KEY is back with a brand new album, entitled HUNTER. First announced on July 20 2025, the SHINee member’s new record was released on August 11, 2025 (Monday).
Consisting of a total of ten tracks, HUNTER notably sees two songs with features from other artists. The first of these is “Infatutation,” which sees KEY team up with EUNHO of virtual South Korean boy group PLAVE, serving as the sixth track of the record. The second one is the album’s ninth track “Perfect Error,” where KEY teams up with SEULGI of K-popK-PopA genre of South Korean popular music known for polished production, intricate choreography, and elaborate visuals, built around trainee systems and global fandoms. K-pop has a huge following in theGo to K-Pop Glossary girl group Red Velvet.
In addition to this, the album’s third track “Strange” is notably co-composed and co-written by singer-songwriterSinger-SongwriterA musician who writes and performs their own songs, typically accompanied by guitar or piano. Valued for personal storytelling and authenticity, singer-songwriters form a major part of the Filipino musicGo to Singer-Songwriter Glossary Jae Park, best known by his stage name eaJ. “An honor to be a part of a [KEY] record!,” stated eaJ in a post on his Instagram. “It all started with me singing a SHINee song at a small K-pop convention in 2007, so this means a lot to me.”
Watch the music videoMusic VideoA short film that accompanies a song, combining performance, storytelling, and visual style to promote the music. Music videos shape an artist's image, can drive viral success and fan theories,Go to Music Video Glossary for album’s title track, “HUNTER,” below:
HUNTER serves as KEY’s third full-length album as a solo artist, following his sophomore album Gasoline, which came out on August 30, 2022. Notably, Gasoline was followed by a repackaged version, dubbed Killer, which was released months later on February 13, 2023.
In other news, SHINee released their first single album entitled Poet | Artist earlier this year on May 25, 2025, in celebration of their 17th anniversary as a group. Notably, the title track was written by former member Jonghyun prior to his passing in late 2017 and shares its name with Jonghyun’s second and final studio album, which came out posthumously on January 23, 2018.
Meanwhile, KEY was previously in Manila more than three years ago on May 2022 as part of the ‘Begin Again: KPOP Edition’ concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Marking his first time performing in the Philippines as a solo artist, he shared the stage with fellow K-popK-PopA genre of South Korean popular music known for polished production, intricate choreography, and elaborate visuals, built around trainee systems and global fandoms. K-pop has a huge following in theGo to K-Pop Glossary acts NCT DREAM, WEi, and ALICE.
Listen to KEY’s HUNTER below: