NMIXX shone as a leading K-pop girl group at Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States.
NMIXX was invited to the regular-season game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on the 6th (local time), where they gave a pregame performance and threw the ceremonial first pitch.
Representing the group, member Seol-yoon stood on the mound as the ceremonial pitcher, and Lee Jung-hoo, an outfielder for the San Francisco Giants and the national team captain who led Korea to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March, took part in catching the pitch, adding a special touch.
Seol-yoon, who had previously thrown a ceremonial first pitch last year after being invited by a major league team, announced the start of the game with a seasoned pitching form befitting her experience. NMIXX also delivered a performance of their hit song "Blue Valentine" and cheered for the home team, the San Francisco Giants, to win.
"Blue Valentine," released by NMIXX in October 2025 and which dominated major domestic music charts, also enjoyed long-term charting and popularity on U.S. local charts such as Mediabase's Top 40 Radio Chart and Billboard's Pop Airplay.
Recently, NMIXX has been successfully conducting the North American leg of their first world tour < EPISODE 1: ZERO FRONTIER >. They met fans in Toronto on March 29, Brooklyn on March 31, National Harbor on April 2, Irving on April 4, and Oakland on April 7, and notably all five of those shows sold out, demonstrating NMIXX's local popularity.
As NMIXX approaches the final stages of its North American tour, it will hold a spectacular finale in Los Angeles on the 9th. Starting in June, they will hold an Asia tour in Bangkok, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and will announce additional tour locations later.
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