NMIXX(엔믹스) “TIC TIC (Feat. Pabllo Vittar)” | Brazil Carnival🇧🇷 | Stage Recap

What happened

NMIXX released a Brazil Carnival-themed single, "TIC TIC," featuring Brazilian pop star Pabllo Vittar. The digital single dropped 2026.2.26 (KST) via JYP Entertainment, and this NMIXX channel video is billed as a "Stage Recap" of the Carnival-themed performance.

Why Koreans care

Pairing a JYP girl group with Pabllo Vittar, a globally famous Brazilian drag queen and pop singer, is a notably bold move for an industry that is typically risk-averse about collaborations tied to queer or drag imagery, given conservative backlash at home. It also fits a broader K-pop industry push into Latin America, where Carnival-themed collaborations with local pop stars are increasingly used to build a foothold in a market labels see as a next growth frontier.

In the Korean comments

Only one usable comment is available here, but it reflects a familiar K-pop fandom framing: excitement centers on the Latin American audience's reaction itself, treated as proof the group is "going global," rather than on the song (fandom, top comment): "와 남미 팬분들 호응봐 ㅋㅋㅋ 이젠 세계로 뻗어나가는구나 진짜 자랑스럽다 엔믹스 tic tic도 대박나자!!" (Wow, look at the response from Latin American fans, lol — they're really spreading out into the world now, so proud of NMIXX! Let's make TIC TIC a hit too!!)

What the words mean

A foreign viewer might read "이젠 세계로 뻗어나가는구나" (they're really spreading out into the world now) as meaning NMIXX is only now breaking into international markets. In Korean fan culture this is a stock cheering phrase trotted out whenever a group gets a strong reaction from one specific region — here, Latin America — even for acts, like NMIXX, that already have an established international fanbase; it signals pride in one more regional win, not an actual global debut.