-Our... -Wait.
Finally, the live stage. KCON:TACT!
We are very honored
to be on the opening stage, among many singers.
We wanted to deliver a great performance.
Hello.
It's been so long.
Hello, I am Yves,
the ninth member of LOONA.
I would describe LOONA
as a restaurant with Michelin stars.
All the 12 members of LOONA have different charms and talents:
singing, dancing,
performing and entertaining. So I will say we would hit the spot,
like a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Wow, there are snacks, too.
We have the opening.
-Yes. -Yeah, the opening performance.
We have many spots.
Last time, it was not much.
-I wanted to do more. -Right.
-It'll be fun. -Right.
Yes, I want to see
-others' performances, too. -Right.
I cannot forget the first time we joined KCON.
I remember the huge stage on our first KCON
in LA, in 2019.
We saw our fans in person,
and it was our first concert abroad.
So we have unforgettable memories from KCON.
The cheering...
...it was overwhelming.
It was powerful
like the sea wave,
it was really surprising.
It was full of passion.
We are so happy to be at KCON!
I still can't forget the thrill of shaking hands
with our fans.
It felt like my dreams come true,
so I thought
that I've done well so far.
And I want to say that KCON was the beginning
of LOONA's story.
KCON 2020 JAPAN POSTPONED
It's true that it was quite frustrating.
But to have this opportunity to participate here online
was a blessing,
because we could see Orbit in a long time.
You can see that we have a lot of things on our costumes.
For KCON, we are wearing
these powerful, chic, cool, perfect costumes.
It's all matching in black.
Our stage today will shine glamorously with AR.
We've prepared so many performances for KCON:TACT.
If I were to pick one out of them,
I would pick my opening solo performance.
Standby for now.
Go, HeeJin!
HeeJin is doing the opening solo
for KCON to start.
She's HeeJin of LOONA.
It was quite burdening to perform on stage alone
when I was used to performing as a group.
But I was opening for everyone,
so I felt obliged to do it well.
Because one can say that I am representing LOONA.
It's like 3D.
We couldn't actually see anything on stage,
but there was this cube on the screen
and it was looking like
it was controlling her. That was unbelievable.
Like this...
And then this?
There, you should do this.
-You are turning too much. -Yes.
-I think you should look front. -Okay.
-Remember this part. -I will.
-You'll do fine. -I'm worried I will miss that.
-No, be comfortable. -Okay.
In many of the shots, I have to be in sync with the AR effect.
So when the AR got changed,
we modified our choreography
according to the changes.
We needed to work with each other.
The music changed a bit as well.
So, doing that, it felt like
the AR was a human
that I was working with.
I named him K-CUBE.
The most difficult part
was the moment when the cube was divided in two,
I needed to spread my arms.
But there was no counting 1, 2, 3, 4.
It was not on count,
so I really just needed to follow my instinct.
So at first, that part was really hard.
-How many times did I dance? -When I counted...
I think it was eight times.
-Eight times? -Because there were pauses.
Ah, yes, yes.
So, HeeJin has been concentrating so much on this rehearsal today.
-The neon AR effect was the best. -Thank you.
Since it was really a solo dance,
she looked a bit pressured.
We were all down there worried if she was feeling okay.
So the members were trying to help her and talk to her,
cheer her up.
So I think HeeJin was stressed at first,
but loosened up at the end, no?
It has been about half a year since we've met Orbit.
We didn't get to see them while we were singing "So What,"
so this was special and we enjoyed it more.
Since we are a big group,
it takes a lot of time to dance perfectly in sync.
Even with just 2cm of error,
the formation can get screwed up and we can make mistakes.
So we were filming ourselves to prepare for this KCON,
to be perfect without any error.
I really hoped that this will show on stage,
even just half of it.
Are you sleepy?
Hello.
We are now in our "Cherry Bomb" costume.
Take the costume.
Take it.
-I want to push it. -How much is in there?
500 won, 500 won.
-How much did you make today? -It's only 500 won.
500 won?
You should flick it.
I don't have much.
Once, we actually uploaded a cover video of "Cherry Bomb" online.
It was well received than we thought.
So we wanted to show a proper version of it
as a gift to our fans.
It was the first performance on stage.
Doing the dance moves that seemed to belong only to the boy group,
like lifting
and kicking,
it felt like we were breaking the mold,
as a girl group.
We thought it might be quite unconventional.
-The end! -Now we only have the live one left.
I think I prefer doing the live performance.
It's like, you put everything to it.
It's full of thrill,
like playing a game, it's fun.
I can't wait to go on live.
-Come in. -Okay.
The fact that we were doing the opening was a big burden at first.
But there was no other option
than for us to be focused and to do our best,
so we put everything we've got on it.
It's true that the pressure was there,
we needed to start off well.
But looking at the stage filled even more with AR,
I was satisfied, amazed how great it looked.
The background was,
when we were singing "so what?"
in sync with our gesture,
the AR background was changing.
I was surprised how calculated it was,
it gave me goose bumps.
Although we've performed on many stages
and they had LED backgrounds,
but this was looking more 3-dimensional,
so our performance looked fancier.
And the stage can look small because we are a lot,
but since this stage looked huge, we looked smaller.
I think it was cute,
and we could show more sides of us.
Hello, everyone.
-Hello. -Hello.
Look behind!
To see Orbits, even on screen,
I felt relieved and happy.
It felt like they were watching us from everywhere.
So I was more nervous.
I got emotional.
It has been half a year since we did performance for them.
So I got emotional and excited,
I enjoyed the experience so much.
There were new songs,
"DING DING DONG" and "NUMBER 1".
Different from our usual powerful performances,
it's pure.
You will be able to see our different side.
Because of the order, it was "So What," and then "DING DING DONG."
So we were doing "DING DING DONG" in "So What" costumes.
I thought it would look less cute because of that.
But on the monitor, they prepared backgrounds like amusement park,
so it was looking better than I expected.
I never imagined it.
As we were reaching the chorus, the background changed.
And after the chorus, it changed again.
I was really impressed with the full AR effect that they showed.
"NUMBER 1" was special to me.
The lyrics is a message to Orbit
and these gestures
are symbolizing our moon.
There are many elements to this song,
so it's the most special.
Bye.
We are LOONA.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
We were interacting with our fans,
looking at them dancing and applauding.
Right, I saw them making hearts.
It felt so real, like we were interacting in real time.
Yes, it's true.
That made me more excited.
Like this?
At first, I was like this.
What?
For real,
I was talking to our members recently
about when we would be on a stage with our fans.
We talked a lot about it.
We were missing it so much.
To be on the stage with fans, even online,
I was almost brought to tears.
I am looking forward to seeing our fans.
Even with KCON:TACT 2020,
we couldn't meet in person,
but until the day we meet again,
promise me to wait with a smile.
Bye, I love you.
It's our first time in KCON:TACT.
We are so excited to see our fans.
No, don't take it off.
Look at his face, he's not happy.
Take a little pause, and then move there.
We did another collaborated performance.
PARK-WOOJIN on the right, and PARK-JWAJIN on the left.
We are looking forward to it.
Bye.