Girls' Generation and I go way back. It was through the nine gorgeous girls and their infectious melodies that I became a dedicated Kpop fangirl, a fandom which I've been involved in for close to four years now. Though I am now a die hard fan of all sorts of groups, Girls' Generation was my first love and my heart will always have a special place for those nine angels. So you can imagine how I felt when I heard a rumour floating around the internet back in October 2011 of a Hong Kong concert for their second Asia tour. A group of my friends and I were already exploding into a big puddle of overjoyed fangirl/fanboy goo. Our girls, in our town! It was too good to be true!
A couple of weeks later the rumour became confirmed and the date was set for the 15th of January 2012. A date which only one of us – that one being me – could make. University beckoned for my friends, pulling them off to every place in the world that was not Hong Kong. I would be the only one in town for the concert. Could I even contemplate going alone? Did I have the nerve to turn up solo and scream like an idiot on my own?
A couple of weeks later the rumour became confirmed and the date was set for the 15th of January 2012. A date which only one of us – that one being me – could make. University beckoned for my friends, pulling them off to every place in the world that was not Hong Kong. I would be the only one in town for the concert. Could I even contemplate going alone? Did I have the nerve to turn up solo and scream like an idiot on my own?
For the girls, yes I did.
But what about my friends? My group of S♥NEs that I had karaoke-d Girls' Generation songs with, screamed over videos with, danced Genie in public with? It was through no fault of their own that they couldn't make it to the concert. And I know that one fanboy in particular was considering blowing off the first two weeks of university to go to the concert, and was absolutely gutted that he couldn't make it.
So I thought I would bring the concert to them in the only way I could.
I present to you my project – Jigemun SoNyeoShiDae! It consists of this fan account right here, as well as several videos I took. The videos document the before, the during and the after of the concert, nine videos in total. The videos were filmed with both my iPod Touch as well as my Nikon J1 with a telephoto lens attached. As I was very excited and I'm really quite crazy anyway, the videos are shaky, all over the place and for the most part incomplete. There is a lot of screaming, squealing, singing and other such noises throughout, especially in the concert fancams. I'm truly sorry that the videos aren't of better quality. I hope you enjoy them anyway despite my mediocre filming skills.
Warning: Jigemun SoNyeoShiDae is a PG project – I cut out a lot, not all, of the swearing (who knew I had such a filthy mouth when I'm excited) but I do talk about some mature stuff that is unsuitable for the too young. You might want to watch the videos without your parents in the room, or with headphones on.
Warning: Jigemun SoNyeoShiDae is a PG project – I cut out a lot, not all, of the swearing (who knew I had such a filthy mouth when I'm excited) but I do talk about some mature stuff that is unsuitable for the too young. You might want to watch the videos without your parents in the room, or with headphones on.
With that over with, on with the show :)
Jigemun SoNyeoShiDae!
