On Saturday, Jenee and I went to B1A4’s The Class concert in
Seoul. Before we came to Korea, Jenee and I discussed various artists we would
like to see live and Lee Seung-gi was the person I wanted to see the most (of
course) but as far as KPop boy-bands go B1A4 was right up there on both of our
lists.
Baro, my favorite B1A4 member on banners at Olympic Park
I’m actually not a big KPop fan. There is only a handful of
artists I like so I consider myself very lucky to have had the opportunity to
see two of my favorites live in concert already.
Yey!
B1A4 is a group Jenee and I have both followed since they
debuted a few years ago. Our tickets for their concert were in the standing
section so we were able to see them up so close which was just absolutely
amazing. Before the concert, you line up according to your section. For this
event, there were 3 different standing sections and we were in the group to the
right of the stage.
My ticket!
After you line up, they let you into the venue accordingly
and then you are free to mesh and mingle as necessary. Mesh being the key word, here. At first, it was absolute chaos.
Actually, I was nearly crying because the people kept pushing and I was scared
I was going to fall and die. I’m not even joking. I distinctly remember
thinking, This is it. This is how it’s
all going to end. At a KPop concert. Fantastic.
This is a picture @maiizzzz posted on instagram of the concert, we were located about where the red dot is
My shoe kept coming untied and those terrifying moments nearly made my life flash before my
eyes until I could get it tied again (which was a feat, let me tell you). Also,
I am above average in the height department in Korea (5’4”) so I have no idea
where they came from but there were like three girls in front of me who had to
be at least 6-feet tall. What even.
Plus, there was this girl who ended up squished between me
and one of the giants at one point and she was wearing this big ol’ stocking
hat with two pom-poms on it that kept whacking me in the face. And so I would
lean my head back out of the way and this jerk-wad behind me kept pressing TWO
OF THEIR FINGERS to the back of my skull and thrusting my head forward. EXCUSE
ME.
It was awful.
Everyone would push and push until I couldn’t believe we
weren’t all breaking and then the security personnel upfront would tell them to
push back and it was like a big game of back-and-forth.
Our section wasn’t the only one with this problem. You could
hear the wave of screams happening on and off in the other sections as well when
the pushing was going on. I’m very surprised no one was seriously injured.
The only good thing that came out of the pushing was that,
once it was all over we somehow ended up only 3 people away from the very
front. So that was kind of awesome.
When the concert finally started everyone was jumping around
and stuff so the crowd actually evened out and it wasn’t so bad. Sweaty and
gross, but survivable.
Plus, they were right there! B1A4 was right there.
The boys were great and they played all my favorite songs.
The stage was also really neat and there was some cool special effects. I
really enjoyed the concert after I wasn’t afraid of being crushed to death.
The only thing I was really disappointed in is that we weren’t
allowed to take pictures. That’s a pretty normal thing for concerts here but a
little sad especially since we (foreigners) usually only get one chance to see
(a particular group). Oh well, I’ll have the memories with me forever! And
maybe they will come out with a concert DVD :)
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