&TEAM used the second night of their 'BLAZE THE WAY' concert in Incheon to confirm what fans had been waiting for: a second Korean mini album, arriving on 8 September.

The announcement came during the encore of the sold-out show at INSPIRE Arena on 5 July. Titled 'Mark on Me', the release will be &TEAM's second Korean project since their debut "Back to Life" dropped in October 2025 – a record that sold over a million copies on its first day. Further details on 'Mark on Me' are yet to be confirmed.

Alongside the album news, &TEAM also revealed two new dome venue encores to close out BLAZE THE WAY at Seoul's KSPO Dome on 3–4 October; the first will take place at Belluna Dome in Saitama on 5–6 September. The Belluna Dome shows mark &TEAM's first-ever solo dome concert in Japan – a milestone K described earlier in the tour as the realisation of a dream they had held since debut. The pairing of Belluna and KSPO Dome to end the run is not a small thing; both are among the largest indoor venues in their respective markets, and reaching them inside &TEAM's fourth year of activity says something about the pace of their growth.

Launched on 13 May in Kanagawa, BLAZE THE WAY has taken &TEAM across Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore alongside multiple Japanese stops. The Incheon leg, held at INSPIRE Arena – a 15,000-capacity venue – was a step up from the Seoul arena the group played just a year prior. That kind of upgrade, on a second visit to the same market within twelve months, is the sort of data point that tends to attract attention from the wider industry.

Formed in December 2022 under HYBE's Japan-based subsidiary YX Labels, &TEAM is their first designated "global group" – a nine-member act built around the idea that K-pop infrastructure and Japanese market reach do not have to be mutually exclusive. Their lineup spans Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Germany. The Korean market was never guaranteed territory for them; it had to be earned. "Back to Life" earned it. The fact that a second Korean mini album is following less than a year later suggests HYBE sees that market as a structural part of &TEAM's story.

There is a commercial logic to the timing as well. 'Mark on Me' landing in September puts new music in circulation just as the dome and arena finales arrive, giving those shows something to build around.