The Best Moment From Each Artist at SMTOWN Live 2025 Concert in Los Angeles

To celebrate 30 years of steering the Korean entertainment sphere, SM Entertainment hit Los Angeles with its star-studded SMTOWN Live 2025 concert.

Boasting 68 individual artists, representing 13 different groups, all on one sprawling stage at the Dignity Health Sports Park, the showcase brought out a range of K-pop talent that showcases SM’s expansive impact on the industry. The May 11 show featured legendary acts like TVXQ! and Super Junior that helped establish SM into its powerhouse status these past decades, as well as a glimpse of what the future holds for the group with performances from its U.K.-based boy band dearALICE and a selection of its current “trainee” artists, known as SMTR25, who paid tribute to their seniors with covers of hit songs through the years by superstars like SHINee, EXO and more.

The full roster included TVXQ!, Super Junior, SHINee‘s KEY and Minho, EXO‘s SUHO, CHANYEOL and KAI, Red Velvet, NCT 127, WayV, NCT DREAM, aespa, RIIZE, Hearts2Hearts, dearALICE and SMTR25. While the rising rookie group NCT WISH was on the original lineup, the group fell victim to visa issues with SM sharing on May 9 that “an unexpected delay in the approval process, and the visas were ultimately not issued in time,” and that the boys would not be performing in LA. But don’t worry too much: the SM Entertainment family did not forget them — read on to find out how.

While SMTOWN has performed in Los Angeles and New York, the label last brought their signature showcase to the States in 2012 with a show in Anaheim, Calif. Now, in 2025, SMTOWN boasts nearly double the number of groups and 26 more individuals on stage.

Celebrate the standout moment from each artist who lit up SMTOWN Live 2025 below.