Blackpink’s Jisoo, NCT and Babymonster are among the Korean acts set to perform at next year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, alongside alternative pop band Leenalchi and Korean DJ Peggy Gou.
According to the lineup announced by Coachella on Wednesday, Jisoo, Leenalchi and Peggy Gou will perform on April 9 and 16, while NCT is scheduled for April 10 and 17 and Babymonster for April 11 and 18.
The 2027 edition of the festival will take place in Indio, California, over two weekends in April.
For NCT, Babymonster and Leenalchi, the appearances will mark their Coachella debuts.
NCT was listed simply under the group name without specifying a subunit in the official lineup. However, both NCT 127 and NCT Dream shared Coachella’s lineup announcement through their respective social media accounts, indicating that both units are set to participate.
Babymonster will make its first appearance at the festival around three years since the group's debut. The band is scheduled to perform on the same days as headliner Sza.
Leenalchi, known for blending pansori — a traditional Korean genre of narrative singing of epic stories and folklore drama — with contemporary pop, rock and electronic sounds, will also take the Coachella stage for the first time.
Jisoo, meanwhile, will be returning to the festival as a solo artist after having previously performed there with Blackpink. The group made its Coachella debut in 2019 and returned in 2023 as the first K-pop act to headline the festival.
Peggy Gou will also return to the festival, having appeared at Coachella in 2018, 2022 and 2024.
The 2027 festival will be headlined by Dua Lipa on Fridays, Tame Impala on Saturdays and Sza on Sundays. Madonna, Zara Larsson, Steve Lacy, Kehlani, Tiesto and Martin Garriz are also among the artists included in the lineup.
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