The group ILLIT will appear at Japan's representative year-end music festival for the second consecutive year.
On the 6th, HYBE Music Group label Belift Lab Inc. said ILLIT (Yuna, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, Iroha) has been named to the lineup for Fuji TV's 2025 FNS Music Festival, which will air Dec. 10.
The FNS Music Festival, which began in 1974, is one of Japan's popular year-end music programs where singers who stood out during the year gather to perform live. ILLIT was invited again this year following last year, before they released an official album in Japan, proving their strong local popularity.
ILLIT put on a brilliant performance in Japan this year. The first Japan original song, "Almond Chocolate," produced as the theme song for the Feb. film "I don't like you just by your face," spread by word of mouth among local fans and sparked a reverse-run surge. The song surpassed 50 million cumulative streams five months after its release and received a "gold" certification in streaming from the Recording Industry Association of Japan, setting the shortest-term record among songs by foreign artists released this year.
The response has been even hotter since their official debut. ILLIT's first Japanese single, released in Sept., "Toki Yo Tomare" (original title 時よ止まれ/Toki yo tomare) swept the top ranks of major music charts such as Oricon and Billboard Japan. The single's title track and the included song "Topping" were used respectively in a Japanese OTT variety show and in advertising music, gaining popularity not only among people in their teens and 20s but also with the general public. Advertising offers for ILLIT have poured in across various fields such as clothing, ice cream and resorts.
In addition, ILLIT sold out all shows of their first fan concert, "2025 ILLIT GLITTER DAY IN JAPAN," drawing 40,000 attendees and showing powerful ticket sales. They also solidified their presence by appearing consecutively on major Japanese festival stages such as the "41st Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2025 autumn/winter" and "Rock in Japan Festival 2025."
ILLIT will release their single album 1, "NOT CUTE ANYMORE," a bold declaration titled "not cute anymore," on the 24th. Expectations for the new release are soaring as the trendy merch line "Little Mimi" version has received an explosive response and already gone into additional production.
Before their comeback, they will meet fans by holding "2025 ILLIT GLITTER DAY IN SEOUL ENCORE" at Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Songpa District, Seoul, on the 8th and 9th.
[Photo] Provided by Belift Lab Inc..
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