As winter settles in and vacation lights start to take over metropolis streets, Korea’s dwell music scene is gearing up for considered one of its busiest stretches of the 12 months. Dome-scale finales, world tour homecomings and intimate ballad live shows are all on the calendar, giving followers loads of methods to shut out 2025.
From viral Okay-pop teams to extra low-key acts, here’s a take a look at a number of the key year-end reveals from late November by means of December.
PLAVE
Digital boy band PLAVE will wrap its first Asia tour with “2025 PLAVE Asia Tour ‘DASH: Quantum Leap’ Encore,” a two-night finale on the iconic Gocheok Sky Dome — considered one of Korea’s greatest venues — on Friday and Saturday.
The live shows function the final chapter of the “DASH: Quantum Leap” run, which has helped set up the five-member act as a number one digital presence in Okay-pop. For the dome encore, the group is predicted to scale up its visuals and staging to match the venue, turning the reveals right into a high-impact send-off for the group’s landmark tour.
Rock band DAY6 carry out throughout their tenth anniversary live performance, “The Decade,” at Goyang Stadium, Gyeonggi Province, Aug. 31. Courtesy of JYP Leisure
DAY6
DAY6, the four-piece rock band underneath Okay-pop big JYP Leisure, is scheduled to mark their return to Seoul’s KSPO Dome from Dec. 19 to 21 with “2025 DAY6 Particular Live performance ‘The Current.'”
Billed as a year-end present to followers, the three-night run leans into the group’s repute for highly effective dwell levels. With prolonged setlists and full-band preparations, “The Current” is ready to revisit career-defining tracks whereas additionally highlighting the band’s newer materials, giving the sequence the texture of each a celebration and a reset earlier than the brand new 12 months.
Xdinary Heroes
One other rock band underneath JYP, Xdinary Heroes may also conclude their “Lovely Thoughts” world tour with a three-night “Xdinary Heroes ‘Lovely Thoughts’ World Tour FINALE in Seoul” at Jamsil Indoor Stadium from Friday to Sunday.
After touring by means of 14 world venues this 12 months, the band returns to its residence turf for its largest native standalone live shows up to now. The finale is predicted to emphasise the youthful JYP band’s musical expertise, turning the reveals right into a victory lap that captures how a lot the group has grown on the street.
Okay-pop woman group NMIXX / Courtesy of JYP Leisure
NMIXX
One other powerhouse woman group underneath JYP, NMIXX will open its first world tour with “2025 NMIXX 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘EPISODE 1: ZERO FRONTIER’ IN INCHEON,” kicking off at Encourage Enviornment on Nov. 29 and 30.
The 2 reveals set the stage for the tour’s world run, debuting its ‘Zero Frontier’ story line, tight vocal preparations and concept-heavy manufacturing in entrance of a house viewers earlier than the group begins its abroad dates.
FIFTY FIFTY
One other viral title returning to the stage, FIFTY FIFTY is choosing a extra intimate celebration. The group will host its first official fan occasion, “FIFTY FIFTY: Welcome to Tweny Get together,” on Dec. 5 and 6 at YES24 Wanderloch Corridor in Seoul’s Mapo District.
Designed as a comfortable year-end gathering for Twenys, the group’s official fandom, the occasion mixes small-hall performances with interactive moments. Following a interval of restructuring, it doubles as each a reunion and a symbolic contemporary begin for the group.
Okay-pop woman group FIFTY FIFTY performs throughout a media showcase for its second mini-album “Love Tune” at YES24 Dwell Corridor in Gwangjin District, Seoul, on Sept. 20, 2024. Newsis
Sung Si-kyung
Beloved balladeer Sung Si-kyung will proceed considered one of Korea’s most established winter live performance traditions with a namesake year-end run at KSPO Dome from Dec. 25 to twenty-eight.
With a full band and a setlist that blends signature hits with seasonal favorites, Sung’s four-night sequence has turn out to be a fixture of Seoul’s vacation panorama. This 12 months’s version additionally marks the top of the singer’s twenty fifth anniversary 12 months, including a layer of reflection and nostalgia to the custom.
Okay.will
Singer Okay.will will deliver his newest vacation sequence, “2025 Okay.will Live performance ‘Good Luck,'” to Kyung Hee College’s Grand Peace Palace on Dec. 6 and seven. Recognized for vocal-centered performances that lean into emotional ballads, the singer frames this 12 months’s reveals as a year-end present, constructed across the concept of sending “good luck” into the brand new 12 months. The live shows are positioned as heat, uplifting stops on the vacation schedule.
Balladeer Sung Si-kyung performs throughout his annual year-end live performance at KSPO Dome in Seoul’s Songpa District, held from Dec. 29 to 31, 2024. Courtesy of SK JAEWON
Roy Kim
Singer Roy Kim may also open his new tour, “2025-26 Roy Kim LIVE TOUR ‘ja, daumm,'” with three reveals at TicketLink Dwell Enviornment, previously the Handball Stadium, in Seoul’s Olympic Park from Dec. 12 to 14.
The title, which performs on a Korean expression that means “subsequent,” indicators a setlist that blends longtime favorites with songs that time towards his subsequent chapter. As the primary cease of a wider run all through the nation, the Seoul dates arrive at a naturally reflective time of 12 months for Kim and his followers, giving the live shows added seasonal resonance.
