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Last Tuesday, ENHYPEN kicked off the United States leg of the \u201cBlood Saga\u201d tour at SDSU Mission Valley\u2019s Snapdragon Stadium, marking the first time a K-pop group has performed at the venue.<\/p>\n
The six-member K-pop boy band debuted in 2020 through a survival show known as \u201cI-land.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since their debut, ENHYPEN\u2019s music has ranged from EDM, hip-hop to R&B. Their music explores self-discovery and is illustrated by consistent vampire imagery that sets them apart from other K-pop groups.<\/p>\n
Fans who attended the July 21 concert highlighted the significance of the group\u2019s performance in San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so used to people, not just in K-pop, but in general, artists usually go to LA,\u201d said San Diego resident Leely Buendia. \u201cUsually, us San Diegans have to make the drive to LA or somewhere else just to see your favorite artist.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some ENHYPEN members said during the concert that this was their first time in San Diego.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isabela Sanchez, a San Diego local, described the group\u2019s setlist as dark and eerie, but also uplifting and hype. She said that when following those darker concepts, it can feel like ENHYPEN expressing desires to someone they admire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans, also known as ENGENEs, followed vampire-esque color schemes by dressing in black, red and lace patterns for their concert attire.<\/p>\n
The concert included visual clips in between songs from their vampire storyline. The clips highlighted the members\u2019 visuals while playing upbeat music and also portrayed a storyline of a mysterious person whom they later end up confronting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These clips set up the scene for ENGENEs, seeing the members in different angles made the crowd excited for the next performance.<\/p>\n
ENHYPEN\u2019s tour at Snapdragon Stadium has not only made K-pop performances more accessible to San Diego locals but has also provided ENGENEs in Mexico with an easier commute.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s last concert was held in Los Angeles at the BMO Stadium, about 140 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Snapdragon, in comparison, is about 20 miles from the border.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty memorable to finally see a group that I\u2019ve liked for 6 years in my hometown, and it was actually a special little memory I\u2019m going to cherish forever,\u201d Buendia said.<\/p>\n
Snapdragon Stadium opened in 2022 and is mainly used for athletics.<\/p>\n
Fans hope ENHYPEN\u2019s success at Snapdragon Stadium could encourage entertainment companies to add stadium tour dates in the city and bring more K-pop groups to San Diego. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Tuesday, ENHYPEN kicked off the United States leg of the \u201cBlood Saga\u201d tour at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-420368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}