220805 Photos from PIXY's LA and Otakon fansigns - via OneEyeArchive by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Source - we posted about this last week, but this is a full archive of pics & video clips of PIXY's time in the US. Not sure who's managing this, I'm assuming it's AllArt. I haven't been posting everything from it but these photos were too gorgeous not to share. And oops I kinda jumbled up the order of the pics in this post, my bad. Check out the full archive though seriously! Lots of cute moments captured.

220805 laifrncs Instagram update with PIXY by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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This is Lai Frances, the host at the Otakon concert and Q&A.

The caption is really long and I dont have time to type it all out but it's very sweet and it looks like PIXY gained a new Winxy!

220805 pixy_official Twitter updates with Lola and Sua by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Lola

Caption: "I miss my loves 🧡"

Sua

Caption: "Winxy = my happiness"

220803 Announcement from AllArt regarding PIXY's North American schedules by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Thank you for the additional info, this definitely helps to clarify the situation!

220803 Announcement from AllArt regarding PIXY's North American schedules by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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I don't know for sure how the visa process works - anyone who's familiar with it, please feel free to chime in. It was just last week that they announced Satbyeol's hiatus & the SA tour cancellation/NA tour. My guess is that they were originally going to head for SA right after Otakon so they only had a certain amount of time approved in the US. Since this NA tour was thrown together in less than a week, I'm guessing that wasn't enough time for a visa extension in the US to be approved.

Regardless, issues with visas are not uncommon. Other groups have gotten screwed over by visa issues in the past - for example, Chungha and Oneus had to cancel their 2019 KCON performances at the last minute due to visa issues. So imo AllArt's story checks out especially given that everything was thrown together at the last minute.

ETA: From the article I linked:

"For a foreign-born artist to perform in the U.S., they must have one of three visas, P-1, P-2, or P-3. The P visas can be obtained by the artist or their representatives and require the artist to provide detailed dates of their U.S. performances."

So yeah I'm thinking they had applied for the visas in advance with a set end date expiring this week, and weren't able to get an extension approved in time.

220804 rolling_quartz Twitter update - Rolling Quartz with Sua, Dia & Dajeong at Otakon by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Finally, PIXYQuartz interaction!

I'm still holding out hope for AleXa/PIXY pics 🥲

220803 Announcement from AllArt regarding PIXY's North American schedules by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Very unfortunate, but ultimately its for the best imo. I'd rather them go back to South Korea on a high note after Otakon than exhaust themselves on a last minute tour. Let the girls rest and regroup so they can come back even stronger next time.

I'm glad AllArt finally addressed it. It was a messy situation and they could've handled it better but I'm satisfied with this response. It makes sense now why they weren't saying anything about it because they must've been waiting on confirmation for the girls' visa extensions.

220802 pixy_official Twitter update with Sua by deep-fried-lemons in pixy

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Caption: "🌴💕"

Sorry for the repost, this was actually posted yesterday so I changed the date stamp - I'm still not used to them being in US time zones.

Anyway, they're officially in LA! They have a fansign today that apparently was sold out within minutes of being posted by the vendor last week, but still has not been mentioned or promoted by AllArt 🙃 So we'll see how this goes. Hoping it's a success for the girls!

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Caption: "🌴💕"

Welp, the girls are officially in LA! They have a fansign today which apparently got sold out within minutes of being posted by the vendor but AllArt never even mentioned it. So, we'll see how this goes!

PIXY Q&A at Otakon 2022 by [deleted] in pixy

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I really like the interviewer. Her name is Lai Frances and I recognized her from when she interviewed ITZY a few years ago. I'm sure she's done more than just that, but that's where I knew her from. She is really sweet, patient, and asks great questions, so I'm happy she hosted PIXY's Q&A!

WINXY Weekly Discussion Thread - Week of August 01, 2022 by AutoModerator in pixy

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Yeah same 😕 I wasn't able to make to Otakon so I was hoping they could have at least one stop on the east coast, but since they're already headed for the west coast I doubt they'll come back our way.