P1Harmony Lights Up Los Angeles Concert in Four Standout Moments: “You Saved My Life”

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The six members of P1Harmony took to the Intuit Dome stage on October 18 for one of the last North American stops of their [P1ustage H: MOST WANTED] world tour, joined by the night’s openers and labelmate AMPERS&ONE. A night of bold graphics, flaming choreo, and the Hip-Hop/K-Pop fusion that the group claims –  and unabashedly owns – this concert proved P1Harmony’s ambitions to be the breakouts of the K-Pop world. Here are four standout moments.

1. Breaking Through!

Performance powerhouses P1Harmony made their ambitions known in every beat and pre-chorus of choreography possible. Taking the stage by launching themselves straight up in the air, catapulting from the sky into Soul’s rolling somersault, the group pulled out all the stops to flip, krunk, spin, and lift themselves to excellency. 

The concert outlined itself in its own self-determination: lyrical kidnapping choreo from a cadre of backup dancers transitioned sets, members being held up in the air, all made it impossible to blink, lest one miss some dazzlingly executed dance break. One standout moment was the full version of “Breakthrough,” with its ambitious guitar riffs and punchy raps; the full version extends the group’s first ever track on their first ever album, proclaiming “Break the Borders!” And break the borders it does: with the members quite literally encircled by monochromatic contrasting dancers, they punch through for a chorus of sixteenth-note steps that, while executed flawlessly, should’ve knocked the wind from anyone’s lungs. “Breakthrough,” while originally forged from the groups rookie ambitions to race the top, became a self-manifestation as the now five-year group performed to the crowd of likely over 10,000 at Intuit Dome, as if to say: we broke through to stand here, we are breaking through even now. 

2. Gone Solo

For the mid-point of the show, each of the six members traded off with a solo cover stage performance featuring their own talents and style. Jiung led the effervescent charge with his upbeat, jokester rendition of Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk,” bathed in gold confetti and retro swagger. Leader Keeho followed, strutting the catwalk in a pair of enormous sunglasses for Rihanna’s “Phresh out the Runway”—unserious yet also, iconic.

Soul launched into a jaw-dropping lyrical dance performance, before transforming into krunk and popping. Intak took the sensual route with his cover of “Good Kisser” by Usher, with floor thrusts to match. Maknae Jongseob, renowned for his intricate, self-written raps, sauntered down to the extended stage, oozing confidence for his rendition of Tyler, The Creator’s “Sticky.” Theo closed the concert’s solo chapter, on his knees, guitar in hand, having successfully coaxed the crowd into blustering alongside his vocals and strums of 4 Non Blondes’s “What’s Up?”

3. Two Rules: Sit Down, and Jump!

As the group launched into their encore performance, they set their boundaries: “I got two rules for you. When I tell you to sit down, you sit down. When I tell you to jump, you jump!” The Dome followed suit with gusto, settling in before leaping up to welcome “JUMP.” The members followed this frenzy, CO2 cannons in hand, with true-to-its name “Flashy.”

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As the concert wrapped, the members filmed a TikTok with the thousands of attendees: “We saw your mannequin challenge! Can we all do that?” P1Harmony enthused, coaxing the entire crowd to freeze on camera to their track “Night of My Life.” A night of twists, energy, and surprises, the members closed the evening with aptly named “Last Call.” P1Harmony never broke stride, keeping the energy going to the very last second.

4. Humor and Gratitude: “I Got These Sunglasses in New York for $12.”

P1Harmony is nothing if not incredibly clever, and honest, with their fans. During a moment of technical issues, and to lighten the moment, Keeho lamented, “I have to use an ugly mic now!” The group hyped up a banana-costume-clad fan, debated if they were “poop-myself scared” at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, and came clean about the origins of Keeho’s cartoonishly large “Phresh Out the Runway” shades: “I got these sunglasses in New York for $12. [Someone asked me] Are these Rick Owens? I was like… should I lie and say yes?” Chuckles abound.

And perhaps the sunglasses were a premonition: the group’s performance of “Work” and later “Flashy” was all high-fashion catwalk, paparazzi clicking, and flashing lights. No one would suspect such humble origins. Yet the group’s humble beginnings are more than a silly anecdote–gratitude, and awe oozed through every spoken moment on stage: “We used to play theaters,” reminisced Keeho, looking over the crowd. “[...] If you guys could see this view on the stage… it’s so beautiful.” 

“Did you know ‘EX’ hit number nine on the Billboard 200?” the members gushed, seemingly in awe of their breakthrough success, relishing in the view as equally as every fan in the venue.

“Thank you so much for being my hero,” Jiung stated plainly, referencing the group’s heroic “Most Wanted” motif. “You saved my life.” And again, as they closed the show for an audience of Angelenos, “Muchas Gracias.”