[Concert Review] BTS, enters the Gymnastic Stadium and completes a shift in generations “Now they are an unclimbable wall”
They presented an extraordinary excitement with loud cheers which made us wonder if the show could be this fired up from the start. The 4 days of holiday and the tickling spring breeze and clear weather didn’t stop the teenage fangirls’ love for BTS.
On 7th starting from 5PM at Seoul Bangi-dong Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium, BTS’s (Rap Monster, Suga, Jin, J Hope, Jimin, V, Jungkook) concert ‘2016 BTS Live 화양연화 On Stage: Epilogue‘ was held and electrified over 12,000 fans.
Consecutively performing their hit track ‘RUN‘ and ‘Danger‘ before greeting their fans. BTS surely heated up the show from the start. Jungkook said, “You missed us, right? I missed you guys more.” and Jimin greeted, “We’re greeting you all for the first time at Gymnastic Stadium. This is Jimin.”.
While expressing their thoughts on holding their concert at the Gymnastic Stadium for the first time, J Hope expressed, “BTS was able to enter the Gymnastic Stadium because of our fans’ unchanging love. This concert will wrap up our ‘화양연화’.”
Suga repeatedly revealed how he was deeply moved, “This concert concludes ‘화양연화’. We sold out all the seats available in the Gymnastic Stadium. I want to thank every one of you. We have been talking about this before our debut and we’ve achieved our wish.”. Rap Monster began his speech by teasing Suga, “Didn’t Suga said he would cry at the Gymnastic Stadium?” and continued, “I hope you enjoy the show while remembering our 화양연화 series. I’m very happy to be here with all of you in this beautiful moment.”
‘Dead Leaves‘, ‘Tomorrow‘ and ‘Butterfly‘ were performed right after their talk. They revealed their choreography of ‘Butterfly’ for the first time today. Suga’s outfit tore while they performed ‘Butterfly’ due to the fierce movements. Suga unintentionally revealed his skin when his white shirt tore around his right underarm area. He smoothly continued their next performance after changing his outfit as soon as their ‘Butterfly’ stage ended.
The best highlight of today’s concert was their new title track stage. Their first comeback performances of ‘Save ME‘ and their title track ‘FIRE‘ from the special album ‘화양연화 : Young Forever‘ which released on the 2nd, heated up the concert venue.
Immediately after their ‘FIRE’ stage, Rap Monster said, “These were the performances of ‘Save ME’ and our title track ‘FIRE’ “, and also revealed his wish by saying, “I hope you consider them as youth anthems.”. Jimin expressed, “I was able to perform on stage with courage because of your cheering.”. Suga confessed,“I could hear the cheering through the inear earphone. It felt so good.”.
Besides all the above stages, BTS performed ‘Hip Hop Lover‘, ‘Cypher Pt.3 : Killer‘, ‘We are Bulletproof pt. 2‘, ‘Baepsae‘, ‘Dope‘, ‘Fun Boys‘, ‘Rise of Bangtan‘, ‘2 Cool 4 Skool‘, ‘No More Dream‘, ‘Ma City‘, ‘Miss Right‘, ‘I NEED U‘ and many other tracks with their fierce choreographies and amplified a 2 hour long show.
It was repeatedly emphasized by the members, this was indeed BTS’s first concert held at the Gymnastic Stadium. After holding their first solo concert in June 2013 at AX Korea, they’ve performed at Blue Square, Olympic Hall and the Handball Stadium and they finally entered the Gymnastic Stadium to hold their concert. It proves that they’ve grown as singers who have the ticket power to mobilize 12,000 audience per show.
They presented their fans with unforgettable memories by performing songs from their 2 part youth series, ‘화양연화 Pt.1‘ and ‘화양연화 Pt.2‘ which were released last year, including videos shown during their ‘화양연화 On Stage: Prologue‘ which was held last September and from their previous ‘화양연화 On Stage’ along with their recently released special album ‘화양연화 : Young Forever‘ in just one show.
Before their last song, Rap Monster said,“If there’s an end to ‘화양연화’, I can’t help but wonder when the start was. I think it began when we met all of you. I’m grateful to all of you for being with us in our most beautiful moment.”.
Meanwhile, BTS will be performing again on the 8th at the same location and start their schedules in Korea and fulfill their busy Asia tour schedules.
Source : enews 24
Credit : Trans by Peachisoda
