KYOCERA DOME, OSAKA JAPAN - MONSTEVERSE 2018 DAY ONE - 12/25/18
LJ: Hello everyone I'm Lee Ji-Hoon of Zenith! I'm going to be your MC for this year's Monsteverse!
Reina: Hey Osaka! I'm Reina and I will also be MC-ing this year's Monsterverse with LJ oppa~
LJ: So being here tonight means a lot to me of course, it's my pleasure to be hosting the 2nd MonsterVerse. Where the greatest artists of the K-Pop industry all come together to participate in a huge concert tour to bring everyone joy during the holidays!
Reina: Monsterverse is no different from last year. Allow me to explain MonsterVerse a little more, Monsterverse is an annual concert tour organized by Monster Entertainment and it's supporters which are the companies that are taking part and the sponsors.
LJ: Reirei~ [aegyo overload]
Reina: Hmm Hoonie oppa~? [aegyo counterattack]
LJ: Hoonie is very excited to start the day~
Reina: Than shall we start Hoonie oppa?~
LJ: I guess~ Now please make some noise for Monsterverse 2018!!! It's been a week since the original date of Monsterverse, we are terribly sorry for the delay but today we make history!
[The crowd gets all riled up as LJ, Reina and the Day One participants of Monsterverse make their way closer to the middle]
Reina: Wow it's taken a year to make this possible, this wouldn't have been possible without the help of our seniors from our company and the ones who have come to share this milestone with us. We're welcomed with the same overwhelming capacity that we had last year in Seoul's World Cup Stadium, please introduce yourselves starting with Glass Squad!
Glass Squad: Ready to shatter your glass, hello we are Glass Squad from Shine Entertainment! [waves at the crowd]
LJ: We also have..
Bby: Hello everyone! I'm Bby and I'm also from Shine Entertainment!
Reina: And the cute and sexy girl group from Shine Entertainment~
Periwinkle: Hello to everyone and our Amethysts~
LJ: We would like to quickly thank Shine Entertainment for their continued support by allowing their artists to participate in this year's Monsterverse once more!
Reina: Jihun and Minty sunbae-nims are also here from Mint Entertainment!
Jihun: Hello Osaka I'm Jihun, I can't wait to perform for you all and my hunnies~
Minty: Hello we are Minty!
LJ: We have more new faces to introduce and that is Arc from Crystal Snow Entertainment!
Arc: Colorfully talented. Hello we are Arc!
Reina: We also have our very own artists performing today, please introduce yourselves!
Soojin: Hey guys, its your global dance machine; Soojin!
Sven: Hello my name is Sven!
EG: We are Gryphon's sub-unit group EG!
LJ: Thank you for introducing yourselves, we now would like to start Monsterverse day one with a special showcase stage before the upcoming performances by these artists introduced. Give it up for MR18B!
MR18B OPENING PERFORMANCE
MR18B: We are MR18B!
Reina: Thank you boys, we really enjoyed your showcase!
LJ: [Starts singing along to Sven's song Give it to Me] Shawty, look at me~ I was surprised when you and I locked eyes, I completely fell for you~
Reina: Oh stop it Hoonie oppa, give it up for Sven!
[LJ and Reina walk off the stage together to watch the performance with the crowd]
SVEN - GIVE IT TO ME
SVEN - WHEN I CAN'T SING FEAT. JRAE (DANDELION)
SVEN - SOMEBODY ELSE
[Performance ends, LJ and Reina comes back on stage to greet SVEN]
LJ: [Comes on stage clapping then bows] SVEN sunbae-nim that was very amazing!
Reina: [Bows and claps for SVEN as she follows LJ on stage] SVEN sunbae-nim I'm a huge fan of yours!!
SVEN: [Bows to the audience then to the both of them] Thank you very much, I'm very happy that you all liked it.
LJ: [In Japanese] You performed all your greatest hits today, that's more than enough to us. You even performed the Japanese version of 'Somebody Else' that was very touching I bet for your Japanese fans and to everyone who showed up today.
SVEN: [In Japanese] Woah I didn't know you spoke Japanese?? Sugoi-ne, and yes I think they agree with you on that haha. I hope to come back to perform more of my songs next year as well, please anticipate my return.
Reina: Woah you two speak Japanese better than I can, I'm not that good but I can understand what most people say.
LJ: Kawaii~ Before we move on, Reina-ssi could you just give it to me?
Reina: What? Give you what?
LJ: Your heart~
Reina: Aigoo stop it, you're gonna stir up rumors again if you keep this up. Besides we know you've gotten someone's already.
SVEN: Aiyee sweet~
LJ: What was that? Oh yeah, give it up for Glass Squad~
GLASS SQUAD - YOU IN ME
GLASS SQUAD - HOLA HOLA
LJ: [Starts dancing as he sings the chorus of You in Me] neo wae nal mireonaeryeo hae~ I'm very sorry about that haha.
Reina: I feel you, I almost forgot we were hosting tonight.
[LJ and Reina bows to Glass Squad as they walk past them to head to their seats]
LJ: I was fanboying for a moment there, please do introduce the next act Reina-ssi.
Reina: Up next we have Minty sunbae-nims, they will be performing some of their latest songs~
LJ: Give it up for Minty!
MINTY - DUMB DUMB (SPECIAL STAGE)
MINTY - HUFF N' PUFF
Reina: Thank you very much Minty sunbae-nims for your joyful performance!
LJ: We would like to take this chance to thank our sponsors, Sooubway, MacDys, Lee Industries, KBS, Mnet, SBS and CJ E&M!
Reina: What's that?
LJ: What's what?
Reina: Run away?
LJ: Why??
Reina: Because EG sunbae-nims and I are performing next!
LJ: Run run run away, no matter how much I run; I can't escape from it~
EG - RUN
EG - LOVE STORY FT. REINA
LJ: You don't have to run away from me Reirei, I'll run after you~
Reina: [Sigh] Good I'm so tired of running after you, it's your turn.
LJ: Well we're both going to have trouble catching our breaths as we watch Periwinkle in awe because they are up next!
Reina: I got a boy, a handsome one~ I got a boy, a kind one~ I got a handsome boy, who took all my heart~
PERIWINKLE - I GOT A BOY
PERIWINKLE - LIAR LIAR
LJ: Splashing across the sea of imagination~
Reina: We are so not doing this again Hoonie oppa.
LJ: Okay I'll stop... For now...
Reina: I'm sure you won't be stopping for long, because up next we have someone who will end it for you.
LJ: Why who is next?
Reina: Jinnie is next~ Give it up for Jeon Soojin!
SOOJIN - HANDS ON ME + WHY DON'T YOU KNOW
LJ: I'm so proud~ Not a lot might know but I actually produced this album, it's probably my 2nd one? I'm sure that Reina's album is the first one I've worked on but anyways.
Reina: You make it obvious enough, you were singing along when we were watching.
LJ: Oh shush I'm just showing support for our fellow artists as well.
Reina: Ok ok, we have three more performances left and all of them have been really good so far.
LJ: They really have been, we're excited to see the last three acts so please give it up for our next performer; Jihun!
JIHUN - BODY FT. TIMBALAND
JIHUN - HONESTLY
Reina: Ooh the first song flowed nicely didn't it?
LJ: I agree that was very good, you know what else is good?
Reina: What is?
LJ: I will show you, because Bby is next!
Reina: No pun intended?
LJ: Definitely no pun intended [Winks]
BBY - MIND YOUR BUSINESS
BBY - INSANE
Reina: She's literally the Beyonce of Korea isn't she?
LJ: I agree with you on that, just like how we agree on ice cream flavors.
Reina: Really? For once you agree with me today?
LJ: Chocolate chip mint ice cream cake, now that's the money right there.
Reina: Well the green does make it look like money...
LJ: Not the point...
Reina: Give me that ice cream cake!
LJ: Sure because up next is Arc with Ice Cream Cake!
ARC - ICE CREAM CAKE
ARC - YOU BETTER KNOW
Reina: Don't let go of this moment because the time is flying by, tick tock tick tock~
LJ: You better know, I'll always be by your side~
Reina: This song really is just beautiful.
LJ: I agree it's very positive in a whole lot of ways.
Reina: Umm.. Because the entire song is very positive in a lot of ways..
LJ: Oh shush, sadly it's time to say goodbye as we end the show-
Reina: What do you mean end the show?
LJ: Well all of the amazing artists have already performed so-
Reina: According to my list there's one more though?
LJ: Is there really? [Reads through his own list] Oh pardon me, it's not goodbye but it will be after this last performance.
Reina: I was wondering what the Christmas decorations were for haha~
LJ: Thank you everyone for coming today, thank you for all the wonderful artists that performed today as well.
Reina: Please have yourself a-
LJ & Reina: Merry Little Christmas~
[LJ & Reina take a seat on the bench that's been brought up on the stage for them]
LJ X REINA - HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
[A/N: This took a while to write down, I was going to finish this yesterday 12/24 eastern standard time, but I decided to lay it off the computer to spend precious time with my family during Christmas Eve so I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas today and yesterday of course. Day Two will hopefully be out by next week~]