KCON’12 convention held in Irvine, California on October 13th, was a new experience that people from all over the world enjoyed. People from different parts of the United States, and even some around the world flew just for this amazing Korean culture experience. The convention had autograph signing sessions, celebrity panels,contests and fan workshops.

Some lucky fans got the chance to get signatures from some of the idol groups.

Others enjoyed the different panels, like the foreign influence in K-Pop, and famous songwriters. There were a lot of panels that revealed information about K-Pop and the Korean culture.

(left to right: Shin B, Drew Ryan Scott, Sean Alexander, JD Relic)

(Eat Your Kimchi: Simon and Martina)

The idols invited to the event were B.A.P, G.Na, VIXX, NU’EST, EXO-M and 4minute.

For the concert held at the end of the convention, B.A.P opened the line-up of idols. They sang No Mercy, What My Heart Tells Me To Do, and Crash.

G.Na sang HOT, the English version of I’ll Back Off So You Can Live Better, and Black & White.

VIXX started with Rock Your Body, then Love Hurts(UUUUU), and at the end with Super Hero.

NU’EST first sang their debut song Face, then Not Over You, and their last song was Action.

The most cheered group, EXO-M, sang four songs. Their first song was History, followed by Angel, then Luhan and Chen sang What is Love, and they ended with MAMA.

As for the last idol performance it was the only girl group 4minute that finished the concert.

They started off with Volume Up, the second song was Mirror Mirror, then Heart to Heart, Huh, and at the end Hot Issue.

When 4minute got off the stage some moment later the groups started to come out one by one. They all thanked the audience with a bow and they said their goodbyes to their fans.

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Overall the convention had a lot of fun things to do. The event had some small problems in organization, but since this was the first year it was held everything could not be perfect. Make sure to come to the convention next year, and wear something comfortable since KCON is an all day event filled with people that love K-Pop like you do.

Photos: AnaReds @Korean Updates + Arlette

Report written by: anareds@koreanupdates