popliar: shaun tan (Default)
My second time seeing Viviz. We had seats from the balcony level in Town Hall so a nice elevated view. I enjoyed it because Viviz are charming and sexy and great performers. This was their first time in Australia and it was sweet that they gave a shout-out to a fan they met in the fansign who had been waiting since their Gfriend days.

They did some cute ments about Sydney, such as the three members all eating alone and texting each other, and getting to see the Opera House. SinB said that her carrier (her carry-on bag, judging from photos) broke and she was so angry about it!

They did some games, answering questions on post-it notes. For representative Australian animals, they said they had already answered this in Melbourne and they were a quokka, wombat and kangaroo. The song they listen to lately is Gfriend. They spotted someone in the audience who they saw doing a Mister Mister cover in the street the day before and got very excited, that was cute. They had a challenge to dance with a straight face, which Umji failed twice! And they briefly did solo dances.

For the end photo of the crowd, Eunha threatened that anyone who didn't make a heart would be zoomed in on insta story LOL.

I do think being a trio limits their choreo somewhat - they tend to repeat the same group formations with their back-up dancers - and at times the setlist felt tonally very similar, but it was still a good show.

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popliar: shaun tan (Default)
So I've been away for a bit lol. I went on a holiday and though it wasn't intended to be a kpop trip, tour dates starting dropping and I realised I could catch quite a few shows, including these two.

A.C.E. - 13 July, The Fillmore, Detroit

I went to this A.C.E. show as did, oh, about 15 other friends from stan twt? LOL. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan, but I do like A.C.E. and I was really glad to be able to see this show with friends.

It's a simple and straightforward show, a tight 90-odd minutes with very minimal costume changes and no backgrounds or VCRs. I was quite close but at an angle where I couldn't see any floorwork, and this was also one of the shows that Yuchan unfortunately had to skip because of health issues, but for all that it was still a really fun show. They are all charming and great performers and they had good rapport with each other and the crowd.

Sometimes it's as simple as that - let performers perform.

I don't know if I have an A.C.E. bias yet. Sometimes you walk out of a show going "ok that one" but I didn't have such a strong feeling after this show, and I feel any opinion needs to be asterisked since I didn't get to see Yuchan. However - preliminary and tentative bias finding is Sehyoon. I found his classic 90s boyband vibes charming.

Goblin
Savage
Changer
My Girl (eng ver.)
Facetime
Down
Higher
Baby tonight
Clover
Supernatural
Effortless
Beautiful things (cover)
Cruel summer (cover)
Slow dive
If you heard
Talk you down
Angel
Take me higher
Story


Viviz - 17 July, Temple Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia

This venue was quite small but there was a good turnout. The seating was free range and the early entrance fans were down the front, but even showing up just half an hour before the show I got a good aisle seat with a good view. Some sweet fans came around to give out stickers and I get a kitty SinB!

The show was very fun! Like A.C.E. this too was a very simple show with no VCRs or video backgrounds. The show works because they are so charming and they have such confidence - they're all idol veterans really and it shows in their easy command of the stage. The crowd went wild for Maniac of course, but I really enjoyed every song.

They had a break in the middle for a game ment, drawing random question and challenges from a gumball machine. SinB did the cat on a frozen river challenge and Eunha called her a kitty! Eunha made up a fan hand sign so that Viviz fans could find each other in public lol. Umji covered several point dances. They did a few other things, all cute, very charming.

I bought a ticket to this show rather impulsively - had to shuffle my travel plans around a little - but I'm really glad I went.

Untie
Blue Clue
PULL UP
#.Flashback
Red Sun
Wildflower
Love Love Love
Overflow
Love or Die
MANIAC
BOP BOP!
Fiesta
Overdrive

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