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The Korea Times

By Cho Hae-min
K-pop girl band IZ*One are set to make a comeback after their career was put on hold after a vote-rigging scandal on a hugely popular South Korean reality TV show.
The group’s label, Off The Record Entertainment, announced that the group’s first studio album, Bloom*IZ , would be released on February 17.
The group paused its activities three months ago after programme director Ahn Joon-young admitted to manipulating voting results for Mnet’s survival audition show Produce 101.


The 12-member girl group were formed in 2018 through the third season of Mnet’s Produce 101 series, Produce 48. The group made their debut with their first EP, “Color*IZ”, in October 2018.
In January, K-pop boy band X1, a boy band formed during the fourth season of the Produce 101 series, were disbanded due to the vote-rigging controversy.
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IZ*ONE formed in 2018 in season three of Produce 101. After series director Ahn Joon-young’s arrest for vote rigging, the band were put on hold
Now they are back, with a new album Bloom*IZ coming out this month



IZ*ONE formed in 2018, but were put on hold after a vote-rigging scandal at Produce 101, the reality show that introduced them. Now they are back with a new album Bloom*IZ coming out on February 17.
