February 7, 2021
Denver, Colorado
Eviana's Diary
The lights finally come back up and there are two tiger props at the back of the stage. They rise as a cluster of dancers in black race back and forth in a choreographed routine. As soon as the two props are raised up in place, making a kind of archway, the lights shine on the center, where five people stand, dressed in assorted all-black outfits with scars etched on their faces by the team of makeup artists.
I immediately recognize the song coming up. Excitement filling me, just like the rest of the audience there for the concert. Tiger Dreams. It's a killer choreographed song number with what K-Pop lovers call a killing part. The "killing part" refers to a part of choreography, song, music video or performance that is considered the best or most difficult in terms of enjoyment and stamina.
A deep voice speaks out in a narrative tone, "Tiger, tiger, bruins bright, with stripes black as the night. In the forests, roaming, what immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
The lights flash an orange and black to resemble a tiger. At this, J'TASK descends a staircase and Astro breaks out an opening verse in his rap:
"I'm about to dine on what I know it mine
I was born a tiger,
At least I'm not a weakling like you
Pathetic, putting on a talent show
Move aside, fools, let this tiger show you how to glow."
They hit the bottom of the stairs and Jimin launches out in his piercing, amazing upper vocals:
"Tiger! Tiger!
Burning bright in the forests of the night
Like a thunderbolt he strikes,
Covered in white, with black stripes
His sight is sharp when he sneaks
A victim beneath him, for life she seeks."
JT and Kookie strike cat-like poses as they sing in unison:
"The striped beauty of his moving side
Close over as the golden eye,
Who led swiftly down the forest paths
To safety beyond the wild
Is moving through the land,
Where the jungle leaps beyond the bed."
Astro, JT, Jimin, Kookie and Suga all burst out with a wide range of vocals to sing the chorus:
"Tiger! Tiger!
You see him!
White with black stripes
Sight as sharp as a knife
Burning brightly in the forests of the night
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