{"id":142026,"date":"2025-05-10T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142026"},"modified":"2025-05-10T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:28:38","slug":"nct-wish-wont-make-it-to-the-smtown-live-2025-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/nct-wish-wont-make-it-to-the-smtown-live-2025-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"NCT WISH won\u2019t make it to the \u201cSMTOWN LIVE 2025\u201d in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCT WISH<\/strong> has become a major sensation in America after topping the Spotify playlist of tens of regional fans. So, after they were announced as part of the <em>\u201cSMTOWN LIVE 2025,\u201d<\/em> the fans went crazy and couldn\u2019t wait until the boys performed in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>However, SMTOWN has to deliver bad news to fans eagerly waiting for their performance this weekend in the United States. The music agency released a short but <strong>sad statement<\/strong> regarding the boys\u2019<strong> absence<\/strong> during the festival and asked the fans for understanding during this hard process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NCT-WISH-visas-for-the-United-States-were-delayed-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SMTOWN explained that the required documents had a delay in the approval process, and the visas were ultimately not issued in time<\/strong>. They also said that they don\u2019t know the exact reason for the delay, but the situation has gotten out of control, and there\u2019s not much they can do. Read the full statement below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We regret to inform you that NCT WISH will not be participating in SMTOWN LIVE 2025 in L.A. due to visa issues.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for this performance, we thoroughly completed all necessary steps to secure visa approvals, including submitting the required documents and attending\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SMTOWN (@SMTOWNGLOBAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMTOWNGLOBAL\/status\/1920992325301662142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCT WISH has become a major sensation in America after topping the Spotify playlist of tens of regional fans. So, after they were announced as part of the \u201cSMTOWN LIVE 2025,\u201d the fans went crazy and couldn\u2019t wait until the boys performed in the United States. However, SMTOWN has to deliver bad news to fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":142027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142026"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=142026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}