Worst show that I ever went to.
MEDYO LONG RANT AHEAD… Went to Daniel Caesar’s Son of Spergy concert in Manila for day 2 and i’m not even exaggerating, it’s the worst concert that I ever went to in my entire life. I’ve been a very active concert goer and went to a number of concerts both here in Manila and as well as some international concerts in Asia. Saw different acts like SVT, Olivia R, Blackpink, Tyler the Creator, COJ, Twice, CAS, Niki, Beabadoobee (and many more) and holy shit, this concert was so fucking disappointing compared to these acts. I was already seeing comments on how day 1 was bitin daw and I was so surprised na the next day would be so much worse. He literally left in the middle of the performance, cut his set short, and was drinking the entire time. Don’t get me wrong, I knew that there were comments about his performances na being always like this but I always thought na it would be worth it naman kasi I really just wanted to be there for the vibes and to be able to listen to his music live kaso wala, nothing could make up for whatever that performance was. I was so excited too kasi I’m watching with my GF and I really wanted to listen to Get You live with her bc it was the song that we soft launched each other to (corny ik hahahaha i’m not sorry lol) pero girl, he barely sang the entire song and made the crowd sing it. Ig the only good thing about the night was us realizing we’re glad we didn’t waste that much money and bother getting floor tickets lol everyone was disappointed and could not believe na his show ended na. All he said was “Love u Manila” and then dipped. We sat there for so long because we thought he was gonna come out again, but no.
Don’t get me wrong, his voice was amazing and all pero grabe the performance was shit. Did not even bother interacting with fans that much and it felt like you were watching a fucking rehearsal for the concert instead of the concert itself. The camerawork is a bit questionable too. The vision was there, but it was a bit poorly executed. Parang ang rushed ng production sa totoo lang. I thought na maybe baka his songs are just really mellow and has different vibes lang compared to the other acts I go to pero hindi eh, artists like CAS and Niki are not even sobrang performance heavy pero I went out of their shows happy as fuck. The concert last night felt like a fever dream in a sense that you could not believe the bullfuckery that just happened in front of you. Sayang because it really influenced my perspective on him and his future shows, tapos this was our first time seeing him live pa.
Also just one quick #woke thought lang, me and my GF has been a big fan of predominantly female artists and it’s sad na male artists can get away with dogshit performances like these (as evident in DC managing to sell out 3 days when his last tour and show here in Manila had, though a bit better, similar reviews) but god forbid Twice loses energy after performing in a tour that has been going for so long or some of the BP girls misses a single step during a 2-3 hours concert when male artists can get away with such mediocre performance (this is his second stop so far sa entire tour btw). Y’all need to stop giving excuses for him and telling everyone na “ganyan talaga siya” and recognize na this is very disrespectful to his fans, especially when these fans are spending money to see you in this economy. Kudos to his backup singers though, they had such amazing voices and carried a lot of the songs performed.
I hope this post won’t get taken down considering I barely even go on reddit but holy crap, I really just wanted to rant bc what the fuck was that performance truly.