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MAMAMOO Lights Up Kuala Lumpur with Explosive Performance on World Tour

Sunday, February 19, 2023

On February 12, 2023, Korean girl group MAMAMOO brought their world tour "MY CON" to Malaysia for their first ever solo concert in the country. It was the group's second time performing in Malaysia, their first being at the K-Wave 2 Music Festival in 2017.

The four members, Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa, started the show with their powerful song "1,2,3 Eoi!", a powerful track with infectious beats that immediately had the crowd on their feet. They followed up with "Mr. Ambiguous" before pausing to greet their Malaysian fans. Hwasa said, "It’s been so long since we are back in Malaysia," while Wheein added, "We came here because you guys are waiting for us! Please maintain your hot atmosphere till the end!"

The concert continued with a medley of "Um Oh Ah Yeah" "Freaking Shoes" "New York" and "Dingga," which kept the crowd energized. The atmosphere heated up even further with energetic performances of "Emotion", "Funky", and "You're the Best".

During the ment time, the group took a moment to interact with their fans, asking them to wave their lightsticks MOOMOOBONG together. Moonbyul expressed the group's gratitude for their fans' unwavering support, stating, "Your love for our songs just keeps increasing, so we arranged the songs to enable you to listen to as much as possible. We still have so many songs to perform! Please cheer for us loudly!"

The night continued with performances of "AYA", "ILLELA" "Taller Than You" and "MUMUMUMUCH". The highlight of the concert was when each member performed a solo song by another member, including "Watercolor", "Eclipse", "Honey" and "Twit". The group then came together to perform their individual solo tracks: "Spit it Out", "Make Me Happy", "Lunatic" and "Maria". MAMAMOO demonstrated their vocal prowess during heartfelt renditions of "Paint Me", "I Love Too" and "Star Wind Flower Sun".

The concert reached an emotional peak when the fans surprised the group with a special video tribute. The night also featured a special celebration for Solar's birthday, with the group learning and using Malaysian slang words like "ALAMAK" and "WALAO WEI" throughout the show.

Relive the event here:

More surprise event! Happy birthday to SOLAR 🤣🌸 they said WALAO WEI there are a lot of Moomoo 😂

#MAMAMOO #MAMAMOOinKL #MAMAMOOinMY #MYCONinKL #MAMAMOO_WORLDTOUR pic.twitter.com/zeriaTTpOA
— GOKPOP (@goKPOP) February 11, 2023

MAMAMOO continued the concert with their hit songs "Décalcomanie", "HIP", "Egotistic", and "gogobebe" before the final ment. The members expressed their gratitude to their Malaysian fans, stating that they would never forget their warm welcome and promising to come back to Malaysia soon. "We will not forget the Moomoo here and we will come back again!", promised Solar. "Every stage is important to us, and I don't care if my body breaks. I will perform my best, even if my body will ache tomorrow. We will come back again to reward you", said Hwasa. The concert ended with the emotional performances of "Starry Night" and "Wind Flower", after which the fans kept shouting for an encore."

The group returned for an encore, performing "Travel" and other tracks, to the delight of their fans. As the night came to a close, the members expressed their appreciation for their fans, saying, "Thanks for all the love you guys gave us! We only have the final stage, please enjoy it to the last!" As the night drew to a close, MAMAMOO graced the stage one last time with their electrifying performances of "L.I.E.C" and "Um Oh Ah Yeah".

Thanks to Trumpet International for inviting us to this remarkable concert experience.

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iKON, Mamamoo, Momoland, (G)I-DLE and more Are Coming to Malaysia on 1 Sep for Wkndfest Vol.1: KPOP Edition!

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

The first line-up for Wkndfest Vol.1: K-POP Edition has been unveiled. Wkndfest, the up and coming event organiser announces iKON, Mamamoo, Momoland and G(I)-DLE will be featured in the festival taking place on 1st September at Axiata Arena.

Wkndfest Vol.1: K-POP Edition Details:

Seating Plan

Date: 1 September 2019 (Sunday)
Time: 2PM - 11PM
Venue: Axiata Arena
Ticket Price: RM888 (CAT 1), RM788 (CAT 2), RM758 (CAT 3), RM538 (CAT 4), RM488 (CAT 5), RM358 (CAT 6)
Online sales: 12 June 2019, 1PM @ myticket.asia

Performers: iKON, Mamamoo, Momoland and G(I)-DLE

Line up: iKON

Line up: MAMAMOO

Line-up: (G)I-DLE

Line up: MOMOLAND

About Wkndfest
Founded in December 2018, WkndFest is created to provide the ultimate live music experience focusing on a specific genre each time wanting to create a tailored experience for music lovers everywhere.

The brainchild of Khairul Anwar, Amirul Hafiz and Shahrin Kamaruzaman; Wkndfest came to life with the sole purpose of bringing together music lovers from all around Malaysia to enjoy live music events from different genres every year. Making this the first instalment of Wkndfest’s music experience, the genius trio are already working towards launching 3 Wkndfest series by 2020 focusing on K-Pop, Hip-Hop and Pop.

“As music lovers ourselves, we were inspired to organise quarterly music events with a focus on different genres each so we could touch various music communities. It’s the embodiment of an exhilarating atmosphere where these hardcore supporters come together and catch their favourite artists under one roof making it the ultimate music experience.” said Khairul Anwar, Wkndfest Managing Director.

Bringing these well-known music groups together as part of the first installment of the Wkndfest experience was an intentional move by the Wkndfest founders having experienced and observed the intensity of a K-Pop environment themselves.

“We can’t think of a better genre to start our first WkndFest event than with K-pop as we’ve seen an immense interest and following over the years. Having been inspired by the passion of K-Pop fans and how incredible it’s being embraced internationally, we thought it the genre represented the current trend of today’s music.” said Amirul Hafiz, Wkndfest Executive Director.

With plans to release more artist lineups, Wkndfest will announce ot within the next couple of months to ensure that Malaysians and K-Pop fans around the Southeast Asia region have an unparalleled moment with their favourite performers.

“We’re excited to have the opportunity to bring down as many talented artists from South Korea for our first ever Wkndfest event. Definitely the first of many to come.” said Shahrin Kamaruzaman, Operation Director.

For more information about the event, check out Wkndfest Facebook page or official website.

2019 Mamamoo Asia Fan Meeting in Singapore

MAMAMOO concludes their Asia Fan Meeting Tour [HELLO! MOOMOO] in Singapore

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Almost 5 years into their debut, MAMAMOO finally holds their first fan meeting in Singapore on 27 April 2019! The last leg of their Asia fan meeting tour; Hwa Sa, Moon Byul, Solar and Whee In swept the 2500-seated audience off their feet with their breathtaking vocals and on-stage charisma.

Dressed in eye-catching, shimmering outfits, the quartet kicked off the Saturday night at Zepp@BigBox with Egoistic, followed by Wind Flower. During the first ment, the members introduced themselves with their trademark harmonizing, showing their undeniable chemistry. Solar was pleasantly surprised by the huge turnout, and expressed "We're sad that we didn't come earlier".

The ladies then took things slower with soothing R&B ballad Better Than I Thought, then lit up the atmosphere again with No More Drama. Finally it's time to interact with the audience - four lucky Moomoos were chosen to go onstage to play games with the members!

For the "Guess the Song" game, the four members were split into two teams - Solar and Moon Byul in Team Mama, and Whee In and Hwa Sa in Team Moo. After the girls personally picked the lucky fans and went to their respective teams, the game commenced with everyone fighting intensely to win. In the end, Team Mama emerged as the winner whereas Team Moo had to do a cute penalty - the "Backpack Kid" dance! All in all, the lucky Moomoos thoroughly enjoyed themselves and much to everyone's envy, each Moomoo even took a selfie with MAMAMOO themselves.

The next segment was Moomoo Tree; where the members had to fulfill fans' wishes by picking one post-it wish each. Moon Byul sang and danced to TVXQ's Before U Go, Solar serenaded the audience with a song, Whee In brought fan service to another level by doing a sexy dance with Moon Byul, and ended with Hwa Sa's powerful rapping. Steady lah!

Immersing the crowd with their beautiful vocals once again, the girl crushes performed hits such as I Love Too, Star Wind Flower Sun, Starry Night, Gogobebe and Yes I Am. The fan meeting concluded with a sweet VCR made by Singapore Moomoos, and even a dak-bal (chicken feet) cake for birthday girl Whee In!

The ladies performed their final touches with Decalcomanie, Waggy and Um Oh Ah Yeh, where they even pulled off beautiful traditional Kerbayas. With these costumes, coupled with the influx of Singlish, MAMAMOO definitely left a deep impression on local Moomoos' hearts with these touches of our Singaporean culture. We're sure every attendee was brimming with joy and content as they ended off their April with these four talented girls!

We would like to thank Wowstar Entertainment for the invitation.

2019 Mamamoo Asia Fan Meeting

MAMAMOO Asia Fan Meeting 2019 in Singapore

Thursday, April 11, 2019

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Exclusive on JOOX: Catch BTS, TWICE, WANNA ONE, RED VELVET and more on 2018 Soribada Best K-Music Awards

Monday, August 27, 2018

Great news just keeps on coming for K-Pop fans in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand! JOOX, Asia’s most popular music streaming app, is exclusively bringing you Soribada Best K-Music Awards (SOBA), up-close and in the comfort of your home this August.

Celebrating its second year, SOBA recognizes the best and most popular K-Pop artists and songs throughout the year, with fans voting for their favorite idols for the awards. This year’s event features a star-studded K-Pop idol group lineup including BTS, TWICE, Wanna One, MAMAMOO, MONSTA X, AOA, Red Velvet, NCT127, Bolbbalgan4, NU'EST W and Momoland.

This year’s SOBA gets the K-pop fever even hotter with the exclusive livestream on JOOX, on August 30 afternoon (6 PM KST).

JOOX’s 2018 SOBA live streaming schedules are as below:

Hong Kong and Malaysia – 5PM local time
Indonesia and Thailand – 4PM local time

Join the much-awaited celebration and cheer for your favorite pop chart-toppers! RSVP now to add this must-watch show to your live schedule page!

Unable to watch the action live? Fans can replay the show free via video-on-demand and exclusively on JOOX for three months ongoing until November 30, 2018, with optional English subtitles provided together with additional highlights on the red-carpet session and interviews with your favorite artists!

Poshu Yeung, Vice President of Tencent IBG, said, “The recent livestreams showcasing the best K-Pop treats, including the Melon Music Awards (MMA), Seoul Music Awards, BTS Comeback show, KCON and more, offered exciting music entertainment experiences to JOOX users and Hallyu lovers across Asia. With this year’s SOBA, we are proud to continue being a leader in bridging K-pop fans globally, staying true to our commitment to keeping the K-pop fever burning with more experiences for JOOX users.”

Stay tuned for more exciting exclusive livestreaming K-pop experiences! To enjoy your favorite K-Pop music and live performances anytime, anywhere, download JOOX from either the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, or access the JOOX website.

source: JOOX

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7 KPOP Idol Groups Headlined the 1-Night KWAVE2 + KWAVE3 1st Line-up: MONSTA X

Thursday, February 08, 2018

K-WAVE2 Music Festival (KWAVE2), one of the largest K-pop Music Festival in Malaysia organised by MacpiePro has successfully drawn more than 10,000 fans filling the sold-out venue, Stadium Merdeka on 13 January 2018. Following the mega-success of KWAVE2, a brand new K-WAVE 3 Music Festival is coming this year with first line-up announcement, Monsta X.

Back to the all-star line-up KWAVE2 which a total of 7 Kpop idol groups - Super Junior, Girls' Generation's TAEYEON, NU'EST W, MAMAMOO, HALO, Tahiti and A.C.E were all together in Malaysia and headlined the 1-night K-WAVE 2 Music Festival.

The talented rookie group, A.C.E took the stage with their energetic opening dance and continued with "Cactus" and "Callin" performances.

A.C.E, a group of 5 members visited Malaysia for the first time amazed the fans with their outstanding performances. Their rock version of BLACKPINK's "Playing with Fire" has received lots of applause.

A.C.E singing to Blackpink’s Playing With Fire 😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #KWAVE2MusicFestival pic.twitter.com/F7QJttbFwC

— gokpop (@goKPOP) January 13, 2018

Before KWAVE2, we managed to have a quick chat with A.C.E and talked about their recent participation in the survival programs 'MIXNINE' and 'The Unit'. Check out the interview HERE.

After A.C.E's opening set, the lovely girl group, TAHITI appeared in the sky blue uniform outfits and performed "Phone Number", "Oppa You're Mine" and "Skip". The fans were surprised when TAHITI's Ari revealed her elder brother is currently lives in Malaysia and working as a tour guide!

The shining 6 members boy group, HALO appeared up next and heated the stadium with their debut track 'Fever'. HALO expressed their happiness for being able to perform in Malaysia and not forgetting to thank the fans for the continuous support.

Asides, HALO greeted fans at the Meet & Greet held on the next day of KWAVE2 at NU Sentral. Member Ooon was filled with happiness during the day as Malaysia fans prepared a birthday surprise for him.

Malaysian fans giving the birthday boy OOON a surprise celebration! #HALO #kwave2musicfestival 💛 pic.twitter.com/yLMuBrAoD8

— gokpop (@goKPOP) January 14, 2018

The temperature shot up when TAEYEON's VCR played on the screen. TAEYEON shared her mix feelings during the talk session and said it was actually difficult for her to come due to her personal reasons. But thanks to fans who gave her strength, she felt better and able to perform and meet the fans. TAEYEON pulled the heartstrings of most of us during 'I', '11:11' and 'Fine' performances.

Her emotional yet powerful voice melted our hearts. The atmosphere changed when TAEYEON cracked up after listening to the translator translating into English.

"I thought the translation will be in Malay but it's in English. I would have prepared something in English if I knew earlier!" - TAEYEON.

Although greetings in English was not prepared but TAEYEON's version of 'Apa Khabar Sayang KL' and 'Aku Cinta Pada Mu' would definitely cheer you up. Check out her adorable greetings in Malay:

TAEYEON then ended her solo stage with 'Make Me Love You' and 'Hands On Me'. Before leaving the stage, TAEYEON expressed her wish to return to Malaysia for a concert. (ps: please return soon as we know Malaysian SONEs are eagerly waiting for it!)

NU'EST W who shined the most in 2017 returned to Malaysia and performed our all-time favourite song 'Hello'. The 4 members can't hide their excitement by sharing their thought on returning to Malaysia.

The fans were impressed by their ability in speaking in different languages - Korean, English, Malay and Mandarin. Aron, the English speaker was seen interacted with the fans in English all the time. However, Baekho, the Chinese speaker of the day, showed off his Mandarin skills "We miss you, did you miss us?" in Mandarin. Ren then received the loudest response from the crowd when he shouted "Malaysia Sayang".

MAMAMOO wowed the audiences with powerful vocals when performing 'Yes I Am' and 'Decalcomanie'. Their vocals with well-blended harmonies made the fans went wild chanting for them. While indulging in MAMAMOO's powerful performances, fans were worried about Solar at the same time, as she was seen seated throughout the performances due to her back injury. Solar even apologised to the fans as she was not able to show her best. (ps: Solar, get well soon!) This was MAMAMOO first visit and so Hwasa thanked the fans for supporting them although this was their first time in Malaysia.

Malaysia frequent visitor - Super Junior returned as 7 members and took the stage with the never get bored, 'Sorry Sorry'. This was Super Junior first overseas performance after Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon discharged from the military and re-joined the group. The venue was filled with Sapphire Blue lightsticks as soon as Super Junior appeared on stage with the black and white suits.

Super Junior never failed to bring laughter to the audiences. Check out the members showing their 'creative' way speaking in Malay. Leader, Lee Teuk even took out his phone and started to show off his Malay language skills.

To our surprise, not only group performances there are also solo and sub-unit stages. Donghae and Eunhyuk reunited as Super Junior D&E and performed 'Oppa Oppa' & 'Growing Pain'.

The lead vocalist, Yesung, however, serenaded the audiences with 'Here I Am'.

Super Junior then ended the night with their latest track 'Black Suit'. Asides, what's more exciting when Super Junior teased about their return for Super Show 7? "Treat this performance as a preview of Super Show 7 in Malaysia", said Super Junior. (ps: ELF will be waiting for Malaysia stop, so please return as promised ><)

Let's rewind what happened during the night:

*photo & video credit to Macpie Pro

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What We Know About K-WAVE 2 MUSIC FESTIVAL in MALAYSIA So Far

Friday, October 13, 2017

*updated on 31st october 2017*.

1. K-Wave 2 Music Festival is a mega K-pop music festival featuring a massive lineup of SEVEN acts and attractive deals that will make look forward to the new year!

2. Organised by MacpiePro, the highly anticipated K-Wave 2 Music Festival brought to you by Mcalls is set to make a comeback on 13 January 2018 (Saturday, 8pm) at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

3. Door opens from 3.30pm onwards. The event is split into 2 sessions with the first session from 3.30pn to 7.00pm for game activities. The concert then starts from 8.00pm onwards.

Yes, the festival will integrate fun and myriad interactive activities and games for festival-goers to participate with their purchased entry pacjages to enter the venue before the shows kick off.

4. The ticket package prices start at as low as RM34 to RM498, and it comes with a Mcalls Y33 Sim Package. What a deal!

*Malaysian aged 15-17 (Born in the year of 2000 to 2002) is entitled to ONE Youth Zone Alpha Package at RM34, consists of a Youth Zone tickets and Mcalls Y33 SIM Pack with processing fee.

5. Sale will start on 3rd November 2017. More details to be released soon.

6. There will be SEVEN performing acts in total. Current confirm artists: SUPER JUNIOR, NUEST W, TAEYEON, MAMAMOO, A.C.E , TAHITI and HALO!

7. The other four line up will be announced *THIS* week (all has been announced as per 31st October 2017). ONE OF THEM IS A LEGEND; ANOTHER ONE IS A FEMALE SOLO ARTIST.

8. Hint: There are more boy groups than girl groups... hehehehe.

FAQ:

Q: If I'm aged 15-17, can i purchase other zones other than Youth Zone?

A: Yes, You can.

Q: Is there queue number for Rock Zone?

A: No, there is no queue number for rock zone tickets. Game and activities session starts 3.30pm to 7.00pm, fans can enter by 3.30pm.

Q: Do I still need to purchase another sim card package if I am already existing Mcalls user?

A: Existing active simcard users will get a RM30 waiver from the entry price (except for Alpha Youth Zone tickets)

Q: Is there online ticketing?
A: Yes, there will be. Ticketing details will be released soon.

Q: Is there any walk in purchase?
A: As of now, all purchase can only be done online, unless the organizer decided to make a different arrangement.

Q: Where and when can I purchase the tickets?
A: Online ticket sale will start on 3rd of November, 9AM @ mcalls.asia .

Stay tuned for more info!!