[#KCON18LA] Daily Line-Up
8/11 Saturday Featured Artists: Ailee Dynamic Duo + Crush Golden Child IN2IT Momoland TWICE Wanna One Special Artists: Davichi Mia 8/12 Sunday Featured Artists: Chung Ha fromis_9 IMFACT NU’EST W PENTAGON SEVENTEEN Special Artists: Dreamcatcher JUN Roy Kim
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – JUN
JUN is a Korean-American musician also known as JuNCurryAhn on YouTube. Jun began his career on YouTube in 2011 as a violinist and has garnered over 1.4 million subscribers and 135 million views over the years. As a member of BgA “Boys Generally Asian” with Ryan Higa, Wong Fu Productions, David Choi and Justin Chon, JUN began his singing career. BgA hit #1 trending on YouTube and placed #1 in the Global K-Pop Charts on iTunes in March 2017. Both singles from BgA have garnered over 10 million views on YouTube. His first solo single “When I Call” was released in November 2017, followed by his upcoming comeback at KCON 2018 LA “Hold it Down.”
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Mia
MIA is a singer-songwriter who plays R&B-based music with a delicate emotional expression. Currently attending Berklee College of Music, Mia starred on Mnet’s 2018 music battle show BREAKERS as a competing artist. She ended up in top 4 in the final episode of the show with Penomeco, Hui (PENTAGON), and Seo Samuel.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher is a girl group formed by Happy Face Entertainment who officially debuted on January 13, 2017 with single album Nightmare. The group consists of seven members: JiU, SuA, Siyeon, Handong, Yoohyeon, Dami and Gahyeon. The group has since released two EP albums and two single albums. Their most recent release Escape the ERA made its debut on the Billboard World Albums chart at No. 7.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – IMFACT
IMFACT is a five-member boy group under Star Empire Entertainment who debuted in 2016. The group consists of five members: Jian, Jeup, Taeho, Sang, and Ungjae. IMFACT released their debut single album Lollipop with self-produced title track “Lollipop” on January 27, 2016. The group then made a comeback with their second single album Revolt, including title track “Feel So Good,” on November 11, 2016. In 2017, IMFACT announced their “IMFACTORY” project which consisted of monthly releases, mini fan meetings, and mini concerts. Their monthly releases included songs “In The Club,” “Please Be My First Love,” and “Tension Up.” In 2018, the group made a comeback with another digital single album The Light on April 17.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Ailee
Ailee is a Korean-American singer and songwriter. She was born in Denver, Colorado in 1989 and moved to South Korea in 2010, when she signed under YMC Entertainment. After being recognized for her singing on Singer and Trainee, she acted in drama series Dream High 2. Ailee received the “Best New Artist Award” at the Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards and the Seoul Music Awards. She has also received a “Best Newcomer” and Four “Best Female Vocal Performance” awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards for “U&I,” “Singing Got Better,” “Mind Your Own Business,” and “If You.” Ailee has currently released one studio album, four EP albums, and thirteen singles. She has also featured in the popular drama series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God’s OST “I will Go to You Like the First Snow” in 2017, winning her “Best OST” award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Golden Child
Golden Child is a group under Woollim Entertainment who was first introduced through reality show 2017 Woollim Pick. Prior to their debut, some of the members featured in W Project which released music to spotlight Woollim trainees. The group currently consists of ten members: Daeyeol, Y, Jangjun, TAG, Seungmin, Jaehyun, Jibeom, Donghyun, Joochan, and Bomin. The group officially debuted on August 28, 2017 with their first mini-album, Gol-cha! With title track “DamDaDi.” On October 16, they released an OST soundtrack “Love Letter” for drama 20th Century Boy and Girl. On January 29, 2018, Golden Child had their first comeback with second mini-album Miracle featuring title track “It’s U.” The group also won “Global Rookie Top 5” award at the 2018 V Live Awards. In June 2018, Golden Child performed at KCON 2018 NY and announced the release of their first single album Goldenness.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Roy Kim
Roy Kim began his singing career after winning Mnet’s talent competition series Superstar K4 in 2012. He officially debuted with his first studio album, Love Love Love, in 2013. The album features nine tracks and spawned two hit singles: The lead single “Love Love Love” AND the million-selling hit “Bom Bom Bom” which became the fourth most successful song of that year in South Korea. Following the album’s success, Roy Kim earned “Best New Male Artist” from the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards and “New Rising Star Award in Disk Album” from the 2014 Golden Disk Award. Since his debut, Roy Kim has 3 studio albums, 1 EP album and 10 singles, scoring two number-one singles on the Gaon Music Chart. In February 2018, his latest single “Only Then” took number 2 spot on Billboard’s Korea K-Pop 100 Chart.
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – Pentagon
Pentagon is a ten-member boy group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2016. The members are HUI, JIN HO, HONG SEOK, E DAWN, SHIN WON, YEO ONE, YAN AN, YUTO, KINO, WOO SEOK who were first introduced through the Mnet survival show Pentagon Maker. Pentagon made their official debut on October 10, 2016 with their first EP Pentagon, including title track “Gorilla.” The group released their second EP Five Senses in December 2016 and third EP Ceremony in June 2017. Ceremony became their first U.S. chart entry and took number 14 on Billboard’s World Album Chart. Pentagon then released their fourth and fifth EP Demo_01 and Demo_02 in September and November 2017. Recently, Pentagon made a comeback with their sixth Korean EP Positive with critically acclaimed lead single “Shine.”
[#KCON18LA] Artist Reveal – DAVICHI
DAVICHI debuted as a pop-ballad duo in 2008 with the release of their first studio album, “Amaranth.” The album brought them almost immediate acclaim, winning the “Best New Artist” trophy at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, the Seoul Music Awards, and the Golden Disk Awards. They released their second studio album Mystic Ballad with title track “Just the Two of Us” in March 2013 and third studio album &10 to celebrate their 10-year anniversary with lead single “Days Without You” in January 2018. Besides the three full-length studio albums, the duo has also released six extended plays, twelve soundtrack appearances, nine collaborations, eight singles and eight promotional singles.