The anticipation of hearing The Click Five live and in acoustic was evident in the loud cheers of the eager audience waiting at *SCAPE. After my interview ended with The Click Five, my photographer and I were ushered to the doors that led to the outdoor arena where all the fans were waiting for the band’s entrance.

The doors swung open into the outdoor arena, and nearly 300 pairs of eyes went to us, thinking that we were The Click Five. Their eyes lowered in dismay, as they realised it was just the media coming out of the doors.

After a period of waiting (unbeknown to the fans, The Click Five were actually having their lunch, and not standing around behind the closed doors), they finally emerged. One by one, they came out of the doors, to the audience’s thunderous applause and cheers. They took up centre stage, welcomed the audience, and started playing their new hit, ‘I Quit! I Quit! I Quit!’

And no, this upbeat and infectious song isn’t about The Click Five quitting, but more about not giving up on love. Just look at the lyrics. “I quit (my old ways) to keep you from lettin’ me go. You say it’s over but I’m saying no!”

The chorus got the audience pumping their fists in the air in time to the music, with Kyle (the lead singer) smiling and singing at the same time.

Next up was one of their newer songs, called ‘Don’t Let Me Go’. This song is of a slower tempo, and everyone could sense the band’s serious and somber mood while playing this song, reminiscent of ‘Empty’, a song from their second album.

Wanting to shake the audience out of the blanket of melancholy that had settled over them because of ‘Don’t Let Me Go’ (they knew how to play with the audience’s mood), they played their newest single, ‘The Way It Goes’, written by band member Ben Romans and composer Frank Ciampi, after.

The audience stirred and started getting high again, singing “It’s just the way it goes oooh oooh ooooh” along with The Click Five. The entire band was grinning from ear to ear while playing the song, getting high on the audience’s enthusiasm.

Then, questions from the floor were answered by the band, followed by a lucky draw session in which 10 people were chosen to take group pictures with The Click Five. Loud screaming ensued when the people in the audience realised that their numbers had been called, earning envious looks from the other members of the audience.

The friendly band bid farewell to the audience with their closing song, the ever-popular ‘Jenny’, and that was when the crowd energy was at its highest, with the audience’s voices nearly overpowering Kyle’s voice.

Their live renditions were just as good as the studio-recorded ones. Well done, The Click Five.