KOREA GAYOJE returned to SummerStage with a showcase of talent from the Korean peninsula and its diaspora. The show featured the K-Pop quartet Brave Girls, who since their debut in 2011, had a viral breakout last year with their 2017 single “Rollin’” peaking to #1 on the Billboard K-Pop 100; Golden Child, a ten-member boy group known for their bass-heavy EDM sound and complex choreography who debuted on Billboard’s “World Digital Song Sales Chart” as the third K-Pop Boy Group to be named on the Chart, holding the title for the highest debut record; and AleXa, the child of a Korean adoptee from Oklahoma whose career jumpstarted by a win on the K-Pop audition show “Rising Legends” followed by her multilingual debut ‘Bomb’ that made Billboard’s Top 10 “World Digital Song Sales Chart.”
Here are some photos from the event.
Brave Girls
Golden Child
AleXa
Following the successes of KOREA GAYOJE in 2017 and 2018, the show featured a dynamic bill of K-Pop artists who have broken boundaries of genre, geography, generation to garner a global audience fanbase. This performance was also presented in celebration of 140 years of friendship between Korea and the US, with the show embodying the slogan “KORUS’ Chorus, Culture consolidates alliance” highlighting the meaningful history of cultural exchange between the two countries.
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