02/08/2024
Last weekend I saw Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu! They are a Japanese idol group whom you might know from the viral "suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki suki" song 🤣
I quite frankly don't know much about the group but I thought this would be too unique of an experience to pass up. I was searching on an online ticket site for ticket information about a festival in September and stumbled upon the live information for this show! I thought, hmmmm I'll wait until closer to the show date to decide to go.
A few days before the show, I checked the ticket availability and... there was one left 😳 destiny to go!
Unfortunately, the concert was so... uncomfortable LOL. I didn't position myself in the crowd to get a good standing spot because I didn't arrive early enough to the venue 😅 the stage layout was kinda weird too. A little hard to explain but to put it bluntly: I could barely see s**t 😶
I still found enjoyment within the crowd which was... 95% Japanese 🤯 at least in my section. Wow. It's so incredible to have such a dedicated following of fans who will follow your tour overseas! Well, not like Korea and Japan are far apart, but still! 😆 And the crowd seemed like 60% male 40% female, all very vocal with calls and mix! I think from an idol culture observational perspective, I learned a lot!
The girls all sang live too. After a whole HOUR of performing they did jikoshoukai (self introduction) for a few minutes emcee. Such stamina 🤩
I had to rush leaving the show to go to my friend's birthday, but I left feeling really inspired and energized by not only the idols, but the spirit of the fans too 😍
Idol concert report over 🫡