020508 Se7en performs at Highlands in Hollywood

American-crossover hopeful Se7en held his album preview party last night at the Hollywood club Highlands, where he performed three songs from his upcoming debut album.

The event was probably a success because you got to see him performing up close and personal in a relatively small club atmosphere. No way you’d get this close in a performance in Korea, or Asia. Promotion-wise, the party was packed and people were screaming with excitement when Se7en took the stage, so another plus there.

Clip: Se7en performing the second song of the night, “Money Can’t Buy Me Love”:

The biggest detractor was that entire night was super short. For an event that was promoted as certain to sell out and running from 10pm – 3am, all the action was crammed into less than one hour in the middle. Far East Movement took the stage at 11:50 and performed for about ten to fifteen minutes; Three 6 Mafia took over for a mere ten minutes. Se7en performed at 12:15; granted, it was a preview showcase, but for all the hype, it seemed pretty anticlimactic when everything was over by 12:30.

First, Se7en performed his first song of the night, “You Got Me Now,” with Three 6 Mafia.

Second was the song posted above, “Money Can’t Buy Me Love,” written by Teddy of onetime popular kpop group 1TYM. Se7en’s vocals came across the most in this song, as you can hear for yourself; it’s also the most melodically strong track.

Last was the song “Girls,” produced by “Darkchild” Rodney Jerkins, which was probably the weakest performance of the night.

Below is “You Got Me Now,” performed with Three 6 Mafia:

Read the whole review here:DRAMABEANS

Listen to Se7en’s “Them Girls” song here:se7en’s myspace

SOURCES: happyroach@soompi, khypestaff@youtube, redqueenmedia.com, se7en’s myspace
FULL CREDIT:javabeans@dramabeans.com and michelle@shenyuepop.com

~ by juliane17 on May 5, 2008.