BABYMONSTER Sets New Record with 150K Fans on First Japan Tour

Apr 21, 2025

YG's new girl group Baby Monster ended its first Japanese tour by setting a new record of 150,000 spectators in the shortest period of the K-pop girl group tour in Japan.

On the 19th and 20th, Baby Monster held the '2025 BABYMONSTER 1st WORLD TOUR IN JAPAN' at Fukuoka International Center, marking a spectacular finale of the tour with fans filling the venue.

As it was the last performance of the Japanese tour, the opening was full of cheers and chants. Baby Monster showed off its live performance skills in full bloom, ranging from a parade of hits such as 'DRIP'SHEESH', to a solo stage and a cover stage of 2NE1, and the members had a gift-like time thanks to the Monstise (fandom name). I will work harder to become a proud artist."

The first Japanese tour, originally planned with an audience of 100,000, has repeatedly expanded its scale with high demand from the audience. At the request of fans who couldn't get tickets, they even opened limited viewing seats and standing tickets. In the case of K-Arena Yokohama Kanagawa, one performance was added urgently, and it was even broadcast live online for the first time on the tour.

Industry officials said it is very rare to hold an arena-level tour even before its official debut in the country, and praised it as a testament to a steep rise in popularity. In fact, Baby Monster drew 150,000 people, more than three times higher than last year's fan meeting tour, setting a new record of the shortest number of audiences for a K-pop girl group.

Unusually as a rookie, he has renewed his high interest by launching relay pop-up stores to commemorate the tour around the country. On top of that, it has made clear achievements from steadily growing album sales, long-term dominance of music charts, recall of terrestrial music programs, collaboration with Google Pixel, and 'Sony Park 展 2025'Part2.

Local media also paid attention. It rushed to report on the true records set by this tour and the popularity of these performances, and it was also broadcast on the Japanese terrestrial morning information program, proving their enormous influence in the Japanese music market.

After successfully completing its Japan tour as part of the '2025 BABYMONSTER 1st WORLD TOUR ', Baby Monster will move to Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei. The newly added North American performances will take place in the Rosemont, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Oakland and Seattle regions, starting with Toronto in August.

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