{"id":258279,"date":"2026-04-24T00:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/24\/balming-tiger-returns-what-to-expect-from-their-new-album-gongbu-on-may-19\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:09:58","slug":"balming-tiger-returns-what-to-expect-from-their-new-album-gongbu-on-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/music\/2026\/04\/24\/balming-tiger-returns-what-to-expect-from-their-new-album-gongbu-on-may-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Balming Tiger Returns: What to Expect from Their New Album &#8216;Gongbu&#8217; on May 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0299\/image-b9341abc-926e-43d3-974c-23133d4a0a1d.jpeg\" alt=\"K\ud31d\" \uadf8\ub8f9 \ubc14\ubc0d\ud0c0\uc774\uac70> Alternative K-pop collective Balming Tiger returns with a full-length album on May 19. <\/p>\n<p> Balming Tiger will release their second full-length album, &#8216;Gongbu&#8217; (Study), on May 19. 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