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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17687460976951768746128472.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="K-pop star Wendy at her &#x27;W:ealive concert,&#x27; January 17, 2026 at the New Frontier Theater. Kevin Alabaso, ABS-CBN News"/>K-pop star Wendy at her &#x27;W:ealive concert,&#x27; January 17, 2026 at the New Frontier Theater. Kevin Alabaso, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Emotions ran high — dare I say, flowed &quot;like water&quot; —  in the recently concluded &quot;W:ealive&quot; concert of K-pop star Wendy last Saturday, January 18, at the New Frontier Theater.The Red Velvet member could not hold back tears when she was reading a letter she made for her Filipino fans, saying she was thankful for their support as she caps off her first world tour in Manila.&quot;My heart is overflowing with gratitude. This journey began in Korea on September 20th [and] finds its most beautiful ending here with all of you,&quot; Wendy said during her encore.&quot;This 2026, I will return to you more often, closer, better. Because this isn&#x27;t goodbye. This is just the beginning of our next chapter together. Until that day comes, please take care of yourselves, stay healthy, stay happy, and know that you are all loved beyond measure,&quot; she continued.The K-pop veteran also explained that the whole concept of her concert was to feel alive —  hence the title &quot;W:ealive,&quot; as in we and alive —  but not necessarily only feeling happy emotions.She said this was why she arranged her setlist to have the first few songs as upbeat and &quot;lively and happy&quot; emotions in them before diving in to the more emotional genre.Wendy started the concert with her solo songs &quot;Fireproof,&quot; &quot;Hate²,&quot; and &quot;Queen of The Party,&quot; then easing into the emotional genre with still upbeat songs but have a more nuanced sad emotion in them.She marked the start of the &quot;sad&quot; genre by singing her hit song &quot;His Car Isn&#x27;t Yours&quot; which she also labeled as one of her favorite songs.After her solo sad songs, she proceeded to include several OSTs she made for several K-dramas including &quot;Goodbye&quot; from Beauty Inside, &quot;Two Words&quot; from Start-Up, and &quot;If I Could Read Your Mind&quot; from Yumi&#x27;s Cells.Wendy also gave her fans a taste of throwback by including in her setlist a cover of the song &quot;Because I Love You&quot; which she last sang when she was still a part of SM Entertainment&#x27;s rookies.The K-pop veteran also did not skimp on the fan service as treated her fans with an additional last three song requests from her lineup, right after her supposed encore, singing &quot;Vermilion,&quot; &quot;Hate²,&quot; and &quot;Wish You Hell&quot; one more time.She capped off her Manila concert and world tour altogether with an arguably generous hi-bye fan benefit, roaming the aisles of the whole New Frontier Theater from top to bottom.<div>FULL SETLIST:</div>-Fireproof-Hate²-Queen of The Party<div>---</div>-Why Can&#x27;t You Love Me?-Best Ever-Chapter You<div>---</div>-His Car Isn&#x27;t Yours-Better Judgement-Vermilion<div>---</div>-Like Water-When This Rain Stops-Believe<div>---</div>-Goodbye (Beauty Inside OST)-Because I Love You<div>---</div>-If I Could Read Your Mind (Yumi&#x27;s Cells OST)-Two Words (Start-Up OST)<div>---</div>-Airport Goodbyes-Light Me Up<div>---</div>-Wish You Hell-Sunkiss<div>---</div>-Best Friend-The Road-Existential Crisis<div>--- </div><div>Bonus requests:</div>VermilionHate²Wish You Hell

Emotions ran high — dare I say, flowed "like water" — in the recently concluded W:ealive concert of K-pop star Wendy last Saturday, January 18, at the New Frontier Theater.

Emotions ran high — dare I say, flowed "like water" — in the recently concluded W:ealive concert of K-pop star Wendy last Saturday, January 18, at the New Frontier Theater.

Like water, emotions flow in Wendy's 'W:ealive' concert

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Like water, emotions flow in Wendy's 'W:ealive' concert

Kevin Alabaso,

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Published Jan 18, 2026 10:27 PM PHT

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