Now, I'm not an impartial reviewer. I love VIXX. I own all their albums and have posters up in my room. I was that one chick dancing along with most of the choreography. But since I'm in the fandom for the amazing dancing, the great vocals, and the general epicness of Kpop, I'm going to assume my review will interest someone on the fence about whether seeing a Kpop group in person is comparable to the quality of their albums and MVs. Because, let's face it, most of that stuff is auto-tuned and clip patchwork, right?
Well. Considering VIXX performed this concert with minimal track (so they sang most of it live), the vocals were astoundingly good. I can't walk and sing at the same time, so the fact that those harmonies came out even more perfect than they are in the albums boggled my mind. Those boys have chops, ya'all.
The dancing was great. There were a few twerks, as sometimes happens. Poor Leo almost fell once because he tripped on a monitor or something (I wasn't quite at the angle to see what it was). But besides the understandable biffs here and there, the choreography was tight and exciting, as VIXX's choreography always is. It was an absolute pleasure to see Error live. And for those of you who love VIXX's ballads like I do, there were enough to satisfy without annoying those of you who prefer the high-tempo stuff. Wardrobe changes didn't take long at all, so we got a lot of outfits with only a video break in between. I'm down.
The translator was kind of what marred some of the transitions. She was kind of spacey and took way too long to say a simple thought. Which is like whatever, I get that being a translator isn't easy. But she wasted a lot of time during the Q and A portion, so only Hyuk and Ravi got to answer questions. Next time, honey, don't waste so much time asking VIXX to hug you and then trying to explain to them what the heck you mean. And don't take so much time introducing the Q and A--just say "we have questions here and VIXX can come up and pick one off the board" and move it along. It's annoying to those of us who are more interested in what VIXX has to say than what you as the host have to say. Granted, her making VIXX uncomfortable by asking for a hug was kind of funny. Especially when Hongbin was like "NO."
Would have been nice if they'd had more merchandise, since it went pretty quickly. And more than one table would probably be good, since it was a swarm of fangirls up in there. But the quality and price of the stuff was good. I love my sweatshirt. It's so comfy.
All in all, VIXX was great. Totally worth the ten hour bus drive and money spent on the ticket. Seriously, if you're on the fence about whether to invest in one of their concerts, don't be. Go. They're fantastic.