ASTRO fans can now count the days before the much-awaited comeback of the K-pop group this month. The six-member group is set to drop their sixth mini-album on November 20.
ASTRO's label Fantagio Music has released the teaser for the EP and it revealed the album name as Blue Flame. The teaser clip shows a blue smoke slowly rises against a black backdrop. The text that reads, "When they open the book, a bluish light covered all over the boys," also accompanies the animated poster teaser.
Blue Flame is the boys' follow up to their most recent album, All Light. It was ASTRO's first full-length LP, which was released earlier this year. Its lead track "All Night" gave ASTRO their first-ever music show win in the SBS MTV music program The Show since their debut in 2016.
ASTRO's fans, also called the AROHA, are expecting that the group will also announce fan meeting dates and their 3rd Astroad Tour once the album was released. The group made several tour stops in North America during their second world tour in March. Prior to the U.S. leg of the tour, all ASTRO members also launched their individual Instagram account.
The 2nd Astroad Tour ended in Bangkok, Thailand in April. They also released a Japanese EP in the same month. Since then, the members embarked on solo projects. Cha Eunwoo starred in a lead role in Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Kyung. Moonbin, on the other hand, appeared in the, recently, concluded K-drama At Eighteen along with former Wanna One member Ong Seong Wu.
Meanwhile, JinJin, MJ, Cha Eunwoo, Moonbin, Rocky, and Sanha currently starred in their own K-rama, titled Soul Plate. The KBS drama also stars LABOUM's Solbin.
The series follows the ASTRO members as angel chefs and descendants of Raphael, who are running a restaurant. They heal and comfort people visiting their restaurant with their food. The six angels have different tasks at the restaurant but their varied personalities made them clash at work.
Solbin, on the other hand, plays the role of Soopia. She is a cheerful and energetic farm girl, who owns the Soopia farm. Her grandfather who ran the farm chose her name meaning the Forest Fairy.
The six-episode series premiered on Oct. 25. It was presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation. While waiting for ASTRO's new album, catch the new Soul Plate episode every Friday at 5:00 p.m. KST on KBS and through the Naver TV channel.
