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&TEAM Covers BTS and TWICE at Debut KSPO DOME Concert in Seoul

Minkyung Lee [email protected]Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 AM EDT
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&TEAM stepped onto the KSPO DOME stage for the first time since debut and showed exactly how a five-year-old group handles a packed arena. The members played with fans' cheers like a dial, raising and lowering their arms to control the volume, then closed the night with an emotional apology for not visiting Korea more often.

The group held the final show of "2026 &TEAM CONCERT TOUR 'BLAZE THE WAY' ENCORE in KSPO DOME" on Sunday at KSPO DOME inside Olympic Park in Songpa district, Seoul.

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&TEAM used the night to pay tribute to two of K-pop's biggest acts, covering songs by BTS and TWICE. Right after the opening stage, the members performed BTS's "2.0." They re-recorded the vocals in their own style along with reworking the choreography, leaning into a sharper, more sexy edge.

The mood flipped on the TWICE cover. EJ told the crowd the reaction to "TT" felt even bigger than the night before, and Yuma joked back, "We did it cuter today. The fans kept calling us cute, so we started playing it up more." As the cheers rolled on, Maki pushed each member to do the song's signature pose. One by one they curled their fingers under their eyes in the little crying gesture, no one skipping a turn.

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The show's visual world leaned into a werewolf concept. VCR videos cast the members as wolves, and some fans in the crowd howled back between songs, which pulled laughs from the floor. Dancers moved like wolves prowling through a forest before the members entered, and the media wall behind the stage looped images of trees, a full moon, and wolf silhouettes. One of the sharper moments came mid-show, when cold blue light washed over the members like moonlight through a thicket.

Across the setlist, &TEAM moved between sharp and soft. Early on, the members performed hard-hitting choreography in black sheer tops and suits. The outfits turned more casual as the night went on, moving into a brighter, fresher look. By the "TT" cover near the end, they were hunching their shoulders and scrunching their eyebrows, playing the cute younger-boyfriend angle to the hilt.

Their crowd work showed how far the group has come. Maki stood out most. When fans screamed during his talk break, he asked them to match their volume to how high he raised his arm. He waved his arm up and down fast, and the cheers surged and dropped and surged again, turning the whole arena into a running gag.

The members pushed for crowd response until their voices gave out. &TEAM ran out to the front catwalk, gestured for fans to stand, and shouted to keep the energy up. K and a few other members lost their voices midway through the show.

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Each member also shared a handwritten letter in Korean. The notes drew emotional reactions from the floor. Leader EJ, the group's only Korean member, wrote that he was happy to stand on a stage as symbolic as KSPO DOME four years after debut. "A lot has happened, but LUNÉ (the group's official fandom name) has always been by our side, and that gives us real strength. I'll keep working to be someone you can be proud of." Taki, who is Japanese, also wrote in Korean: "No matter what path we walk, I want to walk it with LUNÉ. Let's be each other's joy."

Near the end of the show, the members reflected on closing the "BLAZE THE WAY" tour. "The truth is, we don't get to see our Korean fans very often," Yuma said. "The time apart is long, but during that time we're always thinking about LUNÉ. We're preparing something great, and we hope you can feel our hearts in it. We don't know yet, but we'll work hard so we can come back to Korea."

Harua said he was grateful the group finished the run without any injuries. "We went around Asia and to LA, and we grew a little through this tour." EJ added, "We felt so much love from LUNÉ in every city. This tour taught us what we're missing and what we can do better. We'll find our way back to Korea as fast as we can." Nicholas also told the crowd, "Even on hard days, we got through it looking forward to LUNÉ's reactions. This isn't the end. We'll see you again on the next tour."

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The members laid out how they feel about the fandom and what comes next. "We're almost into our fifth year," K said. "LUNÉ expects something from every comeback, so we want to come back with work that's more polished than anything before. Whenever we talk about the future, the word that always comes up is LUNÉ. We want to give back as much happiness as we've received." Fuma said he feels loved every time he performs, almost too much. "I wondered if we were allowed to be this happy. I tried to put what I want to say to LUNÉ into our music. We'll work to come back to Korea."

&TEAM has also drawn attention with its second Korean mini album, "Mark on Me," which gave the group its fourth consecutive million-seller. First-week sales hit 1,357,357 copies on the Hanteo Chart, a new personal best.

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