Broadcast Date: Dec. 17
Starring: Astro, GFriend, Gugudan

Astro

(Naver V app)

Rising K-pop band Astro took to Naver’s V app Sunday to celebrate an early Christmas.

At the beginning of the broadcast, the bandmates were seen suited up of a special occasion.

“We’ve just finished the Christmas fan Meet & Greet event,” said Cha Eun Woo.

(Naver V app)

Rocky said this broadcast is for those who came as well as those who could not make it to the event.

“This is not the only party between us and our fans. There will be parties like this next year, and the year after as well,” said Moon Bin.

Rocky added that this year’s event came a few days before Christmas, but in the future, the band will meet with the fans on Christmas day.

Having received a lot of comments about their clothes, Cha Eun-woo said, “These are actually the same outfits that we wore for the Season’s Greetings photoshoot.”

The bandmates then moved on to talk about what they are planning to do for Christmas. Rocky said they are planning to hold a snow fight with each other.

The sextet wrapped up the broadcast by thanking fans who came to today’s event despite the cold weather.

(Naver V app)

GFriend

K-pop darlings GFriend aired a surprise broadcast from their bedroom late Sunday.

Clad in comfy loungewear, Eomji and Sowon were seen smiling without their usual makeup.

“We suddenly decided to go live on V, We weren’t even thinking of this even five minutes ago.” said Eomji to open up the broadcast.

“Please spare our looks. We don’t look that great without makeup and everything, but we just wanted to see you,” said Sowon.

“I’d call it a natural beauty,” said Eomji in response to Sowon’s comment.

(Naver V app)

When asked where they are, Sowon said that they are in a vocal practice room before going to a lesson.

The girls said that they are a bit tired from the lack of sleep, but nevertheless getting ready for the lesson.

The starlets spent their time before the lesson singing some songs from the band’s discography, and putting on cute emoji filters to entertain the viewers.

(Naver V app)

Yuju soon joined her band mates and Yuju then called Eunha in.

Eunha said she didn’t want to be on camera as she looks ugly with glasses, but nevertheless popped in to say hello.

Gugudan

(Naver V app)

K-pop band Gugudan’s joyful celebrations to mark 500 days since debut was revealed in a V broadcast Sunday.

At the beginning of the broadcast, the nonet was seen practicing their dance moves in the waiting room, since the band’s first stage with a new song “Chococo” also fell on the memorable 500th-day anniversary.

(Naver V app)

Sejeong then broke the big news, saying “Today is our much-awaited first stage of ‘Chococo’ and it’s already been 500 days since our debut, and I think I deserve 500 won as a present, right?”

After the stage, the bandmates had their eyes glued to the screen, as they were busy monitoring their performance on the inaugural stage.

(Naver V app)

Then a huge cake was brought into the room to celebrate the band’s anniversary.

The nonet posed for a photo, holding the cake decorated with number-shaped candles saying “500” and a huge chocolate to symbolize the new song.

(Naver V app)

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.

By Kim Min-joo (mjk625@heraldcorp.com)

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