Okay-pop boyband with Vietnamese member brings warmth to HCMC pageant

TEMPEST, the headliner of the pageant, carried out for the primary time in Vietnam following the invitation of musician Huy Tuan, the director of HOZO. The group got here to HCMC someday earlier than the principle occasion and noticed tons of of followers ready on the airport. Their seventh member Hwarang was injured and couldn’t go to Vietnam.

The group carried out a sequence of hits like “Vroom Vroom”, “Harmful”, “Can’t Cease Shining”, and “Style the Feeling”. Member Hyeongseop mentioned town “appears like house” with the help of 1000’s of followers.

Hanbin, actual identify Ngoc Hung (C), is a Vietnamese member of the group. His identify was continually chanted by the followers. The 25-year-old mentioned he was proud to carry out within the first present in his hometown as a Okay-pop artist.
His breakthrough got here in 2020 when he participated within the actuality present I-Land of Large Hit Leisure, the administration firm of celebrity group BTS. After that, he joined Yuehua Leisure as a trainee and have become one in all seven members of TEMPEST.

Hanbin wore the Vietnamese conical hat on stage. He mentioned earlier than the present that TEMPEST loved Vietnamese delicacies like bun cha (rice vermicilli with grilled pork) pho and banh xeo (scorching pancakes).

On the finish of the present, the group mentioned they hoped to see Vietnamese followers once more at a live performance with all seven members.
TEMPEST was the primary alternative of the organizers for the occasion as a result of there’s a Vietnamese star within the group. They debuted in 2022 with their prolonged play “It is Me, It is We”, which was chosen by Billboard as one of many 25 greatest Okay-pop albums of the 12 months.

The pageant additionally featured different native acts like Van Mai Huong (R), My Anh, Erik and Vu Thao My.
This 12 months’s HOZO Tremendous Fest takes place on Dec. 22-24 with the slogan “From Ho Chi Minh Metropolis with Love”. The occasion was community-based and was free to enter.