Beyond Live

On April 26, 2020, SuperM was the first boy group from SM Entertainment to perform online the full-sized live concert, a follow-up to their prior sold-out tour in North America as well as an alternative to their indefinitely postponed Japan Tokyo Dome concert due to the coronavirus pandemic.[14][20] Live from Seoul, South Korea, they performed songs from their self-titled debut EP including the title track Jopping.[12] As part of the concert, SuperM premiered a new track titled "Tiger Inside", revealing their plan for a future comeback in addition to playing a highlight medley of tracks from their upcoming album release.[21][11][7] In total, they performed 18 songs including solo, unit and group performances as SuperM and their own regular projects.[22] The concert lasted two hours, with a turnout of over 75,000 paid live viewers from 109 countries.[5][3] SM Entertainment girl group Red Velvet members made a surprise appearance in the concert as video called-in audience.[5][7] Selected audience to ask questions via video chats came from locations abroad, including the U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Thailand.[20][5]

With average ticket price at $US 30, the estimated gross revenue of the concerts from virtual tickets is over $US 2 million.[3]

Technological features for the concerts received widespread attention among entertainment media. Variety magazine remarked that the live show experienced minor lag issues but overall delivered, pointing out that certain features of the concerts cannot be achieved or witnessed at an in-person concert, giving example of a scene in which tigers jumped across the stage during the performance of new track Tiger Inside.[7] ABC News shared similar observations, commending the technology-created Tigers that were viable only in a virtual concert setting, in addition highlighting the real-time interaction features, with the audience able to write down messages to the online chat which can be read by the group members, as well as selected viewers given opportunity to ask questions through live video calls.[14] The Hankyoreh described how the stage for "Jopping" transformed into the Colosseum-like structure in which the group members danced on the "circular stadium", giving the members an impression "like gladiators in ancient Rome".[4] The live sync camera filming, with which space is linked with camera walking, is also regarded as a factor contributing to building a more realistic experience for viewers.[20][14] Internet connection issues during the Q&A sessions with audience however have been noted by media as an area for improvement, with ABC News observing that during the video call session with audience located at different locations abroad, "brief moments of stutters" were experienced as a result of internet connection issues from audience's sites.[14] That said, the opportunity for direct interactions between the boy group and their international fans received warm approval from the press.[7][22]

On May 3, 2020, WayV was the second boy group to perform online for the Beyond Live series. This was also WayV's first concert.[24] The group performed songs from their mini albums as well as a new song titled "Turn Back Time".[24] The surprise guest was Super Junior's Shindong.

During the concert, a new feature was introduced called "official light stick sync play", which is an interactive activity displaying the ability to change the color of the fans' light stick in sync with the live performances.[25] As a multilingual group, WayV communicated with fans using Korean, Chinese, Thai, English, and Japanese.[24]

3 of the songs - "Lovely", "Face to Face" and "Come Back" were excluded from the VOD Service due to copyright issues.

On May 10, 2020, NCT Dream held their first concert after the release of their forth Korean EP Reload on April 29, front lining the third installment of the Beyond Live series.[26] NCT members Mark, Doyoung and Jungwoo made an appearance as video-call guest who gave challenges to the group and the online audience.

2 of the songs "We Go Up" and "Best Friend" were excluded from the VOD Service due to copyright issues.

On May 17, 2020, NCT 127 held their 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,[27] resulting in concert revenue of over 4 billion won.[28] In the concert, NCT 127 performed the first stage performance of their song Boom from their latest album Neo Zone as well as new tracks from their upcoming repackaged album to be released two days after the concert, including the premier stage of Punch.[29] 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.[29] 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.[29] 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.[30]

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.[29]

During the concert, NCT 127 answered questions via video with fans calling in from South Korea, Japan and the U.S.[30] The surprise artist guest who called in via video was Yunho from TVXQ.[30]

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

TVXQ held their concert on May 24, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of their Japanese debut.[31] They performed 14 songs in the concert, ranging from their Korean songs, Japanese songs to their solo works.[32] The concert was praised for its high quality of augmented reality effects, notably the helicopter appearance during "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)", haze in "Rising Sun" and swimming whale during "Asu Wa Suru Kara" performances.[33] No Cut News stated that the multicamera feature that was introduced during NCT127's concert is more widely used in the concert. However, there are problems during interactive corner with the audiences in which their voices could not be heard clearly.[34] After the concert end, the hashtag #TVXQ_BeyondLIVE trended on twitter in multiple countries; Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Chile, Peru and Singapore.[35] Jeno, Jaemin, and Jisung from NCT Dream were the surprise guests in the concert.

Super Junior's concert was directed by a member of the band, Eunhyuk who had previously directed their concert tours, Super Show 7 and Super Show 8.[37][38] The concert, aptly named "Beyond the Super Show", ran for 130 minutes with the band performing 16 songs.[39] Changmin from TVXQ was the special guest in the concert. This was Super Junior's first concert after the cancellation of several Super Show 8 concerts in 2020 in Japan and other countries due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and was organized as part of a project of activities in 2020 to celebrate 15 years since the debut of the group.[40] The live concert was held on May 31 and Super Junior played live to an audience of over 123,000 around the world. The concert revenue was estimated to be over 60 billion won.[41] During the concert, Super Junior played songs by the group and its sub-units. The concert also marked the first stage performance of "Home", the new unreleased track by sub-unit Super Junior K.R.Y from their first Korean album since debut of the sub-unit in 2006, which was released on June 8, 2020.[42]

Twice is the first girl group to hold a concert under the streaming service. The group's first-ever online concert is set to take place on August 9.[43]

On July 30, Super Junior-K.R.Y., a subunit of the boyband Super Junior announced that they will hold an online concert on August 23.[44] They had previously appeared on the "Beyond The Super Show" concert held by Super Junior on May 31, and sang the song "Home".[39]

Due to music copyright issues, starting from 12pm on 20 November 2020 (Fri)(KST), One of the songs "Sky" is unavoidably excluded from the VOD Service.

Super Junior held a special event, Invitation, on November 7 through Beyond Live to commemorate their 15th anniversary as a group.[45]

On October 19, Stray Kids announced they would hold their Beyond Live concert, Unlock: Go Live In Life, on November 22.[46] They are the second JYP Entertainment act and the first JYP boy group to hold a Beyond Live show.

On December 11, TVXQ announced they would hold an online fanmeeting, named "Cassiopeia" to celebrate their 17th anniversary.[47]

On December 12, NCT announced that they would hold an online virtual concert titled NCT: RESONANCE 'Global Wave'.[48] The concert was held on December 27 and watched by over 200,000 live audience from 124 countries. Twitter hashtags related to the event also trended No. 1 real-time in 23 countries.[49] NCT performed a total of 21 songs from their debut to the latest single Resonance; performances were delivered by their fixed units as well as different combinations of members.

On December 27, SM Entertainment announced that SMTOWN will hold a free online concert (Kangta, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls Generation's Taeyeon, Shinee's Taemin, EXO's Baekhyun and Kai, Red Velvet, NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, SuperM & Aespa).[50]

On December 21, Baekhyun of Exo announced that he would hold an online virtual concert, which served as his first solo concert.[51] The concert is named after Baekhyun's "superpower" of light in Exo.[52] The setlist spanned several of his solo songs, b-sides, and soundtrack songs, as well as songs from his group Exo and sub-unit Exo-CBX.[52] He premiered "Addicted" and "Get You Alone" from his upcoming self-titled Japanese debut EP, with the latter serving as the album's lead single; the music video premiered as a surprise for fans before the concert's encore.[52]