2022 KBS Song Festival reveals additional collab stages: NMIXX, LE SSERAFIM, IVE, and more

With less than 24 hours to go before the ceremony, the 2022 KBS Song Festival (aka Gayo Daechukjae) revealed additional collaboration stages with rising idol groups on the night of December 16.

KBS announced the creative stages, including four collabs and one new stage, through its Twitter account. Previously, the music festival teased the stage with only a backside photo, but fans speculated that the members were NewJeans' Minji and Hyein, LE SSERAFIM's Eunchae, IVE's Leeseo, and NMIXX’s Sullyoon.

KBS Gayo Twitter account then teased more exciting stages, which consisted of other members of the same bands and new groups, including ITZY, (G)I-DLE, THE BOYZ, and ONEUS.

The 2022 KBS Song Festival will see four stage collaborations with NCT DREAM performing Candy for the first time

The 2022 KBS Song Festival, or Gayo Daechukjae, finally released its much-awaited lineup for the collaboration stages, barely 24 hours before the event is scheduled to take off. One thing that makes fans look forward to year-end music festivals is the number of collabs they get to witness. With the lineup revealed, this year seems to be overflowing with rookie girl group energy.

The first collab stage announced was the leader unit called Two Wons, which will comprise of LE SSERAFIM and NMIXX’s leaders Kim Chaewon and Haewon, respectively. The unit includes a retro ad poster with various fonts, members’ faces in star frames, and colorful typography.

The second collaboration that was teased is called "Yu. Won. Mi," which is also a wordplay with the phrase "You Want Me?." The teaser photo showed the backs of the three female singers, making fans guess who the trio could be. However, it didn’t take fans long as they instantly recognized them as ITZY’s Yuna, IVE's Jang Wonyoung, and (G)I-DLE's Miyeon.

The third collaboration stage was announced in another unique way. The teaser included the female idols’ names but had their backs to the camera. STAYC's Yoon, (G)I-DLE's Yuqi, and IVE's Liz will be teaming up for a powerful vocal performance.

The fourth collaboration will be between two male idol groups - THE BOYZ and ONEUS. Three members from THE BOYZ - Juyeon, Q, and Sunwoo - and three from ONEUS - Leedo, Hwanwoong, and Seoho - will be taking over the stage with a special “hot and sexy” performance. This will mark the first time the two groups will come together after their stage in Road to Kingdom in 2020.

Along with these four collaborations, there will also be a special song debut stage where NCT DREAM will be performing Candy, the title track from their upcoming Winter album of the same name, for the first time on the 2022 KBS Song Festival stage.

2022 KBS Song Festival: Performers lineup and hosts

Apart from the groups mentioned above for collaborations, many more groups will be taking part in the 2022 KBS Song Festival. The remaining performers are a mix of idol male and female idol groups and soloists.

Meanwhile, the music event will be hosted by IVE’s Wonyoung, Na In-woo, and Kim Shin-young. The 2022 KBS Song Festival will be held on December 16 at 8.30 pm KST.

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