ELYSE GRIECO
Assistant Life & Arts Editor
Kid Ink took the stage at Steele Hall last Saturday night for Spectrum Entertainment’s annual “Spring Concert.”
Spectrum is a student-run organization that creates and hosts events several events throughout the school year.
Their spring concert is one of their most known events on campus.
The show started with opening act Kristopher Thompson, a sophomore computer science major.
In his free time, Thompson DJs. He can be seen playing every Thursday night at The Old Main Inn.
Due to his experience and skills, Spectrum reached out to Thompson and asked if he would be interested in being an opening act.
“My favorite part when I was performing was looking out into the crowd and seeing all of my friends from Fredonia, back home and even my family coming to see me,” said Thompson. “It was super cool to see the support from everyone, and I had an absolute blast on stage.”
After Thompson’s set, E.A.R. Entertainment took to the stage. E.A.R consists of former and current Fredonia student performers.
This group kept me on my toes. Their original Hip-Hop and R&B songs got the crowd up and ready for the main act.
One thing that was disappointing for me was the fact that I seemed to enjoy the opening acts better than the headliner.
The concert started at 7 p.m., giving both acts a decent amount of time to perform.
But around 8:15, the openers were done and the fans wanted to see who they came for.
Kid Ink had his fans waiting for about 25 to 30 minutes for his arrival.
They even had an MC come out for a few songs before Kid Ink which, to me, seemed like a filler to keep the audience content while waiting.
I’ve been to many concerts in my life, and I know it is common for artists to come late to their shows.
For a concert like this, however, I did not think it was very professional of him.
A crowd made up of mostly 18-22 year old college students who were probably a little bit intoxicated does not sound like a group you want to make wait.
Many students shared their annoyance with me.
“I didn’t want to wait around anymore. You want to see who you actually bought tickets to see. I just don’t think it was right that was had to wait so long for him,” Luciana Perri, a sophomore speech pathology major said.
As for his performance, I was actually pleasantly surprised.
I’m not the biggest Kid Ink fan, I only know a few of his more mainstream songs like “Tell Somebody” and “Show Me,” featuring Chris Brown.
For not knowing his music, I had a really good time. He kept the audience excited with his high energy and stage presence, but like I said, the opening acts were almost more entertaining.
I’m not sure what it was, but I think having him make us wait made me go into his set with negative conceptions.
Overall, Kid Ink wasn’t the best concert I’ve ever seen but it was a good show.
I’m excited to see what artist Spectrum plans to bring to Fredonia next year.