Overall the concert was great! The energy kept getting higher and higher, it was my first time watching her live I was not left disappointed, I LOVED IT!
The beginning was kinda weird, cause it started pretty much like the CDL with Feel the love instrumental, and the Feel the love instrumental kept playing until she started singing, but when she started it wasn't Feel the love anymore, it was WHATEVER lol (I knew it was going to be WHATEVER, but it was a funny transition). When she started singing I was kind of shocked for a moment, like my brain momentarily stopped working, it took me a few moments to accept the fact that I was actually looking at her for real, it was such an awesome feeling
The whole first two sections were the "darkest" part of the concert, she second part from Decision to BoY was really strong, and I loved that she sang most of that part at the center stage, because I could see her closer there <3
What is forever love kinda broke the strong vibe, but it was one of my favorite performances. It was another of those performances with 4 people loving the wrong ones and Ayu getting sad with the guy she loves hugging another girl (I must admit I was sad there's no Shu-ya in this concert to be on this part
). Not the most original, but I always love these kind of performances, it was really good.
The interlude before TO BE is pretty much the same as this past CDL one with acrobatics on a swing, so I knew it already, but it's always cooler to watch live.
THE RED DOME-DRESS IS AWESOME. SERIOUSLY. It looked even bigger than the pictures! I mean, even though I wasn't much close to the stage it was still ridiculously impressive. I guess even from the farthest locals from the stage it would probably still look huge. And when it slided forward in Hello new me it got me so surprised I started laughing, and I wasn't the only one haha (it had spun before, but I didn't expect it could change position lol) I LOVED this section, it was great!
The introduction before Angel is so much fun! The beginning was funny and then it got really cool, I like it a lot
Angel was beautiful. This is the song I like the least from the album, but it has arguably the best performance. Ayu doing the acrobatics was awesome!! I mean, it was mostly very basic stuff, and actually only before and after the song (during the song she was just sitting on the ribbon), but the fact that was actually Ayu doing it made everything awesome, because that's something I had never expected from her, and for someone who had never done something like that before it was pretty good. AND THE DANCER LIFTED HER BODY IN THE AIR WITH HIS FEET. THAT was incredible.
2-YAN DJ interlude was fun, but I would have liked it more if it was Ayu songs... But anyway, it didn't fail to build the mood.
Terminal is such a great song, but imo the sound system had some problems with her high notes, and Terminal was the one that it became very clear, the sound were I was came out somewhat too screechy in some parts, and it was clearly because a problem of the speakers with the super high notes and auto-tune of this song.
Connected was... awkward. It was Ayu and a dancer on suspended ball. But Ayu was on her knees the whole time, moving like crazy, but always on her knees, it looked quite obvious that she was afraid of standing in there. And the dancer with her wasn't really dancing as much as he was just standing there looking like he was making sure she was safe. And the most awkward part was that he had his back to Ayu, and she on her knees had her face at the same level of his butt, so it looked like she was moving and dancing facing his butt, seriously LOL It would have been better if she was alone, after all she wasn't standing or anything, but I suppose they considered it wasn't a good idea...
The interlude before STEP you was SO FUNNY. Some people say it's boring, but I loved it, it managed to make me laugh (it may be my Brazilian side, but I laughed so hard with Henrique giving the dancer penalties like football and showing him the yellow and red cards).
STEP you was nice and Ayu was sexy. Tbh I'm getting tired if this song now a days, but I enjoyed the performance, and XOXO was fun, a bit messy, but it fits that song.
From Lelio to Bold & Delicious the energy was getting really high, it was so much fun to watch. And NOW & 4EVA was great as the last song before the encore (though it wasn't really because she added more songs). After NOW & 4EVA the curtains lowered and things were silent for a few moments, so everyone started calling Ayu like they usually do before the encore, but more or less after 1~2 minutes Boys & Girls started playing, the curtains raised again and Ayu said "It's not over yet Yoyogi!". I was soooooo happy! This was my first time in one of her concerts and I ALWAYS wanted to have the experience of singing this song with the whole audience live, I'm so glad she added it to the final dates! There was no evolution (I wanted so much to see how it was live as well... maybe in the CDL
), but I'm happy that at least she added B&G. There was also JULY 1st, which I absolutely adore and I couldn't be happier she sang it
Then the curtains lowered again, but it was just for a few seconds and Feel the love already started. It was great, and she got all wet with that "rain" in the center stage
Overall I LOVED IT. It might not be her most impressive and creative tour, but it was great to watch live
Also, all songs sounded at least a bit live from where I was. Even Lelio, the verses sounded lip-synced, but at some points it was like she really sang along with it, and the 'hahahaha at you' sounded really live. I might be completely wrong, after all I just went to one date, so I can't compare different dates so see if the vocals are the same, but I don't care, that was my first time watching her live and I rather go with what my ears tell me, I'll let her completely fool me this time because I have no interest changing it, all I know is that it sounded great for me and I'm super happy right now ♥