On January 31, 2025, Belift Lab announced Illit's first original Japanese song, "Almond Chocolate", which served as the theme song of the Japanese live-action film adaptation of the manga It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love.[2] The song was released on February 14.[3]
On July 14, Illit's first Japanese single, "Toki Yo Tomare", was announced.[4] The single will consist of two new songs: its title track and "Topping", along with the Japanese version of "Do the Dance" from their third extended play Bomb, and "Almond Chocolate".[5] In August, a snippet of the track "Topping" was featured in a Japanese commercial for the designer sports fashion brand Lacoste.[6] The song was then released digitally later that same month.[7] "Toki Yo Tomare" was released digitally on September 1,[1] which was followed by its physical release two days later.
