SHINee rocked my socks... and now my feet hurt
So, I went to SHINee's first concert in Japan.
It was awesome.
This is probably going to be all over the place, because honestly, I can't remember it all properly XP And it doesn't help that I can't speak Korean and don't know the names of all the songs and what not... So, sorry. I shall give it my best shot though!
My friend and I got to the stadium and it was heaving with people, so we decided not to go merchandise shopping right then, and instead to go and find our seats. We were in the "Arena" section, so had to go around the side of the building and down, and we discovered that we were actually on the floor bit. Yay~ There were already quite a lot of people inside (there were 13000+ at the concert) and we were in section A5. We saw C7, and walked forwards, then saw B7, and realised that we were getting closer to the stage. It turns out that our seats were actually right next to the protrudey bit of the stage XDDD So we squeed about that for a while (and apparently received some glares from Japanese people, lol. Oh well~).
They'd given us a light stick, and some people already had theirs on, but we were trying to conserve batteries~ We'd also bought our own, which lit up with a white light and said SHINee and had a star at the end :3
Then everything went dark, and music started playing, and there was stuff on the screen~ I can't remember exactly (I'm so gonna buy the DVD and relive every moment XD) but I think it was their names and what not. And some lyrics to SHINee World.
There was a huge bang with fireworks and BOOM! out popped Taemin on the corner of the stage XDD Everyone screamed and jumped up, myself included, ha ha. Then there was another boom with fireworks and more screams, but I didn't see anything different. Then another one, and Onew popped up on the other side, and there was more screaming. Then another boom and the people in front of me turned around and screamed, and I looked behind me to find Minho off on the other side of the protrudey bit and Key behind us! XD
They then started singing SHINee World, and I think Jonghyun came up from a thingy in the middle of the walk-way protrudey bit.
I'm so bad at describing things -.- Basically, the stage looked a bit like this:
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So yeah, they started singing SHINee World and it was awesome and I screamed a lot XD Jonghyun kept popping up in the middle coz he couldn't dance :( There was a guy filling in for him instead~ It reminded me of Jaejoong in the Rising Sun concert...
Then they sang more songs (surprisingly) but I can't remember which T____T
They had hooks coming down from the ceiling though and lifted up into the air a few times :D
They spoke at one point, but I can't remember exactly when (too much excitement, sorry ^_^") so I shall mention it now~
Key spoke the most Japanese, and his voice~ ♥ Then Jonyhyun said something in Korean, and a voice over lady repeated it in Japanese, and he was apologising for not being able to dance :( So then everyone screamed to say like, tis okay! Coz it was okay. He didn't need to dance. He just needed to stand there and sing ♥
They didn't say a huge amount, to be honest... Asked if we were having fun, and saying that they'd made lots of memories in Japan and such. Twas SO nice hearing them speak!! ^w^
There were videos and stuff whilst they were getting changed, and I can't remember the order exactly, but I think the first one... I think it was just them in it. And they were being all cute.
AND OMG I'M SORRY 2MIN FANS, BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH ONEW/TAEMIN GOING ON. It was awesome. Good times~ BD
So yeah, they did that, and sang some more, and they did solos too! ^w^
I didn't know it was going to be solos, because it started off with Jonghyun behind a record deck mixer thing. My friend said he'd fallen over on the way there :( And that it looked nasty >.< I don't know where I was looking then... The screen? Or maybe at my light stick... It was going a little funny, lol. He was okay, though! ^w^
He did a song about liking girls, which is in English and I can't for the life of me remember who it's by -.-""" But, anyway, I was like "psh, girls, whatever". And then this girl popped up from the middle thing, and the Japanese fans seemed to like that, but my friend and I were like "Er >.<". He only linked arms with her though. And maybe touched her cheek, but I think I looked elsewhere just before he did O.o Dunno where I was looking, lol. His ass?
Anyway! It was good ♥ I liked.
Then was Minho, which was so awesome!!! XD Again, he did a song in English that I don't know the name of, but my friend said it might be Usher? There were a lot of "Oh"s in it. He was really good at it! :D And he had a white suit jacket and trousers (the black of them was black... was a bit weird) and then he undid the jacket and everyone (including me) screamed rather loudly XD Oh how lovely he looked~ I don't care if he's younger than me... Twas hot, dude XD
I think Taemin was next, and he sang a SHINee song, but I don't know which one T___T Sorry, I fail a bit at titles... There was a little boy and girl sitting on the steps behind him, and he sang it beautifully ♥
Key did a duet with this girl called Kristal (I think...) who people seemed to know, but neither my friend or I did, lol. It was a song about a first kiss? Didn't know it~ Key was so funny though! ^w^ In one bit he was singing through a megaphone into the mircophone, lol XP And his jacket was bright pink with rhinestones on the shoulders and bows on the cuffs. So gay ♥
Onew didn't do one, which we thought was odd, and they sang more awesome songs which I've forgotten... Sorry! ^_^"
They had more videos, where they were like, in water-colour and were meeting girls at bus stops and stuff, but they were SO ADORABLY CUTE!!! XDDD We "Aww!!"ed a lot~ (Thinking about it, that may have been before the solos... Can't remember - sorry again!)
More songs, then another video. This video was reeeally sad and made my friend cry and I was pretty close. I had shivers and stuffs. They were all in the rain and crying and things :( Twas bad...
Then they - oh! Forgot a bit... Earlier, they'd been at the front of the stage on platforms going up and down. Twas fun.
Then they sang another song, which again, I don't know the title off... Sorry!!
Then they all sat on chairs in the middle of the protrudey bit and Jonghyun's didn't move, he just sat in the middle, but the others were circling around and such. Key's expression didn't change; twas odd, lol. Professional though, I guess~ They were singing Graze *nods* And were all dressed in white, and it was lovely.
Then they disappeared off stage, and the screen had like, cartoon candles and red curtains drawn to the side, and Onew stood in the middle of the stage with just a mic in front of him and... Sang opera. Seriously. It was AMAZING. Before that, in every song, fast or slow, everyone's light sticks were moving. They were thumping in the fast ones and waving in the slow, but when Onew started singing... Nobody moved. I knew he had a powerful voice, but... Wow. I was gobsmacked for the whole thing. Everyone screamed when he did a good bit, coz it was just so unexpected, then it was silent again. It was just... Wow.
Anyway, after that, the little boy from earlier came back out and was sitting up on the platform in the middle of the protrudey bit. He was so cute! XD *squishes* The others came up from the floor then, and had like, white choir boy sheet thingies. I dunno what they're called O.o Anyway, they sang a pretty choir-like song, and flew again, and then Onew came out with fricking angel wings!! XDDD Up he went, and he flew onto the platform and hugged the boy~
Then he couldn't get the wires off with the wings and stage hands had to come help him, lol, and he ran off with the wings like, falling off ♥ Bless him.
Hmm, after that... I don't really remember >.< More fun songs? Lol.
They did Ring Ding Dong and Lucifer really late, but they were sooooo cool! ^w^ Lucifer was remixed, and they flew again and had claws and stuff XD And then it was Key who couldn't get free (lol, that rhymes...). He managed it just as the stage hand ran over, though :3
That may have been the end then... Well, "end".
They left, and the screen said "The First Concert in Tokyo SHINee World" again, but the lights hadn't come up, so we all started chanting "SHINee, SHINee" and then, obviously, they came back! ^w^
And sang JoJo :DDD Everyone sang/shouted along, which was fun. At some point they'd sung a Japanese song too, but I don't remember when... They then sang a song I didn't know, but it was very happy and bouncy, and they were being silly ♥ Onew span around and fell over~ Bless.
The ceiling exploded and all these silver ribbons fell down, so my friend and I (and everyone else who could reach) nabbed one, lol. They started throwing balls into the audience too, and Jonhyun threw one to us (I'll get to that more in a moment) but it bounced off my friend's finger, then out of my hand because of my light stick, and a girl in the next aisle got it :(
They sang... oh god I don't know -.- They sang a good song at the end, but Jonghyun started crying!! So everyone screamed for him. And then they had a group hug and Key started crying too ♥ And they walked around the stage (and I swear Taemin and Onew were holding hands before they held hands with the others, and they let go last, too) and bowed and stuff. And said thank you. And then went back to the middle of the main stage and called the backing dancers (there were only 6 of them :O) and Jonghyun called the guy who'd been filling in for him and everyone said thank you, and then it was the end :(
And they only had like, an hour and a half to rest before they had to go and do it all again!! >.< Poor boys... I'm glad I didn't get tickets the first time they were sold, because they were for the later show. You see, so many people applied, they put on the earlier show specially :D I feel sorry for them, but I guess they agreed to it... And I got to see their first concert ever in Japan, mwahahaha XD
There were some bits I forgot, and I don't know when they happened, so I shall mention them now ♥
They sang "A-Yo" and were all at the front jumping and shouting, but Onew or Minho jumped/shouted too soon, so then they were looking at each other confusedly and just started jumpng/shouting randomly XD They looked so happy~ ^_^
Also, because Jonghyun was in the middle a lot, he was like, right in front of us, and most people there were Japanese (I didn't see any other Westerners, but my friend's friends were on the other side of the stage so we weren't the only ones) so we probably stood out quite a bit... Especially since I was wearing heels and was suddenly rather tall, ha ha. (But now my feet are in so much pain... The things I do for my shoes...)
So yeah, Jonghyun was looking over in our direction loads XDDD And we were the only ones by us who had 2 light sticks (one of which was the white-light one, instead of green), and we had one in each hand and were thumping them to one song, and he looked over at one point and started thumping his hands in the same motion XDD As in, he actually turned to us, looked down at us, raised both hands, and thumped. I squealed :3
Aaand, in Ready Or Not, they were pointing at everyone when they said "Guuuurl", and Jonghyun knelt down by our bit and pointed across a few rows, including ours.
Because of all this, I firmly believe that he threw that ball to us XD Mwahaha~
My friend said she even noticed him looking over when he was meant to be dancing (again, I was looking elsewhere... the other members were closer, and their butts were right there. Which reminds me - I think I saw Key's underwear, mwahahaha~).
Call me crazy if you wish, but he did look at us.
Minho did too XD When he was walking passed, he like, actually stopped and pointed and sung at us XDD I kept hoping he would stop again, but alas, he did not~
Both he and Jonghyun waved at this little boy a few rows back though! ^_^ Was really sweet :D
I think there was also Onew-see-age-ness, but it wasn't as distinct.
I definitely met eyes with Key and waved my light stick, but it was in the serious Graze bit, so he did nothing :( Oh well!!
Taemin didn't grace us with his eyes... But he still walked passed a lot, so yay! ♥
I don't think there was anything else I had to say... There probably was and I've forgotten it >.< Need to buy the DVD, lol.
Oh! Yes. Fire.
So, near the start, they were all on the protrudey bit, so we were looking there and such, and I could feel like, random bits of heat on my face, and when I finally turned around, the stage was lighting up with fire! :O There were quite a few people closer to the stage than us though, so I can't imagine how hot it must have been for them >.<
And they had the fire later, too, but when SHINee was on the main bit and dancing!! Poor melted boys...
I just had a strap-top and I was hot. I feel so sorry for them, with jeans and jackets and dancing and singing and stuff... You could see the sweat *nods* Bless em :(
Which also reminds me, at the end, like, the only Japanese thing Taemin could say (like I said, Key was being the main Japanese one) was "Let's meet again!". But he said it so excitedly and stuff, like he'd just realised he could say it!! ♥ It was adorable. Everyone laughed and cheered~ So he said it a few times, and Jonghyun made everyone else say it too. Twas good :)
Later, I went to go see what merchandise they had left, coz I'd seen people with towels and kind of wanted one, but they'd sold out :( They didn't have that much left, but they did have a mug, so I bought one of them ♥ Yayness~
And that I do believe, is it.
It was worth every penny. So fantastic (elastic~ Lololol). I want to do it all again!!! ^w^
Thank you for reading ♥ :D
P.S. If you're wondering why there are no photos/videos, it's because it's illegal to do that in concerts in Japan. I know it's illegal elsewhere but people still do it, but they take it pretty seriously here. I didn't even take my camera, because I didn't want to risk it being taken off me, and no way was I going to risk actually taking pictures. I don't want to be kicked out the country, thank you very much! >.< Also, there were usher dudes standing like, right by me, so... No.
So, sorry there are no pictures. Buy the DVD! ♥
It was awesome.
This is probably going to be all over the place, because honestly, I can't remember it all properly XP And it doesn't help that I can't speak Korean and don't know the names of all the songs and what not... So, sorry. I shall give it my best shot though!
My friend and I got to the stadium and it was heaving with people, so we decided not to go merchandise shopping right then, and instead to go and find our seats. We were in the "Arena" section, so had to go around the side of the building and down, and we discovered that we were actually on the floor bit. Yay~ There were already quite a lot of people inside (there were 13000+ at the concert) and we were in section A5. We saw C7, and walked forwards, then saw B7, and realised that we were getting closer to the stage. It turns out that our seats were actually right next to the protrudey bit of the stage XDDD So we squeed about that for a while (and apparently received some glares from Japanese people, lol. Oh well~).
They'd given us a light stick, and some people already had theirs on, but we were trying to conserve batteries~ We'd also bought our own, which lit up with a white light and said SHINee and had a star at the end :3
Then everything went dark, and music started playing, and there was stuff on the screen~ I can't remember exactly (I'm so gonna buy the DVD and relive every moment XD) but I think it was their names and what not. And some lyrics to SHINee World.
There was a huge bang with fireworks and BOOM! out popped Taemin on the corner of the stage XDD Everyone screamed and jumped up, myself included, ha ha. Then there was another boom with fireworks and more screams, but I didn't see anything different. Then another one, and Onew popped up on the other side, and there was more screaming. Then another boom and the people in front of me turned around and screamed, and I looked behind me to find Minho off on the other side of the protrudey bit and Key behind us! XD
They then started singing SHINee World, and I think Jonghyun came up from a thingy in the middle of the walk-way protrudey bit.
I'm so bad at describing things -.- Basically, the stage looked a bit like this:
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| |
| |
| _ | X Me
/ / \ \
/_/ \_\
So yeah, they started singing SHINee World and it was awesome and I screamed a lot XD Jonghyun kept popping up in the middle coz he couldn't dance :( There was a guy filling in for him instead~ It reminded me of Jaejoong in the Rising Sun concert...
Then they sang more songs (surprisingly) but I can't remember which T____T
They had hooks coming down from the ceiling though and lifted up into the air a few times :D
They spoke at one point, but I can't remember exactly when (too much excitement, sorry ^_^") so I shall mention it now~
Key spoke the most Japanese, and his voice~ ♥ Then Jonyhyun said something in Korean, and a voice over lady repeated it in Japanese, and he was apologising for not being able to dance :( So then everyone screamed to say like, tis okay! Coz it was okay. He didn't need to dance. He just needed to stand there and sing ♥
They didn't say a huge amount, to be honest... Asked if we were having fun, and saying that they'd made lots of memories in Japan and such. Twas SO nice hearing them speak!! ^w^
There were videos and stuff whilst they were getting changed, and I can't remember the order exactly, but I think the first one... I think it was just them in it. And they were being all cute.
AND OMG I'M SORRY 2MIN FANS, BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH ONEW/TAEMIN GOING ON. It was awesome. Good times~ BD
So yeah, they did that, and sang some more, and they did solos too! ^w^
I didn't know it was going to be solos, because it started off with Jonghyun behind a record deck mixer thing. My friend said he'd fallen over on the way there :( And that it looked nasty >.< I don't know where I was looking then... The screen? Or maybe at my light stick... It was going a little funny, lol. He was okay, though! ^w^
He did a song about liking girls, which is in English and I can't for the life of me remember who it's by -.-""" But, anyway, I was like "psh, girls, whatever". And then this girl popped up from the middle thing, and the Japanese fans seemed to like that, but my friend and I were like "Er >.<". He only linked arms with her though. And maybe touched her cheek, but I think I looked elsewhere just before he did O.o Dunno where I was looking, lol. His ass?
Anyway! It was good ♥ I liked.
Then was Minho, which was so awesome!!! XD Again, he did a song in English that I don't know the name of, but my friend said it might be Usher? There were a lot of "Oh"s in it. He was really good at it! :D And he had a white suit jacket and trousers (the black of them was black... was a bit weird) and then he undid the jacket and everyone (including me) screamed rather loudly XD Oh how lovely he looked~ I don't care if he's younger than me... Twas hot, dude XD
I think Taemin was next, and he sang a SHINee song, but I don't know which one T___T Sorry, I fail a bit at titles... There was a little boy and girl sitting on the steps behind him, and he sang it beautifully ♥
Key did a duet with this girl called Kristal (I think...) who people seemed to know, but neither my friend or I did, lol. It was a song about a first kiss? Didn't know it~ Key was so funny though! ^w^ In one bit he was singing through a megaphone into the mircophone, lol XP And his jacket was bright pink with rhinestones on the shoulders and bows on the cuffs. So gay ♥
Onew didn't do one, which we thought was odd, and they sang more awesome songs which I've forgotten... Sorry! ^_^"
They had more videos, where they were like, in water-colour and were meeting girls at bus stops and stuff, but they were SO ADORABLY CUTE!!! XDDD We "Aww!!"ed a lot~ (Thinking about it, that may have been before the solos... Can't remember - sorry again!)
More songs, then another video. This video was reeeally sad and made my friend cry and I was pretty close. I had shivers and stuffs. They were all in the rain and crying and things :( Twas bad...
Then they - oh! Forgot a bit... Earlier, they'd been at the front of the stage on platforms going up and down. Twas fun.
Then they sang another song, which again, I don't know the title off... Sorry!!
Then they all sat on chairs in the middle of the protrudey bit and Jonghyun's didn't move, he just sat in the middle, but the others were circling around and such. Key's expression didn't change; twas odd, lol. Professional though, I guess~ They were singing Graze *nods* And were all dressed in white, and it was lovely.
Then they disappeared off stage, and the screen had like, cartoon candles and red curtains drawn to the side, and Onew stood in the middle of the stage with just a mic in front of him and... Sang opera. Seriously. It was AMAZING. Before that, in every song, fast or slow, everyone's light sticks were moving. They were thumping in the fast ones and waving in the slow, but when Onew started singing... Nobody moved. I knew he had a powerful voice, but... Wow. I was gobsmacked for the whole thing. Everyone screamed when he did a good bit, coz it was just so unexpected, then it was silent again. It was just... Wow.
Anyway, after that, the little boy from earlier came back out and was sitting up on the platform in the middle of the protrudey bit. He was so cute! XD *squishes* The others came up from the floor then, and had like, white choir boy sheet thingies. I dunno what they're called O.o Anyway, they sang a pretty choir-like song, and flew again, and then Onew came out with fricking angel wings!! XDDD Up he went, and he flew onto the platform and hugged the boy~
Then he couldn't get the wires off with the wings and stage hands had to come help him, lol, and he ran off with the wings like, falling off ♥ Bless him.
Hmm, after that... I don't really remember >.< More fun songs? Lol.
They did Ring Ding Dong and Lucifer really late, but they were sooooo cool! ^w^ Lucifer was remixed, and they flew again and had claws and stuff XD And then it was Key who couldn't get free (lol, that rhymes...). He managed it just as the stage hand ran over, though :3
That may have been the end then... Well, "end".
They left, and the screen said "The First Concert in Tokyo SHINee World" again, but the lights hadn't come up, so we all started chanting "SHINee, SHINee" and then, obviously, they came back! ^w^
And sang JoJo :DDD Everyone sang/shouted along, which was fun. At some point they'd sung a Japanese song too, but I don't remember when... They then sang a song I didn't know, but it was very happy and bouncy, and they were being silly ♥ Onew span around and fell over~ Bless.
The ceiling exploded and all these silver ribbons fell down, so my friend and I (and everyone else who could reach) nabbed one, lol. They started throwing balls into the audience too, and Jonhyun threw one to us (I'll get to that more in a moment) but it bounced off my friend's finger, then out of my hand because of my light stick, and a girl in the next aisle got it :(
They sang... oh god I don't know -.- They sang a good song at the end, but Jonghyun started crying!! So everyone screamed for him. And then they had a group hug and Key started crying too ♥ And they walked around the stage (and I swear Taemin and Onew were holding hands before they held hands with the others, and they let go last, too) and bowed and stuff. And said thank you. And then went back to the middle of the main stage and called the backing dancers (there were only 6 of them :O) and Jonghyun called the guy who'd been filling in for him and everyone said thank you, and then it was the end :(
And they only had like, an hour and a half to rest before they had to go and do it all again!! >.< Poor boys... I'm glad I didn't get tickets the first time they were sold, because they were for the later show. You see, so many people applied, they put on the earlier show specially :D I feel sorry for them, but I guess they agreed to it... And I got to see their first concert ever in Japan, mwahahaha XD
There were some bits I forgot, and I don't know when they happened, so I shall mention them now ♥
They sang "A-Yo" and were all at the front jumping and shouting, but Onew or Minho jumped/shouted too soon, so then they were looking at each other confusedly and just started jumpng/shouting randomly XD They looked so happy~ ^_^
Also, because Jonghyun was in the middle a lot, he was like, right in front of us, and most people there were Japanese (I didn't see any other Westerners, but my friend's friends were on the other side of the stage so we weren't the only ones) so we probably stood out quite a bit... Especially since I was wearing heels and was suddenly rather tall, ha ha. (But now my feet are in so much pain... The things I do for my shoes...)
So yeah, Jonghyun was looking over in our direction loads XDDD And we were the only ones by us who had 2 light sticks (one of which was the white-light one, instead of green), and we had one in each hand and were thumping them to one song, and he looked over at one point and started thumping his hands in the same motion XDD As in, he actually turned to us, looked down at us, raised both hands, and thumped. I squealed :3
Aaand, in Ready Or Not, they were pointing at everyone when they said "Guuuurl", and Jonghyun knelt down by our bit and pointed across a few rows, including ours.
Because of all this, I firmly believe that he threw that ball to us XD Mwahaha~
My friend said she even noticed him looking over when he was meant to be dancing (again, I was looking elsewhere... the other members were closer, and their butts were right there. Which reminds me - I think I saw Key's underwear, mwahahaha~).
Call me crazy if you wish, but he did look at us.
Minho did too XD When he was walking passed, he like, actually stopped and pointed and sung at us XDD I kept hoping he would stop again, but alas, he did not~
Both he and Jonghyun waved at this little boy a few rows back though! ^_^ Was really sweet :D
I think there was also Onew-see-age-ness, but it wasn't as distinct.
I definitely met eyes with Key and waved my light stick, but it was in the serious Graze bit, so he did nothing :( Oh well!!
Taemin didn't grace us with his eyes... But he still walked passed a lot, so yay! ♥
I don't think there was anything else I had to say... There probably was and I've forgotten it >.< Need to buy the DVD, lol.
Oh! Yes. Fire.
So, near the start, they were all on the protrudey bit, so we were looking there and such, and I could feel like, random bits of heat on my face, and when I finally turned around, the stage was lighting up with fire! :O There were quite a few people closer to the stage than us though, so I can't imagine how hot it must have been for them >.<
And they had the fire later, too, but when SHINee was on the main bit and dancing!! Poor melted boys...
I just had a strap-top and I was hot. I feel so sorry for them, with jeans and jackets and dancing and singing and stuff... You could see the sweat *nods* Bless em :(
Which also reminds me, at the end, like, the only Japanese thing Taemin could say (like I said, Key was being the main Japanese one) was "Let's meet again!". But he said it so excitedly and stuff, like he'd just realised he could say it!! ♥ It was adorable. Everyone laughed and cheered~ So he said it a few times, and Jonghyun made everyone else say it too. Twas good :)
Later, I went to go see what merchandise they had left, coz I'd seen people with towels and kind of wanted one, but they'd sold out :( They didn't have that much left, but they did have a mug, so I bought one of them ♥ Yayness~
And that I do believe, is it.
It was worth every penny. So fantastic (elastic~ Lololol). I want to do it all again!!! ^w^
Thank you for reading ♥ :D
P.S. If you're wondering why there are no photos/videos, it's because it's illegal to do that in concerts in Japan. I know it's illegal elsewhere but people still do it, but they take it pretty seriously here. I didn't even take my camera, because I didn't want to risk it being taken off me, and no way was I going to risk actually taking pictures. I don't want to be kicked out the country, thank you very much! >.< Also, there were usher dudes standing like, right by me, so... No.
So, sorry there are no pictures. Buy the DVD! ♥