SM Entertainment's New Group, RIIZE Will Debut September 2023

JAKARTA - SM Entertainment introduced their newest K-pop group to debut this year. This man's K-pop group is named RIIZE like the group logo that the agency shared today, Monday, July 31.

The agency explained that the name RIIZE is the meaning of RISE and REALIZE. This means that this group will grow up and realize their dreams together.

Speaking of genres, SM Entertainment said RIIZE would choose the emotional pop genre. It is not yet known what the genre means.

RIZE consists of the top seven members who have visuals and skills. Each member has a unique character and advantages, will expand the journey together as a team that creates a new part of music history," SM Entertainment said in a statement about their new group.

RIIZE is SM Entertainment's newest group after aespa in 2020. In addition, this is the newest male group from SM to be released from the NCT group series.

Previously, SM Entertainment announced the possibility of ending NCT's expansion this year. Therefore, a number of decisions were made including Sungchan and Shotaro who did not debut in the NCT group even though both of them had joined the promotion of the studio album.

Apart from them, Lucas was also declared out of the NCT group but did not leave SM Entertainment. Now he plans to carry out solo activities in the future.

On the other hand, the new SM Entertainment group also became a concern after their name was included in the 2023 SMTOWN Jakarta line-up.

SM Entertainment, which will hold the SMTOWN 2023 SMCU PALACE concert, said that SM's newest group will attend the concert with seniors such as TVXQ, Super Junior, Red Velvet, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, and aespa.

The SMTOWN Jakarta 2023 concert will be held on September 23, 2023 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta. The concert coincides with RIIZE's debut which is scheduled for next September.

SM Entertainment will also introduce RIIZE members starting on August 1, 2023 via social media.