SOYEON's 'I'm gonna TOESA' wins 'Inkigayo' without an appearance, Megadeth headlines two nights — Oct 5 news brief

SBS 'Inkigayo', which took a week off for Asian Games coverage, came back yesterday (Oct 4) for the first time in two weeks. The winner was SOYEON's '퇴사할게여' ('I'm gonna TOESA'), without SOYEON taking the stage. Over the weekend, music festivals ran all at once in Busan, Incheon and Seoul, and this week's comebacks start this evening. Here are nine stories from the weekend.

Yesterday's 'Inkigayo'

1. SOYEON's 'I'm gonna TOESA' wins, without an appearance

The nominees for the first week of October were ATEEZ's 'BAD', SOYEON's '퇴사할게여 (Narr. 기안84)' ('I'm gonna TOESA (feat. Kian84)') and RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK'. SOYEON took first place with 6,406 points, followed by ATEEZ with 4,656 and RESCENE with 3,945. SOYEON did not appear on the show that day. The song was also number one on the Bugs weekly chart for the last week of September.
Sources: Sports Today · Celuv Media

2. Comeback stages from BOYNEXTDOOR, ONEUS and CRAVITY

BOYNEXTDOOR's Leehan and Woonhak were the special MCs. The comeback stages were BOYNEXTDOOR's 'ANIMAL', ONEUS's '눈을 돌리지마 (Say Yes!)' and CRAVITY's 'LOUDER'. NiziU's 'Sour Grapes', ALLDAY PROJECT's 'TALK' and 'CRASH', CLOSE YOUR EYES' 'Drop That!', MINZY's 'Calling', Park Jae Jung's '계절의 끝' ('End of the Season'), Woody and BORA's '마침표' ('Period') and TIOT's '다섯시간의 조각들' ('Five Hours in Pieces') followed. Several of these songs have already appeared on NONOL. See MINZY's 'Calling', CRAVITY's 'LOUDER' and ALLDAY PROJECT's 'CRASH'.
Sources: Gukje News · SBS KPOP 'ANIMAL' stage video

Music shows on a break

3. 'Music Core' off for a second week, and the 'Music Bank' website crowns CORTIS's 'REDRED'

MBC's 'Show! Music Core' was off the air two weeks in a row, on September 26 and October 3, because of Asian Games coverage. KBS2's 'Music Bank' also skipped September 25 and October 2, but its website posted the 'K-Chart' for the first week of October, topped by CORTIS's 'REDRED'. The song came out in April and its broadcast promotions are over, so it scored zero broadcast points. We covered the song's final 40 seconds in a NONOL hidden-details piece.
Sources: Topstar News ('Music Core' cancellation) · Newsen

The weekend in numbers

4. BOYNEXTDOOR tops the Oricon daily chart, &TEAM reaches No. 4 in the UK

BOYNEXTDOOR's repackage of its first full album, 'HOME: DELUXE', went to number one on the Oricon daily album ranking dated October 2, its Japanese release date. &TEAM's 'Mark on Me' entered the UK Official Physical Singles Chart (dated October 2–8) at number four. The group's previous best was number 34, for 'Samidare' in 2024. i-dle's 2024 song 'Wife' passed 100 million music video views on the 4th.
Sources: Oricon daily album ranking, Oct 2 · Yonhap · OSEN (&TEAM) · OSEN (i-dle)

5. Stray Kids didn't submit to the Grammys

JYP Entertainment confirmed that Stray Kids did not submit any work by the entry deadline for the 69th Grammy Awards (August 21). No reason was given. A day earlier, the Recording Academy, which runs the Grammys, said the newly created Best Asian Pop Music Performance category will go ahead as planned at the 2027 ceremony. Nominations will be announced on November 16.
Sources: Variety · BBC Korean

Weekend shows

6. At Busan International Rock Festival, Megadeth headlines two nights in a row

At the Busan International Rock Festival, held October 2–4 at Samnak Ecological Park, first-night headliner Avenged Sevenfold canceled a day before the festival opened. Megadeth, originally the October 3 headliner, took the October 2 slot as well and played two nights in a row. LEE SEUNG YOON, closing the Green Stage on the 2nd, sang 17 songs over 80 minutes and announced solo concert dates for December 11–13 for the first time after the set. The same weekend, the 20th-anniversary 'Let's Rock Festival' took place at Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul. The day-by-day stages for the Busan festival are in our NONOL guide.
Sources: Newsis · Ilgan Sports · Sports Kyunghyang (Let's Rock)

7. 'XMF 2026' in Incheon: Ado sings 'Blue Flame' in Korean

On the first day of 'XMF 2026', a new Korea–Japan music festival held October 3–4 at Paradise City in Incheon, headliner Ado sang LE SSERAFIM's 'Blue Flame' and Heize's 'And July' in Korean. Younha sang '혜성' ('Comet') with the first verse in Korean and the second in Japanese. On the second day, DAY6, YB and Xdinary Heroes were among the acts. The shows will air in December on Mnet and on Japan's TBS Channel 1.
Sources: OSEN · Topstar News · Hankook Ilbo

8. &TEAM's first KSPO DOME shows, BTS starts the South America leg

&TEAM held its first dome concerts in Korea at KSPO DOME in Seoul on October 3–4, wrapping up an Asia tour (23 shows in 14 cities) that began in Yokohama, Japan, in May. BTS began the South America leg of the 'ARIRANG' world tour in Bogotá, Colombia, on October 2–3 local time. In South America, the group plays 14 shows across five cities.
Sources: OSEN (&TEAM) · Yonhap (BTS) · Newsis

This week

9. Hearts2Hearts today, YESUNG and KickFlip tomorrow

At 6 p.m. today, Hearts2Hearts releases 'ICONIC HEART (Korean Ver.)', the Korean version of the title track from the group's first Japanese single. Tomorrow (Oct 6) at 6 p.m., YESUNG's second full album 'Where We Are' and KickFlip's fifth mini album 'KICK OFF THE WALL Pt. 1' come out together, and KickFlip holds a comeback show on M2 at 7 p.m. On the 7th come Hwang Min Hyun's 'OUR' and ONEW's pre-release single 'Tic Tac Toe', and on the 8th, YUQI (1 p.m.) and N.Flying (6 p.m.). N.Flying released the first music video teaser for '잔불' ('Still') on the 3rd. The story of the two acts arriving at the same hour on the 6th is in our comeback overview, and the full October schedule is in our October comeback calendar.
Sources: Joy News 24 (Hearts2Hearts) · Topstar News (YESUNG) · iMBC Entertainment (KickFlip) · iMBC Entertainment (Hwang Min Hyun) · iMBC Entertainment (ONEW) · OSEN (N.Flying)