Even though I haven't been a Shawol for many years I've always considered their rock version of Lucifer they pulled off in at Gayo Daejun 2010 to be one of the most epic Kpop performances I've seen.
I remember watching a stream of it and sighing when Lucifer started playing, thinking why is SM making them perform this again? At this point in their careers you could tell they were over this song and bored of performing it.
But as the boys came out and by the first verse, I noticed a energy for it I hadn't seen in a while, like they were excited to do what was coming.
Bam, Jonghyun holds his solo note in the most impressive matter and then they are on a full rock mini stage, rocking it out as hard as they can. Epecially Jonghyun, you could tell he was so excited to perform like this..
So epic and passionate. Then to top it off Minho practically yelling his line with such aggression.
It was breathtaking experience to watch and highlight to me for sure.
[TRANS] “We Will Come Find You as NU’EST”… NU’EST W, the Final Concert Finished with Tears
16 Dec 2018
Group NU’EST W perfectly wrapped up their final concert in warm cheers and love for an audience of 7,000 people.
On the 16th at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, NU’EST W held their solo concert ‘NU’EST W CONCERT DOUBLE YOU FINAL IN SEOUL.’
The concert, which was held 9 months after their March concert ‘NU’EST W CONCERT DOUBLE YOU IN SEOUL’, was performed with a live band which added a grand feeling.
On this day NU’EST W, who showed off a strong ‘Shadow’ as the opening song, followed with ‘FACE’, ‘Action’, ‘Beautiful Ghost’ in a row and opened up their solo concert.
JR greeted fans happily saying, “Although we promoted the song ‘Help Me’ not long ago, it was nicer to see it in concert, right?” Aron conveyed his thankfulness to fans saying, “Thank you for filling up this place today as well.” The 7,000 seats were sold out on both the 15th and 16th, together 1,400 fans filled up the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium.
Baekho said, “When we started the concert, it was March. At that time it was warm, the weather has become very cold, it’s become winter, and there’s only 2 weeks left this year.” Following, Aron expressed his affection, “Time is fast. I really like that we were together with LOVEs at the beginning and end of this year.”
NU’EST W also announced a different starting slogan from last time. When they were picking out ‘sexy’, unlike the other members Baekho shouted ‘I am Kang Baekho’, emphasizing his own existence is sexy.
The NU'EST W members paid even closer attention [this time] as it was the grand finale of the 'DOUBLE YOU' tour. Aron emphasized, "We've been working really hard as it's the final Double You Tour, so please look forward to it." And JR asked for anticipation of the concert, "We still have a lot of new things left to show you," "There are special things hidden around the stages, it will be a fun concert where you can try finding them as well."
Following, NU'EST W presented group songs 'Overcome', 'Love Paint', and others, and then following that they presented the solo stages. The member who presented their solo stage first was Aron. Aron revealed the stage for his 'WAKE, N' solo song 'WI-FI'. With a standing mic, you could feel his soft charisma. Baekho appeared in a white shirt, and showed off his wild and sexy charms with 'FEELS'. In particular, Baekho showed off him boldly taking off his shirt, and drew fans' hot responses.
Aron revealed, "The song I showed during the March concert was more choreography oriented, but this time I wanted to communicate with fans a little bit more." Baekho said, "Last time I wondered how it would be like to fill the stage with just my voice, but this time I wanted to show something completely different," "and so I thought about it and thought that I would like to dance. And as I tried dancing, I thought doing this would also be fun," explaining the reason he prepared for the shirtless performance. Aron told everyone about Baekho’s considerable effort, “He prepared really diligently. He dieted and worked out every day twice a day. He prepared extremely diligently.”
A sweet stage also unfolded. Starting with ‘Love Without Love’ and then ‘ONE KIS2’, Ren’s and JR’s solo stages found fans in the midst of the continuing emotional stages. JR presented solo song ‘I HATE YOU’ with a powerful rap. His stage which unfolded on the extended stage used a special display and showed us a finely composed performance. JR emphasized that “It’s a song made with the emotion of anger, and I thought a lot about how to express it to best touch one’s heart. I think I was able to show that well.”
Ren showed off his singing ability with ‘YOU & I.” At the earlier concert in March, he became a topic with this bold see-through shirt performance and this time he captured people’s attentions with a 180-degree different stage. At his request to sing together, the fans sang along together with him. Ren explained, ‘The lyrics are of when thinking of LOVEs. I’m not unhappy because I have LOVEs. I wanted to express that I’m happy. It has that meaning. In ‘Paradise’, I was trapped in fantasy, but in reality, it was in order to express the emptiness torn into pieces. I had asked the stylist to do it.”
The song ‘Hello’, which is a song that let NU’EST W be able to promote now, when they sang it passionately you could feel the members’ sentimental side. After ‘Hello’ was released, it climbed the charts after 4 years and 4 months and placed 11th on SBS ‘Inkigayo’, gathering a good response. It was thanks to the fans who came after Mnet ‘Produce 101 Season 2’ aired.
From the start of ‘Hello’, Ren’s eyes were red and in the end he shed tears as he sang. After finishing the song, Ren said, “I feel like it was a time of comfort for us and for LOVEs.”
NU’EST W presented their songs ‘L.I.E’, ‘WHERE YOU AT’, ‘Dejavu’, ‘HELP ME’ and others as the ending songs. Fans sang ‘If You’ and called for an encore. They held the slogans, ‘You’ve worked hard NU’EST W, I will love you forever,’ and sang along. Before the encore, the played video showed NU’EST W throughout. Their dream of 1st place, the ones who dreamed of participating in an awards ceremony, it showed how their dreams came true one by one together with fans.
NU’EST W, who appeared once again, came out wearing Santa outfits and Rudolf headbands to greet the year-end. The encore songs were ‘ylenoL, and ‘HEY LOVE.’ They sprayed snow spray and looked excited like children. Baekho conveyed his thankfulness to fans, “Didn’t the venue get bigger than the one in March? As we prepared for the stage, we also grew. I think that we grew up a lot. Thank you so much.” And with ‘Thank You’, they ended the concert.
Fitting for the final concert for NU’EST W, they stood towards the fans and spoke for a long time at the end. “During this year, you worked really hard, and thank you so so much for loving us. I think I was able to spend the whole year happily,” Aron said bowing his head and communicating his thankfulness. He said, “My members beside me also worked really hard,” and wasn’t able to say anything for a moment. In the end, you could see his tears, “In the future we will work hard too, so please watch over us kindly like you do now.”
Ren said, “Thank you for making us shine at NU’EST W’s final concert. There are many things I want to say, and want to call. Won’t we be able to speak endlessly in 2019. It’s really thanks to LOVEs that we were able to come all the way here. Really, thank you so much,” and said “I really won’t be able to forget until I die. Even if I die now, I would have no regrets. Thank you so much,” his voice trembling.
Baekho said, “Thank you for filling up this big concert venue. In this short time, if you can call it short, we had many experiences we hadn’t been able to experience before thanks to you. It was a dream, so thank you for making it a reality,” and said, “Thanks to you, I look forward to every day. Because I have the anticipation of ‘Tomorrow will be even better, right,’ I spend today happily. I want to say how thankful I am.” He added, “I’ve been able to build up many good memories.”
JR said that he felt like he may cry and came up nervously, “You let me know what the meaning of because we are together I am not afraid is. I’m not afraid because I am together with my members and together with LOVEs. I think I won’t be afraid to do anything and in the future I think I will not be afraid to do anything. Thank you for standing here in this big concert venue.” And then he mentioned Pledis Entertainment’s Han Sungsoo and the staff.
He also emphasized, “For 7 years, we walked slowly. I think it was a really good thing. By walking slowly, we were able to see things we would not have seen. In the future too, we will continue to be a NU’EST that grows slowly.” He said, "Thank you for finishing the last time as NU'EST W together. Next year we will come find you with an even better image," announcing the return as NU'EST next year.
In addition to the all live band performance for the concert, they also prepared a different diffuser scent for each section, even stimulating the fans’ sense of smell. With a scent that the NU’EST W members picked themselves, they met fans with visual, auditory, and olfactory senses.
NU’EST W’s ‘NU’EST W CONCERT DOUBLE YOU FINAL IN SEOUL’ took place on the 15th and 16th at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium.
Rough translation by desertfoxhmh of @ForNuest0315
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