Hello, World (EP)

On July 27, 2024, Baekhyun revealed one of his unreleased song, a bossa nova-inspired "Rendez-Vous" in between of his performances of his encore concert tour Lonsdaleite Tour [dot].^[2] After the concert stage was over on July 28, a video was released where Baekhyun eating a can of pineapple along with a phrase using a famous line from the movie Chungking Express and at the end of the video, the date '2024. 09' appeared, hinting a comeback in September.^[3][4]

On August 12, 2024, INB100 announced that Baekhyun would make a comeback by releasing his fourth EP titled Hello, World on September 6, 2024, about 3 years and 5 months since the released of Bambi and his first work after establishing his own company.^[5] The next day, pre-order of the EP began at various online and offline music stores and it has four versions: Pineapple, Photobook Hello, Photobook World, and Folder.^[6] INB100 released the scheduler of Baekhyun's fourth EP and revealed various teasing contents on August 14.^[7]

The music video teasers of the lead single "Pineapple Slice" were released on September 2 and 5, 2024, respectively.^[8][9]

"The symbolic meaning behind Hello, World is that, now that I've said hello, I'm going to keep being active. There will no longer be any big breaks. I will show many more sides of myself from now on."

— Baekhyun, in Dazed Interview^[10]

Hello, World was released worldwide on September 6, 2024, by INB100 and Dreamus.^[11] On the same day, Baekhyun performed his first music show stage on KBS' Music Bank.^[12]

According to Hanteo Chart, Hello, World recorded a 890,000+ copies sold on the first day of its release, setting a new record from his previous releases.^[13]