Even the between-song VCRs change from wholesome and calm to ominous and shadowy. For every cute moment like ‘Cat & Dog’, there’s a contrasting one that’s brooding or angsty later.
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“So far we went through dreams and confusion,” Yeonjun points out towards the end of the show, “Throughout ACT:BOY we’ve shown you different colours.” It’s an observation that makes sense when you consider the first half of the event is full of bright, energetic tracks while the second steps into darker territory. ‘Dear Sputnik’, meanwhile, plays out before a backdrop of planets and flowers and its choruses feel stratospheric full of relief and gratitude at finding someone who is “my fate”.Īlthough the concert progresses mostly along a recognisable timeline, it’s also split into different moods. On record, the Ashnikko co-written track is unpredictable and experimental, but TXT keep things tight while maintaining the spirit of the song in their delivery.
There’s ‘Frost’, from ‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’, which they seamlessly flow into after a burst of a gorgeous ‘Eternally’. The latter, though, gets an update, the original’s spellbinding sparkle amplified and twisted into a thumping call to escape into TXT’s magical world.Īs well as old favourites, ACT:BOY presents a chance to see some of the band’s newer songs performed live for the first time. ‘Crown’ and ‘Blue Orangeade’ remind us of TXT’s beginnings as refreshing young rookies, while the likes of ‘Can’t We Just Leave The Monster Alive?’ and ‘9 And Three Quarters (Run Away)’ already feel like nostalgic classics.
The setlist runs in a largely chronological order, making the group’s growth all the more obvious. The five-piece – completed by Soobin, Yeonjun, Taehyun and Hueningkai – are brilliant, though, nailing their complex choreographies with ease and injecting fresh life into songs that are now old, familiar favourites. Watching it through a screen, with piped-in crowd noise and flashing lightsticks in the seats around the stage representing TXT’s fans MOA, is bittersweet – “It’d be a lie if I said I’m not at all disappointed about our first concert being an online one,” Beomgyu admits as the show wraps up. It’s a shame that ACT:BOY follows suit – in-person, it would be spectacular.
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