Lollapalooza 2025: TWICE, KATSEYE, and others who stole the spotlight at the music festival

Lollapalooza, one of America’s biggest music festivals, took place last week over four days. With the rapid global rise of K-pop and Korean culture, it’s no surprise that more Korean acts are being invited to perform at major international events, like Lollapalooza.

Last year, we saw three Korean acts playing at the festival, namely: IVE, Stray Kids and VCHA. This year however, that number doubled. 

From rising stars to K-pop legends, here are the Korean acts who thrilled fans at Lollapalooza 2025.

1. TWICE

On the third day, TWICE made history as the first girl group to headline at Lollapalooza, with TXT having been the first K-Pop band to headline the festival two years ago.

In a powerhouse set of 21 back-to-back songs, the group brought the crowd to a roar with Takedown (2025), straight from the hit film KPop Demon Hunters (2025). During their set there was also an impressive drone performance featuring other iconic songs from the movie.

 

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Some of the members were spotted enjoying the festivities the following day. Jihyo, Sana and Momo were jokingly arrested by Sabrina Carpenter in her iconic opening for Juno (2024).

2. Katseye

These girls were born to be on a music festival stage.

The six-member group’s high energy songs had the audience jumping and cheering for the entirety of their nine song set.

Not only did they bring back their iconic dance break in Debut (2024) which they first showcased at MAMA Awards 2024, they also added another dance break to Gabriella (2025). That got the audience floored yet again.

3. BOYNEXTDOOR

 

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BOYNEXTDOOR took to the stage to deliver eleven songs in total, effortlessly mixing high-energy tracks like Dangerous (2024) and Earth, Wind & Fire (2024) with more mellow fan favourites like 123-78 (2025) and Serenade (2023).

Despite this being one of their biggest shows to date, the boys were confident and took everything in their stride, starting out their set strong and ending it even stronger. 

If their performance at Lollapalooza caught your attention, you’re in for a treat. The group will be releasing their second Japanese single, BOYLIFE, later this month.

4. Xdinary Heroes

 

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With a whopping 16 song setlist, you were sure to leave K-Band Xdinary Heroes’ set with a sore neck.

Opening with their metal genre song, Fight Me (2025), the band made a strong impression even on festival-goers who were unaware of who they were.

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Their powerful vocals and electrifying stage presence that followed in their set then helped to carry that energy through the crowd, making sure that everyone at the festival knew who they were.

5. Wave To Earth

 

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Wave To Earth was another highly anticipated artist, having sold out the Lollapalooza sideshow held a day before at Thalia Hall.

The band dazzled the audience with an eleven song setlist, featuring hits like Annie (2024), Bad (2023), Peach Eyes (2023), and With Love (2023). 

They are currently on their world tour, Play with Earth! 0.03 (2025). The band will also hold additional concerts in seven cities in America for about two weeks starting in August, thanks to the enthusiastic support of the audience.

6. KickFlip

 

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Despite being less than a year into their debut, the seven-member boy group stood out with infectious enthusiasm that drew in a steadily growing crowd.

They opened their set with Skip It! (2025) before diving into lesser-known gems like Freeze (2025) and Mama Said (2025).

The group then surprised the crowd with covers of TWICE’s iconic hits, Like Ooh-Ahh (2015), and Feel Special (2019). They endearingly introduced themselves as “TWICE’s little brother” too.