Following the SMTOWN LIVE 2012 concert in Los Angeles in Anaheim theater last night, MBC held the “Korean Music Wave in Google” concert tonight to a packed stadium at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
Originally set as a private concert for Google employees, it was announced earlier in the month that the concert would be opened up to the public for free. For fans that cannot make it to the concert, it had also been announced that the concert would be broadcast on MBC, as well as Google’s YouTube channel.
Promising a star-studded lineup with top Korean artists, including TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls, KARA, BEAST, f(x), MBLAQ and SISTAR. Super Junior's Siwon, Girls' Generation's Yuri and Yoona could not make this show along with SMTown due to busy schedules. Thousands of fans flooded to get tickets through Powerhouse’s website and at pickup locations throughout California, showing the power of the Hallyu wave.
Girls' Generation's Taeyeon and Tiffany led the spectacular night as emcees, leading in Korean and English. Each artist was introduced with a special video and between songs, they introduced themselves to the audience, with excited fans cheering them on.
Wonder Girls' Sunye presented a special stage of Insooni's "Father," dedicating it to her father who had passed a few years prior. Meanwhile, Girls' Generation's Seohyun sang Cherry Filter's "Flying Duck," bringing the audience back to her trainee days, she said that this song helped her a lot during her trainee says. As Wonder Girls took the stage, they taught fans the steps to their popular "Nobody." Super Junior entered through the crowd, exciting fans, and enthusiastically introduced themselves to the audience in English. Ending the night, all artists joined on stage to perform "Arirang".
When the video for the concert becomes avaliable I will post it for you guys, but I believe that the video is now being processed so that people can watch it over again. I am hoping that it will be come avaliable tomorrow. If I won't be able to put it in the post tomorrow, it was announced that the concert will be playing all day for anyone who missed it, wanna watch it again, or for those who want to watch it at a time that is convient for them. On the Youtube page it is said that the video will be avaliable at exactly 01:30 PDT, please note that this time will not be the same for everyone around the world.
For those of you at the concert or watched the live stream, I hope that you enjoyed yourselves and that Google, MBC, and Youtube will be doing this a lot more in the future. HELP SPREAD THE HALLYU WAVE. Goodnight/Goodmorning everyone, sweet dreams or have an amazing day.
Sources: @CosmicSorrow / MBCKpop / Koreaboo
