Tuesday, February 12, 2008

[08.02.11][news] Lee Minwoo conquers Japanese fans with cute and sexy image


After the guest performance of new singer Kang Hyun Joo, the audience all stood up and started to chant "Lee Minwoo". Soon after, a man dressed in black with metal accessories slowly appeared on the stage, bringing the mostly female audience into a screaming frenzy, and the venue lit up with orange light sticks.

With the powerful accompaniment of the live band and three back-up singers, and together with 8 dancers, M Lee Minwoo captured the hearts of the audience by alternating between a cute image and a sexy guy image.

Through a powerful performance, the charismatic look in his eyes, his sexy estures and of course the occasional baring of his toned body, he earned the applause and wild cheers of the audience. And through his indescribable stage performance and dance, his cute movements and powerful glare, he seduced more than 10,000 Japanese fans over 2 days.

Lee Minwoo held his 2nd solo concert in Japan titled "EXPLORE M — M STYLE LIVE IN JAPAN 2008" on 10/11 Feb at the Tokyo International Forum. The 2-day concert saw an attendance of more than 10,000 fans.

Starting off his performance with a track from his 3rd album "Showdown", he performed a total of 24 songs, and charmed the audience for more than 2 hours.

After livening up the atmosphere with "Showdown", Lee Minwoo kept the buzz going with "Punch", "The M Style" and "Mirage". And to celebrate the approaching Valentine's Day, he drove the female fans wild with romantic tracks such as "L.O.V.E", "Boy Friend", "Pretty Woman" and "My Child".

As he sang one of Shinhwa's hits "I Pray 4 U", he called out to "Shinhwa and Shinhwa Changjo, and the Shinhwa fans in Japan", and the audience clapped and sang along.

For a moment, he even showed the audience the situation backstage with a handheld camera. When he came back on stage, he performed "Just One Night", "Let Me Love U", "AM07:05", and raised temperatures even higher with his sexy dances with a female dancer. Particularly when he performed Shin Hae Chul's "Jazz Cafe", he danced close to a female dancer, and even licked the microphone stand as he did a sexy wave, prompting wild screams from the audience.

After performing "Like A Star" the concert hit a climax with his solo debut song "Bump". The audience continued to chant his name along with his splendid performance and powerful vocals.
As Lee Minwoo performed his last song for the concert "Last First Kiss", he left the audience with a message, "Shinhwa and Lee Minwoo will always want to be a present to everyone. Although I can't say when, but Shinhwa and Lee Minwoo will be back. It doesn't matter whether you're Korean or Japanese. We're all friends."

As the audience repeatedly shouted for an encore, Lee Minwoo graced the stage one last time to perform "Battle" and a remixed version of "Punch", and ended his 2.5hr long performance with a rendition of Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back".

As a conclusion to his 3rd jib activities, Lee Minwoo unveiled some of the behind-the-scene videos and videos of his past activities at the concert.

Lee Minwoo will be releasing his brand new mini album on Valentine's Day, and will also be holding a commemorative concert on 16/17 Feb at Mary Hall at Seoul's Sogang University.

Source: OCEAN'S SIX
Chi trans: 繁星满天@bestshinhwa
Eng trans: midnightgirl13@shinhwabiz

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