SES‘s Bada took the stage for SM’s 30th anniversary concert.

On the 12th at 5 PM, ‘SMTOWN LIVE 2025 [THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE] in SEOUL’ was held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, following the previous day‘s ‘STOWN LIVE 2025 [THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE] in SEOUL’. Both performances were live streamed simultaneously through the global platform Beyond LIVE and Weverse.

Bada filled the Gocheok Dome with a solo performance of SES’s ‘Dreams Come True’. She then performed ‘Dreams Come True’ with aespa‘s Karina and Winter, and ‘Cosmic’ with Super Junior’s Ryeowook.

Bada introduced herself as “Bada of Korea‘s first female idol group SES” and said, “I wasn’t able to say what I wanted to say yesterday. This is a special concert and this time won‘t come again, so I wrote a letter, so can you read it?“ he said, taking out a long letter. He said, ”Thank you to all the Mode fans who came to this meaningful and wonderful concert for SM’s 30th anniversary. I wonder when you heard our music. I hope that the music and us will be a comfort to you during your difficult times.“

The sea sent sincere support and comfort, saying, ”You are all wonderful, one-of-a-kind gems in this world. Thank you for being with SM music from when we were girls to when our juniors are girls now.“ ”I want to tell you that S.ES‘s songs are not past fads, but are always by your side when you want to dream and be courageous. I hope that the music of our juniors and all of SM’s music will flow and flow in the sea of your long lives. He said, “I love Pink Blood.”

This concert will feature SM Entertainment (hereafter SM) artists such as Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, SHINee’s Key and Minho, EXO’s Suho and Chanyeol, Red Velvet, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, WayV, aespa, RISE, NCT WISH, Navis, Zhoumi, and Raiden, as well as SMTR25, a group of 25 trainees and artists from SM’s affiliated labels such as Mavistar, SM Jazz Trio, and Min Ji-woon, SMTOWN Family including HOT’s Tony An, S.E.S.’s Bada, and Fly to the Sky’s Hwanhee, British boy group Dear Alice, which SM participated in producing, and trot idol Mytro.

As it is a concert held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of SM’s founding, it will feature diverse stages by SM artists as well as pre-stages by artists from affiliated labels, and special performances by SMTOWN Family and SM artists. It was filled with various stages such as collaboration stages.

In addition, songs from SM‘s 30th anniversary commemorative album ‘2025 SMTOWN: THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE’ (2025 SMTOWN: The Culture, The Future), in which senior and junior artists remade SM’s representative hit songs to fit each team‘s color, were revealed for the first time through this performance.

‘SMTOWN LIVE 2025’ will begin a global tour starting with the Seoul performance.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com