South Korean band, FT ISLAND successfully held their first concert in Jakarta with the title “2024 FT ISLAND Live Hey Day in Jakarta”. The concert promoted by Three Angles Production was held at Gandaria City Hall, Jakarta on Saturday (16/3/2024) successfully made Primadonna, the nickname of FT ISLAND’s fans.
And here todaystage summarizes the excitement of the event
OPENED WITH THE SONG THEORY OF HAPPINESS
Lee Hong-ki, Choi Minhwan and Lee Jae-jin opened the concert by performing the song “Theory of Happiness”, this song is certainly familiar to PRIMADONNA, especially since this song was released 10 years ago.
Not only the song “Theory of Happiness”, FT ISLAND also performed other old songs entitled “I Hope”, “After Love”, and “Love Sick”. Lee Hong Ki was even surprised to find out that Primadonnas still remembered their songs.
Seeing the high enthusiasm of Primadonna, Lee Hong-ki admitted that he regretted that this was the first time he had performed in Jakarta since his debut in 2007. “This is our first time in Jakarta, and I’m at a loss to describe this, but it seems like you still remember our songs,” Lee Hong-ki said.
FT ISLAND REGRETS COMING TOO LATE
At this concert, Primadonna Indonesia through FTIndonesia has prepared several fan projects including Yellow Sunshine on the song All of My Life.
When FT ISLAND performed this song, the Primadonna directly sang and turned on the flash from the cell phone with yellow stickers according to the category that had been distributed previously as one of the fan projects.
This successfully impressed the FT ISLAND members and praised them by saying that it was beautiful. The concert continued with Wind and a solo performance from drummer Choi Min Hwan. With the high enthusiasm of all Primadonnas in attendance, FT ISLAND regretted coming too late to Jakarta and hoped to return soon.
“The energy was amazing, it was really exciting. As FT ISLAND’s drummer, I will repay your support. Today is a beautiful day for us, let’s continue to support us in the future,” said Choi Min Hwan, the drummer.
LEE HONG KI INVITED GIRLFRIEND TO THE STAGE
In addition to performing popular songs, Lee Hong Ki performed an act that surprised fans. He asked permission to bring his ‘girlfriend’ on stage. Not a human, Lee Hong Ki’s ‘girlfriend’ is a mic stand. Suddenly, the action drew laughter from the fans who came.
“This (stand mic) is my girlfriend, so don’t misunderstand that sometimes I have to hold my girlfriend’s body. Please understand, friends,” said Lee Hong Ki.
Uniquely, the standing mic used at last night’s concert has an interesting appearance. Observed from a distance, there is an interesting object tied to the mic stand used by Lee Hong Ki.
GETTING BIRTHDAY SURPRISE AND CURIOUS ABOUT THE UNIQUE CELLPHONE FLASHLIGHT COLOR
When FT ISLAND played the song “All of My Life”, fans who attended the concert seemed to turn on the LED flash light through their respective cellphones. Uniquely, the flash light that appears from the cellphone has a different color than usual.
Lee Hong Ki, who saw the different colors of HP flash lights, became curious about the object that could make it like that. Because of his curiosity, Lee Hong Ki even went downstairs to meet his fans directly.
“It’s really beautiful. But this (light) purple, yellow, how do you change it, huh? Ah, is this using a finger?” asked Lee Hong Ki before going downstage. His curiosity was answered after visiting his fans directly. He just found out that HP flash light can be different colors because there was a tape attached.
“Oh this is using yellow tape. It’s really beautiful, so use yellow tape, yes. Clever, yes,” said Lee Hong-Ki
An interesting incident that occurred at the concert also happened at the end of the concert. Lee Hong Ki apparently got his birthday surprise at the Jakarta concert. Yups, Lee Hong Ki did have his 34th birthday on March 2, 2024.
On that occasion, fans were heard singing “Happy Birthday” in Korean with FT ISLAND personnel. The event was followed by Lee Hong Ki blowing out the candles. This moment is certainly becoming more memorable in the eyes of Lee Hong Ki and PRIMADONNA. “Thank you,” Lee Hong Ki said in Indonesian after blowing out the candles on stage.
PROMISED TO RETURN TO JAKARTA
“Even though this is our first time in Jakarta, thank you for coming. Actually, we wanted to come here, but there are many things that make it difficult for us to come here, we are also in the military. But finally we can gather here. Let’s enjoy the event until the end,” said minhwan the drummer of FT ISLAND.
Although it was the first time, the members admitted that they had often seen requests from Indonesian fans who told them to come.
“I know there have been many comments on sns asking us to come to Indonesia. Every time there is a tour announcement, there are always many requests from Jakarta. So finally we came,” said Hong-ki.
Until the end of the show, the members often promised to visit Jakarta again to hold a concert.
Thank you, Indonesian Primadonnas for having fun with FT ISLAND. Hope to meet each other again!
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Author: todaystage
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