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The group's first full-length album lands Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. KST, with a teaser video already up on their YouTube channel.
AMPERS&ONE will release their first studio album, PATHFINDER, on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. KST, which is 4 a.m. ET that morning for fans in the United States. Soompi reports that the project is the group's first full-length album.
The date came with a teaser clip titled "MAIN SEQUENCE | WE ARE UNCROWNED." The group's own account, @_AMPERSANDONE_, posted the video link on X with the date and time stamped 2026.11.17 18:00 (KST) and the hashtags # #AMPERSANDONE #PATHFINDER.
The post had drawn 16,821 views, 739 likes, 373 reposts and 33 replies, a measure of how closely the announcement was being tracked in the hours after it went up.
The teaser also sits on the group's official YouTube channel, (AMPERS&ONE), which showed 366K subscribers on the embedded video page, according to Soompi.
The date traveled quickly through fan accounts. @upcomingkpop quoted the group's post to relay the news, adding: "Mark the release date on your calendar."
For AMPERS&ONE, the step up to a first full album is the kind of release that resets a discography, and the group is giving it a two-and-a-half-week runway from teaser to street date.
The countdown now runs to Nov. 17, when PATHFINDER arrives in full.
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