SMTown Live 2008 in Korea, Part 1

It goes without saying that the SMTown concert was amazing and the best one I’ve been to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.  We got inside the Jamshil Olympic stadium around 3:30 or so and on the screens, they were showing fan messages sent to the different groups performing at the concert.  I can’t read Korean except for stuff like “hwaiting” and “oppa saranghae” lmao, but yeah, there were lots of that!  My favorite one was the one that read simply, “COME BACK, TVXQ! ♥“  Also, fans were having a screaming contest whenever their group’s picture would show up on the screen; it was really quite funny XDD.  Lots of messages for Jaejoong, Kangin, and Key in particular.  Loudest screams were for the pairings though!  It was hilarious!  Fans were screaming the stadium down when the Kangteuk and Yunjae pictures came up on the screen … and even more during the actual fanservice at the concert (especially Kangteuk) LOL!

At 4:00, Park Kyung Lim came out to start the “fan-meeting” part.  My clearest pictures are from the first hour of the concert, so yeah lots of those.  (But less pictures of their performances and absolutely no pictures of the second half.  I’m still pretty angry about that — especially when Yunho was half naked right in front of me OMFG — although maybe it could be a good thing because I did have a great time just waving my glowstick and singing along and jump-jump-jumping XD.)  SHINee came out first looking incredibly happy and I would like to say I was too disorientated by their brilliant smiles to get my camera out in time.  But no, actually I just fail :/.  (I got good pictures of them performing ‘Run It’ and “Love Should Go On’ though!)  They are so, so, soooooooooo cute in real life!  Like so much better than what you see in pictures.  Taemin, man.  He came out smiling with his whole head and with his arms out like he was running into a hug, lol.  And that was pretty much the only indication he’s only 15 years old because when he’s performing, he acts and looks much older.  OR MAYBE I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE THAT; OH MY GOD I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM CRUSHING ON A 15 YEAR OLD.  Clearly, this concert does nothing to help my pedo problem :(.  Onew NEVER stops smiling; it’s seriously the cutest thing ever XDD.  He’s so good-natured; he and Taemin kept whispering to each other too~.  He also has crazy, floppy hair lmao.  Especially obvious when he’s running; we were laughing so hard.  Jonghyun = extremely good-looking and not really as short as I thought he would be!  LOL.  I love the way his hair falls over his eyes; he’s the sexiest member in the group imo.  Although sexy hair!Taemin is giving him a run for his money *dies*.  Minho doesn’t have his flaming charisma name for nothing, you know.  I love his deep voice so much, although he didn’t really say too much during the talk … just stood there and looked handsome.  And Key… he is so gorgeous in person, you have no idea.  Flawless skin and his whole face lights up when he smiles ♥.  He has really nice eyes.  And it’s true that the camera adds 10 pounds; all of them are way too skinny in real life ;____;.

SNSD came out after~.  I have nothing against them (and I actually really like some of the members) but I had priorities with my limited camera battery… So don’t take this the wrong way!  I also have Sooyoung goggles (♥___♥, see?) lol and if I had taken pictures, they would all be of her.  Or Hyoyeon, who was looking tres amazing with her side ponytail.  Or Yoona, who is really pretty and so demure in real life.

THEN SUPER JUNIORRRRRRR.  Sungmin and Eeteuk came out first, followed by Eunhyuk and Shindong.  I saw them at Hollywood Bowl last May and rambled at length about them, so I won’t do it here XD;;.  But you know, they’re all so freaking adorable.  They looked so happy and excited, especially Sungmin :*.   Shindong had his poo hair lolololol.  Siwon and Hankyung were right behind them. Siwon had his hair tied back in a ponytail and just as I expected, he is GODLY ♥.  So tall and handsome … and he knows it too XD.  He seems to really enjoy winking lol.  And speaking of godly … HANKYUNG.  His face lights up when he smiles too; it’s too cute.  (And for all you Hanchul fans, they were standing next to each other during the talk and kept whispering to each other LOLOLOLOLOL.)   Then Yesung, really working that spikey hairdo he currently has *___*.  He might have been wearing eyeliner too…?    Then Kyuhyun and Donghae.  Kyu had his bangs pinned back and just freaking alskdjfklaskdjfls.  He’s really good-looking in real life.  And there’s something about him that’s just … calming?  I dunno how to explain it, but he’s really quite lovely.  Let’s not even get me started on his voice right now … that could be a whole new post T____T.  Also, I know I’ve bitched about Donghae’s long hair (he should still totally get a haircut), but IT’S REALLY HARD TO CARE WHEN HE’S LIKE THREE FEET IN FRONT OF YOU AND SMILING AND WAVING AND TRYING TO FILM THE AUDIENCE ALSKDJFKSL.   Oh my god, side profile for the win; this boy is gorgeous ♥!!  Seemed like he was in a really, really good mood too :DD.  Ryeowook was right behind him; dude, he is SUPER CUTE in person.  He’s so small and skinny (actually his wrists freak me out quite a bit) and cute.  So smiley and adorable!  I LOVE HIS CHEEKBONES.  And finally, it was Kangin, Kibum, and Heechul bringing up the rear.  Kangin looked so cute and teddybear-ish.  He’s really friendly with fans too :).  Kibum – doesn’t it seem like we haven’t seen him in ages – was really, really hot.  He was grinning kind of nervously (seems quite shy~~), but HE DOES SMILE LIKE THE SUN!!  Heechul had his arm around Kibum’s shoulder the whole time they were walking to the extended stage.  It was very cute ^__^.  And speaking of Heechul … sorry, I’m a huge Heechul fangirl and have to get this out of my system, but ASLDKLAIEJDSLFJKSLFJ.  I saw him at a much closer distance than at Hollywood Bowl and he is FLIPPING GORGEOUS ♥.  I think he got a new haircut…?  It looks great on him; somewhat covers his pretty eyes though.

They talked for quite a bit and then Eeteuk, Heechul, and Hankyung helped light the candles for the two cakes SuJu prepared for Kibum and Yesung (their birthdays are in August).  Kibum was allowed to blow out his candles without too much commotion; poor Yesung had that Indian bap thing (where everyone whacks his back at the same time; it was in SuJu Full House) done to him first LOLOLOLOL! Um and I also have to mention that Heechul and Hankyung looked so buddy-buddy during most of the talk, lmao! I bet Heechul’s really clingy in real life, no matter how much he tries to deny it.

Then it was DBSK’s turn … I wasn’t standing near the long stage walkway at that time, so I probably missed quite a bunch of Dong Bang Junior stuff when they were walking past each other and sharing high-fives.  (But that’s okay, there was a ton of Dong Bang Junior at the concert; DID I MENTION THEY PERFORMED ‘SHOW ME YOUR LOVE’ TOGETHER!  AND I DON’T HAVE ANY PICTURES; DAMN YOU CAMERA BATTERY!!!)   But in terms of Dong Bang Junior, I am quite biased for bbongbros.  Not too much Horella unfortunately (OTP, WHY DO YOU LET ME DOWN ALSKDJF) WAIT I AM TOTALLY WRONG I JUST SAW A FANCAM OF HEECHUL AND YUNHO GOOFING OFF AT THE VERY END OF THE CONCERT.  THESE ARE MY TWO FAVORITE KOREAN BOYS EVER; HOW THE HELL COULD I MISS THIS ;______;.   But LOTS OF YUNHAE ♥♥♥.  They hugged each other here and later in the concert, I’m pretty sure Yunho slapped Donghae’s ass.  (How much Yunhae that really is, I don’t know.  Because a lot of people slapped Donghae’s ass or patted him on the butt affectionately at some point during the concert and the poor boy couldn’t really run away on the wet stage (it was drizzling/raining for like the final 1.5 hours of the concert!) without slipping HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.)

Got to see DBSK so much closer at this concert than at Hollywood Bowl and … I think my love for this group has ramped up even more *dies*.  Yunho and Changmin came out with the sleeves of their SMTown shirts cut off so the audience could appreciate their arms of amazing, obviously.  GUHHHHH.  Showoffs, but I’m not complaining XD.  When did Yunho get a haircut!  ♥___♥!!! It’s so, so, soooooo flattering on him!  It makes him look really young and handsome.  He didn’t really say too much during the talk though, but he kept looking at our side and smiling like the sun, so life couldn’t get better really.  I think I mentioned before in that Hollywood Bowl post that he’s a bit ADD onstage.  HE REALLY IS.  So fidgety and cute.  Changmin dyed his hair lighter, I think.  I don’t know what I think of it yet (at least it wasn’t orange!!), but I love the cut of it.  He really is a hunk in real life.  IF HE GETS ANY HOTTER, HE WILL SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST.  Jaejoong had a bowl cut ;___;.  But honestly, it wasn’t that bad since he had his bangs pushed out of his face.  It goes without saying he looked incredible, right?  Work of art, seriously.  I think he talked the most during this section and he was in a really good mood!  I love how he laughs.  He was also wearing a Kerro Kerropi necklace.  YES THAT GREEN FROG WTF!  LMFAO, we were dying over that.  Yoochun’s hair … surprisingly doesn’t look too bad in real life, even though it is still a cracked bowl cut XDD.  And even with that hair, he has the most sex appeal of the group imo.  Still.  Hard to believe when his hair looks like that, but you wait till he’s like 5 feet in front of you and try to tell me otherwise!!  Junsu talked a lot too and laughed a lot and was basically adorable.  CHARISMA, HE HAS IT.  I love his speaking voice; it’s so cute and high.  Great hair too!  It’s kind of similar to Yunho’s.  And for you people who want to know about pairings, there was lots of it ~ pretty much every pairing imaginable in DBSK actually: Yoosu, Jaemin, Homin, Yunchun, etc.

So yeah, that was the first hour of the concert.  I’ll try to write about the rest as quickly as I can since I need to get this all down before I forget all the amazing little things (LIKE YOOCHUN LAUNCHING HIMSELF ONTO A BALL AND FALLING OVER AND WTF I LOVE HIM SO HARD ♥), especially from the second half where I have no pictures (this also means I have absolutely no pictures of BoA, CRY!).  AND OH MY GOD, I REALLY NEED TO WRITE ABOUT JUST HOW PERFECT ‘JUST FOR ONE DAY’ WITH KYUHYUN WAS ♥♥♥♥♥!!!  That is like one of my favorite songs ever and I think it’s the first time they’ve performed this song live and I WAS THERE T__________T.  I’ll finish adding the DBSK pictures into this post in a bit…  And eventually make another post with links to fancams and pictures taken by other fans ^^.  The ones I’ve seen so far are fantastic.  I JUST VISITED DNBN AND I’M THISCLOSE TO BRAIN HEMORRHAGING FROM ALL THE SKIN I SEE.  JAEJOONG, ESPECIALLY, WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO MY BRAIN! ♥

Please, for the love of SMTown, DO NOT HOTLINK ;____;.  But feel free to take pictures and fan account out, although I do ask that you upload the pics onto your own server and credit properly.  Thank you~!

(Are all Korean concerts this insane?  Lucky Korean fans T____T.  Right next door in the Baseball Stadium was the ETP (stands for Eerie Taiji People) Fest, featuring Seo Taiji’s comeback + lots of other awesome artists.  One of my favorite Japanese groups, Monkey Majik, was performing there too!!  The ETP Fest started like 4 hours before the SMTown concert, so I was just sitting outside and listening to great music and fans screaming the stadium down for a while.  It sounded quite amazing; why did it have to be on the same day T____T!)