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K-pop girl power heading this way

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August 14, 2025

They might not have held a solo concert here before, but their maiden one at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Aug 16 sold out within hours of the tickets' release.

K-pop girl power heading this way

LE SSERAFIM

It is part of their Easy Crazy Hot Tour, which kicked off in Incheon, South Korea, in April and is set to make stops in Asia and North America.

There will be a Le Sserafim pop-up store at Funan mall from Aug 13 to 24 selling items such as official light sticks, photo cards, card holders, ball caps, umbrellas and tumblers.

Debuting in 2022, the quintet consist of Sakura, Kim Chaewon, Huh Yunjin, Kazuha and Hong Eunchae.

Their first studio album Unforgiven (2023) soared to the top of South Korea's Circle Album Chart and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. It also won the Best Album Bonsang at the Golden Disc Awards in 2024.

STAYC The Star Theatre was where Stayc held their first Singapore concert, part of their Teenfresh world tour in 2024. The sextet are returning to the same venue for their Stay Tuned world tour, which started in Seoul in April and has travelled to cities like Osaka and Jakarta.

Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon and J debuted in 2020 with the single album

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