90 minutes. 18 songs. 35, 000 fans. VIPs hailed from around the globe had the time of their life at BIGBANG’s concert for the F1 Singapore Grand Prix on Friday, September 20th!
The world-famous boy group kick-started the series of concerts for the Singapore F1 Night Race at the outdoor Padang Stage with a charged-up performance of their infectious tracks and an ecstatic crowd – joining the star-studded line-up, including Rihanna, The Killers and Justin Bieber who will headline the stage on the subsequent days.
Returning to Singapore for the fourth time, members G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri reunited on stage as one for the first time in 9 months. This is also BIGBANG’s first group performance at F1, following G-Dragon, T.O.P and Seungri’s appearance at the 2011 F1 Singapore Grand Prix.
You got to hand it to BIGBANG, when it comes to partying it up. The group’s sheer presence sets the stage on fire. There was no change of outfit or stage setup, and little intermission this round – just (almost) non-stop performance of incredible song numbers that set fans in a trance and deliriously high throughout!
The show began with a bang with adrenaline pumping hits ‘Tonight’, ‘Hands Up’ and fans’ all-time favorite – ‘Fantastic Baby’! What followed was an eclectic mix of songs including ‘How Gee’, ‘Stupid Liar’, ‘Gara Gara Go’, ‘Number 1’ and ‘Feeling’.
“Tonight”
“Hands Up”
“Fantastic Baby”
“Stupid Liar”
Showing the chops of their global star status – the boys engaged the crowd purely in English.
“This is crazy! I love this place! The stage is so hot in here!” shouted Seungri after their explosive opening stage, before greeting and swooning the crowd with his sexy voice – “Hello my Singapore VIPs, we are so excited! We love Singapore. We love F1… and I love speed.”
Much to fans’ delight, talented Taeyang also showed off his newest rap specially prepared for the Singapore VIPs – “I ate chili crab, pepper crab and mantous (mandarin for buns)!” Coming from Taeyang – the rap sounded unexpectedly cool.
What is a BIGBANG concert without the powerhouse duo – G-Dragon and T.O.P’s upbeat hits ‘Knock Out’ and ‘High High’?! If that is not enough, G-Dragon and Seungri also performed their latest solo hits – ‘Crooked’, and ‘Gotta Talk To You’ respectively. Our charismatic maknae Seungri brought his ‘Strong Baby’ to the Singapore stage too!
“High, High”
“Crooked”
“Gotta Talk To You”
BIGBANG also has exciting news for the VIPs across the globe. Apart from the highly anticipated comeback as a group this coming October, Taeyang also revealed that he is preparing a solo album and promised to ‘drop it real soon.’ Testimonial came directly from BIGBANG’s leader G-Dragon, “The album will be really DOPE!”
Moving on to another of fans’ hot favorite hit ‘Bad Boy’, G-Dragon asked “You having fun?” *screams* “You loving it?” *screams* “You enjoying it?” – a booming ‘YEAH!’
Smiling with sweat trickling down his chest, he continued, “This is my second time at F1. I am still very excited. I heard the official race starts tomorrow, right? Hope you guys enjoy it! Good luck to every driver… Someday, I really want to try too (at car racing)” eliciting waves of shrilling cheers.
Ending the concert with their evergreen hits, ‘Lies’ and ‘Last Farewell’ – G-Dragon said, “I really had a fantastic time. But it’s time to say goodbye now. I know you guys waited for us since this morning. I saw it. We will come back soon. The concerts, you love them? Till then, please wait for us, okay?”
“Last Farewell”
Of course, BIGBANG did not disappoint with their astounding encore – two remixes including ‘Fantastic Baby’, ‘Crayon’, ‘Hands Up’ and ‘Bad Boy’ – finishing off the phenomenal night on a high note.
“Fantastic Baby (Encore)”
Source: Zashleyforever21
Article by: Kathryn Zhang
Photos by: Hidayah Hamdan
Edited by: KareBare
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