10CM and Minju will perform a duet at the 2025 KBS Song Festival, featuring 25 artists and special stages across genres.
December/18/2025 12:10
Singer-songwriter 10CM and ILLIT's Minju will collaborate. On the 19th at 7:15 PM, the '2025 KBS Song Festival GLOBAL FESTIVAL' (hereafter, 'KBS Song Festival') will be held at Incheon Songdo Convensia. MCs Chang Doyoung, Moon Sangmin, and Minju will work together, with 25 artists from various genres and generations lined up. 10CM and Minju will present a special duet stage with 'To Reach You.' This special stage of the 'KBS Song Festival' is drawing attention for its meeting of a senior and junior with pleasant voices, as well as for being a duet that crosses generational and genre boundaries. 10CM is a singer-songwriter who has been steadily loved for his delicate sensibility and unique singing voice. His Korean version of the opening song 'To Reach You' for the Japanese anime, released in March this year, topped major music sites in Korea, generating a lot of buzz. Minju is a vocalist with a refreshing voice and solid singing ability, loved by K-POP fans worldwide. Through this duet stage, the lyrical vocals unique to 10CM and Minju's bright voice are expected to harmonize and convey the wonderful emotion of 'To Reach You.' Following the previously announced duet stage of IVE's Liz and LE SSERAFIM's Kim Chaewon, the pleasant senior-junior duet stage of 10CM and Minju is further raising expectations for the 'KBS Song Festival.' Additionally, various special stages that can only be seen at the 'KBS Song Festival' are being prepared, promising a rich enjoyment typical of a year-end festival. The '2025 KBS Song Festival' will feature a total of 25 artists from diverse genres, including CNBLUE, 10CM, Roy Kim, Park Sojin, Jannabi, LOVELYZ, Dayoung, NCT DREAM, Mark, Haechan, THE BOYZ, fromis_9, Lee Changwon, P1Harmony, Stray Kids, aespa, LE SSERAFIM, tripleS, KISS OF LIFE, n.SSign, IVE, CLOSE YOUR EYES, RIIZE, BABYMONSTER, and TWS, who are all set to heat up the stage.
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