JYJ concert in Peru, Peruvian JYJ fans’ extreme excitement: “No te vayas!” (Don’t go!)
The very first genuine World Tour of Korean artist JYJ has come to an
end with a splendid finale in Lima, Peru. Last weekend, JYJ has
performed a perfect two-hour concert in front of 6,000 South American
fans at Estadio Monumental stadium. By the end of the concert,
passionate Peruvian fans who had been camping-out for over a week showed
their extreme excitement over JYJ while chanting “No te vayas!” (Don’t
go!).
In the morning of the concert’s day, news
about JYJ’s concert was..
reported exclusively by most Peruvian media.
Major media in Peru including daily newspaper ‘El comercio’, ‘El Men’,
‘Peru 21’ , ‘OJO’, ‘Correo’ etc all competed to cover the news as fast
as possible. JYJ member Park Yoochun said in the press conference, “The
huge crowd at the airport and in front of the hotel surprised me. I
didn’t know that such phenomenon which I am able to see in Asia could
even reach South America. I am really happy and I will give a great
performance in return.” Later, many news headlines reported “To the
group JYJ, the crowd in Peru is incredible”, proving once again JYJ’s
popularity in Peru.
2 hours before the concert, thousands of
South American fans already arrived to the concert venue. There were not
only Peruvian fans but also fans from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico,
Uruguay, Paraguay and other South American countries. They all brought a
flag of their own country and JYJ banner with them. Rossa Paradense
(18) expressed her deep emotion,”JYJ is my whole life. After knowing
them, my life has changed completely. Whenever JYJ’s song starts
playing, my heart seems to stop beating.”
JYJ’s performance at their World Tour
concert finale was perfect. They heated up the energetic South American
fans by dance songs with strong beat, such as ‘Empty’, ‘Ayyy girl’, ‘Be
the one’, and ‘Mission’. At the peak of the shuffle dance in ‘Get out’
remix, it was reported that 10 fans fainted and were taken out.
Moreover, JYJ’s amazing singing ability in ‘In heaven’ and ‘Fallen
leaves’ received big cheer and applause from the fans. While cheering
for the encore stage, the audience all chanted ‘No te vayas JYJ!’ (Don’t
go, JYJ!) as tears were falling down their faces.
Carolina Mehia (22) shared her feeling
after the concert “They are too perfect. They don’t seem to be human.
They took my soul away. I still don’t believe that I have seen them.”
Cecilia Rohase (27) said “I want to feel
what JYJ feel during the concert so as soon as I heard they would come
to Peru, I memorized and understood all lyrics of their songs. I sang
along with JYJ through the whole concert. I really want to go to Korea
in the future.”
Starting with concert held in Thailand last
April, JYJ’s world tour stopped by not only Asia but also North America
and Europe then ended successfully in two South American countries. The
success of JYJ’s World Tour was amazing. Not only are they the first
Korean artist who successfully hold an arena-level concert with more
than 10,000 people in North America, they are also the first Korean
artist to successfully hold exclusive concerts in Spain, Berlin, Chile
and Peru.
CJeS Entertainment’s representative Baek
Changjoo said “The World Tour were feasible because they are JYJ. It is
amazing that their popularity is great enough for them to hold exclusive
concert in any country in the world. Now we already had the confidence
and the know-how. That’s the reason why we are expecting to hold another
tour next year”. “Of course JYJ’s world tour left behind both successes
and challenges. The primary factor of our success is rather than
entrusting the concert to the executive; we went to each country to
grasp the market situation first then deliberated on the best scheme.
Moreover, at every concert, after arriving to the country, we filmed JYJ
as they were experiencing the culture of that country and showed the
video at the bridge time of the concert as a gift in order to improve
the communication with the fans. Of course we faced some challenges too.
How to extend long-term interactions with fans in each country and how
to distribute officially our records to fans in Europe and South America
are our number one concerns. We will try our best to make everything
perfect in the next tour”, he expressed his hopes.
During a year, in total 15 cities, JYJ
concerts attracted 210,000 fans, achieved high sales of more than 80% on
average, set tickets sales record and sold out in 12 cities. For the
time being, JYJ are concentrating on composing songs and their
individual activities. They plan to release their second English album
in the latter half of this year.
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