On August 22, 2025, all five members of TXT re-signed with BIGHIT MUSIC. In K-pop, the seventh year is a notoriously loaded milestone — it's when most rookie-era contracts expire — and TXT crossed it without so much as a whisper of drama. The announcement came mid-concert at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome, so fans in the audience heard the news before anyone else.

Six months later, the group has been anything but quiet.

Contract Renewal — All Five, Together

The "7-year curse" is a very real pattern in K-pop. South Korea's Fair Trade Commission sets seven years as the standard maximum for exclusive artist contracts, which means debut-era agreements tend to expire right around that mark — and a lot of groups don't survive the transition intact. EXO, INFINITE, and 2NE1 all splintered around that window, and fandom lore has long treated year seven as a make-or-break moment.

TXT beat it cleanly. On August 22, 2025, all five members — Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai — announced they were staying with BIGHIT MUSIC. The label called it "going further, together, for longer." Each member also posted a personal message to the fandom. Whether it was intentional or not, the date landed on August 22nd — the official founding anniversary of MOA (the TXT fandom name) — which made it feel like a gift with a bow on it.

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ACT:TOMORROW World Tour Wrap-Up

Right after the renewal announcement, TXT rolled straight into their fourth world tour, ACT:TOMORROW. Starting at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome, they played 29 shows across 17 cities and drew roughly 564,000 people total — wrapping the final date on February 14, 2026.

The tour covered Asia, North America, South America, and Europe — putting it firmly among the largest tours by any 4th-gen K-pop act. The setlist leaned heavily on fan favorites: Lo$er=Lo♡er, Blue Hour, Blue Orangeade, Love Language, Farewell Neverland, and selections from newer releases. And across all 29 nights, every single member was on stage — something that's genuinely worth noting given how often K-pop tours get derailed by injuries or absences these days.

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MOA CON — 7th Anniversary Fan Concert

The tour barely had time to cool down before the next event: MOA CON runs February 27 through March 1, 2026 at KSPO DOME in Seoul. It's a dedicated fan concert (팬콘서트, pronounced "fan-kon-suh-teu" — a K-pop staple that sits somewhere between a concert and an intimate fan meeting) marking TXT's 7th debut anniversary. All three nights sold out.

Fan concerts are a different beast from a full world tour — they're designed specifically for the fandom (MOA), with unreleased footage, solo member segments, Q&As, and the kind of off-script moments that don't fit neatly into a headline show. Coming immediately after a world tour, you might expect some fatigue to slow ticket sales. Apparently not.

April Comeback Confirmed

On February 5, 2026, TXT officially confirmed an April comeback — their first new release since re-signing with BIGHIT MUSIC.

What's interesting is how it slots into HYBE's broader 2026 strategy: BTS is set to return in March, with TXT following in April. Both groups are under BIGHIT MUSIC, meaning the label could have back-to-back chart domination across two months. Album details haven't been shared yet, but as the first project under the renewed deal, there's a lot of attention on which direction TXT decides to take the music.

Chart Numbers

Here's a quick look at TXT's recent track record by the numbers.

Selling 1.43 million copies in the first week (a figure tracked via Hanteo and Circle Chart, the primary K-pop sales trackers) puts TXT firmly at the top of 4th-gen male acts. The Billboard 200 number one validates their foothold in the North American market, where breaking through is genuinely hard even for big K-pop names. Whether the April comeback can push those numbers higher is one of the main things to watch.

Contract renewal, world tour complete, 7th anniversary fan concert, April album. TXT's first half of 2026 is stacked. By any measure, the group is operating at the most stable and arguably the most confident point of their career so far.

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