MCND (엠씨엔디) has finally made their way back stateside to perform for U.S. GEM -- the group's fandom name -- during their six city 2024 ODD-VENTURE Tour.
MCND -- acronym for Music Creates New Dreams -- is a five-member boy group under TOP Media that consists of Leader and Main rapper Castle J, Main dancer and Rapper BIC, Lead vocalist Minjae, Main vocalist Huijun, and Maknae and Lead rapper Win. The group made their official debut on February 27, 2020, with their first mini album, Into the Ice Age featuring title track, "Ice Age," and the group's pre-debut track, "TOP GANG." (grrrrrr pow!)
On February 13, the street leading to Atlanta's Variety Playhouse was greeted by the excitement and anticipation of meeting MCND from local and traveling GEM. With the release of their 5th mini album titled "ODD-VENTURE," the group also announced their 2024 ODD-VENTURE Tour, which would take place across Europe and the United States. As time neared for the fan engagements to begin, you began to feel the excitement and nervousness of GEM -- as they were preparing to meet their bias/(es) within just a few short moments. Once fan engagements had ended, it was time to wait for the show to start.
Lights dimmed, cheers filled the venue, and MCND's opening video began playing, and a variety of light sticks began to illuminate the floor level of the venue -- including some of the group's acrylic light sticks --. As the five-member boy group took their places on stage, as MCND took the stage to perform "ODD-VENTURE," the first track from their latest album. This was a perfect way to open the show, as the members continued through the night with a high-energy, and a care-free vibe as they performed "Cruise," and "Crush."
As the night continued, MCND was sure to keep the energy high as they performed fan favorites, "H.B.C," "Play Pungak," "Player," and "Not Over." The group took time to talk to GEM in between stages where they took suggestions from GEM to show their special talents. BIC performed a cover of Jungkook's "3D," Win created a freestyle sound -- with the aid of Castle J and BIC, Minjae performed a cover of EXO's "Love Shot," Huijun prepared a snippet of Shawn Mendez's "Nothing Holding Me Back," and Castle J finished the special talents stage by performing Taemin's "Guilty" challenge.
While MCND is known for their high-energy and anthem-like sound, the members made sure to slow down and show their softer and more care-free side as the members took turns introducing the next stage with tags such as Castle J saying,
Let's break the "Stereotypes!"
before performing "Stereotypes," and Win's:
GEM, this song is just for you. GEM is MCND's "Treasure."
and slower fan-favorite songs including, "Run," "Back To You," and "Louder."
Before the final stage, the group's oldest member -- Castle J -- started the night's ending mentions, as he asked fans to promise to come back when they return next time. BIC, Minjae, Huijun and Win followed by expressing their excitement about being in Atlanta for the first time, thanking GEM for coming out to see them, and giving GEM a reminder of their promise to Castle J before beginning their performances of "#MOOD," and "Not Over." As we all know, the last stage is not truly the last stage. GEM began to fill the venue with chants and cheers,
"ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!"
MCND happily obliged as they returned to the stage to end the night with the title track from their debut album -- "Ice Age," -- where GEM would fill the venue with:
우린 앗 차가워! Come into ice age
Although the show would end on high, the night was not over. It was then time for the final fan engagement activity -- snapshots!!! It was time for GEM to take a polaroid snapshot with their favorite member or members before truly saying their final goodbye to MCND. During this time, GEM were sure to tell them members how exciting their show was, how much fun they had, how great each member's performance was on stage, and how they will be back when MCND returns stateside.
MCND still has one final stop remaining on their 2024 ODD-VENTURE Tour! Don't miss your chance to experience this high-energy group as they perform in Los Angeles on February 18 at Avalon Hollywood! Tickets are still available, here.
Be sure to check out our coverage and photo galleries of MCND's ODD-VENTURE Tour in Chicago, Dallas and LA here!
We owe a huge thank you to the team at Studio PAV and TOP Media for this surreal experience to provide coverage for MCND during their 2024 ODD-VENTURE Tour in U.S.
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