bilingual flows, driving house rhythms and bold synth textures to create ‘X GALA,’ a futuristic reimagining of a high-fashion gala through XG’s distinctive lens.”
As longtime fans of the Xtraordinary Girls know, the band’s first album has been a long time coming. After debuting in March 2022 with single “Tippy Toes,” the members released mini-album New DNA in September 2023, followed by Awe in November 2024.
Over the past three years, XG has also expanded its global fanbase through live shows and festival stops, performing at Coachella earlier this year before headlining Japanese music fest a-nation in August. Pioneering a new genre of music that they refer to as “X-pop,” the members have maintained their close friendship even as the group’s star has risen.
“What makes us extraordinary is that I feel we are able to break free from all these norms and borders that tend to bind us,” JURIN told Soy Kim for XG’s Billboard cover story in 2023. “By that same token, there is a bond between us that transcends a lot of types of challenges, and it’s really amazing to have that.”
Check out XG’s debut album teaser below.
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