#any combo of hyunjin jisung seungmin and minho i am here for

[hwanghyunjinenthusiast]

ill definitely come melt into a puddle in your inbox post show. im excited to see them (and im manifesting hall of fame because i need to ascend into the heavens)

ill always squish right back 😌 and you're right ill never say no to 2min

I'd be surprised if they didn't perform everything off of 5 Star tbh. Especially Hall of Fame. It's easily one of the most beloved b-sides on that particular album. Manifesting that they perform it though just in case 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯

Always appreciate the affection and, yeah, I don't think I've spoken about them as much but, I am a 2Min enthusiast too 😌

[straykats]

kat talks: circus

if you're unfamiliar, it's just my reactions to the songs/mvs. i'll update it with the rest of the album (including jpn vers) when they're out!

circus

okay so this is my second listen but i wasn't really paying attention the first time due to circumstances lol

is the opening... beatboxing? i think it is???

changbin never fails to impress i swear and also his HAIR

also the whispers >>>

HAHAHA the ??? the sound just before lix's part HAHAHA its such a *pokes tongue out mockingly* kind of thing like really childish

lix's outfit is my absolute fav i s2g

??? hyunjins??? tone???? tone or timbre i always get cONFUSED BUT I LOVE IT

side note but since oddinary i think hyunjin has really.. solidified (?) as a rapper? not that he wasn't a good rapper before (and who am i to say any of this, anyways) but his raps in oddinary (venom, muddy water) and in circus really have like. a Him touch to it (capital H for god Him Hyunjin coincidence i think not)

okay i never manage to explain this properly but i love the. sound distribution. idk. from the beginning to minho's "bring out the fire" and then to lix's bit. in the beginning, the sound distribution/layout or whatever goes from being very forward-central to then being closer to the centre but wider (like.. an amphitheatre???? like a U shape infront of the centre???) and then when it gets to lix's it becomes a very full sound (like a D??????) man idk okay 😭

imagine like. a netball or bb hoop right and the D around the hoop. the beginning is a line of three people standing at the top of the D, infront of the hoop, and then "bring out the fire" is a line of people along the D-line, and then lix's bit is everyone running towards the goal so that it's full??????????????????? anyways moving on.

idk what minho says between lix and hyunjin's bit but its the cherry on top ok

the prechorus WAIT i love. i love how jeongin's two lines descend at different intervals. um. im forgetting how to describe things. but like. the second time it descends differently. like it goes (incorrect notes) 1-6-4 1-5-3??? i think

side note 2: i want this so bad to be a c harmonic minor but idk i havent done the whole thing yet i've only figured out jeongin's prechor lines. but i dont think the songs harmonic :(

(update: it's... f.. minor???????)

seungmin's 'round and round and round and round' reminds me of. gods menu

WAIT wait was that the prechor or is sung's bit the prechor idk i LOVE love sungs bit

wait im so confused about the song structure i need tor elisten later AHHAA

the change when it goes to changbins bit??? digging it so bad man

why do they keep doing the cutouts of minho AHAHA i mean we love him

WAIIIIIIT SO sung's top is like. long. and has the detailing at the bottom and then theres a corset /over/ it OHHH i thought it was all attached JDKSDJK

also i love the bass in sungs bit and the way he ends his verse

MINHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yes

circus so they included minho's nat geo dance thingy w the hands to clown him methinks (jkjk)

wait. jisung eyeliner?

chan maam who put u in that jacket and tie (?) combo 😭😭

CENTRE JEONGIN IS SO FUCKING GOOD

i love hyunjin's cropped blazer w the chain SOOOOO much more than the dual-texture (?) jacket blazer thing w the tassels

all the cropped blazers in here are making me crazy i love it

texture change for the bridge i love it and i love the texture at jeongin's bit even more like thats so GOOD the cymbal is NJDVKSNVSDK i love lvoe

shut up the shot of minho lowering the hands

YESSS THE LAUGH AND THE CIRCUS THEME

there are so many kids

WAIT. wait. i need to rewatch us (the movie) i htink it might be an us reference

overall i LOVE it and i would love to hear a drum and slap bass cover but i also would love to hear drum and slap bass covers of every song in human history so

your eyes

can't believe i'm subjecting myself to this mv again NJVFKVSK havent listened to it a second time since lol

young wings keys but sadder

the melody.. reminds me of smth... like. either slice of life anime ending or an extremely long shounen anime ending (im looking at naruto and fairy tail)

but hey hyun vocals <3 <3 <3

chans high notes <3 <3 <3

WAIT THERE ARE STRINGSS skz orchestra arrangements when (i can make a whople separate post about orchestral arrangements for skz songs)

@ changbins verse: that is a very tangy (i forgot the word but it sounds like tangy) guitar

but the transition between lix and bin's verses was so seamless wtf

sung rapping in semiquavers broke down the flow so nice imo. idk if i said that right

@ jeongin's verse... the backing vocals... chan...? but it almost sounds like minho when it's higher. the lower "ohh" sounds like channo

okay not that i don't enjoy the song but i just really dont have as much to comment on fndjskfdsj

(okay tbc w the other songs when they come out!)