Taiwan’s K-pop boy band SEVENTOEIGHT in South Korea

Taiwan’s K-pop boy band SEVENTOEIGHT in South Korea

2025-08-05

Taiwan K-pop boy band SEVENTOEIGHT is wowing South Korean TV audiences. The up-and-coming K-pop boy band is making a name for itself in Korea’s competitive entertainment industry. Recently, they appeared on not one, but two live-performance TV shows and impressed viewers with their great singing and perfectly-executed dance moves. There were even fans from Taiwan in the audience who flew to Seoul to support them.

Taiwan’s up-and-coming K-pop boy band SEVENTOEIGHT performed their newest single, “Drip & Drop” live on two popular South Korean TV shows.

Their dance moves are immaculate and their singing is the real deal—no lip-syncing here. They also demonstrate versatility with two different styles of music and looks.

SEVENTOEIGHT only debuted this year. Being able to take to the stage of popular South Korean TV shows is a dream come true for them.

Chiwon
Member of SEVENTOEIGHT
We’ve really learned a lot from the past two live gigs. We had to perfect many things in a short period of time for rehearsal, whether it’s putting on our best foot forward for the cameras or dealing with emergencies on stage.

EXXI
Member of SEVENTOEIGHT
It’s the first time for us to meet so many industry pioneers and crew members. We’d introduce ourselves to everyone, like, “Hello, we’re SEVENTOEIGHT.”

The members are also touched that many fans from Taiwan travelled all the way to South Korea to cheer them on.

Jagger
Member of SEVENTOEIGHT
After all, it took them quite a lot of effort to show up here and cheer for us. Just being able to see them alone makes all of us so happy.

Fans are excited to see where they’ll go next, now that they’re starting to make it in the very center of the K-pop industry.

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台男團跨國出道! 征服2大舞台粉絲飛到韓國力挺

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台灣人氣男團"SEVENTOEIGHT"【唸法:seven to eight(7 to 8)】搶攻韓國偶像市場，日前帶著全新主打歌，登上韓國兩大打歌舞台，不只跳舞，還全程開MIC實唱，展現唱跳功力。更有台灣粉絲專程飛到韓國應援，讓他們非常感動。

人氣男團SEVENTOEIGHT全新單曲「Drip & Drop」，登上韓國兩大打歌舞台。

不只舞功熟練舞功，還開全MIC，展現唱跳實力，除了俐落個性風格能駕馭，輕甜美男系也難不倒。

才剛出道的台灣男團，就登上韓國兩大打歌舞台，對新人而言，可以說是美夢成真。

[[SEVENTOEIGHT成員麒文]]
“這兩次的打歌其實真的學到很多東西，是我們要在快速的時間內，在彩排時間內，抓到不管是對鏡頭的俐落度，或者是我們在舞台上，可能有一些臨時的狀況發生，我們該怎麼處理”

[[SEVENTOEIGHT成員义翔]]
“第一次體驗到就是，我們會一直向很多前輩呀，或者工作人員，看到有人的話我們都會跟他們說，你好我們是SEVENTOEIGHT”

看到有台灣粉絲，從台灣飛到韓國替他們加油，讓SEVENTOEIGHT紅了眼眶。

[[SEVENTOEIGHT成員柏佑]]
“畢竟他們能出現在這邊，其實花了好大的功夫，才能為我們加油，只要能看到他們，我覺得我們所有人都很開心”

偶像團體跨國際發展，踏出成功一步，粉絲們也持續看好。

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