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We went to ITZY at OVO, then Last Week we went to LeSserafim at O2 and this week we went to see Young-Posse at Scala. Here’s what we thought….

We saw the advert for Young Posse at Scala a few months back and ummed and arred over whether to go. We aren’t the biggest fans, but Ash loves the track – XXL also, as with most K-pop groups, they are pretty. So we decided to buy tickets plus at just £50 they were a positive steal compared to the usual K-pop ticket prices.

On Sunday evening we found ourselves in a queue outside the venue in King’s Cross, a new one for our K-pop concert experience, so we weren’t sure what we were going to get when we got inside. The line to get in was filled with what can be described as the most varied assortment of fans ever! We literally saw Goths, Punks, Emos, Ravers, spiked collars and chains, Basketball tops with long shorts, skinny jeans and big hair, Stüssy hoodies. With a couple of teens with reluctant parents right through to older gentlemen we honestly thought were dads, but turned out to be massive Teleposse’s. It was a truly wonderful sight: no stereotypes, no obvious look, no one style fits all.

We got in and headed for the bar – well, it was a long wait! Prices were, of course, through the roof: £17.50 for a Guinness and a Cider (Still cheaper than the other two venues), then headed for the stage. It’s been a while since we have been in Scala and it’s a small space. There were probably fewer than 300 people in the open dance floor area and up the steps of the club, it’s a typical venue for a nightclub – a few wide platforms, rails, a medium-sized stage, a closed-off upper balcony and a large sound booth in the middle taking up about a 1/3 of the floor.

The lights dimmed at 7.45 pm, quickly, the five-piece girl group charged onto the stage with a ton of energy.
Jeong Sun-hye, Wi Yeon-jung, Noh Ji-hyun, Kim Do-eun and Han Ji-eun.As we said, we know the songs, some have been deleted but then re-added to our playlists over the last couple of years. A lot of the tracks aren’t amazing and can be repetitive, but from the moment they hit the stage to the last screams, there wasn’t a moment of dullness, boredom, or bad music. The energy and sheer excitement of the aptly named Young Posse brought all the songs up to another level.

Surprisingly, they had far more choreography and dance routines than we suspected. Their videos always seem more rap-based, more in your face and less like the typical K-pop dance MVs, so their stage presence and the routines were more entertaining, plus the small venue meant they were pretty much right in front of us. Unfortunately, there were a lot of tall people, a lot of raised phones and blocked views. But when the girls climbed onto the front of the barrier, they were right there, even from our view at the back of the crowd, we could see all we needed and that was that they are preeeeeeeerty!

The songs were varied and diverse. They played a brand new track and a few we didn’t really know, although the guy to our right, wearing a dreamcatcher shirt, was beside himself, screaming with excitement, to be fair, most of the songs were sung back to them by the small audience.

Of course they saved the best for last: ADHD and XXL, which set the dance floor into a jumping frenzy, arms raised and voices filled the space, as we all screamed out the words of the catchy tracks. Then they vanished from the stage to return for an actual encore. After the crowd cheered, stomped and cried out for more (as it should be). They returned to repeat the two biggest hits and one new track. Then they were gone, so we headed home at only 9.45 pm – still too early for a concert to end. There was no merch, which was a bit odd, we thought. As we sat on the bus heading home, we agreed it was a really good show and way better than we could have hoped or dared to wish for. So now we add another fandom to our ever-growing collection. We are definitely TelePosses!