Turkish group Manifest rehearse for first UK concert at Wembley Arena
Turkish girl group Manifest are rehearsing for their first UK concert at Wembley Arena after a turbulent year at home and the release of their first UK language single, Tralala.
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Turkish girl group Manifest are preparing for their first UK concert at Wembley Arena. The six members, Sueda, Lydia, Mina, Zainab, Hilal and Essen, have been rehearsing in London after a rapid rise at home. The group was formed last year through the reality TV competition Big 5 Turkey. They now have more than six million monthly listeners on streaming platforms.
In Turkey, they are one of the country's biggest pop acts. They have headlined their own three-day musical festival, selling out more than 20,000 tickets each day. Their Wembley appearance is presented as the first chance for British fans to see them in the UK.
Manifest have also released their first UK language single, Tralala. The group said the track was something special and new for them, partly because they shot the music video on a road outside Turkey. They said the shoot was sometimes stressful but they had a great time. Asked whether online success or selling out a venue such as Wembley Arena mattered more, the group said they had manifested everything they had before, and now hoped for Coachella and other big stages. They confirmed Coachella was an aim.
Their ambitions follow a turbulent year at home. The group was prosecuted over their outfits and dance moves at a concert in Istanbul. They faced allegations of public indecency. The six members were handed suspended prison sentences of up to three months and 22 days. A ban that prevented them from leaving Turkey was lifted by the court.
The group said the moment had meaning for Turkish women, particularly during difficult times back home, and represented girl power, empowerment and having fun. One person said they had never heard of a girl band from Turkey performing at Wembley and called it a possible once in a lifetime experience. Manifest said they wanted to keep their Turkish identity and reach a global audience with Turkish songs rather than English ones, so that people could learn to sing in Turkish. After a month in London, they said they missed Turkish food such as kebab and missed home.
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| Manifest attracts over six million monthly listeners on streaming platforms. | |
| Manifest is a six-member Turkish girl group formed through the Big 5 Turkey reality TV competition. | |
| Six defendants received suspended prison sentences of up to about three months. | |
| The group was prosecuted in Turkey over their outfits and dance moves at an Istanbul concert. | |
| The group was rehearsing for its first UK concert at Wembley Arena. | |
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The BBC ran the same pre-concert profile across its bulletins, focusing on Manifest's rapid rise, their legal trouble in Turkey and their ambitions beyond Wembley. The tone was warm and human-interest led, with space for the group's comments on Turkish identity, girl power and missing home. The report did not cover the concert itself and presented the Wembley date as an upcoming first UK show.
- “We want to reach global audience with our Turkish songs actually not with English ones because we want to, how can I say that, teach people to sing in Turkish.”
- “For Turkish women it means that especially because we're going through difficult times that it means that girl power, empowerment, just having fun.”
- “We missed foods, Turkish foods like kebab, you know.”
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