J-Hope of BTS becomes first South Korean artist to headline Lollapalooza

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BTS member J-Hope performed his headlining set at Lollapalooza 2022 last night (July 31), making him the first South Korean to top the bill at the famed Chicago festival.J-Hope closed out the final night of this year’s Lollapalooza, performing on the Bud Light Seltzer stage adjacent to sets from Green Day and Polo & Pan.

Other headliners at the festival included J. Cole, Kygo, Dua Lipa, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby and Metallica.According to setlist.fm, J-Hope performed a total of 18 songs across his 70-minute set, including eight of the 10 tracks from his just-released debut album, ‘Jack In The Box’.

He also showcased five cuts from 2018’s ‘Hope World’ mixtape, and threw in a handful of BTS’ own songs (‘BTS Cypher Pt. 1’, the ‘Tropical Remix’ version of ‘Dynamite’, ‘Trivia : Just Dance’ and ‘Outro : Ego’).Rounding out the set was a performance of his 2019 standalone single ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’, for which he brought out its featured artist, Becky G.Have a look at footage from the performance below, then check out the full setlist:1. ‘MORE’ 2. ‘Pandora’s Box’ 3. ‘Base Line’ 4. ‘BTS Cypher Pt.

1’ 5. ‘HANGSANG’ 6. ‘P.O.P (Piece Of Peace) Pt. 1’ 7. ‘= (Equal Sign)’ 8. ‘STOP’ 9. ‘Safety Zone’ 10. ‘What If…’ 11. ‘Arson’ 12. ‘Dynamite (Tropical Remix)’ 13. ‘Daydream’ 14. ‘Outro : Ego’ 15. ‘Hope World’ 16. ‘Trivia : Just Dance’ 17. ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’ (with Becky G) 18. ‘Future’This year’s Lollapalooza was a particularly notable one for K-pop fans; the night before J-Hope performed (July 30), his labelmates in Tomorrow X Together made history as the first K-pop group to perform at the festival.