[FAN ACCOUNT] 130627 - AIA K-pop Concert in Malaysia
I went to K-pop Dream Concert Live in Malaysia in the month of May and I enjoyed it. One month later, I went to yet another concert! This time, it was AIA K-pop Concert in Malaysia. What made this concert extra special was the three performing acts who all came from the same company, Cube Entertainment. My favourite K-pop company! The three acts were 4Minute, BEAST, and G.NA. In January 2011, the same lineups came to Malaysia for DiGi Live K-pop Party and I attended that one too with my dad and younger sister. This time for AIA K-pop Concert, my dad tagged along again.
My dad and I took a flight to Kuala Lumpur on the same day of the concert. We arrived at Kuala Lumpur about four hours before the tentative time of the concert. We made our way to the stadium where the concert was held via Light Rail Transit (LRT). The concert venue was only two stations away. When we arrived at the stadium, we wandered around the stadium, which was already filled with fans and AIA (M) Berhad's agents, staffers, policyholders, and family members. The concert was initially planned as a private concert for those related to AIA (M) Berhad only. After discussing with Malaysian fanclubs and K-pop concert-goers, the company decided to make the concert open to public. *cough* /Extra revenue/ *cough* *cough again* /Nothing wrong with that/ *cough again* I bought the concert tickets for my dad and I through Malaysian BEAST's fanclub, MYB2UTY. About fifteen minutes before the concert started, we entered the concert area. Upon hearing songs (which turned out to be music videos) by the Cube artists being played in the concert area, I felt excited and could not wait to see the performing artists live again, especially BEAST!
G.NA was the first performer. Even as a solo singer, she did not fail to capture the audience's attention with her powerful yet sweet vocal and her friendly greetings. Her first song for that evening was 'Supa Solo', one of my all-time favourite songs of hers! G.NA also performed '2Hot', 'Bananas', and the English version of 'I'll Back Off, So Live Well' (in which, B2UTY went wild when BEAST's Jun Hyung came out to perform his rapping part) before performing a two-song medley of Rihanna's songs, 'Take a Bow' and 'Rude Boy'. Her remaining performances of 'First Kiss', 'Top Girl', and 'Black and White' kept the crowd cheering. I especially liked it when G.NA mentioned during her talk time that Malaysian fans have been doing great at supporting the United Cube family and asked for continuous interest and support.
The audience continued to gleefully scream, shout, and sing when 4Minute came on stage. The girls appeared on the stage with their stylishly sassy performance of 'What's Your Name'. They also performed 'Mirror Mirror', 'I'm Okay', 'HUH', and 'Muzik'. I enjoyed every performance but I particularly liked their emotional balladry song 'Pretend'. Before stepping out of the stage, the girls performed the bubbly 'Heart to Heart' and the catchy 'Hot Issue'.
Then...the most anticipated (for me, personally) act of the evening...the one, the only, the amazing BEAST! As expected, the audience, including me, went wild when an introductory snippet featuring BEAST's members was played. The next thing that came up was Gi Kwang's "Byeol-i bit na neun areumdawoon bam-iya-iya~". The BEAST's members appeared on stage to perform their upbeat 'It's a Beautiful Night'. What made the audience (at my area) even more hyped up was the members running towards the front part of the stage from the beginning of the song. So, my eyes were pleasantly treated to the up close view of real life BEAST's members! Dear God, thank you very much! I frantically waved my rose-shaped lightstick and sang along while smiling ear-to-ear. BEAST is known as one of the groups with outstanding fan-service. That fact was really shown that evening even from their first performance. The group performed 'Bad Girl' and 'Shock'. These two songs are their first two title songs. So, being able to see them perform those songs and dance the choreography meant so much to their B2UTY fans, trust me. The other songs that BEAST performed so marvelously were 'Special', 'Fiction', 'On Rainy Days', 'I Knew It', and 'Freeze'. Right after that, a new but familiar tune was played. I immediately screamed joyfully when I heard the introduction music of one of BEAST's new songs, 'Will You Be Alright'. I could tell that a few of the audience members who were near me turned their heads to look at me. They must be wondering why I suddenly shrieked. It was another special treat for B2UTY in Malaysia because that was the first time the song was performed overseas, and the second time it was ever performed live. The first time the movingly sad song was performed was during B2UTY Party event at Maru Park, Seoul, South Korea. Oh yea, now I remember something! During 'Will You Be Alright', Jun Hyung missed a tempo and ended up giggling while doing his "Stay with me babe, stay with me babe.. Don't go, don't leave me babe.." part. It was so cute! Their last performances were 'Beautiful' and the encore song 'VIU'. The members had lots of fun on stage, running around and making each other wet by splashing drinking water from bottles. In fact, the members seemed to be in a very good mood from the beginning of their appearance on stage. That made fans extra happy. One of the things that the members said that I particularly remember is Dong Woon's "[Translated] Now I know why Malaysia is so hot. It's because of your passion." *o* Smooth move, Son-Nam-Shin! Another one is in Yo Seob's advice for everyone to take extra care of their health because of the haze, "[Translated] Please stay healthy. Because you exist, I exist." *o* Very sleek, Yang-Yo!
That evening is definitely a memorable evening for me. I am sure many fans think so too.
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