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A first concert experience: BTS World Tour Love Yourself: Speak Yourself in London (1st June 2019)

BTS kicked off the European leg of their world tour Love Yourself: Speak Yourself on Saturday 1st June, 2019 at the world-renowned Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Mainly used to hold football games, the stadium has also been a venue for music concerts where artists such as Madonna, Beyoncé, Coldplay and Taylor Swift to name a few have performed. Hailing from South Korea, the 7-member K-pop group came to the UK for the first time in October last year where they performed two sold out shows to 40,000 fans at the O2 arena. This year, they upgraded and decided to put on two shows at Wembley Stadium where they performed in front of 120,000 fans. Tickets went on sale back in early March and all tickets sold out in 90 minutes.

Performing on a T-shaped stage, BTS utilised all the space on the stage to put on show-stopping performances. They made sure that their fans called ARMY had a great time by moving to all areas of the stage in order to engage and interact with them. Given that their world tour is titled Love Yourself: Speak Yourself, their set list included songs from their most recent album Map of the Soul: Persona which was released in April this year and a mixture of songs from their Love Yourself series. They began the show with ‘Dionysus’ which immediately got the crowd hyped up. Following ‘Dionysus’, they performed an array of hits such as ‘IDOL’, ‘Fake Love’, ‘Boy With Luv’ and other much-loved songs from their albums which haven’t been heavily promoted.

Their use of props, VCRs and army of dancers for their performances was truly jaw-dropping. Each member got a chance to shine through their solo stages; Jimin burst his bubble (literally), RM controlled visual hand-written messages, SUGA had benches to imitate a seesaw, J-Hope had elevating podiums, Jin elegantly played a piano, V lied seductively on a bed and then woke up to dance along with dancers and Jungkook, hooked onto a wire, began flying around the stadium to get closer but still out of reach to screaming fans. Their back-up dancers intensified their dances and made their performances look visually stunning. In addition, there were fireworks, water cannons fired at fans closest to the stage, blasts of confetti which filled the air and inflatables for the group to play around on. ARMYs were also able to sync their ARMY bomb light sticks with the music and throughout the show, the light sticks changed colour and made various patterns.

BTS as artists have always been conscious of the music they release but they also take into consideration the outfits for their performances. Dressed in extravagant and elegant white pieces for ‘Dionysus’ to all pink for ‘Best of Me’ to a military look for ‘Mic Drop’, the amount of outfit changes in between their stages seemed infinite. BTS are versatile when it comes to trying different styles and their outfits were in line with the latest fashion trends such as the utility/military look and tie-dye. It is also worth mentioning that Dior’s menswear artistic director Kim Jones designed the custom-made outfits used for their ‘Outro: Tear’ and ‘Mic Drop’ stages which included a variety of bomber jackets, cargo pants, harnesses, shirts, boots and bags.

With their rising success, BTS continue to match this by performing at bigger concert venues than before and putting on unforgettable performances as each concert seems to trump the last. In between performances, they had short breaks where they talked to fans and expressed their gratitude and love. However, all was not serious as there were a few instances where the group liked to play around – cue RM’s attempt at a British accent and Jungkook picking up English slang (”easy peasy lemon squeezy”) which of course, sent the crowd in a frenzy. Jin experienced the famous Freddie Mercury scene from Bohemian Rhapsody when he shouted “AY-YO” to which the crowd replied back in unison. The atmosphere was very surreal and BTS definitely brought people together where it was a cathartic experience and looking around, there were fans screaming, crying and singing along.

Following their shows in London, BTS flew to Paris to perform two shows before heading back to South Korea where they are currently in the midst of their celebrations for “BTS Festa” in accordance with their 6th anniversary since debut. In the run-up to the date of their debut – 13th June – they release content for their fans such as unseen photos and choreography videos and original songs produced by the members themselves. They will also put on “muster” events titled ‘MAGIC SHOP’ hosted in Busan and Seoul which is exclusive to fan club members where they will be performing a variety of fan favourite songs. BTS will continue their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tour with four stops in Japan beginning with Osaka on 6th July.

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