Hong Isaac successfully completes solo concert after 3 years

Singer Hong Isaac successfully completed his solo concert after 3 years.

Hong Isaac met with fans by holding the 2025 Hong Isaac Concert ‘THE LOVERS’ for a total of 3 times over 3 days from the 14th to the 16th at the Blue Square Mastercard Hall.

This concert is part of the CJ Cultural Foundation‘s musician support project ‘Tune Up’, and is Hong Isaac’s solo concert after 3 years since winning ‘Singer Gain 3’ with a wider musical spectrum. Hong Isaac filled the approximately 130-minute running time with a variety of songs suitable for the warm season and his unique sensibility, and further enhanced the perfection of the performance with the sensory stage lighting and the band‘s elaborate performance.

Hong Isaac opened the concert by singing his self-composed song ‘The Boy in My Memory’, which is considered one of his representative songs, and his debut song ‘Spring’. After greeting the audience, he performed ‘aewol’, a song from his mini-album ‘The Lovers Note’, released last February, live for the first time. He then performed ‘Forest’, creating a peaceful atmosphere.

As he has a wealth of experience participating in OSTs for various dramas, he performed OST stages such as ‘I Think I Know’, ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me’, etc. He also reprised ‘Waiting’, which he performed on ‘Singer Gain 3’.

In addition, Hong Isaac heightened the audience’s immersion on stage with ‘Because I Love You’ and the title song of his new mini-album, ‘I Will Only Love You’ with his soft voice and singing style that seemed to tell a secret story. After the ’a bird’ and ‘Even If You Don‘t Know Anything Now’ stages, he performed a surprise unreleased song. He also drew an enthusiastic response from fans by briefly playing a part of a song he worked on during his time at Berkeley.

‘Youth’, the OST of ‘Love Trilogy’, ‘Sleep Eraser’, the OST of the movie ‘Days We Met Again’, which he participated in as a music director, the new song ‘Adult Child’, ‘PAIN’, the OST of the drama ‘Happiness’, and ‘ROYALS’, which he sang in ‘Super Band’. The stage where one could feel Hong Isaac’s diverse charms continued.

Hong Isaac, who performed various songs including cover songs such as ‘I Love You’, ‘Pages’, ‘The Earth Looks at the Sun Four Times’, and ‘Because It‘s Like a Star’, said, “While preparing this album, I thought, ‘Rather than waiting for someone to fill me, I should go out and find the feeling called love myself.’. I think I gained more courage from the audience coming here.”

For the last song of the performance, he sang the pre-released song ‘Lovers’ and the track ‘In The Stars’ from the new mini album back to back, showing off his deeper musical colors. Even after the performance, the audience cheered loudly and called for an encore.

Hong Isaac, who returned to the stage to the band’s magnificent performance, decorated the finale of the concert with ‘Even As Time Passes’ and ‘With You’ as his encore songs. He introduced the band members he shared the stage with one by one, saying, “The more I perform, the more I realize that I cannot complete it alone”.

Hong Isaac took a commemorative photo with the audience and recorded the moment of his solo concert, saying, “It was really great to meet you all on this warm spring day. Thank you so much for coming again”. He then sang the ending song ‘I Will Be There’ to make a touching ending.

Meanwhile, Hong Isaac showed off his limitless variety of musical styles on JTBC‘s ‘Singer Gain 3’ in January of last year and was crowned the final winner. Starting with the release of singles, she has been active in various fields such as broadcasting, performances, and OST participation, and released a new mini-album, ‘The Lovers Note’, in February.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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