JYP Entertainment Holds 2026 JYP BOY GROUP GLOBAL AUDITION: The HEAT

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JYP Entertainment (hereinafter JYP) will hold an audition for a global boy group and look for talent to lead K-pop.

JYP opened its official audition site at 2 p.m. on March 26 and announced the opening of "2026 JYP BOY GROUP GLOBAL AUDITION: The HEAT" (2026 JYP Boy Group Global Audition: The Hit). The audition name 'The HEAT' foreshadows an intense 'heat' like the English word 'HEAT', and at the same time, it is expected to complete a boy group that will continue the hotter K-pop box office with the meaning of 'HIT' meaning 'popularity'.

Anyone born between 2008 and 2016 can apply for the audition, and it will be held in a total of eight regions, including Osaka on April 18 (local time), New York and Bangkok on April 25, California on May 2, Tokyo on May 9, Sydney on the 16th, Melbourne on the 23rd, and Seoul on the 31st. The first online application will be available until 11:59 p.m. three days before the audition date in each region, and the entire application will be finalized at 11:59 p.m. on May 28, three days before the last regional Seoul audition.

Prior to accepting the audition, posters and videos that stimulate curiosity were released. Contents that caught the eye with unrealistic elements, such as ingredients dancing and showing a liveliness like never before, interestingly unraveled their ambition to showcase a boy group that will be JYP's new complete work. In particular, JYP CEO Park Jin-young's cheerful voice in the video focused attention on the global boy group audition by emphasizing pleasant tension and wit.

The 2026 JYP BOY GROUP GLOBAL AUDITION: The HEAT is available on the official website, where JYP, which has introduced leading K-pop boy groups, will discover gemstones to heat the stage with the best energy. Details of the audition can be found on the official SNS channel and website.

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