“Have you been waiting long for us,” asked Jihyo at the first of TWICE’s two shows at London’s O2 Arena last night. Several minutes of screaming was how the sold-out crowd answered, clearly in the affirmative.
The nine-piece K-pop band formed in 2015 via televised talent show Sixteen and released their debut EP the same year. A string of sugary pop records followed and last summer, they became the first female K-pop group to headline a stadium in North America. They’ve spent much of 2023 playing massive venues across Asia, Australia and America but Thursday’s London concert was their first ever European show.
