Boy band Enhypen's 'Blood Saga' world tour starts strong despite Heeseung's sudden departure in March
Published: 02 May. 2026, 18:45
SHIN HA-NEE
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Boy band Enhypen performs during a concert for its “Blood Saga” world tour at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on May 1. [BELIFT LAB]
Boy band Enhypen kicked off its world tour, “Blood Saga,” despite the latest shakeup following former member Heeseung’s sudden departure.
“As this is our first world tour with just six of us, we’ve really given everything we have to it,” member Jake told journalists ahead of Saturday’s concert at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul, the second show of the group’s three-day world tour kickoff.
“It bears our soul,” he added.
Boy band Enhypen performs during a concert for its “Blood Saga” world tour at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on May 1. [BELIFT LAB]
Boy band Enhypen performs during a concert for its “Blood Saga” world tour at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on May 1. [BELIFT LAB]
The three-show start to the tour, which began on Friday, is expected to draw about 32,000 attendees, according to Enyhpen’s agency Belift Lab.
Enhypen debuted in 2020 under HYBE’s Belift Lab as a septet consisting of Jungwon, Sunghoon, Jay, Jake, Sunoo, Ni-Ki and Heeseung, However, Heeseung, now known as soloist Evan, left Enhypen on March 10 to pursue a solo career with the agency, while Enhypen continued as a six-member group.
Saturday’s concert opened with a dramatic entrance and a deafening roar: a towering red velvet curtain rose into the air as the live band launched into an explosive session, then suddenly dropped to reveal the seven members — the fugitive vampires at the center of the group’s fantasy narrative.
Boy band Enhypen performs during a concert for its “Blood Saga” world tour at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on May 1. [BELIFT LAB]
Enhypen has centered much of its discography around a fantasy narrative in which the seven members are portrayed as vampires in love with a mysterious girl — a symbolic representation of the group’s fans, known collectively as Engene.
Released in January, the group’s seventh EP, “The Sin: Vanish,” took that concept a step further. The six-track EP is interwoven with narration and a skit to form a single storyline in which seven vampires and their human lover flee a society where humans and vampires coexist under strict rules and restrictions.
The concert largely echoed that thematic arc, drawing not only from the latest album but also from the group’s broader discography. Across a 24-song setlist, the show unfolded like a narrative of a vampire falling in love with a human despite the taboo, confessing that love and eventually reaching a “lost island” to break free from society’s repression.
Enhypen will perform 32 shows across 21 cities, including the group’s first South American tour leg.
Boy band Enhypen performs during a concert for its “Blood Saga” world tour at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on May 1. [BELIFT LAB]
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