K-pop Concert -- Asian Song Fest in Daegu Oct. 15th

On the Saturday of the concert, I planned to meet my friend Laura. We are both English teachers and both like K-pop. I had an idea to bring posters and make a sign for our favorite artists that were playing. It was a good idea because after we got to our seats in the front of our row, we had about two and a half hours till the show started. After we made our signs, some cameramen came up to us and took pictures of our artwork.

It was funny. One guy even interviewed me in Korean, which was also hilarious. One of my Korean friends told me that I might be on TV, newspaper or something like that. I just was excited to see the concert. Laura's favorite artist is B2ST, which was playing somewhere in the middle. I was looking forward to seeing G.NA and Miss A sing.

When the show started, there were light sticks glowing and the crowd went crazy. The first main act was Miss A, which was the voted the best new group of 2011 in Korea. They were very good. The combination of dancing, singing and rapping make them a great girl group.

Also they have variety. Two members are Korean and two are Chinese.

The next major group was U-Kiss a boy group in Korea. After that was G.NA, the artist I wanted to see. Her combination of beauty, talent and great singing makes her a very popular artist. She is also fluent in English which helps her create many fans all around the world.

After I saw G.NA, the crowd went crazy for the next artist which was B2ST. Laura was also screaming which was really funny. Sadly, her pride was broken when a group of schoolgirls outdid her and made a B2st sign out of light sticks which shined brightly in the stadium and even B2st themselves were surprised. B2ST was very good and performed their single, Fiction last which was the best of their songs they performed. With fireworks and flames rising, it was a great performance. After B2st we saw some other artists from other countries like Lee Sung Gi from Korea, AAA from Japan, Bibi Zhou from China, which was actually pretty good. There was also Perfume from Japan, Girls Generation from Korea and Bobby Cho from Taiwan.

It was great experience of seeing some of my favorite K-pop artists. And up close too because I had a VIP ticket for the concert. Unfortunately it started raining and many people stayed but the stadium was outside so others left. We got soaked actually and the wind didn't help as the rain was blowing harder. It was a great concert though even though we didn't stay to watch the final artists like Girls Generation and Super Junior.

Oh well I saw who I wanted to see and it was great. Definitely a highlight of my day. Laura is not from Daegu but I did my best to help her out and show here the way back to her city. Although I was close to Daegu, I don't live in Daegu either. In fact after finding a taxi for her, I just walked home to my apartment. It only took me about 15 minutes to walk home. It was straight all the way to my neighborhood, which was very convenient.