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BABYMONSTER has released a group visual poster for MOON, a track from its third mini album CHOOM. Released ahead of the music video's arrival at midnight on August 3, 2026, Korea time, the image hints at a dreamlike and deeper mood different from the fresh atmosphere the group has recently shown.

BABYMONSTER has unveiled a group visual ahead of the release of the music video for MOON. The poster places the night imagery suggested by the song title at the front. It raises expectations that BABYMONSTER will show a new atmosphere beyond its previously innocent or refreshing image.

MOON is a track from BABYMONSTER's third mini album CHOOM. YG Entertainment previously released a teaser poster announcing the MOON music video through its official blog on July 27, 2026, Korea time. Since then, individual member visual photos and the group poster have been revealed in sequence, gradually showing the visual direction of the full music video.

The most important date in the current release schedule is midnight on August 3, 2026, Korea time. According to YG and related reports, the MOON music video will be released at that time. Releasing a music video for a B-side on a separate schedule after the album release is a content strategy often used in recent K-pop. Rather than ending one song's activity and moving immediately to the next, the approach visualizes several songs from an album over time and extends the life of the album.

Some of the musical character of MOON has already been introduced. YG and several reports described the song as a southern trap-style R&B hip-hop track marked by 808 bass and a minimal structure. It was also described as combining synthesizer sounds with lyrics carrying an unusual mood. Through activities for the third mini album CHOOM, BABYMONSTER is expanding not only the title track but also album tracks into video content.

Reports that MOON is being prepared as the fourth music video, following CHOOM, the digital single SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA and the B-side I LIKE IT, show this direction. The strategy connects to YG's apparent intention not to introduce BABYMONSTER only as a team centered on a single title track. For a rookie or growing group, producing music videos for multiple songs requires both cost and time. At the same time, it gives the fandom more reasons to consume the whole album, and on global platforms it expands material for search, recommendations and short-form re-editing. The MOON music video can be seen as one axis of that multi-content strategy.

The poster is drawing attention because the image shift is clear. If I LIKE IT emphasized relatively bright and refreshing colors, MOON turns toward a darker forest, the moon, strong contrast and intense gazes. This can be interpreted as an attempt to expand BABYMONSTER's performance-centered strengths into a different emotional register.

BABYMONSTER is also currently carrying out a world tour. According to reports, the group began with a Seoul concert and is continuing 2026-27 BABYMONSTER WORLD TOUR [CHOOM], with schedules expected to expand across several regions, including Japan, Asia, Oceania, South America, North America and Europe. Connecting a B-side performance first shown in concert back to a music video creates a structure in which offline performance and online content complement each other.

In that sense, the music video for MOON also has meaning for fandom management. Fans who encountered the song at the concert can see a different interpretation through video content. Fans who have not yet seen the performance can first encounter the song's mood and the group's concept through the music video. As the world tour continues across several regions, this kind of video content can also help maintain the attention of fans in each market.

Since debut, BABYMONSTER has emphasized strong performance, vocals and rap. For the group, an important task is not only the size of its energy, but also showing different colors convincingly from song to song. The group visual poster for MOON can be seen as one scene in that process. How this concept, moving from bright seasonal freshness toward dark moonlight, will be realized in the actual music video will be confirmed when the full version is released soon.

Summary Points

• BABYMONSTER has released a group visual poster for MOON, a track from its third mini album CHOOM.
• The MOON music video is scheduled to be released at midnight on August 3, 2026, Korea time.
• The concept hints at a dreamlike mood different from the group's existing fresh image.
• MOON has been introduced as a southern trap-style R&B hip-hop track featuring 808 bass and a minimal structure.