On November 23rd, Girls’ Generation performed at the “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” in Singapore together with their fellow SM Entertainment labelmates. The concert was held at The Float @ Marina Bay, the largest floating stage in the world. Nearly 24,000 people attended the concert, which lasted for around four hours.
Before the concert, Yuri managed to sneak into a crowd of fans to watch the rehearsals. She posed for a picture, hiding with her sunglasses and a jacket over her head. Two hours before the concert was scheduled to start, Seohyun represented Girls’ Generation at the press conference. Dressed in the outfit from “The Boys”, she introduced herself in English and wished everyone a fun night. She was also concerned for the fans who had to wait so long in the rain.
However, it was also during this time that a thunderstorm hit Singapore, forcing the organizers to delay the concert. The storm was horrendous, as per Singapore’s weather, but the sky cleared after about an hour and a half. Even so, it had caused many technical problems such as the big screens short-circuiting numerous times, as well as an odd, chipmunk effect in the sound system. In particular, many of the female artists were affected by this.
The first Girls’ Generation member to step on stage was Jessica. She teamed up with her younger sister, Krystal from f(x), to perform Katy Perry’s “California Gurls”. A particularly memorable part of this performance was when Krystal forgot a small part of the dance routine and was pulled back, very cutely, by Jessica.
The next performance by a member of Girls’ Generation was none other than Taeyeon’s “Devil’s Cry”. Her rocking performance shook the whole place, and everyone was screaming wildly even before she began singing. One downside to this performance was that the sound system had been affected by the rain, and her voice came out squeaky. After Taeyeon finished “Devil’s Cry”, the other girls came out and joined her in performing “Run Devil Run”. Fans were finally able to see Sunny’s new purple hair for themselves.
Following this, the girls took a short break by introducing themselves. They gave a Korean introduction, followed by an English introduction, and finally individual introductions. All the girls introduced themselves very cutely, but Seohyun, in particular, wowed everyone with her flawless English. Both Tiffany and Seohyun mentioned that they had been worrying about fans standing in the rain and are thankful that they toughed it out. Tiffany also said that she misses the fans in Singapore and is glad to be back. Finally, she rounded off by saying, “Stay dry, okay?” Jessica then went on to introduce the next song that they would be singing, “Genie”.
The fanchants for “Genie” were tremendously loud, and Tiffany made the crowd even more excited by shouting, “Singapore, put it back on!” It was definitely one of the best performances of the night.
The next song was “Twinkle” by Girls’ Generation – TTS. The girls came out in their white and black outfits, and they added on sequined jackets for their next performance, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”, featuring EXO’s D.O, Chanyeol, Luhan and Sehun. This performance was incredible because Tiffany waved nonstop to fans and made hearts with her arms. She also kept running around and saying hi to fans. After this, it was time for the dance battle. Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoona represented Girls’ Generation and sent the crowd into a frenzy with their hot costumes and moves.
The next Girls’ Generation song was “MR. TAXI”. The girls came out in gold and black outfits. Taeyeon, Sunny, and Seohyun were wearing gold-sequined caps which made their costumes even more amazing. During the song, everyone was singing along and waving their lightsticks. After this, the girls changed into their signature “Gee” outfits, white shirt and shorts, and caused the seated fans to go crazy by appearing on the extended stage on the track. During the performance, fans kept the energy level up by chanting along with the girls. “Kissing You” literally started off with a bang as streamers exploded out into the sky. This was by far the most engaging performance by the girls as they spent the whole song running around greeting and waving to fans. Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, and Seohyun were in a cart, and they were playing around in it as it moved.
The last performance by Girls’ Generation was none other than “The Boys”. Unfortunately, it started raining again before it, but the girls, as well as all the other artists, remained professional and continued dancing. The “GG” cheer was deafening, and some of the girls smiled when they heard it.
Finally, the girls returned to the stage with all the other artists to perform “Hope”. During this time, Taeyeon took an umbrella to shield Kangta from the rain, and her cuteness was overwhelming. Also, Hyoyeon and Seohyun took an umbrella and ran off to the side of the stage. They stood in front of the fans and did a dorky dance, causing many fans, such as myself, to get a heart attack. Many other things happened during the last performance, so keep an eye out for fan accounts here.
Despite the heavy downpour, the torturous queueing, and all of the other setbacks, “SMTOWN Live World Tour III” in Singapore was still amazing.
Written by: letaengbutt@soshified
Edited by: taengsoshi@soshified, MoonSoshi9@soshified
Images and video by: shel9ves, KAvenyou, Mirza, SMTOWN GLOBAL, OfficialGGSource02@YouTube.com
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even though it’s hard for me, i’m trying my best to reach my goals…
and they’re one of my goals to be reach…
they’re the reason why i keep on holding on my dreams…
at first, i couldn’t remember their names and their faces but i started watching their music videos…
i started to like kpop when my friend introduced to me the SNSD…
a truly daebak concert apart from their asia tour last yr!!! i was so happy to meet them again after a yr’s time! Despite them performing lesser songs as compared to their male group counterparts, i was indeed lucky to receive a number of fanservice from them! Judging by the fact tt i wasnt in the pits. (i was at the 1st row of the premier track seats) ^^
luck must be on my side bcos i was on the right side of the premier seatings, and i managed to witness the girls coming to n fro the extended substage for their GEE and Kissing You performances! even saw many cute BTS moments of the girls while TVXQ was on with KYHD. Those images remained vividly in mind!!! Particularly sica’s flying kiss to me and maknae’s cute imitation of changmin’s scream! Not to mention witnessing my OTP-TaeNy’s BTS close interactions!!! TY, sunnny, sooyoung, yoona n yuri moving past me during kissing you, mesmerising me with their beauty and friendliness~~~ Sooyoung’s heart over head sign at me after GEE… and many more~~~!!!
looking forward to their future world tour concerts!!! began to miss them terribly again T_T
Singapore <3 Soshi!!!
So proud of our girls for their professionalism and deep love for their fans! Stay healthy and safe! ;)
Lastly three cheers for SMTOWNSG!!!
Thanks for the update, it is indeed a nice summary of all the fan accounts!
If anyone is reading this comment and was personally there to witness (especially in mosh pit C), I think Seohyun was with Jessica and not Hyoyeon at the side of the stage during the finale (“Hope”) when the two were sharing a yellow umbrella.
So much memories and happiness that I could have mixed the two up, but I’m quite positive it was Jessica with Seohyun at the side stage nearest to mosh pit C2. I took a picture, but it became quite unclear :(
Anyone can enlighten me?
Really….
This is the 1st time I see SNSD w/ purple…
LOL..
and It’s Sunny…
But… it’s not bad at all….
I agree w/ some U who said..
Sunny is brave at risky taker…
LOL…
I’m too proud of Them!!!
LOVE GIRLS’ GENERATION for REAL!!!
when i read this… wow… so amazing story!!! KAMSAHAMIDA…..
The concert was amazing, the girls were amazing (as well as the other artists).
Even though there were some setbacks due to the bad weather, technical problems and crowd management; the show was great!
When Sunny first appeared during RDR, everyone was like “woah PURPLE”! I don´t know if everyone will agree to this, but I think it looked awesome during the concert. (I don´t know if it should become a permanent thing though as it might wear out after some time :P) During the concert though, AWESOME!
Some highlights of the members:
Taengoo: God DAMN, she has an incredible voice! I was not expecting it to be so awesome live!
DEVILS CRY, I say no more.
Hyoyeon: She´s just getting hotter and hotter! In my opinion she looked the best out of all the performers there.
Jess: One word: Gorjess.
Once again, an amazing concert that I will never forget.
I hope one day I get my chance to see them. come to Canada please soshi ><
nice
This is my first time seeing Our Girls live performance! I just couldn’t get enough of them. When they landed I was so excited.
I kinda felt that there were too much stage times for the male artist, both F(x) and SNSD performed less then expected and SNSD spoke extremely little to the fans. However I totally enjoyed myself there. I saw Tiffany waving to alot of fans! She’s extremely friendly! really jealous of the people who she waved too and saw her cute eyesmile up close
When would SNSD be coming back to Singapore again?? I really want to see them again!
SNSD fighting!!
wow.. <3
It was definitely a great concert! I enjoyed myself thoroughly but i was a little upset that snsd didnt make a longer and more interesting introduction because all the other artistes talked a lot more and they were extremely funny. Nevertheless, snsd put up a wonder performance and i hope that they will come to Singapore for their third tour! <3
Yuri posing with the fans,and they have no idea haha Sunny’s hair is bautiful she look awesome love it!!! best of luck for them always.
Waah~ I didn’t finish reading this! Got to run. XD Yuri!~ She’s so awesome! I wonder what’s the fans regarding that sneaking. :p
I’m not liking Sunny’s new hair…I think it would look better with a darker purple. And I don’t like the style of cut at all. It’s way too “choppy” compared to The Boys style she had. I liked that it was growing out before. The purple doesn’t really suit her.
I can’t wait to see the videos of the girls during this concert! It sounded great. :) Can’t wait for Korean comeback!
all i can say with sunny’s purple hair is WOW!
she still looks good on it though
lol yuri!
OMG sunny -_- always gave me shock with her hairstyle.
As with other SMTOWN concerts, does anyone know if an official recording of this will be released?
it sounds like a truly remarkable experience!
and one that i am envious i could not be a part
of! and please do not be deterred by the setbacks
that seemed to occur throughout the day. it
is usually these experiences that make the day
its most memorable. the girls knew the hardships
you all had to endure, as you them, and put on
a magnificent performance! one, i hope, you
will not take for granted, and will never forget! :-)
I still can’t get over how good Sunny looks with purple hair…she’s truly a risk taker! <3 The girls are so professional…rain won't stop them! :) (Yuri is very brave to be among the fans like that, btw!) lol
the girls always professional no matter what happens. i love them so so much. i want to know Sunny’s reason for her hair color. she’s cute still. thank you Sones for making the girls smile on stage with your fanchants. hope one day i’ll be able to see these girls on stage, in the mean time i’ll just browse through the fan accts and fan pics/videos. thanks for news update. :)
Hah, I can’t believe Yuri did that! She’s got some balls doing that with a bunch of raging lunatic fans (such as myself) surrounding her. :)
wow! sounds like it was a great concert^^ sunny really stands out, she’s sooo cute xD i love her purple hair :3 rain is probably the smallest obstacle for artists to overcome. but i still hope they won’t get sick^^
snsd fighting!