XLOV live in Manchester review- If you know me, you know there’s one group that has completely taken over my playlist: XLOV. What started as casually checking out their music very quickly turned into full-on admiration for their talent, energy, and stage presence. And yes… I actually got to see them live in Manchester.
And I need to be so serious for a second: they are insane live. Like actually, disrespectfully good. The kind of good where you’re just standing there thinking “there is no way this is real” for the entire show. I was gagged the whole time. Fully, completely, permanently in awe. The vocals? Unreal. The choreography? Sharp, powerful, and somehow still so effortless. The stage presence? They don’t just perform, they take over the entire room. It’s one of those concerts where your brain just stops processing halfway through because it’s too good to keep up with.
The moment they walked on stage, I think my brain actually stopped functioning for a bit. And it never fully recovered after that. Every song felt bigger, louder, more intense than I could’ve imagined from videos online. Being there in real life, with the crowd energy building around it, was something I’ll genuinely never shut up about.
But the night wasn’t just about the performance. I also met some of the loveliest people there. The kind of people you instantly click with because you’re all there for the same reason, sharing the same excitement, the same obsession, the same joy. Somehow, I get to call them my friends now (shout out to the York gang, you know who you are).
And despite the very questionable Manchester weather, I had the best time queuing, talking, laughing, and even filming a “Queued Up” episode in the middle of it all. Rain and all, it honestly just added to the memory in the weirdest way.
One of the absolute highlights of the night was meeting Haru, the cutest maknae ever. I was honestly just in shock — like, fully did not know how to function as a human being. Haru was so sweet and somehow even more adorable in real life than on stage. That tiny moment instantly became one of those core memories I know I’ll replay in my head forever. Every time I think about it, my heart does that little bii-p bii-p thing all over again.
And honestly, that’s what I love most about experiences like this. It’s not just the music or the performance, it’s the people, the moments, the chaos, the connections, all of it coming together into something I’ll never forget.
