ZEROBASEONE (ZB1) discovered their passions and exhausting work in bloom throughout their “Timeless World” live performance in Manila.
The 9-member boy group consisting of Kim Jiwoong, Zhang Hao, Sung Han-bin Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, Park Gun-wook, and Han Yu-jin, all confirmed their award-winning skills and abilities for Filipino ZEROSE, as an indication of their robust love for his or her followers.
After seeing solely eight members throughout the group’s first go to to the Philippines final December 2023, Filipino ZEROSE didn’t waste this chance to expertise ZEROBASEONE’s first Asian tour in Manila final October 12, 2024.
Filipino ZEROSE, who had been all wearing shades of blue, ecstatically lined up—rain or shine, exterior of the SM Mall of Asia Area with their hearts pumping up in pleasure. It didn’t matter in the event that they had been all moist from the rain or sweaty from the humidity, what mattered was that they had been lastly going to see the group all of them love.
The world was bustling with vitality proper earlier than the live performance began. Screams resounded from each tier within the enviornment, and you possibly can positively really feel that this live performance was going to be memorable from the get-go.
A couple of minutes earlier than 6 P.M., fangirls and fanboys alike had been shouting for the ZB1 members, saying “Ilabas na sila!” time and again. Then, the lights turned down slowly, and the primary video of the live performance performed on the massive LED screens.
Whereas this was ongoing, nevertheless, the video topped enjoying and the sector was crammed with darkness. The organizers instantly defined that there have been some difficulties that they needed to repair beforehand.
This didn’t cease the vitality of Filipino ZEROSEs within the enviornment, with pleasure effervescent by way of the air, particularly with that one ZEROSE that began doing “Hep Hep Hooray” with the others. And after nearly half-hour of ready, the present lastly started.
Matching the vitality of their Filipino followers, ZEROBASEONE opened the present with their first six songs—“Street Film,” “Take My Hand,” “New Kidz on the Block,” and “KILL THE ROMEO” with a lot vigor. It simply confirmed how the artists had been simply as excited to see their followers.
After lastly introducing themselves to their ZEROSEs in blue, with Ricky saying whats up to them for the primary time, the members of ZEROBASEONE every shared what they had been most wanting ahead to in Manila.
Because it was his first time in Manila, member Ricky identified how he had been desirous to see Filipino ZEROSEs, with the opposite members noting how all of them needed to listen to the cheers of their followers after their performances.
In fact, since they had been within the Philippines, the ZB1 members additionally identified how they’ve been desirous to attempt Filipino dishes like Adobo and check out the hamburgers from Jollibee.
The opposite members additionally pushed members Jiwoong and Taerae to indicate the followers some spoilers for the present, which had been some hints into the choreography of their soon-to-be carried out tracks.
ZEROSES had been positively given the highlight within the ZEROBASEONE live performance, too, as an indication of the group’s love for his or her followers. After their first MENT had ended, followers got roles in a skit performed by ZB1, with ZEROSEs needing to sing, and guess a member by their child image, amongst different issues to get the present rolling.
Then, the second a part of the present started with the track that started ZB1’s debut track—“In Bloom,” and performances that the members had specifically ready for. The group’s middle, Zhang Hao, went solo for his efficiency of “At all times”, with the remainder of the members being grouped into sub-units from their previous performances on “Boys Planet.”
Members Jiwoong, Matthew, Ricky, and Gunwook carried out “Over Me”, and members Hanbin, Taerae, Gyuvin, and Yunjin carried out “Swap”, which followers went completely loopy over for the temper change between each sub-units.
The group then reformed for his or her efficiency of “En Garde,” one other track from “Boys Planet,” and rested for a bit by speaking to followers about what they consider has modified since their time on the truth present.
For Gyu-vin, he stated that everybody’s chemistry had change into significantly better and that each one of them have gotten much more good-looking, to which everybody agreed. Should you had been a fan since “Boys Planet,” then their development since then was already apparent.
It’s by way of these interactions (albeit by some means scripted) that you could see how they themselves have mirrored on their journey because the starting, and the way they’re nonetheless working in direction of displaying a greater model of themselves to their devoted fanbase.
ZB1 ended that a part of their live performance by performing two extra songs from their “Boys Planet” days—“Say My Title” and the present’s title track, “Right here I Am,” which the group additionally included their followers in tow by displaying some ZEROSEs on display.
The following a part of the present was a distinct temper than the primary two, opening with the songs “Pricey Eclipse” and “Sizzling Summer season,” which confirmed a stronger and extra charismatic ZEROBASEONE.
As rapidly as they’d modified off-stage, the group’s vigorous and youthful vitality got here again with Matthew main the MENT by asking his fellow members about which member’s half they needed to check out.
The present might have been midway by way of at this level, however that didn’t cease ZEROBASEONE and the followers from ramping up the vitality to a complete new stage. The group carried out a few of their most energetic tracks—“SWEAT,” “Kidz Zone,” and “Really feel the POP,” proper earlier than performing their most up-to-date single, “Good So Dangerous.”
In case you are aware of teams repeating a sure track a number of instances throughout a live performance, then ZEROBASEONE is now certainly one of them. And with “Good So Dangerous” having this groovy really feel? ZB1 simply met their match—it’s Filipino ZEROSEs.
“Good So Dangerous” was on repeat for about 5 instances, with chief Han-bin asking the followers “Isa pa? [One more?]” with a distinct expression each time. It was a humorous second, however a really heartwarming and timeless one at that.
And naturally, that will’ve been the tip of the present. However like some other Ok-pop live performance, ZEROBASEONE got here out for extra performances for his or her encore. Earlier than they carried out once more, nevertheless, ZB1 didn’t miss out on the prospect to take their group image with Filipino ZEROSEs, and in flip, followers didn’t overlook to show ZB1 the “Eyy ka muna eyy 🤙🏻” hand signal.
See, Filipino ZEROSEs 🤝🏼 ZEROBASEONE? Matched one another’s freak.
The members, who had been nonetheless stuffed with vitality, sang and danced their hearts out with the followers for his or her final tracks, “And I,” “Sunday RIDE,” and the Korean model of their Japanese debut single, “Yura Yura.”
It was time for the group to say goodbye for actual now, and ZEROBASEONE didn’t overlook to inform their followers how grateful they had been for his or her help and for having them by their facet.
Every member famous how they had been feeling a lot love from Filipino ZEROSEs from the second they arrived, and that they needed to present that very same love again by way of a particular present—a canopy of Maki’s “Dilaw”. At this level, they’re all honorary Filipinos now due to this track.
And Filipino ZEROSEs know that Matthew, who has commented on OPM in a few of his reside streams, was behind this.
Goodbyes are at all times seen to be as one thing unhappy, however for ZEROBASEONE, goodbyes give all of us a chance to say “Whats up” as soon as extra. The live performance might have ended, however ZEROBASEONE gave followers a second that felt timeless, and made a promise that “there’ll by no means be a tomorrow with out one another.”
The occasion was made doable by PULP Stay World.
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