CNBLUE LIVE ‘CNBLUENTITY’ IN SINGAPORE
On 27th April, CNBLUE returned to perform at Singapore Indoor Stadium after a long-awaited seven years.
Prior to Singapore, the band performed in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kaohsiung, Macau, and Kuala Lumpur. This makes our sunny island the second-to-last destination on their "2024 CNBLUE CNBLUENTITY" Asia tour, as they recently revealed that they will be performing in Jakarta in May.
As the familiar melodies of hit tracks ‘Loner’, ‘Love’, ‘Intuition’ and ‘Hey You’ rang through the stadium, Singapore BOICEs were transported back in time, as if no time had elapsed since the band’s last visit.
Prior to Singapore, the band performed in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kaohsiung, Macau, and Kuala Lumpur. This makes our sunny island the second-to-last destination on their "2024 CNBLUE CNBLUENTITY" Asia tour, as they recently revealed that they will be performing in Jakarta in May.
As the familiar melodies of hit tracks ‘Loner’, ‘Love’, ‘Intuition’ and ‘Hey You’ rang through the stadium, Singapore BOICEs were transported back in time, as if no time had elapsed since the band’s last visit.
The trio greeted everyone and mentioned how they had chilli crab and pepper crab the moment they arrived. They even incorporated it into the lyrics of ‘Love’, with the original lyrics going “Love Love Love, Everybody Clap Clap Clap” but they instead sang “Love Love Love, Everybody Chilli Crab Crab Crab”, causing BOICE to burst into laughter at their wit. The boys also did not hesitate to throw in some Singlish phrases like “Steady lah” and “Swee lah” during the introduction, even managing to nail the intonations of the phrases much to everyone’s amusement.
‘Imagine’, ‘Love Light’ and ‘You’re so Fine’ followed, and Singapore BOICe’s ‘Sea of Light’ project made us feel like we were floating in an iridescent interior of a starburst galaxy when everyone turned on their phone lights as they swayed along to the tunes.
A fun-transition to the next segment, the trio played a quick round of rock paper scissors, where the loser had to wear a moustache for their next song. Having done this throughout the tour and Jungshin being the one who had to wear it the most, Yonghwa and Minhyuk burst into laughter on stage in disbelief as Jungshin lost yet again.
Upbeat tracks ‘Love Cut’, ’99%’, ‘Lady’ and ‘Coffee Shop’ had BOICE jumping on their feet, whilst ’Time Capsule’, ‘Winter Again.’ and ’Till Then’ stirred a sense of melancholy among BOICEs, as the band further demonstrated their versatility beyond their energetic and powerful tracks. They soon swiftly revived the excitement by following with ‘Hide and Seek’, ’Cinderella’, ‘In My Head’, ‘I’m Sorry’, ‘Radio’ and ‘Between Us’. Allow me to just add, the vocal prowess and boundless energy displayed by each member completely blew us away and we were left speechless by the end of this segment.
Energy levels were at an all time high, and seeing how BOICE had matched the band’s energy, the trio commented that they felt the happiest when performing on stage and further thanked their fans for “greeting them with such a hot atmosphere and loud voice”.
‘Imagine’, ‘Love Light’ and ‘You’re so Fine’ followed, and Singapore BOICe’s ‘Sea of Light’ project made us feel like we were floating in an iridescent interior of a starburst galaxy when everyone turned on their phone lights as they swayed along to the tunes.
A fun-transition to the next segment, the trio played a quick round of rock paper scissors, where the loser had to wear a moustache for their next song. Having done this throughout the tour and Jungshin being the one who had to wear it the most, Yonghwa and Minhyuk burst into laughter on stage in disbelief as Jungshin lost yet again.
Upbeat tracks ‘Love Cut’, ’99%’, ‘Lady’ and ‘Coffee Shop’ had BOICE jumping on their feet, whilst ’Time Capsule’, ‘Winter Again.’ and ’Till Then’ stirred a sense of melancholy among BOICEs, as the band further demonstrated their versatility beyond their energetic and powerful tracks. They soon swiftly revived the excitement by following with ‘Hide and Seek’, ’Cinderella’, ‘In My Head’, ‘I’m Sorry’, ‘Radio’ and ‘Between Us’. Allow me to just add, the vocal prowess and boundless energy displayed by each member completely blew us away and we were left speechless by the end of this segment.
Energy levels were at an all time high, and seeing how BOICE had matched the band’s energy, the trio commented that they felt the happiest when performing on stage and further thanked their fans for “greeting them with such a hot atmosphere and loud voice”.
Before moving on to the next segment, the band made a heartfelt promise to return to Singapore more often. It was as if they intended to solidify this pledge through song, as the melodies of "Young Forever” and "Can't Stop” echoed through the stadium. After a quick photo taking session to commemorate the night, the band wanted to further capture this moment and got the crowd to do a phone light-lit wave. The waves created by BOICE resembled dancing shiny silver waves on an ocean making for an unforgettable concert memory.
CNBLUE’s closing speech:
Minhyuk: “Thank you so much everyone, for having fun with us even though it’s been such a long time since we’ve been back in Singapore. It’s because of you that we can perform like this and I hope today was a time where you were able to receive all our energy. Because you guys had so much fun, now we are recharged too to come back to Singapore and have fun again. You guys (are) perfect. Let’s promise to meet again and we hope that day can come sooner. Love you lah, thank you lah.”
Jungshin: “Thank you so much everyone! I really hope there would be an opportunity where we can have another concert in Singapore sooner. I’m really happy that you had so much fun with us today, I love you lah. See you soon lah”
Yonghwa: “I was seriously so so happy. This year is already coming towards its mid-mark. Previously, I was a little scared by how time seems to fly by these days, but now, lately, just thinking about doing concerts with everyone makes my heart race with anticipation everyday. We’ll try our best to come back to Singapore again in the shortest time possible. I promise you! We’ll try our best to do another great performance in Singapore. CNBLUE will probably release a new album this year. There are many great songs, so we’ll come back to greet you with those new songs. Till the next time we meet, I hope you wait for us whilst staying healthy and happy. Thank you so much for being our Then, Now and Forever.”
Yonghwa’s closing line made for the perfect segue to the final portion of the night, starting with “Then, Now and Forever” and encores consisting of ‘Love Girl’, “You’re so Fine” and ‘Love’ much to fans’ delight. Before we forget, the band also commented that Singapore BOICE had the loudest encore cheers till date.
As if to make up for the 7-year hiatus, the concert went on for a good 3 and a half hours, without a second of rest or boredom. Thank you CNBLUE for all the positive vibes and energy conveyed that night and we hope to see you on our sunny island again soon!
Minhyuk: “Thank you so much everyone, for having fun with us even though it’s been such a long time since we’ve been back in Singapore. It’s because of you that we can perform like this and I hope today was a time where you were able to receive all our energy. Because you guys had so much fun, now we are recharged too to come back to Singapore and have fun again. You guys (are) perfect. Let’s promise to meet again and we hope that day can come sooner. Love you lah, thank you lah.”
Jungshin: “Thank you so much everyone! I really hope there would be an opportunity where we can have another concert in Singapore sooner. I’m really happy that you had so much fun with us today, I love you lah. See you soon lah”
Yonghwa: “I was seriously so so happy. This year is already coming towards its mid-mark. Previously, I was a little scared by how time seems to fly by these days, but now, lately, just thinking about doing concerts with everyone makes my heart race with anticipation everyday. We’ll try our best to come back to Singapore again in the shortest time possible. I promise you! We’ll try our best to do another great performance in Singapore. CNBLUE will probably release a new album this year. There are many great songs, so we’ll come back to greet you with those new songs. Till the next time we meet, I hope you wait for us whilst staying healthy and happy. Thank you so much for being our Then, Now and Forever.”
Yonghwa’s closing line made for the perfect segue to the final portion of the night, starting with “Then, Now and Forever” and encores consisting of ‘Love Girl’, “You’re so Fine” and ‘Love’ much to fans’ delight. Before we forget, the band also commented that Singapore BOICE had the loudest encore cheers till date.
As if to make up for the 7-year hiatus, the concert went on for a good 3 and a half hours, without a second of rest or boredom. Thank you CNBLUE for all the positive vibes and energy conveyed that night and we hope to see you on our sunny island again soon!
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Writer: Emily Neo Jing Yu
Photographs: Sng Kai Lin, Unusual Entertainment