The Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile

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The Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile
Poster of The Seasons Park Bo-gum's Cantabile featuring Park Bo-gum.jpg
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No. of episodes21
Release
Original network KBS2
Original releaseMarch 14 (2025-03-14) –
August 1, 2025 (2025-08-01)
Season chronology

The Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile (Korean : 박보검의 칸타빌레) is the seventh season of the South Korean late-night music talk show The Seasons hosted by Park Bo-gum. It premiered on March 14, 2025 on KBS2 and aired every Friday at 22:00 / 23:20 (KST) for 21 episodes until August 1, 2025. Park received positive reviews from both critics and audience and won him Best Entertainer at the 52nd Korea Broadcasting Prizes.

Background

Park Bo-gum is the first actor to host The Seasons which includes in-depth interviews and live performances from musicians and entertainers. [1] He personally picked the title "cantabile" which means "as if singing" as he hoped that his season "will leave viewers with gentle comfort and a warm aftertaste" like a song. [2]

Episodes

Episode

number overall

Episode in

season

Original

broadcast date

Guest(s)Ref.
901March 14, 2025Noh Young-shim, Sunwoo Jungah, Jung Jin-young, Kwak Dong-yeon, Kim Yoo-jung, Lee Young-ji, Jeong Jun-il, Hoshi x Woozi, Stardust [3]
912March 21, 2025Kwak Jin-eon, Lee Seung-yoon, Jo Nam Ji Dae, Dragon Pony [4]
923March 28, 2025Rooftop Moonlight, NMIXX, Lily, Haewon, Jo Hyun-ah, Seo In-guk [5]
934April 4, 2025 Song So-hee, Stella Jang, Roy Kim, WING, Beatpella House [6]
945April 11, 2025 Yoon Jong-shin, Daesung, NouerA, Yooseop, Jeong Ma-e, Kung Chi Tachi [7]
956April 18, 2025 Lee Seung-cheol, Cha Ji-yeon, Park Eun-tae, Dindin, CHEEZE [8]
967April 25, 2025 LUCY, Jung Eun-ji, Lee Jun-young, Melomance, TWS [9]
978May 2, 2025 Kwon Jin-ah, Sarah Kang, Jannabi, Meovv [10]
989May 9, 2025 Jo Sung-mo, Cherry Filter, Bae Ki-sung, Tim, Yoon Sang, Kim Hyun-hul, Lee Hyun-woo, Mingyu, As One [11]
9910May 16, 2025 Jeong Seung-hwan, BIBI, OWALLOIL, BoyNextDoor [12]
10011May 23, 2025 Baekhyun, I-dle, Daybreak, Sanmanhan [13]
10112May 30, 2025 Peppertones, Jo Hye-ryun, Heo Seong-tae, Lee Sang-yi [14]
10213June 6, 2025 N.Flying, So Soo-bin, Enhypen, Milena [15]
10314June 13, 2025Yuki Kuramoto, Kim Yu-na, Choi Yu-ree, Shin In-ryu, Kiss of Life [16]
10415June 20, 2025 Sam Kim, O3ohn, Car, the Garden, Cho Chung-mi, UINONE [17]
10516June 27, 2025Lee Sang-soon, Jeong Su-min, Bobby Kim, Kim Na-young [18]
10617July 4, 2025 Haha, Joo Woo-jae, Kim Joon-hyun, Hanhae, Moon Se-yoon, Yang Se-hyung, Yang Se-chan, Park Soo-hong, Park Kyung-lim [19]
10718July 11, 2025 Jung Yong-hwa, g0nny, Ahn Hyo-seop, HITGS [20]
10819July 18, 2025 Super Junior, Sunwoo Jung-a, Paul Blanco, Ji Sokuri Club [21]
10920July 25, 2025 10cm, Maria Kim, Ha Hyun-sang, Baby Don't Cry, Hyun Lee [22]
11021August 1, 2025 Kim Bum-soo, Zion.T, IU, Let Me Fly cast [23]

Release

Aside from Wavve which streamed the previous seasons of the show, Cantabile also streams on TVING in South Korea. [24] [25] Globally, it aired on KBS World [26] and streams on Kocowa and Viki. [27] [28]

Media

The live recording of Enhypen's cover of the song "Demons" by Imagine Dragons, which they performed on the show, was released to various music streaming platforms on May 13, 2025. [29] The following week, Cantabile released the live recording of Lee Jun-young's performance of "If It Were Me" on the show, with piano accompaniment by host Park Bo-gum, as a digital single. [30] [31] In June 27, 2025, the show released the live recording of Soyeon's (I-dle) cover of QWER's "My Name Is Malgeum". [32] By popular demand, host Park Bo-gum released the live recording of his performance of "Uphill Road (ft. Yoon Jong-shin)" as a digital single on August 1, 2025. [33]

Reception

The show received positive reviews and Park Bo-gum was praised by critics and audience alike for his musical knowledge, hosting, singing, and piano-playing skills. [34] [35] Entertainment writer Kang Joo-hee of Ilgan Sports commented that Park's "humility and consideration for his guests, his listening and empathizing attitude, his increasingly skilled hosting skills, and his sense of humor, has become a role model for all". [36]

Park was a popular host with fans and media gathering outside KBS headquarters in Yeoui-dong, Seoul every week to witness him arriving for filming. [37] [38] For the premiere episode, more than 20,000 people applied for tickets to attend the live show. [39] Hankook Ilbo reported that Park received support from middle-aged and older female viewers with the recording audience consisting mostly of female fans in their 40s and 50s. The broadcast also showed remarkable growth in terms of advertising orders compared to previous seasons. [40] Per big data analytics firm Good Data Corporation, Park ranked first in the list of "Most Buzzworthy Performers" (TV and OTT; Entertainment) during the show's finale week, with the show ranking fifth in topicality among entertainment programs on television. [41]

Viewership
Episode

number

overall

Episode in

season

Original

broadcast date

Average

audience share

Nationwide

(Nielsen Korea) [42]

Aired at 22:00 (KST)
901March 14, 20251.5%
912March 21, 20251.0%
923March 28, 20250.9%
934April 4, 20251.1%
945April 11, 20251.2%
956April 18, 20251.6%
967April 25, 20251.4%
978May 2, 20251.0%
989May 9, 20251.3%
Aired at 23:20 (KST)
9910May 16, 20250.5%
10011May 23, 20250.7%
10112May 30, 20250.6%
10213June 6, 20250.5%
10314June 13, 20250.5%
10415June 20, 20250.5%
10516June 27, 20250.6%
10617July 4, 20250.9%
10718July 11, 20250.6%
10819July 18, 20251.0%
10920July 27, 20250.4%
11021August 1, 20251.1%
Average0.876%

Accolades

AwardYearCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Brand of the Year Awards2025Best Multi-Entertainer Park Bo-gum Won [43]
Korea Broadcasting Prizes 2025 Best Entertainer Won [44]
303rd Korean PD Association's Award of the Month2025Best TV/EntertainmentThe Seasons: Park Bo-gum's CantabileWon [45]

See also

References

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