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Le Sserafim Recasts 'Fearless' Identity With New Album Pureflow Pt. 1

Released May 22, 2026, the album pairs a Latin-house lead single with deeper member songwriting to turn fear into a source of strength and to anchor an expanded world tour.

Overview

  • Le Sserafim released its second full-length album Pureflow Pt. 1 on Friday, May 22, 2026, led by the Latin-house single "Boompala," which samples Los del Río’s 1993 hit "Macarena."
  • The group says the record reframes its original "fearless" brand into the line "For we are not fearless, and therefore powerful," treating fear as a path to resilience.
  • Leader Kim Chae-won is sitting out promotions while she recovers from a neck injury and the four remaining members have handled media interviews and early performances.
  • Members took a bigger creative role on the 11-track LP, with Kazuha earning her first songwriting credit on "Trust Exercise" and other members credited on prerelease "Celebration."
  • The album arrives after heavy criticism of the group's Coachella 2024 set and sets a more deliberate, member-driven direction that the act will carry onto an expanded world tour that includes European stops such as the Netherlands.