On February 18 at 6:25 p.m., Kara held its solo concert “Karasia” at the Olympics Gymnasium in Bangi-dong, Seoul. The group started off the concert with “Step,” “Wanna,” and “Jumping.”
Karasia is Kara’s first solo concert since its debut five years ago, and it fascinated audience from the opening with three songs in a rush.
After performing three songs in a row, Kara gasped for air and shouted, “Hi, everyone. We’re Kara. Welcome all of you to our first solo concert, Karasia. We were actually worried about the show because of the cold weather, but we’re glad to see you all here. Thank you. We couldn’t sleep well last night because we were so nervous. Nevertheless, we’re going to give our best on this stage with you. Stay with us.”
Then Kara performed a slow-tempo song “Secretly, Secretly” appealing with different charm from the opening. The performance was followed by four others, “Umbrella,” “Bings,” “Date,” and “With” showing off the members’ beautiful voices.
The group added, “We haven’t started the actual concert yet, but if we don’t hear enough cheer from the audience, we’ll leave out some songs. But you don’t want that, right? Then give us a big hand and cheers. We’ve prepared a hidden card, the individual stages for you. You can look forward to it. But before that, let us continue with ‘Ing’ and ‘Wait.’”
Individual performances of each member were spectacular.
On giving the performance, each member showed confidence for preparing it amongst themselves. As to respond to Kara’s effort poured in the preparation for a long time, audience gave off an explosive cheer. Kara even performed some songs that aren’t released yet, and built audience’s expectation even higher.
The first individual performance was about Park Gyuri. She appeared in a red dress and danced tango passionately with a male dancer. Also, she acted out a breaking-up scene naturally, appealing a sexy stage.
On the other hand, Han Seung Yeon approached the audience appealing her cute charm. She acted a princess from a fairy tale with staff in puppet costumes.
Moreover, Nicole performed Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and attracted audience’s eyes with a spectacular and strong performance in the costume of Michael Jackson. Next, Goo Hara sang “Secret Love” in a cute voice using adorable gestures in a lively atmosphere.
To heat up the concert even more, members sang their hits “Lupin,” “Let It Go,” and “Break It” in a medley.
After the medley, individual performances continued. Kang Jiyoung, Han Seung Yeon, Goo Hara, Nicole, and Park Gyuri each projected different charms from previous stages.
Also, Kara performed “Lonely,” “Winter Magic,” “Honey,” “Jet Coaster Love,” “Dear Kamilia,” “My Darling,” and “Mister.” The grand finale was covered with the encore stages of “Pretty Girl,” “Girls Be Ambitious,” and “Rock You.” The three-hour concert was successful.
Having Seoul concert as a starting point, Karasia will continue in six to seven different countries in Asia, including Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand in April.
