SM Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as SM) will complete a solid lineup of artists in the remaining 1st and 2nd quarters of 2025, raising the heat of its 30th anniversary.
SM will release its 30th anniversary album '2025 SM Town: The Culture, The Future' on the 14th. The album consists of a total of 17 songs, including the title song 'thank you' and the SM Legend hit remade by senior and junior artists. Among them, the songs of TVXQ's 'Hug' sung by Rise and Super Junior 'Miracle' reinterpreted by NCT WISH have been pre-released and loved.
In particular, attention is focused on the performance of the artist 'Youngest Line' who will lead the future of SM. Harts-to-Harts, a new girl group that will appear in about five years since Espa, will debut with its first single 'The Chase' on the 24th and release another single in the second quarter, coloring the music industry in Harts-to-Harts' own color in the first half of the year. On top of that, Rise, who is gaining popularity over the trend, is preparing for its first full-length album since its debut, and NCT WISH, who showed brilliant performance in 2024 and won the modifier Best Rookie, is also making a leap forward with the release of a mini-album.
There will also be comebacks of groups that will add weight to the lineup. Having achieved three consecutive mega hits in 2024 alone with 'Supernova'Armageddon'Whiplash', Espa is expected to release a new mini-album and once again prove its dignity as 'Global Hitmaker'. In addition, high interest is expected in the mini-album of WayV, which is actively working with SHINee's new single, album and tour after a long time.
In addition, solos and units are also dispatched to help 'SM Rush'. In March, Red Velvet Seulgi and NCT 10's mini-album and NICE's single will be released. NCT Doyoung, Mark, and EXO Kai are scheduled to release their solo albums afterwards, while Super Junior's unit Super Junior-L.S.S., which celebrates its 20th anniversary, will make its comeback as a Japanese single, and Red Velvet-Irin & Seulgi, which made its debut in 2020, will make its first mini-album in about five years.
At the same time as artist activities, SM expands its meetings with fans around the world through constant tour schedules. SMTOWN LIVE, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in Seoul in January, will start its world tour and visit Mexico, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In addition to NCT 127 and Espa's world tour, TVXQ Japan's national tour, WayV's first solo concert tour, NCT WISH, Super Junior Yesung, and SHINee Minho's Asia tour, which is currently in full swing, Taeyeon's Asia tour, which will begin anew in March, is expected to receive good responses.
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