SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya

SM Town Live 2023:
SMCU Palace at Kwangya
Online live concert by SM Entertainment artists
	Promotional poster
Location	Worldwide
Associated album	2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace
Date(s)	January 1, 2023
No. of shows	1
SM Entertainment artists concert chronology
	; SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express at Kwangya; (2022); ; SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya; (2023); ; SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Jakarta; (2023);

SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya (stylized as SMTOWN LIVE 2023: SMCU PALACE @ KWANGYA) was an online live concert held on January 1, 2023, by SM Entertainment. Similar to the 2021 and 2022 editions, the concert was broadcast free of charge online through various streaming platforms and selected broadcasting network in selected countries.

Background

On November 30, 2022, SM Entertainment announced that it would be releasing an winter album titled 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace. In the same announcement, it was also announced that a free-to-watch live online concert will also be held on January 1, 2023.^[1] The lineup consisting of Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Taeyeon and Hyoyeon of Girls' Generation, Onew, Key, and Minho of Shinee, Suho, Xiumin, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun of Exo, Red Velvet, NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, Aespa, Got the Beat, DJ Hyo, Raiden, Ginjo, Mar Vista, Imlay, and NCT-Johnny was announced on December 28, 2022.^[2] On December 29, 2022, it was announced Got the Beat would be performing their new song titled "Stamp on It" from their upcoming EP of the same name prior to the actual release.^[3]

Performers

List of performers
No.	Artist	Song(s) performed
1	Kangta, BoA, U-Know, Leeteuk, Taeyeon, Onew, Suho, Irene, Taeyong, Mark, Kun, and Karina	"The Cure"
2	NCT Dream	"Beatbox" + "Hot Sauce"
3	Aespa	"Girls"
4	WayV	"Love Talk" + "Take Off"
5	NCT 127	"Cherry Bomb"
6	Kai, Seulgi, Jeno, and Karina	"Hot & Cold"
7	Red Velvet and Aespa	"Beautiful Christmas"
8	Suho	"Let's Love"
9	Chen	"Last Scene"
10	Kangta and Ryeowook	"Polaris"
11	Kangta, Yesung, Suho, Taeil, and Renjun	"Happier"
12	BoA, Wendy, and Ningning	"Time After Time"
13	Super Junior	"Celebrate"
14	NCT Dream	"Candy"
15	Max Changmin, Taeyeon, and Winter	"Priority"
16	Kangta	"Eyes On You"
17	Exo-SC (featuring Suho)	"Fly Away"
18	Exo-SC	"Rodeo Station"
19	Minho	"Chase"
20	Exo (Suho, Xiumin, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun)	"The First Snow"
21	Red Velvet	"Red Flavor" + "Queendom"
22	Raiden (with Chanyeol featuring Winter and Mark)	"Yours"
23	Xiumin	"Brand New"
24	Onew	"Dice"
25	Hyoyeon	"Deep"
26	Taeyong, Jeno, Hendery, Yangyang, and Giselle	"Zoo"
27	Super Junior-D&E	"Danger"
28	Super Junior	"Black Suit" + "Sorry, Sorry" + "Mango"
29	NCT 127	"Kick It" + "Sticker"
30	Key	"Gasoline"
31	Aespa	"Illusion"
32	Kai	"Mmmh"
33	Seulgi	"28 Reasons"
34	Taeyeon	"INVU"
35	Red Velvet	"Feel My Rhythm"
36	BoA	"Forgive Me"
37	NCT U (Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Mark)	"The 7th Sense"
38	TVXQ	"Maximum" + "The Chance of Love" + "Keep Your Head Down"
39	BoA	"Better"
40	WayV	"Phantom"
41	NCT U (Doyoung, Jungwoo, Mark, Xiaojun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Yangyang, Shotaro)	"Universe (Let's Play Ball)"
42	NCT Dream	"Glitch Mode"
43	Aespa	"Next Level"
44	NCT 127	"2 Baddies"
45	Red Velvet	"Birthday"
46	NCT U (Ten and Taeyong)	"Baby Don't Stop"
47	Exo (Suho, Xiumin, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun)	"Love Shot"
48	Super Junior	"Mr. Simple"
49	TVXQ	"Mirotic"
50	Got the Beat	"Stamp on It" + "Step Back"
51	SM Town	"Hope from Kwangya"
52	DJ Hyo	DJ set
53	Raiden
54	Ginjo
55	Mar Vista
56	Imlay
57	NCT-Johnny

Broadcast

List of broadcasters
Country	Network/Platform	Ref.
Worldwide	YouTube Beyond Live TikTok Instagram IdolPlus	^[4]
Indonesia	RCTI+ Vision+ Vidio InsertLive Trans TV WeTV
Japan	KNTV [ja]
Thailand	TrueID TV
Vietnam	VieON FPT Play Zing MP3 POPS

References

^ Park, Seo-hyun (November 30, 2022). "SM Town 'SMCU 팰리스' 프로젝트 시작..겨울 앨범+무료 온라인 공연 개최" [Started SM Town 'SMCU Palace' project...Winter album + free online performance] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Lee, Deok-haeng (December 28, 2022). ""SMCU PALACE로 집결"..SM Town Live, 1월 1일 글로벌 생중계" ["Gathering at SMCU PALACE"..SM Town Live, broadcast live globally on January 1st] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Ji, Min-kyung (December 29, 2022). 갓더비트, 1월 16일 컴백 확정..'SM Town Live 2023'서 신곡 무대 [공식] [Got the Beat, comeback confirmed on January 16... New song stage at 'SM Town Live 2023' [Official]] (in Korean). OSEN [ko]. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Jeon, Hyo-jin (December 31, 2022). "'SM Town Live' 기대 포인트" [Expectations of 'SM Town Live'] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.

[1] Park, Seo-hyun (November 30, 2022). "SM Town 'SMCU 팰리스' 프로젝트 시작..겨울 앨범+무료 온라인 공연 개최" [Started SM Town 'SMCU Palace' project...Winter album + free online performance] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.

[2] Lee, Deok-haeng (December 28, 2022). ""SMCU PALACE로 집결"..SM Town Live, 1월 1일 글로벌 생중계" ["Gathering at SMCU PALACE"..SM Town Live, broadcast live globally on January 1st] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.

[3] Ji, Min-kyung (December 29, 2022). 갓더비트, 1월 16일 컴백 확정..'SM Town Live 2023'서 신곡 무대 [공식] [Got the Beat, comeback confirmed on January 16... New song stage at 'SM Town Live 2023' [Official]] (in Korean). OSEN [ko]. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.

[4] Jeon, Hyo-jin (December 31, 2022). "'SM Town Live' 기대 포인트" [Expectations of 'SM Town Live'] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.

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