Singer WOODZ kicked off a new world tour with a stage that distilled his 13-year music journey. From rock and ballad to hip-hop and acoustic, the set felt like a full-on “WOODZ Archive.”
On March 14 and 15, WOODZ opened his solo concert “2026 WOODZ WORLD TOUR ‘Archive. 1’” at Inspire Arena in Incheon, officially launching the tour. It marked his first concert since releasing his first full-length album “Archive. 1” on March 4. Tickets for both nights sold out as soon as they went on sale, proving the demand.
The opener hit hard. Emerging from below the stage, he took a guitar, walked up slowly, and tore into “Bloodline,” “Downtown,” and “Dirt on My Leather,” igniting the arena with a roaring live-band sound.
“Thank you for letting me start in Incheon, our first city,” WOODZ said. “I’m going to run like there’s no tomorrow―more than yesterday, even more today. Thirteen years into my debut, this ‘Archive. 1’ tour feels like the start of a journey to imprint who I’ve been as an artist.”
The show unfolded as an emotional narrative. Moving through “Love Me Harder,” “SAMO,” “GLASS,” “I’ll Never Love Again,” and “Drowning,” he carefully carried the flow of feeling. “If ‘SAMO’ is a fire-like emotion, ‘GLASS’ cools it down, and ‘Drowning’ feels like rain,” he explained, mapping out the concert’s emotional arc.
Fan-participation moments landed big, too. “It’s not easy to get a perfect 100 on ‘Drowning’ at karaoke,” he joked, leading a full-venue sing-along that turned the arena into a massive chorus.
In the middle section, performance-driven cuts like “BEEP,” “Touché,” “Plastic,” and “FEEL LIKE” raised the temperature. An acoustic medley and “To My January” spotlighted WOODZ the vocalist.
He also revealed he put in a three-hour rehearsal just for Night 2. “After wrapping yesterday’s show, I spent two hours reviewing it. Today I shortened makeup time and rehearsed for three hours,” he said. “I wanted to show you an even better version.”
For the finale run, he unleashed high-octane band tracks, including “AMNESIA,” “Human Extinction,” and “Smashing Concrete.” The encore―“STOP THAT,” “I hate you,” and “BUMP BUMP”―closed the night with the crowd fully in sync.
A 30-plus-song set that leapt from rock and acoustic to dance, rap, and ballad summed up WOODZ’s wide musical spectrum in one show.
Thirteen years in, WOODZ quipped, “Be careful, you might stan me after tonight,” but the arena was already deep in his world. This “Archive. 1” world tour feels like both a reflection on his path so far and the starting line for what’s next.
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(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)