On March 13, Head In The Clouds revealed their lineup for the upcoming New York Festival, including ITZY, XG, DPR Live, LØREN, and DPR Ian.
88rising's Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival is coming to New York for the first time, to be followed by its debut event at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in 2018.
The iconic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, which is commemorating its 100th anniversary this year, will host the two-day celebration on May 20 and 21.
ITZY will perform on the first day of the festival, together with Rich Brian, beabadoobee, MILLI, Akini Jing, Dumbfounded, FiFi Zhang, Hojean, ISOxo, Paravi, Raveena, Spence Lee, and Warren Hue.
On the second day, XG will perform along with other artists such as DPR Live, Niki, DPR Ian, Dabin, Atarashi Gakko!, Knock2, LØREN, MaSiWei, P-Lo, Veegee, Wolftyla and Yeek.
Pre-sale of tickets will be on March 17.
ITZY Embarks on World Tour
Recently, ITZY had their 1st world tour that kicked off in Seoul, then in 7 cities in the U.S. and last stop in Southeast Asia.
ITZY had their concert in Hong Kong, which was the second to last stop of their world tour. Bangkok will be the last stop of the group in Southeast Asia.
Moreover, ITZY's sixth mini-album, "Cheshire," has sold more than 1 million copies since its November 30, 2022, release. With this record, the female group joins their fifth mini-album, "Checkmate," as having sold one million copies.
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On the other hand, Chaeryeong was allegedly harassed by Kagwang, a Korean Youtuber. He released a statement defending himself from the accusations and was completely acting normal since ITZY had the same flight with him.
He also cleared from the statement that he tried to talk with them since ITZY has the same flight as him, but ended up appearing as a sasaeng.
The JYP record label's five-member female group ITZY made their debut in 2019. Their most recent album, Cheshire, was published in November 2022, and songs like "Wannabe," "Dalla Dalla," and "Sneakers" have all become big singles.
What's New With XG
The female group XG made its debut on March 18, 2022 under the Japanese label Avex. Amy Harvey, Jurin, Hinata, Cocona, Juria, Chisa, and Maya are the group's seven members.
XG debuted with their single album "Tippy Toes" and performed the song live on Mnet.
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The song was created with the intention of challenging structure and stereotypes and becoming an act outside of K-POP or J-POP with a universal and unbound objective.
Since then, the group has gathered a significant fan base; their YouTube channel now has over 400K subscribers.
The dynamic third single from the Japanese female group, "Shooting Star," which premiered alongside a bonus track, "Left Right," and featured a live performance of both songs before their release, became the group's first single of 2023.
Moreover, despite being a Japanese group residing in South Korea, XG participates in Korean music programs and other Korean artists. The girl group's songs were both English and Korean like "GALZ CYPHER" and "Mascara."
Moreover, together with ITZY and other performers, XG will also exhibit live performances at the HITC New York Festival.
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