[Jan 2020] Day 07: Danyang Day Trip and Saehan Bookstore - Golden Child's "奇跡(기적) (Miracle)" Photoshoot Site

I knew I had to be very well-prepared on my trip agenda well before Golden Child announced their first concert, because Woollim always gives such limited time in between concert announcement and concert day. I spent the fall months of last year researching places Golden Child had been to, and was especially trying to find out where Golden Child had their photoshoots for Gol-Cha! While on Naver, I stumbled upon a post by the owner of Saehan Bookstore, blogging about Golden Child's photoshoot here for 奇跡(기적); I couldn't believe I found this! And that's how I decided I needed to make a day trip to Danyang during my Korea trip. However Danyang is about a 2 hour train/bus ride, and while the bookstore is close by the train station, relying on the bus system it'd be quite difficult to reach the bookstore.

I'm very grateful that my college friend (who was an international student from Seoul) was more than happy to go to Danyang with me! It would also be her first time visiting this town, and she was interested in seeing this "bookstore in a forest". We planned our day trip for January 21st.

We started our day by fueling ourselves at 7-11 at the train station. I got banana milk to channel Seungmin, along with a kimbap with a push-up packaging. Then we took the 2 hour train ride to Danyang Station from Seoul. Stepping off the train, I could feel the serene environment and crisp, cool air. We had a rental car (thank goodness, or else I'd have no idea how we'd get around with the limited transportation here) and once we were on the road, we noticed it was really quiet. Barely any other cars or people around.

Saehan Bookstore 새한서점

Eventually we made it to Saehan Bookstore and parked on the side of the road as there's no designated parking, then hiked 200 meters in the forest.

After a few turns, we saw some blue rooftops. We made it to this magical bookstore!

We entered the building through the yellow bridge, then inside there was a little board that had photos of Golden Child! This area was more of an administrative section, and we had to go down a super steep staircase before entering the main part of the bookstore.

Voila! The bookstore~ It is so charming with the dirt floor and tarp ceiling. There's one main walkway and they all branch out with the bookshelves. Golden Child took their individual and paired photos throughout here.

And here's where Golden Child had one of their group photos!

One of the walkways leads to outside the building, and you can see the facade of the bookstore, also where the boys took their main group photos.

There is also another makeshift building with more books.

Taking a closer look, here's the blue ladder that Bomin was on!

My friend helped me to take some matching photos, but I greatly failed because I couldn't contain my excitement at actually being here!

To commemorate our journey, my friend and I decided to buy a wooden bookmark made by wood from this forest. We ended up sniffing all the bookmarks until we lost our sense of smell, but finally chose the ones we wanted. There was literally no one on site (I was surprised my friend and I had the place to ourselves), until we finally found a man cutting down a tree cliffside. Turns out this deforester is also the cashier and the owner of the bookstore!

The day was still young, so we spent the rest of our time visiting all the typical touristy places of Danyang.

Mancheonha Skywalk 만천하 스카이워크 

A paid ticket includes a shuttle ride to the actual skywalk. After arriving at the base, you walk up these ramps and then up this structure to the top.

At the top of the structure are 3 walkways with glass bottoms for you to enjoy the views of the city. The worker was also very nice and offered to take photos for us, and even gave many different angles like it was our own photoshoot.

Dodamsambong Peaks 도담삼봉

Considered as one of the Eight Wonders of Danyang is this set of peaks. We had to pay a small amount for parking but other than that this was free. The middle peak even has a man made pavilion.

There is also a short but very steep staircase that leads to another pavilion with another view of the peaks.

Stone Gate 석문

Stone Gate is another one of the Eight Wonders of Danyang, and is within walking distance from the Dodamsambong parking lot. After walking to the pavilion, you can continue hiking in the forest to reach this gate. There were even icicles hanging there.

Danyanggang Jando Trail 단양강 잔도

This man made walkway was built on the cliff alongside the Danyanggang River! This trail is completely free and can be accessed from the parking lot of the Skywalk. It was really cool walking here and was definitely my favorite touristy thing of Danyang (but of course Saehan was my absolutely favorite stop of the city!). Before walking cliffside, the walkway was playing dramatic classical music and there were pretty art installations.

The view was absolutely breathtaking!

Suyanggae Light Tunnel 수양개빛터널

This light tunnel is attached to the Suyanggae Prehistory Museum, and a paid ticket gets you into both. You actually have to go through the museum before entering the light tunnel. As for the light tunnel, one of the two main features is the light tunnel. It is a long tunnel with different sections showcasing various colorful light fixtures.

The second part is outdoors, with lots of outdoor lighting and random cavemen sculptures. The main area showed several cavemen throwing spears into an animal.

Lunch

For lunch we had grilled short rib patties (떡갈비) with Danyang's specialty garlic, along with raw beef bibimbap (육회비빔밥) and many sides. The restaurant also had a view of the water. This meal was honestly the best meal of my entire Korea trip! The patties were so delicious and the sides were different, and I absolutely love raw beef so that was an added bonus!

Dinner

For dinner we had another one of Danyang's specialties, spicy fish stew (매운탕) made with a rare fish from the area (쏘가리).

Tips: 

• One day is plenty to see a lot of Danyang.
• Having a car is best; it didn't look like the buses ran frequently and there is no bus going to Saehan.
• There are also bus tours which may be an alternative, again they probably wouldn't stop at Saehan.
• My only must-see touristy area (other than Saehan of course) would be the Jando Trail; you don't always see cliffside walkways and the views were so breathtaking.
• All other touristy areas were good fillers.
• The Light Tunnel was interesting, though all man made so I wouldn't travel to Danyang just for this.

Overall, it was a great experience to get out of Seoul and visit the quaint Danyang! Saehan Bookstore was absolutely magical though I wish I took more time to really try and make matching photos. The touristy sites were also interesting and gave a diverse outlook of the city. And the food was absolutely amazing! And again I'm so grateful to my friend for renting a car and driving; we definitely wouldn't have been able to see nearly as much without a car.

[Jan 2020] Day 06: Cafe Valor

The first few days of my trip have been quite hectic, but the remainder of my trip should be much more low-key. For my first full day of post-concert depression, I trekked down to Incheon (동암역) to Cafe Valor, one of the photoshoot locations for Golden Child's Re-boot album. Cafe Valor is also a furniture shop and studio, and cafe customers can roam around all areas. Many photoshoots and drama filming have also taken place here, but my main focus is to find all the spots Golden Child used for their photoshoot!

Cafe Valor is split into two buildings. At the first building, there is a sign in both Korean and English stating to go to the second building and make a cafe purchase, then bring the receipt to the first building in order to enter.

The cafe portion is at the beginning of the second building, along with idol merchandise and a binder of autographs. I ordered a strawberry latte, complete with strawberries in a syrup at the bottom, milk, and strawberry ice cream on top. There is a dining area on the first floor, as well as upstairs and down in the basement. I roamed around this second building and its adjoining furniture shop and didn't recognize anything from Re-boot.

I headed over to the first building and had my receipt ready, however no one was monitoring. This building is much more open like a warehouse, with the first half lined with rows of furniture. One row had a lot of idol related props. A table at the beginning also had extra cup sleeves from a Wannaone idol event. Here is the main walkway to the center of the warehouse. You can already spot the lockers Donghyun had as well as the mirror wall from the cover photo!

This is the main space of the warehouse, along with the mirror walls and Bomin's chair! To the left and right of the wall mirrors are smaller open rooms with their own design and props.

I can't believe here I am sitting in the same chair Bomin sat in!

And here is the bed Tag sat on.

And the couch Jaehyun lied on!

The painting was no longer behind the piano like in Joochan's photo, but here's the piano regardless. The painting is a few feet over.

This one isn't as obvious but it's the same spot Seungmin took his photo.

And here's Jibeom's spot!

The wall of lockers Donghyun posed in front of~

It was difficult to find as so many sections had the same aesthetic, but I finally found Y's spot!

And here is the chair Daeyeol sat in, along with the fake plant! Many of these props can be easily moved, so a lot of them weren't how it was set up during Golden Child's shoot, including Daeyeol's spot. But luckily the fake plant and chair were still together^^

And this one is a bit off, but here's the boat sculpture that Jangjun stood in front of.

A fog machine also went off every once in awhile to create a more aesthetic feel. Overall coming to Cafe Valor was such a fun adventure for my Goldenness heart. It was really fun to try and find each spot the members were at, to take their same footsteps, sit on the same furniture. I came here the day after "Future And Past" so it definitely helped with the post-concert depression!

I had also wanted to go to East Incheon to find the shooting sites for Sunggyu's "Kontrol" music video and Golden Child's Gol-Cha! photoshoot, but ran out of time and energy. Instead I took the hour subway trip back to Seoul and met my old university friend for a tasty 곱창 dinner and cafe outing^^

[Jan 2020] Day 05: Golden Child 1st Concert Future and Past Day 2 Concert Experience

Today's concert began at 5PM, and lining up began at 3:30PM. I made sure to find my place in line right at 3:30PM to avoid yesterday's stress. I suggest always having your ticket out because everyone asks what number you are to figure out their spot in line.

Once I got in line outside the venue, I saw the merchandise banner. There were small red "SOLD OUT" stickers for the light stick, light stick pouch, strap keyring, and hoodie.

I also snapped another photo of the beautiful banner above the venue.

Soon the line began to move into the venue. Like yesterday, there was a new set of banners to hold up during the ment after the first encore song. This one says 골차의 모든날 그거 나랑해♡.

There are signs in the stairwell indicating where to go based on your section for those who entered late.

Once we were in the basement in our designated lines, the staff told us to now line up in pairs instead of single file. At 4PM the line started to move and we were brought into our section. Because I was third from the left in the front yesterday at 137, I figured 89 could get me a much better spot. But the front row and lots of the center area were already filled, so I settled for the fourth from the right in the front this time.

The setlist is practically the same as yesterday's, except for an added VCR (the comeback teaser!). I'll list out the setlist below, along with any recollections:

Safety Rules - about 2.5 minutes long

Intro VCR - about 1.5 minutes long

담다디 (DamDaDi)

나랑 해 (With Me) - at the intro, the members were yelling, adding to the commotion of the song.

Ment 1 - Each member gave their 1-line introductions. Daeyeol said, "안녕하세요 charisma leader 대열입니다! (Hello I'm charismatic leader Daeyeol!)" Bomin said, "네 안녕하세요...uh...uh...골든차일드 막내 보민...(Yes hello...I'm Golden Child's youngest Bomin...)" and he muffled the end; poor boy, I don't know what happened with his confidence! Joochan mimicked his formal speech from the concert VCR, "안녕하십니까...(Hello)" in a quiet voice, then a fan screamed and Joochan got excited and yelled "어 좋아! 아주 좋아! (It's good! Very good!)" Seungmin introduced himself as "포켓남 승민입니다! (I'm pocketman Seungmin!)" Y did his "와! 이! 와! 이!" chant again and we chanted with him. Y mentioned "Future and Past" and emphasized past, and talked about how on vlive Jibeom thought it was "fast". Jibeom then explained his side of the story. Jangjun then said "Future and Past" slowly. They made Jibeom say that, and he said "Future F~Past". Y started asking a question to Jangjun and slowed down when saying "Future and..." Jangjun explained the meaning o the concert name. Joochan made Jaehyun do aegyo so the audience called "재현아~ (Jaehyun-ah~)" on the count of 3 and he did a variation of his "내 사랑을 받아줘 (Please receive my love)". A member said, "Let's go!" to move on to the next song. Majority of this intro ment was led by Y and Joochan. This ment was over 6 minutes long.

I'm Falling - Jangjun said "골드니스 사랑해 (Goldenness I love you)" instead of his part "Nothing can be instead of you" like in Day 1.

Sea

Ment 2 - They talked about changing the lyrics of "Sea" from "summertime" to "wintertime" and they kept trying to pronounce it well, emphasizing every syllable. This ment contained a lot of reflections, summarizing the members' various past schedules. They mentioned "Golden Day" and Jibeom said how they use a live band. They also mentioned MC Haru. Then they talked about Tag was featured in Woohyun sunbaenim's song and someone sang the line "너에게 Hold on me". The members mentioned that Bomin had a schedule, then Donghyun brought up "A-teen". Bomin said "이따가 싸인 할께요 (I'll give you my autograph later)" to Donghyun and then they hugged. Jangjun talked about how he's been busy with the second season of Star Wars. Then someone said "Let's get it~". The ment was over 6 minutes long.

네가 너무 좋아 (I Love You So) - Jangjun yelled "다 같이 (Everyone together)" right before the second chorus, but no one sang along >.< At the end of the song one member said "선물이에요 (It's a present)".

너라고 (It's U) - There was a strong fanchant until we got to "Choi Bomin"...then it became on and off. Right before the last chorus Jangjun yelled "새 해 복 많이 받아요! (Happy New Year!)"

VCR Conference Part 1

Let Me - Right before Y's opening line, a member shouted "Let's go!" The fanchants were on-and-off but strong right after Seungmin's lines. The members shouted "Gol.Den.Ness!" instead of "Let me know" right before the second chorus. After the bridge and Daeyeol's "Let me know~" the audio stopped, and Donghyun spoke this time, "여러분 제가 무슨 말 할...하나 둘 셋 (Everyone I have something to say...1 2 3)". Goldenness shouted "Golden Child!" and Golden Child shouted back "사랑해!" Jibeom then continued back into the chorus and the song started up again.

Ment 3 - The members talked about how during "Let Me" yesterday Goldenness said "사랑해" and this time the members said it. Jibeom started talking about yesterday's concert then the members made faking crying sounds. Bomin brought up Music Bank, then the members cheered and shouted "박수! 뮤. 직. 뱅. 크. (Clap! Mu. Sic. Ban. K.)" x4. Bomin did his MC intro "네 안녕하세요 뽀뽀뽀 보민입니다 (Yes hello I'm Bo Bo Bo Bomin)." Another member (Joochan?) mimicked MC Yeeun's intro "예예예 예인입니다 (I'm Ye Ye Ye Yeeun)" and then apologized immediately to Yeeun.Bomin talked about how during the Music Bank interview they made a promise, then Daeyeol repeated that promise of how Bomin and Seungmin will reveal their abs. The members checked Seungmin's abs first, then Bomin said "약속이니까...(because it's a promise...)". Seungmin lifted up his shirt and showed the left and center audience, then the audience cheered. Then the audience chanted "Lee Jangjun!" Jangjun was so confident and the screams were even more high pitch. He showed his abs for a long time and body rolled a few times, clearly showing his abs. Then a member said "Let's get it!" to wrap up the ment. This ment lasted over 12 minutes.

Would U Be My

Short Ment + 들어봐 줄래 (Listen) - They said that Goldenness' voice yesterday was really beautiful. Jangjun said so we should all sing together, then a member said "Okay, let's go!" Golden Child did the first round of "la la la", then Goldenness did a round, then we all did the third round together. Then Golden Child sang the song, and at the end of the song, Golden Child did one round, Goldenness did two rounds, then we all did another round together. It felt really magical singing together!

Ment 4 - The members kept saying "Wow" exaggeratedly. Jangjun mentioned the Woollim audition number to Goldenness in response to our singing. They talked about their songs and Daeyeol said "넌 모를 거야?" Then he sang that line twice. Donghyun answered his favorite song and the members questioned Donghyun that it's not "Thank You". The members asked for Goldenness' favorite songs. The members kept pretending our answers were "문제아", "No Matter What", and "Never". This ment was along 3 minutes long.

Lady - The fanchant was strong except for "Bong Jaehyun" and "Choi Bomin", and it was especially loud at the end.

너만 보인다 (I See You) - Strong chant at the beginning, but not really during the chorus, which is unfortunate because I really wanted to redeem myself for yesterday's fanchant failure.

Crush

Ment 5 - They split the audience into the left team and right team. Jangjun asked the second floor to scream too. The left side (when facing the stage) went first. Then JAngjun who's on the right team told us to do his usual cheer like "엌! (eokk!)" We did this twice, but it wasn't really loud. Then Jangjun said there's a guest and that person shouted "eokk" alone (someone who does taekwondo?) and Jangjun was excited of the strong outcome and said "할 수 있지! (See, it's possible!)" We tried it one more time.

Then the members were talking about doing a sexy pose as punishment for the losing team. The order was Joochan, Jaehyun, Y, Jibeom, Jangjun, and they tried to do a sexy pose in sequence. Joochan went first and then Jaehyun paused so they had to redo it. Joochan and Jaehyun each did a body roll, Y did an elaborate body roll, Jibeom accentuated his thighs with his hands, and Jangjun put the scarf part of his sweater in his mouth. Then they made Y spell "최성윤 (Choi Sungyoon)" with his butt sexily. Jangjun sat at the edge of the stage to see the full view of Y. Then the members said "Let's go~". This ment lasted about 10.5 minutes.

Genie -

The fanchant was strong during the first verse. Jangjun did his fancy kick during the dance break.

VCR Conference Part 2

문제아 (A Song For Me / Joochan Solo) -

놓지 않기로 해 (Go Together / Jaehyun & Jibeom & Bomin Unit) -

From my angle, I could see Jaehyun at center stage and Jibeom on the staircase on the left, and occasionally Bomin's hand moving from behind that portable wall on the right.

Later on Jibeom and Bomin also joined Jaehyun on the stage ground.

둘만의 천국 (Our Heaven / Daeyeol & Seungmin & Donghyun Unit) -

The stage started out very calm with Donghyun standing there until Daeyeol sang his part of the first verse, then Donghyun kept bobbing his head. Then during the chorus all three suddenly broke out into a choreographed dance with their mic stands!

During the second verse it was calm again, with Daeyeol posing with his mic stand during Donghyun's part. During Daeyeol's part of the second verse, Donghyun kept snapping his fingers and jamming out and even playing air guitar.

During Seungmin's part of the second verse, Daeyeol and Donghyun were jamming out until suddenly they broke out into the dance again during the chorus.

After the bridge, Donghyun grabbed his mic off the stand and started jumping around on the stage, hyping up the crowd! The other members did as well and then they broke out into dance again. All three looked like they were having so much fun on stage. And look how high Donghyun can jump!

At the end the three posed together cutely.

Fantasia (Y Solo) -

Y started off the first verse walking down the center until he met the mic stand. Just standing with the mic stand he had so much stage presence and engaged so much with the audience.

Then during the second chorus he took the mic off the stand and came to the right side of the stage! And then he went to the left side.

Then during the bridge, he went back to the center and suddenly a platform elevated him!

No Matter What (Jangjun & Tag ft. Joochan) - The portable walls were back, and Tag suddenly appeared between two of them on the right side of the stage to begin their stage. Jangjun was on the left, and then they went into the center and started jamming away. Then the walls were in the center and separated as Joochan came out for his featuring. After the chorus Joochan left the stage on the right in a suave manner. Joochan came back from the right side and sang the chorus on the right, and oh wow he was just so cool! His stage presence matched the rapper line so well and the three of them together really owned the stage. Joochan stayed on stage for the remainder of the song. During the bridge when Jangjun would usually yell "Oh yeah!" the audience did instead. Then there was a dance break and Tag did the splits on the right! Then Joochan in center had his own solo dance too! And then Joochan threw his blazer over his shoulders as Jangjun and Tag went to either side of him and wow I just cannot describe how in love with this stage I am. Then at the end Jangjun did his "Say 'No Matter What'", "Say 'Lee Jangjun'", "Say 'Son Youngtaek'", "Say 'Hong Joochan'", "Say 'Golden Child'", "소리칠려".

Ment 6 -

All members except for the "No Matter What" crew were on stage for this ment. Y imitated the "Our Heaven" stage - the choreo with the finger pointing and jumping and sang one line from the song. Donghyun showed the part of the choreo with the standing mic. They talked about Jibeom as the main vocal for "Go Together". I think this was the part where Jaehyun mentioned the anecdote of how his mom cried the first time listening to Jibeom's vocals in that song. Y asked the audience which unit song was our favorite. Jaehyun kept saying "놓지 않기로 해?" The "No Matter What" crew came on stage and answered "No Matter What!" They talked about the "No Matter What" stage. Jibeom imitated Jangjun's rap from that song but it sounded more like "wrwrwrwr highlight" x2. Joochan talked about the freestyle in the song, and how he used Jibeom's dancing for it. Y mentioned how "No Matter What" is the rap line together with a vocal then replied to a fan "Never?" Out of nowhere Jibeom imitated Jangjun's line again, then Jangjun belted out Jibeom's famous "이 자리에~" Jibeom did his "ooh whoa oh oh~" and Jangjun copied and sang "이 자리에" again.

They asked Jaehyun what was his favorite unit and he said "Donghyunie" then he said "dance battle 하고 싶어요 (I want to do a dance battle)" then Donghyun kept waving his hands and saying "아니 (no)". The band started playing music and the members started to bounce to the beat. They formed 2 lines and started chanting "Go Donghyun!" They flipped something to determine who would go first, then chanted "Go Jaehyun!" Jaehyun tried to break dance but lost his momentum and had to start over. Honestly it was hard to see because the formed the lines perpendicular to the edge of the stage, blocking the view...then they chanted "Go Donghyun!" and Donghyun confidently went to the front of the stage and danced. After, Donghyun talked about practicing freestyle. The members then said "Let's go" and "가시죠". This ment was about 10 minutes 45 seconds long.

느껴져 (Lately) -

When Y came from the back and effortlessly helted out his high notes throughout the last chorus, wow that was just so impressive hearing it live, especially when it wasn't really noticeable in the studio version.

도망가지마 (Don't Run Away) -

Ment 7 -

They talked about the last 2 songs they just performed. Jangjun sang and danced his opening line of "Don't Run Away" (above). Seungmin danced to the chorus part (I think it was the chorus part) and Joochan copied. Jibeom kept doing arm and head movements. Joochan talked about having a live band which makes it good quality. Y said that they have a lot of songs, and asked which ones do we want to see. Y then replied, "Eh? 넌 모를 거야?" Other members replied with "She's My Girl" then Y sang that line twice. Y asked in Korean, "What else? What other songs do you want to see?" They started singing "너". Y started singing the chorus of "If" with the members dancing along, then Goldenness joined in on singing along and we finished the chorus together. It felt so magical singing together. Jibeom kept dancing in place to "If" after everyone stopped singing. Joochan then said that there's the last song now, and asked if we're sad. Jangjun started thanking those who made the concert possible and Y elaborated. Jangjun thanked Goldenness and the members clapped, and Jaehyun gave two thumbs up to the crowd. They mentioned Sunggyu, Lovelyz, Rocket Punch, and Woollim trainees.

Jangjun then introduced the band. First was the drummer, and Jangjun danced along with so much energy; he was also so energetic when announcing the band members' names. The other Golden Child members sat down while clapping for the last band member so we could see them. Joochan said that the live band did a really good job. Jangjun talked about during the chorus of "Genie", the guitarist was bobbing his head; Jangjun first did his part of the choreography then mimicked the guitarist bobbing his head enthusiastically. Joochan continued by thanking the stylists. Daeyeol emphasized his clothes then pretended to touch up Y's makeup (above). Joochan thanked Goldenness. This ment was about 11.5 minutes long.

Wannabe -

Like Day 1, this song's fanchant was the strongest, though it was lacking during the name chant and chorus.

The curtain came down during the ending pose. Fans started using the beaming light feature of their runebongs, including myself. After I aimed mine on stage, someone else started putting theirs on top of mine.

Encore: VCR -

The same VCR as Day 1 came on, showing the members again in their glittery suits in that concrete jungle. Then the audience started shouting "encore" again.

Suddenly a new teaser started playing. This was new content from yesterday's concert...I couldn't believe my eyes. It was to announce Golden Child's comeback with repackage "Without You" for January 29. I got goosebumps seeing an announcement live for the first time! Usually Woollim trolls with their concert VCRs, but with a date of the 29th, in just 10 days, I knew it was really happening.

Encore: 나침반 (Compass) -

The boys wore the same hoodies as yesterday, except the bottom was trimmed and the kangaroo pocket was removed. They also wore outfits underneath, with lots of paisely sticking out (now we know this was foreshadowing for "Without You"). As "Compass" began, the fans shouted the unofficial fanchant.

Encore: Ment 8 -

Everyone held up their banners for the encore project, and the members read the message. The members were saying how the time went by so fast, then Joochan said "fast fast" then Jangjun said "Future and Fast". Joochan was saying how it's time for the ending ment for their last concert, but then brought up the teaser video that just played.

The members were standing in the same order as yesterday's ending ment, but this time their speeches began from right to left. The sad background music began. Jaehyun spoke first, and humbly said "감사합니다 (thank you)" and bowed. He listed the staff members then started to get teary. Jangjun rubbed Jaehyun's back to comfort him (above). Jaehyun successfully finished his speech but stayed in the 90 degree position so Joochan brought him tissues. Jangjun spoke second, and his speech was very smooth with no tears. Joochan spoke third, and he paused and became teary. Daeyeol was fourth, and it took him a long time to start speaking, he was already so teary-eyed. After he finished, he turned around to wipe his tears. Jangjun and Jaehyun followed to comfort him, then Y comforted Daeyeol. As Bomin spoke, Daeyeol went back to his spot but still covered his eyes with his towel. Surprisingly Bomin didn't tear up at all - such character development! Jibeom spoke next, and he wasn't emotional like he was on Day 1. Donghyun was seventh, and he was also rather calm.

Y was next. He told a recollection of how he was recently praised by Woollim for the first time, then started choking up. He had to put the mic away from his mouth and clear his throat.

Y mentioned Joochan, and Joochan kept doing a 90 degree bow to hide his teary face (above). Jangjun got tissues and tried to hand it to Joochan who was coverhing his eyes with his hand, then Jangjun slipped his arm between Joochan's arm and chest so Joochan could see it, then Jangjun rubbed Joochan's back. Y's ending ment alone was about 8.5 minutes long.

Tag spoke ninth. He spoke so well but then half way through he started tearing up. Tag talked about Y, then they hugged.

He, Y, and Joochan were getting emotional as Tag thanked Goldenness. Tag's ending ment was about 7.5 minutes.

Seungmin spoke last. He was calm until he started talking about the members, then paused. After his ending ment, he asked us to hold up the slogans again, then Joochan asked us to take a group picture (the ones posted on Twitter). Then Daeyeol closed the ment by stating it's really the last song now. The entire ending ment was about 50 minutes long.

Encore: Thank You + 모든 날 (All Day) -

The boys sang so well despite being emotional. Y kept blotting his eyes.

As Seungmin sang his lines in "Thank You", Tag kept rubbing Seungmin's upper back and nodding along with him (above). After Seungmin sang another line right before they transitioned to "All Day", he had to regain his composure by blotting his eyes and turning his back from the audience instead of singing along with the other members for the "All Day" chorus. He also couldn't sing his first line from "All Day", poor boy...

As Jibeom sang his last line, the lights went out and then suddenly they came back on with confetti falling down and the band playing a continuation of the song. Y had to turn around again.

The members started to wave at everyone in the audience while Y continued to cover his eyes. The members then went to the right to bow. Honestly Jaehyun, he went to behind the wall so all the members were far away from us whereas Seungmin stood in front of the wall and the members were so close to us yesterday.

As the members waved at fans and started heading over to the left side, Y stood in the back then Joochan and him hugged. After their hug, Y gained strength and started waving at fans and bowing. The members then bowed on the left side.

The members slowly bad their way to the center, and a few of the members (I think Tag and then Daeyeol) initiated a group hug.

They stayed in the group hug for awhile; it was just so touching.

After they broke apart, then Bomin hugged Donghyun (above); Bomin was so smiley and comforting. Then Jangjun and (I think) Y hugged, then Daeyeol and Jaehyun. Then Daeyeol reached out and hugged a crying Joochan. Overall a lot of hugs and tears and emotions. The members then stood in the center and bowed all together one last time.

The curtain came down as the members were doing their final bow. The members then continued to wave and most members knelt down so they could continue to see us until the curtain fully came down. Then the credits VCR came on with the "Spring Again" instrumental track.

Random Anecdotes:

• Tag waved a lot of fans and made eye contact with me and waved at me!
• Jaehyun also made eye contact with me! I think Bomin did too.
• Jangjun always mouthed the lyrics to the other members' parts in their group songs; he always got so into each performance!
• While people were recording throughout the concert, I really didn't get the courage to until halfway through, when even more fans took out their phones to film the members doing sexy poses, even with two security guards directly in front of us. But after that, I decided to film the rest of the concert.
• The two guards were very attentive in regards to water - they often held out the big bottle of water and paper cups to pour for fans. Fans could also call for water and they'd give it quickly. At one point I couldn't stop coughing, but because I was filming, I felt too guilty to ask for water and yet they didn't really pay any attention to me either.
• The concert ended at about 8:53PM - that's almost 4 hours long!

It makes me sad to think this is the last time I've seen Golden Child and not knowing when I'll see them again. But with their comeback and constant schedules, it definitely helps with post concert depression. I'm so grateful to have been a part of Golden Child's first concert and can't wait to continue seeing them grow!