#I know skz mvs have some sort of lore

[channie-binnie]

I was not expecting for SKZ to promote JJAM, but I am not complaining

Also, am I the only one that thinks the M/V teaser is giving Goosebumps vibes? One thing for sure, is that I am looking forward to the choreography the most

[tsuncda]

okay OKAY i see we're having cyms in this house, so I'm sending you an old idea I most definitely have warned you about before,,,, 🪑 cym as kpop groups <3 the world has to know we both came back wrong from our hiatus <3

omg bestie 🥺🥺🥺🥺 feeding my delulu? 🥺🥺🥺🥺 sincerely, i am on one knee, asking for you hand in marriage.

i'll also give you a song or two from the group that you might appreciate <3. these are mostly sort of unexplainable vibes chalked up to the ~sound~ of my favorite songs of theirs, except for some <3. you'll know which ones <3.

@destourtereaux is twice set me free [📹] & cry for me [🎶] (i don't know that much about them but!!!! their songs are all bops and i just think jihyo is very important.)

@musicallisto is stray kids awkward silence [📹] & up all night [📹] (i know you're well versed in skz, so just tried to share mv's you may not have seen but are cute <3. though, i was veery tempted to put the live performance of wolfgang on here (you know the one). just to be a menace.)

@amortensie is oneus lit [📹] & unforgettable [📹] (a true love language <3 oneus my beloved <3)

@genyakosstyk is blackpink lovesick girls [📹] & ddu-du ddu-du [📹]

@bright-molina is seventeen oh my![📹] & circles [🎶]

@biqherosix is txt blue hour [📹] & anti-romantic [ 🎶]

@amaryllisaa is red velvet psycho [📹] & rainbow halo [🎶] (i don't know that much about them but i love the few songs i do know and i love their duality concept with 'red' being their more bubbly and sweet side while 'velvet' is their more mature and elegant.)

@locke-writes is xikers tricky house [📹] & rockstar [📹] (i don't know that much about them - esp. since they're so new, it's not like i have Deep Lore™ to absorb against my will - but their songs??? slaps. one day i'm going to sit down and learn their names (code for "go down the rabbit hole and never come out quite the same) but for now i just bop to their songs. amazing ep.)

@oceanspray5 is newjeans omg [📹] & hype boy [📹] (you totally fit the vibe of the group. newjeans' newest member just dropped <3)

@noesapphic is kard gunshot [📹] & bomb bomb [📹]

@permanentreverie is bts airplane pt. 2 [📹] & film out [📹] (you're the Expert™, so these are just MVs that have recently been living rent free)

@johnskeating is enhypen polaroid love [🎶] & tame-dashed [📹]

@moonlit-imagines is ateez halazia [📹] & deja vu [📹] (omg if you know ateez, i'd be so interested to know who your bias is asdfghjhgfds)

[here4theheartbreak]

Ohhhh, I'm so jealous you could go to a cup sleeve event! The closest one to me is almost 4 hours away. 😂 It's amazing that there was so many people! Ahhh, our Ateez are famous~! ✨

The lack of Korean fans blows my mind every single time I think about it. They have been so beloved globally from day one (and even before day one) but they still don't have that in their own country. It's insane! I'm glad they've embraced the 'global idol' title though. Everytime i hear it in an interview intro I'm like 'at least Korea knows they're truly loved elsewhere'. But the way they do sooooo much for K-tiny and still can't get the traction. It's crazy. No one is doing more.

Guerilla is such a good MV! What a great introduction! And it sounds so cool~ I really love that their songs span genres. I feel like there must be four or five different styles in Halazia alone. (Also, I agree. I'm typically not into summery, softer songs or slower ballads. But I actively listen to all of Ateez's songs. In fact, some of my consistent faves fit right into this category!)

Their story/lore is incredible. Sometimes I feel like I understand everything less than most of the members (😂) but I'm alllll about it! It's so cool that they have this one arc. That it's been the same story this whole time. Truly amazing. Concept kings. I'm gonna need a film one day. It's all so cinematic and intriguing.

Ateez, Stray Kids, and Taemin is an AMAZING (and very tempting) line up. But you should definitely hold out. Because then you get to see Ateez for 3 hours and that's 🥰🥺. And you know they actually know what a 'world tours' is. So, it's just a waiting game!

I saw them in London. It's always London for me!

Yessss, I did see the stats! They're grown so much, even in six months. And the first day sales looked amazing! I've been streaming on Spotify and having a great old time. Really, Atiny have done so well. Especially with buying passes for Korean platforms. It was so cute when Wave was number one because everyone was practicing. 🥺

I hope voting goes well and they win most of the music show awards they'll be up for. I want them to see that their efforts pay off at home!

Haha I don't know what questions you'd even ask me really. Best livestream where they were all decending into madness? The best Seonghwa third wheeling Woosan vlive? The closest Hongjoong came to just being DONE with looking after the 99s? 😂😂 Yessss, I'm always ready to chat Ateez tbh. They're the only group I've kept up with the whole time. 🧡

Have you watched their Treasure Film series/show on YouTube yet? I was rewatching it the other day and I forgot how much I love it! So gooood! And funny! 😂

Ah this took ages to answer lol - sorry; I was rearranging my room this weekend 🙃 and my app never notifies me of asks.

Anyways, yeah the cupsleeve was so nice. I'm lucky to live on one side of a pair of decently sized cities with a diverse population here, so we get a handful of nice events (one of the local gay bars hosts a kpop night monthly, for example).

I've been to a cupsleeve for Taemin, Stray Kids, and then I helped my friend host one for OnlyOneOf - they were all really fun but did not even begin to prepare me for the intensity of the Ateez one. I was baffled; the Skz one was held at the same location and it was a graveyard by comparison. I didn't take many pictures bc I was caught up chatting and there was no way to take them without a ton of people in the photo lol - but these are the few from the event;

I agree with you, regarding the global idol title; I think it's really well deserved and is serving them well. They really deserve more notice in KR though; it sucks that they get overlooked just bc of not being a Big 4; if anything people should pay more attention since those are the hidden gems, you know?

Bouncy has a kpop sort of vibe to it though, moreso than some of the other title tracks of theirs I've heard, so hopefully folks pay a little more attention this time around. I heard they got their first win for Bouncy this morning though! So that's something positive.

Halazia was unbelievable; I was impressed when I heard it and even moreso when I saw the m/v. I finally sat down and listened to their entire discography this weekend while doing cleaning and realized I genuinely can't find a skip song with them for the most part. 😭

Also yes!! 100% on a movie - this would make an amazing full length film or hell, even a miniseries; it's such a complex and well written storyline. I'm mad I didn't pick up the diary version of Outlaw bc I need to know what happens next. (I have all 3 versions coming but they won't be here for a while bc they're being sent with my albums from SHINee's comeback at the end of June; I could only afford one of their albums from the store here bc they were so much more expensive than they are in the KR shop I use. >.<)

Seeing the way atiny treat the group and each other and work together is so heartwarming. It's interesting, to have it be largely on the international fans' shoulders to push them to the spotlight in both the wider world and KR; but the teamwork is super fun to see. I haven't been this actively involved in a kpop fandom since I quit doing it for my og group (just stuck mostly to the sidelines, reblogging pretty pictures, etc for my other groups) - but I'm enjoying it so much more so far; I don't feel the same kind of guilty pressure that I've felt elsewhere.

They have so much content too holy - I've been trying to catch up and I feel like I haven't even scraped the surface yet lol - Every time I think I've managed to finish one section I realize there's x or y other things I missed lol. I did not even know the Treasure Film series existed until you mentioned it 😂 - but it looks like M2 did it; I love the games/variety type shows that company has done, so I'm eager to watch it! Thank you for mentioning it!

Rn I'm working my way through Wanteez between the new stuff for these promotions; these guys have done so many variety series jfc lol.

Also Woosan. Bless those two. They are so dumb. I love them so much. I would like to point out, that I did not want them. I specifically pointed out San to my friend when we watched Guerrilla and said "anyone but that one". (He startled me by resembling someone in an unsettling way when I first glanced at him and I didn't like it lol - he doesn't resemble said person now that I recognize them all tho thankfully).

But I apparently had no say in him, since he was the one that kept sticking out in everything and his personality is exactly what I gravitate to in a bias (the big oaf with a loud mouth and a heart of gold, always a little confused but he's got the spirit, scary duality) -- normally I do find a second bias within a few months that vibes with my first, but I didn't even get a say in that since not only did San tell me 'no, I'm right here and you're going to pay attention to me', he did it while dragging that scrappy little devil along by the hand V_V I couldn't just adopt him without Woo. (I was quite disgruntled about that one too - I don't bias visuals or dancers dammit - I have avoided them in most of my groups so far.

Plus! Where's my rapper bias??? I thought I'd add HJ as my second but nope, instead I get the 'friends as far as the altar' Tom and Jerry pair and 6 bias wreckers since none of them can stay in their damn lane for more than a few minutes at a time. 😂 (My friend said that'd happen tho so I can't say I wasn't warned).

(Do you have a bias btw? A favorite mv or performance I (likely) may have missed?)