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ENHYPEN’s “FATE” World Tour in Chicago Review: Seven Highlights and One Lowlight

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October 24, 2023
ENHYPEN’s “FATE” World Tour in Chicago Review: Seven Highlights and One Lowlight

#1: Staying True to Their Rich Narrative ENHYPEN have a very specific musical style, both aesthetically and narratively. Their Webtoon characters in DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR are also their characters in their music videos, vampires and reincarnated knights. The story’s mix of gothic, mythological, Shakespearean, and supernatural sources of inspiration …

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The Deeper Meaning Behind ENHYPEN’s Setlist

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October 24, 2023
The Deeper Meaning Behind ENHYPEN’s Setlist

Here is a summary of the story that ENHYPEN told through their “MANIFESTO” live show last year: “You discover the world has ‘carved’ you on a certain ‘line’ you are expected to spend all of your life ‘walking.’ This tight constraint on how you are taught to be and to act messes with your head, and you end up stuck in suspended discombobulation, as if yo…

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