This year is the 25th anniversary of Pokemon, and The Pokemon Company has already been dropping big news as to what fans can expect via the reveal of the release date for New Pokemon Snap and that Katy Perry would be doing a collaboration with Pokemon. But now, we know that she won’t be alone, as the one and only Post Malone was revealed to be doing a collaboration too. This time though, we have more details, as it was announced via press release and the official Twitter handle that a virtual concert with Post Malone is coming on Pokemon Day on February 27th!
Pokémon.
Post Malone.It’s the concert you never saw coming, Trainers.
Don’t miss your chance to be front row for the Virtual Experience on #PokemonDay!https://t.co/q8YMsliBjI pic.twitter.com/wFTuRfWQFo
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 11, 2021
“I’ve been a Pokémon fan for a long time, so the opportunity to headline the Pokémon Day concert celebrating 25 years is awesome,” said Post Malone.
Here are more details on things from the official press release!
Taking place on Saturday, February 27 – better known as Pokémon Day – the event will be an online party not just for Pokémon fans but for all music fans around the world. It will also serve as the launch activation for the franchise’s yearlong P25 Music program. The Pokémon Company International has teamed up with Universal Music Group to bring this concert and more music surprises to life throughout 2021 as part of P25 Music. P25 Music is a collaboration with some of music’s biggest names to create new songs, styles, and pop-culture moments, all through the lens of Pokémon. Pop icon Katy Perry was announced last month as the program’s premier artist.
The concert will be free to view on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, Pokémon’s official Twitch channel, and on Pokémon’s 25th-anniversary website beginning at 7:00 p.m. EST / 4:00 p.m. PST on February 27. Pokémon will unveil more P25 Music details at the end of the concert, so fans will want to tune in for more upcoming collaboration surprises.
In anticipation of the concert, The Pokémon Company International will host several celebratory activations across the brand in the week leading up to the virtual music event. In addition to the previously announced Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event on Saturday, February 20, The Pokémon Company International will distribute a special password on February 25 for players of the Pokémon video game franchise to add a special Pikachu to their Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. In keeping with the music theme for the year, this Pikachu knows the move Sing, which it can’t ordinarily learn. On February 27, fans can tune in to Pokémon TV, either on the web or by downloading the app, for a curated selection of music-themed episodes of the popular Pokémon animated series as they prepare for the big Pokémon Day concert with Post Malone in the evening. Fans can expect more announcements that week from across the franchise.
That last line of “announcements from across the franchise” is most interesting because that means that they’re already planning something else and it might be big game announcements. Including the potential for the Diamond/Pearl remaster or Pokemon Let’s Go Johto that has been rumored for a while.
Either way, it seems the Pokemon franchise is going to have a big month of February!
