SE SO NEON 새소년 Announce Australian Tour Dates for December 2025

Fronted by singer, guitarist, and multidisciplinary artist Soyoon, SE SO NEON has become one of Korea’s most respected indie acts—known for their genre-blurring sound, raw emotion, and captivating stage presence. Since forming in 2016, they’ve earned two Korean Music Awards and international acclaim.

The upcoming SE SO NEON Australian tour will kick off at The Triffid in Brisbane on Wednesday 10 December, before heading south to Sydney for a show at the iconic Metro Theatre on Thursday 11 December. The journey wraps in Melbourne with a performance at Northcote Theatre on Saturday 13 December.

Tickets will be available to purchase by the General Public on Monday July 21 at 10:00am local time.

My Live Nation members will also be able to secure tickets during the presale which commences Friday July 18 from 9:00am (local). Fans can register for access at livenation.com.au 

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia. Mastercard Presale starts Thursday, July 17, at 11:00am (local), running until Monday, July 21 at 9:00am (local). Check out priceless.com/music for details.

SE SO NEON 새소년
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2025

THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER

METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER

NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER

Mastercard Presale: Thursday 17 July, 9am (local) > Monday 21 July, 9am (local)
Live Nation Presale: Friday 18 July, 9am (local) > Monday 21 July, 9am (local)  
General Public Onsale: Monday 21 July at 10am (local)

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

ABOUT SE SO NEON 새소년

Since their formation nearly a decade ago, SE SO NEON has become one of Korea’s most loved and respected alternative bands, receiving awards and critical acclaim while steadily amassing a global fanbase. With their forthcoming album <NOW>, the band—led by singer, songwriter, and multidisciplinary artist Soyoon—is ready to defy any expectations placed upon them.

SE SO NEON have become well-known for their expansive definition of “rock,” with Pitchfork referring to them as “a versatile name in the Korean indie scene” in 2021. On <NOW>, the band—including recently departed bassist Park Hyunjin—continues to evolve, with tracks like the feedback-shrouded mini-epic “Secret Police” and the R&B-tinged “Small Heart” taking off in unexpected, thrilling directions.

Since forming in 2016, SE SO NEON has won two Korean Music Awards, played festivals around Asia, and earned praise from international publications. After releasing her second solo album Episode1: Love in 2023, Soyoon—born Soyoon Hwang—felt anxious about the band’s next step.

“That uncertainty really sapped my creativity,” she says. “I’m a really creative person, but at that point, I only liked drawing, taking photos, and writing poems. Music made me so depressed because I had a lot of pressure, and I didn’t have any creative energy.”

Looking for a change of scenery, Soyoon traveled to New York to work with old friends. Immersing herself in nearly 10-hour studio days proved invigorating and helped her rediscover the joy in making music.

“That’s why the album is called <NOW>,” she explains. “I had been thinking, ‘I’m done. I’m not going to do music anymore.’ But after that New York experience, I felt hope.”

Following that period, SE SO NEON toured briefly and showcased at SXSW in March 2024. Soyoon later relocated to Los Angeles, where the terrain, light, and new collaborators sparked further inspiration.

“I love nature—sky, sunshine,” she says. “<NOW> is about nature, because I’m from nature.”

Soyoon grew up in the mountainous North Chungcheong Province of South Korea, often spending hours in solitude among the trees. That connection to nature—what she calls “always honest”—runs through <NOW>, making it a universally emotional experience, regardless of language.

“Even if I don’t use English, people will feel the energy and soul in the music,” she says.

While the February 2025 departure of bassist Park Hyunjin changed the band’s structure, Soyoon emphasizes that SE SO NEON is still a band—just one that doesn’t operate in “classical band territory” anymore.

Soyoon began music young, taking piano lessons at five. But, she laughs, “I thought, ‘Piano is not cool enough.’” A cousin introduced her to guitar greats like B.B. King and John Mayer, and she became obsessed—despite her mother’s initial resistance.

“I learned really fast,” she recalls.

Soyoon’s guitar playing is central to <NOW>, an album that defies genre and form to create something wholly unpredictable yet natural. Tracks like “New Romantic” capture “all the sunshine and color of the Los Angeles sun,” while “3Revolution” evolves from storming rock into shoegazing shimmer.

As a teenager, Soyoon handled every aspect of her music—writing, recording, designing covers, making videos, and playing solo gigs. Now, she’s brought that same hands-on approach back to SE SO NEON, directing videos and shaping the band’s multidimensional identity.

“I’m a rocker—I have a strong ‘rock attitude,’” she says. “But I don’t want to categorize myself. I’m a singer. I’m a director. I’m a writer. I’m a professional musician. I want to work in some random café here in Los Angeles, because I’ve never had an experience like that,” she says, smiling.

“I don’t want to define myself. I don’t want to define anything about my life.”

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