Today's Highlights

- HYBE announces new multi-group concert festival for fall 2025 - Red Velvet's Joy confirmed for lead role in upcoming Netflix drama - BTS's V breaks Instagram record with latest art photography post - JYP Entertainment…

🌙 Evening — 2025-09-29

# K-pop Evening Digest: 2025-09-29

Today's Highlights

  • HYBE announces new multi-group concert festival for fall 2025
  • Red Velvet's Joy confirmed for lead role in upcoming Netflix drama
  • BTS's V breaks Instagram record with latest art photography post
  • JYP Entertainment opens new branch office in Thailand

New Releases

  • NCT Dream drops surprise single "Midnight Sun" on streaming platforms
  • aespa members release individual concept films for comeback
  • ATEEZ unveils tracklist for upcoming full album
  • LE SSERAFIM shares choreography practice video for b-side track

Performance Spotlight

  • Stray Kids delivers powerful performance at summer festival
  • SEVENTEEN's synchronized choreography goes viral on social media
  • NewJeans performs acoustic version of hit songs on radio show
  • ENHYPEN showcases new arrangement of debut song at fanmeeting

Fan Corner

  • BTS ARMY organizes global streaming party for anniversary
  • BLACKPINK's Rosé surprises fans with handwritten letters
  • TXT members host surprise V LIVE for 1000-day celebration
  • TWICE's Nayeon trends worldwide after airport fashion moment

Recent Insights

  • You and Everything Else (Review: Part 2) — A Drama of Silence, Stares, and Scars: By its finale, “You and Everything Else” had transformed from an underrated experiment into a sleeper masterpiece. Critics compared it to the warmth of “When...
  • You and Everything Else (Review: Part 1) — A Drama of Silence, Stares, and Scars: You and Everything Else” broke every rule of what makes a hit K-drama. No car chases, no steamy romances, no shocking plot twists—just two women and the sile...
  • From Winter Sonata to Billboard: Korean Wave Hits the Mainstream (Part 3): KPDH’s Billboard victory was more than a hit single—it was the catalyst for an explosion of K-Culture across every domain. Fans around the world now celebrat...

References: The Korea Herald — "Seventeen scales up The City project for return to LA" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10582494; The Korea Herald — "Le Sserafim to drop 1st single next month" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10585620; The Korea Herald — "Tappytoon teams up with K-pop group Newbeat for 'Bullet Time' webtoon music video" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10584401