LOS ANGELES, Nov 26 (Reuters) – For the Korean boy band Riize, recording their second studio album, “Fame,” was a chance to explore a new musical persona.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis next chapter is sort of us showing a different side of ourselves that we haven\u2019t really shown before,\u201d Korean-American member Anton, who grew up in New Jersey, told Reuters.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn this album, you can see in the trailer as well, but there\u2019s a piece called ‘Something\u2019s in the Water,’ and it really shows our dark side and things that we would want to hide,\u201d Korean-born member Sohee added, contrasting \u201cFame\u201d with the brighter elements of their first album, “Odyssey.”<\/p>\n “Odyssey” was released in May 2025 by SM Entertainment. It featured the high-energy lead single \u201cFly Up.\u201d<\/p>\n “Fame” came out this week. It includes \u201cSomething\u2019s in the Water,\u201d a soulful R&B song that channels the group\u2019s signature \u201cemotional pop\u201d sound, the upbeat song “Sticky Like” and the hip-hop title song, “Fame.”<\/p>\n Anton said the tone of the \u201cFame\u201d album is a departure from the recurring theme of \u201cgrowth\u201d that the group has previously pursued.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m curious to see how fans react,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Item 1 of 5 The 6-member South Korean boy band RIIZE poses for a portrait inside the RCA building on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City California, U.S. November 12, 2025. REUTERS\/Mike Blake<\/p>\n [1\/5]<\/b>The 6-member South Korean boy band RIIZE poses for a portrait inside the RCA building on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City California, U.S. November 12, 2025. REUTERS\/Mike Blake Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n Riize (pronounced “rise”) formed in 2023, and the K-pop group’s name is a combination of the words \u201crise\u201d and \u201crealize,\u201d signifying the members’ mutual growth and realization of their dreams.<\/p>\n Group members include Shotaro, who is Japanese, and Eunseok, Sungchan, Wonbin, Sohee and Anton.<\/p>\n The boy band performed at Los Angeles\u2019 Peacock Theater on November 11 for their “Riizing Loud” tour, a showcase of the “Odyssey” album and a full-circle moment for the group.<\/p>\n The members recalled making their Los Angeles debut in the same theater in 2024 during their \u201cFan-Con\u201d tour.<\/p>\n \u201cLos Angeles is sort of Riize\u2019s hometown in a way because we shot our debut music videos in this city,\u201d Anton said.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing back here (Los Angeles) and performing was such a memorable experience,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The U.S. leg of the \u201cRiizing Loud” tour concluded on November 14. The tour will continue with performances in Jakarta, Manila, Singapore and Macau in early 2026.<\/p>\n Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n Danielle Broadway covers topics that range from film premieres, celebrity news, Hollywood legal proceedings, theater, press junkets, enterprise stories and more at Thomson Reuters. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English Literature from Cal State Long Beach and previously worked at the Los Angeles Times and freelanced at Teen Vogue, USA Today, Black Girl Nerds and other outlets. Danielle won an LA Press Club award for her Los Angeles Times cover story about South Los Angeles representation in the show “Insecure” and is a GLAAD Media Award nominee for her work on the PBS series “Subcultured” episode about the gay rodeo. She is a member of the African American Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Association, LA Press Club and GALECA (LGBTQ+ Critics).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Nov 26 (Reuters) – For the Korean boy band Riize, recording their second studio album, “Fame,”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[82519,2786,82703,84892,108144,82500,84110,99595,85929,85720,83113,82702,18,82578,85475,117,45748,19,17,88439,83786,88835,88836,82565,85473,337,82524,85930,83810,41577,17827,82510,88837,12368,83126,30150,108143,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-203178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-amers","9":"tag-asia","10":"tag-asxpac","11":"tag-ccos","12":"tag-cleb","13":"tag-cmpny","14":"tag-cycs","15":"tag-destousenm","16":"tag-destouslfm","17":"tag-destseatp","18":"tag-dli","19":"tag-easia","20":"tag-eire","21":"tag-emrg","22":"tag-ent","23":"tag-entertainment","24":"tag-gen","25":"tag-ie","26":"tag-ireland","27":"tag-kr","28":"tag-lif","29":"tag-mdia","30":"tag-msic","31":"tag-mtpix","32":"tag-mtvid","33":"tag-music","34":"tag-namer","35":"tag-packageus-lifestyle","36":"tag-privt","37":"tag-pro","38":"tag-pub","39":"tag-publ","40":"tag-rcrds","41":"tag-show","42":"tag-soci","43":"tag-tmt","44":"tag-topiclifestyle-music","45":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115622290619698926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}