i-dle member Minnie will launch the digital EP "i love you to the moon and back" on October 23, 2026, completing an EP with all Thai songs for the first time. For her, who has been active on the Korean stage for a long time, this project promotes her mother tongue from a fragment in the song to the core of the entire work.
The EP title is an English idiom that describes deep love. Keeping the English name and singing in Thai also forms a cross-language entrance. What we can look forward to this time is not just another language version, but how familiar singers can rearrange their voices, emotions and expressive distance in another context.
Key facts
- Release date: October 23, 2026.
- Format: a digital EP made up entirely of Thai-language songs.
- Title: i love you to the moon and back; The unverified number of tracks and distribution time are not listed in this article.
What is the difference between the all-Thai EP and the Thai lyrics I once sung?
Minnie has sung Thai lyrics in her works in the past, but the new idea of this project is to compose an EP with all Thai songs. Language is not an additional decoration, but a common basis for continuous listening of the entire work, allowing the audience to understand her personal expression from another perspective.
For readers who are not familiar with Thai, you may wish to start with the timbre of the human voice, the length of sentences and the ups and downs of the melody, and then read it with the formal translation of the lyrics. Different languages may not hinder the feeling of emotions, but understanding the lyrics still needs to rely on the official content. You cannot just use the title to infer that all the tracks are the same love story.
Extension from group stage to personal works
Minnie debuted as a member of i-dle in 2018, and has accumulated different styles of performance experience in the group's works. She also began her solo music work with the mini album "HER" in 2025, so this Thai EP can be viewed in the context of continuing to build her personal works.
If you want to compare, first choose a familiar group work, and then listen to the relationship between vocals and accompaniment in the individual work. It will be more interesting than just judging by the group label. The new language arrangement provides a direction for comparison, but it does not mean that she must give up her original style or change all her songs to a certain fixed type.
What information can be sorted out before October 23?
What is most clear at the moment is the release date, title and positioning of the all-Thai-language work. The complete track list, collaboration list and launch details on each platform still need to be officially announced. This article does not automatically equate digital EPs with physical albums, nor does it list signing, peripheral or tour information that does not exist in the verified information.
If you want to listen to it on the day it goes online, you can first confirm whether the music service you are using provides a local music library, and search with Minnie using the complete English name. If there are later translations into different languages, retaining the original title will make it easy to identify and will not be confused with songs of the same name or works by other singers.
Questions and answers
When will this EP be released?
On October 23, 2026, the current release format is a digital EP.
Are all songs in Thai?
The positioning of this project is to compose the EP with all Thai songs, which is different from the past where individual songs contained Thai lyrics.
Is there any physical version announced or signed for sale?
This article has not verified the relevant products and activities, and cannot be inferred from digital release information.
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