Eli-Mac retains island vibe alive regardless of tough begin to live performance | Way of life

When reggae artist Eli-Mac opened together with her hit music, “They Don’t Know,” the group was energized and stored that island vibe alive for the remainder of the night time, regardless of a tough begin to the Saturday night time live performance after a generator blew.

Hundreds trooped to Plaza de España in Hagåtña to see Eli-Mac on the “Roots and Soul” live performance, with an all-female opening lineup, together with native expertise Brandi Jae, WomanSoul, and TINI.

But issues took an surprising flip. A generator blew, inflicting sound difficulties solely three songs in for native present opener Brandi Jae.

With the solar virtually absolutely set and humidity at an all-time excessive, sound started to chop out as Brandi Jae coated “Zombie” by The Cranberries together with her native visitor band, O, Katarina.

Concert-goers took within the night time with cocktails, buying, and attractive bites from group popups and meals vans.

After a two-hour wait and final units from openers, Eli-Mac closed out the night time together with her electrical sound and unforgettable show of showmanship.

The Philippine-born, Maui-based artist, who rose to fame as a Top 10 finalist on Season 3 of American Idol, showcased her distinctive capability to mix her love for R&B and hip-hop together with her island roots in reggae.

Eli-Mac’s power, pleasing stylized vocals, and large band introduced the Plaza de España again to life, making everybody neglect what was an occasion organizer’s worst nightmare.

She bought emotional when telling the followers how grateful she was to be taking the stage on Guam once more.

The crowd bounced and sang alongside as she closed out her set together with her most-listened-to music on Spotify, “Mr. Sensi,” which has over 13 million streams.

“The concert was more than just promoting music. It was bringing the community together,” live performance goer Alayna Kerbil Alonz, a University of Guam scholar, stated.

During the weird lengthy interval of silence, crowd members like Eliana Cuevas, a UOG scholar, discovered themselves asking, “where is Eli-Mac?” Cuevas stated whereas the sound points had been unlucky, an important factor was that she was in a position to spend time together with her buddies.

Before Eli-Mac’s remaining headline efficiency, the viewers cheered as WomanSoul hit the bottom operating with a high-energy set with the return of the generator energy. Her efficiency positioned the tone for the remainder of the night time.

Laying the groundwork for Eli-Mac’s main set, TINI lit up the group.

Other performers featured on the present had been Talent Box Dance Studio, Zion, and JC. The night time was hosted by Power-98 radio host Reese the Beast musician and character Mama Char.

Despite the night time’s unlucky mishaps, viewers members like Kaitlin Bautista and Aidan Cacapit shared how the occasion turned greater than only a live performance, but additionally an occasion that introduced individuals collectively and welcomed households.

Others, like concert-goer Monica Cosico, highlighted the chance to talk with CHamoru artists like Florence Torres, a deaf weaving teacher who discovered from her mother-in-law, CHamoru grasp weaver Lucinda Torres.

Florence Torres gathered with a number of hard-of-hearing artists and activists to focus on the Deaf Academy program at Career Tech High Academy Charter School at their sales space.

This was a heart-warming sentiment, contemplating Eli-Mac is tough of listening to and embraces it as a part of her identification as a musician, and this wasn’t misplaced on some members of Saturday’s live performance crowd.

Mikaela Rae Atoigue is a reporter intern with the Pacific Daily News.