Mrs. GREEN APPLE, a representative Japanese band known as a ‘eque of youth’, met Korean fans for the first time in 10 years since their debut.

The three-member Mrs. Green Apple, who officially debuted in 2015, held their first concert in Korea, ‘MGA Live in Seoul 2025’, on the 15th and 16th at the Hwajeong Gymnasium of Korea University in Seoul to celebrate their 10th anniversary. They visited Korea last December to commemorate the release of their live concert film ‘Mrs. Green Apple - The White Lounge in Cinema’, but this is their first solo concert in Korea.

This concert is especially meaningful because it was held amidst the evaluation that they are currently at the pinnacle of Japanese music. Mrs. Green Apple proved their huge popularity by winning the Japan Record Award, the most prestigious pop music awards ceremony in Japan, for two consecutive years in 2023 and last year. Among their hit songs, 21 songs have surpassed 100 million cumulative streaming plays, including ‘Dance Hall’, ‘Inferno’, and ‘Ao To Natsu (Blue and Summer)’.

Mrs. Green Apple has also built a thick fandom in Korea by mainly expressing dreams, friendship, love, and passion with a magnificent band sound using youth as keywords. ‘MGA Live in Seoul 2025’, which was even being reacted to by fans as ‘a somewhat belated visit to Korea’, sold out all seats in just 10 minutes.

At a press conference held at the Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 16th ahead of the second day of the concert, Mrs. Green Apple said, “Despite speaking different languages, I was surprised that Korean fans ‘chanted along’. I was very impressed by the power and passion, and I‘m touched.”

They also prepared the set list carefully, “With the intention of greeting Korean fans and saying ‘It’s the first time we‘ve met’.” They led the fans’ ‘chanting’ with early songs like ‘Chunsoo’, ‘Blue and Summer (Ao To Natsu)’, ‘Inferno’, as well as representative songs that have consistently gained popularity like ‘Dance Hall’, ‘Magic’, ‘Feeling’. In addition, they filled the setlist with a variety of songs, including ‘Que Sera Sera’, ‘Lilac’, which won them the Japan Record Award in 2023 and last year, and their latest songs ‘Bitter Vacation’, which they released last year.

The powerful live performances and extraordinary fan service that Mrs. Green Apple delivered on stage were enough to quench the thirst of fans who had waited for the concert for 10 years. The members approached the audience and sang passionately, and communicated directly with fans in Korean with phrases like “I missed you”, “Let‘s go”, “I love you”, “Amazing”, “I missed you”.

Not only the standing seats were packed, but the audience sitting in the chairs stood up and cheered, responding to the members’ passionate stage manner. They also enjoyed the music with their whole bodies, shaking the ‘cheer stick’ made in the shape of an apple to the beat.

Mrs. Green Apple, who performed with over 10,000 audiences over two days, plans to continue their activities in Korea in the future. Having released a live performance film in December last year, they also opened a new account on the fan communication platform ‘Weverse’ to coincide with this first concert in Korea.

The members said, “We know that K-pop trends are really fast. We‘re working hard to keep up with them,” and “We want to collaborate with Korean artists like Tomorrow x Together (TXT) and Dragon Pony. We will continue to work hard to meet our Korean fans often.”


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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