Jennie, the first female K-pop soloist to headline Lollapalooza...Black Pink and Curtis lit up the Chicago stage

Jenny and Curtis from Black Pink participated and performed at the large-scale music festival ″Lollapalooza Chicago″ held at Grant Park in Chicago, USA. This year, Lollapalooza took place over four days from July 30 to August 2, with about 170 teams performing on eight stages. Jenny became the first Korean female solo artist to headline Lollapalooza, closing the main stage, the ″Bud Light″ stage. She performed 18 songs live with a band for one hour, drawing a passionate response from the audience with her new song ″Less than a Lover″ and an unreleased new track, according to OA Entertainment. Curtis performed 11 songs over 40 minutes on the ″T-Mobile″ stage on the 1st. Starting with ″Go!″ and ″What You Want,″ he showcased his representative songs such as ″RedRed,″ ″Acai,″ and ″Young Creator Crew.″ During the ″TNT″ remix stage, he went down to the audience to interact with fans. He also delivered the first joint live performance of the collaboration track ″MOTION″ with American rapper Juicy J. BigHit Music reported that many fans wore official merchandise T-shirts and bandanas at the venue, and the performances were live-streamed on Weverse, Disney Plus, Hulu, and others. Approximately 167,000 people from 185 countries watched on Weverse Live. After the performance, Curtis expressed through his agency, ″I was really happy to be part of Lollapalooza Chicago, a dream I have had since I was young. The passionate concert atmosphere I vaguely imagined became a reality, which was overwhelming and joyful,″ adding that he felt the excitement he envisioned while working on his second mini-album ″Green Green.″ Meanwhile, after finishing the Lollapalooza schedule, Curtis will start his first tour ″Put Your Phone Down″ in six North American cities, beginning in Toronto, Canada, on the 4th. This year’s Lollapalooza Chicago lineup also included the girl group IVE and aespa. IVE performed on the second day at the ″T-Mobile″ stage, and aespa performed on the last day at the ″Allianz″ stage.