There was a 45 minutes or so break between the hi-touch session and the main show but fortunately, Astro went live on V app backstage for MJ’s birthday so time flew by quite quickly. It was also very funny how everyone squealed at the same time when the Astro boys did something silly during the livestream broadcast.
Here’s the set list for the night:
- 숨바꼭질 / Hide & Seek
- 장화 신은 고양이 / Cat’s Eyes
- 불꽃놀이 / Fireworks
- 숨가빠 / Breathless
- 告白气球 / Love Confession (cover of Jay Chou)
- 풍선 / Balloons (cover of TVXQ)
- 사랑이 / Love
- 고백 / Confession
- 붙잡았어야 해 / Should Have Held On To You
- You & Me (Thanks AROHA)
After the performance of “숨가빠 / Breathless”, Astro went into a Q&A interview segment. This segment was absolutely hilarious for various reasons.
First up, Moonbin ran off stage almost immediately after the “숨가빠 / Breathless” performance and at first, I thought he split his pants or something and had to change but Binnie disappeared for about 20 minutes out of the 25 minutes Q&A session; which was way too long to change a pair of pants. Everyone started to get concerned and wondered why Binnie disappeared for so long and when he finally reappeared on stage, the audience erupted in a cheer for him.
LMAO!!!
So many concerts and showcases I have watched in the last decade or more, this is definitely the first time the artist actually alluded to and apologised about needing to take a dump in the middle of a show. Hahahaha.
No biggie Binnie. 괜찮아 빈아~
The second funny highlight was when Rocky had to pick a category of question to answer, he misunderstood the question and picked the “EXID’s Up & Down” card thinking that he could sabotage Cha Eunwoo to do the dance. That said, Eunwoo (knows he sucks at it but) gamely did the dance anyway:
And since the question was really meant for Rocky, he had to do the dance as well:
After Rocky did the dance, Jinjin started making a lot of comments and the fans then started to chant “Jinjin! Jinjin!” and essentially forcing him to do the dance as well. Hahahaha. And MJ insisted that Jinjin had to do a cute version even!
LOL.
When it was Eunwoo’s turn to pick a question for the first time, the audience kept chanting “애교! 애교!” and once again, Eunwoo does kinda hates doing aegyo (like every regular guy) but he gave in to the fans’ demands and did aegyo much to the fans’ delight!
Eunwoo is so precious and awesome!
After the Q&A segment, Astro performed 2 more songs before MJ’s birthday cake was brought out for him as the whole audience sang him a birthday song in Korean.
![MJ's cake [photo © @ASTROinSG]](https://i0.wp.com/jovenatheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_9285-20170305-astro-in-singapore-mj-cake1.jpg)
Also, Astro performed “붙잡았어야 해 / Should Have Held On To You” and “You & Me (Thanks AROHA)” which are showcase exclusives and never before performed on TV.
I really, really like the choreography for “붙잡았어야 해 / Should Have Held On To You”. To be honest, I was a little disappointed when I first watched a fan cam of this performance from their showcase in Seoul where they were wearing black suits. I thought, “Man, the performance was so bland and generic” but watching them perform the song in Singapore while wearing bright yellow, it works! I’m totally sold and in love with the song and dance now.
“You & Me (Thanks AROHA)” is also special because the lyrics were totally self written by the Astro boys! Thanks ASTRO for the song.
Overall, the show was entertaining and enjoyable even though I was quite annoyed with the lighting at the venue. I know that the venue is custom built for theatre use but I was surprised how there was little/almost no light to illuminate the boys’ face at times. I had a really fantastic seat and even from where I was, I couldn’t see the boys’ faces well at time because of the lighting.
Anyway, I don’t know when or where I’ll get to see Astro again but here’s hoping that they come back to Singapore again real soon given how the boys seem to like and enjoy Singapore so much during their day off here.
Finally, leaving some photos that turned out decent from the Astro 1st Showcase in Singapore 2017. Enjoy!
