NiziU Set as Second Guest on ABEMA's HYPE STAGE
HYPE STAGE puts fan votes directly into the show's structure, and NiziU's two-week slot coincides with their September 28 Korean mini album "Sour Grapes," their first Korean comeback release in about one year and six months.
Reporting from 1 source: Nijimen.
NiziU will appear as the second guest on ABEMA's fan-participation K-POP show HYPE STAGE, following first guest ALPHA DRIVE ONE. Episodes 3 and 4 air free at 10:00 PM on Friday, October 2 and Friday, October 9, 2026. The episodes include an "Oshi Research Team" segment driven by advance social media voting and member-to-member votes, a game corner, and a Concept Change Stage with three songs including "Sour Grapes."
The show is a co-production between ABEMA and SLL, the content production studio under Korean broadcaster JTBC. Voting decides content rather than just decorating it: themes for the "Oshi Research Team" segment are chosen by advance social media polls, and the concept for the stage performance is set by fan vote. NiziU's episodes run for two consecutive weeks, from talk segments into games and then to three songs, one of them "Sour Grapes." The broadcasts are free to watch on ABEMA.
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