[DOWNLOAD] 20120312 JAPONICA concert @ Hawaii Theatre
I got the chance to catch Jin's JAPONICA concert in Hawaii this Monday. ヾ(〃^∇^)ﾉわぁい♪ Thank you Jin for coming to Hawaii!! I was surprised to see so much locals there, I really thought the crowd would be mostly Japanese girls here on vacation. I was wrong, like really wrong because there was a wide variety of people from local girls to Japanese tourists to guys dragged to the concert by their girlfriends, mothers who brought their small children along, and much much older ladies with expensive perfume and designer bags. Hawaii Theater was a nice venue, a pretty little theatre with a vintage feel that I really loved. *Points at pictures* I think I want to go back there to watch a play one of these days, haha.
There isn't much to report on Jin's concert itself sadly to say, it was short and simple. Jin sang the songs from his JAPONICA CD starting with Sun Burns Down and occasionally disappeared from the tiny stage for like half the song. Why? I really don't know, but you could hear his lovely voice nonetheless so oh well. Honestly, Joseph Vincent did a lot more fan service than Jin did but this is Jin we're talking about so no surprise there. I love him to death, but he can be a bit lazy sometimes♥ I personally was satisfied enough that he took off those big sunglasses that were covering half of his pretty face. Speaking of Joseph Vincent, it was funny. Joseph serenaded a random girl on stage to a Backstreet Boys song and asked the crowd to take out their cell phones and wave it around as a flashlight. The crowd was just staring dumbly at the stage like (ﾟｰﾟ*?) 'Seriously? We can take out our phones???'
Oh, but I loved how Jin started the pre-show performance with an Arashi medley! That was an absolute treat, not only because 'Yay, Arashi song! d(^0^*)' but because his dancers were really good♥ IDK, compared to Yellow Gold I think that Japonica didn't have as much dancing involved. Out of his playlist, Sun Burns Down, Test Drive, Aphrodisiac, Yellow Gold were my favorites hands down. o(^0^*)o And I was so so happy that he sang Season for his encore because it's such a pretty song and we don't get to hear him singing in Japanese much anymore.
Sorry if I sounded like I'm criticizing Jin's concert, I'm not well, not really. Yes, I wish Jin would do a little more fan service as in stay on stage for the WHOLE concert or maybe throw in a MC somewhere but I had a great time nonetheless and was thankful that he even came to Hawaii. Plus, it's always great to get to hear Jin's voice live and see him on stage. I even bought his JAPONICA CD as a souvenir during intermission (it was the only concert goods he was selling this time which is a pity because his JAPONICA tour poster was hot!). On the other hand, Joseph Vincent was selling these really cute shirts that was tempting to buy, but they were so tiny looking that I held back. (^-^;;; You know, I think there were Japanese fans who bought Joseph's t-shirt thinking it was a Jin shirt because the JV kinda looked like a JN. In fact, there was one lady in front of me who was doing just that... I probably should have stopped her, but I was too tired from work to want to get involved with that mess. *Gets bricked*
Anyways, now that I finished ranting about Jin's concert... I uploaded a recording of Jin's JAPONICA concert at the Hawaii Theater for my best friend and figured I should share since I went through the trouble of uploading the file on my slow internet connection. Not to mention editing out the intermission and whatnot. The quality is not the best since I recorded it on my iPhone, but you get to hear Jin say, "Alooooha Hawaii!" LOL, enjoy♥
I got a one way ticket to Mars~♪♪♪
There isn't much to report on Jin's concert itself sadly to say, it was short and simple. Jin sang the songs from his JAPONICA CD starting with Sun Burns Down and occasionally disappeared from the tiny stage for like half the song. Why? I really don't know, but you could hear his lovely voice nonetheless so oh well. Honestly, Joseph Vincent did a lot more fan service than Jin did but this is Jin we're talking about so no surprise there. I love him to death, but he can be a bit lazy sometimes♥ I personally was satisfied enough that he took off those big sunglasses that were covering half of his pretty face. Speaking of Joseph Vincent, it was funny. Joseph serenaded a random girl on stage to a Backstreet Boys song and asked the crowd to take out their cell phones and wave it around as a flashlight. The crowd was just staring dumbly at the stage like (ﾟｰﾟ*?) 'Seriously? We can take out our phones???'
Oh, but I loved how Jin started the pre-show performance with an Arashi medley! That was an absolute treat, not only because 'Yay, Arashi song! d(^0^*)' but because his dancers were really good♥ IDK, compared to Yellow Gold I think that Japonica didn't have as much dancing involved. Out of his playlist, Sun Burns Down, Test Drive, Aphrodisiac, Yellow Gold were my favorites hands down. o(^0^*)o And I was so so happy that he sang Season for his encore because it's such a pretty song and we don't get to hear him singing in Japanese much anymore.
Sorry if I sounded like I'm criticizing Jin's concert, I'm not well, not really. Yes, I wish Jin would do a little more fan service as in stay on stage for the WHOLE concert or maybe throw in a MC somewhere but I had a great time nonetheless and was thankful that he even came to Hawaii. Plus, it's always great to get to hear Jin's voice live and see him on stage. I even bought his JAPONICA CD as a souvenir during intermission (it was the only concert goods he was selling this time which is a pity because his JAPONICA tour poster was hot!). On the other hand, Joseph Vincent was selling these really cute shirts that was tempting to buy, but they were so tiny looking that I held back. (^-^;;; You know, I think there were Japanese fans who bought Joseph's t-shirt thinking it was a Jin shirt because the JV kinda looked like a JN. In fact, there was one lady in front of me who was doing just that... I probably should have stopped her, but I was too tired from work to want to get involved with that mess. *Gets bricked*
Anyways, now that I finished ranting about Jin's concert... I uploaded a recording of Jin's JAPONICA concert at the Hawaii Theater for my best friend and figured I should share since I went through the trouble of uploading the file on my slow internet connection. Not to mention editing out the intermission and whatnot. The quality is not the best since I recorded it on my iPhone, but you get to hear Jin say, "Alooooha Hawaii!" LOL, enjoy♥
I got a one way ticket to Mars~♪♪♪