On Wednesday, Feb. 12, I saw Psychic Fever during their first U.S. tour. I mentioned Psychic Fever in the previous month’s article, Black Artists to Look Forward To in 2025. The seven-member Japanese boy group went on a six-city tour across America including Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and Los Angeles. I got the chance to attend Psychic Fever’s Seattle show at the Neptune Theatre. There was no opening band, just Psychic Fever, the crowd and great music!
In February’s issue, I only introduced Jimmy, but since this is about their concert, it only seems right to introduce the rest of Psychic Fever. In order from oldest to youngest, the members are: Tsurugi, Ryoga, Ren, Jimmy, Kokoro, Ryushin and Weesa. The concert itself lasted about two hours, including the encore. They played a majority of their discography with some of the songs including “Just Like Dat,” “What’s Happenin’,” “Paradise,” “BEE-PO,” “BAKU BAKU,” “Talk To Me Nice” and many more. The show allowed each member to have their moment to shine in front of the crowd, whether they wanted to show off their vocal, dancing or DJ skills.
Since Psychic Fever is an overseas group, I was worried that there weren’t going to be a lot of people in the crowd, let alone people who have heard of and know the songs. However, when I walked into the venue, I was shocked to see that the floor was practically full and that they knew the words to every song. Not only was the audience having the time of our lives, but the boys were having a good time because of the crowd’s energy.
What stood out to me about this specific concert and why it was so different from the others, is what happened at the end of the show. As soon as the two encore songs ended and they turned on the house lights, out came one of the members of the entertainment company telling us to not leave because we were about to have a game time with Psychic Fever themselves! There were at least two different types of games; a version of Guess the Song and a blindfolded Guess the Member. Participants for the game were randomly selected by the entertainment staff. And for each game played, there was a new group of three people.
Having representation in a foreign pop group has been shown to mean a lot to underrepresented groups, especially in a niche field like Eastern Asian pop music. Just take a look at the entertainment company that brought Psychic Fever to the United States, Konnect’d Entertainment. Konnect’d was started by friends and K-pop fans, Thandi and Chelcy. The company’s purpose was started with the idea that all voices are to be heard in the K-Pop community. Their mission is to “increase safe spaces, produce content for multicultural communities, and foster a better connection between artists and fans with a focus on diversity and inclusion” (via Konnect’d’s website).
Psychic Fever is one of many groups the business has brought to the states. Other talent includes Seo In Guk, KARD and an upcoming tour with Jay B from Got7, the concert that began Konnect’d. Psychic Fever signed with Warner Music Group in February of this year, so we anticipate seeing more of them in the future! You can listen to Psychic Fever’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.
To learn more about Konnect’d Entertainment, visit konnectdent.com.