TWS, the six-piece boy group from K-Pop big Hybe‘s sub-label Pledis Leisure, gathered in entrance of a big photograph of themselves plastered on the wall of the Grammy Museum‘s newest pop-up exhibit Aug. 1.
To have a good time the opening of the museum’s extremely anticipated “Hybe: We Believe In Music, A Grammy Museum Pop-Up,” the rookie group participated within the dwell efficiency collection International Spin Dwell. In a change of surroundings for the collection, the occasion was held on the rooftop of the downtown Los Angeles museum, with refreshments together with Japchae, a well-liked Korean dish of stir-fried glass noodles and greens, fried rooster and extra.
The rookie group, comprised of members Shinyu, Dohoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon, Kyungmin, have been recent from their first KCON L.A. experience. The Okay-Pop competition was a giant step for TWS (who solely debuted in January) by way of their worldwide presence, and as Jihoon identified, a motive for the group to maintain bettering as a bunch.
“It was a tremendous expertise,” the 18-year-old informed The Hollywood Reporter of the expertise performing on the competition. He added: “That is our first time having a stage in U.S., so we discovered loads.” The group carried out a number of instances all through the weekend, together with a particular efficiency throughout The CW’s live broadcast of the ultimate night time’s live performance at Cyrpto.com Area.
On the Grammy Museum, TWS had a sit-down dialog with moderator Emily Mei and performed an intimate crowd of followers who have been capable of snag tickets earlier than they rapidly offered out. The group carried out a number of songs together with their debut single “plot twist,” from their EP Glowing Blue, which continues to be a constant hit in Korea half a yr after its launch (on the time of publication, it sits at No. 17 on the streaming and digital tune charts on Korea’s Circle Chart). Their newest single, “If I’m S, Can You Be My N?” was launched in June and continues to climb Korean charts, sitting at present within the mid-20s for the streaming and digital charts.
TWS at International Spin Dwell: TWS at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Dwell.
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The early success of Glowing Blue has been thrilling for the six performers, however the group did say that they had a number of emotions when making the lately launched follow-up EP, Summer time Beat! “We have been each excited and nervous on the identical time, so it was somewhat little bit of combined emotions” Dohoon informed THR by means of a translator. “We simply tried to give attention to working our hardest.”
As TWS heads into the second half of their banner first yr, they seemingly stay humble and excited for what’s to come back. “All the pieces is new,” Kyungmin defined. “It’s been feeling wonderful for us, and we’re grateful for the alternatives which are given to us.”
Following the boy group’s efficiency, followers have been invited to be among the many first to see the Grammy Museum’s latest Hybe-focused Okay-Pop pop-up exhibit, “Hybe: We Imagine In Music.” That includes a number of teams from Korean leisure conglomerate sub-labels, the exhibit is a continuation of the museum’s two-year-long commitment to showcasing reveals and programming surrounding Okay-Pop.
The brand new exhibit formally opened Aug. 2. It options BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow x Together (TXT), Enhypen, Le Sserafim, Zico, fromis_9, Boynextdoor, TWS, &Staff, Illit and Katseye, and covers about 12 years of Okay-Pop historical past.
BTS has an understandably massive presence within the exhibit. Two units of outfits worn by seven-piece boy group are on show – one from a model of their Proof anthology album and one from the “But To Come (The Most Stunning Second)” music video. The exhibit additionally contains a timeline of the supergroup, chronicling their rise to international stardom year-by-year since debuting in 2013, and over 70 polaroids of the group from 2018.
There’s a music video vogue room that includes outfits from Seventeen’s “Maestro,” Tomorrow X Collectively’s “Sugar Rush Experience,” Enhypen’s “Candy Venom” and Le Sserafim’s “Simple.” Moreover, The room contains a artistic course of part enjoying movies from three of Hybe’s producers and 5 artists. Equipment and jewellery from fromis_9, BoyNextDoor, TWS, &Staff and Illit are additionally on show in a close-by room.
Every group has a music video enjoying on no less than one display all through the exhibit. In what seems to be transfer to make the exhibit extra interactive, the Grammy Museum included a karaoke room, the place followers can sing BTS’ “Dynamite,” TXT’s “LO$ER=LO♡ER” and Seventeen’s “Aju Good, together with a random play dance room, the place snippets of music movies play on a loop. Within the dance room, artifacts from Hybe’s chairman, Bang Si-Hyuk, referred to as a producer as Hitman Bang, are on show, principally specializing in books that contributed to BTS’ tune lyrics and album names.
“Hybe: We Imagine in Music, a Grammy Museum Exhibit” runs by means of Sept. 15. Tickets for the exhibit are $20 with the acquisition of a normal admission museum ticket. Extra data may be discovered on the museum’s website.
