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Taeyeon Concert – The Tense
Asia tour by Taeyeon
Promotional poster of the tour in Seoul, South Korea
LocationAsia
Associated albumTo. X
Letter to Myself
Start dateMarch 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)
End dateJune 7, 2025 (2025-06-07)
Legs1
No. of shows14
Taeyeon concert chronology

The Tense (stylized as TAEYEON CONCERT – The TENSE[1]) is the ongoing sixth concert tour and the second arena tour headlined by South Korean singer Taeyeon, in support of her two EPs To. X (2023) and Letter to Myself (2024).[2] The tour will start on March 7, 2025 in Seoul and will conclude on June 7, 2025 in Hong Kong. The tour consists of fourteen concerts across nine cities and eight countries in Asia. It will be her first solo concert in nearly two years, since The Odd of Love in 2023.[3]

Background

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On January 7, 2025, SM Entertainment announced that Taeyeon would hold her first Asian tour, titled "The Tense", since her previous tour The Odd of Love in 2023. The tour is set to kick off with three consecutive shows at the KSPO Dome in South Korea from March 7 to her birthday on March 9.[4] The tour will also visit Taiwan and the Philippines in the same month, before heading to Indonesia and Macau in April. In May and June, Taeyeon will perform for two nights at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore and Impact Arena in Thailand, before concluding the tour in Hong Kong on June 7.[2] On February 12, SMTown Japan added two more shows in April in Ariake Arena in Japan, bringing the total number of regions she will hold concerts in to nine.[5]

With her show in Taiwan, Taeyeon will become the first foreign singer to headline a concert at the Taipei Dome, the largest indoor-stadium in the country.[a] She will also become the third artist to hold a concert at Taipei Dome, following Taiwanese artists Jay Chou and A-Mei.[8][9] She will also become the first South Korean soloist to hold a concert at Indonesia Arena, which is the largest indoor arena in Indonesia.[10]

Commercial performance

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Ticket sales

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The ticket sales for the concerts in Seoul were split into a fan club pre-sale and a general sale. The fan club pre-sale will begin on January 14, 2025 while the general sale will begin January 16. Online reservations can be made on Melon Ticket. All tickets are priced ₩154,000.[1][11] On January 15, SM Entertainment announced that all tickets for her 3-day concert in Seoul were sold out through the pre-sale for fanclub members on January 14.[12] On February 7, SM Entertainment announced on Weverse that the organizer would add more seats with obstructed views for all three shows in Seoul.[13]

On February 8, Farglory Creative Taiwan recorded over tens of thousands people accessing the ticketing website at the same time, all tickets for the show at Taipei Dome were sold out in seconds.[14] On February 14, Farglory Creative Taiwan announced that the organizer would add 20 zones of seats with obstructed views for the show in Taipei Dome.[15] On February 17, SM Entertainment announced that the additional obstructed-view seats for her three concert dates at KSPO Dome and one concert date at Taipei Dome had all been sold out, respectively.[16]

The concerts in Seoul were attended by more than 30,000 people,[17] including Red Velvet's Seulgi, Got7's BamBam, Mamamoo's Solar and Moonbyul, Ive's Liz, Hanhae, P.O, Jaejae, Lami and Seungheon.[18]

Promotion

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To celebrate Taeyeon's 10th solo debut anniversary and promote the tour, her live performance at KSPO Dome in Seoul on March 8 will be exclusive broadcast live viewing at 17 Megabox movie theaters in South Korea and various international theaters, including in Japan's Live Viewing, Taiwan's Vieshow Cinemas, Thailand's Paragon Cineplex, Indonesia's CGV Cinemas, Singapore's Golden Village, Malaysia's Golden Screen Cinemas, Hong Kong's Broadway Circuit, Emperor Cinemas and MCL Cinemas.[19] The live viewing will be screened with integrated Dolby Cinema and Dolby Atmos auditoriums.[20][21][22] Meanwhile, the performance in Seoul on March 9 was simultaneously live-streamed via the global platforms Weverse and Beyond Live.[23]

Set list

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The following set list is from the concert on March 7, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea, and is not intended to represent all shows throughout the tour.

  1. "Fabulous"
  2. "I"
  3. "Letter to Myself"
  4. "Blue Eyes"
  5. "Make Me Love You"
  6. "Heaven"
  7. "Hot Mess"
  8. "Cold As Hell"
  9. "INVU"
  10. "My Tragedy"
  11. "Melt Away"
  12. "To. X"
  13. "What Do I Call You"
  14. "Weekend"
  15. "Stress"
  16. "Why"
  17. "Baram X 3"
  18. "Four Seasons"
  19. "Disaster"
  20. "Ending Credits"
  21. "Time Lapse"
  22. "All For Nothing"
  23. "Blur"

Encore:

  2. "Curtain Call"
  3. "U R"

Tour dates

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Concert dates[24][5]
Date City Country Venue Attendance
March 7, 2025 Seoul South Korea KSPO Dome  30,000[17]
March 8, 2025
March 9, 2025
March 16, 2025 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Dome  —
March 29, 2025 Pasay[b] Philippines SM Mall of Asia Arena  —
April 12, 2025 Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Arena —
April 19, 2025 Tokyo Japan Ariake Arena —
April 20, 2025
April 26, 2025 Macau China Venetian Arena —
May 3, 2025 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium —
May 4, 2025
May 31, 2025 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena —
June 1, 2025
June 7, 2025 Hong Kong China AsiaWorld–Arena —
Total N/A

Personnel

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  • Artist: Taeyeon
  • Tour organizers: SM Entertainment, CJ ENM,[11] SM True (Thailand), Farglory Creative (Taiwan),[9] YJ Partners (Taiwan),[25] On The Line (Japan),[26] Dyandra Global Edutainment (Indonesia),[27] PULP Live World (Philippines)[28] Sunny Side Up Entertainment (Hong Kong & Macau), Rolemodel Entertainment Group (Hong Kong & Macau), Chessman Entertainment (Macau), and iME Entertainment (Singapore).[29][30]
  • Ticketing partners: Melon Ticket (South Korea), TixCraft (Taiwan), Lokét (Indonesia), SM Tickets (Philippines), Ticket Board (Japan), Cotai Ticketing (Macau), Damai.cn (Hong Kong & Macau), Bookyay (Macau), Ticketmaster (Singapore), All Ticket by 7-Eleven (Thailand) and Cityline Ticketing (Hong Kong).

Footnotes

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Show details

  1. ^ Taipei Dome is the largest indoor venue in Taiwan.[6][7]
  2. ^ Labelled as Manila in promotional material.

References

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  8. ^ 快訊／韓星第一人！「精靈女王」太妍3／16唱進大巨蛋 海外首場寵台粉 [News/The number one Korean star! "Elf Queen" Taeyeon sang in the Dome's first overseas performance on 16/3 to pamper Taiwanese fans]. ETtoday (in Chinese (Taiwan)). January 7, 2025. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025. 台北大巨蛋自啟用，台灣歌手先是周杰倫、張惠妹接續站上該場地，成為不少歌手的夢幻殿堂，韓星首位登上該場地的人，自然成為各界注目焦點，如今答案出爐。少女時代隊長太妍將在3月16日來到台北大巨蛋開唱，主辦方「遠雄創藝」稍早也轉發官宣訊息，「信聽太妍即將要來臺北大巨蛋開唱了」，證實該消息。 [Since the opening of the Taipei Big Dome, Taiwanese singers Jay Chou and A-Mei have successively performed at the venue, making it the dream hall for many singers. The first Korean star to perform at the venue naturally became the focus of attention from all walks of life, and now the answer is revealed. Girls' Generation leader Taeyeon will be performing at Taipei Big Dome on March 16. The organizer, Farglory Creative, also forwarded the official announcement earlier, "It is believed that Taeyeon will be performing at Taipei Big Dome soon. ", confirming the news.]
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  15. ^ Chen Yalan (February 14, 2025). 太妍大巨蛋演唱會「加開」20區座位！5種價碼都能選 其中4區有雷 [Taeyeon's Taipei Dome concert "adds" 20 zones of seats! 5 price tags are available, 4 of which have hidden dangers]. NowNews (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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