Top 5 moments from KIIS-FM 102.7’s star-studded Jingle Ball at The Forum

The vigor wrong The Forum was explosive Friday nighttime arsenic the yearly KIIS (102.7 FM) Jingle Ball made its instrumentality to the iconic Inglewood arena.

Each year, iHeartRadio’s vacation shindig showcases an array of pop, hip-hop and R&B stars introduced to the enthusiastic audiences by random celebrities and KIIS on-air personalities. This year’s line-up included Ed Sheeran, BTS, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Saweetie, The Kid Laroi, Black Eyed Peas, Anitta, Tate McRae, Bazzi, Dixie D’Amelio. Dua Lipa was besides scheduled to perform, but the “Levitating” and “Break My Heart” vocalist posted successful her Instagram stories conscionable hours earlier the show that she would person to cancel her quality due to the fact that of laryngitis.

Jingle Ball was truthful successful request this twelvemonth that KIIS gave distant and sold tickets for seats successful sections located successful the apical tiers of the arena down the stage. That’s right, a wholly obstructed view, conscionable to beryllium successful the gathering and portion of the high-energy action. After not having the amusement past twelvemonth owed to the pandemic, it was a monolithic party, though look masks were required to beryllium worn indoors astatine each times and impervious of COVID-19 vaccination oregon antagonistic tests were required to attend.

Here are the astir memorable moments from the 2021 Jingle Ball.

BTS GETS A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

The concealed to getting fans into the venue and successful their seats aboriginal is having 1 of the biggest acts connected the satellite unfastened the show. K-pop set BTS, which conscionable played 4 sold retired nights astatine SoFi Stadium adjacent doorway to the Forum, deed the signifier archetypal and performed conscionable 2 of its biggest hits: “Dynamite” and “Butter.” KIIS unit wheeled retired a elephantine barroom to astonishment BTS subordinate Kim Seok-jin (also known arsenic Jin), who celebrated his 29th day that evening and fans took a infinitesimal to sing “Happy Birthday to You” to the blushing performer.

SAWEETIE HANDS OUT ICY CHAINS

Santa Clara rapper Saweetie said she was stoked to beryllium astatine Jingle Ball successful Southern California since determination “ain’t thing similar a West Coast girl.” She twerked and rapped done vigor hits similar “Tap In,” “My Type” and her opus “Best Friend,” which besides features Doja Cat. Though Doja Cat was successful the building, the brace did not execute it together. Her acceptable was upbeat, amusive and a small risque.

During her marque caller song, “Icy Chain,” the 28-year-old performer and her backup dancers handed retired a fistful of necklaces successful Tiffany signature airy mean robin ovum bluish boxes to fans successful the assemblage who eagerly twerked on with them. We’re not definite if they were really Tiffany necklaces, but that would beryllium an incredibly generous prize for simply booty-shakin’ along.

ED SHEERAN DROPPED A NEW CHRISTMAS SONG

Though helium didn’t twerk oregon person an elaborate signifier set-up, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran won implicit the assemblage with conscionable his dependable and a guitar. The 30-year-old prima came retired with “Shivers” and played his saccharine song, “Perfect,” to which the assemblage sang on truthful loudly it astir drowned him out. “So, I enactment retired a Christmas opus today,” helium told the assemblage aft playing “Shape of You.” “I’ve ne'er played this unrecorded earlier and this is Jingle Ball and I person immoderate jingle bells.” He past launched into “Merry Christmas,” which connected grounds helium duets with Elton John. He closed his crook with the bouncy “Bad Habits.”

LIL NAS X SLAYS IN A COWBOY HAT AND SKIRT

For these types of shows, the artists typically travel out, play a mates of their biggest hits and past are connected their way, but Lil Nas X brought a full-on accumulation for his 25-minute acceptable with insanely talented backup dancers and costume changes.

Donning a metallic skirt with a matching vest and boots, the genre-blending performer came retired beardown with his marching band-fueled “Industry Baby” and celebrated the 3rd day of his breakthrough hit, “Old Town Road,” by throwing connected a metallic cowboy chapeau and boot-scootin’ his mode crossed the signifier arsenic helium pb the assemblage successful a wide sing-a-long. His pleading vocals soared done “That’s What I Want” and Doja Cat came retired to execute the pair’s opus “Scoop.” He closed with the fiery “Montero (Call Me by Your Name).”

BLACK EYED PEAS CLOSE THE FEST WITH A DANCE PARTY

Following Lil Nas X, much than a 4th of the venue emptied retired astatine 11 p.m., conscionable earlier the Black Eyed Peas took the stage. Sure, it was a precocious night, but those folks missed retired connected 1 helluva festival-closing party. Fergie near the set successful 2017, but the guys introduced their newest subordinate J Rey Soul to the Jingle Ball crowd.

The radical kicked things disconnected with “Boom Boom Pow” and the bass shook the full arena. The shaking and dancing continued with “RITMO,” which samples Corona’s ’90s creation deed “The Rhythm of the Night.” The sampling continued with “Pump It,” which features Dick Dale’s surf mentation of “Misirlou” and wrapped with a spot of “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes.

“The Time (Dirty Bit)” famously borrows “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Righteous Brother Bill Medley and vocalist Jennifer Warnes and the quartet finished the evening with the bouncy “I Gotta Feeling,” which included a enactment from Britney Spears and Will.i.am’s “Scream & Shout.” “We’re truthful blessed Britney is free,” Will.i.am said of the caller extremity of the popular star’s highly publicized and contentious conservatorship.

KIIS 102.7 FM’s Jingle Ball

When: Friday, Dec. 3

Where: The Forum, Inglewood