[Star Daily News = Reporter Cheon Seolhwa] BTS J-Hope held the ‘j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ in SEOUL’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’) at KSPO DOME in Songpa-gu, Seoul from February 28 to March 2, opening the door to the world tour. J-Hope performed a total of 21 setlists along with a live band, creating unforgettable moments with over 37,500 fans over three days.
As the beat of the first song ‘What if…’ started, the red curtain surrounding the stage moved up and down, providing visual pleasure, and as J-Hope appeared through the curtain, the atmosphere in the venue instantly heated up.
J-Hope energetically opened his first solo album ‘Jack In The box’ by passionately performing songs like ‘Pandora’s Box’, ‘Arson’, ‘STOP (There are no bad people in the world)’, and ‘MORE’ in succession. He expressed his feelings by saying, “The first curtain of ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ has been raised. The name of this concert means that J-Hope will show everything on this stage. I will express the various emotions you feel just as they are on stage.”
The section decorated with tracks from the special album ‘HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1’ showcased the true value of ‘J-Hope Style Performance’. ‘lock / unlock (with benny blanco, Nile Rodgers)’ featured locking, ‘i don’t know (with Huh Yunjin of LE SSERAFIM)’ showed house style, and ‘i wonder… (with Jung Kook of BTS)’ delivered popping, allowing the audience to enjoy a variety of performance genres. Particularly, his roots in ‘street dance’ blended with the songs presented a touching moment.
Especially in this concert, the stage for the digital single ‘Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel)’, which is to be released on the 7th at 2 pm, was pre-released, receiving an explosive response. A scene unfolded where fans turned on their phone lights in unison to support him. J-Hope introduced the new song saying, “I wondered if I have ever properly sung a love song. I wanted to work on a song that many can easily and comfortably listen to. It is a serenade of love towards ARMY.”
- ‘Angry’ at women’s underwear suppressing breasts? “Don’t eliminate men’s joy”… What happened in Japan?
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- A-cup flat isn’t needed in Korea anyway
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- Forcing to include men for clicks and reproduce dislike, the journalist level, really hahaha
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- This controversy has never happened nor will happen in Korea hahahaha even if controversy arises, just the older generation will staunchly attack young men until it ends hahahaha
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- Do what you want, why bring men into it?
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- Moon Jae-in: Hahaha. Isn’t there any object to remove criticism of incest sex? Why tell us not to watch family sex videos! Breaking Korea and bringing suffering to new lives through birth defects is my joy! Why call me a pervert for watching family sex incest videos!
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- Han-nyeo (Korean women) are auto settling ??? Ah.. only for 80%…
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- Trash bins don’t need breasts hahaha
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- Korean women not applicable
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- Who’s in need, looking like raisins attached to backs, hahaha
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- It’s opposite here; in Korea, they desperately strive to look bigger because it’s mostly A-cups…
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- Lee Jae-myung “If companies like NVIDIA arise and 30% national shares held…”
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- No one points out how that bastard left Gyeonggi-do with 20 trillion won debt, yet he’s still a legend for handing out money. Anyone can do that, bastard!
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- What a loser, cannot believe he’s a presidential candidate
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- Why repeat failed communism?
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- Execute incest porn addict Moon Jae-in! Lee Jae-myung, if you want to do politics, first remove the nauseating incest family sex maniac Moon Jae-in’s photos from the Democratic Party headquarters! How can you say you’re doing politics with incest maniac pictures up, eww eww eww
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- College freshmen don’t even spout such nonsense hahaha
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- Is NVIDIA a company that appears when demanded? It emerged after being 20 years under; honestly, if such a company arises and all profits are taxed, how can this company flourish? Is it a company that earns money without R&D or just sitting idle? If Lee Jae-myung wants to be president, best to keep quiet; just talking about key currency… it’s making everyone realize the dire outcomes.
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- Looking at how they want money to effortlessly roll in, yes, this country is truly failing
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- Even having administrative experience, this is all Lee Jae-myung can spout, how about the others hahaha
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- Half this country worships this clown, does that make sense?
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- Please don’t make such remarks hahaha
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- ‘Ilbe controversy’ brings tears to Jeon Hyo-seong “I regret my mistake deeply”
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- “Will I safely arrive home today?”
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- Moon Jae-in once secretly watched incest porn during Baek Nam-gi’s funeral and accidentally uploaded it, he hasn’t apologized for his perverted and bizarre sexual desires.
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- Riding the feminist wave, are you not earning money?
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- From the start, she’s been brainless, using Ilbe terms and doing feminist acts, just acting like a moron.
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- Men like busty women. Women being on Ilbe doesn’t really bother them.
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- Is Ilbe something to be embarrassed about?
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- Her issue is not the Ilbe controversy hahaha. Who’s even criticizing for the Ilbe controversy now? haha
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- Loved male money, prospered, but dislikes males.. ‘Feminism’ yay!
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- Is it really because of Ilbe? hahahahahaha
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- Experienced both extremes of Ilbe and feminism hahaha
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- 77% of Women Say “Promotion differs by gender”… Only 49% of Men ‘Agree’
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- 99% of Korean women just make specs through being parasites, get jobs, spread legs for older senior males during work, and live off wage lube’ing in company, even elite universities or professionals. Plus, they shared Moon Jae-in’s perverted family incest porn breath. Most Korean women benefit easily and comfortably from all this.
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- Of course there is a difference by gender. Men perform jobs better, so they get promoted faster.
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- Korean women quota = parasite with zero ability
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- Moon Jae-in: Hahaha, there’s also a sexual desire difference among people! But why isn’t there anyone like me with family sex desire? Suck suc! Daughter! Come here! (while watching incest porn)
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- Not differentiated pay by gender; men get higher intensity jobs, so they are paid more, damn
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- Want all but don’t do any tough, annoying, risky jobs like overtime, duty, or business trips, idiots
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- Men should agree 100%, already discriminated in every aspect
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- A female CEO won’t hire females, that’s it haha. Earlier on the 100-minute debate, a lunatic law firm manager highlighting gender issues hired only males, haha
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- When the hen crows, the country fails
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- Reason why is? damn
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- “Mother deeply enamoured with 15-year-younger man… Even taking loans to send money” but…
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- Moon Jae-in deeply into incest porn, even during Baek Nam-gi’s funeral viewing and uploading incest porn
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- Oh dear… such tragic incident shouldn’t repeat and treasonous Yoon Seok-youl and foolish 2-ticket males should be executed ~~~
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- J-Hope, a successful start to first solo tour… Proving unrivalled BTS·ARMY power [Comprehensive]
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With ‘1 VERSE’ showcasing powerful rapping across the audience and stage, using the bridge stage in ‘Airplane + Airplane pt.2’, and a surprise backdrop performance in ‘Daydream’, each song highlighted its special points to lead the audience. Also, by featuring a medley of BTS songs, the atmosphere was heightened. Fans responded with enthusiastic cheers and singing along to stages showcasing his full charm, such as ‘MIC DROP’, ‘Silver Spoon’, and ‘Disease’.
J-Hope conveyed his heartfelt feelings towards fans, saying, “The moment 10 minutes before getting on stage is the most nerve-wracking, but once on stage, the nerves disappear. That’s because you, ARMY, are there. I’m so proud of you and want to show this to the world. I want to let everyone know how the artist and fandom enjoy and lead the performance so well. The Seoul concert was the best of the best and it was truly perfect. I’ll return again soon. Thank you sincerely for your passionate cheers and support.”
In the encore stage, J-Hope presented ‘‘= (equal sign)’, ‘Future’, and ‘NEURON (with Gaeko, Yoonmirae)’ re-arranged into the New jack swing version. Especially during the last song, ‘NEURON (with Gaeko, Yoonmirae)’, videos from J-Hope’s past dancer days and BTS activities were shown, and together with fans, he passionately sang, “I’ll tell you again / We’ll never ever give up, forever / I’ll say it again / We’ll always be alive to move us”, adding deeper meaning to the performance.
‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ was a performance reflecting on the journey of solo artist J-Hope. It boasted overwhelming magnitude with a main stage composed of as many as 25 lifts. The lifts changed in height, arrangement, and graphics in real-time based on the music and performance, enhancing J-Hope’s presence.
Meanwhile, ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ which began in Seoul, is now heading to North America. J-Hope will hold concerts in Brooklyn on the 13th and 14th, Chicago on the 17th and 18th, Mexico City on the 22nd and 23rd, San Antonio on the 26th and 27th, Oakland on the 31st to April 1st, and in Los Angeles on April 4th and 6th. The tour will continue to 15 cities in total, performing 31 shows including the Asia tour.
