god and Psy heated up KBS2’s ‘Immortal Songs’.

The KBS2 ‘Immortal Songs’ broadcast on the 21st featured a ‘2025 Gyeongju APEC Special’ and featured appearances by Psy, god, ATEEZ, Lee Seung Yoon, Song So Hee, Hwa Sa, Jung Dong Won(JD1), Kiki, and Jo Jazz.

This special feature was planned to commemorate the APEC summit being held in Korea for the first time in 20 years, and a special stage feast was held in Gyeongju City, where tradition and modernity coexist.MC Shin Dong-yup, Kim Jun-hyun, and Lee Chan-won opened the show.

The opening stage began with Jojazz singing Koreana’s “Hand in Hand.” The children’s choir added warm resonance to the famous song symbolizing peace, and delivered a touching message with beautiful harmony.The new representative of Generation Z, Kiki, came on stage with the honest and confident song “I DO ME” and gave off refreshing energy.Jojazz then went on stage again and passionately sang “Don’t You Know,” which contained her own emotions, stimulating retro emotions.

Jeong Dong-won(JD1)shined with his ‘흥’ stage filled with his unique energy and talent.He showed his growth as an artist by completely dominating the audience with his stage manners that are sought after by people of all ages.Hwa Sa heated up the stage with’ I Love My Body ‘and’ Maria ‘.

Song So-hee perfectly conveyed the beauty of Korean traditional music with the stage of’ My Country, Daehan ‘and’ Odoltogi ‘.The stage, which combined the melody of Korean traditional music with a modern sensibility, exquisitely blended with the atmosphere of Gyeongju, the capital of a thousand years, and proved the quality of our sound.Lee Seung-yoon completed the stage with different charms with’ Waterfall ‘armed with his unique narrative sensibility and’ Firecracker Time ‘, which exploded with emotion and energy.The wide musical depth led the audience’s immersion.

ATEEZ fully demonstrated their skills as performance craftsmen who lead the global K-pop fandom.They showcased their skills through ‘Ice On My Teeth’ and ‘Mot’ stages.

The national group god delivered a deep resonance with ‘Road’, then performed ‘Friday Night’ and ‘Where You Should Be’ in succession, leading the audience to sing along.On the encore stage, ‘One Candle’, thousands of audience members sang together as one, creating a heart-pounding moment, showing off the dignity befitting a national group.

Above all, world star PSY, befitting the ‘King of K-pop performances’, created a frenzy with ‘That That’ and ‘Art.’ The stage, which began with the shout, “KBS and I will give you a big present.Everyone, jump!” , exploded with joyful heat, and the audience responded with thrills to his explosive energy.

This ‘2025 Gyeongju APEC Special’ was decorated like a K-pop conference with top artists on each stage.The fantastic stage that decorated the night sky of Gyeongju once again made us realize the status of K-pop that will resonate throughout the world.It encompassed everything from tradition and present, from emotion to powerful performance, leaving a long aftertaste.

Thanks to this, the broadcast on that day recorded 5.1% nationwide, ranking first in viewership ratings for 124 weeks in the same time slot.


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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