On July 5, 2024, Ten Asia reported that Zerobaseone would be releasing a new music in August of the same year.[1] On July 29, after the group's last performance at KCON Los Angeles 2024 in Crypto.com Arena, a mysterious video appeared with the phrases "Cinema Paradise" and "August 2024", hinting a comeback date for their new album and it was also uploaded right after on Zerobaseone social media accounts.[2][3] The next day, Zerobaseone confirmed Cinema Paradise as the title of their fourth EP.[4]
On August 1, 2024, a video trailer titled "'__ BAD' Film" was uploaded on Zerobaseone's YouTube account, which member Seok Matthew narrated and written the script and at the end of the video revealed the release date of the EP, to be on August 26.[5] On August 5, Zerobaseone released the scheduler of the EP and revealed various teasing contents such as track posters, summer track videos, album samplers, and storyboards.[6] On August 7, they released a poster revealing the EP's lead single titled "Good So Bad".[7] On the subsequent two days, more posters were released revealing the remaining tracks from the EP.[8]
Cinema Paradise was released worldwide on August 26, 2024, by WakeOne and Genie Music, along with the lead single "Good So Bad" and its music video.[5]
^Lee, So-jung (July 5, 2024). [단독] 제로베이스원(ZB1), 8월말 컴백한다...벌써 데뷔 1주년 [[Exclusive] Zerobaseone (ZB1) is making a comeback at the end of August...It's already been 1 year since our debut] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
^Lee, Da-gyeom (July 30, 2024). 제로베이스원, 3개월만 초고속 컴백...앨범명은 '시네마 파라다이스' [Zerobaseone, super-fast comeback in just 3 months...Album title is 'Cinema Paradise'] (in Korean). Maeil Gyeongje. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
^ abKang, Seo-jung (August 1, 2024). 제로베이스원, 영화 같은 새 앨범 트레일러..석매튜 대본작성에 내레이션까지 [Zerobaseone, a new album trailer that's like a movie..Seok Matthew's script and narration] (in Korean). OSEN [ko]. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
^Heo, Ji-hyung (August 5, 2024). 제로베이스원, 신보 '시네마 천국' 무빙 포스터 공개..컴백 예열 [Zerobaseone, new album 'Cinema Paradise' moving poster revealed..Comeback warm-up] (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
^Koh, Seung-ah (August 7, 2024). 제로베이스원, 히트메이커 켄지 만났다...타이틀곡 '굿 소 배드' [Zerobaseone, meets hitmaker Kenzie...Title song 'Good So Bad'] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
^Seon, Mi-kyung (August 9, 2024). 제로베이스원, 스릴러부터 애니메이션까지 '꽉' 채운 컴백 [Zerobaseone, a comeback filled with thrillers and animations] (in Korean). OSEN [ko]. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Naver.