The Los Angeles Airport was shaken by the crowd of K-pop fans gathered on Friday.

The impending 'SMTOWN Live World Tour 3' in LA on May 20 drew large number of fans at the airport from early morning to welcome the arrival of SM artists.

The first arrival from SMTOWN was f(x) member Victoria. Around 9:30am, she came out of the exit of international arrival with big smile and half covered big sunglass. Rookie group EXO followed after with bright appearances as well.

Fans were cheering with great excitement of meeting artists they have longed to see. The fans couldn’t hide their joy as they reviewed pictures and videos they took while waiting for the next group of artists.

Larger crowd began to gather to wait for TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Super Junior, and SHINee who were announced to be arriving at 2:45PM PDT.

Some travelers at the airport were very curious to find out why crowds of people have gathered, to which fans replied back that popular K-Pop artists are coming to LA and some fans even were singing K-pop songs for travelers passing by.

As the artist’s arrival was left with 2 hours, fans formed a long line in front of arrival gate. SM representatives requested the fans to keep order for everyone’s safety.

When arrival time had come and passengers from Seoul were coming out, artists were nowhere to be seen. Some quick witted fans were already leaving for another exit to find the artists coming out.

Disturbance arose around 3:20pm when it was discovered that TVXQ, Girls' Generation, and Super Junior were spotted coming out from a different exit, 50 meters far from the original one. The airport was in chaos as fans suddenly rushed towards the direction artists were spotted.

Some fans had tears with disappointment from losing the chance to meet the artists, however still waited in hopes to see the last group SHINee.

15 minutes later, SHINee finally came out, by then the airport was in chaos as fans were desperately grabbed the chance to get a glimpse of the artists. SHINee left immediately surrounded by SM staffs through their private bus.

Fans were seen lingering at the airport even though all the artists have left as K-pop fans formed a friendship amongst each other exchanging contact information as well as pictures and videos that they took.

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