exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More

The long-running live music series exPoP!!!!! is launching a new chapter this fall with exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025—a ticketed festival set to take place on Sunday, November 9, across seven venues in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. The first lineup announcement features 11 diverse and genre-spanning artists.

Since its start in 2007, exPoP!!!!! has hosted more than 180 free-entry events, including special editions. Reunion 2025 marks a shift in scale and format, transforming the series into a circuit-style festival using Spotify O-nest, Spotify O-EAST, Spotify O-west, duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, clubasia, WOMB LIVE, and 7th FLOOR as its stages.

The first round of announced acts includes:
WONK, Satoko Shibata, Homecomings, Saho Terao, LOSTAGE, Dongurizu, Pasocom Music Club, Fuki Kitamura, Hoon, HALLEY, and Tengoku Ryokō.
Details on individual venue assignments and set times will be released in the coming weeks.

Advance ticket applications for the first lottery phase are open now via Ticket Pia until Sunday, July 6, priced at ¥5,500. A special ¥100 ticket is available for junior high school students, and a ¥4,000 discounted ticket is being offered for attendees under 23—both on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hello and goodbye, again and again — that’s the rhythm of life.

exPoP!!!!! started back in 2007 as a free space where words on a screen couldn’t capture the raw energy of live music. We wanted you to feel that power up close, in the moment. Since then, it’s grown, and in 2023, NiEW took up the torch to carry that spirit forward.

We often meet people who say, “I saw that artist at exPoP!!!!! back when I was a student,” or bump into fans who found us by chance in their daily lives. Those stories tell us why this journey matters — because it’s about connection, growth, and the magic that only time and continuity can create.

There’s something special about reuniting. Not by coincidence, but by choice. When music lovers bring the event’s spirit back into their lives — sharing, discovering, inspiring — culture spreads in ways you can’t predict.

After nearly 200 events and 18 years, imagine what happens when all these changed selves meet again. New sparks will fly — different, unexpected, thrilling. And for those just discovering exPoP!!!!! now, imagine the countless new beginnings waiting to happen.

This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a new chapter. The same spirit, but with fresh faces and sounds, gathering across Shibuya’s Dogenzaka for exPoP!!!!! Reunion. It’s bigger, bolder, and it’s waiting for you.

To old friends, we can’t wait to see you again. To new friends, welcome — we’ve been waiting for you. Let’s set aside the everyday and dive into the joy of music, reunion, and discovery.

Mansaku Kashiwai, NiEW Editor-in-Chief, NiEW Editorial Department, “exPoP!!!!!” Staff