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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

05 June 13 - Rainie Yang's Concert

RAINIE ♥

So on 12 Jan 2013, I went for 杨丞林's 为爱启丞 concert. Basically, this was my first time going for a concert. Let me just say, I am not exactly the biggest Rainie fan you can find in the world, much less in Singapore. However, in my defense, I did, and still do, support her throughout her career. She was kind of cute and she was potrayed that way at least. Plus, I was finally earning my own salary, so I wanted to "indulge" myself.

Well, and Yuhui managed to convince me to go, so why not? Haha. Plus, Rainie really improved her singing over the past few years. And I believed her live show was definitely worth the ticket price. ( $131 to be exact)

Anyway, I made my way to Expo and it started out pretty bad. I was supposed to be early, but the idiotic and myopic part of me caused me to take the wrong side of the circle line and let's just say the rest is history.

So I finally met up with Yuhui and went in. Quite honestly, I wasnt exactly feeling super excited or nervous about the whole thing. I felt like I was going to watch a movie, that was the kind of feeling I had. But it didnt last.

So when finally the curtains came down, and Rainie appeared on the stage. The feeling was surreal. It's like meeting someone you never thought you would ever meet in your entire life. I have only seen Rainie in videos or maybe on TV, but it wasnt exactly the same as seeing her in reality. Surreal is the best word I can come up with.

Being the not very loyal Rainie 'fan', I didnt know the song she was singing. But it sounded nice. So I just listened throughout. Then I realised, she sounded very uncomfortable for some reason.

After the song, she admitted, to my horror (slightly exaggerated), she wasnt feeling her best as she was down with flu and fever. You could tell that she wasnt herself. But being absolutely unbiased here, she still sounded damn nice. She started chatting a little with us in between songs, and the topics she chose were just WEIRD.

I remembered she was talking about how her breasts increased in size everytime in Singapore, and because she couldnt sing as well, she would put in more emotion and show a little more cleavage. Yeah, those were the kind of things she was saying. HAHA.

Anyway, I do recognise most of the songs in the end. And then suddenly, she started doing stunts.

(Let me first reinforce the fact that, she is actually down with FLU AND FEVER. And she wasnt those, dancing type of stars. She was kind of an act cute and singing type. So now let's go back to the stunts.)

She started with hanging on lines and coming down slowly while she sang. Followed by some fast paced dancing of basic hip hop while singing. (Okay, this wasnt really a stunt.) Then, a solo set of modern choreography. (Ditto.) And then, a video showed, about how she wasnt exactly happy as a singer, with all the fame and media attention she was getting, she couldnt live normally like we do. (Cant emphatise but sort of understand it.) Then, there was this phrase (obviously translated by me), "有人说，当你想哭的时候倒立，这样眼泪就不会流下来了." (If you ever feel like crying, do a handstand or make yourself upside down. That way, your tears would not fall.) And then *BAM*, she came out hanging upside down. And started singing one of her classics. Sick and all. Then, as it was coming to an end, as everyone could tell, she started telling us, "演唱会没有到最后一刻, 通通都不许走 "( No one is allowed to leave, until the finals seconds of the concert is over.) And the she sang her best song (in my humble opinion), 雨爱.

When it was finally over, I was indeed starstruck. I mean, she didnt had to do ALL of that. She could have just done a few and still submitted the concert. But no, she did everything she had practiced to do. That's courage. That's determination. That's a showman or showwoman in this case. Basically, by the end of it, I was a fan. A big one. Perhaps I am late by a few years, but so? As long as she keeps on singing, I am going to keep on supporting her.

That's the Rainie I have supported for so long. With much ♥

-Signing Off-

I'm still breathing;
7:55 PM