Boy band WayV, a subunit of NCT, will release a new album on Dec. 9.

WayV’s fourth mini album “Phantom” will be released on Dec. 9, according to the band’s agency SM Entertainment on Wednesday.

“Phantom” will contain a total of eight songs from various genres, six of which are new and two that have already been released — “Back to You” and “Low Low.”

This will be WayV’s first new music in a year and nine months since its third mini album “Kick Back” was released in March last year.

In addition, the boy band is expected to perform in China during the comeback, drawing attention from global fans, according to SM Entertainment.

WayV, which debuted in 2019, is a seven-member boy band based in China under the management of SM Entertainment’s Chinese sub-label Label V. WayV itself is a subunit of SM’s boy band NCT.

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]