Ryujin (ITZY) showed the charm of a group in the teaser photo of the new song "SNEAKERS".

Source: JYP Entertainment

At 6 pm (KST) on May 15, Itzy will make a comeback with the new mini-album "Checkmate" and the title song "SNEAKERS". Before that, the group is in turn revealing various teaser contents such as a promotion schedule, concept film, concept photo, tracklist, and theme poster. On April 4 and 5, through the official SNS channel, individual teasers for Yeji and Lia's new song were announced. Next, at 0:00 (KST) on May 6, Ryujin continued to deliver concept photos and Snick Peak.

In this photo, Ryujin drew attention when showing off his hip-hop look and sporty charm along with uniquely designed sneakers. The video made fans happy with a playful pose like tapping chopsticks into a frying pan and imitating the guitar playing with chopsticks matching the lyrics of the song "You Better Put your snakeers on Put my snakeers on 1, 2, Ready, get set, go ya".

The title song "SNEAKERS" is a song containing a happy mood with a commitment to give listeners a feeling of determination to move forward. Itzy will focus on the music world this summer with a new song containing the freedom of the Zenz generation. In particular, before the album was released, the group said "This is a very suitable song for summer. Nothing has received such positive reviews from experts as the real "bright sports style". very suitable", "Just listening to it makes me feel like I'm flying on stage"... the song makes fans predict the birth of the hit song in the summer of 2022.

At 7:08 am (KST) on May 8, celebrating 3 years since the release of the fandom name MIDZY, Itzy will conduct spoiler live for the first time on the global TikTok mobile video platform. The story of the new album is expected to share precious memories with MIDZY and spend a happy time.

Starting from August, the group will meet domestic and foreign fans through the group's first world tour "Itzy The 1st World Tour CHCheckmate>". Starting with two exclusive shows held at SK Olympic Handball Stadium in Seoul on August 6 and 7, Los Angeles on October 26, Phoenix on October 29, Dallas on November 1, Sugar Land on the 3rd, Atlanta on the 5th, Chicago on the 7, Boston on the 13th, New York on the 13th. Among them, after the US tour ticket sales opened, tickets were sold out. It proves the reaction audience's enthusiasm to "Kpop girl group".

At 6 pm (US time) on July 15 (US time), Itzy will officially release the mini-album vol.5 CHECKMATE and the title song "SNEAKERS". On the comeback day, the group will interact with fans through the special comeback programs of Mnet and Blue Room on Twitter.