Most people won’t want to party on a Monday night but not Anne-Marie fans – oh no. The old and young alike (we’re talking young, like, primary school kids young) packed KL Live to catch the singer live in person at her first ever show in Malaysia.
Despite having some waiting to do, since the opening acts only appeared on stage at around 8.30pm, the crowd – even the kids – did not grow restless and were happily singing along to the opening acts’ performances.
(L-R) Layla Sania, Amir Hasan and Bunga performing their cover of “These Days” (Photo source: MORETHANGOODHOOKS). |
Andi Bernadee singing his hit singles (Photo source: MORETHANGOODHOOKS). |
After the opening acts left the stage, the crowd had to entertain themselves for about 15 minutes more before the main star of the evening, Anne-Marie, finally took the stage at around 9pm.
Now who’d say “no, I’m not singing along” to this face? (Photo source: @CHRISCHEW). |
After performing “Cry” and “Do It Right”, she told her crowd of just-as-energetic fans that she was going to switch it up a bit. She often sings about break ups with bad boyfriends, but in her next song, she was going to sing it from a bad girlfriend’s point-of-view. Of course, her next song was “Bad Girlfriend”, which she then followed up with “Alarm” and “Heavy”.
Her crowd of fans was always ready to sing along to her songs (Photo source: @CHRISCHEW). |
After performing “Then”, during which she really let her emotions flow through, she prepared to sing “Rockabye”, asking her fans to sing along as well. She sang a bit of it just to see if her fans knew the lyrics. To her pleasant surprise, they sure did. Not only that, they continued to sing the full chorus all by themselves! The singer and her band gawked in wonder, unable to hide their amused smiles as the whole hall reverberated with the sound of the crowd singing the song to Anne-Maire instead of the other way around.
Anne-Marie wearing a Malaysian jersey given to her by a local fan (Photo source: @CHRISCHEW). |
Finally, before saying her goodbyes, the singer did a quick wardrobe change into a jersey emblazoned with the word “Malaysia” on the front (courtesy of one of her local fans, who was excitedly screaming at her from the front row) and took a group photo with the crowd, leaving a lasting happy memory for her Malaysian fans.