The Open Air Festival Hanoi 2023, organized by BTC, has recently announced the first K-pop group to participate in the event. The group, Highlight, will be performing at My Dinh Stadium during the music festival, coinciding with Christmas. Previously, in 2022, Highlight also appeared in Ho Chi Minh City to participate in a program organized by the Seoul Tourism Organization and the Seoul government.
Highlight, formerly known as the Beast, was formed in 2009. After 7 years of activity, Jang Hyun Seung left the group. The remaining members transferred companies from Cube Entertainment to Around US Entertainment and changed their name to Highlight in 2017. Currently, the group consists of 4 members: Yoon Doo Joon, Yang Yo Seob, Lee Gi Kwang, and Son Dong Woon (Yong Jun-hyung left the group in 2019).
The group has had a series of hit songs that have been enthusiastically loved by audiences in Asia, such as “Shock,” “On Rainy Days,” and “Fiction.” They have also released two albums, seven mini albums in Korean, one studio album in Japanese, and many singles. In 2012, the group left a good impression on global audiences with their international tour called “Beautiful Show” in 12 countries in Asia, Europe, and America. That year, they also achieved a record of three consecutive wins on the Inkigayo chart thanks to the song “Beautiful Night.”
Highlight won the Bonsang award at the Seoul Music Awards in 2011 and 2012. The group also won the Artist of the Year (Daesang) at the Melon Music Awards and the Album of the Year award for “Fiction and Fact” at the Gaon Chart Awards in 2011. The song “Fiction” won the Song of the Year Daesang award at the KBS Music Festival in 2011.