On the night of September 22nd, Girls’ Generation performed alongside their fellow SM Entertainment artists at Jakarta, Indonesia for the fifth concert in their “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” series. Held at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium, the largest stadium in Indonesia, last night’s event was the biggest concert of the year. Girls’ Generation was joined by Kangta, BoA, TVXQ!, Super Junior, SHINee, f(x), and EXO for their first performance in Indonesia.
Two hours before the concert started, Taeyeon represented Girls’ Generation in attending the press conference. Taeyeon expressed that it was an honor to be able to perform in Indonesia for the first time and wished for the fans to enjoy the concert. She also mentioned that their upcoming plans include an album release in both Japan and Korea during the second half of 2012. The MCs were left speechless after Taeyeon’s remark, and they expressed that her beauty had left them baffled for a few moments. You can watch the full 18-minute press conference here.
By 6 PM, the sun had started to set and the sky grew dark. Fans who have waited for over a few hours started to shout and cheer for their favorite artists. The lights dimmed and the concert started at 6:30 PM, right on time.
The first member to appear onstage was Jessica, who performed Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” with her sister, f(x)’s Krystal. However, Girls’ Generation’s first appearance was marked by Taeyeon’s signature “Devil’s Cry”, which shook the whole stadium. Her strong presence garnered a lot of cheers from the crowd, and the other eight girls joined her for their next performance, “Run Devil Run”. Dressed in black, the girls were able to make all the SONEs wave their lightsticks frantically for their first performance of the night.
The girls then went on to their introduction segment, in which they tried a few Indonesian phrases to communicate with the crowd. After they finished introducing themselves one by one, Taeyeon nudged Sooyoung and Hyoyeon while pointing at the paper project amongst the crowd, which said “Today is Hyo(ur)s”. Hyoyeon then playfully acted along as everyone sang “Happy Birthday”. Sunny pushed Hyoyeon to the middle, and the girls jokingly hit her.
The next song the girls performed was “Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)”. The crowd roared wildly as Tiffany shouted, “Indonesia, put it back on!” After their performance, the girls disappeared to the back of the stage.
Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun appeared again as Girls’ Generation – TTS for their performance of “Twinkle”. After performing in the center of the stage, the girls hopped onto the carts and spread out to perform Usher’s “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” with EXO’s D.O., Luhan, Sehun and Chanyeol. The performance was followed by a dance battle among the best dancers from each group, and Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoona represented Girls’ Generation. Fans all around the stadium cheered for these three gorgeous dancers.
Spliced into other artist’s performances was the Korean version of “MR. TAXI”, which the girls carried out with confidence. They also performed their similar set of songs, “Gee” and “Kissing You”, donning familiar white shirts and blue jeans.
The last song Girls’ Generation performed was the Korean version of “The Boys”. Fans have waited for this moment in excitement, which could be clearly heard from the “GG” fanchant which echoed throughout the stadium. For the ending song “Hope”, the girls went back on stage wearing their SMTOWN shirts while playing around with gifts from their fans.
Overall, it was very pleasant to have Girls’ Generation perform at the biggest K-pop concert ever to be held in Indonesia. “SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Jakarta” was definitely a very unforgettable moment for all fans in Indonesia, so we hope to see them perform here again soon!
The next stop for the upcoming “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” concert tour will be in Singapore on November 23rd.
Written by: spiceshoe@soshified
Edited by: letaengbutt@soshified
Images by: detik, 801_J@twitter, kapanlagi
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REALLY that night was my best day <3<3<3
Finally Indonesian Sones can meet our Girls in person ^^ in such special day for our dancing Queen Hyoyeon :D
I hope we'll meet again in GG Tour 2013 in Jakarta,amiiiin
"INDONESIA, PUT IT BACK ON!!!!!"
(*My biased said: "selamat malam, saya SEOHYUN. ayo main bersama!!yuhuuuu") ^__________^
i watched it on Youtube, it was soooooo amazing! I am so envy of Indonesia fan!!!!! <3
i love the part when the girls made a introduction and at the end of the introduction all SONE and other members sang "Happy Birthday" song to our Danging Queen HyoYeon! I was soo harmony! The bond of SONE and SNSD! <3
Also i like their "Kissing You" Perf. Where the girls ride on a wheely thing… i am soooo envy! I saw SONE running toward and around that wheely thing which the girls ride on seperately. <3 they can see them soooooo upclose! T^T
I wish next time SMTOWN will come to Malaysia! <3 Malaysia SONE will Cheer u ON! Put it back on!!!!!!! <3
I really envy to one of my friend in my class who watch it live in GBK :( .
Really depressed :( .
But I still save my money now n hope SoNyuhShiDae will have a GG World Tour Ina .
When it comes I will be the first to buy the ticket :)
For SSF Thank you for share it . :) You guy’s Rock !
SNSD JJANG!!!!!
*MuchLovefromIndonesia <3<3<3<3<3
Feh poor Excentrique (the person who uploaded the press con vid you shared), who is an ELF, had to disable comments because of FANWARS. I can’t believe people have zero respect for ELF and Super Junior even though the person who uploaded it was an ELF herself. Should have found a video uploaded by their own fandom >>
“She also mentioned that their upcoming plans include an album release in both Japan and Korea during the second half of 2012.”
Are you sure? Now that we’re well into the second half of 2012, 2013 would make more sense.
OMG! That was the first KPOP concert I’ve attended and I’m addicted!
I never forget the look on Sooyoung confused face when she hear a whistle sound that command the paper project for Hyoyeon birthday and the way Taeyeon look and point at our paper to explain the event! Seohyun even waved at me when i raised the “All My Love Is For SNSD” paper project when she passed by in front of me!
The crowd were really loud during the “Indonesia, Put it back on!” aka the most wanted sentence for Indonesia Sone!
Hopefully SNSD have a really good impressions of us and willing to comeback for SNSD World Tour!
I’m still waiting for SNSD’s world tour in Jakarta, but not with other SM artists..Just SNSD
Anyway great performance last night, SNSD JJANG! And thank you my fellow Indonesian sone!
I Love the chosen song set performed by the 9 Soshi ladies :) !
Let’s just hope they do the same for SMTown Singapore when they perform here next on the 23rd of November 2012. I’m so looking forward to seeing “Twinkle” live :D.
SNSD jjang !
Kenneth.
Waaaaa….. when Tiffany say her line’s: “Indonesia, Put It Back ON!!” it’s the moment what we have been waiting for….!!
Tiffany Jjang!! SOSHI Jjang!!
Way to go SNSD and Sones. I’m very happy for SNSD performing for their Sones and i’m very happy for Sones finally seeing their angels on stage. thanks to Sones who are sharing their fancams and pictures, really really appreciate them. let’s hope for a SNSD solo tour next time. hwaiting!!!
thank you SSF for news update. keep up the great work. :D
glad that they enjoyed the concert!
SMTown Singapore next!!
woohooo!!!
i wish i could go there.
but i’m still happy that there will be broadcasted in here.
i wish i could have been there with you guys!
however, this article provides me two things
i am happy to enjoy if i cannot be there with
you. it reminds me of the fun i had attending
the concert with fellow sone in LA, and it
excites me when i know that fun was being
spread all the way to sone in indonesia. snsd
knows how to make everybody happy! :-)
I am so glad that the girls had fun at the concet while performing their songs. And it sure was so special for Hyoyeon as the whole stadium sang “Happy Birthday” to her because of course it was her 24th birthday. And I have noticed that during the press conference two hours before the concert while representing Girls’ Generation, Taeyeon said that the girls’ upcoming plans include an album release in both Japan and Korea during this second half of the year. So I am definitely looking forward to their comeback next month. And what really got me is the MCs of the event being so baffled at Taeyeon’s beauty. So overall, it was so amazing
“Indonesia, put it back on!” <3<3
i wasn’t there,and its sooo…hard to concentrate on working while the concert has begin.just trying to figure out how was the crowded in GBK last night.Still checking on youtube,hope for the full video.SNSD jjang! SONEid jjang!
i mean,how was the crowd :p
if you live in indonesia,you can watch the full replay video tomorrow at 9.30 at rcti
i mean 9 30 PM
luckily i was able to attend the pressconf, and see taeyeon for the very first time.
she was very beautiful, i swear *________*
and the fanchant was awesome! SNSD jjang!
absolutely flawless Taengoo….but i saw her from TV :'((
wow GG so amaizing…..
I’m happy for you guys in Indonesia!!!! Now I am sooo looking forward to see the 9 angels on January 2013 for the Kpop Fantasy Concert in PH.
i wasn’t there last night..
you can imaged how depressed i am..
but i hope i can watch them in japan second tour for april 2013..
i hope can go to japan soon..
snsd fighting.. for me too fighting….
It’s been really great to at last be able to see them in person!
really hope to get the chance to meet them again next time..
also hope that those who hvn’t got the chance, will be getting one really soon^^
Thanks for the memories SoShi!
I Was in There n I Very Happy When TiFF say INDONESIA PUT It Back ON. I Want GG Tour For INA… Can’t Wait That…. ^^
I was there!
We were there!!
I am soooo happy to see them all nine angels with my very own eyees!!! XD
The night of my life. What can I say? Thank you, SNSD and SM. sooooo much. :)
i was there, Girls’ Generation was sooo amazing!
Genie performance was too good,i remember when tiffany said it out load Indonesia Put it back on
all of us was screaming,that moment was so great! i hope to see you guys soon next time! Girls generation fighting!