CORTIS (Martin, James, Juhoon, Sunghyun, Geonho) was invited to perform a special stage at the "KT 2026 Cheering: All Together. To Victory" event held on the morning of June 12 at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. The event was a street cheering event co-organized by KT, the Korea Football Association (KFA), and the Red Devils ahead of the South Korean national football team's first group stage match against the Czech Republic in the "2026 FIFA World Cup."
In particular, CORTIS added meaning to the event by being the only K-pop group among the participants to take the stage. The members appeared on stage singing the cheering song "To Victory" alongside the band TransFixion, boosting the cheering atmosphere with red uniforms reminiscent of the Red Devils and face painting.
CORTIS drew enthusiastic responses from the public, shouting, "The sun is hot today, but please show a passion hotter than the sunlight," and united the square by singing the children's song "All Together" (Uri Modu Da Gati) together. Citizens and tourists watching the performance also stopped in their tracks to join the cheering.
On this day, CORTIS performed a total of four songs, including their debut song "What You Want," "GO!," the title track of their second mini-album "REDRED," and the B-side track "YOUNGCREATORCREW." The dynamic performance and energetic stage drew sing-alongs and cheers from the crowd, and the sight of people dancing along to the "point choreography" of "REDRED," the "Pal-lang-gwi (Flapping Ears) Dance," also caught attention.
They also contributed to the World Cup cheering fever off the stage. Through their official social media, CORTIS released a short-form video with modified lyrics of "REDRED" to "Our team, our team, go red-red, advance to the Round of 16, green green," and also participated in cheering for the national team by appearing in KT's cheering campaign video.
Meanwhile, CORTIS has been continuing their global popularity through recent promotions for their second mini-album "GREENGREEN." The B-side track "YOUNGCREATORCREW" has garnered attention as a keyword representing the younger generation, spawning the trendy slang "Young-Keu-Keu."
The second mini-album surpassed 2.31 million copies in first-week sales and broke their own record by reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200, the main album chart in the United States. Additionally, they proved their soaring global popularity by selling out all seven shows of the North American leg of their first solo tour, "2026 CORTIS TOUR."
Photo courtesy of Big Hit Music
Reported by Kang Kyung-yoon
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