PARIS -- South Korean pop idol group (G)I-dle, released a special set Thursday for their song "Lion" on MNet's M Countdown music show.

Previously it had been performed on the TV show Queendom, a showcase where (G)I-dle had competed against fellow South Korean women's groups Mamamoo, AOA, Lovelyz, Oh My Girl and soloist Park Bom. Their new "Lion" set had presumably been recorded around the same time as the Queendom final comeback performance on Halloween.

That same day, (G)I-dle's Jeon "Soyeon" So-yeon appeared backstage at the AccorHotels Arena as she was preparing for the League of Legends World Championship opening ceremony. It was another reminder of the remarkably tight schedules and impressive amount of work that K-pop idols put into their craft daily, and Soyeon is nothing if not exceptionally industrious.

Soyeon sat at the end of one of her green room couches. She was the smallest person in the room, made smaller by a baggy blue sweater and large cargo pants that skimmed the floor. Her voice was soft yet firm. It held undercurrents of the hard edge she had shown on South Korean singing and rapping competitions like Unpretty Rapstar and Produce 101, as well as her dazzling rap bars as a lead member of (G)I-dle.

On Sunday, she'll be on the stage at AccorHotels Arena, once again performing for millions of League of Legends fans. One of the stars of the 2018 world championship ceremony, Soyeon will take a similar role to the one she played with the pop group Riot Games created for that year, K/DA.

"I had such a good experience when I did K/DA for worlds finals last year," Soyeon said. "I was always thinking that if there was another opportunity to do something like this, I would grab it. So to return to this finals stage, it's a very happy and honorable stage for me."

Around this time last year, Soyeon was part of a fictional girl group called K/DA, based on League of Legends champions Akali, Ahri, Evelynn and Kai'Sa. They were voiced by Soyeon, fellow (G)I-dle groupmate Cho "Miyeon" Mi-yeon, Madison Beers and Jaira Burns, respectively, for a single called "Pop/Stars" that was released during the 2018 League of Legends World Championship finals.