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Detailed report released for the first time to commemorate the release of behind-the-scenes footage

Rediscover the charm of STAYC! Playback of Japan's first fan meeting, which was the most fulfilling ever

2023.09.05 20:00

This summer, STAYC held their first fan meeting in Japan, “2023 STAYC FANMEETING ‘SWITH Gelato Factory’ in Japan”. Immediately after returning from Japan, they released the mini-album “TEENFRESH” in Korea and promoted the lead song “Bubble”, which is still fresh in our memories. The girls recently released a behind-the-scenes video of their fan meeting on Japan's official YouTube channel. At this time, the detailed report that had been saved was released on this site for the first time. Let's take a look back at the fan meeting daytime performance held at KT Zepp Yokohama in Kanagawa on July 15th.

STAYC is a six-member girl group consisting of Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, and J. The girls, who are active as a top girl group in Korea, debuted in Japan with "POPPY" in November last year and have released two singles so far. As a solo performance, they held two showcases for each single release, but as the fan meeting was held for the first time, the expectations of the fans only increased.

The fan meeting consisted of singing and a game corner, but this was the first time they sang as many as 10 songs. I was really happy with this volume. The opening began with the title songs "POPPY" and "Teddy Bear -Japanese Ver.-" from the two singles released in Japan. The fans were in high spirits from the start, supporting the song with loud calls, and J said with a smile, "Everyone's voices are loud, and we're in high spirits!"

The title "SWITH Gelato Factory" means a gelato shop for SWITH (a name given to STAYC fans), and the fan meeting proceeds with the concept that the STAYC members are employees who work there. The costume was short, colorful, and all-in-one, like a gelato shop uniform, and it was cute. A gelato shop has actually appeared in the lobby, and Sumin = Berry Berry Strawberry (strawberry flavor), Sieun = Passion Fruit Sherbet (passion fruit flavor), Isa = Blueberry Cheesecake (blueberry yogurt flavor), Seeun = Peach Crush (peach flavor), Yoon = Apple Mint (apple mint flavor), and J = Cotton Candy (yuzu ginger flavor). “Mine is the most delicious!” they said with pride.

During the opening talk, they reported on their current situation with private photos. Isa and Sumin introduced a scene from the dressing room at the Osaka performance, which was held prior to the Yokohama performance. Seeun, J, and Yoon showed photos from when they went to Don Quijote in Osaka. It was a good friend shot of three girls walking in the city of Osaka, but they were holding "taiyaki" in their hands that were not in the photo. And Yoon reportedly “bought Chainsaw Man goods” at Donki. Sumin showed us her Ao Dai costume from her trip to Vietnam, and Yoon showed us the photos taken by her older sister on her family trip, as well as a completely private scene.

The song they performed, calling out to the audience, "Come with us!", was "ASAP -Japanese ver.-", which can be said to be the song that completed STAYC's "TEENFRESH" concept. After singing that song, the game corner started. Since the concept of this fan meeting is a gelato store, the game showdown is to compete for the position of "Best employee" at the gelato store. Yoon, who has created various famous scenes in the game corner of the showcase, looked unsure at first, saying, “Speaking of games, I'm good at them...” but when the game started, she performed with more energy than anyone else.

The first game is "Tablecloth trick". After everyone cleared the stage at the Osaka performance, the table was made smaller to make it more difficult. However the top batter Sumin ignored the handicap and easily cleared the stage, exclaiming, "I found my specialty!" she said triumphantly. There were many twists and turns, including Isa's miraculous feat of not falling when her fork pierced the cloth, and everyone succeeded and became the BEST employee. Fans predict the BEST employee in advance and vote for that member. From those votes, the members who became BEST employees were to be chosen at random to receive an autographed poster. When Yoon looked at the paper she pulled from the lottery box, she said, “Hmm? You're from Korea... Oh, it says Ja-yoon Omma (Yoon's mother) (lol)," She performed a miracle to draw that paper.

Seeun introduced the song in a cute way similar to Anya from the anime “SPY×FAMILY”, saying “It's a song that goes well with summer. I like gelato, I like STAYC, I like SWITH, I LIKE IT!”  Isa asked the fans, "I want you to sing with me." She practiced the English lyrics with her fans, and sang the last part of "I LIKE IT" with her fans.

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The second half, where they appeared in cool pantsuits, began with a corner of the daily cover song. On this day, they performed the boy group EXO's "Love Shot" in a powerful and sexy manner. Sumin said, "Today we will deliver a lot of STAYC's charm in a different atmosphere than a concert, so please enjoy it!" As she said, this might be the first time I've seen such a mature side of STAYC, which has an energetic and cute image... According to J, “KARA and TWICE were also considered for the cover song.” Yoon said, “I also wanted to sing YOASOBI-san’s song” and all members danced one phrase to “Idol” and excited the venue.

The second half of the game is the "MIX song guessing game." Including STAYC's song, K-POP and various genres were mixed and played at the same time, and the name of each song was guessed. Some of them were mixed with Western music and J-POP, so it was quite difficult. Meanwhile, Sieun and Isa got the two correct answers, and Yoon also got the correct answer. When the correct answer of the mixed song was played at the venue, they danced to songs TWICE "TT" produced by their producer Black Eyed Pilseung and songs by K-pop girl groups such as New Jeans "Super Shy", BLACKPINK "Shut Down", LE SSERAFIM "UNFORGIVEN". Seeun, J, and Sumin, who did not give the correct answer, were given a model walk and pose as a punishment game. Even though Yoon got the correct answer, the fans raised their expectations for her, who is the “Queen of the Punishment Game”. Whatever she was, she was an energetic and very active in the game that day.

After taking commemorative photos, Yoon said “I will always cherish the time I spent with SWITH.”, and Seeun said “I will continue to do my best, so please give me lots of love. Let's walk together!” She expressed her feelings, then they greeted the fans with, “That's all, it was STAYC!” and continued with “RUN2U” and “SO BAD”. The performance remained sharp until the end, and the main episode ended with momentum.

When the encore began with a big "STAYC call", they appeared on the stage again and sang "I'LL BE THERE" with waving. They walked around the stage freely, waving to the fans and making eye contact. After singing, "Did you see the message we want to convey to SWITH? Thanks to SWITH", Seeun repeated the words they said on the VTR that was showed before singing. Isa said, "I wanted to spend more time with SWITH, so I was happy for the encore," followed by J, "There are still many things I'm not good at, but SWITH always welcomes me warmly. Thank you very much. We're proud of you." After that, Yoon expressed her gratitude, "I hope SWITH will always be with us, not just what we conveyed in the video."

To counteract the somber atmosphere, Sieun commanded, “This is the last song, so let's get excited~!” and they started singing “STEREOTYPE -Japanese ver.-” and energetically threw autographed colored balls into the audience. After singing, everyone held hands and went to left, right, and center, and bowed their heads deeply, Yoon urges the audience to "shhhhhh" and quiet down. Then she said “Today we truly,” in unison, they expressed their gratitude, saying, “Thank you very much!” and walked off the stage. 

They challenged everything with all their might, performing not only the title song but also cover songs, album songs, and many other songs that would be performed for the first time live in Japan, entertaining us at the game corner with their outstanding variety show skills. That was the first fan meeting. The games were fun, but I realized once again that STAYC's strength is “Singing”. Please come see us at a concert soon!

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