2023 events & schedule
2023 was a massive year for DPR
JANUARY
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01: DPR LIVE's birthday
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03: DPR CREAM's birthday
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13: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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15: DPR LIVE on tvN's Hwasa Show (Episode 4), sings "Hula Hoops" and "Yellow Cab"
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20: Coachella 2023 lineup is announced to include DPR LIVE + DPR IAN
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22: ARTIC to DJ @ Output Club Busan (Busan, SK)
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FEBRUARY
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04: Regime Tour Finale in Seoul - Show 1
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05: Regime Tour Finale in Seoul - Show 2
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11: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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12: JOHN's birthday
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18: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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25: ARTIC to DJ @ Snacc Seoul City (Seoul, SK)
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MARCH
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03: ARTIC to DJ @ Cakeshop Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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10: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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12: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN on Psick Show (comedy show on YouTube)
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17: DPR ARCHIVES, Pt. 2 surprise album released (ARTIC's debut as DPR ARTIC)
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19: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ Seoul Marathon/Adidas After Party (Seoul, SK)
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24: ARTIC to DJ @ Tone Itaewon (Seoul, SK)
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APRIL
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01: ARTIC to DJ @ Cakeshop Seoul for Shade Seoul's "Sins" event (Seoul, SK)
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16: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ Coachella (CA, USA) - Weekend 1
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23: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ Coachella (CA, USA) - Weekend 2
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28: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ After the Apocalypse festival (Hong Kong)
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30: DPR LIVE @ Hiphopplaya (Seoul, SK) + sDPR CLINE for his feature on "Set It Off"
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31: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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MAY
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09: DPR LIVE @ Daegu Hip Hop (Daegu, SK)
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17: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ Danfesta - Dankook University (Yongin, SK)
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20: DPR ARTIC @ Kohai x Melt Worldwide "Tissue Box Live in New York" exclusive event (New York City, NY, USA)
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21: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTC as DJ) @ Head In The Clouds NY (NY, USA)
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JUNE
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02: DPR IAN unexpectedly joins a Twitter Spaces hosted by Korean DREAMers and shares spoilers about his upcoming EP
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10: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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14: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN featured in a video on MTV's Instagram
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20: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ OTRN 2023 (Osaka, Japan) + surprise first live performance of "Action!" with GRAY (who was also playing this event)
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22: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ OTRN 2023 (Tokyo, Japan)
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25: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ 2023 Waterbomb Festival - Yellow Team (Seoul, SK)
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DPR LIVE + DPR IAN featured in Magazine B's Issue No. 95 Spotify
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JULY
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22: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ Good Vibes (Kuala Lampur, Malaysia) **FESTIVAL CANCELED before DPR could perform**
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29: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ 2023 Waterbomb Festival - Red Team (Busan, SK)
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29: DPR IAN @ Very Summer (Bangkok, Thailand)
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30: DPR IAN new single announced and confirmation of Insanity EP on the way
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AUGUST
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01: DPR IAN's "Peanut Butter & Tears" video teaser released
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01: DPR IAN's Dear Insanity... EP release date announced for midnight ET on October 6 and album pre-sale to begin midnight ET on August 4
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04: DPR IAN's "Peanut Butter & Tears" single and mv released, pre-order opens
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05: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ HITC LA (CA, USA)
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06: DPR LIVE + DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL, USA)
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14: ARTIC to DJ @ Paper x Shelter x Oui event @ Yangyang Laguna Beach Club (Yangyang, SK)
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19: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul club for Shelter x Paper "Compilation Album Release Event" (Seoul, SK)
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27: DPR LIVE, DPR IAN & DPR CREAM (ARTIC as DJ) @ Asian Sound Syndicate (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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SEPTEMBER
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03: DPR LIVE (ARTIC as DJ) @ Rapbeat Festival 2023 (Seoul Land in Gwacheon, SK)
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04: DPR IAN's birthday + surprise limited edition signed Dear Insanity EP pre-order
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08: DPR IAN interview with JoJo Wright on KIISFM video released on YT
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11: Dear Insanity... Korea version available for pre-order
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12: Korean version of DPR IAN's Dear Insanity EP announced & pre-order opened
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12: DPR announces a new YT channel is in the works called DPReality
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14: DPR IAN goes live on Instagram before midnight release of "So I Danced"
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15: DPR IAN's "So I Danced" single & mv release
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16: ARTIC to DJ @ Hole Seoul (Seoul, SK)
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21: Tracklist for Dear Insanity... released
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22: ARTIC to DJ @ Shelter Seoul club (Seoul, SK)
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29: DPR IAN posts new video on Tik-Tok
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OCTOBER
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03: DPR IAN live on Instagram
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04: "Don't Go Insane" mv trailer posted on YT & DPR IAN on Zane Lowe's show on Apple Music (short intro before his song was played)
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05: DPR & The Orchard Dear Insanity... watch party at MTV headquarters in NYC + DPR IAN video posted on MTV's Tik-Tok
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06: DPR IAN's Dear Insanity EP released along with "Don't Go Insane" mv + signing at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City, NY, USA + MTV posts about release on their Twitter
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08: DPR posts 4 song visualizers on YT + Dear Insanity... debuts at #9 on Spotify's Biggest 2023 Album Debuts by K-Pop Male Soloists with 1,223,174 streams on release day (Oct 6) ++ DPR LIVE shares an IG story with a 24 hour countdown clock for him to go live
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09: DPR LIVE goes live on IG at 11pm KST, announces his hiatus from DPR, new company CTYL, and new music as Hong Dabin + new CTYL socials
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10: DPR IAN interview with Travis Mill on Apple Music
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11: DPR IAN live on Instagram + Dear Insanity... Listening Party with DPR IAN on Stationhead at 10pm PT/1am ET/2pm KST (Oct 12)
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12: DPR IAN signing at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, CA, USA + Dabin announces "Till I Live" single & pre-save
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13: CTYL Dabin opens new Twitter account @dabin.kr
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15: DPR IAN + DPR ARTIC (as DJ) @ Cult of Ya Fest Paris (Paris, France)
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18: CTYL Dabin's first single "Till I Live"
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19: CTYL Dabin's "Till I Live" earns his 3rd #1 debut on Genius Korea's K-Hop-Hop chart
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20: Dear Insanity... debuts on Billboard's charts: #1 on Heatseekers, #26 on Independent Albums, #33 on Artist 100, #138 on Top 200 Albums
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21: DPR IAN opens his Broadcast Channel "the other side" on Instagram to send voice notes and pictures to DREAMers
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23: DPR IAN's MTV interview video released on YT and socials + CTYL Dabin uploads "Till I Live (Director's Cut)" mv on YT
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28: DPR IAN (ARTIC as DJ) @ Sundown Live festival (Suntec City, Singapore) + IAN teases a new release in the works
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30: DPR IAN solo concert in Taipei, Taiwan on Nov 22 announced
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NOVEMBER​
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01: DPR IAN goes live on Tik-Tok for the first time
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04: DPR ARTIC's 32nd birthday + video of DPR IAN's interview with Travis Mill released
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11: DPR IAN @ Hyperound K-Fest in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerates
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13: DPR IAN does ASMR with FuseTV video released on Fuse YT channel
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14: DPR IAN + DPR CREAM solo concert (Almaty, Kazakstan) **CANCELED** + DPR IAN short video interview with Vogue Arabia released
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16: DPR IAN short IG live to apologize for cancelled shows
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18: DPR IAN @ Supersound Festival in Bangkok, Thailand + received award for Best Alternative Artist of the Year (first ever award for DPR IAN) at the festival
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19: DPR IAN joins Korean DREAMers on Twitter Spaces
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20: DPR IAN @ GQ Taiwan's Man Of The Year 2023 event in Taipei, walks the red carpet for the 1st time, meets celebs and fashion icons, performs 2 songs & awarded International Artist of the Year + DPR IAN interview with UAE's The National News published
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22: DPR IAN solo show in Taipei **CANCELED** + DPR IAN "Behind the style" by GQ Taiwan video released
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28: DPR IAN live on Instagram
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28: DPR IAN shares "Skins" demo with a made-in-24-hours mv on YT
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29: DPR IAN top artist Spotify listeners get Spotify Wrapped message from IAN + DPR IAN live on Instagram
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30: DPR IAN Reads Thirst Tweets with Buzzfeed released on BuzzFeed Celeb YT channel
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DECEMBER​
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01: DPR IAN's 2nd live on Tik-Tok & creates a new song with DREAMers
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02: DPR IAN nominated for Best Global Artist Award by DCBA International & voting opens
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03: "So I Danced" chosen as Spotify editorial pick as one of the Best Pop Songs of 2023 & featured on that playlist
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04: CTYL Dabin hints at new album title [Giggles] in an IG post
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05: CTYL Official socials hints at new Dabin single "Tic Tac" on Dec 13
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07: CTYL Official socials link to "Still I Live?" Hong Dabin documentary teaser on YT
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09: DREAMers celebrated #0912DPRDay - DPR's 9th anniversary - on social media with special hashtag #underDPRskyDREAMERSunite
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11: DPR IAN @ Hyperound K-Fest in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerates + CTYL Official announces postponement of Dabin's 2nd single and album
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13: CTYL Dabin 2nd single "Tic Tac?" release date **POSTPONED**
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22: DPR announces DPR ARTIC as their 4th official solo artist & release official artist photos + DPR ARTIC changes his IG account name to @dprartic_ & deletes/archives everything prior to this date
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23: DPR IAN featured in 2 Genius Korea articles: Best English Songs of 2023 and
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26: Joonyong's 28th birthday
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28: DPR IAN posts "30.12.23 8:PM PST" on his socials - something to come on that date + tweets "My final present for the year dreamers! #DPRIAN #THEHYBRID" + teaser images
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29: More teaser images from DPR IAN + DPR IAN story with blurry video and snippet of a song +
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30: DPR IAN goes live on IG at 8:00 pm PST/11:00 pm EST + "LIMBO" mv released on YT at 8:30 pm PST/11:30 pm EST.
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31: DPR IAN goes live on IG again in the middle of the night
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31: (past midnight KST) CTYL Dabin posts "Giggles 99% Thx for the wait, Happy New Year." with a pic of him, CREAM and ARTIC? in the studio on IG
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