I love that when the MC asked Lin Hai-laoshi, the composer, what inspired him when he created the music for The Untamed, his answer was his love for the show. I think he also mentioned the love he felt for MDZS or the love he felt in MDZS (my Chinese fluency is not the best). Basically, what inspired him was LOVE.
It’s kind of amusing in a sad way how Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo had to maintain like a foot distance between them at all times, while like right next to them Wang Zhuocheng and Yu Bin were attached at the hip. At one point some of the guys even had their arms around each other, while XZ and WYB were still like “WE MUST BE A RULER APART ALWAYS”. It’s a shame they always have to be hyperaware now of their interactions with each other so they don’t set off any alarms with their government or overexcite fans who ship them too much already.
Case in point, the audience went nuts when the camera kept cutting to the two of them chit-chatting while the actress who plays Wang Lingjiao (Lu Enjie) was recounting the most memorable scene she shot in the show. I actually felt bad for her since she had no idea why the audience were going crazy, and she was interrupted twice. At the same time, I don’t blame the camera man for doing that since I’m sure most people were there to see these two interact. It’s just fascinating how the two actual players involved are being super careful while everyone around them are like fuck censorship and discrimination, let’s give the fans what they want!
It hit me that this is probably the last group photo they’ll ever take. I really wish Xuan lu (Shijie) and Meng Ziyi (Wen Qing) could’ve been there. 😢😢😢
Ok, I got emotional when Zheng Fanxing (Sizhui) started crying…the juniors hugging got to me too.
The connection got too laggy for me to screencap but when Song Jiyang appeared for his dance, I was like, holy shit I think he just murdered a bunch of people with that get up…the ponytail!!!…and then when he added the blindfold, I think he murdered even more people.
I love how they play each piece of score in between performances!
I so absolutely love the different music arrangements for Jiang Cheng’s chara song (and the Yi City group’s theme song (Lone City), and the duet version of Inappeasable (Shijie’s Lotus Pier song) that again, I really, REALLY hope they release these performances as tracks we can buy, or the whole concert as a DVD. I WANT to spend my hard-earned money on a clean version of these songs, dammit!
The connection of course became utter shit during XZ and WYB’s performances; I guess everyone who paid for their eticket finally decided to watch the show in the last stretch. I was so worried for both of them while they were on that moving platform…it looked precarious. I think WYB even stumbled a little in the beginning when it started moving.
I’m not gonna say anything about WYB’s ensemble. I’m just gonna be nice and hope that he actually liked it and it wasn’t just his stylist deciding for him. Overall though, I liked their outfits for tonight’s performance.
I really only saw like a minute of Bu Wang, Songs End with Chenqing and Wuji because the connection just kept on freezing. I guess it’s back to looking for fancam vids for these performances…or hopefully they’ll be up on WeTV english.
The audience reciting Wei Ying’s last line to Lan Zhan before they parted on the hilltop was really awesome. When they did an audience shot, some people were crying. I feel them.
I lost it when everyone was saying good-bye as their characters (although I did chuckle when the stagehand made sure to push XZ and WYB together in the center, apart from the others…so much for the ruler gap)..and of course, when it almost got to Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo saying their good-byes, the connection cut out…I read that he said “Yunmeng Jiang, Wei Wuxian, bid you farewell.” I wish he had gone for it and said instead “Gusu Lan, Wei Wuxian, bid you farewell”, but I know I might as well have wished for the moon.
I had no sleep at all, gonna try to get some now at 7 am, but still, so glad I got to watch most of the concert live.
Thank you, Untamed/陈情令, for all the wonderful memories this summer, and all the new memories and joy you will bring me in the future as I revisit you again and again and as the result of your existence.
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