{"id":12571,"date":"2025-06-25T04:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12571\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T04:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:22:10","slug":"ahof-to-perform-at-sbs-gayo-daejeon-summer-ahead-of-official-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12571\/","title":{"rendered":"AHOF to perform at SBS &#8216;Gayo Daejeon Summer&#8217; ahead of official debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750816687-allkpop-2025-06-24t195514.png\" data-image=\"tb1vq05901k6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allkpop.com\/artisttag\/AHOF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AHOF<\/a><\/strong> is drawing attention for their exceptional pre-debut momentum, joining the lineup of the upcoming <strong>\u20182025 NOL Festival: SBS Gayo Daejeon Summer\u2019<\/strong>, set to take place on <strong>July 26<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Though <strong>AHOF<\/strong> is officially scheduled to debut on <strong>July 1<\/strong>, their early inclusion in one of Korea\u2019s largest K-pop festivals\u2014featuring the country\u2019s top-tier artists\u2014is considered highly unusual. Their appearance confirms the industry&#8217;s growing anticipation for what is already being dubbed a breakout rookie of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t their first major performance. On <strong>June 19<\/strong>, <strong>AHOF<\/strong> took the stage at <strong>MyK FESTA<\/strong> held at KSPO DOME in Seoul, where they delivered a successful first performance alongside prominent senior artists\u2014an impressive feat for a group yet to make their official debut.<\/p>\n<p>Formed under <strong>F&amp;F Entertainment<\/strong>, <strong>AHOF<\/strong> is the agency\u2019s first boy group and consists of nine members: <strong>Steven<\/strong>, <strong>Jeongwoo<\/strong>, <strong>Woongki<\/strong>, <strong>Shuaibo<\/strong>, <strong>Han<\/strong>, <strong>JL<\/strong>, <strong>Juwon<\/strong>, <strong>Chih En<\/strong>, and <strong>Daisuke<\/strong>. The lineup was finalized through SBS\u2019s survival program <strong>\u2018Universe League\u2019<\/strong>, which concluded in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AHOF<\/strong>\u2019s debut mini album <strong>\u2018WHO WE ARE\u2019<\/strong> will be released on <strong>July 1 at 6 p.m. KST<\/strong>. The album explores the identity and journey of the group as they search for their own voice before reaching &#8220;completeness.&#8221; Through five tracks, including the title song, the members share their hopes, uncertainties, and the emotional growth they\u2019ve experienced together.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750816890-gul2wuvagaa4etg.jpg\" data-image=\"1p7cls5ofedf\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To mark their debut, <strong>AHOF<\/strong> will also hold a <strong>showcase event<\/strong> on the same day at <strong>8 p.m. KST<\/strong>, meeting fans for the first time since their official launch.<\/p>\n<p>With two high-profile stages booked even before debut, <strong>AHOF<\/strong> is quickly positioning itself as one of the most anticipated rookies of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px!important;font-weight:bold!important;\">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"see_also\" style=\"font-size:16px;\" data-link=\"\/\/www.allkpop.com\/article\/2025\/06\/ahof-demonstrate-their-intense-team-energy-in-2nd-set-of-debut-teaser-photos\" data-from-idx=\"330997\" data-to-idx=\"330759\" target=\"\">AHOF demonstrate their intense team energy in 2nd set of debut teaser photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AHOF is drawing attention for their exceptional pre-debut momentum, joining the lineup of the upcoming \u20182025 NOL Festival:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[13194,1180,171,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-12571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ahof","9":"tag-allkpop","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114742096495649182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}