fromis_9 'GLOW ME' Second Studio Album 2026: 'Vitamin ME' and Their Most Independent Era Yet

fromis_9's second studio album 'GLOW ME' landed on July 21, 2026 — the five-member group's first full-length record in nearly three years and their first music as fully independent artists under ASND, following their 2024 departure from HYBE. The title track 'Vitamin ME,' a bright summer pop anthem built around self-acceptance and collective joy, anchors a ten-track album the group described in a July 20 Q&A as 'an album that is truly ours' — a pointed phrase for a group that spent much of its career navigating HYBE's vast corporate structure.

'GLOW ME' follows 'Unlock My World' (2023), fromis_9's debut studio album, meaning the group has now produced two full-length records across a career defined largely by mini-albums and single releases. The album's ten tracks span unit collaborations — 'Cold Blood' from Chaeyoung, Nagyung, and Jiheon; 'Why Do I Cry?' from Hayoung and Jiwon — alongside group cuts including 'ETERNAL,' 'Pocket Treat,' 'Blue Heart,' 'Screen Time,' 'Teacher,' 'Day 1,' and 'Wonderland.' The unit structure gives each pairing of the five members distinct sonic territory within the same release.

The timing is deliberate. fromis_9 formed through Idol School, the 2017 Mnet competition, and debuted in January 2018 under Stone Music Entertainment before transferring to Pledis and then to HYBE following Pledis's acquisition. Their 2024 transition to ASND — a smaller, independent operation — gave the members a creative environment with fewer institutional layers. The result, based on their own pre-release commentary, is an album where they shaped not just the performances but the production direction itself.

'Vitamin ME' operates in the same broad register as fromis_9's most commercially resonant work — warm, melodically generous K-pop that prioritises catchiness and emotional clarity. The title carries a double meaning: 'vitamin' as daily nourishment, and 'ME' as self-affirmation — a construction that reads as both a pop hook and a statement of intent from a group making their first album on fully independent terms. The other group tracks vary in texture: 'ETERNAL' opens with a more anthemic quality, while 'Pocket Treat,' 'Blue Heart,' and 'Screen Time' follow the trajectory of a contemporary girl-group summer record.

In their July 20 press Q&A, the members framed 'GLOW ME' against the full arc of their career: 'In our 9th year since debut, an album that is truly ours.' That framing carries genuine weight for a group that has outlasted most acts from their original competition era — only a fraction of Idol School's other graduate groups remain active in 2026. fromis_9's longevity is not accidental: they maintained a consistent release schedule through multiple management transitions and built a fanbase, the Flover fandom, that has tracked the group across every institutional shift. 'GLOW ME' is the culmination of that continuity — an album that reads as a statement about what it means to still be making music, on their own terms, at year nine.