acid reflects

Just came from the special screening of Kpop boy band Tomorrow X Together’s virtual mini-concert Hyperfocus, presented by Ayala Malls Cinemas.

In Tagalog we would call this “BITIN!” (incomplete, short, not enough) but in a positive way. It’s quite an enjoyable virtual mini-concert experience featuring some of TXT’s greatest hits.

It’s quite like one of those “KCON featured-artist specials” during the pandemic when people watched Kpop concerts online and the visuals were band members in lavish virtual computer-generated sets. Or in this case as if one is transported inside their music videos and the boys are literally right in front of you. Plus a lengthy backstage behind the scenes of the VR production after the performances.

The show began with the lively Sugar Rush Ride, then a dreamy sequence transported us to Magic Island. My favorite performance from the show followed next in a grungy street set for the show-stopping energetic Good Boy Gone Bad. Tinnitus was er, “revealing” especially for those with Taehyun biases, and then the show ends in Deja Vu. The band members hold a brief “interaction” at the beginning, middle and end of the show. After the Behind The Sccnes (I’m avoiding using three letters there), TXT performs the colorful MOA Diary dedicated to their loyal fans as a fitting finale to the show.

But the entire show could’ve added three to five more songs, considering that the band already has several albums in their discography. Where’s Anti-Romantic? 0x1=Lovesong? Their debut Crown? I mean, if we’re talking greatest hits and fan favorites.

Subtitles could’ve also helped the intermission chitchat be better appreciated by non-speakers of Korean. It wasn’t a deal breaker, but would’ve been nicer to have understood everything they said, instead of grasping at the few words and phrases I’ve picked up through years of listening to Kpop.

Overall very fun and enjoyable with fantastic performances and colorful VR-visuals (although in the Philippines, the show is in no-glasses 4DX) but a bit short and quick. Hyperfocus definitely would easily leave MOAs wanting for much more from these very talented gents from Big Hit.

#TXT #Tomorrow_x_Together Hyperfocus is in Philippine Cinemas January 15.

(Images courtesey of Ayala Malls Cinemas)