🌙 Evening — 2025-10-18
# K-pop Evening Digest: 2025-10-18
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 2): In the second half of “Ginie, Make a Wish,” masks drop and ideologies burn. The male angel Su-Hyeon (Azrael)—once the symbol of righteousness—reveals himself...
- 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...
References: Billboard — "BLACKPINK Comeback Speculation Leads to Drop in YG Shares Amid Overall K-Pop Stock Decline" — https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-blackpink-album-yg-entertainment-stock-drops-label/; Soompi — "Choi Woo Shik And Jung So Min’s Feelings Change After Their Kiss + Seo Bum June Returns In “Would You Marry Me”" — https://www.soompi.com/article/1791264wpp/choi-woo-shik-and-jung-so-mins-feelings-change-after-their-kiss-seo-bum-june-returns-in-would-you-marry-me; The Korea Herald — "Blackpink’s Jisoo logs record 1b Spotify streams" — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10592776