BOYNEXTDOOR have released their first live album, BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR ‘KNOCK ON Vol.1’ FINAL – LIVE, a 16-track recording pulled from the Seoul finale of their debut tour at KSPO Dome last July. It landed on 4 February at 6pm KST, turning a milestone show into something closer to a permanent receipt – not highlights, but the sound of a group proving they can hold a room when the stakes are high.

Backed by a full live band, the live album captures how BOYNEXTDOOR’s material changes once it’s transformed by a band arrangement and pushed through a full arena. The set moves through key songs from the group’s catalogue, including “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU”, “Nice Guy”, and “Dangerous”, while preserving audible audience response and pointing to moments where fans audibly respond to BOYNEXTDOOR’s performances – particularly during “But I Like You”, with cheers and lyric echoing cutting through the live mix. 

One of the more talked-about moments from the Seoul shows – SUNGHO’s guitar feature during “Dear. My Darling” – is preserved here in a way fan clips can’t fully replicate, with the crowd’s reaction registering immediately as the moment unfolds. That’s the album’s value: not “energy” in the abstract, but the specific sound of collective recognition when a performance lands.

KNOCK ON Vol.1 began in Incheon in December 2024 and grew into a 23-show, 13-city Asian tour, culminating in encore dates in Tokyo and a full-scale finale in Seoul. Material from the group’s earlier EPs, including “But Sometimes” and “Crying”, is placed amongst later releases like “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” and “Dangerous”, underscoring how quickly their catalogue expanded over the course of the tour. The connective tissue is the audience, grounding the performances in the room rather than the recording booth.

The live release also doubles as a bridge into what BOYNEXTDOOR have been signalling next – including plans for their first full-length album, previously teased in part through Weverse Live. If the studio era is meant to expand their reach, this project does something simpler: it documents how BOYNEXTDOOR sound in sustained live performance, and how their songs hold weight when carried through a full set without visual mediation.