LE SSERAFIM is set to make their official return to the music scene on October 24, 2025, with their first-ever кσяєαn single album titled SPAGHETTI. Unlike their previous comebacks, this release is a standalone single project, not part of a mini-album, and will feature a title track of the same name.

Source Music confirmed the album release in September, but what truly ѕнσ¢кed netizens was the report a month later revealing that j-hope would be collaborating with the girl group on the project. On the 19th, an Instagram teaser clip posted by LE SSERAFIM showed the BTS rapper and dancer striking poses under flickering lights that matched the song’s fast rhythm.

This marks the first time a BTS member has appeared in a girl group’s song, and with both acts being among the hottest names in K-pop, the news quickly sent fans into a frenzy.

Interestingly, many fans couldn’t help but laugh at themselves when they realized that they could have predicted this collaboration earlier, based on the subtle hints both artists had dropped in the days leading up to the teaser release.

Fans pointed out that they could have spotted the clue even before LE SSERAFIM released their teaser yesterday, if they had noticed the connection between j-hope’s recent Instagram photo and the group’s concept photos.

The seemingly random photo of j-hope holding a green onion and posing playfully in a Humanmade x Pokémon hoo∂ιє turned out to be a hidden hint toward the collaboration — because six days earlier, Chaewon had posed with a similar bunch of green onions in a concept photo titled “Weird Garlic.” The same prop also appeared in several other members’ photos from the same concept series.

Adding to the speculation, in a Weverse livestream, j-hope had previously teased that “soмєтнing meaningful” would happen in October, saying: “October, October… I feel like it’s going to be fun somehow, October. First of all, I’m looking forward to October 17 — it’ll be one year since my discharge. I wonder what kind of feelings I’ll have then.” At the time, fans completely missed the connection to LE SSERAFIM’s upcoming comeback.

Even earlier, Yunjin had dropped a subtle hint at the beginning of September, before Source Music officially announced LE SSERAFIM’s return. During the group’s farewell event with fans after their concert at Prudential Center on September 3, Yunjin was seen chatting warmly with fans. One of them mentioned her previous collaboration with j-hope, to which she reacted sweetly.

When a fan asked why she wasn’t a special guest at his solo tour, she explained that their tight schedules even prevented them from attending his Seoul concert. And this one continued asking if LE SSERAFIM might have a special guest in the future, Yunjin playfully responded, “Uhm, ooo,” while playfully wiggling her fingers. She then added, “You don’t know, soмєтнing might be cooking.”

Fans nearly ℓσѕт their minds upon realizing that the collaboration had been teased right before their eyes, but they failed to decode the clues — αѕѕuming instead that soмєтнing special would happen during the girl group’s tour. In reality, what was being “cooked up” turned out to be an entire single album!

Now, as anticipation builds for the explosive collaboration between j-hope and LE SSERAFIM, fans are revisiting all the spoilers and playful hints dropped by the idols, admitting that the stars truly know how to play with their hearts:

- When yunjin told a fan on weverse in june “to save this picture in advance” it was literally a whole spoiler for spaghetti.. hobi said too. They spoiled it many times but we didn't notice

- like all the times we've been spoiled and no one noticed, i just thought he was being funny and i just liked it

- THEIR SPOILERS ARE SO RANDOM THINGS I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED IT

- they really had “feat. j-hope” hiding in plain sight and we all missed it — man was cooking the whole time.

- both of them always post random a*s pics we never thought it could be a spoiler

- i'm blind af especially after knowing that the green onion is part of hobi's fit. i would never figure it out even if they post on the same day

- Bro the K-pop multiverse just glitched. J-Hope x LE SSERAFIM on a track called SPAGHETTI?? This boutta either heal souls or crash Spotify.

- LE SSERAFIM said you are what you eat and called up J-Hope for “SPAGHETTI.” This is about to feed the whole industry

- He mentioned and even posted this on his IG ytd before they announced the collab. He showed it clearly but we failed

- Hobi spoilers are just mind games at this point. this is why he has been quiet he knows he cant keep it from us

- Lol everything is a spoiler with bts can't trust men and we also need to be alert with girls like you know, Le Sserafim too