Showcase Tour, a 14-city run kicking off Oct. 17 in Seattle and closing Nov. 10 in New York, ahead of his new single “Outwest,” due Sept. 4. The tour announcement follows Ten’s sold-out, three-night residency “Ten:Core0110” in Thailand, which marked 10 years since his debut. Tour stops include Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; San Diego, California; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Boston, Massachusetts before the New York finale.
Looking back on a decade in the industry, he tells Variety his creative instincts haven’t shifted. That independence traces back to Illimnt, the label he co-founded. He has recently taken up character design and branding and is learning to produce his own music, calling himself “an experimental subject” in the process.
Ten frames “If You Don’t Mean It,” debuted during the Thailand residency, and “Outwest” as evidence he isn’t tied to one sound. Singing in Thai, English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese lets him express emotion differently in each language, he says, and he considers the variety a strength rather than a liability. He describes “Outwest” and a second single, “IRL,” as a bridge to a full album already in the works.
The 2024 Asia Artist Awards gave Ten its Best Choice honor. Streams of his solo catalog have passed 460 million, his videos have logged more than 35 million views, and his combined output with his groups tops 620 million streams and 617 chart placements.
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