ENHYPEN's 'BLOOD SAGA' Performance Left Seattle Fans Drunk-Dazed for Jay’s Hometown Returnold
By Kpop News
ENHYPEN wrapped up the South and North American legs of their world tour—including a stop in member Jay’s hometown—weeks ahead of the release of their mini-album, ‘THE SIN: BLISS’.
Last month, the oldest member of ENHYPEN
got to return to his U.S. home state for a performance after two years away from home. In an interview with Fox 13 Seattle, he reflected on his return, saying, “It’s been two years, but the time flies really fast for us, so I didn’t realize it was that long. It’s great to be back home.” ENHYPEN
is a six-member boy group who debuted on November 30, 2020 after being formed through the survival show ‘I-Land’. Since then, they’ve captivated fans with their vampire concept and lore as well as their powerful performances. Despite the departure of their previous oldest member, Lee Heeseung, earlier this year, ENHYPEN
underwent a brand renewal and has come back better than ever. With their fourth world tour (‘BLOOD SAGA’) which kicked off this May in Seoul, they’ve just concluded their leg around the Americas. In the first part of the leg, ENHYPEN
got to perform for South American ENGENE (the name for their fans) for the first time last month in July. While only having three stops across Brazil, Peru, and Mexico, ENHYPEN
gave proof of their increasing international acclaim. They sold out all 41,000 seats at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, and had to add two additional concert dates in Mexico City due to rapid sell-outs during presales, truly painting a picture of ENHYPEN
’s growing international popularity. [may be helpful to include the 'BLOOD SAGA' world tour poster with the caption: The ‘BLOOD SAGA’ ENHYPEN
World Tour tour-date poster, originally posted to Weverse on March 30. Not pictured are the Busan tour dates that were added in a separate announcement on June 28.] From South America, the tour moved to the United States for seven concerts across California, Texas, Washington State, and Nevada. A highlight of these shows was their current oldest member Jay
’s hometown concert. On July 26th, ENHYPEN
performed for the second time at the Tacoma Dome in Washington State, a little over two years since Jay
’s first hometown show. At the venue, he sported the baseball cap and jersey of his favorite hometown team, the Seattle Seahawks, his Seattle pride on display. It was clearly a special show—Jay
stated toward the end that “Every time, it feels so…good.” After concluding the North American leg in Las Vegas on August 1st and following two shows in Busan over the weekend of August 8th, ENHYPEN
will pause the tour until October, when they’ll be headed to Macau. ‘BLOOD SAGA’ comes just ahead of the group’s comeback with their 8th mini-album, ‘THE SIN: BLISS’, which is set to release on August 21st at 1:00 PM KST (12:00 AM ET). It acts as a continuation from their previous concept album, ‘THE SIN: VANISH’, which was released in January of this year. ‘THE SIN: VANISH’ tells the story of a vampire and their human lover on the run from vampire society due to their taboo relationship. The album weaves together narration and music that both entertains and tells a story, something fans have eagerly used to continue building theories around the group’s lore. This is something that their youngest member, Ni-Ki
, mentioned in the shoot sketch of ‘THE SIN: BLISS’ trailer vol.1, which was posted to ENHYPEN
’s YouTube channel last week on August 1st. “ENGENE, you’ll enjoy linking this to the storylines from our past albums and coming up with your own theories, so watch this one closely too.” With fan theories already building online, it's clear ENHYPEN
has a lot more they're ready to give ENGENE in this new era—and if the teaser is any indication, ‘THE SIN: BLISS’ will only deepen the lore they’ve spent years piecing together.