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whereexomeetsfandom · 7 years

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Impressions of the boys after EXO'rDIUM in LA (20170428)

I promised I would do one of these about a month ago, so here it is. I wrote it up on the plane back home, so I apologize for any weird sentences or grammar. I’m still a little brain dead tbh. :P

Do Kyungsoo: Soo is so tiny?? Photos and videos do not do justice to how petite this boy really is. And somehow, despite his size, he is so incredibly intense. I caught him gazing at the other boys several times and his eyes always clearly show how adoring and proud of them he is. It really makes sense that he’s making a name for himself within the acting world, because his very persona lends well to expressing emotion in an easy-to-read way. Also, he’s such an angel at heart. He was very smiley and appreciative to the fans while also being very adorable and playful with the other boys during the encore. The stereotype that he’s cold-hearted is completely and utterly false, and I feel as if it would take a lot for him to feel any genuine ill-will towards another human being. I would also like the record to state that his voice is even more heavenly in real life than it is in videos, which seems very impossible, I know.

Kim Junmyeon: Suho is sorely under-appreciated by the fandom on a whole considering how absolutely precious and kind-hearted he is. The fact that he made an effort to learn English so that he could speak to us personally and without a translator was very heartfelt. I could tell that it wasn’t him just learning specific lines to repeat later either, because he was thinking about how to say what he wanted quite often. In the end, I would say that about 80% of his ments were in English, and I was so proud of him for all of that effort that wasn’t even necessary. Also, he’s one of the most loving people of EXO-Ls, and I don’t care what anyone says in spite of this. Before the acoustic section started, he really tried to make the people in my section step back so that we could breath and be safe. He continuously asked us if we were ok with its progress until he heard a resounding yes from us all and refused to continue performing until then. He really exemplifies what a true leader should be, and I wish he felt the love at the same intensity and passion that other members do, because he is the most deserving person of it within the whole group by far.

Park Chanyeol: People are not joking when they say he is a child stuck in an adult’s body. He was always very playful with other members and people in the crowd, to the point that he seems a bit zany for it (but totally in the best of ways). I believe it was during Growl when he was on the right side of the main stage and waved very enthusiastically to a little kid sitting in the very first seat of the first row, and it was one of the most adorable things I’ve ever witnessed. That, along with the fact that he was always actively scanning the pit to try and single out his stans and energetically acknowledge them, really proves to me that he lives and breathes a happiness that is beyond contagious. It really is impossible to look at him and not have a giant smile on your face. He was even super happy-looking during the really sensual choreos, like artificial love, and if that ain’t chanyeol’s brand, then idk what is. (I also think that his rapping voice should be illegal because it penetrated the crowd so resoundingly and made me breathless, but ya know.)

Byun Baekhyun: I’ve always nicknamed him a little shit, and I literally cannot think of anything else to describe him with in regards to last night. He was very into all the choreography-heavy songs, and brought the appropriate energy to each. In other words, he smirked and winked A LOT during Playboy and Artifical Love (rude af) and grinned really adorably during LMR and Growl (also rude af). I swear he knows what that does to us and continues to do it for that sole reason. Don’t get me started on all the adorableness that was his reaction to us singing happy birthday during his last ment, either. He kept thanking us and smiling largely and did this really cute thing where he went “bang bang!” over and over while shooting us finger guns. He’s extra in all the right ways, and I feel as if you have to be a very forward and big-personality type of person in order to stan him and match his beautiful craziness. (He also waved enthusiastically to the same child Chanyeol did, if you needed more proof to how large his precious heart is.)

Kim Minseok: Is this boy on some kind of drug? I’m honestly really curious, because I don’t know how one person is capable of having so much energy, let alone someone who is as old as he is. Anytime my eyes caught him, he was either 1) dancing really passionately (why does no one consider him to be a part of the dance line when he clearly has the skill and execution down pat?), 2) shooting the crowd so much aegyo that I felt my teeth rotting in my head (he’s a precious bub is what he is; a Mexican EXO-L nicknamed him a tiny bowl of soup and I think that’s the cutest and most accurate thing ever), or 3) singing as if it was his last day on this earth and that he had to make this performance count (wowie his voice is crystal clear live, I was so blessed). For how shy and introverted he seems to be as a person, he’s truly outgoing on stage, and I hope he knows how much we truly appreciate him giving us 110% the entire time. He was born to do this and you can really tell he loves being the idol he is.

Oh Sehun: I know now why he’s as sassy as he is: he loves the validation it brings. I don’t mean this in a bad way whatsoever; he just genuinely enjoys being in the spotlight and having peoples’ attention. He feeds off of it and converts that into giving really compelling and composed performances. I’ve always loved his dancing style the best because it’s very sharp while remaining graceful, and seeing that live has proved to me that his dancing is literally just his personality personified. Maybe that’s some kind of sign of the progress he’s made as a person too, because in early debut days, he always gave me the impression that he was a bit reserved while always having that potential to be friendly and receptive of others. In my mind, his effervescent stage presence is his way to pay back all the fans who love him whole-heartedly, and that’s really beautiful to witness.

Kim Jongin: Whereas Minseok’s passion felt hard, Jongin’s is a bit softer. He somehow manages to squeeze a lot of energy for performing into minimalistic gestures and seemingly effortless dancing and singing. It’s no wonder people easily swoon over him, because he really does feel gentle as a whole (yes, even through all those really rude smirks and intense eyes he gives the camera). I think it’s that sleepiness kind of vibe that just seems to follow him wherever he goes. Obviously he has his really bright moments, especially when he gives his really derpy laugh-smile, but it’s never overwhelmingly in your face. I even remember hearing him sing and thinking he has the kind of voice that would be perfect for putting someone peacefully to sleep at night, because he has a presence that settles comfortably under your skin and makes you feel warm.

Kim Jongdae: Boy let me tell you his falsettos are something people could write poetry about. They’re so breathtakingly gorgeous to hear live, and it’s hard to describe just how beautifully ringing his voice is. I was really pleasantly surprised by how well his voice fit into the songs as a whole too, because I always had this impression that his loud personality can potentially be over-shadowing. But I think his kindness allows him to know when to reign himself in, and that’s really refreshing to witness. Don’t think that he filters himself in any way, though. He’s as bright as you see him in videos and laughs loudly and smiles largely and never hides himself away. I just think he has it engrained in himself to also be compassionate and to give the spotlight to others when he feels they deserve it (like can we talk about that adorable suchen moment during Love, Love, Love when he framed suho’s face with his hand while it was his turn to sing?).

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purplelines · 7 years

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EXO'rDIUM in LA

A FAR BETTER EXPERIENCE THAN EXO’LUXION, THANK GOD.

In case y’all forgot, or just didn’t know, i had GA for Exo’luxion, and it was absolute hell. For Exo’rdium, however, I chose to get a seat, and it was a complete daydream.

Once I got inside. I’m not sure if it was The Forum’s fault, or mmt’s, but the organization was terrible. I didn’t suffer too much because of it, but I know a lot of people with GA tix did.

So Exo opens with Mama, naturally. Lit af. My sister and I just about lost our minds, lmao. I can’t remember if there any pyrotechnics(?) at Exo’luxion? BUT THERE DEFINITELY WERE AT EXO’RDIUM. LIT. It made Mama so so so much more intense than I’ve ever seen it.

But even without the fire, the performance was A1. Like, as I was watching, I was thinking about how its been five years since Exo debuted, and about five years since I saw them perform that song for the first time at Smtown, and. They’ve improved so much. They were never bad, ofc, but their stage presence is so much better? I said this last year too, but they’ve improved even more since then!!!

After Mama was Monster and BITCH!!!! Let me tell you, Monster is MY FUCKING SHIT. It’s probably tied with Love Me Right for my fave Exo title track. The song and the dance, are everything. Like, this performance is what I was most excited for going into this concert. AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. MY MANS’ DANCE BREAK. BYUN FUCKING BAEKHYUN. Had me so fucked up, holy shit. AND THEN. THE RAP. THEY SHOT FIREWORKS RIGHT ON THE BEAT. I WAS LIVING.

Third was Wolf. I know how a lot of people feel about Wolf, but. Wolf is also my shit. I unironically love it, and always have. Its either actually in a three way tie with LMR and Monster, or #3 after them. I LOVE WOLF. I have love/hate relationship with the way asian exo-l’s put so much effort into actually knowing the fanchants, while us western fans just. “CHOGIWAAA.” Because I’m not kidding, legit everyone in the arena screamed chogiwa with chanyeol, lmao.

I’ve had GA every time I’ve seen Exo since Wolf came out, and they always perform it before they come out to the extended stage (i think? I genuinely don’t remember much from Exo’luxion. It was such an awful night for me, I’ve honestly repressed the memory), so this was my first time actually getting a good view of it. 10/10. And I love the remix. It’s stunning.

I have no concept of the order the rest of the songs were performed in, so this will probably be horrifically out of order. I’m sorry.

I DID NOT TAKE MY EYES OF OF BAEKHYUN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ARTIFICIAL LOVE. It’s another song I was very excited to witness live. OBVIOUSLY. I just about died.

The acoustic medley was lovely. Call Me Baby was fun. Like, really fun. It was really fun to sing along with them. My Lady was !!!! I’d never seen it live and? It’s fucking My Lady. Everyone around me started losing my minds when they started singing it. Remember how I said us american’s are pretty shit at fanchants? Since we can’t do them, we just kind of sing along? Like we sing along to the whole song. We, or at least everyone in my section, sang the entirety of My Lady with Exo. MY FAVORITE PART THOUGH, was Moonlight. Moonlight is breathtakingly beautiful. One of my favorite Exo songs of all time. Singing that along with Exo, and just hearing live in general tbh, was really special to me.

EVERYTHING? PARK CHANYEOL DID? WAS LIT? AS FUCK? HIS RAPS? GO OFF. HIS GUITAR SOLO? WENT OFF. Like, he’s at the bottom of my Exo bias list, but he got me GOING at Exo’rdium. Holy fuck.

I’ve seen Exo perfom 365 three times now, but it still always makes me so happy :’-) its such a happy song. Our seats were the second furthest right side section, and Baekhyun brought his cute lil self over to the part of the stage closest to us for a while during 365. He’s such a cute little bean.

LIGHTSABER IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVE EXO SONGS. STAR WARS IS MY SHIT. EXO IS MY SHIT. SO HOW COULD LIGHTSABER NOT BE MY SHIT. IT WENT OFF. I was SO excited to see it live. I was row one, and when I heard Vader’s breathing, my physical reaction was so intense!!! I almost threw myself over the rail in front of me, lmao. IT WAS LIT.

Love Me Right is always a joy to watch. “Shawty imma party til the sundown” was almost as lit as “chogiwa” haha. Sehun’s lines are very popular for singing along in general actually.

I got super emo during Lucky. Thinking about the lyrics got me all soft and gross. So lucky to be your love, I am. ♥

Most of the recording I did was through snapchat, so most of my “fancams” are only 10 seconds long. And I made a point to get baekhyun’s “my babe” during playboy, and my fucking sister, at the top of her lungs, in the most disgusting tone, decided to sing along. It’s fucking hilarious, but it ruined my video. But, I heard it irl, so whatever.

During Tender Love, Sehun came over to the part of the stage Baekhyun came to during 365 and was even cuter. OH SEHUN WAS THE CUTEST LIL THING ALL NIGHT. LIKE the first thing out of his mouth after he introduced himself at the beginning of the night was “I missed you.” ;-; ♥

I’m not sure if I’ve said it here, but I’ve gone off about it on twitter several times over the years, but Exo love us so fucking much y’all. So fucking much. Don’t ever doubt it, even for a second. They adore us. Truly. You can see it in their eyes, and hear it in the way they talk to us. I’ve seen live on five different occasions, from in the pit to the back corner of the nosebleeds, and they’ve never failed to make me feel loved.

Especially, LA, and L.A., exo-l’s apparently. :’-) Suho said it was his fave place in the whole world (other than home, ofc). And Xiuminnie said that since they’ve come to los angeles so many times, they feel really comfortable with us! ;A; And you could tell. You could feel it. The boys were so happy and cute and playful throughout the concert. Like they truly seemed to be having as much fun as we were. And when it was over, they didn’t want to leave. They literally tried to stall the end of the concert for as long as possible. But even as they were leaving, they were all skipping and singing and dancing still. They were seriously so happy that night, guys. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside.

And when Suho, I think, mentioned that they were going home after the concert, Baekhyun pouted!! It was super super cute.

Since I was in a side section, I could lowkey partially see backstage and!!! the members would peek out and wave at us!!! IT WAS THE CUTEST THING, OMF.

THEY LOVE US SO MUCH, I CAN’T SAY IT ENOUGH. Like, Baekhyun even even expressed his concern for fans in the pit during the first ment. Not to be biased but bbh loves exo-l so much I could go on for days.

WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BAEKHYUN. It took a few tries to get it right, but in the end, we finally did it. That was a big deal for me. Baekhyun is so so so special to me, and I’m so glad I was able to be there and do that for him. I can’t even put it into words. Also? The timing of Exo’s L.A. concerts is fantastic. Last year I literally got to spend Valentine’s Day with them? This year it was a couple days after my birthday and a couple days before Baekhyun’s? I LOVE THIS CONCEPT.

Even though Yixing wasn’t there, again, everyone made sure to give him plenty of love when he showed up in the vcrs. The screams for him were so loud. I hope to god he finally gets to come back next time. I miss my boyfriend, lmao.

The silver ocean was beautiful. Since I was in the pit last year, I didn’t actually get to look at it. But this year I did, and I bought my first, ever in the history of me being a kpop fan, lightstick, so I was actually a part of it too!

THIS VCR IS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. IT’S SO CUTE. SO PURE. SO FUN. SO HAPPY. I ADORE IT.

There’s always that one member, in every kpop group I’ve ever seen, that is fucking magnetic on stage. In my Exo’luxion fanaccount, I lied. My Pinocchio ass was like “idk who it is in Exo,” knowing damn well its Jongdae. I even said “tonight it was Jongdae!” BITCH IT’S ALWAYS JONGDAE, WTF DO U MEAN. It was Jongdae at Smtown, I had moments with him at kcon 2013 too, it was him at Exo’luxion, and it was sure as shit him at Exo’rdium too. THE BOY GLOWS. I LOVE HIM. I was too far back to confirm this, but at the end, during angel, he (and everyone else) took time to wave and say goodbye to everyone they could see. I’m talking each section, and everyone they could see in them. And I was front row of my section, and wearing white, so? I think I’d be easier to spot than someone in row 15 and in black, u feel? Anyway Jongdae spent a while, like, actually kind of a long time, waving to my section, and I’d like to think he looked at me. It looked like he did, and I started jumping when he waved “at me” and then he started jumping too? Idk. But it was cute as fuck, and I love him.

Kyungsoo like? forgot? the choreography to one song. I don’t remember which, but it was really cute lmao. He was also the token In-N-Out enthusiast haha.

FUCK THIS IS WHY I NEED TO WRITE MY FANACCOUNTS THE NIGHT OFF I FORGET LITTLE DETAILS. Baekhyun said something about it not mattering whether we dance cutely or erotically, as long as we dance, or something? haha. He also mentioned that since it was the last stop, he was giving more energy than normal. Jongin also said that because of our energy, it was impossible to feel tired.

Chanyeol put on a Deadpool mask and then put on an owl mask over it and was just being... Chanyeol, lmao. And Suho was so done with him, lmao. “Are you crazy?”

This concert was so fun. The atmosphere was so light and happy. I legit did not stop smiling the whole night. I felt like an idiot, because I know half the time it was a dopey ass, awestruck smile. But the whole thing was just? Surreal. I love Exo so much. They’re the only artist/s, kpop or otherwise, that I’ve supported since day one. Sehun and Jongin are only a year older than me. I’ve seen them every time they’ve come to L.A. (except for when exo-m came in 2014). Like, I’ve literally been growing up with these boys for the last five years. And I’m just... so thankful that I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of this journey. And so proud of everything they’ve accomplished. I love Exo with all my heart. ♥

#exo #fanaccount #personal #why am i always so late #lets pretend its because i like to marinate in my memories for a few days before i write about them #sounds much better than i'm just lazy af #exordium in la

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