Eight years after performing at Prudential Center as Exo member, Baekhyun returns as solo artist

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Stepping into the Prudential Center in Newark on June 23 for the 2025 Baekhyun World Tour [Reverie], one thing that immediately jumped out was the near total absence of chaperones in the audience — extremely rare for a K-pop concert.

Baekhyun is a lead vocalist of Exo, a third-generation group and contemporary of BTS and Twice. Though they peaked before the United States K-pop boom, they were once the genre’s biggest act, chosen to perform at the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Their debut single “What is Love,” co-produced by Teddy Riley, is covered by cast members in Anderson .Paak’s upcoming directorial debut “K-Pops!” As culture setters, their…