It turned the venue into a playground and then ended — Young K's 'YOUNGEST'
Three nights of encores closed out the solo tour.
In three lines
- DAY6's Young K has wrapped the solo tour 'YOUNGEST'.
- Three nights of encore shows were held in Incheon.
- The staging turned the venue into something like a playground.
This run
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist | Young K (DAY6) |
| Tour | Solo tour 'YOUNGEST' |
| Closing | Incheon encore, three nights |
| Staging | Venue built as a playground |
| Notable | Encore replaced some stretches from the main show |
Young K said, "I poured my whole heart into this run", and credited the fandom for making the stage possible.
Putting the main show back into the encore
This encore reportedly placed some stretches of the main show back in. That isn't the usual approach for an encore.
An encore normally assumes people who saw the main show. So you change the setlist, add something new, or at minimum shuffle the order — repeat the same thing and there's nothing left for someone attending twice.
Put a stretch back in unchanged, though, and a different effect appears. For anyone who missed the main show it becomes a first time; for anyone who didn't, it becomes the same scene seen again on another night. For repetition not to cost you, that stretch has to be strong enough to survive being repeated.
Why the title is a superlative
'YOUNGEST' means the youngest. For a member of a group past its tenth year, it's an inverted thing to put on a solo tour.
A superlative brings a comparison with it. Youngest compared to what is the question — it could mean position within the group, or it could mean that now is the earliest point. Read the second way, it says the road ahead is longer.
Building the venue as a playground attaches to that reading. A playground is a space for the younger side.
If you're waiting on the next one
The tour is finished. Official notices are the accurate place to wait for what comes next.
If you go looking for reviews, note which of the three nights each one is from. When an encore rearranges stretches of the main show, impressions can split by date.
My bag's already packed.
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- 1.[연예 매체 종합] DAY6 영케이, 솔로 투어 'YOUNGEST' 성료 ↗
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