The organizers of an annual South Korean music awards yesterday announced that Blackpink member Jennie would be returning to Taiwan in January to perform at the Taipei Dome.
On its social media platforms, the organizers of South Korea's Golden Disc Awards said that the 40th edition of the event would feature Jennie as part of its performance lineup.
Photo from the Golden Disk Instagram
Jennie is one of four members of Blackpink, South Korea's superstar K-pop girl group, who performed at Taiwan's Kaohsiung National Stadium on Oct. 18 and 19 as a part of their ongoing tour.
The group set a record in Kaohsiung, attracting more than 100,000 attendees at each of the two concerts and selling more than 190,000 tickets when combining their 2023 "Born Pink" and this year's "Deadline" tour stops in the city.
Jennie is to join a performance lineup that also includes ARrC, Boynextdoor, Close Your Eyes and Monsta X, the organizers said.
This year's Golden Disc Awards ceremony would be held on Jan. 10 at the Taipei Dome, marking the fourth consecutive edition of the event to take place overseas.
Since its inception in 1986, the awards have been held overseas several times, beginning with the 26th edition at the Osaka Dome in 2011.
Before coming to Taipei, the ceremony was consecutively hosted in Bangkok, Jakarta and Japan's Fukuoka since 2022.
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