During the iKON 2018 Continue Tour in Manila, the Filipino iKONICs proved that fan chants are a thing of the past. Filipinos love singing and this trait is very evident during the D-Day. Outside the venue, everyone were happily singing along to iKON songs playing through the speakers. The singing continued until they reached their designated areas as the group’s music videos were playing. Junhoe, Bobby, and Chanwoo are the darlings of the crowd. They received the loudest cheers whenever their part comes in.
Everyone went crazy and screamed their lungs out when iKON entered the stage with a powerful entrance song, BLING BLING. The members kept the fire burning as they sang to EVERYDAY, SINOSIJAK, and RHYTHM TA. Jinhwan even commented, “You guys are very passionate.” iKON livened up the atmosphere inside the arena with their next songs, COCKTAIL and ONLY YOU. The group also performed a heartfelt rendition of PERFECT. Solo performances from Double B soon followed; Bobby sang TENDAE from his solo album (Love and Fall) and B.I sang ONE AND ONLY from iKON’s Return album.
Soon after, the Double B graced the stage with swag during their ANTHEM performance. The fire kept on burning as the rest of the group joined the two as they performed B-DAY. The audience went wild as they sang along to the song while waving their yellow handkerchiefs that were distributed prior to the concert. The scene strongly reminded us of iKON’s performance in A Battle of One Voice: 300.
Next up was the group’s performance of their debut song, MY TYPE. The crowd went wild when the music stopped and Jinhwan shouted “Akin ka na lang” (Be mine) and “Maganda ka daw” (You’re beautiful). The audience also witnessed iKON’s group hug, Junhoe flashing his 6-pack abs, Yunhyeong speaking in Tagalog, and Jinhwan boasting about his popularity in Davao.
JUNHOE SHOWS HIS "6 PACK ABS, YEAH!!!" TO THE FANS 🔥🔥🔥🔥#iKONinManila#iKONCONTINUETOURinManila pic.twitter.com/n5L0jNBJNn
— KPOPCHANNEL.TV ⭐ (@kpopchannel_tv) November 11, 2018
Later on, the members chose their ‘best friend’ for the next song. The pairings were Junhoe & Bobby, DK & Yunhyeong, and Chanwoo & B.I. Jinhwan went solo with his unicorn outfit.
Jinhwan surprised the fans by coming out wearing a cute unicorn onesie!!!!! Even did a hand stand!!!!
UWU MODE ACTIVATED! 😩👊👌💖#iKONinManila#iKONCONTINUETOURinManila pic.twitter.com/KHN6GPmV6m
— KPOPCHANNEL.TV ⭐ (@kpopchannel_tv) November 11, 2018
Next up was the group’s performance of RUBBER BAND. Still wearing his unicorn costume, Jinhwan started the song for their next performance — EVERYTHING. Yunhyeong proved that he is not only a visual but also a versatile vocalist in this performance. Everyone also expressed their love to the maknae, Chanwoo, as he sang his part.
iKON is EVERYTHING! 🤩 #iKONinManila #iKONatMOAArena #iKONCONTINUETOURinManila pic.twitter.com/cmP4grHFiC
— MALL OF ASIA ARENA (@MOAArena) November 11, 2018
Before the next performance, Kal So-won (Miracle in Cell No. 7) sent her love to iKON through a video recording of her singing LOVE SCENARIO. As expected, the audience sang along. Again.
After singing GOODBYE ROAD, iKON invited everyone to repeat the “na na na” part. The members did some beat boxing, harmonizing, and adlibs as the audience sang. It was the perfect a capella between iKON and iKONICs. The whole arena exploded when Yunhyeong asked everyone to “sigaw” (shout) and the members were awed at the burning response. After the group’s performance of KILLING ME, the audience sighed in disappointment upon hearing that FREEDOM will be the last song.
When hanbin made us sing freedom before they performed it. Yes, we really did this 😭♥️ #iKONCONTINUETOURinManila pic.twitter.com/yexdTSybom
— 金韓彬 (@iKONDOMINATION) November 12, 2018
Soon, the stage got dark and empty. Some of the audience shouted “Encore!” at first but the rest proceeded with their love call to iKON. Everyone started to sing the chorus of DON’T FORGET and one by one, different colors engulfed the whole arena which later formed into a rainbow ocean. The Project Iridescence proved to be a total success. As the group went out to sing ONLY FOR YOU, everyone could not hide their amazement. Bobby even exclaimed “Wow! There’s a rainbow!”
iKONICs' beautiful love call to iKON to come back on stage. 😭💖#iKONinManila#iKONCONTINUETOURinManila pic.twitter.com/0yogu2CtZl
— KPOPCHANNEL.TV ⭐ (@kpopchannel_tv) November 11, 2018
Although it’s their first time in the Philippines (with exception of Jinhwan), Bobby commented that the Filipino iKONICs are making their experience “freakin’ freakin’ happy.” This was a reference to the fans’ banner that said “아이콘 기다려서 개이득” (Waiting for iKON is freakin’ worth it).
When Bobby invited everyone to sing LOVE SCENARIO together, the audience happily obliged. This was the third time that LOVE SCENARIO was performed during the concert. The song is then followed by DON’T LET ME KNOW, and DUMB AND DUMBER. The Filipino iKONICs got wild especially during the encore stage for B-DAY. Everyone brought out their yellow handkerchief one more time and partied like there’s no tomorrow.
BDAY WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST STAGE. IT WAS LIT!! 🔥 PH iKONICS ARE CRAZY!!! I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN!!! 😭 #iKONinManila pic.twitter.com/btOLkQztPj
— 11.11 (@surfmejiwon) November 13, 2018
Soon enough, the time for iKON to say goodbye finally came. Although it is a sad reality that the iKONICs had to face, this experience surely will never be forgotten — by the iKONICs and all members of iKON. Will there be an encore concert? We’ll never know. But one thing is sure — Philippine iKONICs surely know how to party.
Let’s thank YG Entertainment, Live Nation Korea, PLDT Home Wifi, and Pulp Live World for this heart-pumping experience!