exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025, will take place on Sunday, November 9, across seven venues in Shibuya, Tokyo. The festival, originally launched in 2007 as a free-entry series that has held over 180 events including special editions, has grown into a major circuit-style festival featuring Tokyo’s vibrant music scene. The seven venues include Spotify O-nest, Spotify O-EAST, Spotify O-west, duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, clubasia, WOMB LIVE, and 7th FLOOR. Previously announced performers include WONK, Satoko Shibata, Homecomings, Saho Terao, Pasokon Music Club, Helsinki Lambda Club, Shugo Tokumaru, Yucky, Dos Monos, and 35 other acts.

The fourth wave of performers adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye Sound Syndicate, No Buses, and Maika Loubté. Detailed schedules and venue assignments will be announced at a later date.

An audition for additional performance slots at exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 is open via TuneCore Japan from Wednesday, September 17 to Wednesday, October 15. Further details are available on the festival’s official website.

In a special collaboration, the festival will feature Osaka’s renowned curry restaurant Darakure, which previously participated in exPoP!!!!! under the name “Datenshi Kakki~,” as part of the Japanese Curry Festival.

Tickets are on general sale for 7,500 JPY through Ticket Pia, e+, and Lawson Ticket. Limited, handling-free tickets are available at Spotify O-EAST’s box office on a first-come, first-served basis. Special tickets include a 100 JPY middle school student ticket, a 4,000 JPY U-23 ticket, and inbound tickets for international attendees.

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.

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