FT Island Concert in Los Angeles
Thursday, February 05, 2015
I usually don't go to concerts, even if I really like the performer, because I don't have anyone to go with ㅠㅠ So when a Kpop group comes to town, I just watch the fancams and read the accounts online. When I saw the announcement of FTHX in LA on my Facebook timeline a few months ago, I just let out a sigh and kept on scrolling.
같이 갈 사람이 없어서 콘서트를 자주 가지 않아 ㅠㅠ. 내가 좋아하는 한국 가수가 온다고 해도 그냥 다음 날 팬캠이나 기사잀으는 펀이에요. 그래서 에프티 아일랜드가 미국콘서트 한다고 들었을때 별 생각, 관심이 없었음. 어짜피 안 갈 꺼니깐...
FT Island was the group that got me into Kpop way back in 2007. I had been living in Japan at the time and I just happened to see their debut music video. I fell head-over-heels for the handsome vocalist, Lee Hongki ♡
사실, 에프티 아일랜드는 나한테 되게 소중한 가수! 에프티 아일랜드땜에 지금 이렇게 한국음악을 좋아하게됬어요. 2007에 우연히 티비보다가 "사랑앓이" 뮤비를 보게됬는데.. 그 순간, 잘 생긴 홍기오빠 매력에 폭 빠졌지요~♡
Anyway, I had no plans of going to FTHX. I actually forgot about it...until the day before. One of my friends announced in our group chat that she had a few free tickets for the concerts and whoever wanted to go should contact her. What had happened was she had a friend who knew someone working at the concert and she was able to hook my friend up. I actually didn't see that message because I was in class, but another friend asked if I wanted to go. How can I say no to a free concert?
아까 말하다 싶히, 전 에프티 아일랜드 콘서트 갈 생각이 없었었음. 솔직히 말하면, 콘서트가 있다는 사실을 잊어버렸어요 ㅋㅋ. 근데, 콘서트 전 날, 친구 한 명이 카톡 그룹채트에서 콘서트 가고 싶은 사람있냐고 물었어요. 친구에 칠구가 아는 분이 FnC에 일한다고, 티켓 몇개 받았다고 얘기 하더라구... 따른 친구가 "같이 갈까?" 묻길레 가면 재밌을 거 같다는 생각이 들었어요. 공짠데 어떻게 거부해요?! ㅋㅋㅋ
티켓이 공짜라서 재일 안 좋은 자리에 있을걸라고 생각했는데 오히려 제일 좋은 곳에서 보게됬어요~~ 맨 앞자리, 무대바로 앞에 까지 갈 수 있었지만 편하게 보고싶어서 좀 뒤에 섰어요.
Even though I'm not a hardcore Primadonna (as I am an IGOT7), I enjoy FT Island's music a lot. It's a nice change from the music most Kpop idols usually do. I have to say, TV/videos/CDs don't do FT Island justice. They are sooooo good live. Hongki's voice is amazing, and I'm not saying that just because he's my favorite.
프리마돈나는 아니지만, 에프티 아일랜드 노래를 질기는 사람이에요. 내가 댄스으막을 별로안 좋아해서 에프티 아일랜드 음악이 나랑 잘 맞더라구요 ㅎㅎ 근대, 라이브가 훨씬 좋아요! 진짜로! 홍기오빠가 원악 노래 잘해서 당연히 기대가 좀 컸는데.... 우와. 진짜 진짜 대박이였어요!! 홍기오빠 좋아서 그냥 하는 얘기 아니에요! 진짜 좋았어요~~ 짱짱!
For the most part, I had a pretty good view. I could see all the members, but from time-to-time, there was this guy that stood way to close to the gate my friends and I were standing behind and his big head would block Jaejin and Seunghyun from my view.
진짜 좋은 자리에 있었는데, 가끔식 앞에 한 아저씨가 너무 뒤로 왔어 짜증! 머리가 너무 커서 계속 움직이면서 승현오빠, 재진오빠 막았어요ㅠㅠ
There was one point during the concert where the furry hood of his jacket was all up in our personal space. I guess he was there with his wife and daughter (who were completely rocking out) because he spent most of his time taking pictures of them instead of watching the concert.
한 번 진짜 가까이 섰어요... 파카에 털 후드가 내 얼굴 거의 만질수있게 가까이... 콘서트 왔는데 가수 보는 대신 와이프, 딸(?) 사진만 찍더라고... 그걸 보니 좀 불상했어요ㅋㅋ 가족땜에 왔는데...심심했었겠다 ㅋㅋㅋ
I didn't bring my camera with me to the concert, mainly because I went to the concert straight from school on Friday xD So the only thing I had to document the concert was my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and let me tell you...the camera quality sucks! Especially compared to the Galaxy Note 4 which one of my companions had. Her pictures AND videos came out so clear. They were like camera quality. The pictures I took sucked so bad that I just resorted to recording a video and snapshotting(? is that a word?) it later.
학교 끝나고 바로 가서, 카메라 안 가져가고, 핸드폰으로만 영상/사진 찍었는데...ㅠㅠ 갤럭시S3 인데 진짜 잘 안 보여요ㅠㅠ 친구는 노트4 인데 대박이더라고요. 완전 카메라 수준? 진짜 잘 보였고, 영상도 진짜 잘 나웠어요. 부럽더라고...ㅠㅠ 사진이 너무 안나오니깐 영상만 찍고 캡쳐 했어요. 그렇게 해야 그나마 사진이 괜찮더라고 ㅋㅋ
Not only that, I couldn't get any decent recordings of most of the songs, the loud, rock ones. It was too loud for my phone to handle so every time it gets loud there's this annoying sound that cancels out the music. I'm sure those of you have tried recording a video at a concert with your smartphone know what I'm talking about. I have to be thankful that I was able to record at all. The acoustic songs came out nice though...so I guess I can't complain. For the other videos I took...I guess I can just watch without the sound xD
근데 사진뿐만 아니라, 영상도 실망이였어유ㅠㅠㅠ 록 노래를 많이 했는데, 내 폰이 소리만 커지면 음악이 안 들려ㅠㅠ 그나마 어쿠스틱 노래는 잘 나왔어요. 다행히 내가 좋아하는 노래는 거의다 어쿠스틱 ㅋㅋㅋ
사진으로 잘 안 보여서 속상합니다ㅠㅠ 두 눈으로 다 진짜 잘 보였는데...민환오빠 빼고...너무 뒤에 있어서 얼굴이 잘 안 보이더라구 ㅠㅠ
While I'm on the topic of Minhwan, he didn't say a word during the concert! Him and Jonghun were silent...they didn't even sing! It was to the point where I wanted the staff to get rid of the mic in front of Leader-nim. If he wasn't going to talk/sing at least let me see his face clearly. They looked really tired too :( I think all that traveling for the tour took it's toll on them.
민환오빠 말 나온김에.....말 아예 안했어요! 종훈오빠도...노래도 안 하고. 종훈오빠 앞에 마이크스탠드가 있었는데 차라리 뺐었으면 좋았을껄. 말/노래도 안 했는데 얼국까지 가렸어ㅠㅠ 왠지 되게 피곤해 보이더라구. 다 투어 때문이겠지..
As I've mentioned a number of times in this blog post, Hongki is my favorite member, but Jaejin was soooo freakin cute! From his smiley face while playing his bass to his randomly timed English words he'd throw out, he was a show stealer for me ;)
아까부터 얘기했잖아요~ 난 홍기오빠가 제일 좋아좋아~♡ 그래도 불구하고, 재진오빠가 계속 눈에 들어오더라 >///< 너무너무 귀여웠어~ 계속 싱글벙글 웃으면서 배이스 치고, 시도때도 없이 영어 ㅋㅋ 진짜 쇼스틸러! ;)
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| **I didn't take this picture, my friend did. I didn't get a picture at the end, so I asked my friend if I could use this. I put my watermark so people don't take it! |
If I could fix anything from the concert, it would be better song choices and a longer concert. I thought I knew a lot of FT Island songs, but I didn't know half of the songs that they played :/ I felt like they should have done more of their popular songs. There's a reason those songs are popular... Also, the concert seemed way too short! It was barely over an hour, which I think is way too short :/
진짜 다 좋았는데 "이것만 달랐으면 좋았었을텐데" 2가지있어요. 1번: 트랙리스트. 난 에프티 아일랜드 노래 많이 안다고 생각했는데, 내가 노리 반밖에 모르더라ㅠㅠ 이번에 너무 록 쪽으로 가서 그랬는지, 그냥 좀 그랬어 :/ 좀더 유명한 곡을 했었으면... 2번: 콘서트가 더 길었으면 더더더 좋았을껄. 막 신날때 끝나버리니깐... 한시간 좀 너멌나? 너무 짧았어ㅠㅠ
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| **귀여운 Moon스티커~ 친구가 자기 얼굴이 보이는게 싫어할수도 있으니깐 ㅋㅋCute Moon stickers since she might not want her face shown :3 |
But overall, I had an amazing time! This was the second Kpop concert and it was a lot better than my first experience (because my first Kpop concert was with my family). It was a night spent with good company :)
근데 너무 재밌게 놀았어요~~ 생에 2번째 K팝 콘서트였는데 진짜 재밌었어용~ (첫 K팝 콘서트를 가족이랑 갔는데 진짜 아니였어 ㅋㅋ 나만 K팝 좋아하니깐 가족이 지루했어여ㅠㅠ) 좋은 친구들이랑 즐거운 시간을 보내서 너무너무너무너~~~~무 좋았어요 :)
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