This year, 'Show! Music Core in Japan' is making a comeback with an exciting lineup of performers! The event announced its first set of artists on April 25 KST, which includes aespa, Hearts2Hearts, ILLIT, INI, IVE, izna, KiiiKiii, NCT WISH, NEXZ, NiziU, n.SSign, Taemin, and The Boyz.

The summer K-Pop festival's theme for this year is 'Playful Summer!'. Scheduled for July 5-6, the event will be held at the Belluna Dome in Saitama, Japan over two days. Tickets for the festival will become available for purchase on April 25 at 6 PM KST.

Additionally, aespa is set to perform at Africa's largest music festival, 'Mawazine'.