Teaser released for reality program starring girl group NewJeans

From left, Hanni, Hyein, Haerin, Danielle and Minji of girl group NewJeans in a teaser for "NewJeans Code in Busan" [SCREEN CAPTURE]

SBS released a teaser for the upcoming reality television program starring rookie girl group NewJeans on Friday.

In the video, the members of NewJeans are shown traveling around Busan. The reality television program is titled “NewJeans Code in Busan,” and was created to support Busan’s bid to host the World Expo 2030.

The NewJeans members also posed with a signature gesture that the members came up with themselves in the teaser video.

The first episode of “NewJeans Code in Busan” will air on Oct. 16 at 12:05 a.m.

NewJeans debuted in August this year and has been soaring in popularity. It set a new record for a debuting K-pop group by selling 311,271 copies of its first EP “New Jeans” in a week. Songs like “Attention,” “Hype Boy” and “Cookie” have landed on the music charts of Billboard and Spotify.

The group has five members: Hanni, Minji, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein.

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]