Only 300 days from their first full-length album to their first world tour and K-Pop Dome entry.

The girl group Baby Monster is continuing their steps as the ‘K-pop monsters’, just like their name suggests. Having debuted in the music industry on April 1st of last year, they have become a hot topic for holding their first world tour, ‘Hello Monsters’, less than a year after their debut.

They even chose the Seoul Olympic Park KSPO DOME (formerly known as the Gymnastics Arena) as the ‘dream stage’ among K-pop artists, for their first stage of the tour, instantly capturing the attention of K-pop fandom.

The seven members who filled the KSPO DOME with excitement on the 25th and 26th showed off their team identity as ‘Baby Monster’ to their fans through various performances.

Despite it being their first solo concert, they showed off their confidence in their skills and passion as rookies by performing all the songs live on hand microphones, from their debut song ‘Batter Up’, ‘Stuck in the Middle’, ‘Shish’, and ‘Forever’. Not only did they shout their high notes toward the ceiling without wavering despite the intense choreography, but their stage manners that drew cheers from the fans showed a level of experience that was unusual for a rookie.

In particular, they heated up the fans‘ excitement by revealing the stage for the first time of the tracks from their full-length album ‘Drip’ last November. With the title song ‘Drip’ from their first full-length album, they showed their strength as ‘musical artists’ by ranking high on the popularity charts of major music platforms such as Melon and Bugs.

The members showed off their wide genre spectrum with charisma through the double title song ‘Click Clack’ from their first regular album, where all seven members challenged rap, and with the freshness of youth through ‘Really Like You’, whose music video was recently released.

The concert also featured solo stages for each member, which is unusual for a rookie group, to showcase their individuality.

Laura and Chiquita showed off their rich emotions and sweet voices by singing Luis Capadi’s ‘Someone You Loved’ and Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Traitor’ alone in the center of the stage, respectively. Rami played the acoustic guitar himself and performed ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’. Asa surprised the audience with his sharp rapping on global hip-hop star Eminem’s song ‘Godzilla’.

Luka and Asa impressed fans with their stage presence not only on their individual stages but also by exchanging raps for the song ‘Walk Up in the Tokyo’. The members presented fans with a special ‘gift’ by releasing the ‘Billionaire’ music video for the first time between stages.

In addition, Baby Monster expressed their determination to follow in the footsteps of their seniors who have served as ‘Global Leaders of K-pop’ by incorporating the free-spirited colors of their agency, YG Entertainment, throughout the stage.

“The power of YG Family is different” they said, and in front of their fandom “Monstize” who all stood up and jumped together, they covered 2NE1’s “Clap Your Hands” and “Go Away” to raise the heat to its peak. For them, general producer Yang Hyun Suk also put in a lot of effort, including pouring his heart and soul into perfecting the choreography for the songs on the album.

The members said, “We can’t believe that we’re holding our first world tour in such a big K-Dome with our name on it” and reflected, “The members actively contributed ideas and prepared hard for this meaningful first concert.” At the end of the performance, they also said, “Thank you for making our dreams come true. He also shed tears, saying, “We will come back to you with a better image in the future.”

Meanwhile, Baby Monster plans to continue their tour in North America (Newark, Los Angeles), Japan (Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka, Fukuoka), and Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei) starting with this Seoul concert.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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