Headlines, Ticket Prices, And Fan Loyalty Collide For A Busy 2026

A four-year-old’s wisdom—“Eat cookies and dance to K‑pop”—kicks off a ride that leaps from pure joy to the hard edges of the music business. We laugh over kid-approved bops, then dig into the NewJeans contract ruling, what it means when artists challenge deals, and how reputation, risk, and fan loyalty collide in public. From there, we chase the headlines that light up 2026: ITZY teasing a world tour with new music, Mamamoo lining up a full-group comeback and global dates, EXO setting a fan meeting and targeting their eighth full album, and the growing buzz around BTS timelines and Arashi’s anniversary energy.

Alongside the hype, we get real about the price of fandom. Nosebleeds that should be floor seats, fees that balloon at checkout, and venue choices that miss the mark make it harder to say yes—even when the heart is all in. We trade notes on flexible pricing, right-sizing rooms, and how the U.S. tour map turns eight cities into a cross-country obstacle course. Access matters too: international fans juggling fan club walls, limited livestreams, and announcement gaps still keep communities humming with art, translations, and updates that hold eras together.

If you live for comebacks and care about the logistics that make shows possible, you’ll feel seen here. We celebrate wins, name the pain points, and invite you to share your local reality—ticket prices, venue vibes, and what actually works where you are. Hit play, then tell us: which 2026 tour is your must-see, and how are you planning to beat the fees? Subscribe, share with a friend who needs concert strategy ammo, and leave a review to help more fans find the show.

Transcript

Laughs, Kids, And K-Pop Joy

SPEAKER_00 0:20

Welcome everybody to another episode of Music Elixir with me, Sara She and Misty J Penning.

SPEAKER_01 0:30

Sarah's been liking giving me some like intros. Music intros.

SPEAKER_00 0:35

Well, I sort of always do. Something, you know. Just a little fun. Here, wait, but I was saving this. I I gotta tell you something fun. Ooh, yes. Alright, because, you know, everybody knows K-pop demon hunters. Huge. Oh yeah. La la la.

SPEAKER_01 0:52

Oh my goodness. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:52

And uh so I have some friends with two kids, like ages four and two and a half. Two, two and a half.

SPEAKER_01 0:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:00

And for some reason they the kids love it. The the parents watch the the show when they've got their kids watching it. Right. Anyways, I I saw a little video that they took of the kids. They'd I guess gone to a party and they were coming back home. And the four-year-old yells, pizza. And the two-year-old goes, Pizza. Four-year-old says, Cookies. Two-year-old says, Pizza. And then the four-year-old says, Eat cookies and dance to K-pop at the same time. Okay. I was like, what have you done to your children? But I like I like his way of thinking. Yes. Eat cookies and dance to K-pop in the living room. All right. There you go. That's eat the cookies. You won't feel bad because you're dancing your calories away to K-pop. Exactly. The four-year-old's workout idea for everybody.

SPEAKER_01 1:54

I just thought that was funny though, because I like I like that idea. And I'll be like, yeah, let's go for it. Cookies. Dance. Hey.

SPEAKER_00 2:04

Kid after my own heart. It apply it can apply to J pop too, but it was just funny. Like seeing this video. Pizza, pizza, cookies, pizza. Eat cookies and dance to K-pop at the same time.

SPEAKER_01 2:20

Oh my God. That is awesome. But please do not introduce them to any group that is K-pop. You know? Now that you're saying that, there was a really, really awesome group that it was more family or it was a K-pop, family-oriented. Oh my God. I introduced that to one of our ex-coworkers for their girls. Oh. Because it was so they're they were all like in this like gym type uniform, but they also wear like helmets. Oh my god, I forgot the name of it. But they had this really cute song that it was like and jumping, and jumping. It was it a girl group? It was a girl group. Oh, okay. It was a girl group. It was like very sweet. They just like really they look like more like cheerleaders. It was more like cheerleaders, but they were, you know, not like some of the girl groups right now. There's you know, more with the attitude, more to their age.

SPEAKER_00 3:19

Yeah, they were a little more subtle and subdued than some of the other.

SPEAKER_01 3:23

So it was so I said I said to her, it's like this is probably the only appropriate for them. The other ones can be Yeah, no, not racy. Yeah. Not not for their age. Maybe when they get older. Yeah, but for now this group is really good for them. Oh my goodness. I forgot that. But I mean, of course, like group idols out there, they didn't stay together long enough. Um, I only remember a couple of songs that they came out on the market, and that was it. So yeah. God, I gotta I'll gotta find it, look it up. But it was a really cool, catchy song, and I think is very just everybody's song, very family-oriented song.

SPEAKER_00 4:08

So anyways. Well, I don't know exactly which K pop they got the kids listening to, other than the soundtrack from the the show, but the soundtrack for the show is really good, especially the ones where the girls are singing. Yeah, no, I'm I'm assuming that's what he was talking about.

Family-Friendly Idols And Image

SPEAKER_01 4:27

You know? Um, because uh Sasha boys I can think of pop. Yeah, you must pop, but the other one with the cyrt. I'm like, no, no, I'm holding your head, I'm like, oh no, no, no, boys away. No, anyways, so yeah, I seen that one many times. Ginu, geez, Genu. Ginu, Ginu. Okay. So this is a ransom ramblings. If you heard it, if we have not made any announcement. We're just trying to find some news out there. There's some articles out there, some good news. Some that were like, well, this was gonna happen. It's you know, so so we should we start with that one?

SPEAKER_00 5:33

Sure.

SPEAKER_01 5:33

That way it's everybody knows about it, and but we already we I think everybody knew this was the outcome from the get-go. Exactly, yeah. You know, and this is for new genes. Yay, nope, they still without contract until it ends.

SPEAKER_00 5:49

Yeah, 2029. So yeah, since the beginning, we sort of kept saying this the way contracts work is like you can't get out of them. You can't the I mean, they were just up and down and back and forth, and anyways, the court finally decided that the girls have to finish up their contract with a door slash hype, and they're stuck with it. So yeah, I don't know what that means for them because obviously this was not an amicable court case because they were trying to get out of it. They were doing things before they should have trying to get out of it. So yeah. Yep. Yep. Courts have finally decided new jeans is stuck where they're at for now.

SPEAKER_01 6:30

So sorry, ladies, I know you tried, uh you you know you sign a contract, unfortunately. You know, there are things that you have to do. And uh yeah, it's until the end of it. Well what when is it gonna end in 2029? Yeah. Wow. So they got four more years. Wow. Wow. I don't know. It's we were kind of like saying, after this, I don't know if they how are they gonna recover? I know, yeah. Because I'm sure a lot of companies are like, uh, I don't know if I want to work with you. Uh, you know?

SPEAKER_00 7:02

Yeah, exactly. If you're that problematic. And I understand they wanted some autonomy and they wanted to be controlling their own fate and future, but like when you sign a contract, that's not how it works.

SPEAKER_01 7:16

Kudos to them for doing, you know, that they wanna yeah, we want this and we want that, and blah blah blah. And unfortunately, there's the contract involved. You have signed yeah, exactly these rules, these things that you need to follow.

SPEAKER_00 7:29

Yeah, yeah, agreements that we will do this much and this much and that, you know, for this long. So I hope that they don't get sort of shelved now because people don't wanna, you know what I mean? Like that's the problem. Yeah. When you show too much independence in these kind of things, people don't want to they don't want to work with you because you know, they're like, uh it's gonna be a hassle, we're gonna get trouble, and you know, so I'm hoping that they're actually gonna still be able to do music and whatnot. Because they they do still have a a very dedicated fan base, you know, people who were highly supportive of them. So I hope that at least for the fans' sake, right, they get to, you know, continue on and just I guess get through it, you know, until the contract's up. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 8:22

So for when that day comes, are they gonna continue to be a girl group, maybe trying to find another company, yeah, or just do it themselves, uh, with the help of fans, if they still behind them 100%. And again, I have said this like in the past many times, you know, fans make or break an artist. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 8:44

You know, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:45

If they're behind them 100%, you know, they'll they'll help them out. Oh if they start weaning out and don't have that much, yeah, yeah. That that will be the end of it. But uh, yeah, no, well no. So let's see what happens. That's if they're gonna give them any jobs or anything. Yeah, exactly. Because there's no music, any activities, no, right?

SPEAKER_00 9:07

Well, they couldn't because of the uh active ongoing court case. They weren't able to do anything.

NewJeans Contract Ruling Breakdown

SPEAKER_01 9:12

So they have lost all that ex look at me, lost all that exposure, but let's say bad exposure pretty much, all the drama that's been going on with the court case. Anyways, some good news are out there because I just saw this like Ity announces a 2026 world tour. Yeah, so you know what? There's no dates yet, but apparently on October 29th, I'm reading this from Soom P. It'sy announced their plans to embark on their third world tour called Tonovision for next year.

SPEAKER_00 9:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:53

We'll see. So we need to stay tuned to see what's going on. There's gonna be an upcoming mini album, of course, new songs. Yay! So there's some teasers out there, of course, by a JYP official. And just go over there and check out the little mini clips. I I you know, I'm like, don't wanna see these teasers because then I'll be like, I want to see this now. I want this now.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

I know, right?

SPEAKER_01 10:18

You know, so I sometimes most of the time I avoid the teasers, but um, except for the BM. Anyways. You couldn't avoid those. Well, I couldn't avoid I don't know. No, I couldn't either.

SPEAKER_00 10:32

They were all over my timeline.

SPEAKER_01 10:33

Yeah, my TL was just like, look, BM is doing this. You're like, ooh, hello. You just couldn't avoid that. Oh my goodness. Yeah. You you what comes up on your timeline is because uh you are looking for it and then more comes up, and you're like, hello.

SPEAKER_00 10:53

Well, you know, but God forbid you accidentally click on something that you just you know, you're trying to scroll and you hit it. Now suddenly you get 500 things related to that, and you're like, why I don't want this.

SPEAKER_01 11:05

I didn't want to see that. Exactly. You're like, uh, what is this? No. I I get that. Also, another one that is coming back, and I'm like yelling it to the world. I told family, and I'm like, Mama Moo confirms full group comeback in a world tutor as well on 2026. What?

SPEAKER_00 11:33

Yes, yes, Wassa's gonna back. I was gonna see we can see it. Oh my god, see everybody, not just Wasa. Oh my god, this is so awesome! It is, that's cool.

SPEAKER_01 11:46

So this uh awesome news came out on October 30th, was released, uh actually set on October 30th. This is again from Sumpfi. So Mama Moo officially geared up for their long-awaited full group comeback. So on October 30th, News One reported that Mama Moo is set to release a new full group album, yay, in June of 2026. Dang it, June? Wow. Okay, making their first group release in near four years. Oh my goodness, really? God, time flies. Time flies. Yeah, wow. I thought it was just recent that this that happened. Okay. So in response, the group agency RBW confirms Mama Moose is currently preparing for a full group comeback and the goal of releasing in releasing it in June next year. Adding they are also planning a world tour starting with domestic concerts. Of course, it's gonna start in Korea. And um Well, we're hoping that they'll come to North America. Let's see what happens next year. Hey, yeah. You know, our last talk when we were like, I'm concerned about shows.

SPEAKER_00 13:05

Well, you know, I I just saw also on Soomy a few days ago, Wendy from Red Velvet was touring. She had to cancel a date. I mean, it was just one day, not the whole tour, but it just seems like and it was due to unforeseen circumstances.

SPEAKER_01 13:21

It was a girl, low ticket sales. It was because it was low ticket sales. I mean, a lot of these I've been yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah I'm concerned about these concerts because there's some cape, you know, there's fans are like, we can't pay those prices. Even the nosebleeds feels like you should be on the floor.

SPEAKER_00 13:43

Oh no, it's I mean, that's been the issue though for ages.

SPEAKER_01 13:47

If it's not the stupid scalpers, yeah, exactly. It's so expensive, they were just like, oh, I cannot really afford that. Especially where you're holding this concert. For that one, it's just low ticket sales, but but for P1 Harmony, they were having the same problem, but then they started lowering the ticket prices, and then people started buying tickets to go see them. Again, the venues that they were putting these kids, I think they were too big. Even though I mean the Boston one sold out.

SPEAKER_00 14:21

Yeah. You know, but that wasn't the one we went to, it wasn't a really big venue. No. So that's easier, more manageable. They they were in one of our smaller venues.

SPEAKER_01 14:34

Yeah. Which they easily could have done TD Garden. Yeah, they could have, for sure. Definitely. So a lot of so I don't know if it's just again the companies who are bringing them over here working along with the entertainment company, if they just like don't know how to gauge the venues and how much it's gonna cost. But anyways, it's so we'll see. Yep. We'll sing.

SPEAKER_00 15:02

Because I'm like well, we've also just been complaining about ticket prices forever. When I first started going to concerts, you could get a good seat for like 20 bucks.

unknown 15:16

Yeah.

Reputation Risks And Fan Support

SPEAKER_00 15:16

Dating myself a little there, showing my age, but like I I have dozens of ticket stubs from shows I went to all the time. I was looking at, I'm like, 1750 to see Sting. Oh, you know, like 20 bucks to see UB40. Like, I I just yeah, and now everything starts at 100 and goes up. Yeah. From there, you know.

SPEAKER_01 15:44

You're well, your hundred dollar ticket is gonna go up almost to like 150 because of the stupid fees, because there's only like one ticket seller, is or not two, depending where you're at, yeah, is either ticket master or freaking AXS or Live Nation, which is pretty much ticket ticket.

SPEAKER_00 16:03

Well, it is ticketmaster, yeah. You know, if you go to Live Nation site, it takes you to Ticketmaster. I know.

SPEAKER_01 16:08

Whenever it's like Live Nation, Live Nation is Ticketmaster with a different name, right?

SPEAKER_00 16:13

Yeah. But it's like, and and when I say that they start at 100, that's for the seats in you know, the nosebleeds, where you know it's like for a lot of us, that's the only place we can afford. Yeah. And it starts at 100.

SPEAKER_01 16:28

Yeah. Those will have budgets, like we, because I mean, we want to see the show, but we also want to get merch and we wanna have the full concert experience.

SPEAKER_00 16:39

Right. And if it's not in Boston, we gotta make all kinds of travel arrangements.

SPEAKER_01 16:43

So exactly. That's why we have been so adamant in saying Boston, please, Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston, or even Hartford, Connecticut, which is kind of like Connecticut, Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, the really Lance Venus there.

SPEAKER_00 17:00

Yes, and they went to Hartford, and it's not the way it was 20 years ago when like you're like Hartford, no way.

SPEAKER_01 17:09

I know. I like that I keep giving that example of Bad Bunny because Bad Bunny is not worldwide, you know, and he's trying to make it possible for all his fans to see him. Yes, yes, yes. So come on, you know, it's doable. Just you know, find a promoter that I don't know, can really work on getting venue. Uh, anyways. But I know girl, don't get me. You know, we always gonna be talking about this topic, it's never ending. I know. Never never ending. Well, let's see, who else?

SPEAKER_00 17:44

Oh, EXO announces a fan meeting, a new full album featuring six members. They're gearing up to reunite with fans at a year-end fan meeting event ahead of their long-awaited comeback next year. This particular article says six members. I did see there that was from the 27th, so that's like five days ago. As of four days ago, a seventh member has sort of been cleared to be participating. Okay. Also, according to Sunpi. I just saw as after I saw this other article. Point being, most of EXO. You know, after everybody clears up whatever legal issues they were having, whatever personal issues they were having. They will be having the fan meeting exoverse, December 13th and 14th at Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. They'll be gearing up for the release of their eighth full-length album in the first quarter of 2026. They will be releasing a new album. And then I guess maybe, hopefully, that means a tour too. Yeah. I'm not it doesn't actually say tour, but usually that's what follows a new album. But I well, cause I was sort of wondering, you know, with Kai when he was doing a lot of just solo stuff, but it looks like everybody's sort of finding their way back together.

SPEAKER_01 19:12

Okay. So like everybody's on her solo thing, maybe satisfied with her solo thing, and it's like, okay, let's get the group back together and let's see how that goes. Yeah. Oh, pretty cool.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

Like I said, I I don't want to get too much into it. It was there was a legal issue with one of the other members. So apparently that got cleared up, according to Soompi. And he should be able to participate as well, but I'm going with just the six for now until everybody company says.

SPEAKER_01 19:44

Right.

ITZY Tour Tease And Teasers

SPEAKER_00 19:46

Whatever has been announced, we're going with that. So that's cool. So a lot of like comeback things and regroupings and it'sy, mamamoo, exo here, and Arashi, BTS will be coming back next year. I know. They're saying that they've pretty much finished recording the album and it's March. They're thinking it'll be coming out around March.

SPEAKER_01 20:12

Yeah, towards the end of March, yes. So wow, wow, wow. I know. It's gonna be a busy year next year. Next year. Oh my god. I know. And that's why I'm like, I'm concerned about these like shows.

SPEAKER_02 20:26

I know what's going on.

SPEAKER_01 20:28

Um we're trying to save money because we don't know what's gonna happen. That's why it's like give us more hints so we can be prepared, prepared. Prepared, prepared, prepared. I can't talk because it's just driving me nuts. Because everybody's like, I want it. What are you talking?

SPEAKER_00 20:45

You know, that's how whenever they come, I will be ready.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

That's people like I I've been seeing the fans, you know how fans get they get crazy. Yeah, they're like they're like someone's like, I have the savings account just only for BTS. I've been putting money in it, putting money in it, because whatever happens, I'm gonna do whatever. I was like, get that, yeah, me too, me too. But I had to win mine that you know was thinking of doing will like to do for next year, but I don't know what's going on with one. Okay, talk about it because of course I'm like, no, Rishi's anniversary is coming up on November 3rd.

SPEAKER_00 21:26

Correct.

SPEAKER_01 21:26

Uh the fan club's gonna, of course, have an exclusive of course. We're hoping that Arisha's out there will share, we'll share the information with the ones that I can afford or be a part of the fan club. So we know what's going on, and I'm hoping they'll talk about their comeback next year.

SPEAKER_00 21:47

Yeah, because there's been rumors they were gonna try and put together a tour, and who knows? I don't even know. Nobody ever mentioned new music, so I don't even know if that's on the table or if it's just they're gonna This is so tight swan song thing and one big final tour.

SPEAKER_01 22:05

This is like so this information is so tight.

SPEAKER_00 22:10

It's like top secret, right?

SPEAKER_01 22:14

This is so tight. It's like it's driving me crazy. And not just only me, a lot of Orations that are not part of they're not in Japan and part of the fan club, especially international. They're just like, what is going on? We feel left out.

SPEAKER_00 22:30

Well, I was gonna say, What's going on? You should say too, this is um we're recording on November 2nd, so technically it's already November 3rd in Japan. Starto put out an announcement, Arashi put out a you know, their little Rashi Twitter account. Even Amazon Music Japan is like Arashi's Thanners. It's a big deal. Yeah we're we want we wanna know what's going on. I'm gonna cry about it. I'm gonna be pouty. I wanna know.

SPEAKER_01 23:06

Come on, Arashi. You're driving. Sarah's over here still. Yeah, depressed. Crumbs, just crumbs, that's all I asked for. Happy David anniversary, but come on. Sarah over here, she's just like, what's going on? What happened? I was gonna see you again.

SPEAKER_00 23:25

Well, like I said, since since it's not technically the third here yet, I won't cry while I listen to Arishi yet. But tomorrow I'll be crying and listening to Arishi. You have your playlist.

SPEAKER_02 23:38

You have your playlist. Okay.

Mamamoo 2026 Plans And Hype

SPEAKER_00 23:41

I have I have like little concert playlists. Like I made a playlist of all the music they played when I saw them in Hawaii. I do I do that. I make concert playlists based on what was what I saw live and relive my memories. So that's what I'll be doing.

SPEAKER_01 24:06

Well, of course they're using their last picture. I know, right? And I'm like, wow, this this came out like what, five years ago? Or more. No, five years ago, right? This picture. That's on the city.

SPEAKER_00 24:18

Well, that was from it was during 2020 when they were doing all the pandemic stuff.

SPEAKER_01 24:24

So yeah, five years ago. I know, right? Five or well, let's technically 2019. It's okay, six years.

SPEAKER_00 24:33

Yeah, well, 2019 was yeah, the 20th century.

SPEAKER_01 24:36

Because they were gonna do the big hoopla on 2020, but you know, whatever. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:42

Yeah. Man. We're still bitter.

SPEAKER_01 24:46

Of course. Because I'm watching with everybody, you know, the Arashi Voyage, and then that clip where they were getting ready to do a tour. Tour.

SPEAKER_00 24:58

Yeah, to at least LA, they were gonna be in LA. I would have been so there for it. I I it's amazing. Have you looked at your Twitter timeline? No, what happened? Well, it's just it's mine is like 50-50 Arashi stuff because of their anniversary, but also Jin because he did his final concerts in Korea. So I'm like, I'm looking for, you know, little things to to comment on, and it's it's all BTS and Arashi. Ah, that makes a beautiful timeline. There's a lot of really cool um fan art stuff for Arashi's anniversary. It's very pretty seeing all of this stuff.

SPEAKER_01 25:48

Because I miss my boys. Uh girl, uh the Arashi timeline that I'm getting are not really happy fans.

SPEAKER_00 25:58

Anyways, oh mine are oh really? Because I'm seeing all people like doing little 26th anniversary, happy anniversary. Uh really?

SPEAKER_01 26:06

I'm I got one here that is just now broken.

SPEAKER_00 26:10

Oh, someone who's bitter about not knowing anything about it. I'm not are they following me?

SPEAKER_01 26:16

Uh no, they're not following me, so how come they're just coming up? I'm just coming up on my timeline.

SPEAKER_00 26:21

Because if you mention RSH, your computer hears you and takes over and puts the I told you all you have to do is like accidentally click on one thing and that's all you're gonna see for the rest of the the day. That's probably why like I I looked because I saw that the RShi Twitter account had posted for the the anniversary. Right.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

Apparently, this person is not happy with the graphics that RShi is putting out for their anniversary. They're saying that they could do better than this. I'm like, whoa. Excuse me. They're like, come on, you're RShi. This is November 3rd, a day to celebrate every year by millions of fans around the world. You can do better than just this.

SPEAKER_00 27:14

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 27:15

I'm like, okay.

SPEAKER_00 27:17

Cry emoji, cry emoji. And I'm like, wow. Well, seeing as Nino's off doing something with Kenti right now, I just saw a picture of them on the timeline. I'm still I think that the the group is not actually together to make any you know fresh post for you at the moment. That's crazy. They must be doing something fan clubby though.

SPEAKER_01 27:38

Nino is now the spokesperson for a penteen like hair cream thing. His hair's all smooth. It was like, oh, look at Nino.

unknown 27:48

Hi.

SPEAKER_01 27:49

Yeah, there's a commercial. I'll share it with you. One of the orations share it with me. I'll send it to you. But I was like, wow, look at you, Nino.

Touring Worries And Ticket Prices

SPEAKER_00 27:57

But I got, yeah, I don't know. There's someone look forward to live stream happy 26th debut anniversary.

SPEAKER_01 28:03

Well, then I I'm just getting the um you're getting all the negative Nancy's. Um I am. I was gonna say another word, but I kept it to myself. But negative Nancy sounds better. Yeah, that person was just like on a rant of like, ooh, maybe yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:24

No, I most of the ones I'm seeing are happy. So oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01 28:29

Yeah, no, just people wanting to see gotta keep strolling. I see somebody like having, oh yeah, happy anniversary. Yay. Oh, apparently it's also Mignak's birthday on November 3rd. Happy birthday, Mignak! From Mostage. I figured. Can't wait for that tour if it's gonna happen. Um oh there's there's Kentian Nino. I see it. There's Kantian. Oh my god, look at Nino's hair.

SPEAKER_00 29:00

Is this gonna be that's why he's the spokesperson?

SPEAKER_01 29:03

Yeah, that's the hair they have him for the uh the panteen cream thing. Oh my goodness, look at him. God, Nino's looking okay. Why is Nino looking better when he ages? Is it the hair? Probably, yeah.

unknown 29:17

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 29:18

I'm telling you, that the those pictures for Arena, whatever, that magazine, that I'm like, that's not Nino.

unknown 29:25

What?

SPEAKER_01 29:25

Who is that? Nino Mia, what? It is Nino that. I can't believe that Kenti's taller than Nino.

SPEAKER_00 29:34

So that means Kenty's what, five foot six? Because Nino's sh Nino's short.

SPEAKER_01 29:40

Nino, I don't know, right? They're kind of Nino is an inch taller than her.

SPEAKER_00 29:46

Yeah, so maybe maybe he's five six.

SPEAKER_01 29:51

But I like this. It's like father and son, eh. I like that. It's cute.

SPEAKER_00 30:00

Very cute. Yeah, I thought you'd like that. I was like, I know I saw it, and then I couldn't find it again because, you know.

SPEAKER_01 30:06

Oh, there it is. Yeah, so cool. Oh, I'm seeing the Amazon music, you know, saying happy anniversary to the awesome arashis. Mm-hmm. Aww. Let's see. What else is going on? Oh yeah, we've got soundtracks. No, it's okay. Because it's Arashi, your anniversary's coming up.

SPEAKER_00 30:29

What is that? Like five, six. Wait, itsi, mamamu, exo, butashi. Was there someone else we were talking about going on tour next year? So a lot of good music to look forward to. Yes. Or at least, you know, a lot of good shows. Like I said, I don't know if Archie has any plans for new music or not, but I could I could listen to them sing the instructions to how to work a dishwasher and I'd be perfectly fine. You know?

SPEAKER_01 30:57

So still speaking of angry, angry orations. I found this one that they actually reposted within, you know, like our she have posted the we are some we have something the five of us would like to share with you all. That's on the uh no. Oh no, she re okay for the fans or this person retweeted Hold on because you know fans are like that. So on May 6th of 2025, at 5 32 a.m. Arashi have posted up a statement in English, which it was the whole, you know, we're sharing with you that, you know, corona my bad, blah blah blah. You know, it's anyways. Anyways, so they retweeted that saying, Dear Arashi, please don't forget about all your overseas fans that can't join the fan club. This year, November 3rd will be the last anniversary to celebrate November 3rd and RSH with RShi before the end of activities. This person have put in not just only tag RShi, you know, their account, you know mayas, CRG Entertainment, and MJ Perspective. Wow. Yeah. This person is not happy at all. And then I see that I guess there's all the people who are commenting on her with cry emojis.

unknown 32:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:41

Like you said, and as I've said, I will be crying, but the sad reality is our she doesn't owe me anything. So, you know, no. I really would love to know what's going on. I'd love to hear more. I'd love to be able to see the stuff that's going on. I can't, you know. I'll wait, see what's happening. Hopefully a live stream will happen, and at least that'll be something. Just we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Yeah. That's cute little like I said, there's some cute artworks going on for RC.

SPEAKER_01 33:26

And that's awesome. You know? That's awesome. You know, I'll just wait for one of the orations to like let me know. I know exactly, right? You know, they're yes, let me know what's going on. So we won't be in the dark. You know, there's orations out there that will share, you know, the word and spread the word of what's going on instead. So we'll see. Now we gotta wait, my friend. I know. Which will be in what? A few more hours. Maybe. Somebody record it, please. Somebody record it, put it out there somewhere. Somebody will do. Okay. Anything else being said? Not much, you know. There's comebacks, which is awesome. I can't, oh my god, the mom comeback. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:16

I know, right?

SPEAKER_01 34:18

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 34:19

Woohoo! Yeah. So there's limited news going on out there.

SPEAKER_01 34:26

It's been, you know, kind of quiet, which is good. No major like explosive news that you're like, oh my goodness, you know. So that's good. So that's good. I guess we just leave it like that, my friend.

SPEAKER_00 34:40

Yeah. And um, I guess a quick rants and ramblings, just a short.

Venue Strategy And Fees Frustration

SPEAKER_01 34:45

But you know. And hopefully, well, we'll see for next year's shows. Like I said, I'm just very worried about shows, concern, and all right. Anyways, we'll see. Yep, we'll see what happens. Okay. So it's just an open conversation, everybody. If some of you have actually have made your comments and you know, and and said, you know, I feel like this way and feel like you. Do you feel like we feel? You know, do you feel the same way? Like, I don't know about these shows. Let us know how in your area, because of course we're talking in the US, wherever you're listening from, how how has it been in your area? Is it consistent? Has it changed? Uh, what are you looking at? You know, yeah, because of course, ticket sales, like say in Japan, Korea, and all those places are completely different than ours. Please give us, tell us what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 35:42

If you yeah, if you're so inclined to share with us your personal stories of like you've heard all our ticket buying and concert going and whatnot experiences, and we've got more to come. So, you know, we're not done. Yeah. But um, it's because it's definitely there are places that don't even see tours. So we're very sorry for you, and we hate to sound like we're complaining, but even when you have access, you don't have access, you know what I mean? Like it's hard here for some of these shows to even get tickets to them, and then the the way people organize the tours, you know. Touring the US, eight cities. It's not no that's like doing one country in in Europe. There's fifty states in the United States, and they're big, and some of them aren't even attached.

SPEAKER_01 36:42

Exactly. Like Puerto Rico is not part of a state, but it's part of the United States. You know, they're not counting on that on the flag, but yes. Where yeah, territory. Which speaking of, hey, cards going to PR.

SPEAKER_00 36:55

Yeah, that was recently in that whole big thing, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 36:59

Puerto Rico. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's awesome. I'm glad. Apparently, it's their second time. I don't even remember the you know, the first time, apparently. So that's cool. Yeah, maybe because I couldn't afford her still afford it, even though I live, you know, I've got family in Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico. But I was like, but hey, they're going over there out. Let's go. I was like, let's go. Oh, oh, what? Oh, oh. We need to go. I said, and I wasn't joking when I send you that DM and I said, let's go. To PR? No. Oh. Well, that's another one. But no, most recent, I send Sarah a DM saying BTS pop up in Las Vegas. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, let's go. Like, let's go. All right.

SPEAKER_00 37:52

We gotta fit that in with the other stuff for.

SPEAKER_01 37:55

I took a long weekend. So I'm like thinking, well, let's go.

SPEAKER_00 38:01

All right. Well, we can let me know. I'll take the time. Take a long weekend.

SPEAKER_01 38:06

We're just going for that.

SPEAKER_00 38:08

Hey, it's easy. You fly in, you fly out, stay a night, can find some of the hotels that have deals. Okay. We'll work it out. Yeah. All right. Because we missed the one in New York. Yeah, we did.

SPEAKER_01 38:19

I mean I don't know how we missed that. How did we miss that? I don't know. Well, it was and it's that door. Now we're like, okay, let's go. We think, you know what? I've never been to Vegas, so it will be a you know, a really good adventure for me to do this.

SPEAKER_00 38:35

It's definitely an adventure.

SPEAKER_01 38:38

I do want to go to that uh the graveyard of the um the signs.

SPEAKER_00 38:44

The Neon Sign Museum.

SPEAKER_01 38:45

Yeah. Is that close by?

SPEAKER_00 38:48

Yeah, yeah, it's right off the end of the strip.

unknown 38:50

Boop.

SPEAKER_01 38:50

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 38:51

All right. Once you get past all the hotels and stuff, dunk, there it is. Okay, so Sarah and I, because they've also got the uh Showgirl burlesque museum. Oh I didn't learn about that till after I had left, but I thought that would be kind of fun.

SPEAKER_01 39:06

Yes, screw that. Like I said, I have a long weekend coming up. I have a long weekend here now in November. So yeah, I was like, you know what? Just like, why am I gonna work and then not work and then go back to work? I'm like, so I took a Monday off. And then what I was gonna tell you. So let's see. So I took November 10th off. Oh, okay. So it's gonna be that's why I'm saying, I'm just having a long weekend. We can leave, oh no, that's too quick. Yeah, that's like I was gonna say we can leave Friday the 7th.

SPEAKER_02 39:45

It's less than a week.

SPEAKER_01 39:50

I'm sorry I snorted on the microphone. It was not meant to be.

SPEAKER_00 39:54

I just got well I um I wonder how long's the pop-up gonna be there. Because we could just plan till December.

SPEAKER_01 40:04

December something. Okay. But I'm looking at you like I have adventure, my adventure, I have the adventure bug. And I'm looking, I'm like, can we just go this weekend? Grab this bag. All right, I'll grab my luggage and start filling it. Then they'll be like, where are you going?

SPEAKER_00 40:30

I'm like, Vegas, you don't need luggage. Just bring one change of clothes and the bag is to put all the swag in.

SPEAKER_01 40:40

I'm dealing with a professional here, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 40:43

Well, I mean, I guess it was it depends how many days we'd actually be. Well, no, that's what I mean. But like if if it's just for a day, you know, like fly out, do a day and fly back. No, you're in a vegan one day? No. Well, that's what I'm asking you.

SPEAKER_01 41:00

Because now I'm like, I want to see the the the the graveyard of the sign, but not just like the burlesque thing. I'm like, oh, you know.

SPEAKER_00 41:09

Well, they're both right there, so you can do them in the same day.

SPEAKER_01 41:12

Well, how about the sphere?

SPEAKER_00 41:15

Oh, that's right. No, it's on it honest. You can okay, so then we're gonna do like 24 hours can't sleep.

SPEAKER_01 41:22

We're gonna do all this stuff, and we're like we come back like dead, crawling. It's like, what happened to y'all? You age like 20 years. I'm like, this is what happened in Vegas, Vegas, baby. Don't go to Vegas. Oh my god. We just went for BTS and all the sun, boom. We did all kinds of stuff. Wait, what happens in Vegas? Days in Vegas. Exactly. All right, anyways. Okay, we'll leave it later. All right, all right, cool.

SPEAKER_00 41:53

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EXO Fan Meeting And Album News

SPEAKER_01 41:57

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SPEAKER_00 42:05

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SPEAKER_01 42:08

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