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The Girls' Generation vocalist's fourth full-length album arrives November 30 at 6 p.m. KST, announced with a curtain-raiser teaser.
Girls' Generation's Taeyeon has set the date for her fourth full-length album. Unspecial arrives November 30 at 6 p.m. KST, which is 4 a.m. ET that morning in the U.S., Soompi reports.
The announcement went up at midnight KST on November 9, which was Sunday morning in the U.S., from her official account on X, @TAEYEONsmtown. It carried hashtags for the artist, the album and the group: #TAEYEON, #, #Unspecial, #TAEYEONUnspecial, #GirlsGeneration and #.
The post read: "TAEYEON The 4th Album 〖Unspecial〗 ➫ 2026.11.30 6PM (KST)".
Soompi reported that the same rollout brought the first teaser, a clip titled "TAEYEON 'Unspecial' Curtain Raiser."
The teaser also circulated on X. One post from @309KTYSS sharing the curtain raiser and the November 30 date had 5,782 views, 273 likes and 131 reposts.
Unspecial is out November 30 at 6 p.m. KST, 4 a.m. ET that day, a Monday. The curtain raiser is already online as the first piece of the rollout.
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