{"id":165573,"date":"2026-04-30T20:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=165573"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:25:29","slug":"illit-drops-mamihlapinatapai-a-letter-to-self-love-and-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/illit-drops-mamihlapinatapai-a-letter-to-self-love-and-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLIT drops Mamihlapinatapai, a letter to self-love and fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ILLIT<\/strong> just shared a clear message of confidence and self-love with the release of their fourth mini-album, <strong>Mamihlapinatapai<\/strong>. The project was released on April 30, 2026. Through Belift Lab, the members said they were excited for fans to hear the new EP and understand the emotions behind it. The mini-album focuses on honest feelings, bold expression, and the unpredictable charm that the five members bring as a group. It also gives ILLIT a chance to show a more direct side of their music, rooted mostly in dance-pop and electronic genres.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the main track below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ILLIT (\uc544\uc77c\ub9bf) \u2018It\u2019s Me\u2019 Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bMhDJ0S0OBA?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>Member Minju said the EP shows many sides of\u00a0 ILLIT and admitted that she felt nervous and excited before revealing the music. The main track, <strong>It\u2019s Me<\/strong>, became a major point of discussion among the members because of its bombastic rhythm and direct lyrics. Member Younah said they started moving their heads to the beat from the beginning, which shows how quickly they reacted to the song\u2019s big energy. The reaction also suggests that the track was made to feel lively from the first seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to ILLIT&#8217;s EP below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: MAMIHLAPINATAPAI\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5VIt2dA2StboE900mllWdJ?si=17D16VdnSzC_9zHwW_VFig&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moka said she enjoyed how outspoken the lyrics were, while Wonhee said the track helped expand ILLIT\u2019s musical catalog because it feels powerful and bold. Finally, Iroha added that listeners may find it hard to stay still when the song plays, and she asked fans to enjoy the music together. With this EP, ILLIT is presenting a stronger electronic sound while still keeping their youthful energy and charming demeanor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILLIT just shared a clear message of confidence and self-love with the release of their fourth mini-album, Mamihlapinatapai. The project was released on April 30, 2026. Through Belift Lab, the members said they were excited for fans to hear the new EP and understand the emotions behind it. The mini-album focuses on honest feelings, bold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":165579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3160],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-165573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-illit"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165573","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=165573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165583,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165573\/revisions\/165583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165573"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=165573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}