# K-pop Evening Digest: 2025-10-08
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
- Ginie, Make a Wish: The Paradox of Good and Evil (Part 1 — Empathy Under Fire): A genie named Iblis awakens from a long sleep. He hasn
- 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...
References: Billboard — "PinkPantheress Enlists Kylie Minogue, SEVENTEEN & More for All-Star Remix Project" — https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/pinkpantheress-fancy-some-more-remix-kylie-monogue-seventeen-1236084069/; Soompi — "Stray Kids’ “KARMA” Spends 6th Week In Top 40 Of Billboard 200" — https://www.soompi.com/article/1789103wpp/stray-kids-karma-spends-6th-week-in-top-40-of-billboard-200; The Korea Herald — "Blackpink logs career-high run on Billboard’s Hot 100" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10586505