Is there anyone out there, from our Blue Night family, that is crying alone tonight? Not crying out of pity for something or someone, but instead because they cannot help asking why they are living in the way that they are? Is there anyone that is feeling sentimental or guilty, needlessly? Don’t be like that. I hope that you believe that these bitter days of crying alone will prove to be the most beautiful days of your life. You’ll realize, with time, that your life is actually pretty alright. I promise you. In fact, I’ll write you a guarantee! The most beautiful thing in all the world is right now. This moment. You. Don’t ever forget that.
Jonghyun’s closing words on ‘Blue Night’ on the 11th March, 2014. (via hwaitinghwaiting)
A FAR BETTER EXPERIENCE THAN EXO’LUXION, THANK GOD.
In case y’all forgot, or just didn’t know, i had GA for Exo’luxion, and it was absolute hell. For Exo’rdium, however, I chose to get a seat, and it was a complete daydream.
Once I got inside. I’m not sure if it was The Forum’s fault, or mmt’s, but the organization was terrible. I didn’t suffer too much because of it, but I know a lot of people with GA tix did.
So Exo opens with Mama, naturally. Lit af. My sister and I just about lost our minds, lmao. I can’t remember if there any pyrotechnics(?) at Exo’luxion? BUT THERE DEFINITELY WERE AT EXO’RDIUM. LIT. It made Mama so so so much more intense than I’ve ever seen it.
But even without the fire, the performance was A1. Like, as I was watching, I was thinking about how its been five years since Exo debuted, and about five years since I saw them perform that song for the first time at Smtown, and. They’ve improved so much. They were never bad, ofc, but their stage presence is so much better? I said this last year too, but they’ve improved even more since then!!!
After Mama was Monster and BITCH!!!! Let me tell you, Monster is MY FUCKING SHIT. It’s probably tied with Love Me Right for my fave Exo title track. The song and the dance, are everything. Like, this performance is what I was most excited for going into this concert. AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. MY MANS’ DANCE BREAK. BYUN FUCKING BAEKHYUN. Had me so fucked up, holy shit. AND THEN. THE RAP. THEY SHOT FIREWORKS RIGHT ON THE BEAT. I WAS LIVING.
Third was Wolf. I know how a lot of people feel about Wolf, but. Wolf is also my shit. I unironically love it, and always have. Its either actually in a three way tie with LMR and Monster, or #3 after them. I LOVE WOLF. I have love/hate relationship with the way asian exo-l’s put so much effort into actually knowing the fanchants, while us western fans just. “CHOGIWAAA.” Because I’m not kidding, legit everyone in the arena screamed chogiwa with chanyeol, lmao.
I’ve had GA every time I’ve seen Exo since Wolf came out, and they always perform it before they come out to the extended stage (i think? I genuinely don’t remember much from Exo’luxion. It was such an awful night for me, I’ve honestly repressed the memory), so this was my first time actually getting a good view of it. 10/10. And I love the remix. It’s stunning.
I have no concept of the order the rest of the songs were performed in, so this will probably be horrifically out of order. I’m sorry.
I DID NOT TAKE MY EYES OF OF BAEKHYUN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ARTIFICIAL LOVE. It’s another song I was very excited to witness live. OBVIOUSLY. I just about died.
The acoustic medley was lovely. Call Me Baby was fun. Like, really fun. It was really fun to sing along with them. My Lady was !!!! I’d never seen it live and? It’s fucking My Lady. Everyone around me started losing my minds when they started singing it. Remember how I said us american’s are pretty shit at fanchants? Since we can’t do them, we just kind of sing along? Like we sing along to the whole song. We, or at least everyone in my section, sang the entirety of My Lady with Exo. MY FAVORITE PART THOUGH, was Moonlight. Moonlight is breathtakingly beautiful. One of my favorite Exo songs of all time. Singing that along with Exo, and just hearing live in general tbh, was really special to me.
EVERYTHING? PARK CHANYEOL DID? WAS LIT? AS FUCK? HIS RAPS? GO OFF. HIS GUITAR SOLO? WENT OFF. Like, he’s at the bottom of my Exo bias list, but he got me GOING at Exo’rdium. Holy fuck.
I’ve seen Exo perfom 365 three times now, but it still always makes me so happy :’-) its such a happy song. Our seats were the second furthest right side section, and Baekhyun brought his cute lil self over to the part of the stage closest to us for a while during 365. He’s such a cute little bean.
LIGHTSABER IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVE EXO SONGS. STAR WARS IS MY SHIT. EXO IS MY SHIT. SO HOW COULD LIGHTSABER NOT BE MY SHIT. IT WENT OFF. I was SO excited to see it live. I was row one, and when I heard Vader’s breathing, my physical reaction was so intense!!! I almost threw myself over the rail in front of me, lmao. IT WAS LIT.
Love Me Right is always a joy to watch. “Shawty imma party til the sundown” was almost as lit as “chogiwa” haha. Sehun’s lines are very popular for singing along in general actually.
I got super emo during Lucky. Thinking about the lyrics got me all soft and gross. So lucky to be your love, I am. ♥
Most of the recording I did was through snapchat, so most of my “fancams” are only 10 seconds long. And I made a point to get baekhyun’s “my babe” during playboy, and my fucking sister, at the top of her lungs, in the most disgusting tone, decided to sing along. It’s fucking hilarious, but it ruined my video. But, I heard it irl, so whatever.
During Tender Love, Sehun came over to the part of the stage Baekhyun came to during 365 and was even cuter. OH SEHUN WAS THE CUTEST LIL THING ALL NIGHT. LIKE the first thing out of his mouth after he introduced himself at the beginning of the night was “I missed you.” ;-; ♥
I’m not sure if I’ve said it here, but I’ve gone off about it on twitter several times over the years, but Exo love us so fucking much y’all. So fucking much. Don’t ever doubt it, even for a second. They adore us. Truly. You can see it in their eyes, and hear it in the way they talk to us. I’ve seen live on five different occasions, from in the pit to the back corner of the nosebleeds, and they’ve never failed to make me feel loved.
Especially, LA, and L.A., exo-l’s apparently. :’-) Suho said it was his fave place in the whole world (other than home, ofc). And Xiuminnie said that since they’ve come to los angeles so many times, they feel really comfortable with us! ;A; And you could tell. You could feel it. The boys were so happy and cute and playful throughout the concert. Like they truly seemed to be having as much fun as we were. And when it was over, they didn’t want to leave. They literally tried to stall the end of the concert for as long as possible. But even as they were leaving, they were all skipping and singing and dancing still. They were seriously so happy that night, guys. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside.
And when Suho, I think, mentioned that they were going home after the concert, Baekhyun pouted!! It was super super cute.
Since I was in a side section, I could lowkey partially see backstage and!!! the members would peek out and wave at us!!! IT WAS THE CUTEST THING, OMF.
THEY LOVE US SO MUCH, I CAN’T SAY IT ENOUGH. Like, Baekhyun even even expressed his concern for fans in the pit during the first ment. Not to be biased but bbh loves exo-l so much I could go on for days.
WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BAEKHYUN. It took a few tries to get it right, but in the end, we finally did it. That was a big deal for me. Baekhyun is so so so special to me, and I’m so glad I was able to be there and do that for him. I can’t even put it into words. Also? The timing of Exo’s L.A. concerts is fantastic. Last year I literally got to spend Valentine’s Day with them? This year it was a couple days after my birthday and a couple days before Baekhyun’s? I LOVE THIS CONCEPT.
Even though Yixing wasn’t there, again, everyone made sure to give him plenty of love when he showed up in the vcrs. The screams for him were so loud. I hope to god he finally gets to come back next time. I miss my boyfriend, lmao.
The silver ocean was beautiful. Since I was in the pit last year, I didn’t actually get to look at it. But this year I did, and I bought my first, ever in the history of me being a kpop fan, lightstick, so I was actually a part of it too!
THIS VCR IS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. IT’S SO CUTE. SO PURE. SO FUN. SO HAPPY. I ADORE IT.
There’s always that one member, in every kpop group I’ve ever seen, that is fucking magnetic on stage. In my Exo’luxion fanaccount, I lied. My Pinocchio ass was like “idk who it is in Exo,” knowing damn well its Jongdae. I even said “tonight it was Jongdae!” BITCH IT’S ALWAYS JONGDAE, WTF DO U MEAN. It was Jongdae at Smtown, I had moments with him at kcon 2013 too, it was him at Exo’luxion, and it was sure as shit him at Exo’rdium too. THE BOY GLOWS. I LOVE HIM. I was too far back to confirm this, but at the end, during angel, he (and everyone else) took time to wave and say goodbye to everyone they could see. I’m talking each section, and everyone they could see in them. And I was front row of my section, and wearing white, so? I think I’d be easier to spot than someone in row 15 and in black, u feel? Anyway Jongdae spent a while, like, actually kind of a long time, waving to my section, and I’d like to think he looked at me. It looked like he did, and I started jumping when he waved “at me” and then he started jumping too? Idk. But it was cute as fuck, and I love him.
Kyungsoo like? forgot? the choreography to one song. I don’t remember which, but it was really cute lmao. He was also the token In-N-Out enthusiast haha.
FUCK THIS IS WHY I NEED TO WRITE MY FANACCOUNTS THE NIGHT OFF I FORGET LITTLE DETAILS. Baekhyun said something about it not mattering whether we dance cutely or erotically, as long as we dance, or something? haha. He also mentioned that since it was the last stop, he was giving more energy than normal. Jongin also said that because of our energy, it was impossible to feel tired.
Chanyeol put on a Deadpool mask and then put on an owl mask over it and was just being... Chanyeol, lmao. And Suho was so done with him, lmao. “Are you crazy?”
This concert was so fun. The atmosphere was so light and happy. I legit did not stop smiling the whole night. I felt like an idiot, because I know half the time it was a dopey ass, awestruck smile. But the whole thing was just? Surreal. I love Exo so much. They’re the only artist/s, kpop or otherwise, that I’ve supported since day one. Sehun and Jongin are only a year older than me. I’ve seen them every time they’ve come to L.A. (except for when exo-m came in 2014). Like, I’ve literally been growing up with these boys for the last five years. And I’m just... so thankful that I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of this journey. And so proud of everything they’ve accomplished. I love Exo with all my heart. ♥
I’m gonna be straight and start by saying that overall this was by far my worst concert experience ever, so that’s why there isn’t really much here, but I won’t go into details because I didn’t come to write a rant~
Exo, of course, put on a wonderful show. SO GOOD Y’ALL. THEY WERE SO GOOD. I love their discography and it was all just. so good. The music. The dancing. The fanservice. The #looks. All of it. So good.
KYUNGSOO SMILED AT ME. Idr when exactly, but it was towards the beginning of the concert, maybe the first time they came up to the extended stage? I’m in the pit, The girl in front of me was making finger hearts at him and screaming his name, and he smiled and waved? at her, and then I started waving vigorously and ksoo saw and MY BOY SMILED AT ME. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I DIED.
Suho is so... much. He’s so good looking. Whenever exo would stop to talk, he was pretty much right in front of me, so I had plenty of time to look at him. I know you’ve all heard it before, but pictures don’t do him, or any idol tbh, justice. HE’S BEAUTIFUL. AND WONDERFUL. My sister’s ultimate bias is Sehun, but,she walked out of that concert like “Sehun who?” BECAUSE SUHO. They had moments lmao. MY LITTLE SISTER MADE SUHO LAUGH.
The first lil moment, she was staring at Sehun, and then she looked back at Suho, who was right in front of her, and he was already looking at her. And, naturally, she was like SHIT. SUHO’S STARING AT ME. So he waves at her, and she waves back, and he smiles, and she smiles and its just super cuuuute.
Then later, fucking Park Chanyeol. I have to talk about him before I tell you about my sister’s second interaction with Suho lmao. So I’m a couple rows back, like row four-ish, my sister’s in row two or three. Throughout the concert, I see Chanyeol just being super cute, giving all this fanservice, but what I didn’t realize, was that it was ALL FOR ONE GIRL. My sister told me once it was over, most of his fanservice was for the girl in front of her lmao. He was blowing her kisses, and like making cute faces at her, and that flower crown he was wearing? He threw it to her. And I saw her after, and she was really pretty tbh. But my sister said she was a kyungsoo stan omfg.
On to the story, so Chanyeol is blowing a kiss at this girl or something, tbh and my sister makes a face like “lol this bitch.” and decided Suho was more worth of her attention so she looked at him, and he had been watching her again, so HE SAW LMAO. And as soon as he and my sister make eye contact, he cracks and turns away to laugh lol.
THEY’RE ALL SO SMOL. LIKE EVEN KAI AND SEHUN AND CHANYEOL. THE TALL ONES ARE ALSO SMOL. I was looking at them and they really are so tiny. So beautiful. I fucking love them so much oh my god.
Lots of times in my fan accounts I talk about how every group has that one member that I just can’t take my eyes off of? I’m still not sure who it is in Exo. This time it was Jongdae. But it hasn’t particularly been him any other time? But LET ME TELL YOU, HE WAS RADIANT ON VALENTINES DAY. FUCKING RADIANT. His smile could end wars, cure cancer, end California’s drought. He wasn’t low on my Exo bias list before, but he shot up after this concert tbh. Seeing him happy made me so happy, and he looked so happy all the time!!! I love him.
Seeing Jongin dance right in front of me, that was mesmerizing. I love him. I love him so much. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. And I didn’t really see much of him last time, and at smtown his was a lot further away, so this was like, a first time experience. AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I don’t even have words to talk about Baekhyun. Nothing I say could do him justice. He’s so beautiful and his voice is beautiful and his fucking under-appreciated dancing is also b e a u t i f u l. I could watch him perform every day for thirty years straight and still want more tbh. Being smol and being in the pit, my view was obstructed 91% of the time, but I made Baekhyun my priority, especially during Love Me Right, because LMR IS BAEKHYUN’S SONG. That was probably the thing I was looking forward to the most. He always get’s SO into it. I love it. BAEKHYUN PERFORMING LOVE ME RIGHT IS THE REASON I WAS BORN.
Regrettably, I didn’t see much of Sehun, or Xiumin, so I don’t really have anything to say ;-;
A tiny bit of gross sentimentality before I go~ The first time I saw them was at smtown 2012, their first smtown, and i get so Emo every time I think about how far they’ve come. I remember them coming out in the smtown shirt for the first time, and now to see them hold their own concert here makes me feel like a proud mom. Exo have so many people that love them, and they’re so successful, and their music is actually so good, and I’m just so incredibly happy for them wow ♥
