{"id":151469,"date":"2025-10-31T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=151469"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:05:29","slug":"cha-eunwoo-a-new-mini-album-a-freshly-released-movie-and-an-upcoming-series-all-while-serving-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/cha-eunwoo-a-new-mini-album-a-freshly-released-movie-and-an-upcoming-series-all-while-serving-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Cha Eunwoo: A new mini-album, a freshly released movie, and an upcoming series, all while serving in the military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer and actor <strong>Cha Eunwoo<\/strong> just took the word \u201cserving\u201d to the next level! Even while fulfilling his mandatory military service, the actor left multiple projects completed, and he\u2019s serving each to fans with gusto. For the unversed, the K-pop superstar has three releases in line: his second mini-album \u201cELSE,\u201d the movie \u201cFirst Ride,\u201d and the Netflix series \u201cThe Wonderfools.\u201d Talk about a triple threat!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hlMS-j5Plx4?si=f-CY51N5fmbTphru\" title=\"CHA EUN-WOO \ucc28\uc740\uc6b0 - 2ND MINI ALBUM &#039;ELSE&#039; COMING SOON\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hlMS-j5Plx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down: His second EP, \u201c<strong>ELSE<\/strong>,\u201d is currently being promoted by his agency, Fantagio. The mini-album is a heartfelt gift to fans who have missed him during his enlistment, and will be released on November 21, 2025, along with the music video for its main single. Then, his movie \u201c<strong>The First Ride<\/strong>\u201d was officially premiered on October 29, 2025, and it earned the actor praise due to his performance. Meanwhile, \u201c<strong>The Wonderfools<\/strong>\u201d is a comedy K-Drama that still has no confirmed release date, though fans speculate it could premiere later this year or in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pbRLj6nVNQA?si=sKXYOk2_CpLVtg8q\" title=\"The First Ride (2025) \ud37c\uc2a4\ud2b8 \ub77c\uc774\ub4dc Movie Trailer | EONTALK\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbRLj6nVNQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaEunwooINTL\/status\/1984232011582599257\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf0 Cha Eunwoo at the APEC Summit Gala Dinner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCha Eunwoo\u2019s surprise appearance at the event drew even more attention. On the 30th, multiple eyewitness accounts titled &quot;Cha Eunwoo Spotted at the APEC Site&quot;  surfaced on online communities. It was reported that Cha Eunwoo, serving\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jJD8CAOtRo\">pic.twitter.com\/jJD8CAOtRo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHA EUNWOO \ucc28\uc740\uc6b0 INTERNATIONAL (@ChaEunwooINTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaEunwooINTL\/status\/1984232011582599257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Adding to his star power, Cha Eunwoo was also formally requested to host the <strong>APEC Summit Welcome Dinner Cultural Performance.<\/strong> Despite being an active military member, the\u00a0 Ministry of National Defense still approved of his appearance at the event. Just like that, Cha Eunwoo is serving South Korea\u2019s forces while also keeping us entertained with his musical, acting, and hosting magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer and actor Cha Eunwoo just took the word \u201cserving\u201d to the next level! Even while fulfilling his mandatory military service, the actor left multiple projects completed, and he\u2019s serving each to fans with gusto. For the unversed, the K-pop superstar has three releases in line: his second mini-album \u201cELSE,\u201d the movie \u201cFirst Ride,\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":151470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[1967],"class_list":{"0":"post-151469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-cha-eunwoo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}