Monsta X opens its next chapter with Unfold, the K-pop act’s latest English-language album.
The new collection dropped at midnight, and was accompanied soon after with the official music video for album cut “heal,” a lush, midtempo number that draws on soul and gospel influences.
Unfold is said to be a musical journey “through the messy architecture of the human heart,” tracing the “emotional arc of fracture, distraction, and resolution.”
With the release, Monsta X becomes the first K-pop act to release three full-length albums in English. The lads aren’t mucking about; they full intend to cross borders.
They’re “not simply expanding their global footprint,” reads a statement from reps, “they are solidifying their role as a rare K-pop act that authentically speaks to the U.S. market while maintaining their signature intensity and performance excellence.”
The six-strong outfit has already made several moves in that direction. In 2020, they became just the third K-pop act to reach the Billboard 200 top 10, with their first English album All About Luv, which bowed at No. 5. Then, in 2021, Monsta X dropped their second English album, The Dreaming, peaking at No. 21 on the all-genres list.
Monsta X rung in Christmas 2025 with the Connect X concert movie, which celebrated their 10th anniversary as a group and as a tribute to the journey shared by members Joohoney, I.M., Hyungwon, Kihyun, Minhyuk and Shownu with their fandom, known as MONBEBE.
Earlier that year, Joohoney, Hyungwon and Kihyun were the final group members to complete their mandatory South Korean military service, after which time the band hopped back in the studio and released The X EP in September to mark their milestone anniversary.
Unfold houses the previously released “Growing Pains,” and “baby blue,” which Monsta X debuted at iHeartRadio’s 2025 Jingle Ball last December.
Stream Unfold in full below.
