Big News About Big Ocean!

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Before other publications caught up, 17 Carat K-Pop picked the boy band Big Ocean as an artist to watch! The groundbreaking group is the first K-pop band in which each member is hard-of-hearing, and sign language is incorporated into their choreography! The trio is poised to make new “waves” throughout the rest of 2025. Read on for the details!

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New Christmas Single
Big Ocean has a new Christmas song on the way! “RED-DY SET GO,” coming out November 23, is an uplifting anthem with a Rudolph-inspired message: “what once felt like a flaw can become the light that leads the way.” Here’s more of what the members have to say about it:

“This song is a reminder that everyone has a glow — even when the world says otherwise… We hope ‘RED-DY SET GO’ becomes a warm companion for anyone enduring their own winter. Wherever we go, together we glow.”

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Paris Concert
Following a sold-out concert in France back in April, Big Ocean will return to the country for a show at the Bataclan on December 7! The show is titled “HEARTSIGN: When Hands Sing, Hearts Answer,” and the slogan for it is “Warm again, Glow again.” The group says they chose this show location because it is a “venue symbolizing recovery and rebirth.” Their 90-minute performance aims to be “the warmest concert ever,” with “immersive staging, emotional performances, and the live debut of ‘RED-DY SET GO.’” More from PARASTAR Entertainment about the concert theme:

“Through ‘HEARTSIGN,’ Big Ocean celebrates the beauty of communication beyond hearing — a ‘sign’ of connection shared from hand to heart. The title embodies how the group sings through movement, emotion, and sign language, creating a stage where empathy itself becomes music.”

Big Ocean adds:

“‘HEARTSIGN’ is about how we communicate with our hearts — when our hands sing, our hearts answer… We hope this concert becomes a warm wave of light in the coldest season.”

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