As fromis_9’s Christmas track continues its meteoric rise this season, it feels like the perfect moment to look back at another winter favourite. Fifteen years ago today, After School released Love Love Love, an After School Christmas song that has since become a defining holiday classic in modern K-pop.
At a time when most festive releases leaned heavily into ballads, Love Love Love stood out with its bright tempo, sparkling instrumentation and cheerful harmonies. It captured the warmth and excitement of the season without losing the polished pop identity that made After School so influential in the early 2010s. Even now, the song reappears in holiday playlists and K-pop nostalgia discussions every December.
What makes this anniversary especially timely is how the landscape of Christmas releases has shifted. With fromis_9 rewriting expectations this year through their steadily climbing remake, fans are once again paying attention to holiday songs that carry emotional weight and long lasting charm. Love Love Love sits firmly in that category. It remains an After School Christmas song that listeners return to for its blend of innocence, energy and winter nostalgia.
Revisiting the track fifteen years later highlights the group’s impact on their era. The After School Christmas song approach blended youthful brightness with a signature choreography driven visual style, creating a winter release that felt complete, memorable and timeless.
As fromis_9 shape a new chapter for modern holiday tracks, this anniversary reminds us that Christmas moments in K-pop have always held a special place. After School set that standard fifteen years ago. fromis_9 are carrying it forward today.
Two different generations. One shared winter tradition.