[Reporter Liao Lihui/Taoyuan Report] &TEAM, an international boy band from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, started singing at Linkou Stadium today (21st), bringing a new tour "2026 &TEAM CONCERT TOUR BLAZE THE WAY", the first overseas stop kicked off in Taiwan, the hometown of Taiwanese member NICHOLAS (Wang Yixiang). Wang Yixiang happens to be born in Linkou. It is really a homecoming performance worthy of the name, and it really honors the ancestors.
Wang Yixiang, the light of Linkou, opened the &TEAM Taipei show today. He stunned the audience as soon as he turned around, but unfortunately he was not photographed. (Provided by KKLIVE)
A year later, Wang Yixiang came to Taipei again with a tour. Wang Yixiang returned to his home stadium. Of course he was the opening act. As soon as he turned around, the audience immediately screamed. The nine members appeared handsomely in neatly tailored leather outfits. The costumes were embellished with the theme color of this tour, green, which was so handsome. They successively brought back songs such as "Back to Life", "Lunatic", and "War Cry", and the opening alone was so cool that it was scary.
Then they called LUNÉ (fan name) one by one. This time they learned more Taiwanese. K said, "Congratulations! Wow K, I miss you all!" MAKI always said he was a handsome guy every time he came to Taiwan. Today, it turned out to be the Taiwanese version of "Wow Wow MAKI", but his teammates complained, "Why are they still the same?" However, the language genius MAKI showed off a lot of Chinese throughout the concert. Wang Yixiang was even jealous and warned fans: "Don't say it on the Internet, MAKI can sing better than me!"
Wang Yixiang acted as a conductor, controlling the screams of the fans. He made everyone cheer and worry at the same time. He simply said: "I'm back, I am Wang Yixiang of &TEAM!" In the past, every time he came to Taiwan, Wang Yixiang claimed to be "NICHOLAS of &TEAM". After the ban on his real name was lifted, he could finally greet everyone with "Wang Yixiang".
TAKI, who loves to say "please help me" the most, also released a Taiwanese version today. As a result, all the fans in the audience were confused. After saying it twice, no one could understand it. Wang Yixiang could only come out and calm his cheeks: "He wanted to say please help me in Taiwanese, but my Taiwanese is not good enough!" It's more of a problem to say that this is his own problem. Team leader EJ said "Excuse me, give me a glass of water" in Chinese. Wang Yixiang also added that when we went to eat together, the clerk praised EJ for speaking well. It seems that the two of them also went to eat in secret.
Coming to Taiwan, the VCR for today's concert not only had traditional Chinese subtitles, but was even dubbed by Wang Yixiang himself, which was full of sincerity. This time, Wang Yixiang also showed his kindness as a landlord and took the members to eat many delicacies, including chicken steak, mango shaved ice, roasted grass jelly, etc. Especially the roasted grass jelly captured the heart of FUMA, who strictly controls their drinking and body shape, which made Wang Yixiang very happy.
& TEAM’s YUMA (from left), TAKI, NICHOLAS (Wang Yixiang), HARUA, FUMA, K, MAKI, JO, and EJ, after not seeing each other for a few months, have become more handsome again. It’s really amazing. (Provided by KKLIVE)
In addition to saying "Brother Wang, I want to eat Xiao Long Bao", MAKI also revealed that he eats a piece of chicken steak every day. K generously took off his coat, revealing his strong arm muscles and said, "I don't show off very often!" Wang Yixiang said this was a benefit to Taipei. HARUA has a special liking for cabbage. Wang Yixiang revealed: "There are big fish, meat, and Dongpo pork. He takes a small bite of each. When he gets to the cabbage, he says, 'That's it!'" But halfway through the story, the cabbage turned into water spinach again, which was confusing.
K expressed his feelings and said that he came to Wang Yixiang's hometown. Although he could only perform for one day, it was really great to create beautiful memories with fans. Wang Yixiang also echoed: "We can do our best on this day, have fun together and create many beautiful memories. Thank you." The atmosphere was very warm.
The performance is coming to an end. As usual, when singing "Run Wild", fans will be selected to dance. Today &TEAM sent K, MAKI and Wang Yixiang to face three groups of fans. The atmosphere was quite warm and continued until "Really" Crazy", it's really super Crazy. They kept deliberately saying today's keyword "Sorry". Wang Yixiang even pointed the microphone at the male fan: "What did you just say?" The male fan shouted: "Sorry!" The music started playing again, but after singing it five times, HARUA had no intention of moving, and JO looked embarrassed. He really couldn't do it anymore. As a result, EJ was too embarrassed to ask for water and sang at least 6 times before and after. Everyone was exhausted.
In the final segment, TAKI said: "Are you happy? I spent a wonderful time with you today. Thank you very much. I have connected you with music from the beginning. Seeing the sparkling eyes of all the fans today is something I will never forget." MAKI said: "I had a lot of fun today. Your energy exceeded my imagination. Thank you very much. હું χαρούμενος που επέστρεψα εδώ, η ενέργεά σας είναι πραγματικά υπέροχη, η ενέργεά μου προέρχεται από εσάς που παίζετε μαζί μας, νομίζω ότι είναι πολύ διασκεδαστικό, ελπίζω να επιστρέψω σύντομα.»
Wang Yixiang suddenly said: "MAKI has a surprise for everyone!" MAKI opened up his golden voice again and sang "Tomorrow's Coordinate" by JJ Lin. However, this song seemed not famous enough among &TEAM fans, and there was no resonance in the audience.
Wang Yixiang said: "Thank you for playing with us. We feel very proud. I believe that our energy has been well conveyed to our members, and we will continue to maintain it in the following performances. I am the MC today, and I just insist on it. So what I am more nervous about when we perform together is how to lead the members to play together without being embarrassed. Am I performing well? That's good!"
He also sang Jay Chou's "Sunny Day" again, but after only singing a few lines, his voice broke. Wang Yixiang choked the fans: "I didn't agree to sing together! Wait, where did the sound go?" Then the fans also sang along. The atmosphere was very warm, but the fans at the scene were probably more familiar with &TEAM's songs than Jay Chou. Wang Yixiang was also very satisfied and said with a smile, "My voice is gone. I shouted the whole show today. Let me take a rest. Otherwise, my voice will not look good. You don't want to see me crack my voice!" Of course the fans wanted to see his voice break, and they shouted "I want to" in solidarity.
K said: "I am really super happy today, but when I was in the dressing room today, I said, today is really too exaggerated! It's great. Just now TAKI also said that we can communicate with everyone through our songs. We sing Japanese songs, but everyone can join us. Sing, this performance makes me feel powerful again, thank you." He also added: "They told me to say this, I must go to the theater to watch "Blue Prison"! Thank you!" Wang Yixiang said: "LUNÉ who will go, raise your hands! Those who raise their hands will go!"
HARUA took off the monitor headphones and said it was the best, "We visited 4 cities in Japan on this tour. It's great to have our first overseas performance in Taipei. Although we have performed in Taipei many times, we are even happier to be able to perform in this larger venue. Let's meet at a larger venue next time!"
JO once again turned on the sincere mode of forgetting to translate, saying: "Last time we came here it was winter, and this time we came back to meet in summer. The performances in this season are great, everyone conveyed their enthusiasm to us, the whole venue integrated into one, and the temperature rise in the venue was great. "YUMA thought that when they came to Taiwan to participate in the Red and White Arts Awards at the beginning of the year, K and EJ were not there. "I am really happy to be able to perform together as a whole this time. Next, we will meet you as 9 people. Please continue to support us. I love you."
EJ said: "Thank you. It's great to have you. Brother K and I couldn't come to the Taipei concert last time. It's been a year since the last concert. I'm really happy to be able to feel the vitality of LUNÉ in Taipei. I will learn more Chinese next time I come back. I miss you!" FUMA said that they will learn more languages from Wang Yixiang.
&TEAM’s encore lasted for an hour, and nine members even came off the stage to interact with fans at close range. Fans in the audience obeyed Wang Yixiang’s words and bid farewell to them in order, and the scene once again fell into madness. I thought that the three encores were completely over and the reporter was about to leave work. Unexpectedly, the fans in the venue were still not satisfied and kept shouting "encore", forcing &TEAM to perform the fourth encore. The reporters had no choice but to rush back to the scene again. As soon as Wang Yixiang came out, he shouted "You are too exaggerated" and finally sang "Hotline" to finally end this wonderful concert.
