ILLIT TIMELINE

TBS "Sore Snow Man ni Yarasete Kudasai" 2-hour special — IROHA joins the dance copy battle

IROHA appears in the 2-hour special of TBS's Snow Man variety show, in its "Dansuno Kancopi Revolution" segment — a three-way dance-copy battle between Snow Man, an all-time MVP team, and a STARTO dance selection team. She joins the all-time MVP team led by Ryota Miyadate. Broadcast 19:00–20:55 JST.

ILLIT LIVE "PRESS START♥" ENCORE — Incheon Day 1

ILLIT LIVE "PRESS START♥" ENCORE · Inspire Arena · Incheon

ILLIT LIVE "PRESS START♥" ENCORE — Incheon Day 2

ILLIT LIVE "PRESS START♥" ENCORE · Inspire Arena · Incheon

Disney Run 2026 — congratulatory stage

Sangsang Platform · Incheon

ILLIT will perform a congratulatory stage at "Disney Run 2026", a Disney-themed running festival held by Walt Disney Company Korea at Sangsang Platform in Incheon, alongside brass band, cheerleading and marching band programs along the course.

"Magnetic" certified Triple Platinum for streaming by RIAJ — ILLIT's first

The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified "Magnetic," the title track of the debut mini album SUPER REAL ME, as Triple Platinum in its streaming category (300 million+ cumulative plays, as of August 2026) — the group's first Triple Platinum certification. Belift Lab said it came about two years and five months after the song's March 2024 release, the fastest for any song by an overseas female artist to reach 300 million streams.

Japanese digital single "Swingin' Magic" — anime opening theme

The fourth Japanese digital single, and the opening theme of the second cour of the TV anime Mahou no Shimai Lulutto Lily, which begins airing on 2026-10-04. ILLIT also sang the first cour's opening, "Bubee". Written and composed by Kanata Okajima, her second ILLIT song after the Japan 2nd single "I Got Your Back". The single carries a Korean version of the song as its second track. Announced 2026-09-03.

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Announced for the MMA2026 (Melon Music Awards) line-up

Melon announced its second line-up for MMA2026, the 18th Melon Music Awards, with ILLIT alongside YENA, RESCENE and Hearts2Hearts. The ceremony is held over two days for the first time, on 14 and 15 November 2026 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul; which day ILLIT appears on had not been announced. ILLIT won Rookie of the Year at MMA2024 and Best Performance at MMA2025.

Artist of the Year at the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS

The ceremony was held on September 19 at Busan Asiad Main Stadium, its first time in Busan. ILLIT won Artist of the Year — a main award for artists with strong chart and sales performance during the year — and also performed. Accepting the award, the group thanked fandom GLLIT and teased their October comeback, the 5th mini album "BREAK EVEN" (id break-even in discography.yaml), due out October 26.

"It's Me" passes 100 million plays on Oricon's streaming chart

Oricon reported that "It's Me" surpassed 100 million cumulative plays on its streaming chart during the week of 7–13 September 2026, becoming ILLIT's 3rd song (after "Magnetic" and "Almond Chocolate") to reach the mark. Weekly plays for that chart were 5,092,722, for a cumulative total of 103,803,825.