IU // The Voice of an Angel

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When IU announced that she was coming to Singapore to perform for her 10th year anniversary concert, you have no idea how excited I was. I've loved IU and her music since I was 16 years old (which is 2012). I listened to her songs while I studied for my 'O' levels. It definitely was on my bucket list to watch her perform live at least once in my life. But IU was someone who only ever performed in Korea. So when this news finally came, I was beyond happy. I was ecstatic. I just had to get the VIP tickets. 

Now, I must say, I am no morning person. But because online sale for the tickets start at 10am, I got up at 9am to start queuing for it on the website. Was it worth the lack of sleep? Hell yes. I managed to snag a seat real up close to my favorite singer. 

The experience? Unlike. Any. Other. It's one thing to listen to her music, it's one thing to see her live performances on YouTube. But, it's a blessing to actually see and hear her sing and perform live right in front of you. She has the voice of an angel. Every song had my ears and my heart melting, I am not kidding. I almost cried because this was everything I had waited close to 7 years for. The highlight? When she sang 'Good Day' live, and actually performed all of the high notes. My heart exploded. 'Good Day' was known as a song that was damaging to her vocal cords because of how unbelievably hard it is to hit the high notes. But she did it anyway, for us fans. I went crazy. I savoured every moment of the concert. IU is also very famous for her en-encore. Every Korean singer or group tends to have two songs planned for their encore performance. But for IU, after her encore performance, she does an unplanned en-encore where she takes song requests from the fans. My friends all didn't believe me that she'd do it in Singapore, but she did it. Even though it was just two extra songs due to the time constraint, she still did it. But what made it extra special was how she told all the security guards that filming and photography should be allowed for her en-encore because it isn't part of the show. She truly is an angel. The applause she got for that was incredible. 

Also, I loved how she tried her best to converse in English with us, despite her having a translator that would help translate whatever she was saying. All in all, it was the best concert I had ever been to. I'm just really grateful and happy to have been able to strike this off my bucket list. Thank you, IU.