# 2021 KBS Song Festival

The 2021 KBS Song Festival (Korean: KBS 2021 가요대축제) was the 11th edition of KBS Song Festival, held on December 17, 2021, broadcast by KBS at 8:30 pm KST on the 17th to 12:15 am on the 18th. A total of 20 teams have been invited to the show.
This year, in a situation where K-pop singers and fans could not meet due to Corona 19, the theme is with 'WITH', which means to go forward 'together' with strength.

## Background

On November 26, it was announced that Astro's Cha Eun-woo, AOA's Seolhyun and SF9's Rowoon would be hosting this year's festival and the date of the festival will be on December 17.
On December 3, it was revealed that Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, Kang Daniel, The Boyz, Stray Kids, Itzy, TXT, Enhypen, Aespa, and Lee Mu-jin would be part of the first line-up. On December 8, it was announced that Seventeen, Sunmi, NU'EST, Astro, Brave Girls, NCT, SF9, Kim Woo-seok, STAYC, and Ive will be part of the second line-up.
On December 13, KBS released a video featuring several artists dancing and singing a song that encourages everyone to tune in to the festival. The video features TXT's Soobin and Huening Kai, Stray Kids's Felix, Oh My Girl's Hyojung and Arin, NCT's Shotaro, Brave Girls's Minyoung and Eunji, Enhypen's Sunghoon and Ni-ki, Aespa's Ningning, Ive's Wonyoung and Leeseo, SF9's Jaeyoon and Youngbin, Kang Daniel, and STAYC's Seeun and Yoon. The song is a parody of Baby Shark.

## Schedule

| Sections | Date | Airtime |
| The Beginning and Photo Wall | December 17, 2021 | 19:00–20:30 KST |
| Main Event | December 17, 2021 | 20:30~ KST |

## Presenters

* The Beginning
* Backstage – Oh My Girl's Arin, TXT's Choi Soo-bin, Ive's Jang Won-young and Enhypen's Sunghoon
* Main Event – Astro's Cha Eun-woo, AOA's Seolhyun, and SF9's Rowoon

## Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance or performed musical numbers.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Part 1 ||
| All performers | "With You" by The Blue |
| Ive | "Eleven" |
| Lee Mu-jin | "Traffic Light" |
| Enhypen | Intro + "Tamed-Dashed" |
| STAYC | "ASAP" "Stereotype" |
| Legend of K-POP ||
| TXT | "Candy" by H.O.T |
| Enhypen | "The Way This Guy Lives" by Sechs Kies |
| TXT | "Bad Guy" by Rain |
| Enhypen | "Come Back to Me" by Se7en |
| TXT | "Mirotic" by TVXQ |
| TXT's Yeonjun,Taehyun and Huening Kai Enhypen's Ni-ki and Heeseung | "Bang Bang Bang" by Big Bang |
| Enhypen | "Growl" by EXO |
| TXT Enhypen | "Fire" by BTS |
| Move to the Beat ||
| Kim Woo-seok | "Sugar" |
| Brave Girls | Intro + "Rollin'" "Chi Mat Ba Ram" |
| Part 2 ||
| Vocal Special Stage ||
| V4 Kim Woo-seok Astro's Yoon San-ha The Boyz's Hyunjae Stray Kids's Seungmin | "Paradise (2021 Rock and roll Version)" from Boys Over Flowers |
| Brave Girls's Minyoung and SF9's Inseong | "Don't Forget Me" from Iris |
| SF9's Rowoon | "No Goodbye in Love" from The King's Affection |
| TXT | "Loser=Lover" "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" |
| SF9 | Intro + "Trauma" |
| The Boyz | "Candles" "Thrill Ride" (Christmas Version) |
| Oh My Girl | "Secret Garden" "Dun Dun Dance" |
| Stray Kids | Intro + "Thunderous" |
| Astro | "One" "After Midnight" |
| Kang Daniel | "What Are You Up To" "2U" "Who U Are" "Antidote" |
| NCT U | "Universe (Let's Play Ball)" |
| Seventeen's Seungkwan and DK | "Together" |
| Special Girl Group Stage ||
| F9 Red Velvet's Wendy Oh My Girl's Jiho Brave Girls Yuna Itzy's Chaeryeong and Yuna STAYC's Sieun and Yoon Ive's Wonyoung and Yujin | "Way to Go" by Girls Generation |
| Part 3 ||
| Aespa | Intro + "Next Level" "Savage" |
| NU'EST | "Inside Out" "Black" |
| Itzy | "Mafia in the Morning" "Loco" |
| Sunmi | "Tail" (League of Legends ver.) "You Can't Sit with Us" |
| Seventeen | "Crush" + "Ready to love" "Rock with You" |
| Red Velvet | Intro + "Psycho" "Queendom" |
| All performers | "All for You (2021 Christmas Version)" from Reply 1997 |