The Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile () 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 several accolades including Best Entertainer at the 52nd Korea Broadcasting Prizes and Entertainer of the Year at the 23rd KBS Entertainment Awards.

Background Park Bo-gum is the first actor to host The Seasons which includes in-depth interviews and live performances from musicians and entertainers. 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.

Episodes Episode number overallEpisode in seasonOriginal broadcast dateGuest(s)Ref.901March 14, 2025Noh Young-shim, Sunwoo Jungah, Jung Jin-young, Kwak Dong-yeon, Kim You-jung, Lee Young-ji, Jeong Jun-il, Hoshi x Woozi, Stardust912March 21, 2025Kwak Jin-eon, Lee Seung-yoon, Jo Nam Ji Dae, Dragon Pony923March 28, 2025Rooftop Moonlight, NMIXX, Lily, Haewon, Jo Hyun-ah, Seo In-guk934April 4, 2025Song So-hee, Stella Jang, Roy Kim, WING, Beatpella House945April 11, 2025Yoon Jong-shin, Daesung, NouerA, Yooseop, Jeong Ma-e, Kung Chi Tachi956April 18, 2025Lee Seung-cheol, Cha Ji-yeon, Park Eun-tae, Dindin, CHEEZE967April 25, 2025LUCY, Jung Eun-ji, Lee Jun-young, Melomance, TWS978May 2, 2025Kwon Jin-ah, Sarah Kang, Jannabi, Meovv 989May 9, 2025Jo Sung-mo, Cherry Filter, Bae Ki-sung, Tim, Yoon Sang, Kim Hyun-hul, Lee Hyun-woo, Mingyu, As One9910May 16, 2025Jeong Seung-hwan, BIBI, OWALLOIL, BoyNextDoor10011May 23, 2025Baekhyun, I-dle, Daybreak, Sanmanhan10112May 30, 2025Peppertones, Jo Hye-ryun, Heo Seong-tae, Lee Sang-yi10213June 6, 2025N.Flying, So Soo-bin, Enhypen, Milena10314June 13, 2025Yuki Kuramoto, Kim Yu-na, Choi Yu-ree, Shin In-ryu, Kiss of Life10415June 20, 2025Sam Kim, O3ohn, Car, the Garden, Cho Chung-mi, UINONE10516June 27, 2025Lee Sang-soon, Jeong Su-min, Bobby Kim, Kim Na-young10617July 4, 2025Haha, Joo Woo-jae, Kim Joon-hyun, Hanhae, Moon Se-yoon, Yang Se-hyung, Yang Se-chan, Park Soo-hong, Park Kyung-lim10718July 11, 2025Jung Yong-hwa, g0nny, Ahn Hyo-seop, HITGS10819July 18, 2025Super Junior, Sunwoo Jung-a, Paul Blanco, Ji Sokuri Club10920July 25, 202510cm, Maria Kim, Ha Hyun-sang, Baby Don't Cry, Hyun Lee11021August 1, 2025Kim Bum-soo, Zion.T, IU, Let Me Fly cast

Release Aside from Wavve which streamed the previous seasons of the show, Cantabile also streams on TVING in South Korea. Globally, it aired on KBS World and streams on Kocowa and Viki.

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. 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. On June 27, 2025, the show released the live recording of Soyeon's (I-dle) cover of QWER's "My Name Is Malgeum". 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.

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. 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".

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. For the premiere episode, more than 20,000 people applied for tickets to attend the live show. 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. 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.

Viewership

Episode number

overallEpisode in seasonOriginal broadcast dateAverage audience shareNationwide (Nielsen Korea)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, 2025967April 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, 2025 0.5%10415 June 20, 2025 0.5%10516 June 27, 2025 0.6%10617July 4, 20250.9%10718July 11, 20250.6%10819July 18, 20251.0%10920July 27, 202511021August 1, 20251.1%Average

Accolades +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Brand of the Year Awards2025Best Multi-EntertainerPark Bo-gumFundex Awards2025Best Player in a Seasonal or Mini TV ShowKBS Entertainment Awards2025Grand Prize (Daesang)Entertainer of the Year2025Best Entertainer303rd Korean PD Association's Award of the Month2025Best TV/EntertainmentThe Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile

See also The Seasons Park Bo-gum filmography Park Bo-gum discography

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