Picture by: Jennifer McCord
It's Sunday the 14th of July and while all of Engeland is focused on something entirely different, the crowd at BST Hyde Park have already been queuing up since the early morning mainly for one specific act and one act only. But that would have to wait!
NMIXX
Picture by: Isha Shah
The Oak Stage is creatively decorated with a fake oak tree overtaking the left side of the stage. Just as the sun breaks through the clouds NMIXX's logo appears on the wide screens of the oak stage. Fans started to cheer as the first kpop act of BST's Hyde Park. In cute school outfits the girls on stage, the energy radiated from them as they performed 'TANK’.
Lily opens up the introductions of the group, telling us it's their first time here in London. They are super excited to be here and share their music with the crowd. Following up the girls all introduced themselves and continued with their set.
Performing several of their hit songs like ‘DICE’ and ‘Love Me Like This’. Finishing off their performance by saying the hope to see us all again. But we should be heading to South Korea to do so. Sadly I guess that means we won't have a NMIXX tour in Europe
anytime soon.
Stray Kids
Picture by: Jennifer McCord
The second the screens lit up and music started playing the highly anticipated crowd got up. Many had been sitting on the floor to save their energy, singing along to Stray Kids's music to build up the hype.
The curtain with SKZ's logo dropped! Even Though the production team most likely practised it many times, the right side of the curtain let loose too early. SKZ was still getting in place when the curtain revealed the stage, but nothing like a simple mistake could stop the guys from performing.
Kicking off with ‘S-Class’ There was no shortage of pyrotechnics to go along with the music. The stunning visuals lighting up the Oak Stage fit every song of Stray Kids's discography. The visual artists made sure of that.
With a remote camera man on the stage they made sure the fans got that up close experience. Showcasing the footage on the big screens as the camera man made sure to capture the guys looking nothing but stunning. Having an outfit change throughout the set the guys wore their represented brand deals.
Bang chan opened up their introduction having the crowd scream 'Stray Kids all around the world' a soft mention of the football game was hinted to nobody's surprise as he is known to be into sports. Following up they introduced their live band members giving them each a moment to shine on stage.
'TOPLINE' followed and ended with the guys taking off their jackets, which caused some heavy screaming from the audience. Making their way up front the guys were able to interact with the fans, giving them plenty of fanservice by waving and sharing heart signs.
An absolute plus for inclusivity at BST Hyde Park was the screens on the side showing sign language interpreters live translating the lyrics of the songs for every performance.
From ‘Social Path’, ‘Charmer’ to ‘My Pace’ the guys were giving it their all and the smiles on each of them only showcased how much fun they were having. To the point that Bang chan was telling us all 'Don't go home! We will stay here'. When God's Menu started the crowd went wild and the pyrotechnics made sure the front lines felt as hot as the kitchen from the mv. Because those things were blazing!
The end was coming near as fireworks popped off at 'Miroh' and Stray Kids put up the cutest act of saying they'd only give us 'One more song' well… that ended up being 3 songs. Felix was not ready to stop and the rest of Stray Kids were dying of laughter using all his energy as he kept screaming ‘ONE MORE!’ Bang chan's ‘Bloodyhell, let's go! Pretty sure we are not allowed’ received much laughter and cheers.
Teasing us with their newest album doing only the line 'Chk Chk BOOM'
Felix asked the crowd once again if they wanted one more. Receiving a loud and clear ‘ONE MORE!!’ from the crowd, he turned to the rest of SKZ asking his fellow members if they wanted one more, which they had not seen coming as the guys laughingly said ‘One more!’ some of them were exhausted wondering where Felix was getting this last burst of energy from.
Finishing with ‘Haven’
Bang chan might have hinted by saying ‘Will be back to London!’ Receiving some 'oopsy' smiles from the team. Hyunjin following up by saying ‘See you again London’ didn't help.
Felix possibly confirmed it once more saying ‘See you again!’ At the same time his voice broke, sounding like a true baby chicken as he laughed looking into the camera.
BST's Hyde Park
BST's Hyde Park was one hell of an experience, the baraced between the sections made it easy for people to get around and a lot safer. Lots of people would go out of the crowd to get drinks and food for themselves and friends at the front. It's important to stay hydrated and eat even if you are standing in the front rows for over 6+ hours, besides the pressure of people pushing it's one of the main factors why people faint.
For Diamond VIP's it was arranged that they barely had to leave the stage to get towards their exclusive rest area. Seeing how big the actual BST Hyde Park ground was, it was definitely worth the upgrade.
Thank you, BST Hyde Park for having us.
Stray Kids see you soon 🤭 I guess…
Written by ~Ro
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