Saturday afternoon, April 26th.The air around Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium was filled with the smell of Jannabi.People, each soaked in the scent of Jannabi, gathered quickly one by one, no, in groups of ten or twenty, no, in groups of one hundred or two hundred.It was the first day of the ‘Group Sound Jannabi’ concert ‘All Boys and Girls 2025’.

At exactly 5 o ‘clock, two drums and bass announced the start of the concert, causing an earthquake in the eardrums.Finally, Choi Jung-hoon and Kim Do-hyung appeared on stage.The space of the concert hall seemed distorted for a moment due to the cheers of the fans.Then, the two hours and thirty minutes of breathless racing followed.This was a different world called’ Jannabi ‘where time had stopped.

There were no guests(or anything like that!).It was just Jannabi, Jannabi, and Jannabi again.They opened with’ pony ‘and closed the concert with’ Dreams, Books, Strength, and Walls ‘, performing a total of 27 songs.Including the 2 encore songs, it felt like watching the’ Jannabi Complete Album ‘.Jannabi did not let the audience’s hearts beat in vain for even a single second.

With the release of their new album just around the corner, it was expected that they would reveal new songs at the concert that day.Fans probably thought they would just reveal 1 or 2 songs, but Jannabi spared no expense and poured out songs that no one on earth had ever heard before.A whopping 7 songs.They surprised fans by revealing fresh, new songs that even their true fans had not properly heard.

I think there are two keywords that represent Jannabi.One is that instead of the name ‘band’, they insist on using the old and outdated name ‘Group Sound Jannabi’, which even seems grammatically incorrect.It may be a new interpretation of something old, but that interpretation is very interesting.It’s like they’re kids who are obsessed with something and can’t stop smiling.

For them, retro is not simply refining old things to fit the current trend.They add even older old things to old things, make new things old, or completely wrap up old things as if they never existed.In short, it is the ‘Jannabi recipe.’
Another keyword is ‘sound collage’.It also functions as a tool and device for ‘the revival of the old’.It’s a bit patchy, but it’s secretly cool.


Jannabi’s music is, to borrow someone’s expression, ‘fun taste’.Since the person who makes it is having fun, it is bound to be fun for those who watch and listen to it.The lyrics, which sound like a ‘collage’, are quite symbolic, metaphorical, and even philosophical, but they are not so far away that they are out of reach.It may be because most of the lyrics seem to have been pulled from the memories and daily lives of ‘adult boys and girls’.

The title of this concert is ‘All Boys and Girls’.On this day, both on stage and in the audience, it was filled with ‘adults who are boys and girls’.And everyone was happy and cheered for being boys and girls, and in the end, they praised them.

Choi Jung-hoon’s performance, which seems to squeeze the last juice out of dried squid, is also not to be missed.Perhaps it was because he had to run for 2 hours and 30 minutes.Choi Jung-hoon, who had been straining his throat and making a somewhat thin sound when he poured out his locking repertoire in the beginning, entered vocal cord opening mode after the middle part.He showed another vocal that could not be heard on the sound source, like Jannabi from a parallel universe.

Kim Do-hyung is not only good at playing the guitar, but he also seems to be a guitarist who ‘plays hard’.He brought 5 guitars that day, but for some reason, the most commonly seen Fanda was not there.Instead, the Firebird and SG caught my eye, and it seems that Kim Do-hyung is a Gibson enthusiast.I was thankful that he brought a huge semi-hollow body that completely covered his chest and stomach.

As a Gibson enthusiast, I could hear the heavy guitar sound coming from the humbucker.Kim Do-hyung’s guitar somehow reminds me of Brian May.It’s not loud, but round and gentle like water, but it definitely shows its own character.It also goes well with Choi Jeong-hoon’s vocal color.Well, I wonder if there’s anything that this kind of guitar doesn’t suit.

Personally, I don’t like guitarists who play around roughly and spend all their time fiddling with the volume and tone knobs, but Kim Do-hyung doesn’t do that at all.His performance is also quite cool.He goes well with Choi Jeong-hoon as if they were a duo.

I felt it again, but ‘Legend’ is best enjoyed live.The new song ‘In the Name of Love’ featuring Karina of Espa was performed with two guitar accompaniments: Choi Jung Hoon’s acoustic guitar and Kim Do Hyung’s hollow body guitar.It will be different from the original.I’m also curious about the original.

‘Jungle’ is a song that has Jannabi’s individuality on it like the corner of a mouth that has eaten Jjajangmyeon.If the technique called ‘lyrics collage’ existed, there would be several songs like this.It’s like the lyrics were written in the order that they came out after gathering a bunch of lyrics that came to mind in an instant, putting them in a ‘lyrics collage’ box, shaking it 9 times, and then adding them.Adding a cheerful and strong sound to this, the jungle of ‘Bursting Sunshine’ was completed.

On this day, Jannabi cried, laughed, and fell down while singing on stage, and we cried, laughed, and shouted in the audience.Different places, but the same heart.Even after the concert, even after leaving Jamsil, even after a long time has passed, we will not forget Jannabi of this day.They will remain in the hearts of boys and girls who have become adults, and will linger for a long, long time.



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