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Two images, a four-member hint and an instrumental preview arrived with the site, plus numbered teaser items from a JYP trainees account.
JYP Entertainment is preparing to debut a new male group called oftheblue, and the rollout has started with a promotional website and a preview of a song, Soompi reports.
Soompi reported that the site went live on Nov. 6 in Korea with two teaser images and the line "Music Begins Everywhere." One of those images hints that the group may have four members.
The website also carries an instrumental preview of a song, according to Soompi, the first taste of music attached to the project.
The group's own account carried the same phrase. @oblu_official posted on X on Nov. 5 with "Music Begins Everywhere" and the hashtag #oftheblue.
A separate account, @JYPE_TRAINEES, posted an item labeled "02. FOLLOW THE SOUND OF THE CITY," tagged to cheonggyecheon, and another labeled "06. WHERE SOUNDS BECOMES OURS," tagged to the JYP training center. Both carry #oftheblue.
The clues drew immediate speculation on X. @mlmineam posted that the promotional website had just been revealed and that the debut song's instrumental had been released in full, adding that they liked the JYP-style band sound.
@foreveryhaewoo, posting in Thai, speculated that oftheblue, also called OBLU, could be a male band, noting that the image appears to show four people and that the concept looks self-produced.
The teaser items carry numbers, 02 and 06, which suggests a sequence still arriving piece by piece from the @JYPE_TRAINEES account.
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