#I do love the choreo for the chorus tho it’s very fun

[yubnubforhire]

I feel like I hallucinated this entire music video

[decembermoonskz]

+ stray kids : 5-STAR (★★★★★) | my comeback review/thoughts °˖✧

welcome! let’s get started! >:) happy skz day <33 feel free to let me know you thoughts and if you agree with stuff or have your own interpretation :D 

god i missed skz music so let’s get it

album ;

★ - favorite

:: Hall of Fame ★

OMG SUCH A GREAT INTRO TO THE ALBUM

this is such a great statement for the theme of the album as well as who stray kids are

the bass is really good and the key is wonderful

the pre hook is absolutely amazing and it gets you hyped

minho’s parts are one of my favorites tbh he has such good energy and it makes it feel like his lines are a punch to the gut

i love the whole hook!!!!!!!!!

and the sci-fi vibe sfx are really good wow

felix’s lines too tho like yes sir spit facts >:D

:: S-Class

this is an amazing title track imo!

honestly this is a great statement about who stray kids is and how far they’ve come. now hear me out.

they kind of show a little bit of everything that makes up their genre so to speak. noise music, hard bass, charming little quirky parts, not even mentioning the fun choreo and footwork that they’re known for. 

it showed that they’re here and that they aren’t changing their brand any time soon.

the whistle to start it off is so iconic honestly 

the pre hook yet again is my favorite and the ending section of the chorus with all the footwork :D

the pre hook is both gentle and hype-building

also that endless bass in the hook is so nice it’s low and tickles my ear just right

THE SWITCH UP FOR VERSE 2 BRUH that reminded me of nct’s songs being a totally diff song at certain points LOL

THE BRIDGE IS SO FUCKING PERFECT BRRRRRUUUUHHH

that deep synth during the dance break is delicious 

it really is great just wow *claps*

:: ITEM ★

so welcome to one of my favorite songs on the album

the intro is one of my favorite things ever the nostalgia of the 8bit sounds

the hook is so aggressive and i think using changbin and felix for the “item!” part is perfect

the second verse rap may be the best part tbh it’s so addicting hearing their fast raps the rhythm is so good

jisung’s rap was probs my fave hhhh no surprise

such a nice mix of happy and aggressive tbh which also has to do with the major vibe

honestly if this was their b-side i wouldn’t complain honestly it’s such a good song all-around

honestly love they didn’t unveil this

:: Super Bowl ★

oh god i knew i’d love this one !!!!!

super impressed with doing it in all english

all the whispers tho omfg so clean

honestly i understand why this didn’t become god’s menu tt it doesn’t give tt quite like current god’s menu and gives off more b-side 

honestly it’s so addicting like item just whoa the bridge is so nice and the hook is so good i’m very hit or miss with chanting choruses but this one does it nicely

the whispers tho are so perfect i have to mention them again *melts* especially with headphones

:: TOPLINE (Feat. Tiger JK)

changbin rapping first *nods* very nice

the bass hits are so nice on the ears

ooooh! pre hook >>>> so nice the keys are some of my favorite

i love the note falling off at the “we don’t give a fu-” 

OH GOD THE BOOM DIGI DIGI BOOM BOOM no that really is an anthem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay i really like tiger jk’s part! it fits in perfectly and then goes into jisung honestly >>>> *chef’s kiss*

all the raps are really clean (so proud of hyun rapping as always his raps have only gotten better)

another chanting chorus that does it right fr fr it’s so good 

this is a certified concert song hoping for it on the next tour

anyway BOOM DIGI DIGI BOOM BOOM

:: DLC

that sound after “dance like crazy��� really tickles my brain in the best way uwu

i love the vibe of this song it’s so happy and uplifting

honestly it’s such a nice song to dance crazy too go figure :)))

i love the beats so much (i always love changbin songs hehe)

those little vocals at the end of the song made me soft idk why it was so cute

i hope this is on the next tour too i wanna jump to this

:: GET LIT ★

oh fuck GREAT intro

THAT BASS IS NASTY FUCK YEAH

the first verse is so harsh /pos

pre hooks i love you pre hooks <333333333

THAT CHORUS SYNTH IS FUCKING GOOD OMG 

vocals >>>>>

hwang hyunjin i will fight you /pos (context: him slurring his words after hook 1)

the edm vibes i’m here for them *nods*

oooo bridge... *heart eyes*

the little sound at the end hehe

:: Collision ★

trumpets.... TRUMPETS ?!?!??! OH GOD YES

OOF THAT LITTLE VIBRATTO HELL YES

oh this song is going to haunt me till the next comeback watch me loop it and make it onto my top songs for spotify

THAT HOOK IS PERFECT OMFG

omg i love this one so much

hehe chris hehe *kicks feet*

jisung’s voice omg it’s so perfect

verse 2 > verse 1 imo

the ending and the phone ringing sound big oof i love it

:: FNF

i already really loved this song bc of its message but hehe chris starting *covers face and kicks feet*

literally every pre hook on thsi album is good wtf <3333

felix vocals *^*/

hyunjin rap *^*/

the lyrics </3 oof my heart tugs honestly they’re so good

i get TMT vibes from this song tbh and i like it

oh the bridge is so quiet it made me :(((( it’s so soft and heartfelt

after learning about the “catching up” part from chan it makes me more emotional 

:: Youtiful 

time to cry ig *shrugs*

more chris starting vocals TT TT 

this really does go in the #lovestay, you can STAY, category 

the hook is my favorite part <3333333

jeongin was right this does have the comforting disney vibes

all the “i’ll be by your side” vibes are making me so emotional

also chris starting hook 2 makes me wanna cry woohoo love that for me

they dropped the fan chant as i was listening and i looked at them and wanted to cry awesome :))))

:: The Sound (Korean Ver.)

into existing songs now

i already liked the sound before but i tend not to like kr versions of jp songs (besides TOP) but this one is actually alright

i still have bias towards the original but i’m open

the raps are still really good tho like catJAM

i still miss “this is THE SOUND! it’s THE SOUND!”

:: Mixtape: Time Out

i actually like how they ended with the mixtape it feels like an end to the album and a hug for STAY lol

like “congrats you got through the emotional damage this album gave you :))))) /j

no really i like this being the end to the album smth we’re familiar with and a very like... idk conclusive song to end it with

like going out with a happy bang!

god i really fucking love stray kids man <3

mv/performance ;

honestly i’m not always for big flashy mvs but i know that’s kind the era of kpop mvs rn but skz never really bothers me with their mvs even if there’s a lot going on LOL (like the soldiers, the octo monster, the horse, the fire, just for examples) oh and i won with all the chris shots LOL anyways

i really like the choreo it’s really playful and like they said it’s like a “playful annoying” HAHA it really comes off as these annoying kids having fun without a care. my favorite part of the choreo is the hook and the start of verse 2 i love the switch up so much it’s not even funny. 

also the part where minho and chris get to be center with the footwork that’s such a nice moment!

i loved all the scenes on the boat fr fr that’s so cool! i also loved the camera work yet again their mvs always have such nice camerawork and editing <3333333 i love how they yet again did everything that tends to “bother” people. adding a lot of things to their videos and making them wild just like making their music noisy HAHA 

i also really liked the minchanjeong shot for the bridge it’s so good. that and seungmin’s shot at the end of the bridge too! hyun showing up in the fire for hook 2 was also so nice! ugh i could talk about the whole mv tbh LOL

final thoughts ;

wow overall this comeback is hard-hitting and there’s so much to take in!! there’s literally way too much to deal with you can’t process it all on one listen or watch. you need like ten LOL i’m in love with this cb tbh after listening to the album and the songs and seeing the mv like 4-5 times (this will go up later lol) i’m really happy and pleased with this cb!! overall it’s quite literally 5 stars HAHA <3333 thanks for reading if you made it this far *bows* i’m out to vibe to the album and watch the fan chant (we got 4 parts of chris in s-class can i get an amen)

[peachjaem00]

Finally having the time to listen to Golden age and here are my thoughts.

Baggy jeans: is sexy as fuck!! the og unit really put their whole ass pussies to make this song and they did it for me and me only!!! jaehyun's low ass voice AAAAAAAAAAA i am very unwell. ten's vocals are top tier, my man didn't come to play, he meant serious bussiness in that recording booth.

Call D: is cute and fun, i liked it and idk if taeyong sings in this, but if he did damn he slayed.

PADO: is my favorite so far, it's so good!! the chorus is amazing and haechan's vocals are just top tier in this. like i was bopping my head and all, hands were doing the approval dance and shit. the beat goes HARD bro!!! i loved it soso much.

Interlude: oasis: nct never, NEVER, dissapoints with the interludes, like no one does interludes like them, they own the concept. no one could never bro, they wished they could but they can't!!! nct is the only group allowed to make interludes.

The BAT: i am so so scared of the mv because i know i will literally die. this is officially the sexy song of the album and it tingles the right parts of my brain, like it is melting my brain but at the same time it's the only thing that it's keeping it together, if that made sense. putting jeno, johnny, yuta, jungwoo, jisung, taeil and hendery was the most genius idea anyone could've come up with and i will forever be thankful.

Alley oop: it's good i guess. it's giving old school vibes, idk if that's accurate but those are the vibes i'm getting. the vocals are good, the rap is good. jisung is slaying hard, like they need to make him sing more because he has an angelic voice. in all honesty this is a very mid song lmaooo, not bad, but not great. like it's okay hahaha.

That's not fair: YES MARK YES!!!! i liked the intro a lot. it's good, it's chill but cool at the same time. mark is slaying very hard like that's so hot of him.

Kangaroo: this could've been a great song for shotaro, i miss him so bad in nct but oh well, fuck you sm. JISUNG YES YES YES!!!! MY MAN RENJUN SLAYING HARD AS WELL!! this is so cute bro i am living! this is my only source of happiness like this song is the only thing keeping me alive right about now. now they made this song for me and for me only, no one is allowed to enjoy this song the same way i do. pleaseeeeeeee you have no idea how happy i am right now hahhaha.

Not your fault: the ballad, we needed a ballad. i love nct's ballads, like they always break my heart. getting a lot of singing in the rain plus from home vibes, i may be way off but it's okay to be wrong sometimes. the vocals are so soothing like i feel like a baby being lullabied by their mom.

Golden age: holy shit am i going to cry? OH THESE VOCALS DAMN! okay never mind lmaoooo. the extreme change was wild bro like ??? the smooth ahaaa and then intense rap lmaooo, it's good though. nice chorus, i like it. vocals are on fucking point i love this so much!!! missing shotaro and sungchan hard right now tho, i hope they're well... YES HAECHAN YESSSSS!!!! i bet there is an amazing dance break in the choreo but i havent watched any of the mvs because i'm scared lmaoo. YES TAEIL MY MAN!!!!!!

[mcknitface]

My top 10 in advance of the final

so. i've finally written and thought about my actual top ten songs going into the final. i've actually also compiled my top 40 and my tops for the semis, but that's a bit late now. i'll do them in advance of next year though!

so, here, with comments, is my top ten for the final

1 - DE DIEPTE - an amazing song, by an amazing artist. i'm british but very into the dutch alt-pop scene (a joke scott and rylan made on tuesday) and when S10 was announced i was so excited. this song is everything i wanted and more - she's changed her style to suit a wider audience, and the da-da-da-da oeh-oeh aa-aa really brings in non dutch speakers, essential for this competition.

2 - MEÐ HÆKKANDI SÓL - wasn't too keen on the first listen (morning of sunday 13th march) but by the evening of the monday i was obsessed. amazing meaning behind the lyrics, and icelandic is such a lovely language to listen to. when this was announced as a qualifier i almost screamed (had to not tho as i was in the queue for a club) as i had prepared for the worst.

3 - LIGHTS OFF - one of the first entries to be released back in december. i had covid at the time, was on day 8 of 10 of isolation, and this buoyed me through the last two days. a great dance bop, the revamp arguably isn't as good but i love the pause before the chorus. she's improved a lot as a singer as well, literally screamed when this qualified, amazing song.

4 - IN CORPORE SANO - watched it, was bemused, watched again, watched again, looked up the lyrics, obsessed. amazing concept, almost performance art, i cannot get enough of this. look up the rest of her triptych, it's amazing. the other songs are called nobl and mekano, and the fact she entered the serbian national selection only to broaden her songs' reach, not intending to win, is iconic.

5 - HOLD ME CLOSER - i don't really have much to say here, it's just a very good song. a powerful chorus? maybe that's what draws me into it and separates it from other ballads for me.

6 - SENTIMENTAI - lithuanian is a beautiful language and it's amazing to finally have a song in it in the final. the older feeling of the song lends it an elegance and from everything that i've seen monika is an icon. i'm mostly excited about the lithuanian, but it's a song that i can't help swaying to. again i was thrilled when this qualified as it was borderline

7 - FULENN - i am in love with this devil-summoning masterpiece. something different from france, and in one of their marginalised langauges, really make this stand out. i particularly like the vibration-esque part of the second chorus, after the "tria' a ra ar c'haoud". great to have some celtic language representation as well, it's a travesty that we've (in the uk) never sent a welsh entry.

8 - TRENULEŢUL - this is another one which came out fairly early. i can't help bopping along to this and i really hope it does well in the final. it's such a jolly song with a serious meaning behind it, and the music video is so fun. not sure what i think of the slight revamp - i will still listen to the original - but i understand why it was revamped for the stage.

9 - SNAP - a non-offensive song with a great staging (that's unaffected by the broken sun). i didn't really pay attention to this until the second rehearsal on youtube, but i really do like it. maybe not something i'll still be listening to in a year, but definitely one i want to see do well.

10 - LLÁMAME - a nice surprise qualifier from thursday. the song definitely works better when you can see it being performed, but nonetheless it's a great song, with great choreo, and we love us some bisexual representation.

in case anyone is interested, my original top ten was the netherlands, iceland, czechia, slovenia, serbia, sweden, latvia, croatia, lithuania and france. semi one was particularly painful - i'd like to have seen thirteen of those songs through (but only seven from semi two)

judge me as you will, and enjoy the final!

[noramoons]

Hey for the ask game

Got7 all of them?

omg absolutely! 💚💚 putting this under the cut hehe

kpop ask game!

1. who’s your bias?

the one and only jackson wang…

2. how did you decide on your bias?

i actually heard jackson’s solo music before i got into got7! (which was literally two months before they left jype 🥲) i rlly enjoyed what i heard from the actual group so I started looking into more of their content, but i was still very enamored by jackson lmaoo he’s just such a funny dude in their group interactions

3. who’s your bias wrecker?

it’s a VERY close tie between jaebeom and bambam…jaebeom is such a great leader and bambam is so funny gdndndj

4. hyung line or maknae line?

ooo this is tough…i think i’ll go with hyung line BUT i love maknae line so much too 😔 decisions decisions

5. what is your favorite era?

probably not by the moon/dye era! everyone looked SO good and that album has some of my favorite music from them

6. your favorite song and why?

omg i’ve been playing pray on repeat this week so it’s definitely my favorite rn but i do feel like my answer for this changes constantly jfnfndj. i just love that instrumental part at the beginning a lot!

7. what’s the first song you heard?

안보여 (Come On) ! heard it in the car with my roommate and i was like 👀 u got any more of these hehe

8. your favorite album?

breath of love: last piece!

9. have they ever made you cry?

i cry pretty easily LOL but got7 actually hasn’t made me cry yet—however i got REAL close with that goodbye stage right before they left jype…bambam getting so emotional rlly got to me, especially with him talking about how devoted the fans are :(

10. favorite music video?

another question that changes all the time but rn i’d have to say look! that footwork in the chorus is some of my favorite choreo from them

11. what do you love about this group?

oh gosh, ik it’s cliché to say they’re just so talented but they rlly are!! and it truly shows with how much their music has changed and evolved throughout their careers, they have such a diverse discography which is what i love abt them. they’re also such a genuine and funny group—my dad has even watched got7 compilations with me before and enjoyed them 😭 i think they’re a great group for whenever you’re feeling down to help you get to feeling better again.

12. who would you marry and why?

jaebeom! him being a cat person is probably at least 80% of that LOL but he’s so genuine and caring w the members too 🥺

13. who would be your best friend and why?

bambam! his humor actually reminds me a lot of the guys i was friends with in high school fndndjd and i just think you’d always have a smile on your face around him

14. do you own any merch?

not yet :// i’ve contemplated collecting jackson’s pcs but there are…so many LOL. i rlly like the got7 lightstick tho!! if they ever tour again i might have to grab one

15. what’s a concept you would like to see them try?

i feel like everyone and their mother is doing a rock/emo concept rn but it would be kinda fun to see got7 go back to their roots w this next comeback a little bit hehehe…they probably won’t LOL but that would be interesting 🤔

16. a subunit you would like?

since got7 already has a few subunits i would love to see more jus2 in the future…please 😩😩

17. favorite look from your bias?

had to dig thru his instagram for this LOL but this was his pfp for a while and it’s just such an immaculate look ☕️

18. your favorite title track?

last piece! played that on repeat almost every time i walked to class last semester loll

19. favorite choreo?

i said look earlier but i do also really enjoy the choreo for poison! especially the studio choom vid with the jackets hehe

20. favorite live performance?

i rlly need to watch more live stages of got7’s tbh! 😩 but that 2018 mama stage with jackson, bambam, and mark performing individually before everyone came out to do lullaby was one of the first things i saw from them and i was hooked immediately!

[lethesomething]

Little Things I like in kpop

When the chorus keeps going and one dude stands to the side to go 'aaaaAaaaAAaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'. Love that

and then They Go Straight Back Into Formation to dance like they didn't just empty out their entire lung capacity. Like, my friend, breathe, it's ok. Good job tho.

Tongue Stuff. I'm a simple woman. You give me expressive dancers and i will Eat that Up. Someone at one point taught kpop idols to work the camera like it's a particularly good-looking bar patron and Boy is that effective. Also in this category? Smirks

Hair choreo makes me so happy. This is mostly a girl band thing but Yeah! Whip It!

When they sync into a single thing. Like the dancers form a giant cat, or a canon, or a statue with multiple arms, or a clock or some shit. You know the one. A classic version of this is the Swirl, which will never get old. It's very nice to see dancers move in sync, its another thing entirely when they move as a single entity.

Also? When one of the performers gets to puppet the others. Like they raise their hand and everyone else falls or moves to invisible strings. Love that.

Speaking of: Dance breaks. Just…. Dance breaks.

In other sync news: when acts do practice video's and all the dancers jump at the same time and you can Hear the Feet.

When a rapper has a cathphrase. It's the cutest thing? Like yes, that's you! I and every other fan knows who is rapping because we obsessively study and learn the voice timbres of every member by heart, but you Claim that Rap buddy.

When for the MV they film the stage choreo several times on different sets and in different outfits, and then cut between them.

Ad-libs or generally just Goofing off on stage. Particularly when it's like the last performance of a promo run. Like yes, please do have some fun.

Ending fairies. Are the greatest thing. Like, yes, they just did a whole perfectly synced performance where they kept having to move positions to let someoen else int he middle, now give them their little spotlight.  

[winwxn]

kingdom ep 4 stage reactions:

sf9

okay mafia concept. i see you

i love how they can have guns but they have to blur the knives omg

the story!!! the arc!!! like a fuckin music video!!!!

is that guy okay??!! the one ‘set’ on fire and fell. i assume he is but

i’m not familiar enough with the original so i don’t know how much (if at all) the choreo changed but i think i prefer this version

sf9 really coming in with the story-line stages and i love it

ikon

okay cinematography~

lots of moving pieces in the background, super nice

more editing for bobby’s post-chorus rap love it! reminds me of wong kar wai films

this is how you should handle showing that you’re doing it live!!

he’s a little out of breath and comes off louder than the soundtrack recording, having a lot of fun with it and letting himself have breaks

not going way off beat to speed up like it just doesn’t make sense

also super random.... june’s earpiece is lime green and damn we stan. such a pop of color!!!!

again i’m not super familiar with the original BUT this sounds 1000% like an ikon song rather than an ateez song. like it sounds like it could be their song and i would have no idea

i really liked this version and they did a great job making it their own

the boyz

so this one is gonna be different for my reaction bc i LOVE the original song. literally one of my favorite kpop songs

i was so confused when they translated the title to ‘the red wedding’ in english bc.... what. but at least i can read korean so i know it’s o sole mio

the female dancers’ dresses are so pretty

sunwoo (?)’s rap wasn’t my kind of thing. it seemed a little off beat ???

that last part with the bow and arrow tho!!!! really enjoyed that

i think i’m biased by saying i prefer the original. i appreciate this version but i probably won’t ever listen to it again.

i think i really struggled with it because of the new beat drop for the chorus

like it just didn’t sound like it fit the song very well idk

sf9 was by far my favorite for this episode but i’m really excited for stray kids and btob bc i’ll be more familiar with both of those songs lol

[woozi]

incredibly random but I am thinking once again abt flower’s choreography… it’s like wow. dino rly Did That™… he’s just incredibly captivating? like the parts where he’s like centered in flower are incredibly just driven on his like. charisma alone… I say this as someone who’s like not even dino biased (which will make this next part of my ask sound a little crazy I think) anyways my apologies if this is incredibly random but I just wanted to offer some of my favorite dino Moments™ in performances bc it’s stuff I just can’t get out of my head…

1. his part in good to me (show champion specifically) bc like my god that shot of his hands. good. and then the thing at the later part of the song where it goes from joshua to hoshi to dino doing the “good to me” bit I am (rightfully) obsessed w/ the transition there and it’s just. very good I like it a lot

2. the 190928 show music core performance of fear (which is. actually just my fav performance of fear in general so i always wanna talk abt it, I think the camera is like nice and such) bc like it may just be the specific makeup hes rocking there but his expressions are Choice™

3. any of his parts in hit I think this one is self explanatory really

4. the mcountdown performance they did of snap shoot. again even MORE self explanatory. although sometimes I forget snap shoot has actual choreo bc I’m so endeared by whatever they do in the mv

5. literally any of the home stages bc it’s like. his soft voice in the beginning is great but like specifically my favorite but is like the part right before the last chorus / instrumental thinks and dino has that like… slow smile? absolutely great especially in the like. music bank ep 965, that one. especially w/ the “home, home, home” bit followed immediately by like. a spin… I adore the duality / tone shift there I think abt it lots. ahem anyways i think the performance of home on 190131’s m countdown nicely shows all of that or whatever… I will go hide now.

6. fun fact I actually got involved w/ svt tumblr bc even tho I been into svt for a bit I saw a gif of dino in 24h and was like “I think I’m physically incapable of not making a kpop blog now bc I Have to reblog this.” my point is… his power.

signed, car crash anon <3 (hope u have a good day/night wherever you are!)

the way i had to watch each of the choreos again to do this ask justice JFDJDFFDKJFD

ALSO NOOOOOOOO OMG NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE AT ALL IM OBSESSED THAT U EVEN CAME TO ME ABT THIS <3 also ur so right <3 i feel like dino emphasizes grace a lot in his dances and you can see how well connected (he's always very smooth flowing i noticed) his moves are. although he also perfects precision, i think the way he makes the dance whole (not just a bunch of moves) is the exact reason why he can also enunciate each move to emphasize parts he wants to!!

the HANDS INDEED!!!!!!!!! and soOOO TRUE BESTIE!! it's so well thought out and i always really love how they can do so much with so many members as well i think thats one of svt's performance strengths which is p hard to pull off also because there's so many of them fdjfdjdfjk (and not to derail from dino but jihoon in that stage 👁👄👁 sumn abt black haired jihoon is so- ALSO JUN OH MY GODDDDDD)

the way i was hoping u were talking abt fear w the blue fits AND YOU WERE OH MY GOD DFDJKFJDKDJFKFJD it's also my favorite fear stage you aRE SOOOO VALID. i wish dino had more dance-y parts on his line though </3 N E WAYZ im also obsessed w their makeup <3 have u seen wonu's blue eyeshadow <3 king shit. i still rmb how i felt when i first saw it lmao

ALSO SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 😭😭😭 hit era dino is my favorite dino tbh it was too fucking short lived. THE DANCE (its still my favorite svteenie choreo AND mv tbh). THE FUCKING FIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MAN AND HIS STYLING OH MY GODDDDDDDDD. please bring back that blonde dino w that cut and releasE THE FOREHEAD

so true bestie <3 can say without bias that dino's part is the best. I CANT WAIT FOR THE JP VERSION <3 and ur right i think the mv's even more dear to us bc they made it themselves <3 (everyone say thank u mg!!)

home my beloved <3 ALSO NOT U MENTIONING THE DINO SMILE I CAN PICTURE IT EVEN WITHOUT TRYING TO 😭😭😭 the way you're noting these many things abt dino,,,,,,,, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME BUT R U A DINONARA??????????????? i thought u were a huihui 😭😭😭 or was that another anon,,,,, DONT U GO BY TWO NAMES,,,,,, OR AM I INSANE,,,,, i have really bad memory sorry KJFDKJFDKJFD

ANYWAY THANK U FOR COMING TO ME ABT THIS <3 love that and ily <3

[astro-break]

I don’t see it being talked about here, so I get to ramble about Crazy:B and Honeycomb Summer so buckle in, its going to be a ride

Quick disclaimer. This is the first time I’m doing something like that and I am simply coming from this as a fan and not as a professional. Some of the things I say might be wrong. And thats okay, I invite you to DM/Ask me questions, correct me, and even have a discussion with me. I’m very willing to learn from things I’ve done wrong and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this as well. The main purpose of this post will be to analyze Crazy:B’s growth through MVs with really low quality screenshots as my evidence/to make your reading experience more tolerable. I’ll also be speculating as to what might come going forward for the unit so if that interests you skip to the smiling Nikki screenshot near the end. So with that out of the way, have a smiling HiMERU and Nikki, get some water, and lets start.

So one thing ive always noticed with the previous Crazy:B MVs is the distance each member has with each other. This is most prevalent in Crazy Roulette, as the only real contact anyone has with each other is HiMERU and Rinne in that one “Bet. Omae wa dou da” part. In formation transitions, the space they give each other is pretty wide which in itself isn’t that big of a deal but it’s more common to have quick and snappy transitions with minimal spacing in a faster paced song such as Crazy Roulette. This especially holds true in the chorus but Crazy:B seems to be going for a more “Rile up the crowd” approach to both keep up their image as a party unit and allow their members more time to transition into the next formation

Even in shots where usually you’d expect the to be back to back with each other, they have a large gap between them as if there’s supposed to be a third member filling that space. (Note that Kohaku seems to be guilty of this the most. I think that this just speaks more to Kohaku’s impression of idols at this point in the story and the reason why he even entered the idol world in the first place.)

Even in the one scene of physical contact, HiMERU looks almost sad, wistful even, before putting on a stage smile. In HiMERU’s solo section, his face if very much melancholic and maybe even a little bit regretful. One can play it off as his lyrics have quite the somber tone as it is a lull to help increase the hype when the chorus comes around again, but wistful seems a bit odd when talking about having resolve and taking into account the general party like atmosphere of the song. Keep it in mind because it’s a reoccurring happenstance throughout these three MVs

The distance between the members is especially interesting as Crazy:B’s image is that of a wild and well, party like fun unit where the audience can just loose themselves in the adrenaline and hype. Their songs have a very rave kind of feel, the type that would get you on your feet and hopping around with your friends, so why would a unit like with such a party like vibe that keep there distance? Perhaps its because they are a newly formed unit so their approach of “Interact with the crowd” is better for them as it allows them to take more breaks, alleviate a lot of the pressure of dancing on stage, and it builds a loyal fanbase through constant fan interaction. Though it’s still very obvious from this one MV that Crazy:B is a unit made out of convenience and they’re not having any true fun while up on stage. Their smiles appear forced and it’s like they’re simply moving in accordance with the choreo. The only one who remotely looks like they’re having fun is Rinne, who lets himself go wild. We’ll see more of that in Be the Party Bee

Overall, Crazy Roulette sets up what Crazy:B is at the start of the main story. You can see that they are very individualistic and probably aren’t doing this for fun, simply out of obligation with the only exception being Rinnie. Despite being more polished and more technically impressive, they lack the unity that Alkaloid has. It’s a very good base for Crazy:B to grow from, and they definitely improve throughout the next two MVs

Okay now that we’re finally done with analyzing Crazy Roulette, have a picture of Kohaku smiling. Go drink your water and maybe stretch a bit before we move on 

Be the Party Bee starts off with a weird formation with very little symmetry but then again its Crazy:B, thats pretty on brand. It’s important to note here that the distance between everyone is noticeably lessened, there’s more physical contact between members, and the group seems all the more relaxed. The MV came out around the time the final main story chapter was released (If I’m wrong about this please correct me) so it’s around the end of Crazy:B’s unit arc. It makes sense for them to be pretty comfortable with each other at this point with all the shenanigans they went through.

Rinne especially goes off in this Live with very exaggerated motions. He’s all over the stage, kicking cheering and being very Rinne. You see some of this in Crazy Roulette but its in Be the Party Bee that his off the wall enthusiasm is on full display. He’s a beacon, drawing everyone’s attention to himself but he also passes off the baton to everyone else, giving each member the attention with his crazy antics. Its subtle but also really embarrassing on the recipients’ side, but its there none the less. It’s pretty interesting change from his more self-centered character that was showcased in the main story (Side note, I haven’t read the mains story. At all. If this is wrong please tell me). This side of him comes into play in Honeycomb Summer as well.

There’s still some tension in the group though with them still not feeling super at ease with each other. Distance is still present, and though it is much less than what it was in Crazy Roulette, you still have a sense that these members still aren’t all that comfortable with each other yet. You can see this in shots where the group is required to get into each other’s personal space. But at this point, they have a on stage dynamic that resembles a well thought out shuffle group that meshes well together.

Speaking of shuffle groups, it’s interesting to see how Nikki acts during Date Plan A to Z (The whole MV is interesting in of itself but I won’t speak too much about that. If anyone wants me to make a post on it tho i won’t be opposed) His movements in that MV suggest that he is very much used to someone invading his personal space in the middle of a Live coughcoughRinnecoughcough (Note how he leans back from Natsume as if he’s anticipating him to come closer) and thus acts pretty reserved from the other members of AtoZ. But you also get a very real and genuine smile from him which also implies that up till this point, idol work was an obligation and he didn’t find much joy in the people he worked with but with this new shuffle group, he’s found that being an idol can be genuinely fun. Perhaps its because he was working with Rinne this whole time, working with a whole new group of people, none of which are Rinne, is a new experience for him and he finds himself genuinely enjoying being an idol. Seeing as AtoZ happens after the main story, I hope that we see how being in a shuffle group affects how Nikki interacts with his unitmates in the Heat Haze

One last thing to note about Be the Party Bee is actually HiMERU. His movements during both Crazy Roulette and Party Bee are noticeably more restrained than the other members. It’s more glaring in Party Bee as the unit works more as a team than as individuals. The most obvious section of this happening is during a tradition space where the team breaks off into two groups and fool around for a bit to get into position. Nikki and Kohaku pull this off spectacularly and their little pokes at each other seem fun, high energy, and playful. HiMERU on the other hand, focuses solely on getting into position, barely doing anything to Rinne’s attempts to provoke him into the same playful energy. There are other parts where we get an idea that HiMERU is holding himself back, but this is the most noticeable one. My speculation (hah) is that it also ties into why he looks so melancholic in Crazy Roulette, but we’ll never know what happens in canon until HappyEle gives us some lore crumbs

Overall, Be the Party Bee showcases how Crazy:B is slowly learning to work with each other and mesh together into a cohesive unit. They’re still far from perfect and each member still goes off and does things on their own but overall they have a very different feeling from Crazy Roulette

So we’re halfway done, I’m still surprised that you’re here still reading spontaneous ramblings of someone who looks way too closely into MVs. Good job, go stretch, maybe rest your eyes for a while, drink some water, eat something, do whatever you need to take a small break before continuing. Here’s a smiling Rinne as motivation to rest a bit before we move on.

Now we talk about Honeycomb Summer. Honestly its probably one of my favourite ones just because it shows how much Crazy:B has grown as a unit and as characters. From the get go, you can immediately tell how relaxed everyone looks with giant grins on their face and very energetic movements. You really get the idea that they’re having genuine fun being up on stage. And that to me is the best thing any idol can do, is have fun on stage. Because if your performance is brimming with love and fun, your audience knows it and it makes everyone so much happier. And thats my favourite part of being an idol, to make someone’s day just a little bit better, to make them smile. To everyone them that the world isn’t as awful as you think it is.

The first 25 seconds is just them having fun, and though there is still distance between them, its the type of distance that the performers make for each other so that they’re free to play around, not the type of distance that is made because you are unfamiliar with someone. Everyone participates in this play, when previously it was either very choreographed or it was Rinne being Rinne. How do I know it’s not choreographed and its Crazy:B genuienly having fun? Look at the way each member moves. Each move, though uniform, is injected with personality. Nikki is free flowing, energetic, powerful, and bouncy. HiMERU is calm, measured and precise. Kohaku is wild yet still contained, hitting his moves with calculated power. And Rinne is, well he’s his normal off the wall, noodly, playful self.

One thing that has been pointed out a lot by the IG community is Rinne and Nikki’s dynamic. In Party Bee, Nikki was caught up in Rinne’s pace and was dragged along for the ride looking very visibly uncomfortable and put off. Obviously Rinnie invading Nikki’s personal space wasn’t in the choreo and Nikki, being someone who as of the writing of this post doesn’t seem to have that much experience as an idol and with ad-libbing things on the fly, doesn’t really know how to deal with it other than grimace and hope for the best. Honeycomb Summer provides us with a delightfully amusing face as Nikki’s reaction to Rinne’s repeated attempt to throw him off his game. This, my dear readers, is what we call “The neutral face of displeasure”. Is the face of a man who has let his friend get himself into yet another stupid situation and he’s the going to have to apologize on the behalf of his friend. Again. Nikki shows a “Here we go again” type of expression throughout Rinne’s actions, which is quite interesting given that his reaction during Party Bee was nervousness and surprise. Considering that he and Rinne have worked together before the formation of Crazy:B, I have to wonder if Rinne’s antics are a recent development thus Nikki’s surprise as Rinne must have pulled off similar tricks before.

We can clearly see Nikki’s growth and maybe desensitization with his antics when Rinne tries to elicit another reaction out of Nikki. Here, he ends up smiling a cute exasperated smile and its a nice moment where Nikki has grown close enough with Rinne that he can guess when he is going to pull off his ridiculous stunts. The reaction very well may be staged though with how much time was given to highlight such a face, 

What comes next is yet another showcase as to how far Crazy:B has come to trust each other and enjoy each other’s company. Before, it was only Rinne causing chaos, mostly to Nikki, yet in this segment Kohaku and Rinne team up to lovingly bully HiMERU and its the best. Its. its everything I’ve ever wanted and more. I have a full gallery of the group’s antics right here (since I can’t embed every picture into this post, it would get way too long, but i adore this moment) but I can’t even begin to express how great this is when it comes to showcasing Crazy:B’s current dynamic. At this point, the unit is close enough to each other that they feel at ease to fool around on stage. These clearly aren’t staged as they seem to follow the choreo yet there’s aspects that seem very organic such as HiMERU’s small jab at Kohaku with his admittedly very cute smile and Rinne barging in on the two’s play. This is further backed up by how awkward HiMERU and Kohaku’s choreographed movements are, as if the performance barged into their moment. Even HiMERU and Rinne’s exchange is very reminiscent of Rinne’s antics during Party Bee though HiMERU handles these provocations in vastly different ways from Nikki. These small moments are organic, fun, and a small window into what the current dynamic between the unit is like.

The chorus certainly doesn’t disappoint either with so many good story telling beats. Throughout the chorus its very evident that Crazy:B is still a unit of individualists, though these individualists have learned to work together to create a performance that they alone as one person could never hope to create. They each get a chance to sing a small solo but their movements tell a different story, one that meshes very well with the whole. Instead of riling up the crowd like they did in Crazy Roulette, the unit instead uses their dance to entice the audience, sticking to the center of the stage and preforming as a collective, very rarely moving to the wings. That transition from individual to collective is such a satisfying change, and it speaks to how Crazy:B has developed trust with one another, knowing that the unit is there to cover if they ever make any mistakes.

Arguably, the best thing about this MV is the sheer number of genuine smiles that are on their faces. I have around 30 screenshots of just their smiles, a portion which can be found here, and the rest I’m willing to share if anyone just asks damn it. The amount of precious and pure smiles in this performance is staggering that my measly 30 screenshots is a simple fraction of how many beautiful smiles there are. For the first time, you get the feeling that they’re having fun up on stage. It really reminds me of Knights and their own growth and how they came together as a unit as well. In terms of growth, Crazy:B has gone through probably the most alongside Valkyrie and their progression from an individualistic and fragmented group made out of duty and convenience to a family is such a joy to watch 

Here’s the curious thing through. HiMERU still keeps his distance away from anyone. Even in the group shot, he isn’t as close with anyone as everyone and shies away from Rinne’s attempts at invading his personal space. Notice how HiMERU is right beside Rinne in the first screenshot, but quickly moves forward very quickly even through its clear that Rinne is attempting a hug. Even in the second screenshot, as they invade Kohaku’s space, HiMERU still keeps his distance, simply poking his head in to follow with the choreography while Rinne and Nikki bounce towards Kohaku. (Though this is can also be explained as HiMERU respecting personal space, something Crazy:B isn’t all to fond of doing in general) Nonetheless, its clear that he is enjoying himself, and his movements are much more energetic and expressive compared to the previous performances, he’s still more conservative when compared to the other members.

One final observation I had was how down to earth Rinne could be at times. At some points, he seems lost in thoughts, acting like HiMERU at times. These are very few, only appearing twice if I’m not wrong, but they are followed with Rinne “harassing” his unit mates. This leads me to believe that there is something on his mind and his heart isn’t fully in the performance. I have no idea as to the reason why this may be the case, but I hope it’s addressed in the coming event. I’ll talk about about my own hypothesizes in the next segment though

Finally, we’re finished with Honeycomb Summer. I thoroughly enjoyed the MV and it was absolutely brimming with so many details that make me so excited for the coming event. The growth showcased in this one performance is phenomenal and awe inspiring. I’m really impressed by the people who modeled and programmed the MV, it’s no easy feat to create such subtle expressions and dynamic movements.

Okay, so we’re in the final stretch here. I’d like all of you to take a moment to listen to your body and attend to anything you need to do. Maybe stretch a bit, drink some water, talk with someone, take a small break. Nikki is cheering you on as we enter the final segment.

Alright so this final section will be my thoughts on what’s going to happen in the future. The main topic on the table will be: So what I am hoping to see in the new event? bc let’s be real, HappyEle likes to throw us curveballs, we won’t actually know what happens in these events until the come out

My first and most selfish wish is for Shuffle Units to be addressed and how being in AtoZ affected Nikki. Looking at both Honeycomb Summer and Date Plan A to Z, Nikki is genuinely happy in both instances. I’d love to see how being in AtoZ made him realize that how he can help change his own unit into an environment that he can genuinely have fun with.

On that note, something that would be really cool would be Crazy:B teasing Kohaku over his partnership with Mikejimaman and being a part of Double Face at the same time with Crazy:B. I’d also like to know how throwing GFK off the stage flew with the rest of the idol world, but we’re most likely not getting that haha.... Actions have consequences guys, I just want to see those consequences come into play.

Something else I’d love to see is Hiiro and Rinne, how their new dynamic has impacted them and the people around them, and how they themselves interact with each other on a daily basis. I’d like to think that Rinne’s odd behavior in the MV is because he’s hit a snag with Hiiro, but we won’t know until the event actually comes out

Finally, can we please have more HiMERU lore. For all the guessing I’m like to do and digging I do in accordance to my own experiences, seeing things that I remember and speculate both becoming canon and getting jossed from hell to back is something i eagerly look forward to. Please HappyEle give us the HiMERU crumbs. They probably won’t though, considering that we recently got a HiMERU feature scout and some lore there :p

And with that, we have reached the end of a very long post. I don’t blame you if rn your expression is like Kohaku or HiMERU, it was very long for the both of us. I think I’ve said all that I wanted to, so any closing thoughts would just be reiterations of what was already said earlier. All I have to say is, Thank you for sticking through this long post, please ask me any questions you might have, and I hope y’all have a good day.

Thanks~

[foreignswaggersession]

Review - Golden Child - Game Changer (Part I)

Ever since the Re-boot era started, I’ve been a sad Goldenness. Despite their increased sales and public recognition, I haven’t been able to get excited about a Golcha title track since “Genie”. I feel like the Negative Nancy of the fandom, unable to muster anything nice to say when presented with yet another gloomy dark concept from my comfort faves. It’s just me and maybe 3 other people who prefer the Bright Child era from 2017-2018 (“It’s U” is still their best title track please argue with the wall). Now, Golcha has never slacked on their b-sides - one always makes the top 3 of my year-end lists – but I miss the days of actually enjoying and praising their releases (and I do love my choreo). All I wanted was for Golden Child to be fun again. Well, my prayers have finally been answered with their best album yet, Game Changer.

Game Changer is exactly what it says it is. Golcha is back to being fun and exciting, giving us an album to close out the hot girl summer. I’m used to getting heat from Golden Child in 3-5 song increments, but this is the first time I’ve gotten 10 🔥🔥🔥 tracks all at once. I’m quite overwhelmed, tbh, so this will be a 2-part review (yes we are discussing every song).

Part I – Group Songs

Ra Pam Pam – I finally like a Golcha title track on first listen again! It’s like Woollim realized that “Burn It” was boring af and learned how to make Golcha sound mature while giving me something to dance to. K-pop’s been chasing the Latin trend recently, and “Ra Pam Pam” is a sexy yet powerful Caribbean-inspired summer hit. The “wooooh oooh teong bin i bameul chaeweo / wooooh oooh garojilleojilleo yeah” has been stuck in my head since it came out. Of course, the “ra pam pam” hook gives me “damdadidam” feels – a queen citing a queen for inspiration, we love to see it.

Bottom of the Ocean – Who put country in my k-pop? Golden Child always has a song pandering to the Bright Child stans, and I’ll always love them for it. This is a bright and fun summer jam (even if it sounds like it could be in a Ford commercial with the constant cowbell). Honestly, I did not have Woollim catering to the English-speaking market on my bingo card, but it’s a pretty good addition to the current crop of English-language songs. Because it’s in English (their pronunciation is great, btw), the lyrics have been killing me – “I wanna see what her mama made” – I cannot. Anyway, “Bottom of the Ocean” is cheesy, it’s cute, and it scratches my old-school Golcha itch.

Fanfare – OMFG. Golden Child’s last album had the dance bangers “Cool Cool” and “Round and Round,” and they somehow combined the two to form the perfect song with “Fanfare”. I already think disco is the greatest genre of all time, and the bass line, piano chords, and horns make this song shine. How can you not dance to this? If Woollim loved me I would get a dance mv for this, but at least there’s choreo since they’re promoting it as the b-side. Side note –whatever they’re putting in Jibeom’s vocals is bad for my blood pressure, he’s coming for my bias list.

Spell – Lordy, not two GOAT songs on one album – they’re spoiling me now. This is the type of high-octane track I love from this group (“Eyes On You” is still my favorite Golcha song…but “Spell” is coming for that spot). “Spell” has “Fanfare”-level energy on a galactic level. The vocals and vocal layering are insane – I’m so impressed with each member’s range, especially with the ad-libs (and Daeyeol at the end is 😍). Full8loom, the production team responsible for “Don’t Run Away” and the best of WJSN, never ever disappoints. Also let’s talk about these lyrics … talmbout some “if you want / you can use me / if you nod your head.” Why are they wildin’ like this? (I’m very much here for it tho)

I Know – Aw yeah, “All Day” 2.0, let’s get it. These types of ballads are where Golden Child’s strong vocal line shines – most groups of their size can’t say that most of their members can sing (y’all know I’m right, don’t lie). The instrumental has a strong beat to keep the song from being dull, and the music builds through the verses and pre-chorus to make the release of the chorus feel like a relaxing exhale. “I Know” is a warm closer to the album that proves that Golden Child have mastered the ballad genre.

Part 2

[possession1981-moving]

my thoughts on kingdom ep4 in one post so i don’t clog up all of yalls dashes. it’s in chronological order.

why is it a criticism that a song “sounded too normal” when that means IT SOUNDED GOOD AS OPPOSED TO SEVERAL OTHERS??? Some of those rearrangements were deadass stupid and distracted from the actual performance although they were made to highlight the “storylines”

jinhwan looks so good w that hair dhfhfjfjfj

“it could have been sexier”.... shut up go watch porn or something idfk.

whoever came up with the idea to trick these boys into thinking any performance that’s not trying to be a full goddamn feature movie in 5 minutes deserves death

the praising of taeyang in the interviews. they were so correct. and this is what i’m always saying.no one has passion and presence like yoo taeyang PERIOD. 

THE WAY TAEYANG IS GIVING AMERICAN GIGOLO

imo the guns work bc they make them erotic and it works like an actual noir but subversive bc it’s homo as fuck. like look at ty and hy’s faces and tell me they’re not giving full horny twink like they did say they wanted it to be mature and uhhh that shows lmao

HWIYOUNGGGGGGGGGGG RAP GOD

Good arrangement even if I personally would prefer it more scaled down with less interruptions but I get that they’re pressured to have all that so it’s understandable

Those explosions went on toooo long. The tango is good tho.

Finally a good arrangement from tbz. They were truly starting to worry me last week. I personally don’t love a tango (frankly dislike them) but I can still acknowledge it’s very well done and a HUGE improvement from the mess of no air.

Unmistakably tbz choreo. Styling is fantastic. The female dancers look cheap af tho they did not have to do them like that.

The set is strange to me. I don’t see the point of a lot of it.

SANGYEON’S SAVE ME EVERY DAY!!!!!!!! PERFECTION.

Ending is nice. Very VERY hellenistic.

literally sangyeon babes it’s not ur fault and also maybe this is a sign uhhhh not every performance needs fire 🙃

Bobby x ateez is so cute shdhfjfjfjf truly him n wooyoung top himbos

No but ikon are so genius they truly truly understand the mf assignment. Also the part w them on the balcony that was so emotionally resonant like such a real moment I do love that.

Set? Immaculate. Beautiful use of the set too.

Love the arrangement. Chorus works really well imo n it transforms the song completely while the bridges keep closely to the original.

Group choreo!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect like all of it.

so in summary:

my top pick is ikon they did everything perfectly, their attitude is insane and they actually look like they have fun on stage. fantastic arrangement that i wanna listen to again and again.

second place for me is sf9. they make acting work because most of them are experienced in it and they didn’t sacrifice the music for a storyline. i wish it had been more cohesive in the music though but as i said, since they were put in last place by the “professionals” for not having enough extras so it’s understandable they went for that to compensate. i would still listen to the song on spotify tho.

third is tbz because i found parts of the set to be frankly unappealing visually and i questioned some choices. i did think the arrangement was really good tho and the choreo was beautiful.

also, please no more fire and guns unless it’s actually necessary. this goes for everyone. i look forward to next week’s performances, the preview is very promising imo.

[neo-shitty]

toffee!

ah yeah, i think quarentine has given people some opportunity to actually just sit with the person they are, rather than be rushing around for the person they want to become. its good you got smth good out of isolation! ah thats great! hope you had fun and ur partner in crime speeds back home so you can get out more hehe.

ah yeah ty, good suggestions.

hmm good point, i was sort of putting it separate to the whole not-sexualising thing, but yeah. mmm yeah i totally agree, some of the enhypen fics/imagines *shudder* and even reading innie stuff is just a bit *icky* cos everyone still thinks of him as our agi ppang. yeah def would be good but sadly this just seems to be the world we live in. :(

ah yes the holy masterlist (not sarc) i have actually read in the rain and gladius maximus before, but ill go look for in class! oooh thats good! character development lol. hmmmm yes champagne problems was the angst to end all angst, that shit hurt. it was actually one of the first of your fics i read and i recall almost crying over the whole thing, it was so heartbreaking, i can see how it almost made you want to drop angst. good that youve allowed yourself some lee-way tho :)

hehe thats so cool. okay here we go, ill try not to be mortally offended (/hj)

cheese - yes same, i liked it but that was all there was, it wasnt a super standout track. it was rlly underwhelming for me but some of the hook is super catchy so there is Redemption (tm) in store for cheese maybe

thunderous - mmm, yeah at first i totally agreed, i think they suffer from too much good music syndrome, that all their other tracks are such fucking bops its hard to stay at that level of perfection. the choreo was beautiful tho and tbh, the track has grown on me since ive been watching all the vids abt it. its my brothers favourite track

domino - YES GODAMMIT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE TRACK. the raps, the vocals, the vibes, the fucking domino sound in the back? i would have streamed that shit on repeat. but tbh, as good as it is, it doesnt have that sort of grandness/oomph that skz seems to like in their title tracks so i can see why they chose thunderous (tho domino would have been so good) *sigh*

ssick - yeah same, not my fave track by a long mile, the crowd cheering was a ?strange? choice and the chorus was a bit bare/empty, plus like i mentioned earlier, it was kinda funny to me for some reason but ill still play it if im playing thru the whole album

the view - ahh one of those not like other girls (/j) i honestly think its just a good party song, just a bop to play in the background when nobodys rlly paying much attention. its pretty generic pop music but catchy

sorry, i love you - hehe yeah i thought it was going to be sadder as well, but i rlly loved the fact that they all just got to sing, which almost never happens, i dont think ive heard felix sing for a long time, so i enjoyed it. wasnt rlly a standout track but i just casually like it. looking forward to the fic haha

silent cry - this song i swear, some bits are rlly good and then others are just? why?? it does sound like a dance song tho idk. definitely not one of my faves either

secret secret - YES its so good! its such a chill song and i love their vocals in it. the combination of lo-fi/fake strings backup stuff and their heavenly vocals just makes it *chefs kiss* im listening to it rn and just... its so beautiful. it gives me pumped up another day vibes ya know? like my pace is edgy get cool, this one is energetic another day i feel like. overall i love it

STAR LOST - ah thats so cool! i didnt know that! on first listen this song had a similar vibe to secret secret but then the beat came in and ahh its such a good song. i can totally imagine them putting this song to a concert footage vid, this song is so sweet.

red lights - LMAO YES ITS SO AWKWARD WHY DOES IT GO ON FOR SO LONG ah thats good! yeah good point, its quite intense hehe. but that is my fave trope and this is lowkey my favourite track on the album so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ just the combination of hyunjins and chans voices, the backing music, the lyrics ahh red lights my beloved

surfin’ - yes lmao its always a shock, i feel like they should have put gone away in between them, but its such a fun cute song, i cant get rlly mad. yeah, as an aussie i think im contractually obligated to like beaches lol. sand im not such a fan of, but my familys rlly into fishing and my brother loves bodyboarding so we stay at a beach house at least twice a year and we live like 5 mins from 3 different beaches (hehe all aussie cities are on the coast lol) so thats cool. do you like beaches?

gone away - ah gone away my beloved, i love this song sm, its just so pure and showcases their vocals and lyrics so well. yes the pitch change is very out of the blue, i feel liek they went directly from seungmins soft vocals to hans powerful ones which was an interesting choice, but hey, im not complaining

wolfgang - YES IKR ah im so happy he got to be included in that era and song. yeah its such a full on song i cant rlly listen to it if im in a quiet mood but its very motivating :)

hehe mood, i hope they do! ahhh no rest, but at least you wont have to pull a blink and wait a year for any word from the group lol. im not rlly into nct but im excited for them! ah hopefully youll be able to sneak some rest into that chaotic schedule, with enhypen (idk if u stan but yeah) squeezed into it haha

<3 w.a. 🐺

i wheezed at partner in crime, it reminded me of smth. i have a lee know fic in the drafts that i wrote 'in honor' of him (and his departure-ish). i'll tag you when i finish it, if you want. it's a rather hilarious one.

oh my god. based on my experience on the collabs i've joined before, writing explicit shit for '01 & '02 is not accepted (nct's maknaes) but with enha's hyung line '01 & '02 somehow it's okay? i do a double take every time i see fics like those i mean, technically, it's legal but still what the fuck. maybe it's just not for me at the moment. not at us venting our frustration about this. it's just something that's so accepted here that i am (in all honesty) slightly uncomfortable about. but oh well. that's kpop writerblr for you.

man i could've linked all the fics in the ask instead so you wouldn't have to go looking for them! i think i saw you like in class the other day (the fic i renamed into sharp-tongued, god it took me a while to remember the new title). describing champagne problems as an angst to end all angst is one way to put what i was feeling back in december. it just hurt to write and admit?? if that ever happened to me i would prolly cry :d

okay back to the album talk! i love how you answered with more thoughts. i love exchanges like these! i am a victim of the cheese hook and it's now one of my favorite tracks in the album. PLS, TOO MUCH GOOD MUSIC SYNDROME. that's on our self-producing kings 😌💅 also, your brother has taste! as i am typing this, domino's currently playing in my head and i realized that too, that it doesn't have that 'vibe' of a skz title track. honestly, this could be a title track of another group. ssick is starting to grown on me because i found the beats cool kdjsk not the not like other girls 😭 the view is the generic pop that i don't like but i get why a lot of people enjoy it. sorry i love you scratches a certain itch that i find myself singing the first few lines every time i remember it. i too would want to hear felix sing more!

> a mini junction on the album talk bc i got side tracked. on that topic, i want skz to switch positions at some point like i know those allrounders are capable of doing so. specifically, i want to hear seungmin rap!!!! (yk in the recent weekly idol he talked faster than changbin in a challenge and changbin is like the fastest rapper in kpop that's active atm if im not mistaken. my dandy boy has some potential and i want it UNLEASHED.)

back to album talk. silent cry is basically sad music to twerk to. secret secret is definitely one of my favorite tracks :( i loved how you compared the tracks HAJSAH i burst out laughing bc yk what, you're right! i want to make a star lost edit of skz but i simply do not have the time i want to cry. i love the song so much. ok, my dreaded track, red lights. idt i have played the track since we last talked. my friend sent me the lyrics tho and i'm itching to write a twisted au out of it. idk if you're comfortable with yandere but somewhere along those themes. the obsessive type of love that's sweet at first but turns rotten. IMAGINE IF THEY PUT GONE AWAY BETWEEN ASHJA it's like going from 50 shades to the notebook.

i was about to ask if you lived near the coast and you literally mentions it here god im so stupid. yes i LOOOOOOOOOVE beaches so much. living in an archipelago is fun :( i live in a part of the country that's more island than city so every time i want some vitamin sea it's accessible. i heard the waves in australia are great :( anYWHOOO gone away :(( every time it plays im compelled to skip it because it makes me sAD AND NOWADAYS I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO BE SAD. contrary to you, i dislike my quiet moods because i tend to overthink a lot.

i have this little analogy about how there are stays that enjoy songs the generic pop + mellow songs and then there are other stays that enjoy the noisy tracks. in my mind, it's like a perfect balance that makes me feel like all the tracks are loved in the end. just by different people.

PULL A BLINK. bro i fucking hate yg entertainment. they have the biggest kpop girl group LOCKED in their basement when they could be (and i mean this in the most business-like way not morally) milking money of the quad. they're yg's biggest hope at not being bankrupt atm so it's a damn fucking mystery to me as to how they aren't doing anything. (jk i just realized lisa solo album soon, but i still need a ot4 cb hELLO)

i stopped looking forward to the teasers. rest > kpop boys. i don't want to sound like a cult member but have you tried checking out nct? are they just not your thing? (i get it tho, that's one hard group to get into). and yes i do stan enhypen!

wow i love how long these asks are! they're like online penpals. but i also want to ask about you! how have you been lately? are you feeling okay both mentally and physically? how's the weather there? do you have anything that you want to talk about? maybe an interesting book you read? feel free to bring up anything you want to share! i'm getting conscious about talking about myself HAJHSJ

and yet another long answer B) i am sooo sorry T___T should these ask exchanges feel draining to you, feel free to stop sending them in AAAA

[deukaeloveclub]

Response to @wickymicky ‘s top ten kpop songs of 2020

I was gonna drop an ask or message but this got long so I’ll annoy the whole tl

10 Izone - Fiesta) I'm not a huge izone fan but I think Fiesta is the song I like the most and I agree about them filling a niche. 

9 Gfriend - Crossroads) Crossroads definitely is an emotional song but it's really driven and pulls at your emotions. The choreography is excellent! I also love pink Eunha ✊🏾

8 Cignature - Assa) Oh I haven't thought about Assa in awhile but it's also my favorite cignature song. It's slick yet fun. I think your descriptions of the concept are spot on.

7 Dreamcatcher - BOCA) I totally agree with your first two paragraphs about BOCA being a good follow up to Scream. And tbh the 2nd installments of trilogies are notoriously weak and BOCA doesn’t fall into that but I am def excited for part 3 with Handong back

6 NCT 127 - Kick It) Kick It was definitely very NCT and very iconic. Like the level of coverage was kinda crazy (I wish like even a quarter of the amount of people had covered superhuman cuz I feel like it’s their best song) It was a great title for a great album tho

5 Cool - Weki Meki) Cool is definitely smartly written because it completely conveys the title. I really like Cool although I think I like Oopsy a little better song-wise. So I have the hipster lean of not wanting to bias the ioi members in any post ioi group and even naturally I didn’t gravitate towards dodaeng but one thing about Oopsy was that it was the first time that I was really hit with how good Doyeon’s singing is? Which is kinda weird because it’s not like she lacked lines to show it in the past but it just never really stuck out to me. But it’s not even just Doyeon, although that was the most prominent, all of their voices really stood out to me in Oopsy. Particularly Elly, Suyeon and Lucy you know how you listen to a group and your like ‘oh that’s the main vocal’ I hadn’t quite had that moment with Suyeon yet. Weki Meki has really cool song production so that’s often what I’m paying more attention to. Oopsy still has a solid instrumental but something about the way it’s written or mixed really allows me to appreciate the vocals. But lol sorry for making this about Oopsy. I am also really happy to see Lua’s confidence and the attention she’s getting. I remember when La La La came out I noticed her and was like oh yeah she’s an amazing dancer (who is also main dancer) and being confused that no one seemed to pay attention to her. But I think all eyes are on her now :)

4 Everglow - LA DI DA) Just like you said as soon as I heard this I understood the hype and knew I was also gonna like it. Which came as a surprise to me because up to this point I was not a fan of Everglow’s music. Bon Bon Chocolat to Dun Dun just wasn’t my style of music although I will say that I think they are excellently written particularly Dun Dun. I’m also a 96 baby but I love 80s music or anything inspired by it because 80s music is very often dance music and that’s my favorite kind of music. The strength and consistency of the creative direction between the visuals and audio makes LA DI DA an even stronger package. Adios and Dun Dun being “too built around the drop” I feel that. I also didn’t expect much from LA DI DA though I like it but I ended up listening to their whole mini album so much that one of the songs managed to make it to my top 100 list

3 Gfriend - MAGO) This song is light and easy to listen to because like you said the whole song flows so well. I didn’t get the chance to listen to it too much so Crossroads is still above it for me but I do really like the way they sing in this it’s like a little bit sultry? I didn’t even attempt to follow the arc from crossroads but your interpretation makes sense.

2 Weeekly - Tag Me(@Me) Tag Me came out of nowhere for me too. Youtube had recommended me some of their predebut covers but I don’t think I watched or if I did I forgot. It’s interesting that you compared it to Picky Picky because I also made a comparison between them and early Seventeen (Adore U, Mansae, Aju Nice). There’s that overbrimming youthful energy, incredibly catchy song, the fun and unique choreo. But Weeekly and Tag Me can stand on their own (and they are). I actually think I remember one of your posts about not having checked out Tag Me yet 😂 I remember thinking something like just wait til you do. But yeah every part of the song is amazing I hadn’t even thought about how impressive it is for Monday to have gotten and done that rap part so well as the groups main vocalist :o The group is so talented. And company supporting and pushing Jiyoon's composing that makes me really excited for the future too!? And on top of that they’re all really fun. Sometimes I’ll like a groups music and check out variety/behind the scenes stuff and you don’t really feel drawn to anyone but with Weeekly I immediately latched onto like all of them. I was trying to map out a bias ranking and I realized that I put Jihan 5th and I was like 5th sounds too low for how much I like Jihan. They’re all so adorable and likeable 😭 They really are a breath of fresh air.

1 Dreamcatcher - Scream)  Sceram being the most EDM-inspired but the most metal is interesting. I think the mv is also the more horror-themed than the cbs before it. You like music that is noisy and more metal but I also like non-noisy music a lot so I think that’s why the verses don’t bother me as much. It’s also something is present in other dc songs. The soft verses against a very distinct rock chorus/drop. Wow “what was kpop to me before scream”, funny story I think I was odd InSomnia out during the year because I really wasn’t sure if I like Scream of BOCA better. I saw so many people definitely having a favorite but I kept vacillating. And then after seeing them perform both songs at the concert with Handong I immediately realized that Scream is also the song I prefer 😂😂😂

I think you had a very respectable list and it was cool to here your thoughts on the songs. I’ve only just started my list 😭 but I think all of these besides Fiesta and Assa are also up for consideration for soty for me too!

[haknew]

anon asked: I HAVE SONG RECS :DDD I tried not to do songs that you would have obviously heard before but a lot of the songs here are still popular but I couldn’t help but add them 😭

AHHHH thank you so so so so much for all the recommendations anon ! your taste is absolutely impeccable !!! i think i vibed with a lot of these maybe we are a bit similar ^~^ and no worries about your picks ! i totally support you and your incredible music taste no need to defend yourself :p ! popular songs can still be good ones ! thank you again and i tried ... to ... get through them all i’m so sorry JHGFDJHGDK you’ll see i get through like ... half and then ran out of energy T^T i’ll probably get back to this list some other time when i have free time and update with thoughts ! thank you for sending so many in ! i found so many new songs to add to my playlist heh thank you lovely ! 

Pop

cherry by rina sawayama - super cute ! i love these kinds of pop songs it’s right up my alley :o ! 

xs by rina sawayama - her voice is so well suited for this style ! i watched the mv and djkfhskgrjf HHH idk she gives me mitski vibes even tho their music is pretty different, you have peaked my interest i’ll definitely look into more of her stuff :o !

comme de garçons by rina sawayama - the bass line T^T !!! the talk-y (?) parts are so good i got chills, it’s like a rave song low key haha :p ! it’s so good ! 

Any song by Rina Sawayama 😭 - yes yes i’ll try to look more into her stuff ! 

Kpop

123 by nct dream - i’m only an honorary guest of ncity but one of my irls ults them ! and dream’s music has always been a bit more my speed :o ! this has more nostalgic kpop vibes to it ! i said this before but i really am more a pop person at heart and this is so good ^~^ 

Up to you by pretty much and nct dream (HAECHANS PART HHHHH) - oooh are you a haechan stan 0v0 i like jaemin tho i admit my knowledge of dream is limited (my fren ults renjun heh) also yes yes consent is very important kids u.u dskjghkdfj YOU’RE RIGHT THO haechan is a singer he SINGS, i love the vocal harmonies ! 

Oasis by crush ft zico - those electric keyboard synths (?) amazing ! this song bops u.u 

Moon by everglow - !!! i actually have heard this a lot before ^~^ i got so excited when i saw this bc it’s so good ! it’s definitely one of my fav everglow songs too i think i overplayed it a lot when it first came out *v* 

Woowoo by dia - i love the ocean wave sounds ! that’s so cool i love how summery it is ! it kind of reminds me of loona too ! ggs are just >>> i love the fun and brighter pop songs so much 🥺

Secret garden by Oh My Girl - i’ve heard a few songs by omg ! and i really like a handful of them, secret garden kinda gives me early gfriend songs vibes too ! it’s so pretty ! i really love when songs utilize strings in their instrumentals too ! it’s a bit slower paced too which is really nice ^~^ 

Page by got7 - YEEEES okie actually maybe unpopular opinion but spinning top is one of my fav got7 albums ! i used to listen to the whole mini on repeat ! i actually used to ult got7 too for a few months heh ^^ BUT YEEES i love page ! got7 always have bangers love them so much 

Nekkoya by produce 48 - AHHHHH ANOTHER SONG I LOVE !!! i’m actually a wizone haha :p so i’ve seen produce 48 ! tho admittedly it probably contributes to my burning h*tred for mn*t and any survival shows ;;;; but i loved the title song so much ! i used to unironically play it on repeat djghskfj

Puzzle moon by gwsn - AHHHH YOUR TASTE !!! i also followed gwsn from debut and puzzle moon is so so so cute ! it’s such a bop too ! they have such fun and catchy songs ! 

Goblin by sulli - ahhh the xylophone chimes ! they make the song sound a bit haunting before the piano comes in ;;;; it really reflects the mv story so well i think ;;; and sulli’s voice is so beautiful ;;;; it’s got that characteristic background vocal harmonies that sm artists usually do and it’s just really beautiful ! 

What are you up to by kang daniel - today on can you tell jess is unfortunately a bg stan daniel’s songs have been so good :,)) i stopped following all the wanna ones closely after a while but ! he always surprises me ! his songs are such vibes u.u 

Best day ever by yeri and nct dream - the TRUMPETS YEEES it’s so upbeat and fun !!! the cheering is so cute i love it ! 

Hair in the air by yeri and nct dream - JAEMINNNNN !!!! I LOVE YERI SO MUCH PLEASE ! i love the vocal harmonies between her and the boys 🥺 it’s so cute T^T ! renjun’s a singer HE SINGS 

119 by nct dream - ah yes this is ncity brand u.u LOL they always have really filled chorus instrumentals and use a lot of vocals to fill up the space which i think is really cool and something i think immediately screams sm artist :0 ! i think renjun’s voice really sells this for me tho HIS VOICE IS AMAZING him and haechan yeees it’s a banger tho :,) 

Save me save you by wjsn - i love wjsn’s music so much ! it sounds so magic and ethereal and totally bops ! their voices are so beautiful too and work together so well and i think this song’s style really suits all the members’ voices so well too ! 

Loonatic by loona - YEEEEES loona are my ult gg ! and oec is probably my fav unit in terms of music ! i have spent many a day playing their whole discography ! haha :3 

Up by izone - MY GIRLS ! yes yes up is so cute ! i love it so much ! the choreo is so cute too ! i love izone please ;;;; 

N/s by stray kids - oh boy okie ;;;; i’m like not a good judge of a lot of hip hop / more rap heavy songs ;;;; bc i was classically trained as a singer in choir ;-; so i’m sorry i do not have much to say about this one ;;;; it slaps tho ! i probably wouldn’t listen to it normally if you hadn’t recommended it tho so ! good to listen to smth outside of my normal preferences  

Sunshine by straykids - OH very very different from the last skz song KJHGKFJHKD yea this is probably more my speed i’m so sorry LOL T-T it’s so good tho :o ! i don’t listen to a lot of skz bc i figured i wouldn’t be able to vibe with them but this one is so good i really like it ! skz and ateez man i’ve been trying to stan for ages but music is a big part of why i stan /stan/ certain groups more seriously and it’s also why i’m only honorary nctzen lol clearly i have been enlightened (literally *looks at my past ult groups* yeaaaa)

Blueprint by stray kids - YEEES IT’S SO UPBEAT ! i love upbeat and brighter songs (i am consistent like this T-T) it’s got summery tropical vibes to it too ! it’s so cute ! 

Question by stray kids - another banger yeeeees ! i vibe with the lyrics too u.u love that 

Any mixtape by stray kids (but I really love 1 and 4) - oooh i still have a lot to get through so i’ll save these for my own time haha ^^ 

I’m your girl by khan

Revolution by Alexa

Secret by wjsn

I wanna be by key and soyeon

Handle it by twice

Teenager by got7 

Take by jus2 (CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS ENOUGH)

Bump bump by woodz

Stylish by loona - this is one of my fav loona b sides yeeees !!!! love them so much ! 

Outta my head by somi

Jpop

showersnow by orbit

show off by orbit

crazy love by orbit

any orbit song ngl 😭

poison girl by nanaka suwa

lost umbrella (I like the tsukishima kei version cause it sounds like lee know :DDD)

Notice by moe shop

Kawaki wo ameku (domestic girlfriend opening)

The day by porno graffiti (my hero academia opening 1)

Odd future by uverworld (my hero academia opening 4)

Again by yui (full metal alchemist brotherhood opening 1)

More English music

Luxury by azalea banks (Ive heard she’s said some terrible things tho 😭 WHY DOES IT SLAP)

Hurricane by Bridget Mendler (I miss this song and ready or not too 😭)

Little dark age by mgmt

I got a couple one direction recs bear with me here 💀

Happily, Magic, AM, 18, Tell Me a Lie, Through The Dark, Wolves, Night Changes, Better Than Words

Hip-hop/rnb

Leaked by lil tjay

Pretty little fears by 6lack and j cole

Water by joe gifted

The London by young thug

Bands by shoreline mafia

Swervin by a boogie wit a hoodie

Father stretch my hands pt 1 by Kanye west

More English music (indila is French)

Northern lights by kennie

I am not a robot by marina

Tourner dans le vide by indila

Parle a ta tete by indila

Greek tragedy by the wombats

Viva la vida by Coldplay (SHHHHH DONT ROAST ME)

La da dee by Cody Simpson (SHH IT MAKES ME HAPPY 😭)

Move your body by loving caliber and anders lystell (this ones good to make u feel like an early 2010’s movie protagonist :D)

Mariposa by Peach tree rascals

Sunflower by post Malone and swae lee (like many songs on here it’s popular but I still wanna put it here cause they make me happy 😭)

I got really carried away sorry I hope you haven’t heard too many of these 😭😭 OKAY BYEEE ❤️

[emeraldbabygirl]

ATEEZ - Answer I’ve already stated why this song made me cry when I reviewed it over the summer. To attempt to put it shortly, I feel a sense of almost relief? It makes me feel proud of the boys in general and the songs feels like overcoming an obstacle and coming out stronger and just feeling overwhelmed by joy and happiness? And the part at the end really makes me just burst into tears it feels uplifting and beautiful.

MCND - Beautiful this song give me this nostalgia feeling, it sounds similar to a pop song I first heard in middle school (Down by Jay Sean). I started listening to pop in middle school and middle school is hell for everyone along with high school but there’s certain memories I have of middle school that weren’t too bad. I had a lot of friends, we filled up an entire table in the cafeteria. It was also in middle school that I sort of confessed to both my crushes. Middle school was different and new to me and ya’know middle school but this song reminds me of those times. Also about the song itself it gives me this feeling of longing and want like longing to fall in love and just it’s very strong and that really gets to me. (Upon looking up the lyrics it’s seems more like a song for the fans rather than a love song but that’s just the feeling it gives me and the way I interpret it)

Secret Number - Got That Boom recently this song has been making me feel things. Just the chorus is so upbeat and it feel like I can relax and just dance my heart out and just be happy and I don’t know if these girls will become an Itzy situation but there’s definitely something about the song that gives me kind of a similar feeling. I feel happy

CIX - Cinema ok so I never thought CIX would have this effect on me and up until recent songs didn’t give me these feelings and make me cry unless the song itself was sad. The way it’s been lately the songs I listen to can really sit with me and make me feel emotional even if the song is happy and upbeat. The way Cinema is, I’ve never used this phrasing before with anything, but the way I cried while just listening to the bridge and chorus in Cinema, that song is truly my safe place. Like my friend said “it feels like a hug” it does. That chorus gives me a feeling of nostalgia but in a way that makes it feel okay and it’s not a feeling that’s upsets me it’s literally a hug, it’s like a warm hug it feels like, like when I listen to it the way the members make their voices sound it’s relaxing and calming. It’s like whenever I hear the song, even if I’m watching a performance of it I feel calm, I feel okay. Like every bone in my body is at ease, every worry is melting away and I’m almost just floating on a cloud. I don’t exactly know how to put these feelings and emotions into words but I cannot praise Cinema enough.

OneWe & OneUs - Last Song this song is very upbeat and makes me feel joy and it doesn’t make me feel safe persay but it’s comforting. It’s another song that gives me a sense of longing. It’s like seeing an old friend again and reconnecting, like the ending credits to a really wholesome and wonderful movie about friendship and love amoung these friends that never stops growing. Just seeing all the clips in the mv of Oneus and Onewe together having fun and enjoying each other’s company, it’s almost like an end of summer recap having all these fun adventures and fun memories that you never want to forget and you will always cherish those memories and you want to keep those friends with you forever. And seeing them perform the song together on stage, the choreo has the same vibe it’s just a really feel good and wholesome song. (Also thinking about it now there also seems to be this sadness, like, ok in short sometimes I get really upset when I think about how I’m not little anymore. More on that later but this song feels like you’re just trying to be in the moment and preserve your youth, you don’t want to grow up, you don’t want things to change you want your friends to be with you always and you just want to live in this memory that you’ve captured foever and never grow up. That emotion is really strong here as well.)

Loona - Star a lot of people said this song gave them nostalgic feels and it’s crazy how that happened, it did for me too, as soon as I heard the chorus it hit me like a truck. I really don’t have the words to describe this song really other than that weird nostalgic feeling but it was weird how a lot of us had that feeling. The mv is beautiful and it’s crazy how I had memorized the chorus in the Korean version within a few days of watching them perform it. I really don’t know what to say about this song other than how amazing it is really. It kinda takes you back to a certain time in your life but I don’t know what that time it. Someone had said that they were listening to it while their mum was a asleep and the mum dreamed she was back in her hometown and she could hear that song play in the streets, it almost seems as if that song has time traveling powers or some power truly beyond humans lmao. She’s really something

Dreamcatcher - Odd Eye this song is hella but the bridge and the hard rock in the chorus sent me into fight or flight for the first time. I got another nostalgia feeling but with an image which never happens to me but basically picture it raining hard and you have extreme feelings of sadness and dread and you just want to almost scream?

Ghost9 - Thinking of Dawn another fight or flight song, it’s really weird tho but specifically Prince’s line in the bridge or chorus gave me a panic attack the first time I heard it, there’s something about the way the song and his voice sounds that like upsets me? And makes me want to cry. (Almost like this impending doom feeling. Similar vibes actually to that cursed Artificial Intelligence movie that I fucking loathe so goddamn much)

Twice - Cry for Me gurl this song gives me nostalgia like an early 2000’s but maybe late 90’s pop song and wow, it’s just so damn good I had to put it here

Sunmi - Pporoppipiiram - this song is another one that kinda plays with my emotions, I’ve described it as running away in the night with a secret lover, I’ve talked about wanting to just have these crazy night time shenanigans with a lover or friend and feeling free, it’s a song that I can see a sunrise in my head, the opening sounds and smells like a sunrise during the summer, possibly on the beach seeing the sun’s rays lighting up the ocean, the soft pink and orange glow, what Sunmi perfectly portrays in that mv is exactly what goes on in my mind whenever I listen to that song and she’s a certified bop™️ and that song is just so lovely but she’s got some feeling to it

2Z - Not Without You - motherfuckin 2Z came out with this song after Hyungwoong left and I was still upset about him leaving but I still wanted to support 2Z cause I wasn’t about to give up on them like that and the way this song was carried was gorgeous. I clearly cried, the way the song and the members voices make you feel comforted and kind of at peace with the world. It’s an uplifting song and the member’s sound wonderfully and Zunon’s voice was actually what brought me to tears, his singing is so gentle and truly beautiful and he fits right in with 2Z and when I realized that and I realized that 2Z can do all these things with their voices I just couldn’t help but cry. This song is like a huge sigh of relief but also tears of happiness

2Z - Stand nothing really specific about this song just the mv made me fucking cry at like 5 in the am. There was a big sad feeling tho

Yooa - Bon Voyage I never expected Yooa to get a solo but I was so blown away for her solo. It’s not a song that is a bop or really upbeat but it’s a gorgeous piece and with the way it sounds and the set and her outfits. It’s really the whole fantasy theme. It takes you away to a make believe world where you are free and you can just get away and escape. I don’t really know how to describe it but the scene where she’s on like rocks and she’s just spinning and it’s got that cool sound to the song, that scene describes the feeling perfectly

Pentagon - Daisy this fucking song. First off fuck you Pentagon for making me feel emotions yet making Yuto and Hongseok go tits up. Just seeing them all on the floor looking defeated or at a loss, it’s a painful feeling. It’s a song that makes me feel bad and towards the end I felt this feeling of fight or flight like, I wanted to stop watching it because I felt this inner panic for some reason like I had to get away. And then when they all sing together that really did me in, made me tear up and it’s a beautiful song but not in a beautiful way it’s painfully beautiful and the boys did so well in portraying all the feeling through their voices and just the different scenes in the mv

BlackPink - Lovesick Girls this song I call my self proclaimed anthem, I heard it for the first some time and it wasn’t until I watched them perform it for the first time that I teared up. At the time this happened I was really sad and I kept “slipping” so I felt very touch starved and clingy and I wanted just love and affection from anyone. I was feeling really lonely and the feeling was stronger than it’s ever been it I felt like crying all the time I was just so upset that I was lonely and I really wanted love and affection and this song was like my therapy for that I guess? I didn’t feel so alone. There’s a strong emotional bond I have with this, the desire and the need to fall in love and to just have attention from that one special person. I know the song is kind of about just feeling like you’re not cut out for falling in love and you know every relationship ends but there’s still that need, that desire to fall in love and be in love with another person, and with me I always say I don’t want to be in a relationship, I hate men, love is disgusting, but there’s thing strong desire and need inside me to be loved and to fall in love and sometimes, like when this song came out, you just get so upset that it feels like your heart is like in pain, like you hurt on the inside. That whole “hurts your heart” shit

Itzy - Wannabe I’m actually not going to explain why this song makes me cry I’m not ready to give the whole story yet and I probably won’t be. So in short, I heard this song when I was at quite a low point in my life I suppose, problems at work were just causing me to truly feel like shit and this song really hit me and actually the Wannabe era is what made me stan Itzy those girls are so precious to me and I hold them so close to my heart they are little miracles honestly and that song just really sits with me

I highly recommend all these songs they are so good and they have such beautiful and great mvs to go with them, some even cinematic masterpieces also this finna be my playlist for my funeral honestly. She doubles as the ‘play this at my funeral’ playlist

[commajade]

first of all good luck with you papers!! and did you do boa's better for the album thing??

THANKSSSS i was so stressed last night i just went to sleep lmaoo....

BETTER BY BOA IS ONE OF THE BEST KPOP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME i really wanna buy a copy actually i would love to have the poster too.... i love that this is actually boa’s take on a comforting album as well as a 20th anniversary celebration and her title track is just “you’re better than this, shape up bitch!” it’s a fucking incredible album it’s right on top of every single trend, the title track better is literally the best of the 2020 retro kpop trend along with criminal and mago. 

1. better - literally such a gorgeous track and the mv is simple and perfect. the choreo is stellar and full of killing points and interesting formations and interactions and there’s so much EASE in how she does it all. vocals stellar. everything is 100% from her smart decisions it’s immaculate zero flaws zero room for improvement. pls watch rian and simeez’s youtube video talking about their process of making the choreo part of it was made in the waiting room for taemin’s music shows for idea they’re literally Working Working. also please watch rian’s dance cover she’s so hot in that jacket i was gonna die. 

2. temptations - this is the big sister to impressionable by taemin lol. god her vocals are incredible in this one. 

3. cloud - it’s just so sweeeeeeet. cafe music, easy listening. her VOICE!!! she does this amazing thing where she doesn’t go with expectations about how to inflect certain notes. she drags out certain notes much longer than you would think while cutting others short in ways that make even a simple song really dynamic and unexpected.

4. honey and diamonds - i love the little downward chromatic sequence in prechorus. this song basically has 2 choruses that are equally amazing???? it's like a pretty simple pop song but ABUNDANT with skill and detail. melodic top line is a masterpiece. and then the classic kpop style beat switch for the bridge. the adlibs she layers over the last chorus... and the sparking synth sounds they layer over the real drums and guitar and bass..

5. all that jazz - sounds like a second gen girl group song and makes me very very happy. love the piano and the smooth brass. and the scatting and beatboxing section at the end is so cool. 

6. little bird - boa wrote and composed this to comfort people and it rly works i love it a lot. the unfiltered drumset sounds are always a way to win me over. the muted brass in the back with the drums makes it feel so triumphant it makes me really emotional! this is like end of the teen movie music. she says everything’s gonna be alright so i gotta believe her.... ALSO THE BASS IS GREAT. and the big adlibs at the end woooow.

7. got me good - sooooo gooooooooood. when the beat comes in and it’s like 80% bass. this song is for dancing it’s so good. addicting chorus. and when the beat stops and her high note comes sooo easy on the ears and then it goes into the chorus again. chef’s kiss.

8. cut me off - AMAZING. the most apathetic break up song “i’m sick and tired of your love” lmaoooo. 

9. l.o.v.e. - I WANNA BE AT A LESBIAN CLUB. it’s the lady gaga side of boa i absolutely love but so mature and retro and fun. it’s such an escapist song rn in this pandemic. 

10. gravity - this one has the uplifting western pop sound i don’t like originally but then it moves into 100% korean ballad territory with the gorgeous piano. i DID listen to it a lot and felt very emotional about it but i like the chorus much more than the verses. the bridge is also amazing. 

11. start over - my only skip on this album.... the production and melodic topline have a lot of interesting aspects but the base of it is 100% U.S. radio pop and i just have an automatic recoil response to it. this could be a new halsey song it could be a new maroon 5 song... they wouldn’t do it with the ease and polished pop perfection of boa tho.