Psychic Fever Concert Experience!

I attended the Psychic Fever concert + after party in DC wanted to share my experience! I have to say that they absolutely blew me away. I walked in as a more casual fan (loved their music since JLD, but didn’t actively follow all their activities), but I walked out a hardcore forEVER. To the point where I took an unplanned trip to see them a second time in Chicago! Please enjoy this somewhat messy recap and feel free to ask me any questions~

I did have the vvip package + fan frames, which was a very fun experience! Can give more detail if anyone wants, but the vvip package included:

• group photo (groups of 8)
• fansign
• q&a session
• soundcheck (they performed choose one and fire)
• hi bye session after the show

CONCERT SUMMARY

The whole show was around 90 minutes, packed with back to back performances. The setlist:

PART ONE

Talk To Me Nice

Rich & Bad

Habenero

What’s Happenin’

Bittersweet

Short Ment

Just Like Dat

Temperature

Cold Rain

UNIT STAGES

Rocket (Weesa, Kokoro, Ren)

Shotgun (Weesa, Jimmy)

Perfect (Weesa, Jimmy)

Highlights (Weesa, Jimmy, Ren)

Psyfe Cypher (Jimmy, Ryoga, Ryushin, Tsurugi)

PART TWO (outfit change – paradise outfits)

Kokoro solo dance intro + Paradise

Love Fire (special vocal intro by Kokoro, Weesa, Ren)

Hotline

Best For You (special vocal intro by kokoro, improvised! Got longer with each show)

BEE-PO

Short Ment

Baku Baku

ENCORE

DJ Ryoga + Ren Beatboxing! (They did a remix of up & down)

Ignition

Final Ments

Just Like Dat!

Thoughts on the show:

• I have never been to a jpop concert, so I’m using kpop concerts as a comparison point. I was shocked by how many songs they performed back to back with very few breaks in between. The ments they had were short (all in english!) and there were no VCRs. The main break they had was during the unit stages where they did their outfit changes.

• The members were really here to prove themselves, because the mics were ON on. Hand mics for all the members too. Every member has such great stage presence and I loved seeing their individuality as performers shine as well.

• Kokoro especially impressed me!! That man’s stamina and stability as a vocalist is crazy, considering how many lines he has in every song. He did not miss a note all night, even with all the dancing.

• Ren was the standout performer for me. His energy on stage was so infectious and my eyes kept getting drawn to him.

• I really appreciate how much effort they put into making this tour a fresh experience. They go into detail more in their documentary (eng subbed here), but they worked with John Fossit from The Hooligans (Bruno Mar’s band) to rearrange the songs and make the performances special for tour. I really hope they release a live album, because I loved the arrangements for Just Like Dat and Paradise! The intro and solo dance break Kokoro did for Paradise with the rose was a nice touch too and a perfect transition into the second part of the show.

• The DC crowd showed up!! I was not ready for how loud the crowd was to every song, and you could see the genuine shock and happiness on the members' faces too. The energy stayed high the whole night

Standout performances for me:

• What’s Happenin’ – I had asked the members during the fansign what song was their favorite to perform. Most of them said What’s Happenin’, and after seeing it live I can see why! The choreo is so fun and energetic.

• Just Like Dat – obviously the song that started their breakout internationally. Seeing it live was such an amazing experience, with the crowd singing along to every word.

• Perfect – Such a hype song live, Weesa and Jimmy were having so much fun on stage!

• Hotline – was not ready for this choreo, especially in the Paradise outfits…

Overall, one of the best concerts I’ve been to and I still can’t stop thinking about it. They truly have the potential to go far, and I am so excited to see what is in store for them this year with the EVOLVE tour and their signing with Warner Music!
If you have a chance to see them (they're planning Japan, Asia Europe and another US tour), please go!! You won't regret it.

AFTER PARTY SUMMARY

They held after parties after the DC, Chicago and LA shows for this tour. I attended both the DC and Chicago shows, so I’ll give a summary of them both! The after parties were held at a separate venue, about an hour after the end of the concert. They had special psychic fever song themed cocktails (love fire, paradise, ignition, etc). There was a DJ working the show, and for about the first hour it was just fans dancing and having a good time.

DC

• Psychic Fever arrived around 11pm and stayed for maybe 40 minutes. I had fun but it was honestly a little awkward. I think it was a mix of psyfe trying to figure out the vibes with it being the first after party and the music selection being mediocre (too much kpop).

• Psyfe were in a VIP area behind the DJ booth, so we could see them and they could come out and interact with us, but they mostly stayed in the back. They didn’t really drink and left fairly quickly lol. It was fun as a kpop night, but I don’t think it was that fun for psyfe.

Chicago

• The Chicago date was also Ren’s birthday, and the members were ready to go all out that night! The vibes were much better this time, the DJ had a lot more hip hop (requested by psyfe) and jpop in rotation. The members rolled in around midnight and stayed until 1:30am. They seemed much more relaxed this time and were drinking a lot. There was a small stage where the DJ was, and then a large side area barricaded off the members and staff. The members went back and forth a bit and did a performance of JLD. Overall, had such a great time and I think the members did too.

• I won’t go into the details of the night, but if there is anything people are curious about I can answer!