OK I’m still super emotional from the concert like gosh this is way better than I’ve imagined for the past 13 years.
They used to be such a huge part of my life you know? When I was an ugly and boring nerdy teenager, they were practically my whole world. Back then I barely had any friends, I was a nobody in school and my only hobbies were computer games and 2AM. They were basically my personality when I was younger. Not proud of it but I definitely had memories of me having Twitter fights with another fandom (probably Shinee’s HAHA) because 2AM got a music win and they were salty. Ahhh, the immature and nothing better to do me.
I even created my first insta account just to follow them HAHA. I mean, I wasn’t popular in Sec Sch, and barely had any friends, all of whom doesn’t touch social media much. So yea I had the account just for them and it was basically a secret account until I entered poly and people started to ask for ig at every camp I went.
After I grew up, gained a spine and started to grow my self confidence, self esteem and my personality, they stopped being my whole world (also cause they went on hiatus during the same period of time) but I never stopped loving their music.
And when I experienced my first heartbreak (thanks to my long time crush which I wrote about long ago) back during poly days and he got his first gf, I was tearing up on the bus listening to their songs.
And obviously their songs accompanied me through many heartbreaks due to my never ending shitty dating life lol. I shall not list them ugh.
I will always be thankful that I watched Dream High and fell in love with ์ฃฝ์ด๋ ๋ชป ๋ณด๋ด. Yall have no idea how much I love the song back then lmao it was like I discovered my favorite genre of music then. I was 14 and only listens to the popular music played during CCA camps or like old uncle music which my dad loaded in my mp3 HAHA.
I heard the song when I was 14 and I didn’t learn hangul alphabets until I was 15. But I managed to learn how to sing the song by heart by memorizing how each word sounded like lmao. And it was a big thing, because at that time I only know how to sing two other korean songs (๋ง๋์์ด & ๊ทธ ๋จ์) but those two songs didn’t have me replaying non stop or change my life lol.
Their comeback in 2021 was really ๐ค like it had been so many year since their hiatus, I almost gave up having hopes that they’ll ever release music again despite saying they did not disband. During their hiatus, I only bought some Day6 albums (their first two) and supported their music on iTunes. So their F/W 21 album was the first album I purchased in a very long time tbh.
Oh and the saddest thing was missing their 22 S/S concert. Even though I watch the livestream but it just wasn’t the same as seeing them in person you know? I wished I had the guts to leave NTU earlier and went for that concert but I can’t turn back time. ๐ฅฒ
I was so scared that would be their last concert as 2AM that I made a promise to myself that I will go for their concert even if I have to fly overseas for it as long as they have one.
Pretty sure I told the story of how I was going to do a solo HK trip but hesitated and they announced this concert the very next day.
Yeah ok I rambled on way too much.
Today was a chill day, didn’t want to tire myself out to enjoy the concert to the max.
Went to Haeundae and the surrounding and also took a look at dongbaek island.
Oh and I got my soondubu that I was thinking of for days!
Unfortunately my legs are aching really really badly from the sudden increase in walks I’ve been doing the past few days so I didn’t explore the island. Plus it’s really cold today.
Ok back to main story!! Went to the concert venue slightly after 3:30pm which is the time the ticket office and merch counter opens. I think I reached at about 3:45? There was a short line for the merch but not much crowd, thankfully. The gold ticket merch which I had my eyes on was sold out when I arrived. ๐
But it’s ok, I got my t-shirt and banner. I’m actually thankful that the banner is made of cloth instead of paper which I initially thought.
Oh and so the day before the concert, I actually saw an insta post saying they’ll sell merch and if you buy merch, you get a chance to win a hitouch with the members and I was praying to god or whoever is up there to just let me have the opportunity.
I did. I won the hi touch. ๐ค
And I probably have to thank the lady in front of me who took an extra scratch card when I was paying. Cause this scratch card was my second one. Which meant that if she didn’t take the one before me, I would not have gotten the opportunity. ๐ฅบ๐ซถ๐ป
I didn’t show any expression after I won because I was so scared someone would steal my ticket lol. But I was sooooo happy. ๐
I believe I wrote most of what I wanted to say in the insta post for this concert already. ๐ค
Feels so surreal to see them not on screen but in real life. And to listen to them sing live! And I was so close to the stage too, I could see them so clearly๐ฅบ like close enough to hear Jinwoon cough during a song HAHA.
Oh and went they come down from the stage to interact towards the ending, omg I could see them so closely ๐ but obviously not as HD as the hitouch. HAHA
I’m so motivated to work on my singing just to give justice to their songs whenever I sing them.
This is gonna be core memory material. If I ever get dementia, I hope I will never forget the people important to me, my hamster snow white, my rats Hei Bai XiaoBai Mini Milo Kopi and the day I met 2am. Yea screw graduation and stuff, this is way way way better.
Ok I should really sleep now. Good night!
