CL announces comeback on August 24 with her solo album  'ALPHA'. On August 13,  CL's official SNS channel released the album's cover art and comeback scheduler. CL who embodied a strong charisma with the previously released comeback teaser video now offers a new flavor with her futuristic mood in the cover art for  'ALPHA' that contains blue light. Meanwhile, CL's scheduler showcases her impressive finger pose in the shape ' CL' which includes the schedule for the new 3 songs that will be released for 3 months.

‘ALPHA’ album project will officially begin in different stages:

Fire August 24 - 1st single from ‘ALPHA’
Fire September - 2nd single from ‘ALPHA’
Fire October - Official full-length album release

The reason behind the schedule is that they plan to introduce it so that listeners can take time to convey the meaning of the album. Meanwhile, 'Alpha' is CL's first full-length solo album to be released after 13 years of debut. In addition, she started with the mini-album  'In the name of love' which was released in 2019 followed by '+HWA+' and '+5STAR+' released last year. Then, 'Wish You Were Here'  was in February this year. And finally her newest album 'ALPHA'.

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Kim Jaejoong, the famous singer and businessman, recently revealed that he was the victim of a hacking incident involving his Kakao Pay account, raising concerns about his financial safety.

On May 7, the star shared his experience with fans via the official fan platform From, explaining that his Kakao Pay account was hacked and the password was changed without his permission. As a result, Kim Jaejoong was locked out of his account and couldn’t access any of his information, which made the situation even more difficult to handle.

He expressed frustration over the customer service process, sharing that he had contacted support multiple times for help. Despite talking to a representative for over an hour, the issue wasn’t resolved. Kim Jaejoong pointed out a flaw in the system: “The hacker changed the password, so why do I, the victim, have to prove everything?”

Things only got worse when he was told he would be connected to another representative, only for it to be the same department. He admitted, “I was mentally crushed” after realizing the lack of progress. While he acknowledged that the customer service staff was working hard, he couldn’t help but feel that the system was too weak to handle such incidents.

Fortunately, after two days of struggle, the situation was finally resolved. Kim Jae Joong confirmed that his account was closed and deleted, and luckily, no financial loss occurred. “It was truly a terrifying day,” he shared, relieved that the problem was fixed.

Despite the scary experience, Kim Jaejoong continues to thrive in other areas of his career. In 2023, he co-founded iNKODE Entertainment, a company where he works as a producer and businessman. iNKODE Entertainment currently manages artists like Oh Ji Yul, Jung Si Hyun, Lee Ji Hoon, and others. Kim Jae joong also launched the 7-member girl group Say My Name last year.

Even though he’s facing challenges, Kim Jaejoong’s career remains strong, and he’s taking steps to ensure this type of situation doesn’t happen again.

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