20,000 people were captivated by ‘Kenshi Yonezu’, first Korean concert a success
Japanese popular singer-songwriter ‘Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師)’ successfully completed his first concert in Korea. The concert held at Inspire Arena on March 22nd and 23rd was sold out, drawing great attention. Yonezu performed a total of 24 songs, including his representative songs and his latest single, captivating an audience of approximately 22,000 over both days.
As soon as the first song ‘RED OUT’ began, explosive cheers erupted. In addition to hit songs like ‘Kanden’, ‘Eine Kleine’, ‘LADY’, he also performed ‘Chikyugi - Spinning Globe’, the theme song for the 2024 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, ‘How Will You Live?’. The audience was focused on his every move on stage and cheered and applauded without stopping.
In particular, ‘Lemon’, the theme song for the TV series ‘Unnatural’, and ‘KICK BACK’, the opening theme for the TV anime ‘Chainsaw Man’, brought the atmosphere of the concert to a climax. ‘Lemon’ has garnered over 900 million views to date, continuing to break the record for the most-viewed music video by a Japanese artist, and ‘KICK BACK’ is the first Japanese song to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Kenshi Yonezu said, “I felt really passionately when I first came to Korea,” and expressed his gratitude to Korean fans. He expressed his will to visit again, saying, “It felt great that we sang together even though we spoke different languages.”
Meanwhile, Kenshi Yonezu‘s world tour has completed its Asian leg, including stops in Shanghai and Taipei, across Japan, and is now scheduled to perform in major cities around the world, including London, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles.
Reporter Lee Su-jin sujinl22@donga.com
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