A PROMISE MADE A PROMISE KEPT 2019 LEE JOON GI SPLENDOR FAMILY DAY
YOKOHAMA
JAPAN 'I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU'
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A PROMISE MADE
A PROMISE KEPT
2019 LEE JOON GI
SPLENDOR FAMILY DAY
YOKOHAMA
'I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU'
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It is no secret that Lee Joon Gi, the super popstar with outsize passion and incomparable energy, has been performing to sold-out audiences throughout Asia. His world class performing abilities are nicely complemented by an amazing live band and energetic dancers. Like last year's Splendour Family Day, the 5,000-seat National Convention Hall of the Yokohama Pacifico was fully-packed on 14 June. Lee’s Yokohama party concerts have always been hailed as one of his largest concerts in terms of audience.
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Lee's arrival at the Gimpo International Airport for his trip to Japan on 13 June was widely covered by the mass media, including South Korea's media giants.
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Lee Joon Gi cut a commanding figure in his rugged street-style clothing. He looked gorgeous in his wholly black outfit which was in strong contrast with his pearly white skin. White stitches on a black jacket. Black shirt layered beneath his jacket. Black pants. Black shoes. Black hair. Fashionably black.
Upon arrival at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Lee was swamped by his passionate and loyal fans, some of whom gifted him with single white tulip flowers on long, green stems. Tulips, generally, mean ‘perfect love.’ Purity, innocence and humility are associated with white tulips. White also symbolises ‘forgiveness’.
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While it would also have been fascinating to watch the concert vicariously through videos which are often splashed on the internet almost immediately after his concerts, it is disappointing that no complete videos of even one song have been leaked on the Internet. Lee's Japanese audience have a reputation of being very disciplined; they follow rules to the letter.
However, what has filtered through allows us a fleeting glimpse of his concert and it is enough to capture our imagination. The Yokohama Pacifico concert is about as perfect a showcase for Lee’s amazing talents as he could deliver. Amazing songs. Electrifying dances. Dramatic martial arts stunts. Great showmanship skills.
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There was fresh excitement as Lee Joon Gi had made a prior promise to his audience, ‘I have a present for you.’ Magical and enigmatic words indeed. The promotion poster shows him carrying long, green stalks, each with a striking single white tulip flower.
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‘Stunned’ is inadequate to describe the audience response to the stage design, lighting effects and visual feast awaiting them. What the fans had not expected was the breathtaking creativity of the production team. Everyone who walked into the hall must have been thunderstruck by the image of a ginormous white present wrapped with a red ribbon that had been projected onto a stage curtain and also, the huge rainbow-coloured gift boxes which were placed on the stage.
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The audience must have soaked up the visual feast. A humongous vermillion ribbon framed the stage when the concert started. Was the ribbon a magical illusion?
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There were some awesome fresh and bold visuals of mammoth proportions. Geometric shapes. Triangles. Hexagons.
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When Lee Joon Gi appeared, the mystery of ‘I Have a Present for You’ unfolded. It must have dawned on some that their present might be Lee Joon Gi himself! What an ingenious idea! A most amazing present.
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Others must have assumed that a repackaged concert was the present waiting for them but they were not entirely wrong. The design concept was new.
If Lee was the present, one Lee Joon Gi is not enough. How happy it would have been for all his fans if he could be cloned; everyone could bring a clone home!
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So, the present was 'Lee Joon Gi and his repackaged party concert'. Lee must have gone to great lengths to make the concert different from the rest.
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Lee's song list included his fans’ evergreen favourites like ‘For A While’, For You, Now, Marry You, and Together. He also sang the three popular songs, ‘For Us’, Accepted and Can’t Be Slow, from his latest album, which is probably his best album to date. His popular songs carry an emotional charge that sometimes move his audience to tears.
FOR US
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW7wFxEfiDs
Official video
The superstar performer would definitely have also serenaded his female fans with the Japanese song, ‘The One and Only Flower In The World’. The single white tulip flower on a stem comes to mind. The female audience must have yet again fallen under his spell.
THE ONE AND ONLY FLOWER IN THE WORLD
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‘The One and Only Flower in The World’ - 'For Us' Seoul Encore 28.04.2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwz9tSVAkl8&feature=youtu.be
One of the highlights of Lee’s concert was the thrilling live demonstration of his BJJ throw or takedown skills which he carried out with his manager. Lee wore a burgundy martial arts uniform. Was that a sort of warm-up for his next action-based drama or movie?
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Videos taken by fans and others have shown the audience swaying, dancing, shaking animatedly in tune with Lee’s singing. Those videos not only showed his performance prowess which he had delivered with intensity and fire but also his great showmanship.
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Since his amazing concert was a gift to his audience, a fan responded by giving him a beautiful cake on his return to Korea; it looked too exquisite to be eaten. His other Japanese fans also showed their love and warmth by giving him gifts and sending beautifully designed flower stands to adorn the concert venue.
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More significant though was that Lee's fans had generously donated ¥200,453.00 in Lee’s name to Good Neighbours Japan. The donation is for disadvantaged children from single-parent families.
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On his return trip to South Korea, although masked, Lee looked radiant in his striking yellow and white patchwork plaid shirt. Yellow matches his sunshine personality.
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Although the live-wire Lee Joon Gi is more of an actor than a popstar, he is acknowledged as Asian popstar royalty and has remained a fixture of the Asian party concert circuit. But, is Lee Joon Gi also headed for popstar fame and popularity elsewhere?
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LEE JOON GI
GIMPO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
DEPARTURE
13 JUNE 2019
THE MASS MEDIA
SPORTS SEOUL
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http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/775581
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q47nw0vhO4
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ILGAN SPORTS
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http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=23495704&ctg=15&tm=i_b
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtTB47vtDYs
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TOPSTARNEWS
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6poNa4zZAqs&feature=youtu.be
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NEWSEN
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_f4iWdkXus
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KOREA DISPATCH
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RNX TV
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SPORTS HANKOOK
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http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/201906/sp20190614120007136730.htm
SOCIAL MEDIA
FAN VIDEO 1
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https://www.facebook.com/LJGTW/videos/1331692167008203/?__xts__[0]=68.ARDnCIx2kTwIXu6-vzby7_zN-eDEpanIUdRblv-RkTd7q6aTDnrvkhZW0eFKFaqLEpxjcWCXzXVHPw88aa_iJ5SiJvl1aomoY2ul
FAN VIDEO 2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwcz1f3vfSw
FAN VIDEO 3
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byp7KEdgfnl/
FAN VIDEO 4
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypAeE7AaTk/
FAN VIDEO 5
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byrg3nDBfcq/
FAN VIDEO 6
LEE JOON GI
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(HANEDA AIRPORT)
ARRIVAL
13 JUNE 2019
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FAN VIDEO 1
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https://www.pictame.com/media/2067906529131324368_4098054875
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FAN VIDEO 2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovUTiX1ee1U
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FAN VIDEO CLIPS
VIDEO 1
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypZOCPD-31/
VIDEO 2
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypDpx0AQeh/
VIDEO 3
VIDEO 5
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypudQXgTDk/
VIDEO 6
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byo4LJSjFhc/?igshid=1n9mox5txb2sf
VIDEO 7
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byo38ubD3vf/
VIDEO 8
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byo9yzqBZRU/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypCWjJgDIX/?igshid=l250mqv5li87
VIDEO 10
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BypKoOolqop/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byo5PhWB_Cw/
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REHEARSAL
14 JUNE 2019
PACIFICO YOKOHAMA
NATIONAL CONVENTION HALL
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrpN3FFYTe/
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByuwFAxFabB/?igshid=1l0jff1qgjv4s
VENUE
THE PACIFICO YOKOHAMA
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The Pacifico Yokohama
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Byru508poei/
FLOWER STANDS
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FLOWER STAND 1
FLOWER STAND 2
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FLOWER STAND 3
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FLOWER STAND 4
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FLOWER STAND 5
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FLOWER STAND 6
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FLOWER STANDS 7 & 8
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FLOWER STAND 9
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FLOWER STAND 10
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https://twitter.com/cuttyblonde
FLOWER STAND 11
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FLOWER STAND 12
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FLOWER STAND 13
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FLOWER STAND 14
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FLOWER STAND 15
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FLOWER STAND 16
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VENUE
SALE OF SOUVENIRS
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POST CONCERT
14 JUNE 2019
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(HANEDA AIRPORT)
DEPARTURE
15 JUNE 2019
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VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3
GIMPO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ARRIVAL
15 JUNE 2019
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvXg8GBa9G/?igshid=6zs051px4sjl
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvHh73C-5H/
THE MEDIA
BEHIND PRESS
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SOCIAL MEDIA
FAN VIDEO 1
FAN VIDEO 2
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvXg8GBa9G/?igshid=6zs051px4sjl
FAN VIDEO 3
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvY366hwBS/
FAN VIDEO 4
FAN VIDEO 5
FAN VIDEO 6
FAN VIDEO 7
FAN VIDEO 8
FAN VIDEO 9
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvHh73C-5H/
FAN VIDEO 10
FAN VIDEO 12
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https://www.instagram.com/p/ByyZ9shIg4x/
FAN VIDEO 13
FAN VIDEO 14
FAN VIDEO 15
FAN VIDEO 16
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