On December 05, 2022, Fantasy gathered at Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas to cheer on six of nine members of SF9. With Inseong and Youngbin currently serving their mandatory military enlistment, and Rowoon unable to attend due to a prior filming engagement, fans knew that the remaining six members of SF9 were more than capable of putting on an unforgettable show.
Jaeyoon, Dawon, Taeyang, Zuho, Hwiyoung and Chani delivered one of the best concerts despite the other three members being absent. As soon as the noticeable intro to Savior began playing, fans immediately were brought to their feet; while their cheers began to fill the theater. Cheers continued to flow as SF9 quickly proceeded into TearDrop before introducing themselves to Fantasy.
After the introduction stage, SF9 took their places for Believer, where there was a clear change in the mood of the venue. For this stage, the lights truly set the mood. The members all remained in a line, as the theater became dark enough where all you could see was the white stage lights which allowed only the silhouette figures of the members could be seen, until the chorus came where the stage was lit with a mix of blues, purples and whites to accentuate the lyrics:
"숨이 막혀 와 Tuk Tuk Tuk
숨이 막혀 와 Tuk Tuk Tuk
Don’t wanna be stopping
Oh why you give up
참을 수 없는 고통을 이겨"
Following the slow down of Believer, SF9 sparked Fantasy's energy with Trauma where Taeyang started the stage by showing off part of his charm with his smooth and fluid dance during the song's intro. The ending stage lights and dance position of Trauma transitioned seamlessly into the older fan favorite Now or Never. The green lights transitioned beautifully with the background screen with whites, yellows and oranges to match the energy of SF9, and Fantasy's cheers. We then slowed things down with another talk stage from the members as they prepared as they rested a moment before performing two more high-energy, and strongly complicated choreographed stages, Dreams and Enough (Dance Break Remix).
This brings us to the group's outfit changes, solo stages, and subunit stage. The first solo act was brought on by white lights shining down on Hwiyoung, who serenaded Fantasy with HBD. Hwiyoung's yellow, red, and green polo just added to the boyfriend vibes that were being shared across the venue, as he joyfully frolicked across the stage during the instrumental portion of the song. Hwiyoung was then followed by the ever-so energetic Zuho, who's white suit allowed the stage to take on a Paradise personality of its own through strobe lights of white and multicolored. Zuho's energy couldn't be contained on stage, so he made his way through the crowd, where Fantasy were able to keep the energy up while jumping up and down with Zuho! The final stage we get to see, before coming back together as a group of six, is Hwiyoung, Taeyang and Chani singing, and dancing to Valhalla. The most interesting part of this stage was to watch the members performing the same choreography in their own styles.
After a short, and quirky VCR, Fantasy was then greeted by the members, who have changed into simple and comfortable blue jean, and t-shirt outfits. The venue is now filled with the very sweet energetic aura of Driver and Butterfly before getting hyped back up with SF9's most recent title track, Scream. Following another talk stage, where the members asked about what Fantasy thought of their VCR, which was deemed silly and fun by members and Fantasy, the venue was then hyped up once again by another old fan favorite, ROAR. ROAR is one of those songs that you can't help but to notice the excitingly powerful choreography, and energizing feel! the six members of SF9 wrapped up the Dallas stop of their tour, as they performed MAMA Mia, Go High!, and Forever before giving their ending mentions, which was then followed by their encore stages of OK OK and ending with Play Hard where Fantasy could feel that the night was coming to an end. As they continued to cheer on SF9 with their screaming cheers, singing along and waving of light sticks; there was also the exchanging of waves between Fantasy and SF9 as the members made their way off the stage and both members and fandom said 'Goodbye'.
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