TXT’s Yeonjun is expanding his solo activities to the United States after completing a successful promotional run for “Ice Cream.”
Yeonjun will perform on ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series on August 5 local time. He will become the second K-pop solo artist to join the event following BTS’s Jungkook, who appeared in 2023.
The following day, Yeonjun will take the stage at Z100 Summer Bash Presented by Wells Fargo, hosted by iHeartMedia’s Z100. According to the report, he will be the first Korean artist to perform at the outdoor concert.
The U.S. appearances follow strong results for Yeonjun’s second mini album, NO LABELS: PART 02. He ended Korean music show promotions for its title track, “Ice Cream,” on the July 23 episode of Mnet’s M Countdown.
The song earned two music show trophies, taking first place on KBS 2TV’s Music Bank and MBC’s Show! Music Core.
The album also recorded the highest first-day sales and highest first-week sales among Korean solo artists in 2026.
On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart dated July 25, NO LABELS: PART 02 debuted at No. 16. This marked the highest ranking achieved by an album released by a Korean solo artist in 2026.
Yeonjun also reached new personal highs in Japan. The album ranked No. 2 on Oricon’s Weekly Combined Album Ranking dated July 27.
During the same tracking period, it placed No. 2 on Billboard Japan’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 4 on both the Hot Albums and Download Albums charts.
“Ice Cream” continued to gain attention on short-form platforms as well. As of 6 a.m. on July 24, the song held No. 3 on TikTok Korea’s Top 50 chart and No. 2 on its Viral 50 chart.
Artists who joined the “Ice Cream” challenge included Yeonjun’s fellow TXT members, SEVENTEEN’s The8, i-dle’s Minnie, ATEEZ’s Yeo Sang and Woo Young, LE SSERAFIM’s Hong Eunchae, BOYNEXTDOOR’s Ri Woo and Woon Hak, ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Han Bin, TWS’s Do Hoon and Ji Hoon, RESCENE’s Minami and Zena, ILLIT’s Yun Ah and Min Ju, and izna’s Bang Jee Min.
