This year‘s Lollapalooza will feature Twice ‘Hard Carry’
‘K-pop mega group’ Twice tops the Lollapalooza Chicago lineup as ‘headliners’ Photo courtesy of JYP Entertainment
There are 5 K-pop groups, and TWICE is a whopping ‘headliner’. This is the lineup for the global outdoor music festival ‘Lollapalooza’ that will heat up Chicago, USA this summer.
The headliners, who have the great responsibility of putting on a great show, and the leading hitters stationed throughout the four-day festival are all dominated by the so-called ‘trustworthy K’. ‘LollapaloozaChicago’ is a leading North American outdoor music festival that will be held in Chicago from July 31 to August 3.
On the 19th (Korean time), Lollapalooza announced the lineup of a total of 5 K-pop groups, including TWICE, who were selected as the headliner, through their official SNS. The K-pop artists who got to breathe closely with their global fandom through the Lollapalooza Chicago stage are Twice, Xdinary Heroes, Boynextdoor, Catseye, and Kickflip.
This is the first time for all five groups to perform at Lollapalooza. The industry insiders and outsiders say that the planning ability of Lollapalooza stands out for its exquisite arrangement of the ‘diverse spectrum’ that K-pop contains, including Twice, a mega girl group representing global pop beyond K-pop, and rising stars Xdinary Heroes, Boynextdoor, Catseye, and Kickflip, who are armed with their own musical colors as well as popularity with the general public.
The most notable part is the appearance of Twice, the ‘stadium group’, who have been defeating representative stages of each country one after another. Through their world tour ‘Ready to Be’, Twice has topped the lineup of performances alongside global top-tier acts like Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter, building on their proven audience mobilization capabilities.
Kickflip, the ‘future of K-pop’, appeared like a comet in January and rose to the ranks of ‘Lollapalooza Pick’, a rising star, in just two months since his debut.
Aside from the current K-pop ‘hard-carrying mainstays like Xtenary Heroes and Boynextdoor, what‘s noteworthy about this year’s Lollapalooza Chicago is that they gave the main stage to ‘super rookies’ who have not even been active for a year. Catseye, a multinational girl group based in North America, the global pop mecca, will be celebrating their first anniversary in June, while Kickflip officially debuted in January.
Reporter Heo Min-nyeong mignon@donga.com
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