🌙 Evening — 2025-10-02
# K-pop Evening Digest: 2025-10-02
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 Mentor Behind the Korean Wave (Part 1): When Korea remembers its Miracle on the Han River, most think of economic growth. Yet the greater miracle was cultural: the rise of K-Pop, K-Drama, and K-Fil...
- The Mentor Behind the Korean Wave (Part 2): In 1991, Kim Min-Ki founded Hakchon Theater, a small stage in Seoul that became the training ground for over 700 artists—actors, singers, and directors who w...
- 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...
References: The Korea Herald — "Le Sserafim to drop 1st single next month" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10585620; The Korea Herald — "Mamamoo’s Hwasa to drop single, Solar to launch tour" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10588480; The Korea Herald — "Tappytoon teams up with K-pop group Newbeat for 'Bullet Time' webtoon music video" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10584401