SM Town Live Jakarta, The Moment Of Rindu WayV Release

TVXQ idol duo in "SMTOWN LIVE 2023 SMCU PALACE @JAKARTA" at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK), Jakarta on Saturday (23/9) (ANTARA/Lia Wanadriani Santosa)

JAKARTA - SM Town's concert on Saturday, September 23, became a moment not only to present the performances of SM Entertainment artists but also to be a moment to release home to their fans and idols. At the same time the beginning of the appearance of the newcomer to the agency.

Titled "SMTOWN LIVE 2023 SMCU PALACE @JAKARTA", the concert on Saturday, September 23 that night, as the release of the longing for one of the WayV personnel with their fans in Indonesia called WayZenNi.

WayZenNi last met fans last April, during a solo concert "2023 WayV Fanmeeting Tour [Phantom] in JAKARTA".

At that time, only five personnel were present, namely Kun, Ten, Hendery, Xiaojun and Yangyang.

This time, Winwin participated. At his meeting with fans he said the word in Indonesian, "I love you" to fans and got a scream reply.

Leader Kun had asked about the fans and expressed his longing for them. Kun said he was happy to be able to solve the longing and experienced by Xiaojun who said the word "dear".

Not only about longing, WayV also announced that he was preparing a new album. Kun said the song he and the team had prepared was good. Xiaojun admitted that he couldn't wait to show it to fans.

WayV that night performed their popular songs including "Kick Back;", "Take Off" and "Love Talk". The subunit of the K-pop idol group NCT also sang back the song belonging to Indonesian singer, Edia J entitled "It's Only Me", which they sang in a previous solo concert.

Ten invites fans who know the lyrics of J's song to sing together.

Before WayV, aespa opened the "SMTOWN LIVE 2023 SMCU PALACE @JAKARTA" by singing "Girls", "OLD On Tight", "Better Things" and "Next Level".

"I feel happy to be able to meet fans so quickly. The energy of Indonesian fans is extraordinary," said anespa who was honored to be able to participate in the SMTOWN concert with their seniors.

After aespa and WayV, it was NCT 127's turn to entertain fans, even though Taeil was absent due to a break after suffering an injury due to a motorcycle accident last August.

They briefly took fans with nostalgia to their debut days, through the chanting of the song "Limitless". They then continued their appearance by singing "Lemonade", followed by "Ay-Yo" and "Kick It".

Then, it was Super Junior's turn to take over the stage. They not only presented dances and songs but also various actions that invited the screams of the fans present.

Donghae, for example, did push up on stage. He did this action shortly after he and his colleagues introduced themselves after singing the songs "Black Suit" and "Mamacita".

When introducing themselves, several personnel had mentioned their nicknames specifically in Indonesia, namely Eunhyuk with the names Eko and Leeteuk who called themselves Kadir.

Speaking of action on stage, Eunhyuk seemed to shake his hands like a rowing movement by President Joko Widodo when watching the performance of the dancer Via Vallen at the opening of the 2018 Asian Games.

Meanwhile, Siwon took the time to discuss the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and South Korea. After chatting on stage, Super Junior performed their other popular songs such as "Mr. Simple", "Bonamana" and "Sorry, Worry".

After Super Junior, the NCT DREAM group that went up to the stage, presented their hit songs including "Candy", "Glitch Mode" and "Hot Sauce", followed by newcomer idol group RIIZE singing the song "Memories". After having a break with another group, RIIZE also sang the song "Get A Guitar".

Furthermore, there is the Red Velvet idol group that performs popular songs including "PSycho", "Birthday", "Queendom". Irene, who was rumored to have missed the concert because she had health problems, seemed to join Seulgi, Wendy, Yeri, and Joy at that time.

Red Velvet personnel cheered on Irene who tried to appear in front of fans in Indonesia and Irene replied with gratitude.

Next, the appearance of K-pop idol group TVXQ has been one of the things that fans have been waiting for, especially since their solo concert in August 2019. That night, the idols duo Changmin and Yunho sang, including "Keep Your Head Down", "Rising Sun", "Soonbody to Love", as well as "HIYAYA" and "Balloons".

"How are you, we are TVXQ. Hello Jakarta. We haven't given greetings to fans in Indonesia for a long time. Last four years ago, yes, during CIRCLE CONCERT," said TXVQ.

Both Yunho and Changmin also asked how the fans were and admitted that they wanted to give up their longing for fans after four years of not meeting them at the concert.

"MIROTIC" is also a song they also present. The action to get off the stage and take a walk around the stage to greet fans more closely and also color TVXQ's performance.

In addition to the songs of each group, collaborative songs such as "ZOO" sung by Taeyong, Jeno, Hendery and Yangyang NCT with Giselle aespa were also presented.

"Hope" is also part of the collaboration song between SM artists who are not left behind. This is also a sign of the end of the concert which has lasted almost four hours, even though it was colored by audio problems.

However, despite the lack of concerts, for some fans of SM artists, this year's SMTOWN concert became a place to raise nostalgia since SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Indonesia which was held 11 years ago or to be precise in September 2012.