HITGS put out the video for ‘HAPPY’ on the group’s own YouTube channel in October 2025. The official description runs to almost nothing — a link block and a short row of hashtags — which is worth noticing in itself.

Six in the evening, Korean time

Korean releases are scheduled to the minute, and the minute is almost always 18:00 KST. Tracks appear on the domestic streaming services at six in the evening, with the music video timed to the same slot or shortly after, which concentrates the whole first day of listening into one block. Midnight was the standard for years before the industry shifted earlier. The convention holds across companies large and small, and it is the reason release dates for Korean music are nearly always quoted with KST attached: six in the evening in Seoul is still mid-morning in London.

About this release

‘HAPPY’ was published on 6 October 2025. The official description names no album, producer, featured artist or distributor — it gives the group’s social links and the tags #HAPPY, #ThingsWeLove_I and #TWL_I, the last two pointing to a numbered project the track sits inside. The copyright line credits HITGS directly rather than an outside label.

Watching from outside Korea

With the description this sparse, the group’s own channel and social accounts are the primary source for whatever comes next. Both post in Korean first, so browser translation covers most of it — and assume any date or time you see is KST unless stated otherwise.

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