Singapore Indoor Stadium July 14 When a group have been around for 19 years and performed in Singapore so many times, how do they keep things fresh? Second-generation K-pop boy band Super Junior pulled this off in their latest tour, deftly using a conceit from many a K-drama – alternate realities. Eight out of the 10 members of the South Korean group were in town on July 14 as part of their Asia concert tour, which kicked off in Seoul in June and has stopped in Bangkok. After Singapore, it will travel to other cities such as Ho Chi Minh, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei.
They last performed here in 2022, also at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. This current tour is an extended chapter of Super Junior’s Super Show tours, which have been running since 2008. During this special project, members can showcase novel concepts and new sides of themselves.
And that they did, grouping members and presenting songs in ways that surprised even their long-time fans. Apart from familiar hits such as Sorry, Sorry (2009) and Devil (2015), here were three alternate realities presented during the 170-minute concert to a sold-out crowd of 7,000. Since their formation in 2005, Super Junior have spawned a number of sub-groups, such as Super Junior-K.
R.Y., Super Junior-T and Super Junior-M.
But audiences might not have expected the unlikely groupings which appeared on July 14. For example, what if leader Leeteuk formed a sub-group with dancing machine Eunhyuk and the suave Donghae? You would get L.E.
D., an.
