At the end of the year, in addition to music awards ceremonies, Kpop fans also look forward to the music festival of the three largest TV stations in Korea (KBS, SBS, MBC). Because these events gather a strong cast of artists who are not inferior to large-scale awards ceremonies.
Recently, SBS caused a stir in the Kpop fan community when announcing the list of artists participating in the 2024 SBS Gayo Daejeon music festival.
The first list was revealed on December 9, including 28 artists, with many prominent names such as 2NE1, aespa, NewJeans, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, TXT, Stray Kids, (G)I-DLE, NCT 127, NCT Dream...
On December 11, SBS suddenly announced that the last artist to appear would be Big Bang leader G-Dragon.
SBS Now expressed their excitement when introducing G-Dragon: Even we cant believe it... hug us tight. This year's lineup is complete. G to the D or G.O.A.T., the livin Legend.
In particular, the 2024 SBS Gayo Daejeon stage marked G-Dragon's return to this music festival after 8 years, since 2016.
SBS also clearly favored the Big Bang leader when placing G-Dragon in the most prominent position on the artist list. On the shows ticket sales page, SBS wrote G-Dragons live performance will be back soon to attract fans to buy tickets.
Previously, G-Dragon and Big Bang's Taeyang and Daesung made an explosive comeback at the 2024 MAMA awards ceremony, which took place in Japan at the end of November.
G-Dragon performed solo song Power and performed with Big Bang 3 songs Home Sweet Home, Bang Bang Bang and Fantastic Baby.
The 14-minute performance video of G-Dragon and Big Bang has so far attracted 33 million views, the highest among the performances at this year's MAMA. The video also recorded more than 140,000 comments, becoming a " chat room" of heated discussion among Korean netizens.
Videos recording the artists' reactions at MAMA when Big Bang performed also reached millions of views.
It can be said that MAMA 2024 has won a big media victory with the return of G-Dragon and Big Bang after 9 years.
