As a long-time fan who has watched them since the BEAST days, I am especially delighted to hear news about Highlight this year. I felt it was amazing that a group I have been with for 18 years is still taking on new concepts. Perhaps because I have grown old with them since their debut, every single piece of news feels special to me.

The 2026 Solo Fan Concert was held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul for three days, from October 16 to 18. The title was "I, an 18-Year Idol, Was a Debut Group Trainee in Another World," and the running time was announced to be around 150 minutes. According to the agency's announcement, it tells the story of the re-debut of four people who lost all their careers and became trainees again. Just the fact that the four of them stood on the same stage together for the first time in a long while held great significance.

They also continued their individual activities steadily. Yoon Doo-joon hosted a fandom survival variety show, and Yang Yoseop met viewers through the web variety show *Yoseobi's Things These Days*. Lee Ki-kwang appeared in the web variety show *Under Vision*, and Son Dong-woon is performing in the musical *Gone Tomorrow* from September 15 to November 29.

I heard that Yang Yoseop is planning to release a live album of "Concert Afterimage" on November 2nd. As a long-time fan, I felt inexplicably proud as I recalled the four of them starting over with a trainee concept on the fan concert stage.