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Singer Eaj kicks off Asia tour in “top-tier” Manila 

Korean-American singer-songwriter Eaj during his "When the Rain Stopped Following Me" tour in Manila. 📸:  Pauline Hiwatig, ABS-CBN News 

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Ianna Gayle Agus

<div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1725333861866IMG_6406 (1).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Korean-American singer-songwriter Eaj during his " When="" the="" Rain="" Stopped="" Following="" tour="" in="" Manila.="" Pauline="" ABS-CBN="" News=""/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Just after his opening stage for his first solo concert “When the Rain Stopped Following Me” in Manila, Korean-American singer-songwriter Eaj could not help but be amused of the Filipino crowd’s “top-tier” energy, saying he is thankful he kicked off his Asia tour in the Philippines. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">“Manila, I do wanna say, we are so grateful to have started here. This energy, this energy is top tier in the world, man,” Eaj told his fans at the SM North, Skydome, who showed their enthusiasm through jumping, singing along, and loud cheers. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The 31-year-old artist, who has performed in the country four times including the music festival “Head in the Clouds&quot; in 2022, said he wanted to come back to the country sooner. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" 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style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">“Thank you so much, Manila, for being so hospitable,” he added.</span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><strong>VERSATILITY</strong></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Eaj displayed versatility in his music, showing a contrast between his mellow songs and his more upbeat ones—one moment he’s touching the crowd’s hearts with profound lyrics and soft tunes, then hyping them up with his commanding stage presence and high notes the next.</span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The singer’s free and passionate movements on stage was contagious as he performed his more energetic songs like “Friendly Fire,” “Mad,” “Right Where You Left Me,” and his newest single “Burn,” further raising the already intense energy in the concert dome. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">He also pleased fans with some of his more relaxed songs like “Pacman,” and “Castle in the Sky.” </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The solo artist did not only boast on perfect runs, riffs, and adlibs, he also belted high notes after high notes in his songs like “LA Stars” and “Visions.” </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"></span></div><div 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style="color:black">Just like what he did during HITC in Manila that pleased concert-goers, Eaj went down the stage multiple times to party and get intimate with fans, occasionally making stops just to hug them and take photos or videos with them. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">As if these were not yet enough, Eaj went to the merchandise booth after the concert where he personally helped sell his remaining merch. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">He signed the remaining posters as fans lined up, where he, again, took his time to talk to them and take photos with them one by one. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" 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Little did he know that there was an advanced birthday surprise prepared for him while he was busy <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">signaling to the staff to turn the volume of his microphone back up.</span></p><p>When fans suddenly sang a &quot;Happy Birthday&quot; song, Eaj, whose birthday is on the 15th, turned back, where he saw the cake and the banner prepared for him. </p><p>When he was asked to make a wish, he only had one answer: to see everyone in Manila again.</p>

<p>Just after his opening stage for his first solo concert “When the Rain Stopped Following Me” in Manila, Korean-American singer-songwriter Eaj could not help but be amused of the Filipino crowd’s “top-tier” energy, saying he is thankful he kicked off his Asia tour in the Philippines. </p>

Just after his opening stage for his first solo concert “When the Rain Stopped Following Me” in Manila, Korean-American singer-songwriter Eaj could not help but be amused of the Filipino crowd’s “top-tier” energy, saying he is thankful he kicked off his Asia tour in the Philippines.

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Ianna Gayle Agus

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