ZeroBaseOne, SF9 to perform at KPOP Nation in Warsaw in September

From top, boy band ZeroBaseOne and SF9 [EACH COMPANY]

KPOP Nation, a music festival set to be held in Poland in September, will include big name artists in its lineup, such as ZeroBaseOne and SF9, the festival's organizers Korean Management Federation and SSD Media said Thursday.

2023 KPOP Nation X Korea Music Festival will be held in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 23 and aims to "assess the future of K-pop and K-wave," the organizers said in a press release on Thursday.

The festival aims to bring more than 50,000 concertgoers around Europe.

Rookie boy band ZeroBaseOne, who recently sold 1.24 million copies of its debut EP "Youth in the Shade" on the first day of its release — making them the first rookie boy band to sell more than a million copies on the day of release — will be joining the festival, alongside boy band SF9, The Boyz, CIX and girl groups Kep1er and Mamamoo.

Five out of the nine members of SF9 — Da Won, Zu Ho, Yoo Tae Yang, Hwi Young and Cha Ni — will be participating in the festival. Young Bin, In Seonng and Jae Yoon are currently completing their mandatory military service, and Ro Woon will not be attending the festival, the organizers said.

The third lineup of artists joining the festival will be announced at a future date, said the organizers.

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BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]