K STAGE 2020 begins a new challenge in an online concert as the pandemic is still on surge.
Natural music is set to roll in North America and South America at 10:00 p.m. on the 29th (11 a.m. KST on the 30th). In cooperation with US's Studio Fab, Japan's leading music platform Line Live, and 2019 Seoul Music.
In addition to the grand prize, music festivals such as the Korea Music Festival (KMF), Busan One Asia Festival (BOF), and Incheon K-pop Concert (INK), fan meetings of GOT7 Jinyoung and JBJ95 as well as concerts of K-pop idols such as W24, will be held in cooperation with Bbangya TV as the representative company of Korea's online performances.
JK-VISION, a Japanese corporation that is in charge of promoting the KPOP market in Japan is an organization that provides support and promotion for Korean composer management and K-pop artists to enter Japan through the entertainment businesses of Korea and Japan. It serves as a stepping stone between the two countries.
Due to the difficulty of activities in Japan due to COVID-19, each artist is working on platforms such as Pia and LINE in Japan through "online concerts," focusing on LINE official accounts of the recently opened "JK-VISION" and full-fledged online performance projects.
Studio PAV, based in New Jersey, US, introduces K-STAGE to the US, Canada, South America and Europe through its online content platform "ONCAST," which was developed based on the past decade of K-POP tour experience. Through this, it will provide opportunities for K-POP rookie groups in'K-STAGE' to advance into foreign markets.
The K-STAGE concert is meant to select teams that are drawing attention from local fans among a number of K-pop artists to reflect the rapidly changing trend along with the globalization of K-pop and take their first steps in the global market .
At the concert, girl group Ellis, who are recognized for their skills through SBS audition program "K-pop Star," boy group Encus, who are rookies but is receiving much attention from K-pop fans around the world during their debut, CCTV Shin Kwang-tadao, who boasts the highest ratings in China, appeared as an invited singer. In addition to that, a four-member boy group, Hang-Star, 2016 and Guangzhou, which were selected through numbers of advertising projects are also part of the K-Stage.
Girl band Phishing Girls, which drew favorable reviews from leading Japanese labels through the LOVERS FES 2020 performance, and four-member boy band Blockchain, which recently returned with its third album "Dynamite," will appear.
K-Stage was selected as the first K-POP omnibus concert of the non-face-to-face LINE LIVE-VIEWING, which will be launched on the 30th by LINE in Japan. It is drawing attention from domestic and foreign officials amid expectations that it will be a good example upon entering the global K-pop market as well as the Japanese market.
Meanwhile, tickets for K STAGE 2020 "Unact Concert" can be booked through Rising Star, Studio Fab (North America, South America) and Line (Japan).
