Stray Kids held two large-scale stadium concerts in Sao Paulo, becoming the first K-pop artist to enter the stadium.

Starting at the KSPO DOME in Seoul last August, Stray Kids has been successfully conducting their ‘largest-scale’ world tour ‘Stray Kids World Tour 〈dominATE〉’ with 55 performances in 34 regions around the world. On the 5th and 6th (local time), they held a solo concert in Sao Paulo, marking the halfway point of their heightened Latin American tour.

Sao Paulo is also the first city Stray Kids has visited with a solo concert since their debut, garnering explosive interest and anticipation from fans. As evidence of this, the concert was originally scheduled to take place on the 5th, but tickets sold out, so a concert on the 6th was added, and approximately 120,000 spectators gathered on both days, boasting unprecedented excitement.

The large stadium ‘Estadio do Morumbi’ where the concert was held is the home stadium of the local soccer team Sao Paulo FC, and has previously hosted world-famous stars such as U2, Metallica, Madonna, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga. Stray Kids proved their immense global popularity by being the ‘first K-pop artist ever’ to hold a solo concert at the venue.

They performed the group‘s representative hit songs, including the album title tracks that topped the US ‘Billboard 200’ chart, such as ‘MANIAC’, ‘Special’, ‘Rock (樂)’, ‘Chk Chk Boom’, and ‘Walkin On Water’, and especially heated up fans’ hearts with the performance of unit songs from the digital single ‘Mixtape : dominATE’, released on March 21. Here, smoke grenade performances, as well as gorgeous fireworks and fireworks that decorated the night sky, colored the nights of São Paulo with passion and romance.

Concluding their first solo concert in São Paulo, the members said, “Thank you so much for waiting for so long. Seeing you here in person makes me feel STAY‘s love even greater. I’m happy that I can sing in front of you like this, and it makes life worth living. I hope you can always be happy while listening to our songs. Thank you for creating such an unbelievable moment that I had so much fun. I won‘t forget it.”

After leaving their mark on Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo and gaining momentum as a global stadium artist, Stray Kids will wrap up their Latin American concerts in Lima on the 9th and in Mexico City on the 12th and 13th. Stray Kids, who made history by becoming the first K-pop artist to enter Istadio do Morumbi, will be holding a solo concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this July as the first K-pop artist to do so, raising the group’s status. They are expected to set a new record for the most attendees for a single K-pop tour by mobilizing a total of 2.2 million viewers through their ‘〈dominATE〉’ tour.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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