CN Blue is one of the South Korean groups I listen to, actually one of the only two that play their own instruments. They're of the pop and rock persuasion. Yonghwa (tan jacket) is the main vocalist and leader, Jonghyun (to Yonghwa's left) is the lead guitarist, Jungshin (far left) is the bassist and rapper, and Minhyuk (far right) is the drummer. The last three also provide vocals.
PLEASE CHECK OUT ONE OF THESE SONGS SO YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CONCERT WAS LIKE. THERE ARE ENGLISH SUBTITLES. THANKS.
Intuition
Love Girl
Still in Love
It's so late and my body aches...but I must write about my amazing experience while it's still fresh in my mind. Shall I start at the beginning? Nah, too boring. I guess I'll just start from once I got into London.
I had my day all planned out: explore London's Chinatown and get some more music before getting the indigO2 (to which I got Google directions) three hours before the doors opened. Unfortunately, it didn't exactly go that way. The Chinatown here is much smaller and has less shops than New Yorks. Admittedly, it does smell better due to all the restaurants. Only one shop had Chinese music, and that was a box of twenty year old CDs buried under a pile of books. Then, when it came time for me to get to the arena, turns out Google Maps lied to me...grrr. I rode a lot further than I needed to and ended up getting there to what I thought was a long line with only two hours to spare.
Fate, however, turned out on my side, because guess who stepped into line just a few seconds after me? One of my fan fiction readers! We'd agreed to meet up previously, but were still worried something wouldn't work, but it was perfect! It was nice to have her, her mom, and her cousin to hang out with in line. To keep ourselves, we people watched. It was a little strange, but there were a good number of guys there (probably boyfriends dragged there). It was really fun though since we found a couple K-pop idol look alikes among them. These would be an EXO's Chen, a Super Junior's Sungmin and Shindong, an Infinite Sungjong, and a Brian Joo. From our position, we were also able to appreciate our luck of timing since the line grew until it extended out of sight around the nearby building. Thank goodness we weren't late. Also during our wait, I got my picture with my sign taken by UnitedKpop and may be on a blogger's youtube video about the concert (if I am, I'll tell y'all later.)!
Once we actaully got into the indigO2, I was surprised. True to it's name, there was a lot of indigo lighting, but it was also really small. The pit wasn't too big, maybe twenty, thirty people deep, and then there was a slight rise for the rest of the floor. I ended up with a really good spot on the rise in front of the center of the stage, right where Yonghwa would be, just behind a really short woman. It took an hour to get everyone, but even then the lighting and sounds people had fun with us, teasing us by lowering and raising lights and the music. Not very nice.
When CN Blue finally came onto stage, they made sure to make an entrance. Lots of bright, flashing lights and smoke. I could actually feel my neck vibrating I was screaming so hard. I made sure to hold my sign high, so I hope they saw it. I'm just afraid it was too dark or I was too far away and then I was made to put it down...oh well, I got to see them. Ladies, it's true. They're just as handsome and cute in real life as they are in their mvs and on TV. The concert had a more rock feeling than I was expecting though. Not that that's a bad thing; I could tell this was what they were passionate about and loved doing; and not to be puny, but they absolutely rocked the songs. Opening with 'Intuition', CN Blue actually played a few English songs along with their usual like 'I'm a Loner', 'Hey You', 'Love Girl', 'Come On' and 'Still in Love'. I'm a little ashamed to admit I didn't know all the songs they sang, but those that I did, I promise I sang my heart out to make any fangirl proud. The guys seemed really surprised we could sing along so well with their songs, and their resulting grins made me so happy.
You all should have seen the way they played; it was, to use one of their favorite words of the night, 'Awesome!' My respect for them as musicians and my overall love of them skyrocketed because of the concert. They proved their talent is absolutely real. You know how some groups sound great on the CD and not so great live? Not the case with CN Blue. They sounded even better live, voices and instrument wise. Even better, their passion for their music shone through. Yonghwa was really playful and full of energy; dancing around the stage, going on his knees sometimes, messing around with Jongshin, doing this really cute hip-shoulder wiggle when he sang. Jungshin was exactly the same way. Minhyuk played along happily on his little pedestal. Jonghyun was a little more contained, but his quiet passion was beautiful.
Their English was almost as beautiful today. Although they introduced themselves (we all said their names before they got the chance) in English after 'Intuition', it was Yonghwa who did most of the talking, with some input from Jungshin. It wasn't much, but it wasn't too Engrish either. The most used words were 'awesome', 'amazing', and 'thank you'. They're so adorable! Before they had to go, we got to sing Happy Birthday to Jungshin in English AND Korean. I was really sad it over, but the ending was an achingly beautiful solo by Jonghyun. Honestly, his voice just makes me want to cry it's so beautiful. They got a lot of presents, mostly bracelets, which Yonghwa promptly put on, and a few other things, but I only had eyes for them. I finally got to see some of my sweet oppas (what younger girls call older guys in Korean) in their element and it's something I'll never forget.
I did get some pictures and two seconds long videos in, but cameras were actually restricted. Once the show started though, no one did anything about the ton of people recording and taking pictures. I have two reasons for getting so little: I wanted to respect our CN Blue boys and I literally could not get my camera out of my purse because my arms were pinned to my body. Seriously. I was shoved, and I mean actually shoved with two hands and a body, from my original spot by this tall Asian girl. This forced me to troll on another tall person in front of me by almost resting my chin on her shoulder so I could see all, or at least most of the stage (Jonghyun ended up blocked for half of the time). Then, this Korean girl (I know she was Korean because I heard her complaining to her friend in Korean), tried to force me from my spot by pushing her hip into me. However, me being my stubborn to a point of ridiculousness self, refused, and ended up literally spending half the concert standing diagonally, leaning on her because she was and kept pushing so hard. Said person also had her elbow on my shoulder and kept stabbing me in the neck with it when she jumped. Ouch. In the end, I kind of reclaimed my original spot with a better view (Take that neck stabber!). Now, if you'll excuse me, my bed is calling and please send me good wishes since I don't think I'll be able to talk tomorrow. Love you all.
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