G.E.M Get Everybody Moving Concert 2011 - Macau
Gimme a G, G! gimme an E,E!, gimme a M,M!, G.E.M!!! And the crowd goes wild for Hong Kong’s starlit pop princess, who is quite the little precious gem in the Cantopop machine rough. “We support G.E.M Deng Zhi Kei ,” screams a group of overly eager teenyboppers ready for the G.E.M Get Everybody Moving Concert at the Macau Venetian. Just a little bit over 5ft tall, this bubbly cherub faced 20 yr old has a booming voice resonating throughout the arena. Her slight lisp only adds to her girly charm. The girls relate to her and the boys find her to be girlfriend material-even though G.E.M claims, “ My relationship is with god right now.”
G.E.M opened with a pop dance number I Want to Tell You, dressed in a pseudo Lady Gaga black-white structured mini dress, with what looked like a candy coloured harness. The crowd cheered as expected, but dance numbers do not suit G.E.M. Her movements were awkward and the knee high boots made her body look disproportional on stage. Thigh knee boots on girl that’s 5ft tall? The stylist needs to go to the whipping board. G.E.M just needs to put the pop dance, sexy image away. It’s uncomfortable when a 20yr old that looks like 14yr old moves in a suggestive manner.
Behind the piano, G.E.M drops the marketable façade and embraces her true artistry. My Secret was a light-hearted bouncy piano piece with cheerful electric guitar chords followed by 18- an intimate piece that opened up G.E.M’s vulnerability. Afterward G.E.M started to tear up, reminiscing about her grandmother. “I know she is watching and listening to me right now”, says G.E.M as she transitioned into a cover of Josh Groban’s You Rise Me Up that was both heartfelt and sincere. We almost cried a little.
But our personal favourites were G.E.M’s performances of A.I.N.Y, Twinkle II, and The Lonely Planet’s Rose. The raw emotions, theatrics, and presence that G.E.M showed on stage were well beyond her years. The intensity of her visceral explosive yells shrills, and screams sent chills down our spines and G.E.M herself says that these are her favourite performance pieces because of “ the release.” If she keeps heading done this path she will go from pop princess to pop queen in no time.
The overall production of the show was well put together with complimentary graphic displays and experienced back up dancers. A nod to her male back up dancers for doing a light up binocular robotic dance intermission that was hot as hell. The two ballet dancers also captured the delicate yet haunting nature of G.E.M’s Twinkle II. Also a crowd pleaser was the acapella quartet, METRO who sang covers of Love is Suspicion and My Pride. When a group of white guys sing Chinese songs, it usually gets a few extra credit points.
G.E.M is now going to rest for a week before preparing the last leg of her tour in Vancouver. We wish her a hasty recovery, and hope that this gem will sparkle even more brightly in the future.
Arthur Tam
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