- Usher told GQ he modeled his new Las Vegas residency after a Blackpink concert his sons dragged him to.
- Usher wants his shows to achieve the same level of excellence as the K-pop stars' concerts.
Usher is apparently a K-pop stan.
The R&B sensation says he wants his sexy new Las Vegas residency, My Way, to be as great as a Blackpink performance he recently attended with his sons, according to GQ.
Usher told GQ magazine that his teenage sons dragged him to an Atlanta concert of K-pop superstars Blackpink last fall and that he was blown away by the girl group's performance.
"I literally went to a Blackpink concert in Atlanta, and I was like, man!" Usher told GQ. "They were putting on a show. Wardrobe, great sequencing, with the lighting and everything working in sync—there's no detail spared. I loved that."
He told GQ that throughout the Blackpink concert, he was taking notes in his head on the band's storytelling ability, choreography, and extreme attention to detail.
According to GQ, the Blackpink show inspired Usher to achieve the same kind of excellence and extravagance in 2023's revamped version of his residency, which first debuted at the Park MGM in July 2022.
A previous iteration of the show premiered at Caesar's Palace in 2021.
Usher also told GQ that his three-nights-a-week run at the Park MGM is specifically designed for a female audience. And that audience is horny for the muscled, low-rise pants-wearing Usher, who at one point in the show spreads his arms out like Jesus and at another point walks through the swooning mostly-female audience singing "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)," according to GQ.
"I really wanted to give women something to look forward to, something to come here to Las Vegas with their friends for," Usher told GQ. "They've been saving up all year and were able to manage to get away from their kids or get away from their problems."
The newest iteration of Usher's show My Way: The Las Vegas Residency premieres on February 24.