2026, the year of the fire horse, K-pop idol stars working the scene sent warm New Year greetings to OSEN for the Lunar New Year holiday. From the "workaholic" group sweating it out in practice rooms aiming for global stages like Tokyo Dome and world tours, to the "recharging" group who, after intense activities, are spending time with family and recharging, this piece contains K-pop stars' distinctive Lunar New Year holiday plans.
"giving up the holiday to be with fans"... all-in on concert and comeback preparations
ITZY will start the holiday with fans on stage. Holding the third world tour "TUNNEL VISION" Seoul shows from the 13th to the 15th, they offered the lively greeting, "We hope you have a joyful holiday with your family members!"
RIIZE's Wonbin, the year's horse sign, expressed excitement ahead of entering Tokyo Dome. He said, "We will release the Japanese single 'All of You' on Feb. 18, and we are also diligently preparing for the Tokyo Dome concert, which was one of the goals we set at debut. This Lunar New Year holiday will be busy, but I think it will be an exciting time because we can have new experiences."
He added, "2026 is the year of the fire horse, and since I was born in the year of the horse, I want to receive a lot of passionate and dynamic energy both as a team and individually. I hope everyone is filled with good energy and that it becomes a meaningful year. Breeze~ let's make many memorable moments again this year!"
Hearts2Hearts, who will make a comeback on the 20th, will also stay in the practice room. Yuha said, "Because our comeback and fan meeting are just around the corner, we will all practice hard together during the Lunar New Year holiday and eat delicious food together~ Please look forward to our new song 'RUDE!' to be released on Feb. 20, and please support Hearts2Hearts again this year!"
She also said, "The 2026 Lunar New Year has arrived~ Happy New Year! During the holiday, eat lots of delicious food, rest well, and spend happy times with your loved ones~ Above all, I hope you always stay healthy and have only good things this year!" and added, "Thanks to Hachu, I was really happy last year and I think I made many precious memories! I really want to say thank you for always supporting and being with us without change! This year, we will show you more diverse and new sides of Hearts2Hearts! I love you," delivering a warm message to fans.
KickFlip, who is conducting a fan concert tour, left a Lunar New Year greeting saying, "I hope you have a happy and exciting holiday with your families. KickFlip will cheer for you to have a happy 2026. Happy New Year!"
Cortis, who grabbed the title of "best rookie" by sweeping K-pop's firsts, tops and shortest records at debut, is also busy preparing a new album for April. The members said, "We plan to focus on comeback preparations during this Lunar New Year holiday. Since we received so much love with our debut album 'COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES,' we are doing our best. We will return with an album full of the team's color, so please look forward to it. Happy New Year and have a happy Lunar New Year holiday!" showing their determination.
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