Live review from 22nd Anniversary Festival Day 1:
1. #Celebration
2. 56K
3. 無3害
4. 怪物
5. 唯有平淡
6. 秋分
Hong Kong pop music seems to really only have two moods.
Either A) chill af and lovey-dovey sounding but with deranged undertones; think Serrini and MLA, or B) deranged and insane but actually chill af inside; think Snails and, you guessed it, Yusobeit.
Despite multiple technical issues stopping them from starting on time, they simply rolled with it. Several unsuccessful sound tests and they decided it was time to play their first song #Celebration which immediately showed off their incredibly layered musical style. Synthesizers, pre-programmed sound effects, metalhead screaming, rapping drummers, several guitar lines. Crazy stuff. But what drew me in was how they asked us at the end for improvements – the sound mixing was still a bit off and instead of just talking to the booth, Elvis (lead vocals) turned to his audience for feedback to get things right.
After a bit of tweaking, they sang their second number 56K. Another crazy screamfest with Elvis jumping and dancing and doubling over, and the fangirls in the audience doing the same. By 無3害, their third song, the crowd was all warmed up (and warm) from the dancing and screaming. Most technical issues were also resolved, as was Elvis’ slight falsetto tuning issues from earlier songs (I later found out he was having an ‘off day’. It did not seem like it at all!). But they again turned to the audience and asked us if there could be any more improvement to the sound. Someone in the front said 可以好啲 (it could be better). Exasperated, Elvis turns to him and says: 香港人就係咁嘅問題! 可以好啲真係點啊？有冇意見呀？(This is exactly the problem with Hongkongers! It could be better? What could be better? Do you have a suggestion?)
I couldn’t help but laugh along at such a natural piece of Hong Kong banter. The banter continues – Elvis then asked 有冇人唔識講廣東話？。。。你唔會識答以個問題 (Does anyone here not speak Cantonese? … You wouldn’t be able to answer this question). Then he told us about how he tried to get over his bronchitis by smoking a cigarette. Apparently he got that suggestion from AI. And Elvis thinks it works because the ciggy forces him to cough out all his phlegm! Local culture, clearly, is alive and well. But not only local Cantonese culture but Hong Kong’s great multinational, multicultural culture. The band, unprompted, told us all to turn to the back of the hall – Ross is a real motherf*cker and it’s his birthday. Let’s all sing happy birthday – Ross, an old, quiet, slightly messy yet friendly looking white man couldn’t help but smile as everybody, strangers and friends, sang his birthday ditty.
The final few songs 唯有平淡 and 秋分 were emotional heavy rock ballads where, somehow, the band’s charisma had yet another second wind. In 唯有平淡, Elvis stepped off stage to sing in the audience. Surrounded by his loving fans, he sat down and gestured for everyone to follow along, creating a cozy little circle on the Fringe floor. He then stole someone’s phone to take some selfies…as one does. Then he looks up. Wow. This is so comfortable I feel like I’m in my room at home. Then he lies down and decides to not get back on stage for the final song. What?! I told you this is my home! And as everyone waved their orange amber yellow phone flashlights, the stage lights seemed to dim ever so slightly.
Before tonight, I’d never seen Yusobeit. I thought I was pronounced Yu-So-Be-It. Four syllables. It’s pronounced Yu-So-Bate. Three syllables. Shows what I know. But you don’t need to know a band in advance to enjoy them and Yusobeit are so fun, lively and genuine that you can’t help but feel part of their inner circle just after a few songs. And maybe, just maybe, for a moment, we even shared the same home.
-Cyril Ma
Live review from Winter Festival (冬季音樂祭) Day 1:
celebration
蕪鳴
怪物
56k
無大礙
正好
UDG WINTER FES 2026
Yusobeit – 望見台下
(CANTO ROCK)
當連阿ROSS都High到「舉高隻手」，你就知Yusobeit唔係講笑，so as ROSS嘅搖滾精神！
Who is ROSS？一個七十三歲仲會入場聽Underground音樂嘅優雅伯伯！
How do I know ROSS? 因為主音阿YU(Elvis)走落台Shout Out佢，搖滾而不失禮貌地問呢位伯伯幾歲，令我哋知道同場有阿ROSS一齊Rock！
阿YU流住「表演者」嘅血，Entertainer獨有嘅癲狂式Hustle精神支撐佢澎湃輸出！裡面當然有著唱功、台風等「技巧」，而更多嘅係「個性」，以及個性使然下嘅自然發揮，其中一樣就係令佢留意並回應台下嘅「洞察力」！呢樣天賦令阿YU喺人群中睇得見阿Ross，令觀眾渴望自己成為表演一部份！（同埋令到觀眾定大會人士請佢哋飲啤酒，哈！)
Yusobeit四子有一段時間無齊整夾Band（因為結他手KIT小朋友出世，Congratulation!），默契依然喺度，但就多啲蝦碌嘢！第一首歌KIT爸支結他斷弦，縱使佢好冷靜咁處理，首歌唱完都趕唔切，正！ 阿YU冇放過呢個炒熱氣氛嘅機會，幽隊友一默後令大家喺下首歌更留意結他表現aka Rising a guitar monster——何況佢嘅嘶吼＆鼓手嘅Rap已成功帶觀眾入Rock Mode！或者係我企得前過喇叭，又或者係器材問題，聽阿YU把聲有啲細，未100%感受到佢scream嘅威力，可惜！本身今次Yusobeit選歌前Rock後抒情，有啲反差，而YU把厚聲唱Live絕對Carry到兩種曲風&唱腔，同時又Keep觀眾Entertaining，夠氣又夠戲！今次嗌得唔夠，期待 Yusobeit四子器材全Ready下嘅表演，亦期待佢哋點玩大場！
如果你搵緊一隊表演力爆登嘅Rock Band，嗌得唱得，表演充滿驚喜嘅，係Yusobeit㗎啦！
P.S. 網上其中一個對Yusobeit嘅Comment係佢哋「冇自己把聲」，因為唱法太似Supper Moment，DAMN that’s not true，睇一次佢哋嘅Live，佢哋絕對擁有自己嘅聲音，仲愈聽愈上癮！YU同SUNNY相似嘅係眼神入面嗰種狂熱，下秒隨時為表演唔知做啲咩出嚟嘅不可預知性；呢樣係同樣流住「表演者」血液，心入面有Entertainer使命嘅人嘅共同語言，鳴就明！
Yusobeit UDG WINTER FES 歌單：
Celebration
蕪鳴
怪物
56k
無大礙
正好
加唱：秋分
Elvis : Vocal
Kit: Guitar
Andy: Bass
MC : Drums
-劉海亮
Live review from 19th Anniversary Party:
1)#celebration
2)你講你愛我
3)蕪鳴
4)怪物育成計劃
5）56kbps
6)It’s okay
encore (in case )
7)不羨仙
A sense of chaos pervades metalcore group Yusobeit’s antepenultimate set. Turtleneck-clad lead singer Elvis, aka Yu, begins the performance with a yoga-like ritual before unleashing an anguished roar as an electronic synth track kicks in.
Melodic verses bookended by growling; angry rhythms; hardcore breakdowns; serrated electronic programming; all these elements combine to create the patchwork of industrial metal with elements of screamo that defines Yusobeit.
Bizarrely, much of the set has an overly loud drum click track throughout. What seems like a stylistic choice for the first track it appears in quickly becomes a probable sound error as the irritating, woodpecker sound persists throughout.
Elvis is undoubtedly a gifted showman, but drummer MC steals the show. Dressed in a golfing jumper and bucket hat, he stands up to rap while keeping the rhythm driving.
Fourth track 怪物育成計劃 brings some variation to the set as a poppier number with rolling toms before 56kbps leads the descent back below the surface of the primordial soup, with reptilian screams, barking and shouts “jump! jump! jump!” that whip up the crowd.
It’s hard not to recall Hoobastank’s The Reason for the final song It’s Okay. Vocals are softer and more evocative of Chino Moreno’s brooding, plaintive style, and rumbling drums and bass underpin verses that intensify in emotion as the song plays out.
Overall, although Yusobeit seem to have all the individual elements in place to be a truly gripping live band, sound inconsistencies — the strange metronome and a guitar almost inaudible throughout the set –regrettably make for a lacklustre experience.
-El Jay
