No one 너 밖엔 없어 (112611 FT ISLAND Encore Concert Day 1)
I arrived at the concert venue at around 3:30PM; there was already a long line at the concert goods. I got my paper and checked the ones I want to buy before lining up to the concert goods tent. My concert goods totaled ₩62,000; cape, t-shirt & luminous wristband. I wanted to line up for the light stick but the line was too long, so I opted to just drink coffee and wait until the staffs call us to line up by number.
At 5PM, staff called the fans to line up already according to the number. We were already inside the concert hall at around 5:50PM. More than an hour early for the concert, but since it was cold, it was better to stay and wait inside the hall.
At exactly 7PM, the lights went off and they started playing the VCR. The VCR was basically about the concerts FT Island held since 2007 and stopped at the 2011.11 for the concert that’s happening that day. It was lights out again and the boys went to the stage, with Jaejin being the most noticeable even in the dark because of his hair.
What they were wearing:
- Jonghun – T-shirt and suit (blue, I think)
- Hongki – White wifebeater and black velvet suit
- Minhwan – White T-shirt and vest
- Jaejin – White long sleeves shirt and black military jacket
- Seunghyun – White shirt and glittery(really glittery!) suit
The concert kicked off with I Hope (바래). It was one of my personal favorite so I was really happy. The next song was Bing Bing Bing (빙빙빙). It wasn’t included in my personal favorites but I it’s definitely one of my favorite songs when sang live. Hongki just go crazy when he performs the song! He would run and whats not, plus it gets everybody jumping. But before the song was played, if my translation is correct, he was asking what is the type that the girls like the most to the audience. And then멋쟁이 Vs 예쁜이 (FTI VS PRI) was played afterwards.
Then it was introduction time. Hongki told his members to introduce themselves one by one. Jonghun introduced himself first, followed by Minhwan. Minhwan, I think, has the most number of Japanese fans present. He has the loudest cheers from the Japanese. Both of them told us to just enjoy the show and have a good time. I didn’t quite get it, but Hongki joked with Jaejin before Jaejin was able to introduce himself. So Jaejin was acting all hurt and mad. I think the joke was about his hair. After Jaejin introduced himself, Hongki asked Seunghyun on what night club did he come from. The joke he made was in reference to the glittery suit that Seunghyun was wearing.
And then they proceeded to the next batch of songs, starting with I Will Have You (널 갖겠다). I love this song especially when Hongki reaches out for his member. He reached out for Jaejin first! Then Love Love Love (사랑사랑사랑) was sang. After that Hongki said that the next batch of songs will be Japanese for the Japanese fans. A lot of protests were heard from the fans. They said that this is Korea and they should only sing Korean songs. But Hongki just brushed it off. Then he took off his jacket and went on top of a platform behind Minhwan. That’s when he performed 4 songs in a FREAKIN WHITE WIFE BEATER. Yes, excuse my pervy ways, but his nipples were popping out from his wife beater. Cuhhhrazzzy! I’m not really a big fan of FTI Japanese songs since I understand and can sing Korean songs better. I was only pumped up when they sang the last two Japanese songs: Let It Go & Flower Rock. I love these songs. The boys went backstage after the Japanese songs.
A VTR played while they were changing clothes backstage. The VTR is basically about what happened to FT Island during this year, starting from January. They even included that FT I 막내 cuties graduated from High School already and will enter the same university next year. They stopped the narration at November to say that it’s the Encore concert. Words flashed before the VTR ends. They just basically told us that the Encore concert would be their last big gig in Korea and they’ll be back and active again on Korea this January, thank you and I love you. The boys are just the sweetest.
The 2nd part of the concert started off with the acoustic performance of Sunshine Girl wherein Hongki encouraged the fans to sing for him. So some parts where sang by fans. You just gotta love the acoustic performance of FT Island. The blending, harmony and everything is just perfect! Then the next is my personal favorite, I Confess (고백합니다). We got the shock of our life when Minhwan sang the bridge of I Confess, showcasing his powerful vocals. Totally adorable. I cried during this song because silver confetti fell from above and the moment was so perfect. Perfect boys + perfect song = Perfection at its best. The next song that they performed was Even Your Tears (그대 눈물까지도). My second favorite song from the Memory album. I was really excited, and Hongki even said that it was hard to make it acoustic but they tried their very best. Really worth the wait! Love the semi-acoustic song going on. The next song that they sang was 여자는 몰라. I think around this time when I looked up at the 2nd floor, trying to find the boys’ moms. Because during Play Concert, I spotted their moms during the 2nd part of their concert. I got the surprise of my life when I saw Yonghwa waving his pentastick near the left side of the second floor. I turned my attention back to FT Island and when I looked back again, I made out the other people beside Yonghwa. They were already standing and now, all of them are with their lightsticks, they turned out to be the other members of CN Blue. (PS. I tweeted that the whole CN Blue has their penstaticks, what I meant was lightsticks. And it kind of circulated. Forgive me, I was high and delusional at that time.) They sang: 신사동 그사람, 모두다 사랑하리 and그대는 인형처럼 웃고 있지만. I can’t be sure, but I think before they played그대는 인형처럼 웃고 있지만 that they let the fans greet CN Blue properly since a lot of fans already noticed their presence. Hongki just reminded Primadonnas that Yes, CN Blue is really handsome, but since it’s their concert, fans should only look at them. The way he said it was really cute, though a lot of fans still had their eyes glued to CN Blue leaving Hongki to whine. And I burst out laughing because of that. So I shouted to Jaejin who was in front of me, “재진 오빠만 봐요” (I’ll only look at Jaejin Oppa) and pointed to him. And to which he replied by pointing back at me. IT MADE MY NIGHT. Even though we had just only like two eye contact for the night, which is insanely few compared to the Play Concert, I was happy with the pointing thing.
Before Don Quixote (돈키호테의 노래)Hongki also said that they’re down to their last three songs. I misheard it and thought he said it was their last song. So amidst the “aaawwww” and “안돼” (no) of the fans, I shouted angrily “왜! 삼십 분에 남았어! (Why? There’s still 30 minutes left!) Jaejin who heard it just laughed, but to my amazement, Seunghyun who also heard me, mimicked me on the freakin’ microphone. I WENT WTF. He said the exact same thing I said, even ending it with a pout like I did. And after that laughed like a hyena. YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SEUNGHYUN JUST TROLLED ME IN MY FACE. They sang Troublemaker afterwards.
Then before Primadonna, Hongki said that it’s also their last song. He asked Jonghun to show some sexiness to the fans, to which Jonghun complied by playing first few notes of Primadonna. And Hongki made a sexy wave while singing “시작해 불까” part of Primadonna. They said their goodbyes after, but we all know, there’s an encore.
After around 3 minutes of shouting for Encore, the boys came out. The first one to came out was Jaejin, who was major excited by the way. He stood at the center of the stage and he seemed to enjoy the attention he was getting from the fans. The other members headed to their instruments, began tuning them and whats not. While Jaejin was still there, standing in the middle of the stage. Hongki then put on Jaejin’s blue bass. And Jaejin introduced himself as the vocalist of the band. While Hongki introduced himself as the bassist of the band. The crazy part is the band actually started performing. And Hongki was messing up bad so the members stopped playing their instrument and looked accusingly to Hongki while saying, “eyyy!”. Embarrassed, Hongki put down the bass and said sorry to the fans. Then they began performing the last 3 songs for encore:사랑앓이, 너 올 때까지 and ended it off with 새들처럼.
The boys gathered at the center stage and said their thanks to the fans. While Jongki couple was talking, SeungJin love at the other side. Poor Minhwan who was standing in the middle with no couple. They told the fans that they’d love to see them again tomorrow.
And with that, I end my DAY 1 fanaccount. Day 2 coming up! <3
(Source: FT ISLAND Encore Concert Day 1)