ITZY turns up Oakland crowd in first Bay Area concert
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Since debuting in 2019, Korean girl group ITZY performed its first show in the Bay Area on Saturday night at Oakland Arena.
Thousands screamed at the top of their lungs as the star quartet* of Yeji, Ryujin, Yuna and Chaeryeong opened the show with “Born To Be,” the title track of their 2024 album.
Within thirty minutes of its set, ITZY performed its biggest hit to date “WANNABE.” The 2020 song is the group’s most-watched music video with more than 545 million views on YouTube
XG headlines first world tour, includes San Francisco stop
”WANNABE” closed out the first act before the show’s first intermission. The second act began with solo performances from each four members — songs all from the “Born To Be” album.
Chaeryeong: “Mine”
Ryujin: “Run Away”
Yuna: “Yet, but”
Yeji: “Crown On My Head”
ITZY closed out its nearly two-and-half-hour set to “Dalla Dalla,” the group’s debut single.
Locals personally welcome ITZY for its first Bay Area show
Despite being on its second world tour, ITZY has yet to perform in the Bay Area — until Saturday. The group’s first tour, “Checkmate World Tour,” only had a Los Angeles show back in 2022.
The East Bay stop is the second in ITZY’s U.S. leg of its “Born to Be World Tour.”
Bay Area ITZY fans have waited for years to see the group perform live. Towards the end of the concert, the group watched personalized video messages from local ITZY fans welcoming them to the region.
“Bay Area Midzy’s (the fanbase’s official name) have waited so long for you,” the video montage read in part.
”Thank you for waiting for us,” Yuna told the crowd through a translator.
”The Oakland (show) was much more than what I expected,” Ryujin said, adding she would love to come back to Oakland.
Five years after debuting, ITZY has since amassed more than 20 million Instagram followers, 9 million YouTube subscribers and 6 million followers on X.
Oakland Arena to host more K-pop concerts this summer
Boy band P1Harmony is set to take the stage next Friday, June 14. Another boy band Ateez is scheduled to perform on July 17. IU will come to Oakland Arena on July 30.
*ITZY’s fifth member Lia did not perform. She is on a hiatus and will not be a participant for the “Born To Be Tour.”
Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.
