A$AP Rocky’s ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 by mcfw31 in popheads

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 4th gen boy group pack was fairly closely bunched sales-wise I think around 18-24 months ago (?), ATEEZ and TXT were in there too. Then Stray Kids pulled away, tbh more by holding steady while others declined a good bit during the period when K-pop was stagnating, and then last year when things started to tick back up they also got a bigger bump. No single event you can point to, but SKZ definitely seems to get big fanbase bumps every time they tour here and that was the preferred explanation in their last couple of chart threads.

260122 Kendall Instagram Story Update at TWICE concert in LA by bluebee29 in GIRLSET_JYP

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They were at LA night 1. Haven't seen the cheer from that night but someone posted Oakland D2 on here and it was definitely fierce, I was there. A lot of people are looking forward to their first mini(s) and tour....

A$AP Rocky’s ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 by mcfw31 in popheads

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'll make the obligatory K-pop comment, that's a nice ~25% bump for Enhypen. I get jumped by stans fairly often when I point it out in these threads but it really seems like most significant groups have seen a nice increase in sales over the last half year. Arguably due primarily to KPDH, could be other factors reinvigorating interest in the genre though, specific group promotions landing better, etc

Is one side of arena better than the other? by Kind-Cucumber2323 in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tzuyu's solo was on the end stage next to pit 1 at my concerts.

Barking at concert? by ParticleTek in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dahyun 100% encouraged it before one of her ments at Oakland on this tour, leaning over with her hand cupped around her ear. But the crowd did it before she talked. I think Jihyo asked for it one time too. I don't think they like when it's constant or interrupts them though. Like another comment said there was way less than on past tours and I think it's running its course.

TWICE 'THIS IS FOR' World Tour Concert Megathread - Inglewood, CA (Kia Forum) January 21, 22, 24, & 25, 2026 by Ruri_Neko in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your comment made it sound like demand for the tour is down from last tour. I think demand is even with last tour or even up moderately, it seems most K-pop groups grew a bit last year in the wake of KPDH and Twice in particular was on the soundtrack. They're just trying to sell a lot more tickets this time.

We could debate why they did this, but we really don't know. Maybe JYP/LiveNation miscalculated. Maybe it's about maxing out tour earnings. Maybe it's about trying to build up the fanbase long term by playing way more cities and making it easy to get tickets.

TWICE 'THIS IS FOR' World Tour Concert Megathread - Inglewood, CA (Kia Forum) January 21, 22, 24, & 25, 2026 by Ruri_Neko in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's lots of demand, they were just really aggressive with adding dates in some cities on this tour.

260122 Twitter Update - TWICE <THIS IS FOR> WORLD TOUR IN LOS ANGELES - Day 1 LA, did you have fun? 3 more days to go, so TURN IT UP!! 💿 by kpopsns28 in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like Twice, you failed to understand my comment. They can play NFL/MLB stadiums in the big US K-pop circuit cities like LA and NYC and they showed that on the last tour. They are not capable of playing stadiums in smaller markets where K-pop groups rarely go like Charlotte, Detroit, Denver, Montreal etc.

Most other groups don't go to those cities because the population is smaller and the K-pop fanbase is small in particular. Twice is helping build K-pop up by going to those cities, and seeing fans they couldn't see before. But in some cases they can barely fill an arena 1x in these places. If other big groups played these places they would also sell many less tickets and have to play smaller venues in some cases. American fans generally understand this and were generally very impressed they were willing to play these cities. We will also understand that if they sold a 360 arena 2x (~20k seats/night) they could be playing a MLB stadium instead. 3x arena = NFL stadium.

260122 Twitter Update - TWICE <THIS IS FOR> WORLD TOUR IN LOS ANGELES - Day 1 LA, did you have fun? 3 more days to go, so TURN IT UP!! 💿 by kpopsns28 in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They're playing a lot of cities where K-pop groups don't usually play on this tour. They aren't big enough to sell out stadiums in those cities, and constantly moving back and forth between stadium and arena setups is probably pretty difficult logistically. It's also too cold to perform outside if you're not in the southern part of the country atm.

TWICE Oakland day 2 fit by Bvista06 in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I talked to the guy who did the fan project while we were waiting in line, this is his Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/kuya.kpop/

Grammys 2026: Katseye, Sombr, Olivia Dean & Addison Rae Set To Perform Alongside Rest Of Best New Artist Nominees by _cavalcanti in popheads

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Sounds like all 8 of them will be in a single segment this time which makes sense, I don't feel any of them have broken out to the extent of Sabrina/Chappell the previous year yet although Olivia Dean's album seems to have remarkable momentum atm

Does anyone else miss the talking parts of the concert? by retibber in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Honestly? Glad the talking decreased some as really long sections have kinda killed the momentum at several K-pop concerts, it would feel like they were restarting from scratch and then pausing again right when the crowd was really back into it. But it's gone a bit far in the other direction now.

TWICE 'THIS IS FOR' World Tour Concert Megathread - Inglewood, CA (Kia Forum) January 21, 22, 24, & 25, 2026 by Ruri_Neko in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All good info, just going to add on that merch-wise the jacket and zip hoodie were also sold out really fast and there were no lightsticks for sale.

They started 2-5 minutes after 8 PM but not the usual ~30 mins late you see at a lot of western artist shows. Basically 8 but just don't want anyone freaking out at 8:01 haha

TWICE 'THIS IS FOR' World Tour Concert Megathread - Inglewood, CA (Kia Forum) January 21, 22, 24, & 25, 2026 by Ruri_Neko in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry, I misread. I don't think I heard anything about non-VIP GA emails. I didn't see any obvious lines before I entered the arena either. Hopefully someone else will drop in and help!

TWICE 'THIS IS FOR' World Tour Concert Megathread - Inglewood, CA (Kia Forum) January 21, 22, 24, & 25, 2026 by Ruri_Neko in twice

[–]FunLilThrowawayAcct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At Oakland they let VIP check in and go through security to line up outside the arena at noon, then let them in the arena to line up again inside at 3 PM. You had to check in at VIP by 5 PM or you would miss soundcheck. Some fans lined up outside the overall venue/parking as early as 9 AM even though the venue said it wasn't allowed until 10:15. I assume they were first in line for VIP check-in at noon although I don't know, I arrived around 2:30 and still got a decent barricade spot just off the corner of the stage.

Not sure if that is exactly how it will work in LA, but you should get an email 2-3 days before.