Keep an eye out for these highlights in the annual year-end K-pop festivals

The end of the year offers a lot of excitement for K-pop fans: holiday remixes, end-of-year concerts hosted by their favorite artists, and year-end K-pop music shows featuring unique concepts and star-studded lineups. Such programs show K-pop artists from different agencies interacting with one another, often through collaborative performances — a rare sight outside such programs. This year, the festivities kick off with the “KBS Song Festival” on Friday, and on Saturday, 2025's stand-out artist