Y2K, the first full group performance in 23 years..Summoning the Sugar Man, a collaboration between Korea and Japan (Korea-Japan Top 10 Show)

By YoonSeon, Cho

May 12, 2025

Y2K, the first full group performance in 23 years..Summoning the Sugar Man, a collaboration between Korea and Japan (Korea-Japan Top 10 Show)



For the first time in 23 years, the Korea-Japan collaborative band Y2K will perform the entire stage through the 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show'.

MBN 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show', which will be broadcast at 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, will mark the 60th anniversary of Korea-Japan diplomatic relations'2025 Korea-Japan King of Japan's national team TOP7 and the members of the 'Korea Top Ten Show' including the 'Korea-Japan King of Strings2' and the 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show' have continued their unrivaled run for seven consecutive weeks, maintaining the No. 1 rating among all the terrestrial, general-cable channel Tuesday entertainment programs.

In the 49th episode of the 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show" to be broadcasted at 9:50 p.m. on the 13th (Tue), a special feature of 'Reply 1999' will be held to revive the sensibility of the Millennium era from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Through the competition with masterpieces from the days when the Korean music industry was booming, it summons memories and stimulates viewers' nostalgia.




In this regard, Y2K, the first Korea-Japan collaboration band, returns to the whole group through a special feature of the 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show' full-fledged memory recall project"Reply 1999" for the first time in 23 years, giving a different impression. Y2K, consisting of leader Ko Jae-geun, guitar Yuichi, and bass Koji, swept Korea as a millennium TOP star band, bringing in a long-haired handsome band craze shortly after their debut. Y2K, who appeared as a more mature flower boy visual, is cheered by singing 'After Breaking Up' live, which was a sensational hit in 1999. While the atmosphere of the scene has soared due to the summons of the Korea-Japan joint Sugar Man, expectations are rising for what Y2K's 'first full stage' will look like in 23 years.

Y2K, the first full group performance in 23 years..Summoning the Sugar Man, a collaboration between Korea and Japan (Korea-Japan Top 10 Show)
On the other hand, Park Seo-jin bursts into tension over his confrontation with the 'Queen of Emotional Ballads' Lynn. Park Seo-jin selected 'Emergency Room' by band Izi (Easy), which is constantly loved as a favorite karaoke song for men, in line with the 'Reply 1999' special. Before going on stage, Park Seo-jin reveals her nervous feelings, closing her eyes tightly, saying "I think I need to go to the emergency room." It is curious to see what results Park Seo-jin, who challenged a 180-degree different transformation with Rock Ballard Emergency Room, will bring out in the match against Lynn.

In addition, in the special 'Reply 1999', Kim Da-hyun inspires cheers with a stage that perfectly reinterprets the songs of that time. Kim Da-hyun, born in 2009, transforms into a doll in Lee Jung-hyun's 「Will You」 released in 2000, even before she was born, and shows a 200% synchro ratio, drawing everyone's admiration. Kim Da-hyun's "Will You" stage, which homages Lee Jung-hyun to facial expressions, choreography, and popping singing methods that match the doll's live concept, draws attention.




The production team said that it is meaningful that Y2K, the first Korea-Japan collaboration band, will perform together for the first time in 23 years in the `Korea-Japan Top Ten Show" and that the Millennium-era masterpiece performances presented by the members of the `Korea-Japan Top Ten Show' will be a time to reminisce about memories.

Meanwhile, the 49th episode of MBN 'Korea-Japan Top Ten Show' will air at 9:50 p.m. on the 13th (Tuesday).






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