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in Seoul' (hereinafter referred to as SM Town).
H.O.T., S.E.S., BoA, Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x), EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, Espa, Rise, SM trainees, etc. can scan the past, present, and future of SM. SM celebrated the brilliant 30-year golden tower by collecting the history of the past 30 years in this SM Town performance.
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| 마이트로. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| SM 재즈 트리오. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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The pre-stage featured Mabista, Leiden, Hyoyeon, Min Ji-woon, and SM Jazz trio from trot idol Might, who participated in the production of SM. It is a performance where you can feel SM's wide music spectrum such as trot, EDM, and jazz, and the atmosphere has been preheated even in cold weather.
In this performance, SM's best 'K-pop feast' was held. A total of 98 artists, including Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Super Junior-M, Girls' Generation Hyoyeon, SHINee Ki and Minho, EXO Suho and Chanyeol, Red Velvet, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, Espa, Rise, NCT Wish, Naivis, SMTR25, H.O.T. Tonyan, S.E.S. Sea, Fly to the Sky Joy, and Dear Alice, completed the shrewd performance for about five hours. This is the longest running time in SM Town's history, and Pink Blood (SM fan nickname) enjoyed SM Town by staying until the end even for a long time.
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| 동방신기. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| 슈퍼주니어. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| 보아. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| 소녀시대 효연. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| 샤이니 키. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| 샤이니 민호. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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In particular, SM artists' group and solo hit songs continued to heighten the atmosphere of the concert hall. In the opening, TVXQ, Super Junior, and BoA, who belong to the relatively senior line, came out first. TVXQ showed off the skills of 'Rising Sun' and 'Order-Myrotic', Super Junior showed 'Sorry Sorry' and 'Black Suit', and BoA showed off the skills of 'Original SM Family' by performing 'Girls on Top' and 'Only One'.
The performance of 'SMYBs' was also the best. The parade of hits such as Espa 'Supernova', Rise 'Boom Boom Base', EXO 'First Snow', NCT Wish'Wish', NCT Dream 'Smoody', WayV 'Give Me That', NCT 127 'Piggle', Red Velvet 'Cosmic', Shiny Key 'Gasoline', and Minho 'Call Back' was enough to raise the roar.
The stage, which will be unveiled for the first time at the concert, was also a hot topic. 'SM's First Virtual Artist'Navis,'SM's First British Boy Group"Dear Alice led the response by performing unpublished songs"Sentimental" and"Ariana", respectively. In addition, the energetic 30th anniversary tribute performance stage of SMTR25, which consists of 25 trainees, made us look forward to the future of SM.
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| H.O.T. Tonian (left), hit. Photo courtesy = SM Entertainment |
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| H.O.T. Tonyan, Kangta and NCT Dream. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| Super Junior Ryeowook (left), S.E.S. Sea. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| Espa Winter, S.E.S. Sea (left), and Espa Carina (from left). Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| Fly to the Sky Joy (left), Rise Sohee. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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Above all, 'SM's collaboration' was a stage that drew attention. The sweet vocals of Kangta and NCT Jae-hee plus the beautiful performance of the SM jazz trio 'Polaris', TVXQ, Super Junior, EXO Suho and Chanyeol, and a total of 20 artists from NCT Johnny, Kun, Ten, Jungwoo, Ryo, Sakuya, and Rise Eunseok created a happy smile.
In addition, the stage of memories is also an eye-catching part. Although he has now left SM, 'Original SM Family'H.O.T. Tonyan, S.E.S. Bada, and Fly to the Sky Joy visited SM Town and were on stage with their juniors. H.O.T. Kangta, Tony An and NCT Dream's 'Candy', S.E.S. Bada and Espa Karina, Winter's 'Dreams Come True', Fly to the Sky Joy and Rise Sohee's 'Shi of the Love' left a deep lingering impression.
The stage that made Pink Blood's blood thicker was also at the end of the performance. SM artists set up a new remake of SM's senior and junior songs, stimulating freshness and memories. This is a song from SM's 30th anniversary album, which will be released later, and the stage was first released as SM Town.
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| EXO Chanyeol (left), Suho. Photo courtesy of SM Entertainment |
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| NCT 127. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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| NCT 드림. Photo courtesy =SM Entertainment |
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WayV is SHINee's 'Juliet', Aespa is f(x)'s 'first wisdom tooth', Rise is TVXQ's 'Hug', Red Velvet is Girls' Generation 'Run Devil Run', NCT Dream is EXO's 'Love Me Light', Kangta is S.E.S.'s 'Just a Feeling', BoA is SHINee's JR's 'End of the Day', NCT Wish is Super Junior's 'I Free for You', NCT 127 is Hyun Jin-young's 'You in Cloudy Memory, EXO is H'
The SM singer sang another SM singer's song, and all of them captured the individuality of each group while keeping the sensibility of the original song alive. Here, I was able to estimate SM's music heritage and huge IP accumulated for 30 years.
In addition, SM singers nod to each other's 'dream'. Now, NCT, Espa, and Rise dreamed of EXO and Red Velvet. EXO, Red Velvet grew up watching TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, and f(x). What about TVXQ, SUPER JUNIOR, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x). They have also developed their dream of K-pop by watching H.O.T., S.E.S., Shinhwa, BoA, and Fly to the Sky. Pink blood is the same. It is also a common story that 'Mother's Favorite' and 'Daughter's Favorite' can meet as SM seniors and juniors.
On the 30th anniversary of SM, SM artists also expressed their feelings, saying they felt differently. TVXQ's U-Know Yunho "SM Town 30th Anniversary, Happy Birthday!While shouting out the buzzy meme, Super Junior Leeteuk introduced himself as a `true SM man" and said, "Please show a lot of love from H.O.T. to NCT Wish and the trainees who will come out after that."
EXO's SUHO is also SM. I'm happy that I'm EXO because I'm SM". NCT's Ji Sung said "Artists are not SM Town, but SM Town only when you're around. Thank you for being SM Town."
Those who visited SM Town for the first time in a long time also expressed their affection for SM. Fly to the Sky jubilation is "SM seems to be forever" and H.O.T. Tonyan is "We're 29 years old, SM is 30 years old. be about the same age. I'm happy to grow together and be on the stage so far."
S.E.S. Bada read a letter he had written himself. "Thank you for being with SM from when you were a girl to when your juniors were girls."The sea cried, saying "I hope all the music of SM flows in the sea of your long life again."
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The last part of SM Town, which has led the six-and-a-half-hour chapter, including the pre-performance, was decorated with 'light'. The SM artist who set the stage on this day went out together and sang the SM Town symbol song 'light' to shine 'the venue of the music festival'.
On this day, all SM officials and Pink Blood's pride were raised. So, SM's 30th anniversary performance, which is the essence of K-pop culture and the root of K-pop, doesn't just end with 'SM's own feast'. Reflecting on SM's 30 years is the same as looking at K-pop's 30 years, and this SM town deserves to be recorded as a meaningful moment in K-pop history.
Today, a number of K-pop groups fly in enormous numbers on the global charts, but the most valuable legacy than these global achievements is clearly 'deep-rooted history'. Expectations are high on what other great descendants SM will have in its genealogy in 30 years, and what kind of great descendants SM will continue to expand in the wilderness.
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