On February 21, SM Entertainment held its SMTOWN LIVE event in Japan. Of course, idols from different groups were represented and showcased their talent in front of thousands of fans.
The SM artists after SMTOWN LIVE 2024 in Japan | @SMTOWNGLOBAL/Twitter
SM Entertainment truly has some of the most talented idols, and groups like Super Junior, NCT, aespa, Red Velvet, TVXQ, and many more were represented. With so many amazing idols, fans were excited when announcements about collaborations were posted, but with some fearing that it would bring empty promises.
Yet, when clips came out, it seemed like fans were really treated to so many amazing collaborations, whether it was aespa’s Winter and Red Velvet’s Wendy…
winter and wendy performing ‘her blue sky’ at smtownpic.twitter.com/l0XNEGB0Vf
— َ (@aespabbl) February 21, 2024
The powerhouse vocals of Super Junior’s Ryeowook and RIIZE‘s Sohee taking on “The Little Prince”…
sm: how high do you want the little prince to be?
ryeowook: YES pic.twitter.com/MRu0YljCZi
— andy ◡̈ (@ryeokdi) February 21, 2024
NCT’s Jaehyun and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon…
240221 #JAEHYUN #재현 #엔시티 #nct127 #SMTOWN pic.twitter.com/uMxMGvXyAH
— (@9kQab) February 21, 2024
There was even an adorable and unexpected trio of TVQX’s Changmin, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, and RIIZE’s Shotaro.
Changmin x Kyuhyun x Shotaro IDOL
SMTOWN TOKYO 2024 Day 1 pic.twitter.com/euY9wCDfrk
— Rebimelectroniczephyr (@jscbim) February 21, 2024
There were even moments of seeing full groups working together, whether it was NCT WISH and Super Junior or TVXQ with RIIZE.
Riize X TVXQ! Rising Sun
but sorry video resolution is bad
SMTOWN TOKYO 2024 Day 1 pic.twitter.com/F3lQCJHfYS
— Rebimelectroniczephyr (@jscbim) February 21, 2024
NCT WISH (U) COLLAB STAGE WITH SUJU FOR SMTOWN pic.twitter.com/8FitynCrDV
— M. (@itsxelf_) February 21, 2024
When all the videos were posted, netizens couldn’t get over the actual collaboration stages. In the past, some SMTOWN events, and especially music shows, have been criticized for promoting “collaboration” stages just for them to be disconnected and awkward.
It’s good to know that they make collab stages at SMTOWN now coz it really looks like a music show if the artists just perform their own songs.
— 특이NicKiE (@teukienickie88) February 21, 2024
took them years to finally do this kind of collab stage again?! like this is the real smtown concert
— khaddie ᨐฅ (@notjaenoo) February 21, 2024
SM totally revamping their smtown game and going back to their roots of doing collab stages. And they are doing that in Japan
— 린 (@iresineherbstii) February 21, 2024
Dulu banyak bgt collab stage antar grup. Beberapa lama ilang di smtown, akhirnya hari ini muncul banyak collab stage lagi. Yg kurang dance parade nya, semoga kedepan nya bakal ditambahin lagi yaa.
Sumpah mellow bgt, liat fancam smtown hari ini bikin kangen F(SHINee) bgt bgt https://t.co/7XCKzYjNAs
— ksilxox (@ksilxox) February 21, 2024
the award of the most random unit goes to: pic.twitter.com/mQbcVWuBAw
— saf (@tarosfile) February 21, 2024
With another show set for February 22, it will be interesting to see if fans get any different collaboration stages.
