The Weeknd JENNIE Seoul Surprise Finally Brings One of the Girls to the Stage

The Weeknd JENNIE Seoul surprise gave fans a moment they had waited years to see when the BLACKPINK star joined the Canadian singer for the first-ever live performance of “One of the Girls.”

The collaboration originally appeared on music connected to HBO’s The Idol in 2023, but despite the song’s enormous streaming success, the artists had never performed it together in concert.

That changed during The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn show at Goyang Stadium in South Korea on October 8, when JENNIE walked onstage to a huge reaction from the crowd.

Wowplus has previously covered how The Weeknd built a global music empire. The Seoul surprise was another example of how his catalog now extends far beyond a standard arena-tour set list, giving him room to create event moments around songs fans already treat like modern pop staples.

JENNIE appeared during The Weeknd’s final South Korea show

The surprise took place during the second night of The Weeknd’s two-show engagement at Goyang Stadium.

According to Billboard, the pair performed “One of the Girls” live together for the first time since the track was released in 2023.

Lily-Rose Depp, who is also featured on the original recording, was not part of the live performance.

The moment felt especially significant because JENNIE was performing in her home country and because The Weeknd had not played South Korea since 2018 before this two-night run.

One of the Girls became bigger than The Idol

The song was released as part of The Idol Episode 4 soundtrack, but its life quickly moved beyond the television series itself.

“One of the Girls” eventually joined Spotify’s Billions Club and became one of the most durable songs connected to The Idol, even as the series itself remained controversial and short-lived.

That contrast helps explain why the Seoul performance mattered so much. The television project may have divided audiences, but the song survived on its own terms.

The Weeknd’s broader career has followed that pattern before. Wowplus covered The Weeknd’s rise from Toronto mystery artist to global superstar, and one of his defining strengths has been turning songs into cultural moments that outlast the original album cycles around them.

JENNIE’s solo career made the reunion even more timely

JENNIE has spent the last two years strengthening her identity outside BLACKPINK, releasing her debut solo album Ruby in 2025 and continuing with new material in 2026.

That makes the performance more than a nostalgic reunion tied to an old soundtrack.

She now arrives onstage as a major solo artist in her own right, with a larger catalog, a stronger individual brand and an audience that follows her beyond group activities.

The contrast between 2023 and 2026 is important. When “One of the Girls” was first released, JENNIE’s acting debut in The Idol dominated much of the conversation. Now the music itself carries more of the weight.

The Weeknd’s tour has become a global stadium machine

The After Hours Til Dawn tour has expanded far beyond the original album cycle that inspired its name.

The Weeknd has continued to add markets, extend dates and reshape the show around music from After Hours, Dawn FM and Hurry Up Tomorrow.

Billboard Boxscore reported that the tour grossed more than $124 million across 16 shows in July alone, while the South Korea dates sold roughly 108,000 tickets across two nights.

That level of scale gives surprise guests extra impact. A cameo at a small venue can become a memorable fan moment; a surprise appearance in front of tens of thousands of people can become an international headline within minutes.

The reunion also reconnects The Weeknd with The Idol era

The Weeknd has spent much of the period since The Idol moving his music career forward rather than dwelling on the series.

Yet “One of the Girls” remains one of the clearest success stories from the project.

That means revisiting the song live does not require revisiting every debate around the show. The performance can stand as recognition that one piece of the soundtrack found a much larger audience than anyone may have expected.

Wowplus also covered The Weeknd’s major Juno Awards success, showing how consistently his career has been rewarded in Canada even while his biggest commercial moments increasingly happen on enormous international stages.

Why Seoul was the perfect place for the first live performance

South Korea was an obvious setting for the live debut because JENNIE’s presence immediately transformed the song into a local event as well as a tour surprise.

The crowd did not need an introduction to understand the significance of seeing a BLACKPINK member walk onto the stage.

For The Weeknd, the moment also reinforced his ability to tailor a global stadium show to the market he is visiting rather than delivering the exact same experience in every city.

That local connection can make a massive tour feel more personal, even when the production itself is designed on a stadium scale.

The performance gave fans the version they had imagined for years

The Weeknd JENNIE Seoul surprise worked because it delivered something simple: a song fans already loved, performed by two of the artists who made it.

There was no elaborate announcement or long promotional buildup. The surprise arrived inside the concert and immediately became one of the most discussed moments of the Asian leg.

For JENNIE, it was another sign of how comfortably her solo career now intersects with global pop. For The Weeknd, it added another memorable chapter to a tour that has already become one of the biggest of his career.

And for “One of the Girls,” the Seoul performance finally gave the track the live moment its streaming success had been pointing toward for years.