RAINY DAY Season 2, episode 35.
Asia broadcast 10/2.
We temporarily back up to where Rain and his luscious MCM backpack arrived at Narita Airport for the start of the Japan/ZEPP tour, and he paused in one of the lobbies for a MASSIVE photo op, much to the delight of the Japanese fans.
Ah. And then we continue to compare Rain’s final backstage notes and detailed instructions with the actual changes the production staff and dancers incorporated into the show, as the ZEPP Tokyo final dress rehearsal continues.
We have “Sad Tango” (the music video/commando version), “Touch Ya” and “Don’t Stop.” Rain and crew are sort of in the middle here, doing a little more than just marking the steps yet not going full out (and as I said before, I don’t blame them… who wants to launder all of that costuming yet again, if you don’t have to?).
That neon black-lit “Don’t Stop” staging just gets me every time. Doesn’t matter how many times I see it, or how many times the dancers change it up. It’s so cool. Not to mention those hands going all over a limber neon body—which in itself always reminds me of Rain’s LoR solo dance right after “Nan” and a certain naughty red glove… but I digress— 😀
And let me mention here how much pleasure I get from Rain’s live mics during these rehearsals. He is creatively spontaneous and in the moment, like, every minute, and we have the amazing privilege of witnessing that. It’s just so epic. How many other fan bases around the world can say the same? Very few, I reckon. Thanks, Ji-Hoon, for bringing us so intimately into your world.
Okay, so before I cause the violins to start playing… 😛
In continuing… must check the self cam/audience cam for use during “My Girl.” Aww. Can you imagine being cammed in the face by Rain, when it’s been the other way around for so long, him being cammed by us? LOL!
Fans, I tell you, I for one am really glad for all of this “backstage” footage, because a lot of people simply don’t realize how much blood, sweat, and tears go into putting a concert together. We see the show on stage and it looks miraculously perfect, but we don’t see all the hard-ass work and the LONG hours put in before that perfection. Terri and I have both been involved in rehearsals many times, and they are no picnic at all. They ain’t glamorous and they never seem to end.
So thanks to Rain and his entire crew for everything they do.
— Stephe ^@@^
(credit: Mnet / hanuru625 / TeamJihoon625 / courtesy of ratoka @YT)
Cloud USA 
What?
No look at his sexy awesomeness comments on a Rainy Day video? Well, let me correct THAT immediately.
Bi, you’re SO smexy. There. My job is done.
Terri :-}
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