Good morning KCON-ers! Day 2 of KCON:TACT HI 5 featured Stray Kids, GHOST9, KWON EUNBI, and Girls Planet 999. Did you all enjoy the show? We'll be back for DAY 3 on Friday, September 24th at 5am PDT/8am EDT with ATEEZ, Ciipher, MAMAMOO, and WOODZ. The official replay of today’s event will stream at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT! Once you have your membership, you can watch it on the KCON official YouTube. To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join For a complete schedule to KCON:TACT, click the "TIMETABLE" tab here: http://kconofficial.com/ LET'S REVIEW DAY 2! Stray Kids were Thunderous for the opening performance at KCON:TACT HI 5! Ghosties were in the city of Seoul with GHOST9 today 🌏 🌏 Don't miss out on these amazing performances! You can still watch the replays on YouTube or catch the fun moments on Twitter! Seoul Up All Night MC Lee Gikwang prepared to meet our amazing 1st Meet&Greet guests - Stray Kids! Catch Stray Kid's full M&G on YouTube by joining our membership! Here are some of our favorite moments below! SKZ answering questions from Stay 💕💕 Sexy and cute 😏 🥺 The pants 🤣 Kwon Eunbi opened the door to her dark sexy concept today 👀 👀 Bunny🐰 didn't disappoint with her performances 🥕. Door Blue Eyes BoA - Woman Watch the loving surprise guest, along with the surprise messages from her fans, on YouTube,! It brought us all to tears 😭 -KCONUSA staff Stray Kid's Seungmin & Bang Chan were next to the 3D sound stage EeumAkSil with Zombie Such a beautiful performance~ Girls Planet999 showed another outstanding performance today! Who will win those 9 spots?? Kwon Eunbi was the final M&G of Day 2. Members on YouTube can catch all the cute moments! Don't miss out! Answered fan concerns in 5 syllables Random Version Dance Eating delicious traditional Korean food Watch Stray Kids performances again tonight at 7pm by joining our membership on YouTube! 🍬🍭🍬🍭 The View God's Menu Haven Back Door Thanks for watching! Don't forget, if you missed out, you can watch all the performances, M&G's, AND MORE during the replay at 7pm PT! You must be a member to watch! To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join Tune in for more next week! Happy Chuseok to everyone in Korea! -KCON Staff Artist's 1min Recap ⏱️
Hello and good afternoon KCON-ers! The first day of KCON:TACT HI 5 featured AB6IX, Highlight, PARK JIHOON, Weekly, and WEi. Did you all enjoy the show? The official replay of today’s event will stream at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT! Once you have your membership, you can watch it on the KCON official YouTube. To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join For a complete schedule to KCON:TACT, click the "TIMETABLE" tab here: http://kconofficial.com/ LET'S GO OVER DAY 1! Come and get it ABNEW. AB6IX owned the stage with Salute for the opening performance! Don't say Bye Bye Bye just yet to WEi! Here's what you missed! You can still watch the replays on YouTube or catch the fun moments on Twitter! Bye Bye Bye 16th Star All or Nothing MC Lee Gikwang dusted his guest house for our 1st Meet&Greet special guests AB6IX! There were so many fun moments during AB6IX's M&G, check out some of the fun moments below! Lots of love between ABNEW & AB6IX💕💕 Members showing off some... wonderful charm 🍑🍑 And a slight spoiler for fans 👀👀 Highlight wowed us once again on the 3D sound stage EeumAkSil with On Rainy Days🌧️🌧️ Anyone else cry a little 😭😭 -KCONUSA Staff Weeekly was with Daileee until the morning. Did everyone enjoy having a Holiday Party 🎉🎉 Don't forget, all the amazing song's Weeekly performed are on YouTube! Let's check it out~ Holiday Party Check it Out Highlight 💡 brightened 💡 up the Guest House with the 2nd Meet&Greet! Here are some of our favorite moments! Dongwoon's first, and last, magic show Yoseop as MVP Dongwoon in tears Fun dancing! Sit in a special seat May's 💚💚 Park Jihoon started his spectacular performance with Gallery! We were all Lost during Park Jihoon's beautiful performances. Check out more fun moments on Twitter & YouTube! Gallery Lost Gotcha WEi brought the Monsters out in all of us with this 🔥🔥 Special Stage 🔥🔥 Weeekly was very comfortable at MC Lee Gikwang's guest house for the 3rd Meet&Greet of the day! Taught MC the Holiday Party dance! Played a fun game of charade's! Made some delicious Bibimbap. AB6IX's performances were just as bold and beautiful as their red lips!💋💋 Check them out! Close The Answer It's Not The End KCON-ers! 💡💡Highlight💡💡 finished out Day 1 beautifully but there's more to come! Watch Highlight's performances again on YouTube! Beautiful Night Plz Don't Be Sad (얼굴 찌푸리지 말아요) Calling You Waves Not The End Don't forget, if you missed out, you can watch all the performances, M&G's, special stages AND MORE during the replay at 7pm PT! You must be a member to watch! To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join See you all bright and early tomorrow! -KCON Staff Artist's 1min ⏱️
Thought we were over? Not quite. KCON Studio:LIVE from the USA is excited to announce two additional programs that have been added to CONTINUE THE FUN! Be sure to follow us on our INSTAGRAM and TWITTER for updates on new content, programming and guests! Also follow our special guests’ to keep in touch and show your support! Without further ado, let’s give a warm welcome to our new special guest! SPECIAL GUESTS TEAM B.U.K Team B.U.K is a group of talented dancers based in LA. They are dedicated to bringing together a KPOP community through dancing and joy. They perform public Kpop dance covers along with performing at events such as 626 Night Market and K-pop cup sleeve events. They also perform their own original choreography! EVENT INFO To conclude our epic HI5 season, we’ve added two new programs for you to enjoy through our LIVE from the USA Countdown Week! Bringing in someone new and bringing back someone old. Schedule: Monday, Sept 27 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - Random Play Dance w/ Team B.U.K Tuesday, Sept 28 6:00 PM PDT Twitter Spaces - KCON:TACT HI 5 Closing Ceremony Fill out the form for your chance to join! Below you will find a link to the form. Please note that due to limited capacity, participants will be selected at random and notified via email if they have been selected to join. Each individual may only submit one form for each session. Form will close on Wednesday, Sept 22, 1PM PDT. When will I find out if I have been selected to participate in a session? You will receive an email no later than Thursday, Sept 23, 7PM PDT if you have been selected to participate in a session. Do I need to pay to join? No! Just fill out a form for the session you are interested in, for a chance to participate. Are minors able to view? Yes. In each form, there is a link to a consent form that ALL participants must download, sign, and date. If you are unable to access the form on the link, please find it below as well: https://bit.ly/387F3wD PROGRAMS KCON STUDIO:LIVE from the USA is proud to announce RANDOM PLAY DANCE! Come join Team B.U.K and dance the night away with some of your favorite KCON:TACT HI5 lineup artists Sign Up For RPD Workshop! Lai Francis and Jeff Benjamin will also be returning to close this chapter of LIVE from the USA with Twitter Spaces Closing Ceremony. Together, they will recap the epic stages as well as memorable moments of Season 5. JOIN us on Twitter Spaces on 9/28! We can’t wait to have you join our finale of KCON STUDIO: LIVE from the USA. Be sure to apply early so you don’t miss your chance, and we hope you enjoy everything we have to offer for this season’s KCON:TACT HI 5 Events! See you soon KCON-ers!!!
KCON:TACT HI 5 LIVE from the USA was so excited to have Tiffany Lui host her own KCON Style POLCO art workshop! Her shop, Lovely St. Shop, designs all sorts of Kpop merch, a fan favorite being her POLCO's! Today she came to share some of her tips and tricks to getting started. Hi Tiffany!! All attendees were sent a special art kit with a top loader and 2 custom made KCON:TACT HI5 stickers to use in the workshop! Aren't they cute? Now let's get started! You can design the top loaders with or without a photo inside. Whatever helps you visualize more! If the stickers hang off the edges, don't worry! Nothing goes to waste! Look at all the amazing guests who are so focused on designing their POLCO Tiffany says it's up to you to decide how many stickers you want to add! If you want to fill it up, go right ahead. Or you can go for the more minimal look and leave some spaces in between. The choices are endless! Love all the encouraging words people had for Tiffany. The support was amazing and she truly appreciates everyone who came out to support her! Here are some of Tiffany's designs! You can find more on her Etsy And now, let's see our KCON-er's designs! They all look fabulous! Thank you so much to everyone who attended Tiffany's event today! She had a blast seeing everyone's designs and looks forward to seeing you at future cupsleeve events in SoCal! Learn more about any events on her Instagram! @lovelyst.shop @hellotifflui Special thanks to @hesseokjin.shop for her help with designing the stickers used today! Catch them both at cupsleeve events in SoCal! Don't miss out on the other KCON:TACT HI 5 - LIVE from the USA events that are coming up! We look forward to seeing you there! Till next time! -KCON Staff
KCON:TACT HI 5 LIVE from the USA was very excited to bring back the amazing artist JUN, hosted by the talented Riley Tollett! Though Jun and Riley are KCON regulars, this was both their first time at LIVE from the USA week! JUN was especially excited to meet all his fans! JUN showcased his wonderful home in Seoul, South Korea in the background. Riley and him had originally planned a 2-week vacation. However, due to the pandemic, that trip ended up lasting 3 months for Riley and a permanent relocation for JUN. Fun fact: JUN only had 2 weeks of clothes in his bag when he decided to live in Korea. So he lived off of that bag, along with his violin and camera, for almost an entire year! During their intro talk, JUN mentioned that his favorite filming experience was with Riley herself! During one of their videos, Riley helped design/create Jun's outfit and he was highly impressed! Oh, and she also dropped his camera once... *gasp BY THE WAY: Jun's TikTok series "Hyung Hyung Hyung... Can you do this?" isn't a joke. When BTS's ON music video came out, he learned the song, filmed it and uploaded it 14 hours after the original. WOW! He says it usually takes him less than 8 hours to learn a new song on the violin. IMPRESSIVE! Let's not forget the beautiful songs he performed for his fans today. Some of his favorites! You can catch them on his Youtube Channel - JuNCurryAhn River Flows in You - Yiruma / Wedding Dress - Taeyang Advice - Taemin Permission to Dance - BTS STAY - The Kid LAROI / Justin Beiber Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran I'll Give You My Heart OST - IU Back in Time - LYN Fans were ecstatic. Look at all these smiles and cheers! During their Q&A session, fans were able to ask JUN so many great and fun questions! Of course, it wouldn't be JUN & Riley without a little playful banter. We love you Riley! Oh. By the way. JUN's boba order is a milk tea, 50% sugar with no boba..... I'll just leave that right there. Thank you to all the amazing fans that attended today's event! Jun and Riley had so much fun today! Don't forget to show your support by following them on social media! @ril2cha @JunCurryAhn Don't miss out on the other KCON:TACT HI 5 - LIVE from the USA events that are coming up! We look forward to seeing you there! Till next time! -KCON Staff
KCON STUDIO: LIVE from the USA Week is back for KCON:TACT HI 5! 🎉🎉 KCON:TACT HI 5 kicks off in September and we're excited to announce our SUPER special programming for our KCONUSA fans! Get ready to join Lai Frances, Jeff Benjamin, JUN, Riley Tollett, and Tiffany Lui from Lovely St. Shop for an exciting week filled with some of your favorite KCONUSA programming! With new content, new programming, and new guests for you to enjoy, be sure to follow us on social and show our special guests some love by following their accounts too! Without further ado, let's go into our special guests and their program details further down below! SPECIAL GUESTS LAI FRANCES Lai Frances is a minted multimedia journalist with 5+ years of experience in editorial, video, radio and streaming contributions. In combining a rigorous academic experience with professional roles in digital media and pop culture spheres, she has exemplified a keen ability to coordinate social media activity, develop written and visual content, and utilize editorial skills at an expert level. Currently, Lai is a Social Media Producer at CNET by day and a Contributing Writer at MTV News, Teen Vogue, tmrw and PopCrush by night. Sometimes, you can find her hosting live talks with K-pop artists on BUILD Series. Most of Lai's projects revolve around pop culture, entertainment, music (K-pop/Top 40/Global), fashion (sneakers and streetwear) and more. Having a "glad to be here" attitude wherever she goes, Lai is always open to learn and grow with opportunities presented themselves. JEFF BENJAMIN Jeff Benjamin is an award-winning music journalist, curator and host based in New York City. He's covered K-pop for nearly a decade, acting as Billboard's K-Pop Columnist and TIDAL's K-Pop Editor while contributing writing and commentary about the scene in places like the New York Times, CNN, Rolling Stone and more. Recently, he's helped launch new products in the K-pop space including acting as an editor-at-large for Rolling Stone Korea and the new art magazine eLe magazine. JUN Jun is a violinist and artist on YouTube and is currently based in South Korea. He has made countless hits with his violin/dance covers on YouTube that have garnered millions of views and followers to this day. He is currently pursuing his solo career and plans to make more original content in the future. RILEY TOLLETT Riley T is a published portrait photographer who's lived in Seoul since 2015 and been a Kpop fan since 2009. As KCON's number one fan and supporter, she takes her job of convincing new people to like Kpop very seriously. She's done backup dancing for old school Kpop artists and voiceovers for concerts as big as Super Show, and her favorite part of doing photoshoots with artists is how creative you can get with your concepts when the models are so talented. You can find her photography in Kpop albums, magazines, KCON lineup announcements, and you are ALWAYS welcome to tweet at DSP asking them to hire her to take photos for KARD. TIFFANY LUI Tiffany Lui, owner of Lovely St. Shop creates one of a kind K-pop inspired stationery & home goods. Some of her most recent creations include decorated top loaders and beaded keychains. She has been a long time K-pop fan attending multiple concerts and events. She has also partnered with several businesses to host cup sleeve events & loved being able to connect with other fans. She's so excited to be given this opportunity to meet other fans and K-pop lovers. EVENT INFO To celebrate a new season of KCON:TACT we'll be having more content for you to enjoy through our LIVE from the USA Countdown Week! We're bringing some of our beloved KCON USA programs to the virtual world. What is KCON STUDIO - LIVE FROM THE USA? A week full of interactions with special guests via Zoom! We just announced our special guests who will be joining us for this amazing countdown week to KCON:TACT HI 5! This countdown week will consist of 3 programs that will take place via Twitter Spaces and Zoom during Sept 9-13. Schedule Thursday, Sept 9 6:00 PM PDT Twitter Spaces - KCON:TACT HI 5 Opening Ceremony Friday, Sept 10 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - Meet & Greet w/ JUN Monday, Sept 13 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - KCON STYLE POLCO How do I join KCON STUDIO - LIVE FROM THE USA? Fill out the form for which session you'd like a chance to join! Below you will find a link to the forms for each session. Please note that due to limited capacity, participants will be selected at random and notified via email if they have been selected to join. Each individual may only submit one form for each session. Forms will close on Tuesday, Sept 7, 1PM PDT. When will I find out if I have been selected to participate in a session? You will receive an email no later than Wednesday, Sept 8, 7PM PDT if you have been selected to participate in a session. Do I need to pay to join? No! Just fill out a form for the session you are interested in, for a chance to participate. Are minors able to view? Yes. In each form, there is a link to a consent form that ALL participants must download, sign, and date. If you are unable to access the form on the link, please find it below as well: https://bit.ly/387F3wD PROGRAMS Continuing on from the successful Twitter Spaces sessions from KCON:TACT 4 U, let's kick off KCON:TACT HI 5 with our Opening Ceremony session for Day 1 of LIVE from the USA week! Veteran K-Pop writers Lai Frances and Jeff Benjamin are back for the 2nd time to welcome KCON-ers back to another season of KCON:TACT while also talking about this season’s lineup artists! JOIN us on Twitter Spaces on 9/9! Bringing back one the most popular panel program of KCONUSA, we’re excited to have JUN for the first time on LIVE from
Good evening KCON-ers! The FINAL chapter of the KCON:TACT 4U gallery series is here! DAY9 (Show DAY6) of KCON:TACT 4U featured BTOB, OH MY GIRL, and Stray Kids! The KINGDOM stages continued and we even got to see a QUEENDOM stage! We hope you guys loved the KCON:TACT 4U gallery series and if you want to see more let us know on our socials! DAY 9 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO BTOB OH MY GIRL STRAY KIDS More KINGDOM stages and even a QUEENDOM stage? We were blessed on the last day of KCON:TACT 4U! We hope we got to capture some of your favorite moments of DAY 9! -KCON Staff
Hello again KCON-ers! Welcome back to the gallery series of KCON:TACT 4U! We really hope everyone is loving all the official photos and videos from the event. DAY8 (Show DAY5) of KCON:TACT 4U featured iKON, SF9, and THE BOYZ! Do you guys remember your favorite moment from this day? We hope we captured that moment for you! Enjoy the official gallery and we'll be back soon with DAY9! DAY 8 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO iKON SF9 THE BOYZ iTS ONE Rap Unit The KINGDOM stages were no joke! Did you guys enjoy all the official photos? DAY 9 is coming right after this! Get ready! -KCON Staff
Hello KCON-ers~! Waiting for DAY 7 (Show DAY 4) official photos? Here they are! DAY 7 featured CNBLUE, EVERGLOW, Golden Child, JO1, and ONF! Which one of these official photos is your favorite? Looking for DAY 8 photos? Don't worry they're coming very soon! DAY 7 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO CNBLUE EVERGLOW Golden Child JO1 ONF Did you save some of your favorite official photos? We're so glad we get to share these with you guys! Look out for DAY 8 photos coming soon! -KCON Staff
Hello KCON-ers! Are you loving all the official show day photos we're uploading? We hope you are enjoying all the official photos from KCON:TACT 4U! Here are DAY 6 (Show DAY 3) official photos and videos! DAY 6 featured ITZY, PENTAGON, VERIVERY, and WEKIMEKI! Enjoy~! DAY 6 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO ITZY PENTAGON VERIVERY WEKIMEKI DAY 6 was amazing! We hope you guys enjoyed all the stages! DAY 7 photos coming soon! -KCON Staff
Good morning KCON-ers! Day 2 of KCON:TACT HI 5 featured Stray Kids, GHOST9, KWON EUNBI, and Girls Planet 999. Did you all enjoy the show? We'll be back for DAY 3 on Friday, September 24th at 5am PDT/8am EDT with ATEEZ, Ciipher, MAMAMOO, and WOODZ. The official replay of today’s event will stream at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT! Once you have your membership, you can watch it on the KCON official YouTube. To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join For a complete schedule to KCON:TACT, click the "TIMETABLE" tab here: http://kconofficial.com/ LET'S REVIEW DAY 2! Stray Kids were Thunderous for the opening performance at KCON:TACT HI 5! Ghosties were in the city of Seoul with GHOST9 today 🌏 🌏 Don't miss out on these amazing performances! You can still watch the replays on YouTube or catch the fun moments on Twitter! Seoul Up All Night MC Lee Gikwang prepared to meet our amazing 1st Meet&Greet guests - Stray Kids! Catch Stray Kid's full M&G on YouTube by joining our membership! Here are some of our favorite moments below! SKZ answering questions from Stay 💕💕 Sexy and cute 😏 🥺 The pants 🤣 Kwon Eunbi opened the door to her dark sexy concept today 👀 👀 Bunny🐰 didn't disappoint with her performances 🥕. Door Blue Eyes BoA - Woman Watch the loving surprise guest, along with the surprise messages from her fans, on YouTube,! It brought us all to tears 😭 -KCONUSA staff Stray Kid's Seungmin & Bang Chan were next to the 3D sound stage EeumAkSil with Zombie Such a beautiful performance~ Girls Planet999 showed another outstanding performance today! Who will win those 9 spots?? Kwon Eunbi was the final M&G of Day 2. Members on YouTube can catch all the cute moments! Don't miss out! Answered fan concerns in 5 syllables Random Version Dance Eating delicious traditional Korean food Watch Stray Kids performances again tonight at 7pm by joining our membership on YouTube! 🍬🍭🍬🍭 The View God's Menu Haven Back Door Thanks for watching! Don't forget, if you missed out, you can watch all the performances, M&G's, AND MORE during the replay at 7pm PT! You must be a member to watch! To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join Tune in for more next week! Happy Chuseok to everyone in Korea! -KCON Staff Artist's 1min Recap ⏱️ 
Hello and good afternoon KCON-ers! The first day of KCON:TACT HI 5 featured AB6IX, Highlight, PARK JIHOON, Weekly, and WEi. Did you all enjoy the show? The official replay of today’s event will stream at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT! Once you have your membership, you can watch it on the KCON official YouTube. To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join For a complete schedule to KCON:TACT, click the "TIMETABLE" tab here: http://kconofficial.com/ LET'S GO OVER DAY 1! Come and get it ABNEW. AB6IX owned the stage with Salute for the opening performance! Don't say Bye Bye Bye just yet to WEi! Here's what you missed! You can still watch the replays on YouTube or catch the fun moments on Twitter! Bye Bye Bye 16th Star All or Nothing MC Lee Gikwang dusted his guest house for our 1st Meet&Greet special guests AB6IX! There were so many fun moments during AB6IX's M&G, check out some of the fun moments below! Lots of love between ABNEW & AB6IX💕💕 Members showing off some... wonderful charm 🍑🍑 And a slight spoiler for fans 👀👀 Highlight wowed us once again on the 3D sound stage EeumAkSil with On Rainy Days🌧️🌧️ Anyone else cry a little 😭😭 -KCONUSA Staff Weeekly was with Daileee until the morning. Did everyone enjoy having a Holiday Party 🎉🎉 Don't forget, all the amazing song's Weeekly performed are on YouTube! Let's check it out~ Holiday Party Check it Out Highlight 💡 brightened 💡 up the Guest House with the 2nd Meet&Greet! Here are some of our favorite moments! Dongwoon's first, and last, magic show Yoseop as MVP Dongwoon in tears Fun dancing! Sit in a special seat May's 💚💚 Park Jihoon started his spectacular performance with Gallery! We were all Lost during Park Jihoon's beautiful performances. Check out more fun moments on Twitter & YouTube! Gallery Lost Gotcha WEi brought the Monsters out in all of us with this 🔥🔥 Special Stage 🔥🔥 Weeekly was very comfortable at MC Lee Gikwang's guest house for the 3rd Meet&Greet of the day! Taught MC the Holiday Party dance! Played a fun game of charade's! Made some delicious Bibimbap. AB6IX's performances were just as bold and beautiful as their red lips!💋💋 Check them out! Close The Answer It's Not The End KCON-ers! 💡💡Highlight💡💡 finished out Day 1 beautifully but there's more to come! Watch Highlight's performances again on YouTube! Beautiful Night Plz Don't Be Sad (얼굴 찌푸리지 말아요) Calling You Waves Not The End Don't forget, if you missed out, you can watch all the performances, M&G's, special stages AND MORE during the replay at 7pm PT! You must be a member to watch! To get your membership, please head here: http://youtube.com/KCON/join See you all bright and early tomorrow! -KCON Staff Artist's 1min ⏱️ 
Thought we were over? Not quite. KCON Studio:LIVE from the USA is excited to announce two additional programs that have been added to CONTINUE THE FUN! Be sure to follow us on our INSTAGRAM and TWITTER for updates on new content, programming and guests! Also follow our special guests’ to keep in touch and show your support! Without further ado, let’s give a warm welcome to our new special guest! SPECIAL GUESTS TEAM B.U.K Team B.U.K is a group of talented dancers based in LA. They are dedicated to bringing together a KPOP community through dancing and joy. They perform public Kpop dance covers along with performing at events such as 626 Night Market and K-pop cup sleeve events. They also perform their own original choreography! EVENT INFO To conclude our epic HI5 season, we’ve added two new programs for you to enjoy through our LIVE from the USA Countdown Week! Bringing in someone new and bringing back someone old. Schedule: Monday, Sept 27 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - Random Play Dance w/ Team B.U.K Tuesday, Sept 28 6:00 PM PDT Twitter Spaces - KCON:TACT HI 5 Closing Ceremony Fill out the form for your chance to join! Below you will find a link to the form. Please note that due to limited capacity, participants will be selected at random and notified via email if they have been selected to join. Each individual may only submit one form for each session. Form will close on Wednesday, Sept 22, 1PM PDT. When will I find out if I have been selected to participate in a session? You will receive an email no later than Thursday, Sept 23, 7PM PDT if you have been selected to participate in a session. Do I need to pay to join? No! Just fill out a form for the session you are interested in, for a chance to participate. Are minors able to view? Yes. In each form, there is a link to a consent form that ALL participants must download, sign, and date. If you are unable to access the form on the link, please find it below as well: https://bit.ly/387F3wD PROGRAMS KCON STUDIO:LIVE from the USA is proud to announce RANDOM PLAY DANCE! Come join Team B.U.K and dance the night away with some of your favorite KCON:TACT HI5 lineup artists Sign Up For RPD Workshop! Lai Francis and Jeff Benjamin will also be returning to close this chapter of LIVE from the USA with Twitter Spaces Closing Ceremony. Together, they will recap the epic stages as well as memorable moments of Season 5. JOIN us on Twitter Spaces on 9/28! We can’t wait to have you join our finale of KCON STUDIO: LIVE from the USA. Be sure to apply early so you don’t miss your chance, and we hope you enjoy everything we have to offer for this season’s KCON:TACT HI 5 Events! See you soon KCON-ers!!! 
KCON:TACT HI 5 LIVE from the USA was so excited to have Tiffany Lui host her own KCON Style POLCO art workshop! Her shop, Lovely St. Shop, designs all sorts of Kpop merch, a fan favorite being her POLCO's! Today she came to share some of her tips and tricks to getting started. Hi Tiffany!! All attendees were sent a special art kit with a top loader and 2 custom made KCON:TACT HI5 stickers to use in the workshop! Aren't they cute? Now let's get started! You can design the top loaders with or without a photo inside. Whatever helps you visualize more! If the stickers hang off the edges, don't worry! Nothing goes to waste! Look at all the amazing guests who are so focused on designing their POLCO Tiffany says it's up to you to decide how many stickers you want to add! If you want to fill it up, go right ahead. Or you can go for the more minimal look and leave some spaces in between. The choices are endless! Love all the encouraging words people had for Tiffany. The support was amazing and she truly appreciates everyone who came out to support her! Here are some of Tiffany's designs! You can find more on her Etsy And now, let's see our KCON-er's designs! They all look fabulous! Thank you so much to everyone who attended Tiffany's event today! She had a blast seeing everyone's designs and looks forward to seeing you at future cupsleeve events in SoCal! Learn more about any events on her Instagram! @lovelyst.shop @hellotifflui Special thanks to @hesseokjin.shop for her help with designing the stickers used today! Catch them both at cupsleeve events in SoCal! Don't miss out on the other KCON:TACT HI 5 - LIVE from the USA events that are coming up! We look forward to seeing you there! Till next time! -KCON Staff 
KCON:TACT HI 5 LIVE from the USA was very excited to bring back the amazing artist JUN, hosted by the talented Riley Tollett! Though Jun and Riley are KCON regulars, this was both their first time at LIVE from the USA week! JUN was especially excited to meet all his fans! JUN showcased his wonderful home in Seoul, South Korea in the background. Riley and him had originally planned a 2-week vacation. However, due to the pandemic, that trip ended up lasting 3 months for Riley and a permanent relocation for JUN. Fun fact: JUN only had 2 weeks of clothes in his bag when he decided to live in Korea. So he lived off of that bag, along with his violin and camera, for almost an entire year! During their intro talk, JUN mentioned that his favorite filming experience was with Riley herself! During one of their videos, Riley helped design/create Jun's outfit and he was highly impressed! Oh, and she also dropped his camera once... *gasp BY THE WAY: Jun's TikTok series "Hyung Hyung Hyung... Can you do this?" isn't a joke. When BTS's ON music video came out, he learned the song, filmed it and uploaded it 14 hours after the original. WOW! He says it usually takes him less than 8 hours to learn a new song on the violin. IMPRESSIVE! Let's not forget the beautiful songs he performed for his fans today. Some of his favorites! You can catch them on his Youtube Channel - JuNCurryAhn River Flows in You - Yiruma / Wedding Dress - Taeyang Advice - Taemin Permission to Dance - BTS STAY - The Kid LAROI / Justin Beiber Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran I'll Give You My Heart OST - IU Back in Time - LYN Fans were ecstatic. Look at all these smiles and cheers! During their Q&A session, fans were able to ask JUN so many great and fun questions! Of course, it wouldn't be JUN & Riley without a little playful banter. We love you Riley! Oh. By the way. JUN's boba order is a milk tea, 50% sugar with no boba..... I'll just leave that right there. Thank you to all the amazing fans that attended today's event! Jun and Riley had so much fun today! Don't forget to show your support by following them on social media! @ril2cha @JunCurryAhn Don't miss out on the other KCON:TACT HI 5 - LIVE from the USA events that are coming up! We look forward to seeing you there! Till next time! -KCON Staff 
KCON STUDIO: LIVE from the USA Week is back for KCON:TACT HI 5! 🎉🎉 KCON:TACT HI 5 kicks off in September and we're excited to announce our SUPER special programming for our KCONUSA fans! Get ready to join Lai Frances, Jeff Benjamin, JUN, Riley Tollett, and Tiffany Lui from Lovely St. Shop for an exciting week filled with some of your favorite KCONUSA programming! With new content, new programming, and new guests for you to enjoy, be sure to follow us on social and show our special guests some love by following their accounts too! Without further ado, let's go into our special guests and their program details further down below! SPECIAL GUESTS LAI FRANCES Lai Frances is a minted multimedia journalist with 5+ years of experience in editorial, video, radio and streaming contributions. In combining a rigorous academic experience with professional roles in digital media and pop culture spheres, she has exemplified a keen ability to coordinate social media activity, develop written and visual content, and utilize editorial skills at an expert level. Currently, Lai is a Social Media Producer at CNET by day and a Contributing Writer at MTV News, Teen Vogue, tmrw and PopCrush by night. Sometimes, you can find her hosting live talks with K-pop artists on BUILD Series. Most of Lai's projects revolve around pop culture, entertainment, music (K-pop/Top 40/Global), fashion (sneakers and streetwear) and more. Having a "glad to be here" attitude wherever she goes, Lai is always open to learn and grow with opportunities presented themselves. JEFF BENJAMIN Jeff Benjamin is an award-winning music journalist, curator and host based in New York City. He's covered K-pop for nearly a decade, acting as Billboard's K-Pop Columnist and TIDAL's K-Pop Editor while contributing writing and commentary about the scene in places like the New York Times, CNN, Rolling Stone and more. Recently, he's helped launch new products in the K-pop space including acting as an editor-at-large for Rolling Stone Korea and the new art magazine eLe magazine. JUN Jun is a violinist and artist on YouTube and is currently based in South Korea. He has made countless hits with his violin/dance covers on YouTube that have garnered millions of views and followers to this day. He is currently pursuing his solo career and plans to make more original content in the future. RILEY TOLLETT Riley T is a published portrait photographer who's lived in Seoul since 2015 and been a Kpop fan since 2009. As KCON's number one fan and supporter, she takes her job of convincing new people to like Kpop very seriously. She's done backup dancing for old school Kpop artists and voiceovers for concerts as big as Super Show, and her favorite part of doing photoshoots with artists is how creative you can get with your concepts when the models are so talented. You can find her photography in Kpop albums, magazines, KCON lineup announcements, and you are ALWAYS welcome to tweet at DSP asking them to hire her to take photos for KARD. TIFFANY LUI Tiffany Lui, owner of Lovely St. Shop creates one of a kind K-pop inspired stationery & home goods. Some of her most recent creations include decorated top loaders and beaded keychains. She has been a long time K-pop fan attending multiple concerts and events. She has also partnered with several businesses to host cup sleeve events & loved being able to connect with other fans. She's so excited to be given this opportunity to meet other fans and K-pop lovers. EVENT INFO To celebrate a new season of KCON:TACT we'll be having more content for you to enjoy through our LIVE from the USA Countdown Week! We're bringing some of our beloved KCON USA programs to the virtual world. What is KCON STUDIO - LIVE FROM THE USA? A week full of interactions with special guests via Zoom! We just announced our special guests who will be joining us for this amazing countdown week to KCON:TACT HI 5! This countdown week will consist of 3 programs that will take place via Twitter Spaces and Zoom during Sept 9-13. Schedule Thursday, Sept 9 6:00 PM PDT Twitter Spaces - KCON:TACT HI 5 Opening Ceremony Friday, Sept 10 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - Meet & Greet w/ JUN Monday, Sept 13 6:00 PM PDT Zoom/YT - KCON STYLE POLCO How do I join KCON STUDIO - LIVE FROM THE USA? Fill out the form for which session you'd like a chance to join! Below you will find a link to the forms for each session. Please note that due to limited capacity, participants will be selected at random and notified via email if they have been selected to join. Each individual may only submit one form for each session. Forms will close on Tuesday, Sept 7, 1PM PDT. When will I find out if I have been selected to participate in a session? You will receive an email no later than Wednesday, Sept 8, 7PM PDT if you have been selected to participate in a session. Do I need to pay to join? No! Just fill out a form for the session you are interested in, for a chance to participate. Are minors able to view? Yes. In each form, there is a link to a consent form that ALL participants must download, sign, and date. If you are unable to access the form on the link, please find it below as well: https://bit.ly/387F3wD PROGRAMS Continuing on from the successful Twitter Spaces sessions from KCON:TACT 4 U, let's kick off KCON:TACT HI 5 with our Opening Ceremony session for Day 1 of LIVE from the USA week! Veteran K-Pop writers Lai Frances and Jeff Benjamin are back for the 2nd time to welcome KCON-ers back to another season of KCON:TACT while also talking about this season’s lineup artists! JOIN us on Twitter Spaces on 9/9! Bringing back one the most popular panel program of KCONUSA, we’re excited to have JUN for the first time on LIVE from 
Good evening KCON-ers! The FINAL chapter of the KCON:TACT 4U gallery series is here! DAY9 (Show DAY6) of KCON:TACT 4U featured BTOB, OH MY GIRL, and Stray Kids! The KINGDOM stages continued and we even got to see a QUEENDOM stage! We hope you guys loved the KCON:TACT 4U gallery series and if you want to see more let us know on our socials! DAY 9 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO BTOB OH MY GIRL STRAY KIDS More KINGDOM stages and even a QUEENDOM stage? We were blessed on the last day of KCON:TACT 4U! We hope we got to capture some of your favorite moments of DAY 9! -KCON Staff 
Hello again KCON-ers! Welcome back to the gallery series of KCON:TACT 4U! We really hope everyone is loving all the official photos and videos from the event. DAY8 (Show DAY5) of KCON:TACT 4U featured iKON, SF9, and THE BOYZ! Do you guys remember your favorite moment from this day? We hope we captured that moment for you! Enjoy the official gallery and we'll be back soon with DAY9! DAY 8 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO iKON SF9 THE BOYZ iTS ONE Rap Unit The KINGDOM stages were no joke! Did you guys enjoy all the official photos? DAY 9 is coming right after this! Get ready! -KCON Staff 
Hello KCON-ers~! Waiting for DAY 7 (Show DAY 4) official photos? Here they are! DAY 7 featured CNBLUE, EVERGLOW, Golden Child, JO1, and ONF! Which one of these official photos is your favorite? Looking for DAY 8 photos? Don't worry they're coming very soon! DAY 7 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO CNBLUE EVERGLOW Golden Child JO1 ONF Did you save some of your favorite official photos? We're so glad we get to share these with you guys! Look out for DAY 8 photos coming soon! -KCON Staff 
Hello KCON-ers! Are you loving all the official show day photos we're uploading? We hope you are enjoying all the official photos from KCON:TACT 4U! Here are DAY 6 (Show DAY 3) official photos and videos! DAY 6 featured ITZY, PENTAGON, VERIVERY, and WEKIMEKI! Enjoy~! DAY 6 RECAP VIDEO OFFICIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO ITZY PENTAGON VERIVERY WEKIMEKI DAY 6 was amazing! We hope you guys enjoyed all the stages! DAY 7 photos coming soon! -KCON Staff