ENHYPEN Release 'THE SIN : BLISS' as Six-Member Group After Heeseung's Departure
ENHYPEN released their eighth mini album, 'THE SIN : BLISS', on Friday, August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM KST — the group's first release since member Heeseung announced he would leave to pursue a solo career (Billboard).
The six-track project is the second instalment in the group's ongoing 'THE SIN' series, which began with 'THE SIN : VANISH', their seventh extended play, released on January 16, 2026 through Belift Lab. The series announcement for 'BLISS' came on June 19, 2026, when the group confirmed they would move forward as a six-piece (Weverse).
ENHYPEN now consists of Jake, Jay, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon and Ni-ki. Heeseung's departure leaves the group without one of its founding members, formed through the 2020 survival programme 'I-LAND' under Belift Lab, a joint venture label between HYBE and CJ ENM.
The release lands between tour legs. ENHYPEN recently completed the Latin American and United States dates of their BLOOD SAGA tour — their largest world tour to date — and have European and UK shows booked for February and March 2027 under the BLOOD SAGA 2027 banner (Billboard).
The group's chart history gives the new release a high floor to clear. ENHYPEN have landed nine titles on the Billboard 200 — the US chart that ranks the most-consumed albums each week across sales, streams and track-equivalent units — including six top 10 appearances. Whether 'BLISS' extends that run will depend on first-week consumption, the metric that determines chart placement.
For fans, 'THE SIN : BLISS' answers a practical question that has hung over the group since June: what ENHYPEN sounds like as six. The album's six tracks are the first recorded output from the reconfigured lineup, and they arrive while the group is still mid-tour, giving the new material an immediate live setting.
