SM Entertainment will be holding a free-for-all cultural humanity show on New Year’s Day tomorrow (1 Jan).
?FREE? SMTOWN LIVE "Culture Humanity"
➫ 01.01.21 1PM KST
➫ 31.12.20 8PM PST
➫ 31.12.20 11PM ESTDuring this difficult time of COVID-19, enjoy the SMTOWN LIVE “Culture Humanity”concert, that will encourage and cheer you up, for free all around the world.#SMTOWN_LIVE pic.twitter.com/EibPsDZl3R
— SMTOWN (@SMTOWNGLOBAL) December 29, 2020
For the entertainment powerhouse who puts a price on snacks like choco balls and nuts named after their artists, this complimentary show comes as a pleasant surprise for fans.
Ranging from veteran soloist Kangta to OG acts like TVXQ!, Super Junior, SHINee and EXO the label’s whole host of artists will be performing tomorrow. Newly minted rookies, like NCT and aespa, will be making appearances on the show too.
Soloists Ginjo, Imrey and Raden, now under SM Entertainment’s subsidiary EDM label, ScreaM Records, will also be playing on the show.
In a press statement, SM Entertainment revealed that the upcoming show is a special performance “designed to comfort and convey hope for people around the world who are having a hard time because of COVID-19”.
Prior to the show, SM Entertainment had also uploaded clips of artists personalising their live tickets to the show, in a bid to raise awareness for the historic performance.
EXO’s vocalist Baekhyun personalises his own concert ticket prior to the Cultural Humanity concert. Photo: SM Entertainment
They have also teased several performances off the setlist comprising the hottest hits of 2020. Such are aespa’s “Black Mamba”, Baekhyun’s “Candy”, WayV’s “Turn Back Time” and more.
NCT’s fourth sub-unit WayV is among the star-studded line up for tomorrow’s show. Photo: SM Entertainment
The live stream will commence at 12PM tomorrow, and can be viewed on VLive, Beyond Live, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and KNTV.
The show is available for viewing on YouTube below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oTIlGcsRf8&ab_channel=SMTOWN
