The PULP Asian Music Special ~ CNBLUE's First Step in Manila

I know. I know. It has been two weeks now. But let's relive the moments we enjoyed CNBLUE here in Manila. That's what I'm sayin' let's get a copy of our own PULP mag!
PULP released their June edition with CNBLUE stuff introduction inside of course plus the fab photos of our boys. Another kpop bonus feature is FT Island, another kpop band and also under the same entertainment agency (FNC Entertainment) as CNBLUE.

PULP June ed cover

I hope PULP will release a CNBLUE special edition magazine too, you know, all those write ups covered from their airport arrival, presscon and the concert itself (with bonus photos as memorabilias please…..) he he he. ^^) That would be a memorable Boice collector item.

CNBLUE photos inside; feature article about CNBLUE

Special thanks to PULP Live World, Ms Happee Sy, Sir Vernon Go, CN BLUE PH ~ who made it all possible. Boice, grab your copy now, since this is now part of our fangirl history.

FT Island feature inside ^^) woah! lee hongki!!!

CNBLUE Blue Moon Tour in Manila ~ A Fangirl Wish Come True

Blue Moon. I want to write this the same time that the concert started last Saturday night at the Big Dome. Yah, how dramatic! I know.

But the nostalgic feeling is still there so this needs to keep me going. ^^~

I am now playing the CNBLUE Blue Night Concert in Seoul while writing this, for some major reason, it keeps me inspired. ^_~

one of my favorite CNBLUE concerts

Being a fan might not describe how I really felt, the need to protect their name and endless rumors while they’re on their way to the top, I felt it is about time I should be one of the official Boice. So me and my sister (jjang!) registered as an official Boice / members of the CNBLUE fanclub.

It started with watching ‘You’re Beautiful’ when I get hooked (almost all the time) to the series’ second lead (‘cause they’re always the pretty but the lost ones in the game) and I knew I liked him. Jung YongHwa (leader, lead vocals and rhythm guitar) got me curious when I searched he’s part of the CNBLUE band. He can sing and yes, he can really SING! He has a very endearing voice and a topnotch as well, cause his husky and edgy voice is what a rocker should have. And that started me searching for the rest. Lee Jonghyun (lead guitar and vocals), also starred in ‘A Gentleman’s Dignity’ late last year and has a great potential. And boy, he really is a guitar freak. Watching their shows and live performances moved me that this guy loves his music. Kang Minhyuk (drummer and vocals) is super cute and got me hooked in his character in ‘Heartstrings’ and so I love him. He really has the magic when he smiles and slams those drumsticks away. Maknae Lee Jungshin (bass guitar and vocals) is the band’s rapper as well and soul. Oh for me, well, he has a very cheerful personality that I love him to bits also! CNBLUE stands for Code Name Blue – Burning (Jonghyun), Lovely (Minhyuk), Untouchable (Jungshin) and Emotional (Yonghwa). Not your typical kpop band, their music has a taste of indie rock, and they bring kpop rock to the core! Thus, they rocked my life then.

Lee Jungshin; Lee Jonghyun; Jung Yonghwa and Kang Minhyuk

Three months ago, Happee Sy - the event organizer, together with PULP Live World showcased the promotion for the band's world tour: CNBLUE: Blue Moon World Tour. Philippines is sooooo lucky we’ve been included in this world tour.

the concert's official teaser for their Manila tour

After 2-3 months only of promoting and advertising, VIP and patron tickets were already sold out. Almost all seats were filled so PULP Live World opened the general admission on the concert week itself just to accommodate those curious and also kpop fans who wanna watch our boys.

So I, my sister and her friend (definitely BOICE) already knew we should be there and witness the big event. We want to be near the stage so we bought the patron tickets (since VIP got sold out very fast). My sister was there on the ticket release date and she heard no more VIP center seats anymore. Whew! The power of kpop fandom!

Counting the days was more fun. It's a mixed feeling of nervousness and excitement. Until it is two days left before the concert and one more day before they arrive.

They had their press conference the day they arrived. Check out my blog post here CNBLUE in Manila Open Press Con ^_~

Now the big day! ♥♥♥

Since we have reserved seats, we came all the way from Pampanga to the Big Dome and arrived mid afternoon past three. It’s so nerve-wracking seeing your kpop friends once again (cuz we see each other once in a while on some other kpop events, relate?)… And we can hear the squeals and screams from fangirls all over the place. Fan projects given out to BOICE everywhere and the band’s song playing before gates are opened.

BOICE fanprojects for the boys; fans excitedly gathered outside Araneta near CNBLUE fanclubs

they opened gen ad to accommodate those who still want to watch 

we went inside to take more photos

L: it's me outside the big dome; R: my sister and her friend

So after we ate our early dinner, we went inside past 6PM. Though the concert starts at 8, we wanna take photos inside and have a good comfortable feeling before dancing and singing and rockin’.

inside: the stage is set up

the big dome is almost full 

And suddenly, it’s already 8PM, concert starts… and everyone is SCREAAMMINNGG!

CNBLUE stage lights up; yeah~ this is what they call CNBLUE style!

It started off w/ a video introducing them and their music, and the four of them are up onstage! Alongside their musical instruments, Yonghwa screamed and started singing!

Opening + Where you are... Yonghwa screams!!! ♥

Oh Im nervous now! The first song is “Where you are’ followed by ‘Get Away’ and ‘One Time’ before they introduced themselves in Tagalog. LOL. That was epic when they say ‘Ako ay Jungshin! Ako ay Jonghyun, Ako ay Minhyuk!’ Lastly, Yong, said ‘Kamusta, ako ay Yonghwa! I love you’ *faints*

my fancam when they introduced themselves in Tagalog - so cute!

Yonghwa also introduced other ballads by saying they will be singing their ‘slow, love songs’ followed by his slow hand waving gestures hihihi - ugh! I really need to include that description cuz I love it!

After singing their ballads ‘Love Light, Feeling (one of my best fave) and Y, Why’ he switched into saying ‘now it’s our rock and roll’ and described it as ‘Dark, Sexy, Metal’ omo omo! I loved how he shouted those three words, he was even half smiling, half smirking -oh! he’s such a dork,,,, whew! (im fainting halfway now)…

Love Light~ this is perfect!~

Yonghwa's screams, Jungshin's rap, Jonghyun's freakin' guitar playing and Minhyuk's spinning his drumsticks are what I have been waiting for on a CNBLUE concert and seeing them perform live is worth the wait for 1248 days.

Jonghyun's freakin' hot OMO!~ and his soothing voice is superb!

Jungshin's too hyper that night ^_~ oohh i love maknae Shin! ♥

Minhyuk also takes his turn interacting w/ the fans and keeps wearing his cute smile *_*

Yonghwa has proven he can sing and dance! Ha ha ha! ♥

The boys singing 'Feeling' ~ one of my favorite CNBLUE ballads ♥

So the rest of the songs were played and performed so lively, they were so hyper. And they keep speaking Tagalog like ‘kamusta, sabay sabay’ LOL.

One of the highlights of the concert was when Minhyuk, Jungshin and Jonghyun got papers that they read in tagalog, scripted yeah! But super duper cute. Minhyuk was saying ‘wag nio sabihin ang pangalan’ and Jungshin was like ‘kantahin natin siya?’ OMG!~ I almost died. These boys. Jonghyun answered ‘Kantahin natin yun!’ *Hugs* and surprised Yonghwa by singing ‘Happy Birthday’ at the count of three. Everyone in the big dome sang w/ them and Minhyuk even gave the beat w/ his drums. Everyone was wearing the party hats and so does Yonghwa and Minhyuk (their birthdays are both in June). AWESOME! Our leader was surprised even asking ‘what’s the meaning of this…?’ resulting Minhyuk to translate what they have in their scripts. Ha ha ha!

This is the perfect kpop rock concert experience!

They continued singing and screaming w/ all the perfect light effects and fireworks ~OH HELL YEAH~ cuz itz a perfect kpop rock concert for me. The boys sang their other famous songs ‘Im Sorry, Hey You, I’ve Fallen for You, Im a Loner -> to where Yonghwa did not played w/ his guitar but danced to the entire song. 

In my Head fancam.... rock on!

I can say that Jonghyun was really hot when playing that guitar and he’s so puurrrfect! Uhm, super love him! From time to time, MinHyuk would speak and the screaming is endless, this boy’s such a cutie, w/ his muscles hehehe! He even mentioned he likes lechon (yeah) before playing another song. What an insert! When will their cuteness end?!!

Minhyuk saying he loves lechon ^_~

Jungshin frequently joins Yonghwa onstage and shares a lot, aside from his rapping skills (I so love him for that too),, he’s so hyper, this boy!~ No wonder my friend loves him, he keeps saying ‘I Love You Manila!’ a lot, even saving Yonghwa when he made a funny mistake saying Singapore instead of Philippines (before singing the Heartstrings OST) but Yonghwa is forgiven. He mentioned he loves Philippines endlessly. I remember another funny moment when Yonghwa was asking the people on the right side to say ‘LOVE LOVE LOVE’ and on the left ‘CLAP CLAP CLAP’ for their song ‘LOVE’. Since everyone is too excited to do so, everyone joins. So Jungshin was like ‘no, this is right and this is left, ok?’ waaahhhh! We were so screaming and I wanna kiss him that moment!!

Jungshin!!!!~ 

We enjoyed this concert very much! What was funny was when they said it’s their last song now everyone was like ‘aaawww’ and Jungshin sang ‘Im Sorry~’ hahahaha! So funny even at the end. Their last song was ‘Try Again, Smile Again’ which almost made me cry.  But they said a few times they love it here and they will definitely be coming back. And I believed them.

Thanks CNBLUE for this Blue Moon Tour and for the music. We love you. And we will see you again! Maybe next year! Hopefully. BOICE can wait. LOVE LOVE LOVE! CLAP CLAP CLAP! It was really daebak!~

After the concert! they really love Philippines~

CNBLUE w/ PH BOICE ~ they have their photo taken as a love for their fans ♥

Thanks to Ms Happee PULP Live World C.N BLUE PH Yonghwa Ladies fellow BOICE, and everyone I've met last presscon and concert day.
Credits to CNBLUE LINE for the last two photos.

Visit my YT channel flz16 for more Blue Moon Tour in Manila fancams.

CNBLUE in Manila Open Press Conference

I stopped counting at 6. ~maybe because I tried myself not to be distracted and be busy. ^_~

Blue Moon tour in Sydney

And then there’s one day left before they arrive and two days before Blue Moon Manila. So I marked that date and went to the venue where CNBLUE will hold their open press conference – at SM Megamall.

I arrived 10:30 AM and I knew it, for a kpop fan, this is already too late. Why? – the best spots are already taken. Since this is open to everyone, the best thing to do should be very early in the venue. However, I was solo flight fangirling the whole day, so I was able to cope and get a best spot inside. As an experienced (stalker, nope, LOL at that) follower, one of the best ways is to be friendly to others who’s there. In this way, I was able to buy food while my friends were saving my space for me. Thanks!

BOICE and kpop fangirls waiting

So the presscon will start at 2pm but fellow BOICE were there as early as 5AM. This is already a given. Its CNBLUE, of course, I can entirely understand. CNBLUE music is playing while fans wait. CNBLUE official merchandise was available too, CDs, official Blue Moon lightstick, CNBLUE Blue moon brochure, PULP magazine June 2013 issue featuring CNBLUE and Blue moon official shirts (by the way, it was confirmed that all their official merch were sold out!) It’s a great thing, BOICE!

CNBLUE invites PH Boice to watch their Manila concert

right after the mall opens, fans are saving their best spots

At 2PM, Kring Elenzano was the host for the games. She’s one of my favorites because she keeps everyone alert and eager; she hosted kpop events a lot of times and this is, I think my 3^rd time attending an event she hosted. The games were fun because the prizes: what more but a Blue Moon concert ticket. Some of the fans who went there were really after the presscon to see the boys and will not be able to go to the concert so it was really a good thing that they joined and won! Now we can watch the concert together.

played on the screen while waiting for CNBLUE

After almost more than 2 hrs of waiting, they arrived. What?! CNBLUE IS HERE!!!!~

With all the fans screaming, you’ll think the entire venue will crash. Ha ha ha!

And then I saw them. OMO! Yonghwa is soooooo handsome in person. LOL. And Jonghyun was so timid but whenever he smiles, it really sweeps you. SWOON! Minhyuk is sooooo adorable and Jungshin, I’ve got this maknae tantrums always, I find him soooo cute. I never thought it was possible to see them this near but PULP Live world and Happee Sy made it happen. Thanks! The official fanclub CNBLUE PH too, kudos to them for doing a great job!

Ms Happee Sy, tour organizer, thanks fans for coming

I was able to take photos before my camera went off. Whew! Still lucky to take a few and take advantage of my camera's zoom ability. ^_~

during the interview, he's super handsome up close

There were few times before CNBLUE arrived, that the hosts requested for everyone not to scream so loud or the boys might be threatened but what’s so funny was when they arrived, Yonghwa even shouted ‘Make Some Noise!!!!!!’ so the entire mall screamed. HA! They were shocked to see that a lot of fans came to the presscon and maybe they never thought that they really have a super duper big fandom here in the Philippines. They were really thankful and were so happy to know that they’ve got a big following here and as a BOICE, I am proud of it. And with a lot of fans even coming from Korea, Vietnam and Singapore just to see them, I’m proud of these boys, too.

Jonghyun's smile is a killer

Cutie Minhyuk listening attentively

That was one of my wishes, to hear Yonghwa scream ‘Sorrrijilaaaa! Make some noise! Let me hear you scream!’, see hot Jonghyun play his guitar boldly, Minhyuk and his spinning drumsticks skills (woah!) and cute cute smile and Jungshin rap and sing!!!! And I know I’ll see a lot more of that on their concert day. The boys learned how to speak Tagalog in a few hours’ time (I think) even saying Mahal Kita (woah!).

Jonghyun was really pretty too in person

I can't believe I already saw the boys that day, it was magic. I know the concert will be great! And Philippine BOICE will really enjoy it! CNBLUE definitely will enjoy their stay here and we BOICEs will make sure of that. 

Everyone showed their love by giving our leader a cake because it's his birthday this month (and Minhyuk too). But it's for Yonghwa for now. They took a photo w/ the cake and their fans and said 'well see you tomorrow!'. This is so fun. We will see you on your concert. Definitely. 

CNBLUE w/ Yong's birthday cake ^_~

Thanks: Happee Sy, C.N BLUE PHILIPPINES, PULP Live World, (BOICEPH) YONGHWA LADIES - Jung Yonghwa

Credit: Ms. Gretchen Fullido's Instagram (for the last photo)