Super Show 5
In a world that is constantly changing where globalisation is happening at a rate where almost everyone on Earth is subject to it, it's very easy to lose your identity as you try and find something that links you to your race. It's hard to find my roots as I have never visited the village where my ancestors came from (many of those in Singapore came from a place East of China called GuangDong) nor do I know how to speak Mandarin fluently. Being in an international school, many might call me a 'global citizen' as many like to call it. I do take pride in my Asian roots, and mostly display it in the form of my obsession with Japanese anime and music, as well as the famously coined phrase 'k-pop'. So upon arrival in Singapore, one of the first things we did was to watch Super Show 5.
It was rather unfortunate to say that my initial experience at Super Show 4 was better to that than of 5. Super Show 4 came with a good soundtrack, better special effects and a good variety of costumes. Comparatively, Super Show 5 had slow paced songs that were directed more at the female crowd rather than faster paced cooler songs that the male audience would enjoy more (no matter how small that may be).
There were also instances where the dialogue to the audience was rather ridiculous, where one of the members, Dong Hae quoted saying that he was unable to "work at his full capacity due to a injured finger", causing the whole female audience to go "aww" as expected, although some (yours truly) felt disgusted at their fragility. Some songs were remixed off English songs and danced to the ones that had a good tune; this would be a good idea if the song of choice was not the "Harlem Shake".
The costumes were very similar and there was little change throughout the concert. The ending was also extended tremendously, where goodbye's took as long as 20 minutes and the concert wasn't as long as it's predecessors. Going on the urge of submitting to sleep, we left early to avoid getting bored to death.
I would have loved to say that this is a review, but it turned out to be a rant instead.
Cheers,
Matthew Tan
It was rather unfortunate to say that my initial experience at Super Show 4 was better to that than of 5. Super Show 4 came with a good soundtrack, better special effects and a good variety of costumes. Comparatively, Super Show 5 had slow paced songs that were directed more at the female crowd rather than faster paced cooler songs that the male audience would enjoy more (no matter how small that may be).
There were also instances where the dialogue to the audience was rather ridiculous, where one of the members, Dong Hae quoted saying that he was unable to "work at his full capacity due to a injured finger", causing the whole female audience to go "aww" as expected, although some (yours truly) felt disgusted at their fragility. Some songs were remixed off English songs and danced to the ones that had a good tune; this would be a good idea if the song of choice was not the "Harlem Shake".
The costumes were very similar and there was little change throughout the concert. The ending was also extended tremendously, where goodbye's took as long as 20 minutes and the concert wasn't as long as it's predecessors. Going on the urge of submitting to sleep, we left early to avoid getting bored to death.
I would have loved to say that this is a review, but it turned out to be a rant instead.
Cheers,
Matthew Tan
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