SM Town Live Culture Humanity

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SM Town Live "Culture Humanity"
Online live concert by SM Entertainment artists
SMTOWN LIVE Culture Humanity.jpg
Promotional poster
LocationWorldwide
Date(s)January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01)
Duration240 minutes
No. of shows1
Attendance35.83 million
SM Entertainment artists concert chronology

SM Town Live Culture Humanity (stylized as SMTOWN LIVE "Culture Humanity") was an online live concert held by SM Entertainment artists. The concert was held on January 1, 2021, and broadcast through Facebook, Twitter, V Live, YouTube, TikTok, Beyond Live and KNTV. [1] The online live concert received 35.83 million viewers from 186 countries, becoming SM Town's most successful concert to date and the highest streamed concert in South Korean history.

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Background and development

On December 28, 2020, SM Entertainment announced that they would hold a free-of-charge online live concert. According to the music agency, the concert was designed to comfort and convey hope to people around the world who were having a hard time due to COVID-19 in the new year. [2] [3]

Commercial reception

SM Entertainment's livestreamed global online live concert drew a record-breaking 35.83 million viewers on New Year's Day in video streaming platforms such as V Live, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. [4]

Performers

Set list

This set list is intended to represent the show from the online live concert. [5]

  1. "Ridin'" – NCT Dream
  2. "Take Off" – WayV
  3. "Punch" – NCT 127
  4. "Bad Boy" – Red Velvet
  5. "Peek-A-Boo" – Red Velvet
  6. "The Riot" – Ginjo ft. Ten and Xiaojun of NCT
  7. "Mmmh" – Kai
  8. "Reason" – Kai
  9. "Criminal" – Taemin
  10. "Idea" – Taemin
  11. "Growing Pains" – Super Junior-D&E
  12. "Asteroid" – Imlay ft. Yangyang of NCT
  13. "100" – SuperM
  14. "Better Days" – SuperM
  15. "UN Village" – Baekhyun ft. Mark of NCT
  16. "Candy" – Baekhyun
  17. "When We Were Us" – Super Junior-K.R.Y.
  18. "Cough Syrup" – Kangta
  19. "Four Seasons" – Taeyeon
  20. "Happy" – Taeyeon
  21. "What Do I Call You" – Taeyeon
  22. "Yours" – Raiden ft. Winter of Aespa
  23. "From Home" – NCT U
  24. "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)" – NCT U
  25. "Work It" – NCT U
  26. "90's Love" – NCT U
  27. "Super Clap" – Super Junior
  28. "2YA2YAO!" – Super Junior
  29. "The Chance of Love" – TVXQ
  30. "Dream" – TVXQ
  31. "Black Mamba" – Aespa
  32. "Déjà Vu" – NCT Dream
  33. "Turn Back Time" – WayV
  34. "Kick It" – NCT 127
  35. "Psycho" – Red Velvet
  36. "One (Monster & Infinity)" – SuperM
  37. "Burn The Floor" – Super Junior
  38. "Keep Your Head Down" – TVXQ
  39. "Hope" – SM Town
  40. ScreaM Stage – Raiden
  41. ScreaM Stage – Ginjo
  42. ScreaM Stage – Imlay

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References

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