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.
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One Summer Night’s Dream <3
San E dancing to EXID’s Up & Down
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.
Better angle for more intimacy :D
From his instagram:
Ailee
Singing her debut song: Heaven
Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You – Ailee’s take:
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
Categories: 2015
“Krowdpopping!” What a great idea!
I agree! It’s risk-free and demand-driven.
wowwowwowwow that looks so awesome!! hope you had the most crazy time there lol Thanks for uploading it Tina!
Thanks Jessica! I had a great time <3