When I left the gig, I was feeling pumped! I’d ended up going on my own because I don’t know anyone else who knows PLT. This saddens me more than the fact that I had to go alone.
For those who don’t know, PLT consists of 5 or 6 artists who belong to Planetarium Records. They produce their own solo music, as well as collaborating together. Their album Planetarium Case #2 is a personal favourite of mine, which I discovered last year. I can’t even remember how I came across them – it must’ve been a suggested video on YouTube. But as soon as I heard their song Hocus Pocus, I was hooked! Then I went on a mission to discover and download all their previous music.
Standing in the queue, I felt really out of place. Everyone around me was basically half my age. And here I was standing on my own, feeling like an old granny.
But once in, I got in position and couldn’t stop smiling throughout. I’m a fairly new fan, so I’m more familiar with their group songs, but I came away with the desire to go home and listen to their solo music too.
It struck me how young they were, yet talented AF. They all sang 3 songs of their own for the first half of the show, rounded off with a collection of songs they’ve collaborated on. That’s when I lost it (a little bit) in my head.
Their songs are so catchy and the crowd were ‘lit’, singing along with them. They were definitely loving and feeding off that energy.
Before I went to this gig I didn’t even know all of their names, but that soon changed. I was looking through some of the videos I took and got excited all over again. I haven’t stopped listening to their songs since!
They were all amazing, but my favourite has to be Jung Jin Woo. I cannot get enough of his most recent album ‘Rotate’ and could happily listen to every single track on repeat. His songs ‘She’s Got Everything’, ‘Problems’ and ‘Color’ are only a few that I love.
And a new favourite of mine is Villain’s album ‘Bank Robber’. One of the lines in his song ‘Manitto’ goes ‘People never get that villains have another feeling, they always tryna tend to focus, hocus pocus, on the heroes, not the villains.’ I don’t know why, but I loved that.
I love that their sound is more RnB and different to the Kpop style songs that most people are familiar with. But they can still easily appeal to the masses. I just wish more people knew about these guys. If you haven’t heard their stuff, change that – stat!
Life Untitled 