JJ World Tour 2009 (Review)
Thanks to Ivy's invitation, I managed to catch JJ Lin's concert this year - a first for me. It was a 3 hour long affair and the indoor stadium was packed to the brim with young screaming fans.
What I liked:
- I've never really understood his appeal, but after tonight, I can begin to understand why young girls like him so much. He never gives up any chance to tell his fans that he loves them and he never gives up any chance to remark that they love him too. *grin*
- His boyish grin and dimples and constant teasing of the fans and audience. He made the entire event very personable.
- Fan Wei Qi, his guest star, and how sweet and jovial she was and how she managed to really stir up the audience's enthusiasm.
- His sweetness: He hid 100 self-penned cards under the seats of some audience as a birthday present from him (It was his birthday on 27 March, the day before the concert) & he invited 1 lucky young girl up on stage to share a song with him & how his family shared the stage with him for 1 song and he got so choked up with emotion. It was quite moving.
- How his music has matured over the years
- The level of sincerity in his performance
What I found lacking:
- Very little interaction with the band: it was very much a JJ vehicle. Nothing wrong with that, but if he had gelled with the band more, such that the entire performance would have been more about the music and it would, IMHO, be much nicer.
- I wasn't very impressed with the backup dancers, nor with the twin girl band By 2.
- Somehow I found the balancing of the band a bit weird/off-balance? But I could be wrong, of course...
I'd been so bogged down with work since the start of the year that I just refused to attend any performances during weekends, just so I could stay home to recuperate enough to battle the following week. And though I was not a JJ fan to start with, I really quite enjoyed my first concert of 2009. May the rest of his world tour be as successful as tonight and may he continue to write better and better songs. :)
