Torontonians should be proud! We were the only one of the six cities – Toronto, Dallas, New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Istanbul – that successfully “krowdpopped” this Unite the Mic concert! Krowdpop is essentially a kickstarter for K-pop concerts; Concerts are on as long as ticketing goals can be met. If not, you get a full refund.

To the generosity of the Korean Embassy of Canada, I witnessed it first hand on Friday of March 20th, and kicked off my weekend with 3 hours of non-stop K-pop with San E, Ailee, and Jay Park at Massey Hall performing arts theatre.

Here’s a social media recap of my favorites from the night:

Fans waiting for their stars

San E.

https://instagram.com/p/0g4gOgAs40/?tagged=unitethemic

One Summer Night’s Dream <3 https://instagram.com/p/0egFPQCq-M/?tagged=unitethemic

San E dancing to EXID’s Up & Down
https://instagram.com/p/0eTUQqTXzR/?tagged=unitethemic

Group selfie from San E’s instagram:

A beatboxer from b-boy crew Ginger. His short performance:

Jay Park

Every girl in the theatre went crazy when Jay took his shirt off.
https://instagram.com/p/0gQ5I3GQAy/?tagged=unitethemic
Better angle for more intimacy :D
https://instagram.com/p/0gHkOrGt28/?tagged=unitethemic

From his instagram:

Ailee

Singing her debut song: Heaven
https://instagram.com/p/0g6B6VIGAB/?tagged=unitethemic

Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You – Ailee’s take:
https://instagram.com/p/0eRzHpE6ix/?tagged=unitethemic

Fangirling for Ailee – everyone chanting Ailee

[150320 Toronto Unite the Mic concert Ailee Part 1] @itzailee Girl you were Amazing!!! #Ailee #UnitetheMic http://t.co/WIIyf6YBl2—
Vanessa (@llamavan) March 22, 2015

Toronto Pearson #ailee #unitethemic pic.twitter.com/YJSw7OQoYo @JDWoo90 @MaknaeKyuhyun88 pic.twitter.com/LLa4ZvQ1iE — Ailee (@Itzhaile) March 19, 2015

The trio at the press conference

12 minute Press Conference before Unite the Mic Concert in Toronto

Overall, great performance. An Emcee or a collaboration stage would have definitely made it more put-together as the transition from one artist to the next and the ending was a bit abrupt. Still, got to watch Korean artists perform in North America – can’t complain. Hoping for more Krowdpops in Toronto. Till then!

Extra:

Ailee at Niagara falls
https://instagram.com/p/0buiFdKZvq/