in Japanese and visit Tokyo in the coming year. Here, the group performs during the Opening Ceremony of the League of Legends World Championship 2023 Finals at Gocheok Sky Dome on Nov. 23 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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NewJeans Preps For Japan
K-pop’s hottest new girl group, NewJeans, will finally make its official Japan debut on June 21 with a special release of a new single, followed by their second Japan fan meet-and-greet on June 26-27 at the iconic Tokyo Dome, a milestone that most acts have to wait years to achieve. Japan is the biggest and most important foreign market for K-pop.
The quintet is scheduled to release a new single on May 24 in Korea that contains several songs, one of which, “Bubble Gum,” has already been picked up as a theme song for a Japanese TV show,…
