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 — 2025-09-30

# K-pop Evening Digest: 2025-09-30

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

  • The Harmony of Togetherness (Part-1) : How Ttechang(떼창) Defines K-Pop’s Social Ecstasy: Ttechang, often mistranslated as “sing-along,” is far more profound. Rooted in Korea’s marketplace performances and folk traditions like Madanggeuk and Talch...
  • The Harmony of Togetherness (Part-2): How Ttechang(떼창) Defines K-Pop’s Social Ecstasy: From Seoul to São Paulo, Wembley to Jakarta, ttechang has become the sound of K-Pop’s globalization. International fans memorize Korean lyrics, rehearse chan...
  • 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...

References: The Korea Herald — "Le Sserafim to drop 1st single next month" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10585620; The Korea Herald — "Blackpink logs career-high run on Billboard’s Hot 100" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10586505; The Korea Herald — "Tappytoon teams up with K-pop group Newbeat for 'Bullet Time' webtoon music video" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10584401