BPR音樂祭 Vol. 3 - Hong Kong Live Experience!! :D
Ahhhhh! So I went to my first live yesterday!! So me and my friend arrived at the venue at ~1:30pm. The event opens at 6pm and starts at 6:30pm. We got our tickets at 3:30pm and got the merchandise at 4:00pm. >W< (this is a super long post. Be aware haha)
So we walked around and we found the venue quite quickly, since it was on the ground floor XDD So me and my friend got lunch from starbucks and walked around until it was around 2:30 to 2:45. I expected many visual kei fans to not come to the BPR concert because it overlapped with Dir En Grey’s concert ;3;
A fan made a banner and left it out for us to write down our messages <3 we later gave it to Kiryu, Royz and Codomo Dragon!! ;V;
Then we waited until we got our tickets!! I thought the tickets were going to be really far from 1 (and far from the stage), but the tickets ended up being 15 and 16?!!??!?!?!! :OO (believe it or not). I crossed it out bc it was originally posted on my IG story and I didn’t save the original pic ;V;
We had to line up outside (to get the merch) so that was really sad ;V; and it was burning outside. Thank god there were trees blocking the sun in some parts. The lines of getting the merch and the tickets were different, and so we left our bags in the merch line to get our tickets. Then we came back~
There were approximately 15 to 20 people in front of us during the merch line. Originally it was only 15 but friends kept cutting the line so ;3;
I got 11 Kiryu cheki (one was already in my wallet LOL), the Hyakki Yako Kiryu fan and Kiryu’s towel! My friend got 13 cheki, 10 Kiryu, 3 Royz. But she got 2 Subaru cheki that looked nearly the same so she gave one to me (in exchange with an old Koudai cheki I bought from home).
Since my friend likes Hiyori and I like Mahiro, we traded XD So I got another Mahiro cheki!! :DD I also got extra cheki from another fan, but they’re the older ones (they’re in a stack (Kuina)).
In total, I got $1140HKD worth of merch. Every $500, you could get a 6/5 shot with your favourite band. The live DVDs sold out when ~15 people already got their merch.
I also wrote fan mail to Mahiro ;w; so I left that on the table?? I’m not sure if it was actually the box for the fan mail and stuff, but I just left it there? XD Because there were also other letters and stuff there.
We hung around until 5:45pm and lined up in the order of our ticket numbers. But once we went in, the numbers on our tickets didn’t matter because everyone just rushed in and went to the front. Me and my friend didn’t want to stand in the side (on the front) so we stood on second row, in the middle.
But it got really crowded and so people went to the row behind us. There were so little people, only approximately 5 rows of people. We left our bags over on the bars. But then I realized my water bottle was there, and I was holding my kiryu fan ;V; I ended up not drinking any water for 2 and a half hour and kept my fan in my shorts’ waist bands XDD
This Japanese Codomo fan asked the girl in front of me to switch with her since Codomo was going first (we knew from looking at the instruments). She knew all the furi for Codomo so me and my friend just copied her XD Hayato kept looking at the people who didn’t do the furi hahaha.
I met Yume’s eyes, as well as Hayato and Men Men. Men Men came over to our side (near Yume (on the right of the stage)) and stared at me for 2 seconds LOL.
I only knew Isolation, Kuro To Aka and Right Evil ;V; They didn’t perform Hemlock or songs like Halo so I didn’t know the furi. During Right Evil, I accidentally hit my head against my friend’s head XD Hayato saw us and gave us the “are you guys okay” look. The last song (which I do not know the name of) had us headbanging pretty quickly so my neck started feeling really tired after that. XD
During the MC in between the songs! Hayato first asked us if it was okay if he spoke Japanese, and we all said yes. He thanked us for coming and told us that it’s been such a long time since coming to Hong Kong to perform. Then Codomo Dragon introduced themselves. Yume went first, then Chamu, Men Men, Hayato.
During Chamu’s turn, before he could say anything, a fan shouted, “JUNJI!!” And everyone laughed haha. Chamu was like, “I’m not Junji, I’m Chamu.” And everyone laughed again.
Hayato purposefully left out Kana, and so Kana went, “STOP HOLD ON!” Because Hayato already said, “WE ARE CODOMO DRAGON!” And told us to repeat what he said.
Then Hayato introduced Kana in this Italian accent(?) but then Kana protested, “I’M NOT ITALIAN!” Hahaha.
After Codomo Dragon, it was Royz’s turn. Royz played 3 new songs and so literally no one knew the furi of that. They played RIP first, then MASK (which I forgot to learn the furi of- and so I followed the crowd XD), then the new songs (including the title song), Emotions and The Beginning.
Subaru threw his water bottle in the middle of the performance, but I think his hands slipped and so the water bottle flew straight (yes, horizontally) to a fan, and the fan in front of the fan who caught the water bottle got water splashed in her face. (I think Subaru felt really bad haha).
I couldn’t see Tomoya at all, since the fan in front of me kept covering his face (and since the drum set is so far away). During the MC, Subaru basically said similar stuff to what Hayato had said (excluding the introductions).
RIP! :) I really like that song, but I didn’t know most of the furi D: So I just followed the Royz fans in saizen (front).
During Emotions, I knew some parts of the furi. And during the beginning, we had to oritatami (is this what you call it??). And Subaru kept looking at me (I was really scared because every time I look up, his eyes would be looking at me). Then near the end of Emotions, Subaru pointed the mic at us and we all sang~ It was very nice and Subaru looked really happy :D
At some point for Royz, Subaru took off his earpiece because it fell off or because it was not working. And at some point, Kuina’s guitar was covERING EVERYTHING and I couldn’t even hear Subaru’s voice. But it was later on fixed.
And then in a flash, we were already at Royz’s last song- The Beginning! They didn’t sell the light sticks on that day (I don’t know why though, they didn’t even sell Kiryu / Royz’s t-shirts). But the fans still brought them from home! I don’t know the furi well, so in the end, Kuina saw me struggling and told me to clap my hands, he smiled when he saw me following XD (Sorry, I didn’t really pay attention to Koudai because he was always on the left and I was near the right hand side of the stage).
THEN DUN DUN DUNNNN MY FAVOURITE BAND IS COMING UP!! While Junji and Chamu were setting up the drums. I got so shocked that Junji, was just… there, that I accidentally yelled, “JUNJI!” and everyone around me just stared at me and gave me the ‘what the fuck’ face.
I remember most of the songs Kiryu performed but the order might be slightly mixed up. 拡聲ニ蝕ユ蠢, 十三夜 (not sure about this one), 雛奉, 彩 (irodori), 百鬼夜行 (hyakki yako), 天照 (amaterasu), 曉歌水月 (Kyoka Suigetsu).
During the first few songs, the furi was super messy since the crowd had to separate (jumping to the right and vice versa), then backwards, then forwards. So we kept on bumping into each other XD
During 十三夜, or a song similar to that, we’re supposed to jump and hit the person in front of us (I forgot this move’s name) but basically, the person in front of me didn’t get it, and she kept looking at me when I hit her back DX It was really light though, and I actually didn’t jump on her back-
Then 雛奉!! I knew the furi for this because they have an official tutorial on it on their YT channel! So it went nicely! But a lot of people didn’t get fans D: But since it’s an event, I can let it slip.
Irodori! I really love this song XD and he told us to sing the “asobi” part. But very little people did though. I think most of the fans there were Royz?? I’m not quite sure. For the chorus’ furi, since we’re jumping and waving (or turning? I don’t know how to describe it), it felt kind of windy because people behind me also had fans XDD
Woahhhhh~ and then my favourite song. I didn’t know it was Hyakki Yako until a few seconds in the song. It was because the music backing was so damn QUIET. But nevertheless, I loved every single second of it. The oritatami in the beginning, and the headbanging, then the jumping!! I managed doing the furi without going off beat <3 There were only me and other 2 fans who knew how to do the furi properly tho. Maybe even only me and another fan. Because one of them was next to me and another was in the front, and so she could’ve followed the fan in the first row. (It could’ve been possible that there were other fans who knew how to do it behind me, but I couldn’t see them, so-)
According to my friend, Kiryu was staring at me when I was doing the oritatami because I was the only few who knew how to do it. Mitsuki saw me quite a few times, and once I smiled at him and he smiled back <3 Hiyori also saw me when he went over to the right hand side of the stage :DD Junji might’ve saw me when I screamed his name (in between the sets) but I’m not sure.
I feel like there’s a song in between Hyakki Yako and Amaterasu, but I forgot the name of it- Because after hyakki yako or another song, it was MC time and Mahiro talked about how the song before Amaterasu was the third last song. So we kind of received extra MC time, since there were mic problems (or earpiece problems, I’m not sure) and guitar problems. Hiyori was really nice and immediately took action once the staff started fixing Mahiro’s ear piece.
He said, “Hello!” In Mandarin, and “Hello everyone!” In Cantonese XD It was really cute. Then he wanted to say, “We’re here (again)” but we didn’t understand what he said haha. So then he asked us how to say “we’re here” in Japanese. I shouted “來了！(LAI LE)” In Mandarin XD and others also did.
Supposedly, Kiryu was about to start and they played the first note until Mitsuki realized there was a problem with his guitar / guitar amp. We were really surprised and a lot of people went ‘ehhh?’ So Hiyori and Mahiro talked to us again ;o; Hiyori was superrrr cute because he said, “A moment please~” In English >///<
So then after the third last song (with le forgotten name), it was Amaterasu. I also know the furi for this one very well~ So I had fun. But at this point, I seriously could not hear the music backing, but oh well~~ <3
Then onto our last song!! I was so sad when Mahiro told us it was the last song Kiryu will be performing. I’ve heard from fans that Kiryu will always play 曉歌水月 (Kyoka Suigetsu) in lives to show the appreciation of the fans? >w< The furi was finally synchronised!! :DD
They left the stage ;V; and the lights dimmed back to blue. We started chanting encore over and over. People cheered when the staff took Kiryu’s instruments out :) But we still continued chanting encore. Takemasa was the first one to come back up and I remembered screaming with happiness haha. Then the rest of Kiryu, Royz and Codomo Dragon came up :) I forgot whether the MC went first or Ryouran Resonance went first, but anyway, let’s talk about the song first.
We were supposed to jump right (x4?) then left (x4?) while using our towels, but people got really confused with the beat and so we kept crashing into each other XDD But overall it was reallllyyyyyyyyy reallllyyyyy fun. I didn’t want it to end, and no one else did, but in the end, everything ends at some point D:
As I mentioned before, fans made a banner for them, and before the live started, we tied the banner on the bars so they could see it. During the last MC, Mahiro saw it and thanked us for making it. The front row passed the banner to Mahiro and Subaru and Hayato held it up. Mahiro was in the way so he was like, “I probably should stand on the side XD” and we all giggled.
After that, they kept thanking us and Subaru rapped? Or said something really fast and basically ended it with a “BAI BAI!” XDD We all laughed because I think a lot of us didn’t get what he said haha.
EDIT: I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE PHOTO. So here it is. You can only see my hand because Subaru’s head was covering me, my friend, the person in front of me and basically a bunch of other people. XD I feel like the staff should’ve stood up a bit so you could actually see the fans in the front two rows properly, but ehhh. It’s fine. A lot of people said, “Can’t even see (the camera)” in Cantonese when we were taking the photo.
Then that was the end of the live!! People who got the 6/5 shot ticket thingy had to line up again (but no one bothered to line up in order haha). We waited for ~10mins. I was so shocked that the concert was 2 and a half hours, I seriously thought it would only be 2 hours ;A; so I’m super grateful ;3;
The numbers I got for the 6 shot was 98 and 99, but I was the third person to take a photo with Kiryu XD Originally, I wanted to ask Mahiro to hug me, but when I saw them, I was so nervous and scared XDD I chickened out haha. But my friend was behind me, so she told Kiryu instead… o_O “She really likes Mahiro.”
The members face dropped haha, and my friend said their faces were priceless XD. I bet they thought, ‘why does she like Mahiro XD out of everyone’ ahahahaha. But apparently Mahiro didn’t hear her, so Mitsuki had to tell him, “She really likes Mahiro.”
Then Mahiro looked really shocked haha, “Really? (本当?)”. Then I nodded >_< , “Yes! (はい!)” Then he kept thanking me hahaha. And I thanked him too because I didn’t know what to do >___> Then I leaned in (lowkey hoping he would get the message and hug me) aND HE ACTUALLY DID. // dies // Then he told me, “よろしく。” and I said the same thing XDD
Since I was the third person, there were people lining up as well, and the moment they saw Mahiro hugging me, they gasped and talked among each other hahaha. After that, they kept thanking me and I kept thanking back XD and then I was also brave enough to tell them “You’ve worked hard~ (お疲れ〜)”. I was so happy and embarrassed I ran to the corner and just smiled like an idiot.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE END! I still had one more 6 shot chance. So I took it with Codomo Dragon (my friend took it with Royz). There were so little fans that wanted to take photos with Codomo so I only had to wait for a few seconds. I was so scared haha.
I wanted to ask Yume for a hug, but I was too scared so I ended up not getting one ;3; but I felt Hayato and Yume leaning in when the staff took the photo. >////< (In the photo, you can see that I was really scared my hand would actually poke Yume’s face, but thank god I didn’t haha-)
I had lots of fun! >_< My next goal is to go to their lives in Japan~!!
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