Beyond LIVE: SuperM - Beyond the Future

**Beyond LIVE: SuperM - Beyond the Future** is an online concert by the boy group SuperM.

On April 26, 2020, SuperM was the first boy group to perform a online full-sized live concert, a follow-up to their prior sold-out tour in North America as well as an alternative to their indefinitely postponed Japan Tokyo Dome concert due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Concert proper

Live from Seoul, South Korea, they performed songs from their self-titled debut EP including the title track "Jopping". As part of the concert, SuperM premiered a new track titled "호랑이 (Tiger Inside)", revealing their plan for a future comeback in addition to playing a highlight medley of tracks from their upcoming album release. In total, they performed 18 songs including solo, unit and group performances as SuperM and their own regular projects.

The concert lasted two hours, with a turnout of over 75,000 paid live viewers from 109 countries. SM Entertainment girl group Red Velvet members made a surprise appearance in the concert as video called-in audience. Selected audience to ask questions via video chats came from locations abroad, including the U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Thailand. With average ticket price at $US 30, the estimated gross revenue of the concerts from virtual tickets is over $US 2 million.

Technological features for the concerts received widespread attention among entertainment media. Variety magazine remarked that the live show experienced minor lag issues but overall delivered, pointing out that certain features of the concerts cannot be achieved or witnessed at an in-person concert, giving example of a scene in which tigers jumped across the stage during the performance of new track "호랑이 (Tiger Inside)". ABC News shared similar observations, commending the technology-created Tigers that were viable only in a virtual concert setting, in addition highlighting the real-time interaction features, with the audience able to write down messages to the online chat which can be read by the group members, as well as selected viewers given opportunity to ask questions through live video calls. The Hankyoreh described how the stage for "Jopping" transformed into the Colosseum-like structure in which the group members danced on the "circular stadium", giving the members an impression "like gladiators in ancient Rome". The live sync camera filming, with which space is linked with camera walking, is also regarded as a factor contributing to building a more realistic experience for viewers. Internet connection issues during the Q&A sessions with audience however have been noted by media as an area for improvement, with ABC News observing that during the video call session with audience located at different locations abroad, "brief moments of stutters" were experienced as a result of internet connection issues from audience's sites. That said, the opportunity for direct interactions between the boy group and their international fans received warm approval from the press.

The VOD of the concert was released on July 31, 2020.

## Set list

*This page only lists performances that include the WayV members.*

## References

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