[Sports Today, Reporter Son Oh-jeong] Leading 4th-generation girl groups and superstars formed through global auditions will appear at the "2023 K Global Heart Dream Awards," which prays for the successful hosting of the 2030 Busan World Expo.

The "2023 K Global Heart Dream Awards" organizing committee announced the performance lineup on the 11th, which includes the group ITZY, ZEROBASEONE, singer AleXa, and the band Hi-Fi Un!corn.

ITZY, who debuted in February 2019 with "DALLA DALLA," has established themselves as a representative 4th-generation K-pop girl group by hitting most of their released songs, including "ICY," "WANNABE," "Ma.P.A In the morning," "LOCO," and "SNEAKERS."

They are also showing their presence in the global market. After entering the US Billboard main chart "Billboard 200" for the first time with their 4th mini-album "GUESS WHO," they updated their own record by reaching 8th place on the same chart with their 5th mini-album "CHECKMATE." From August of last year to April of this year, they held their first world tour across 20 shows in 16 regions around the world to meet global fans. At the time, all tickets for their US tour across 8 regions and performances in 7 Asian regions were sold out, proving their ticket power.

AleXa, who debuted in the same year as ITZY with "Bomb," drew attention by putting forward a worldview of "A.I. in the Metaverse (multiverse)," a first for a K-pop artist. Since then, she has imprinted her presence on global K-pop fans through "VILLAIN," "XTRA," "TATTOO," "Back in Vogue," and "Juliet."

Since winning the large-scale American NBC contest program "American Song Contest" last year, AleXa has been exerting influence in the global market. Recently, she signed a US management contract with Intertwine Music, a music label led by Eshy Gazit, who was in charge of local management for BTS and MONSTA X. Recently, she was cast in the American animated series "Ghosts of Ruin," signaling unique activities.

ZEROBASEONE, formed through Mnet's "Boys Planet," has established itself as a superstar by setting various firsts and highest records even before their official debut. They confirmed the interest of global fans by surpassing 1 million followers on their official Instagram in 6 days and TikTok in 7 days, and their debut album exceeded 1.08 million pre-orders in 13 days, putting them on the verge of becoming the first K-pop debut group to achieve million-seller status. It is already considered certain that they will set the record for the highest first-week sales.

Even before their debut, they were confirmed to appear as a full group on the popular variety show tvN's "Amazing Saturday" and were selected as advertising models for various brands in beauty, fashion, and more. With global fans' expectations gathered for the activities they will show after their official debut, they began their first activities on the 10th through their first mini-album "YOUTH IN THE SHADE."

Hi-Fi Un!corn, who won the large-scale Korea-Japan joint project "THE IDOL BAND: BOY'S BATTLE" conducted by Japanese terrestrial broadcaster TBS, SBS, and FNC Entertainment in March this year, debuted simultaneously in Korea and Japan on the 26th of last month with "Over the Rainbow," produced by CNBLUE's Jung Yong-hwa.

Immediately after their debut, they showed global activity by taking 1st place on the Japanese iTunes album chart. On the 8th and 9th of this month, they held a joint performance called "BAND KINGDOM" with senior bands under FNC Entertainment such as FTISLAND, CNBLUE, and N.Flying, and a solo concert is also scheduled for September 23rd, just three months after their debut.

The "2023 K Global Heart Dream Awards," which has heightened the atmosphere with the announcement of a lineup that includes a large number of audition superstars and popular singers active in the global market, will be held on the afternoon of August 10th at the KSPO DOME (formerly Olympic Gymnastics Arena) located in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

Prior to this, the organizing committee gathered interest from global fans by delivering news of the appearance of groups at the forefront of the K-pop Korean wave, including Stray Kids, NCT's Taeyong, Red Velvet's Seulgi, STAYC, ATEEZ, THE BOYZ, TREASURE (T5), EPEX, ATBO, xikers, and singer Younha. The awards ceremony will be hosted by announcer-turned-broadcaster Jun Hyun-moo and comedian Jang Do-yeon.

Meanwhile, this awards ceremony is scheduled to be broadcast live simultaneously around the world, including domestically, through OTT apps and websites.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.