Korean Music Festival 2009

I’m incredibly bummed I missed out on this LOL.  But I’m living vicariously through some fan accounts now and valiantly trying not to die at some of the ones I’ve seen on Soompi.  MINI G.O.D REUNION, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!  T____T  I WISH I WERE THERE!!!!

Anyone else have more fan accounts?  ^__^  (And someone please indulge this hopeless fan with a lengthy description of the SS501 boys, lol.  I would love you forever!!!)  Some yt links behind the cut :).  Thanks so much to the fans for sharing them!

EDIT: Thanks to swtsrwlove for writing a really long fan account; check it out here!  :)  Also, lyphta’s fan account is in the comments (after many battles with wordpress haha ilu), comment #2!

Inkigayo Performances (10/12)

{credit: 졸가리 @ DNBN; more pics: 1}

WHOAAA.  So I have tvants loaded cause I’m planning on watching ‘Family Outing’ with HoSu and Inkigayo is on now and SON HO YOUNG IS PERFORMING…?!  *____________*  OH MY GOD.  IT SAYS ‘COMEBACK PERFORMANCE’.  Does he have a new album out or something?  AND WHY DIDN’T I KNOW ABOUT THIS.  He looks and sounds great ♥!!  I love the dance moves for his song ‘I Know’.

EPIK HIGH.  The girls keep dancing up to Mithra-bear and I keep wanting to throw them off, but I digress… LOL.  Awesome performance of ‘Fallin‘, as usual.

SHINee special!  LOL actually I thought the medley was kind of a mess, but it’s nice to hear them sing other songs off their album.  I really haven’t been keeping up with their ‘Love Like Oxygen’ performances, but now I think I need to go download all of them.  I blame Taemin most of all, for being 15 years old and dancing like that :(.  (Oooh, that reminds me; I have watched the latest episode of their reality show and it was great!  XDD I need to blog about it soon.)

DBSK PERFORMING MIROTIC ♥.  Hahahahaha, I read about Jae asking the crowd why they weren’t cheering during their ‘Mirotic’ performances, which really makes me LOL.  They need to make up their mind.  Crowd seems pretty loud in this performance though.  DBSK WINS THE MUTIZEN :DDDDD!  Again, SHINee is right behind them when they win.  Junsu immediately turns around to hug SHINee, with the rest of the members in tow and Yunho thanking everyone/throwing the flowers into the crowd.

SO WTF I SEE CHIMPS ON TVANTS RIGHT NOW?  WHERE IS FAMILY OUTING ;____;.

Order Hollywood Bowl DVD

FINALLYYYYYY!

It says it’s a “free DVD”, but you have to pay for shipping and handling.  $15 for those of us in Hawaii or Canada and $10 for everyone in the U.S ^^.  I hope it includes most of the performances, since it’s a DVD and hello lots of space and not limited by air time, but it’s also “free”  XDD.

I am getting one just cause, but I’m sure clips will be uploaded onto youtube and what not when the DVD comes out so those of you not in the U.S. or Canada shouldn’t despair :).  I will also, um, try to not be so computer-illiterate and attempt to rip my DVD when I get it.

Hollywood Bowl, Part 3

Okay, pictures! :) PLEASE DON’T HOTLINK; it took me forever to get these up. I uploaded all the pictures in part 1, 2, and 3 into a ZIP which you can download HERE. You’re welcome to post them wherever, although I do ask that you credit properly. Thanks :). And besides, there are muuuuuuuuuuuuch better pictures on soompi! *___*! Be sure to check those out!

SON HO YOUNG. I don’t even know how to put into words how totally awesome this guy was. Imo, he had THE BEST PERFORMANCE ALL NIGHT. I’m not even kidding. As biased as I am to SuJu and DBSK, I think I can say that without any hesitation. OMG ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. HE HAD SO MUCH ENERGY. He was actually the only performer that got nearly everyone, young AND old, standing up and dancing along. Y’all should read heliodus’s fan account HERE, where she mentioned that Hoi was sleepy before it was his turn to perform! WHAT. Cause you really couldn’t tell at all. (EDIT: Also, read part three of her fan account HERE, where she talks about meeting Hoi at her friend’s house! DOESN’T HE JUST SOUND SO SWEET? *GUSH GUSH* APPRECIATE HIS AWESOMENESS, PEOPLE.) I recognized the first two songs he sang (‘I Cry’ and ‘Love Brings Separation’), but not the others … maybe some g.o.d songs…? Anyway, he did such a wonderful job! His voice is like honey. AND HE IS DAMN GORGEOUS IN PERSON. I’ve always thought he was good-looking, but he’s just WOW in person. It should be illegal to look that good in a suit. AND THAT SMILE SJDKFLJDKSL. Absolutely blinding and just perfect. GUSH GUSH GUSH.

After his first song, a stage hand handed him some water and Hoi said “THANK YOU!” in a really loud voice, rofl. Ah omg he’s just so cute. I didn’t realize he was from the U.S.! His English was fantastic and he kept saying stuff like “PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER” and “CAN YOU FEEL ME?!!!!!!” to pump the crowd up. BOY DID IT WORK. I definitely had the most fun during his performance. He got all fanservice-y on stage too! I wish I had my camera out for it, but he was like rolling around on the stage XDD ♥. AND THEN HE WOULD SUDDENLY JUMP JUMP JUMP. OH MY GOD. TOTALLY THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE CONCERT. He shouted into his microphone, “JUMP JUMP JUMP!!” It was amazing. As far as I could see, EVERYONE was jumping up and down out of their seats! EVERYONE ~ the fangirls sitting on my left and right, the middle-aged couple in front of me, the fanboys in the back of me, everyone in my field of vision, rofl. I don’t even know how to describe it how happy I felt at that moment. It was the perfect concert going experience. I know for a fact that Hoi has gained a lot of new fans from this year’s HB ♥.

THEN BRIAN ANNOUNCED THE NEXT PERFORMER, “DONG BANG —” AND I COULDN’T HEAR ANYTHING AFTER THAT BECAUSE THE WHOLE PLACE JUST ERUPTED INTO SCREAMS. ROFLMAO. You know, for all the crap that international fans give Cassiopeia for not shutting up during DBSK performances, I think we were all being pretty hypocritical XD. The screaming was just deafening. And I’m not going to lie, I was screaming at the top of my lungs when they came out (but I did shut up for Tonight ^___^) because HOMG I COULDN’T BELIEVE I WAS SEEING THEM SINGING AND DANCING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND NOT THROUGH A 12-INCH COMPUTER SCREEN!!!!!!! I’ve never been so envious of people who actually attend their full concerts in Korea and Japan because seriously, seeing them on TV or on the computer is nothing compared to seeing them live. I’m sorry I couldn’t get great pictures, though, because at this point I was losing my head and couldn’t hold the camera properly XD. Not to mention everyone around me was jostling to get closer to the stage. The only okay pictures are the ones of them singing Tonight cause they were actually just standing still instead of dancing or running all over the place, rofl.

They’re so, so, sooooooooo handsome in real life. All of them. Handsome and tall! Changmin and Yunho do tower over the rest of them, but Junsu, Yoochun, and Jae are also really tall and they’re built very well. They all came out wearing black. Junsu was wearing this black jacket over a sleeveless top that looked about two sizes too small for him, rofl. NOT LIKE I MINDED XD. His top would ride up every time he moved and … y’all know how I have that tummy fetish, right? HIS TUMMY IS SO CUTE *___*. And he’s just SO CUTE in real life! He didn’t look as skinny as you sometimes see in pictures; he actually looked really built. (He took off his jacket for Purple Line, I think and sjdklfjkls he has some huge guns XD.) AND DO I EVEN HAVE TO MENTION THE CHARISMA? He is so good at what he does and HE KNOWS IT. Yoochun finally cut his blonde highlights off and looked freaking amazing. Seriously. About 1000000 times better than he looks in pictures. He’s gorgeous in person; that skin, omo *____*. He has amazing skin and was pretty much glowing on Saturday night. NOT LIKE HE WASN’T ALREADY BLINDING EVERYONE WITH THAT SMILE OF HIS. OMG, HE WAS JUST ADORABLE! Soooooo cute ♥♥♥. I already knew that, but now I just feel even more enlightened, rofl. I hope he was okay after their performances, though, because he was coughing a lot after Rising Sun :(. Jae was the only one that wasn’t wearing a black jacket in the beginning (smart boy, because it was a pretty warm night and the other boys did look mildly uncomfortable in their jackets). I actually thought his top looked pretty weird, but hey, it exposed half his chest and THOSE ARMS, OH MY GOD. He has definitely been working out. HIS ARMS WERE HUUUUUGE *____*! And sculpted and shiny with sweat jskdlfjkdls. Also. He really does look like an anime character … his eyes were especially gorgeous ♥.

Changmin was SJKFLJDSFKLJD OMFG ♥♥♥♥♥. HE WAS JUST AMAZINGLY SEXY. SEXIER THAN 20-YEAR-OLDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE. I mean, I already knew he’s very handsome, but … gosh, he’s definitely one of the best-looking guys I’ve seen in my life. I’m not even exaggerating. Actually, I think he’s the best-looking one in all of DBSK, even though they were all way more gorgeous than I expected (and I had high expectations!). He’s all grown up now, but I did see him acting his age! He was very cute at the finale performance, when he was smiling and laughing and pointing at something in the audience. I GOT TO SEE THE MISMATCHING EYES OF HAPPINESS UP CLOSE!! He could stand to gain ten pounds or so, though :(. It might have been his really tight-fitting clothes, but he looked very thin. HIS LEGS ESPECIALLY O___o. Don’t make noona worry about you, Changmin! He is extremely tall. And so gorgeous that it should be illegal *____*. And … finally, Yunho. My #1 Korean boy, so I apologize in advance for the very long description XD. But I nearly lost my voice screaming for him when he introduced himself, ahahaha. He came out wearing a trench coat (maybe?) over a shirt that exposed a good portion of his chest OMG. He was just PHENOMENALLY handsome. I’m a huge Yunho fangirl and probably have the most pictures of him saved on my computer (it’s either him or Heechul XD) and … I was still taken aback by how freaking gorgeous he is in person. Pictures can’t do him justice because yeah, he’s so much more handsome in real life. His face was really tiny, but it was full of the boyish charm that I love about him. I saw the manly side of Yunho that night (especially when they introduced themselves and he was all leader-sshi in our faces), but I also saw that really cute side of him. HE HAS SUCH A CUTE PERSONALITY! He’s such a dork. A gorgeous dork. HE WAS RUNNING AROUND LIKE A LITTLE KID IN THE FINALE PERFORMANCE. He had such an amazing stage presence! He would smile and wave at the audience frequently and his eyes would light up ~ I COULD EVEN SEE IT SITTING ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE TERRACE SEATS AND JSKLJDFKLSJDFKLDSJFKLD OH MY GOD! SERIOUSLY, YUNHO WAS SO MUCH WIN THAT IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY. I did ogle all of the boys, but I have to admit that I was watching Yunho and Changmin the most. Maybe it’s their height (and it was really pretty obvious how they towered over everyone else on stage), but they both have this amazing aura that I can’t even describe.

They performed Rising Sun first (lipsynched) and it was basically amazing. OH MY GOD. I was so happy to see them perform this (I was hoping for this or O.Jung.Ban.Hap since those two songs have the most difficult and badass choreography, imo) and the energy that was going around the stadium was practically palpable. I thought Changmin really stood out in this song! Well, he does ~ especially with all the “NOOOOOO!!!!!” screams that he does in it. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of him. And lol it was so funny when the audience was roaring “NOOOOOOOO!!!!!” along with him. I’m guilty of it myself. (And now that I’m looking through all of my pictures, I probably have the most good ones of Changmin. That boy is just so photogenic! I’ll try to get those uploaded soon.) Even though the song was lipsynched, it was just a powerhouse performance. THE ENERGY LEVEL WAS JUST INSANE. AND OH MY GOD THE DANCING. You know that part of the song where it goes “slooooow down” and they have that dance interlude where Yunho is in the front? I didn’t know I could scream that loudly, roflmao. YUNHO WAS FREAKING AMAZING. The way he dances and the attitude and just … everything. His moves are so powerful. I know that the Rising Sun spazz he does at the end of the song looks pretty weird on screen sometimes (and I’ll admit that I’ve made fun of that myself a few times XD), but seeing in real life made my brain explode. Especially when he threw in the hip thrust at the end *DIES*.

After that, they all introduced themselves. Junsu was so, so, sooooo adorable ♥. He’s got a really powerful and beautiful singing voice, but his speaking voice was so cute and high and squeeeeee~~. He kept laughing while he introduced himself, too. Yoochun’s voice was so low and dripping with sex appeal ♥. I really wish he had said something in English, though. Jae definitely got the loudest screams when he introduced himself. The girls standing next to me (yes, at this point, I had gotten out of my seat to run down closer to the stage) were screaming, “JAEJOONG!!!!!! JAEJOONGIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!” Changmin seemed pretty shy in his intro, but that didn’t stop the fangirls from going nuts. He was so cute with his squinty smile XDDD!! Yunho did his intro all leader-sshi like, but then proceeded to get the crowd even more sjdfkljdskljfkdls than everyone already was. He shouted, “Say DONG BANG!” and then held his microphone out for the crowd, who shouted back, “DONG BANG!” Yunho: “Say SHIN KI!” The crowd: “SHIN KI!” Yunho: “DONG BANG SHIN KI!” The crowd: “DONG BANG SHIN KI! DONG BANG SHIN KI!! DONG BANG SHIN KI!! DONG BANG SHIN KI!!!!!!!” Yunho: “EVERYBODY SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!” The crowd: *SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMS* Yeah. I know that doesn’t look so exciting written out like that, but I assure you it was. I have no idea how I screamed that much and still actually have a voice right now. ROFLMAO.

Then they sang Tonight! LIVE :). One of their best Korean songs, imo, and a song that REALLY shows off their vocal prowess. IT WAS THE RETURN OF THE LOW!JAEJOONG VOICE! I haven’t been a fan of his high and somewhat nasal voice in their recent Japanese songs (I call it the ‘Loving You’ voice :/) and I hope I’m not the only one who thought his voice in Last Angel (DBSK Version) was hilarious DDD:. But anyway, yeah, I thought Jae pwned Tonight. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SANG THE HIGH NOTE! It was glorious ♥♥♥♥♥. He was especially beautiful when he sang it because of the way he tilted his head up and you could see the veins in his neck and … he just looked like he was singing his heart out. Well done ♥____♥. I also noticed a part where Junsu and Yoochun looked like they were serenading each other, rofl. It was really sweet and adorable and THEY BOTH SANG SO WELL! Changmin did those hand motions when he was singing (you know what I’m talking about ~ those diva-ish wrist flicks XD) and sounded incredible, especially when he sang the high notes. GUHHHHH ♥♥♥. This is proper utilization of his unique voice, not stuff like Wild Soul, imo. And Yunho … oh I was so very proud of him. No one can say that he doesn’t sing well now! There’s something really R&B-ish about his voice. I’m not sure how else to describe it, but he really did sound amazing in his solo parts. He has improved astronomically since their Hug days.

They went straight into Purple Line (lipsynched) after they sang Tonight … I was jumping up and down and waving my glowsticks like a crazy person when I heard the opening notes of the song. IT WAS PRETTY SURREAL. (And speaking of glowsticks … I don’t think the Red Sea project turned out as people would have liked :(. But it was still a really good effort! It’s just that most people’s heads were probably totally gone by this point and they were more interested in enjoying the performance and taking pictures and screaming. I know I was still holding my blue glowstick, roflmao. WHAT. IT LOOKED REALLY PRETTY AT NIGHT, OKAY XDD. And actually, there were a lot of green glowsticks out there that night.) The boys were just dripping with sweat at this point and I could tell they were giving it their all. Junsu had taken off his jacket then, so he just had that barely-there vest-top that kept riding up whenever he moved. But I did feel pretty bad for Yoochun, Changmin, and Yunho, who must have been really, really hot (literally) in their outfits XD. Especially Changmin; his outfit was pretty skintight which I’m sure pleased a lot of fans, but I digress. YOOCHUN’S “I REALLY WANNA TOUCH MYSELF” ELICITED A TON OF SCREAMS FROM THE AUDIENCE. I was screaming so loudly for him, lol. And I especially loved the bit after the first chorus where Junsu gets to sing his solo parts. He did this whoahaohohaoh pelvic thrust and slid down on his knees and sjdfkljdskljfkdls HIS TUMMY … *dies*. I probably stopped breathing somewhere in there. And probably during Yunho’s dance solo, too. It started off really hot cause his dancing is very crisp and powerful, but when he did that cute “omona!” part in the middle, I melted sdjfkldjskljkljfs ♥♥♥♥♥. (I don’t have pictures from this performance because this was my fancam ^^;;, so uh have more Tonight pictures lol.)

They left the stage after that so Brian got the audience to chant “ENCORE, ENCORE, ENCORE!!” So we probably shouted “ENCORE” twice and they were back, lol. I thought that was pretty hilarious. THEY WERE BACK TO SING BALLOONS! And they were joined by SuJu-T and SNSD! I don’t know if all the girls were there, but I didn’t see Heechul, Kangin, Shindong, or Hyukjae, so I was sadfaced about that :(. Sungmin and Yesung must have done a great job at distracting Changmin (lol I think they were trying to say something to him), because Min missed singing the first part of the song. LMAO. It was really cute, though, because Changmin just looked really confused after that. HIS CONFUSED FACE IS JUST SO ADORABLE OMG. Yunho and Brian had their arms around each other’s shoulders and were skipping out to the stage extension and guhhhhhhh I just died from all the cute ^_____^. (Yunho and Brian were pretty much joined at the hip for most of the finale performance ♥.) And … Yunho really is a bit ADD, I think XD. He was waving this red cushion thing (I think that’s what it was) at the audience a little too enthusiastically and I think he broke it LOL.

Finally, all the performers joined them on stage to sing the last few songs. I could recognize Arirang and Let’s Go On A Holiday (Summer 2007 SMTown song); don’t know if there were any others, though. I hardly got any pictures of the left side of the stage, but I did see Chae Yeon standing with Minwoo and Son Ho Young there :). At this point, I wished I had about ten more pairs of eyes because everyone was doing their own little cute thing on stage. But I am biased so I was watching Yunho most of the time and lol it got pretty exhausting. HE WAS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE, RUNNING BACK AND FORTH. He has so much energy, my goodness. So playful! (And I wish Heechul were there to play with him, because I have noticed in a lot of those SMTown clips that Yunho always tries really hard to get Heechul’s attention and impress him XDD. It’s totally cute. STOP DEPRIVING ME OF MY HORELLA DDDD:.) Finally, Yunho seemed to stick around on the right side of the stage (whew!), where Jae, Yoochun, and Changmin were also standing. (Junsu was standing near the middle of the stage, next to Moon Hee Jun and SNSD.) Sungmin and Eeteuk were there too, I think. (Eeteuk was kind of everywhere, actually XD. He seemed super friendly and interactive; I noticed he spent a lot of time shaking hands with people in the pool circle.) I think it was Yesung who ran up to them and surprised Yunho by hugging him from behind LMAO. And then Yesung went to hug Yoochun and those two were chatting animatedly for a while. They seem really close ♥.  And for all you Jaemin fans ~ there was a lot of Jaemin on Saturday night ♥! They basically stuck next to each other throughout the whole finale and Jae was kind of draping himself onto Changmin, even though Changmin is a lot taller rofl. (EDIT: Actually, now that I’m looking at my pictures, I seem to have captured more Yoomin than Jaemin, lol. But Yoomin is so adorable too!)

OH! I forgot to mention that they didn’t have enough microphones to go around at the finale performance, so people were just handing microphones around or, in some cases, JAMMING IT INTO OTHER PEOPLE’S FACES XDDDD. It was soooo funny. Jaejoong almost stuck a microphone into Yesung’s mouth XD. Yunho and Yoochun got hold of a microphone and gave it to Yesung to sing into, but then decided to snatch it away from him and LMAO YESUNG’S “:O” EXPRESSION WAS JUST PRICELESS. 2U were very amused, though. I seriously thought they were going to fall over from laughing so hard. Yoochun smiles like the sun, you guys. And Yunho looked like he was a 5-year-old at a toy store XDD. He must have had a lot of sugar before their performance. Or something! I also noticed that he kept looking to the left for Junsu! I actually have this hilarious picture of the four Dong Bangs standing with Brian on the right side of the stage and Yunho has his hands on his hips and the expression on his face is like, “WHERE THE HELL IS JUNSU!” OT5 YES ♥.

Then the fireworks went off at the end and omg I’ve never had so much fun in my life! Everyone on stage looked really happy and excited to be there. I hope they all make their way back for another Hollywood Bowl in the future ♥. If I find a way to manage it, I’m definitely going next year! … Currently suffering from post-concert depression. LOL. I thought going to this thing would satisfy me at least a little in that “I’ve seen them already ~ that should be enough,” but it really had the opposite effect ROFL. I just want to see all these people again.

I know that was long and messy and pretty stupid, but I hope you enjoyed ^^;;. Will catch up with the other fandoms and reply to all the comments later ♥. Love you all ♥~.

Hollywood Bowl, Part 2

PLEASE DON’T HOTLINK.

I think … there will be three parts to this. ROFL. I love details and want to write it all down while it’s fresh in my head so I can read this over next year and remember how fun it was and FORCE MYSELF TO BUY TICKETS EARLY XDD. I’ll save Son Ho Young and DBSK for part 3, which will probably be retardedly long as well. Again, I apologize for the quality of these pictures … picture quality just got worse and worse as the night went on because it was dark (not enough natural light) and I was getting more and more excited and therefore I couldn’t hold the camera properly 8D. Pictures/fan account may be taken out, although I do ask that you do not remove the watermark and link to/credit this site. Thank you ♥.

After Chae Yeon, Moon Hee Jun (ex-member of the legendary H.O.T ~ if you don’t know H.O.T, shame on you XD) came out to perform three songs. I couldn’t recognize all of them, although I’m pretty sure one of them was Obsession. Anyway, he is an absolutely amazing performer and a wonderful live singer *____*. His voice is just so suited for this kind of music. I was just mesmerized by his voice like … I can’t even explain. He was astounding ♥♥♥♥♥. SJDKFLJKLDSJKFLDS. I REALLY NEED TO GO LOOK UP MORE OF HIS SOLO WORK BECAUSE I CAN NEVER RESIST GOOD ROCK MUSIC. Especially when the TRAX has been absent since forever ;__;. We were totally head-banging in our seats.

The next performers were SNSD~! (BUT NO YOONA ;___;.) I do really like some of them, but I have to admit that I’m really not a big fan of their music and HB hasn’t changed my mind on it, unfortunately. But I do have to say that their performance was adorable and they sing and dance well! They sang ‘Kissing You’ (this song is growing on me, actually…) and ‘Girls Generation’ ~ I’m pretty sure that both songs were live. LOL IT WAS SO FUNNY WHEN ALL THE FANBOYS CAME OUT XDD! The guys in the terrace box behind us were yelling, “OMG THEY’RE SOOOOO CUTE! OMG! OMG!!” Hyoyeon was just as amazing as I thought she would be. She really does shine a little more than the rest because of her dancing … and I also must mention that she is very pretty in person, much prettier than in her pictures. I tried to take pictures of all of them, but … my pictures eventually grew more and more Sooyoung-focused, lol. HONESTLY, SHE IS SO FREAKING GORGEOUS *____*. Her legs are endless. I think she was still the tallest one there despite her only wearing flats and everyone else wearing heels. And her smile could light up a whole city sdjkfljkdlsfd. I absolutely loved what she was wearing and just her cute little mannerisms when she performed ♥. *gush gush gush* During the MC segment, she spoke a little and then spent the rest of the time waving to the crazy lucky fans in the pool circle jskdlfjdls.

The next performer was Chung Hoon Hee. I am not familiar with her songs, but she really did have a lovely voice and was basically amazing. My program guide says she was the top female vocalist of the 70s :D. I did feel pretty bad when a whole bunch of people got up to use the bathroom during her performance, but you could tell the older folks in the crowd absolutely loved her; the screen kept showing the ones sitting in the garden seats, singing along, looking dreamy and very happy ♥. There was this couple in their 40-50s sitting with their two teenage kids in the terrace box in front of us; they totally grabbed the glowsticks from their kids and starting waving them around in the air, lol. It was so cute! After two songs, Jessica (of SNSD) came out to sing a duet with her. That duet was mighty impressive. I normally don’t like Jessica’s voice cause I find it pretty nasal most of the time, but she was just fantastic on Saturday night. Her voice was strong and she hit all the right notes.

Okay, this is where I lost track of the order because I was freaking out about replacing my camera batteries. I’m pretty sure Choi Baek Ho performed next, though. And maybe Yoon Hyung Ju and Kim Se Hwan too. Again, I was not familiar with any of the songs, but they can all play a mean guitar 8D. My program guide says that those three are known as the “Big Three Of Korean Music” and were very popular in the 70s. I thought they were superb, especially Baek Ho. He’s got a really soulful voice. And yes, all of them were super popular with the older fans ~ the couple in front of me were making so much noise and singing along at the top of their lungs 8DD.

Korea’s “Godfather of Rock,” Shin Joong Hyun, came out next to perform. He was accompanied by his two sons, Shin Dae Chul and Shin Yoon Chul, on the drums and guitar, I think. HE ABSOLUTELY OWNED, IMO. I’m not familiar with any of his songs but … man was he amazing! He infused so much energy and spirit into his performance. I think he’s 70 years old too 8D. HOMGOSH. I had to google him after the concert and apparently he retired from making music back in 2006. He returned from retirement to perform at this concert, so we should all feel pretty special ♥. He sang a bunch of songs too, all of them great, and invited SNSD onto the stage for the last song … it was kind of loltastic because the girls obviously didn’t know the words. I think they were trying to conceal little papers in their hands, but it was obvious cause they kept looking at it 8D. I’m guessing they didn’t have enough time to practice or maybe it was a sudden announcement or something; I thought it was brave of them to go on stage and sing it anyway :). Plus, who am I kidding ~ I was watching Sooyoung the whole time anyway, rofl.

After that performance, there was an intermission which really seemed to last forever. But when the concert started up again, IT WAS MINWOO PERFORMING OMGGGGGGGGGGGG. I couldn’t even really hear Brian announce his name because the fans were already going nuts. He came out in a white shirt and red pants that were … banded in random places, rofl. I don’t know how else to describe it; check the pictures (which are pretty blurry, I’m sorry~). He was so cute and tiny :). And he had one of the best performance all night, imo. I think he performed three songs … I could only recognize M-Style and Bump, but everything was just so incredible. HE HAS SO MUCH ENERGY, I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW HE DOES IT. After his first song, I put down my camera and stood up with my glowsticks and just enjoyed the performance (I’d actually highly recommend doing this at concerts ~ I did want to get great pictures of SuJu-T and DBSK, but I honestly had the most fun in the performances where I just put down my camera and waved my glowsticks in the air.)

HE IS A FREAKING AMAZING ENTERTAINER ♥♥♥♥♥. I feel really privileged to see him perform live, lol. I’ve seen clips of him performing in concerts on youtube and stuff but they can’t do him any justice. He dances with so much energy, sings well, has great stage presence, and knows how to rev the audience up. He said a few phrases in English like, “Say SHINHWA!” and “Say M!” 8D. He was also really friendly and interactive with the crowd; he shook hands with a bunch of fans in the pool circle. And I think he was the first artist to actually walk on the wall that separates the pool circle from the garden seats, while people just pawed at his legs rofl. HE IS SUPER HOT TOO. ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF BUMP WHEN HE TORE OFF HIS SHIRT. PEOPLE WERE GOING NUTS (I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HOW IT WAS FOR THE FANS SITTING IN THE POOL CIRCLE!). AS WAS I. I WAS AN IDIOT AND COULDN’T GET MY CAMERA READY IN TIME, BUT I GOT SOME PICTURES OF HIM FROM THE BACK WITHOUT HIS SHIRT. BUT HOMG THAT BODY ♥!!! WHOASJDKLFJDKSLSJKDFLJDKLS!!!!

Okay, so if Minwoo was really interactive with fans, THEN FLY TO THE SKY WERE SDJFKLDSJKFLDJSKLFDS SUPERRRRR INTERACTIVE WITH THEIR FANS. They’re incredibly nice to their fans (like even at the ‘Ready To Launch’ concert in Hawaii a few months ago, they were both HUGGING fans in the audience during the last song sjdklfjdkls omg jealous), shaking hands and waving and even posing for pictures with fans in the middle of the songs rofl. Hwanhee was especially hyper imo 8D. I’m sorry my pictures are so blurry, but I don’t even have to say that they’re both so gorgeous in person, right? Brian looked extremely gorgeous in the vest and pants. Hwanhee looked fly as heck with the fedora, omo *____*. They’re both even better looking in person than in pictures.

And their voices are just ridiculously good ♥♥♥♥♥. Absolutely heavenly. They sang ‘Habit’ first, where Hwanhee hit that amazing high note PERFECTLY asjkfljdklsfjs. That part always gives me chills; it’s just so good! The other song they sang was ‘Sea Of Love,’ which I don’t think I’ve ever uploaded on this blog and that’s a travesty so go download it HERE. It’s one of their best songs, imo. Brian was yelling, “Come on, everyone, get up out of your seats!” (something like that) and LOL LIKE WE WEREN’T ALREADY. I can actually sing along to this one, so I had so much fun waving my glowstick and singing along and jumping up and down. So was everyone around me. It was just such a fun performance. I LOVE FLY TO THE SKY. (They have concerts coming up in LA and SF … YOU HAD BETTER GO IF YOU’RE IN THE AREA. I don’t know what venues they will be performing in, but Brian and Hwanhee will probably find some way to hug most of the audience sitting in the front 8D. And it could be different, but at least in Hawaii, the MC segment was mostly in English (Hwanhee spoke through a translator or Brian) and hilarious as hell. They’re really funny guys. Really funny, talented, and extremely handsome guys; what’s not to love ♥♥♥♥♥?!)

Following them was another powerhouse ballad group, SG Wannabe! They are like the premier ballad group in Korea and … it’s really easy to see why. They were one of the groups I was anticipating the most because I love all their albums (especially Vol. 4 – The Sentimental Chord ~ I think that’s one of the best albums I own) and they didn’t let me down. They sang two songs, La La La (from their newest album, which I have yet to listen to .__.) and Arirang (I think…?) THEY WERE SO FREAKING GOOD, EVEN BETTER THAN I EXPECTED! All of them sing very well, individually and in harmony. I was practically foaming at the mouth during Arirang. The new member, Lee Suk Hoon, performed with them and looked incredibly nervous, but oh my gosh, he was such a cutie! His singing was very impressive as well. It was wonderful to see that the audience really supported him as a new member; I could hear the screams get louder every time he sang. Kim Yong Hoon was also such a cutie. He has such a cuuuuute smile! And, omo his voice was amazing, especially in the second song ♥. Kim Jin Ho absolutely blew me away. He’s known to have one of the best voices in kpop and … yeah, he really does. Very, very powerful voice and WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RANGE!! *DIES* He was so adorably hyper as well; he kept running back and forth on that ledge that separates the pool circle from the garden seats and shaking hands with probably the entire pool circle XD.

After singing those two songs, the lovely Ock Ju Hyun joined them in singing ‘A Midsummer Day’s Dream.’ SHE WAS PRETTY AMAZING. I DEFINITELY NEED TO CHECK OUT MORE OF HER SOLO WORK CAUSE HER VOICE WAS JUST ASTOUNDING. She has a clear and high voice that sounded really beautiful with the guys. I GOT CHILLS ALL OVER. I also really fail because I didn’t realize she sang this song with them on their 4th jib :(. That’s my favorite album from them too. LOL. I fail. And it’s such a beautiful song so I had to upload it; download it HERE. They were all just so impressive. I want to see them perform live again *____*. All this talk about their contracts expiring this year makes me really sad. DO NOT WANT.

Okay. I’ll stop here cause the word count is epic and ridiculous now :(. Son Ho Young and DBSK for part 3 ~ which might even be longer than these two parts because I have so many things to say about both of them ♥♥♥♥♥.