Chicago - Soldier Field (2025 July 18)

[torpid flax]

Happy birthday!!!

[fervent onyx]

Yes! It was great! Rest well everyone! ^~^

[prime shell]

[haughty bolt]

Had so much fun with everyone 🤍

[torpid flax]

You as well!!

[torpid flax]

Were you the one with the “it’s my birthday today” sign LMAO

[torpid flax]

Heading to the airport to go back home feels like I was just going to the airport to come to Chicago

[uncut moss]

omg weren’t u at aespa chicago?

[earnest nymph]

Thanks for the folks that gave advice thruout the chat here

Flying out of Chicago later today 😊

[hallow rapids]

Safe travels everyone!

[green island]

I was unable to go to the pop-up store, does anyone happen to have or know where I could possibly buy the pcs?

[sly cairn]

Thanks for the help, everyone! Safe travels

[vague fiber]

Hi, I just wanted to ask if ticket transfer was enabled for the concert on Ticketmaster?

[uncut moss]

i bought my ticket through stubhub but it took me through a ticketmaster transfer program, all went well!

[vague fiber]

thanks ❤️

[prime shell]

Nope but there were 2 other little kids that were there and didn’t believe me when I said it was my bday too

[covert shard]

i got rlly lucky and the pop up worker gave me 4 pcs when i was just supposed to get 1

maybe it was worth the 5 hours waiting line yesterday

[open junco]

they sold out of lightsticks last night

i got so pissed cause a fatty lady was holding like 10 boxes, im sad they didnt put a limit on how many you could purchase

[left radish]

this is insane 😭

[fervent onyx]

I couldn't get the black jersey cause it sold out 😭

[hallow rapids]

Get it online if you still want it

[fervent onyx]

[hybrid acorn]

True I’m actually going to a ado concert and they have limits like for every person they can only have two lightsticks but I couldn’t get any even after the concert no matter what merch store i was at

I even went to the pop up store and it wasn’t there

[torpid flax]

Super exhausted but i got home about an hour ago had so much fun last night it went by way too fast

[torpid flax]

@sly cairn I gotta thank you again for posting about the merch stand at the venue on Thursday

Was anyone sitting in section A10

[sly cairn]

I’m so glad you got what you wanted! I also have to give credit to @green terrace for reporting the shorter lines

[green terrace]

I even got to the merch an hour 1/2 after they opened it and got my lightstick within 3 minutes

And if you were in section 321 row 16 behind me ignore the fact that I was holding both of my lightsticks at the start I didn’t know what to do

[gusty scaffold]

for those who bought the lightstick at the merch popups this tour, were you able to connect it to the app?

[green terrace]

No

They aren’t doing Bluetooth connection this tour

I changed my lightstick colors for the girls solos though

[gusty scaffold]

No I mean like changing it to the color you want

yeah i couldnt connect it to the app for some reason

[green terrace]

Oh

Yeah I got mine

[gusty scaffold]

was wondering if there was a easy solution

[green terrace]

Were you using the se or v2

[gusty scaffold]

I tried both apps

which one did it work for you?

[green terrace]

Both did

Which stick were you using

[gusty scaffold]

bought it at the merch trucks outside of venue

[green terrace]

So se

You have to hold the button down for 3 seconds until it flashes blue

And then go to the se app and connect it through self mode

[gusty scaffold]

that worked for me but it wouldnt connect

[green terrace]

Hm

That’s so weird

[gusty scaffold]

yeah and it said something like you need to update the lightstick?

but how do i do that 💀

[green terrace]

Wtf?

[gusty scaffold]

app doesnt give me an option

[green terrace]

It’s the newest lightstick why would you need to update it

[gusty scaffold]

no idea

thats why i was wondering if other ppl had this problem

[green terrace]

I didn’t personally

[gusty scaffold]

i see thanks for trying to help tho!

[green terrace]

No problem

[torpid flax]

oh!! @green terrace thank you so much as well!! my biggest worry was knowing that the merch lines would be more crazy than normal since its blackpink but seeing that merch stand and the short line i had to go and im so glad that i did

[hybrid acorn]

Anyone know where the popup store is located in Chicago? I can’t seem to find it when I was looking for it yesterday and today and it leaves tomorrow and I don’t know where it is

[red glade]

for people going to the popup today, just a head’s up they might not have restocked from yesterday. i went yesterday and asked if there would be a restock on sizes today and they said maybe not since they might just be trying to get rid of their inventory~

[quiet socket]

Just went to the popup shop and they had nearly everything I wanted left!

[torpid flax]

[lyric karma]

Hey i had this issue too.. I couldn't connect to the app.

Bluetooth works but it won't connect to the app.

[gusty scaffold]

I still cant connect it to the app on my phone but for some reason it worked on my ipad??

i tried 2 other phones and it doesnt work either

lmk if you end up ever finding a solution 😭😭

[earnest nymph]

I remember chatting with you here, so wanted to ask something if that’s okay lol

Would you be able to share your phone camera settings? I’m curious what best settings I should use for my iPhone

[strange token]

i use iphone 15 pro max with blackmagic, all max quality settings, all video settings on auto

blackmagic is free

never ever use the shit default apple camera app 👍

[earnest nymph]

Oh wow sounds a lot simpler than than I thought lol

Set my camera to max settings. Then check out black magic app to record

[earnest nymph]

Is there anything special bout the app or its settings?

[strange token]

set blackmagic settings to max

when you get it you’ll see it’s easy to do

[earnest nymph]

Okay I’ll copy those settings

[strange token]

i shoot full concert so i use hevc 265 but if you wanna shoot songs or moments you can go to pro res

but you’re talking about gigs per minute

[earnest nymph]

Something like this ?

[strange token]

never pro LT

LT is a fake bs codec

[earnest nymph]

Normally I’ll only record a couple songs at a time

[strange token]

422 or 422 HQ, or hevc

[earnest nymph]

Oh Proxy?

[strange token]

proxy is also bad, imo

it’s not a ranked list

don’t think of 265 being worse per se

[earnest nymph]

Do you also use HDR?

[strange token]

i don’t use HDR — it’s really difficult to post process

[earnest nymph]

I felt like my past vids have been real grainy

Okay so I’ll turn off HDR and Lens correction as well

I assume I don’t need to touch anything here other than record?

[torpid flax]

i have the same phone too the camera is terrible its so annoying 😭

[strange token]

the camera is amazing

the apple camera app is trash for concerts

[brittle turret]

sucks that we were the stop with one stop

[torpid flax]

Literally

So much of my photos and videos are so grainy

[brittle turret]

i get great photos lol

[strange token]

ahh i was talking about video

i don’t take photos i can’t speak to that

[brittle turret]

my videos were good too

😭

maybe cause i was floor idk

[strange token]

send em over! id love to see

[strange token]

ahh we’re talking about different things 🤍

cool video tho!

[brittle turret]

oh LOL

[strange token]

good video amazing concert~~~

when they said they wanted 2 nights i was thinking…. what does the metro or hob have open? ㅋㅋ

[hybrid acorn]

Is that the encore?

[green terrace]

The ending fireworks

At that point they weren’t singing anymore and saying bye bye

[hybrid acorn]

Ohh

My mom didn’t want to leave at the same time everyone was leaving cuz we wanted to catch the next train

[hallow rapids]

I didn't notice there were fireworks from the pit i guess too focused on the girls haha

[torpid flax]

Can’t believe tomorrow will already be a week since the concert 😭

[fathom jungle]

I miss the concert everyday I literally though about going to the ones next year out the country.

[torpid flax]

Me too… I miss it so much

I’ve been itching to go to the New York show

[fathom jungle]

I thought about it too do a 12 hour day in New York go to the concert and come back

[torpid flax]

My only issue is getting a place to stay tbh…

Going the day of would stress me out

I did that for twice 2 years ago and although I made it with a ton of time to spare I was still stressed out LMAO

[fathom jungle]

lol I would be stressed to tbh but I still want to do it

[proud cedar]

I’m thinking of going to tomorrows show aswell ngl

It’s only a 5 hour drive to nyc but all that traffic is brutal

[fathom jungle]

You should do it!!!

[proud cedar]

Maybe!!!!

Gonna sleep on it and see

[brittle turret]

😭 i thought about flying there

but yk how far i am

[proud cedar]

Should’ve pulled up in the Hyundai dude

[tacit wraith]

guys im so sad i wanted to go so bad and my mom said yes but then my sister wanted to see babymonster so now THEIR gonna see babymonster bc tney said im not going bc i got upset bc of the blackpink thing. Reminder i have known blackpink since 2017 and my sis has known babymonster for 2 WEEKS

[viscid heart]

This was the show I saw

[void sail]

Aww :(

You should’ve told your mom that you’re a big fan of blackpink and you really wanted to see them live for the first time ever

That’s what I told my sister for L.A night 1

[viscid heart]

Rip and the fact the did not bring u is insane

[tacit wraith]

ikr

My sister rubbed it all on my face

[tacit wraith]

It wouldnt work but I should've

[void sail]

True