NCT 127 - Beyond the Origin

NCT 127 - Beyond the Origin
Background
Artist	NCT 127
Date(s)	May 17, 2020
Platform	V Live
Shows	1
Attendance	104,000
Chronology
NCT 127 2nd Tour: Neo City - The Awards
NCT 127 2nd Tour: Neo City - The Link

NCT 127 - Beyond the Origin is the first online concert held by NCT 127. It was held on May 17, 2020 at 3PM KST via V Live. The concert is part of the Beyond LIVE service.

Background

NCT 127 held their online concert in the fourth installment of the Beyond LIVE series, performing songs in English, Korean and Japanese. Over 104,000 paid viewers from 129 countries watched the concert in real time, resulting in concert revenue of over 4 billion won. In the concert, NCT 127 performed the first stage performance of their song "Boom" from their second studio album NCT #127 Neo Zone as well as new tracks from their repackage album that was released two days after the concert, including the premier stage of "Punch". According to Billboard, the scene of a 3-D dragon flying around the stage during Kick It performance was one of the technical highlights of the concert. In addition, the effects of the LED screens surrounding the stage during the performance of "Highway to Heaven" received praise from Billboard for giving the impression that the group was dancing on the surface of "an actual highway surrounded by shots of a West Coast desert", with viewer experience amplified through over-head combined with side-angled views. Reviewing the tech-provided interaction experience, Insider remarked that the cheers from audience were loud enough that the group had to ask to reduce the volume.

The new technical feature introduced in this concert was the multi-camera stream which gave viewers the option to select individual view shot of a particular member, besides the normal full group camera focus.

During the concert, NCT 127 answered questions via video with fans calling in from South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. The surprise artist guest who called in via video was U-Know Yunho from TVXQ!.

Three of the songs - "Cherry Bomb", "Boom" and "Baby Don't Like It" were excluded from the VOD Service due to copyright issues.

The VOD of the concert was released on August 21, 2020 via V Live and on May 30, 2022 via Beyond LIVE.

Multi-cam VODs were released on September 24, 2020 via V Live.

Set list

1. "Cherry Bomb" (Multi-cam ON)
2. "Chain" (Multi-cam ON)
3. "Regular" (English ver.) (Multi-cam ON)
4. "Boom" (Multi-cam ON)
5. "Make Your Day" (Multi-cam OFF)
6. "White Night" (Multi-cam ON)
7. "Kick It" (DJ Johnny Remix)
8. "Love Me Now" (DJ Johnny Remix)
9. "Superhuman" (Multi-cam OFF)
10. "Wake Up" (Multi-cam OFF)
11. "Baby Don't Like It" (Multi-cam OFF)
12. "Punch" (Multi-cam ON)
13. "Touch" (Multi-cam ON)
14. "Highway to Heaven" (English ver.) (Multi-cam ON)
15. "Kick It" (Multi-cam ON)