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

Just one perspective of tonight's crowd for #UniteTheMic in #Toronto. #KPop #KHipHop #Korean #JayPark #Ailee #SanE

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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:

어제 #토론토 #unitethemic 오랜만에 단체사진! #제이캅 #산이 #sane #jcop #한쫌 #디제이아이티 #강민희 #연경 #toronto #라이머 대표님 #정현 형님 다들수고하셨습니다

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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

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From his instagram:

#runninthroughthe6withmywoes yall are so fuckin dope!! #shitwasLIT #aomgreppinallday #followthemovement #cutmyselfallthepicturecauseyalljusttoosexy

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Peace out Toronto~ thank u for the love #aomg #followthemovement #morninghair #ilovettavelingbuthateplanerides #ironic

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Ailee

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Singing her debut song: Heaven

Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You – Ailee’s take:

Fangirling for Ailee – everyone chanting Ailee

Standing ovation and chants for Ailee #UniteTheMic

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[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

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