A Berkeley mum could feel her temperature rising as her favourite boy band of all time whispered sweet nothings in her ear.
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In front of thousands of fans, Human Nature plucked Amanda-Renee Shepherd out of the Wollongong crowd, onto the velvet lounge and serenaded her with "Don't Say Goodbye".
"Picture that poster you had on your wall all those years ago," they told her as they simultaneously struck a pose.
"What is it I'm seeing in your eyes?" they sang, as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Toby Allen, Phil Burton, and brothers Andrew and Michael Tierney showed they don't take themselves too seriously despite 30 years of hits, sold-out shows around the world and their formidable reputation as a genuine Las Vegas headline attraction.
Since signing to Sony Music Australia over two decades ago, they've sold more than 2.5 million albums, earned 27 platinum awards, scored 17 Top 40 hits and have had five Top Ten tracks worldwide.
But back home for their Little More Love Tour, the band members showed they genuinely appreciate their die-hard, life long loyal Aussie fans like Amanda-Renee who have been with them since their fresh-faced boy band beginnings.
"Basically I've been a fan of Human Nature since about 12 years of age, so about 27 of the 30 years they have been around," Mrs Shepherd told the Mercury after the WIN Entertainment concert.
"This was my third time seeing them live."
On Tuesday morning the mother of two posted a comment on the band's Facebook page competition asking Wollongong fans to pick their favourite song ahead of the show that night.
"I had nothing to lose. I posted my favourite song and my ticket details and the hashtag and left it at that," Mrs Shepherd said.
"That night I had told my sister about the competition ... and then two songs before, a person on their date night had an aisle seat version of 'He don't love you' and my sister said 'oh well I guess you didn't win'.
"I was like 'oh well doesn't matter as I was just stoked to be there.
"Then when they said 'Amanda Shepherd' I was like OMFG, I couldn't believe it and was shaking, full of happy tears and just overjoyed."
Like for many in the crowd, the night was a stroll down memory lane, with the seasoned professionals sharp as ever, harmonies on point.
As well as the boy band pop hits that made them famous they paid tribute to the legends of Motown which snippets from their Las Vegas show.
"They took me back to my teenage bedroom which was kinda fitting as the song was the anthem of my first ever teenage break up and for years I couldn't listen to the song without tears of sadness," she said.
"Twenty years on I sat there and listened to them serenade me with the song but with tears of complete happiness.
"Having the four boys/men looking straight into my eyes whilst singing twisting my neck to look at only them was just the most amazing feeling ever. It will definitely be a memory I will have for the rest of my life."
