Hello world.: YG Family Concert 7 Jan, Osaka Part 1

09/01/2012

Over the long weekend, I headed to Osaka to catch my first concert of 2012. The YG Family Concert received positive reviews in Korea, so I was really looking forward to it! We took the day bus to Osaka. It was a tiring bus ride because neither of us could sleep well. We reached the Osaka Kyocera Dome at about 2pm. We were a little surprised that the queue had cleared by then.

I really how they improvise with the boring concert shirts. Many of the fans brought scissors and cut their concert T-shirts on the spot to make the T-shirts more interesting.

The 2NE1 badges come in multiple fluorescent colors. But you can't choose the colors. Basically, it's tikam (Malay word for "gamble") .

I love these Jeremy Scott Addidas sneakers!!

Damage to my pockets

I bought the concert posters, GD&TOP file folders, 2NE1 scarf, 2NE1 badges, Big Bang muffler/Hoodie, YG pen light, YG concert ring.

Testing out all the pen lights

Dressed and ready to go!

An obasan on the train commented that my badges look very nice!

YG Concert poster spotted in the subway

Our seats were not too bad. Although we couldn't see their faces, we could at least see their figures. I must say Kycoera Dome is a much better concert venue then Makuhari Messe.

When the lights went out, we could see a beautiful sea of lights.

Concert Set list (3hours, 15 minutes)

2NE1

FIRE (2NE1)
CAN’T NOBODY (2NE1)
GO AWAY (2NE1)
2NE1 did a very powerful opening. I was sitting in a very quiet block and it was obvious that most of the fans in that block didn't know 2NE1 very well. So, the only people screaming were my friend and me.

Big Bang

TONIGHT (BIGBANG)
HANDS UP (BIGBANG)
BIGBANG TALK TIME
KOE WO KIKASETE (BIGBANG)
GARA GARA GO (BIGBANG)
The crowd went ballistic when Big Bang came on. GD and Daesung received the loudest cheers (obviously). Everyone was just really happy to see all five of them back on stage.

Gummy

I’M SORRY (GUMMY)

Se7en

DIGITAL BOUNCE (SE7EN FT TOP)
TALK TIME (se7en& Jinu)
HIPHOP GENTLEMEN (GDRAGON, SE7EN, JINUSEAN)
Se7en, Jinu and GD did a very nice and funky number. Everyone had a nice surprise when GD appeared on stage suddenly. *cue scream*

Jinusean

A-YO (JINUSEAN)
TELL ME (JINUSEAN WITH DARA)
Jinusean tried very hard to work the crowd. But the Japanese didn't know them at all, so the crowds weren't too excited.

TABLO

LOVE IS BAD (TABLO FT BOM)
TABLO AND GUMMY STAGE
TOMORROW (TABLO FT TAEYANG)
I love Tablo. He looked really good on stage. But I wished YG prepared a better entrance for him, given the Japanese don't know him at all. Nevertheless, he was really charming when he gave his introductory speech after his songs. He was slightly robotic which made his speech really cute. :P

DAESUNG

IT HURTS (DAESUNG)
Daesung covered 2NE1's "It Hurts". He did such a wonderful job that the song was stuck in my head the entire night. "Apa apa apa..."

Se7en, Daesung, Seungri

LONELY (SE7EN SEUNGRI SE7EN DAESUNG)
This was a nice cover, too.

GD& TOP

OH YEAH (GD & TOP FT BOM)
High High
When they sang High High, (omg) there was so much energy in the concert hall . I could feel the ground rumbling!

PSY

PSY STAGE
SHAKE IT (PSY)
PSY left the deepest impression that night. He's such a great performer, with such a great stage presence. He was dancing, running, and wooing the crowd. Even though the Japanese didn't know him, the crowd loved him!!!
During one of his songs, a huge balloon mascot of Psy appeared. The lights darkened, and the next time we saw the mascot, the mascot was naked! LOL
During one of his slow numbers, he requested for everyone to turned off their pen lights. He sang a Japanese song, about two people together is like being blissful in heaven. The lights darkened completely and towards to the last phrase of the song when everyone was singing along, the lights came out with a golden glow and there were sparklers/bubbles (?) all around the stage. It was so beautiful and moving.
He was so good on stage, the Japanese called encore for him.

Se7en

Seungri (Seungri impersonate Se7en)
Come back to me
SOMEBODY ELSE (SE7EN)
Se7en was really charming here. He sang one of his debut songs, "Come back to me" and it was really moving. He wore his heelies and skated across the stage, drawing screams from the crowds.

2NE1

I AM THE BEST (2NE1)
I DON’T CARE (2NE1)
UGLY (2NE1 FT GUMMY)

Gummy

HEARTBREAKER [BALLAD VER] (GUMMY)
Ayumi Japanese song
Gummy did a jazz cover of Heartbreaker and GD came on towards to the end of the song.
Gummy's cover of Ayumi's song was good. The fans were getting bored but they could sing along to the song. Many of the fans went, "Nazukashii..." (Nostalgic)

Big Bang (Finally!)

HARU HARU [japanese VER] (BIGBANG)
LIES (BIGBANG)
HEAVEN (BIGBANG)
Everyone was waiting for Big Bang to come on again and when they did, the crowd of course went wild! They sang Haru Haru in Japanese. There was a little mic malfunction there and Taeyang was seen on the huge screen looking a little puzzled at his mic.

2NE1 & Gummy

LAST FAREWELL (2NE1) with gummy

Psy

LADY GAGA PARODY
Single Ladies Parody
Psy came on again and did dance parodies of Lady Gaga and Beyonce. He stripped down to leotards during "Single Ladies". *Scream*

Big Bang