#each song was a chapter in a movie and they were funky deep and romantic

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[ayeonz]

My Top 10 Kpop Albums of 2019

i measured this list by quality, how many bsides i kept (at least 5, if it had less it did not qualify to be fair) and a refusal to allow one group to appear twice

10. butterFLY - Ailee

Miss Ailee is back on the music scene, with a full album nonetheless. I wasn't in love all the B-sides that much but none were bad at all and I kept plenty. I love albums that cover a variety of genres and Ailee definitely did that, covering R&B, EDM, indie, pop ballad, soul, etc. She even managed a Chen feature (on LOVE) despite changing companies and being managed by nobodies.

9. City Lights - BAEKHYUN

The title of this album encapsulates its feeling accurately; sultry, smooth, memorable, glitter on a dark backdrop, dramatic, romantic (or "romantic"). Betcha has a really unique instrumental that I want to point out, kind of 8-bit-y in the background? It's sexy and catchy. And Psycho? She hits different. Baekhyun sounds like an angel.

8. No.1 - CLC

Everything on this album is so well-produced. This has to be their most coherent album ever (though I love CLC's B-sides of course!). It all just fits. The first time I heard Like It, they were performing it at their comeback showcase and oh my godddddddddddddddddd I love women. Also an all-English B-side.. legends...

7. The ReVe Festival: Day 1 - Red Velvet

First of all, none of you have taste; Zimzalabim is REALLY good. Fuck you for structure-shaming her. The rest of the album remains solid. If you haven't heard Sunny Side Up yet, I feel sorry for you. Red Velvet remains on top when it comes to B-sides. Special props to that Joy Bing Bing fancam, because that video made me LOVE that song when I previously didn't like it much and without it this album would be much lower on my list.

6. Raid Of Dream - Dreamcatcher

Literally from start to finish this album is flawless. Even the intro is good. Silent Night is my favourite B-side, I love non-drops so much and the finale of the song where it finally drops is so satisfying, I had it on repeat for a straight hour.

5. HELLO Chapter 1: Hello, Stranger - CIX

This album surprised me. I only downloaded the whole thing on a whim. It's surprisingly solid. Not game-changing, but each song has its own charm. The blurry shout rap and impactful beat in What You Wanted reminds me a lot of an EXO song. Movie Star is the best male debut song of the year, maybe even in general since a long time. Imagine is really funky; I love funky songs so much.

4. The Book of Us : Entropy - DAY6

DAY6 never disappoint. They couldn't if they tried. The second Deep In Love starts you know you're in for a treat. It goes from silly to angsty to... tropical house!? to chill in a heartbeat, and it does not apologise for it. All of the songs are unique, but all of them are DAY6.

3. [X X] - LOONA

Repackaged songs aside, this is still one of the best albums this year. Every single B-side has it's own charm, endlessly repeatable. I honestly don't have much to say because this is just a flawless album. Stan LOONA.

2. Feel Special - TWICE

If this isn't one of your favourite albums this year you haven't heard it. LOVE FOOLISH, TRICK IT and GET LOUD are on constant replay. Seriously, I thought Fancy You was good but then Feel Special's B-sides threw them to the side. Maybe not their best title track this year, musically speaking, but as a whole this is just pure bliss. It never lets up. It's TWICE.

1. Purpose - TAEYEON

Did you expect this one? I feel like I didn't talk about it enough. Four Seasons was merely a prelude to this masterpiece. There is not a single track I had to "adjust" to. Here I Am takes you on a magical journey, Spark gets you up and clapping, LOL is drippingly sarcastic, Better Babe is dramatic and cool, City Love is transcendental, and that's only half of the album. Taeyeon has never had a bad song but this? There is not even a single song that is just "good". These are all AMAZING. Taeyeon's powerful vocals left me helpless.

[duallygirl178]

Dearest O'Malley Chapter 18

Chapter 18

After a week, I still didn’t tell Gonzo and Robin about Sweetie-Pie yet because it still wasn’t the right moment. She  had been calling me almost every night for an hour. While Gonzo and Robin were still hanging out with me, I didn’t even bring up the subject.

For two whole weeks, I didn’t bring up Sweetie-Pie but the next day, Gonzo and Robin wee in a conversation until I startled them for their attention, by whistling loudly. Once all their eyes were focused on me, I said; “Gentlemen, I wanted to tell you good news from the grapevine.” Robin and Gonzo smiled big and said; “What is it, O’Malley?” I took a deep breath for courage, smiled and said; “I’m in love with a woman named Sweetie-Pie and she’s an impala car.” both of them ‘oozed’ and congratulated me. Robin was so proud  of me and said; “Dude, that girl from the SAFEWAY parking lot? Whoa! No way! Tell us everything. What did you two do?” Gonzo butted in and asked; “Did you two kiss?” I just giggled and said; “No, I only met her that first day.” Robin looked at Gonzo and said; “Come on, Gonzo, where’s your manners? So O’Malley,  did you two roll in the hay?” now the teasing was on. I blushed a little bit with embarrassment and said; “No, no. come on now! You’re being crude. I wouldn’t ask her until we were perfectly comfortable on getting dirty.” Gonzo looked at Robin as if he just broke wind, then he looked at me and said; “hey, did you two have wine in the tub and get funky afterwards?”

Gonzo laughed out loud at his finesse  of a sentence. I returned to my normal color and said; “No, that’s not very nice. Sweetie-Pie is a lady. You don’t go up to a stranger after you met her for two weeks and ask to get funky with her. It was just for one date only.” Gonzo giggled delightfully. He loved to be crude when he teased. He took a couple of gasps and said; “did you guys go to the park?” I simply answered; “No,” Robin butted in and  asked; “Did you  go to the astrology building yet and look at the pretty old stars?” Again, I replied; “No.” Gonzo excitedly hops  his two front wheels on top of Robin and asks; “Ooh, ooh, any bon fires at the park?” I chuckled and said; “No, you guys. Whatever you’re thinking, we didn’t. I have more news.” Gonzo and Robin fell quiet  to let me talk. I added; “We, meaning; me, you and Gonzo have dates coming up and your dates’ names are going to be thrilled to meet you. I spoke to Sweetie-Pie’s friends and their names are; Deb, and Salina. Sweetie-Pie wants us all to have a triple date together. What do  you think of that?” I didn’t think Gonzo and Robin would be interested  at first, but as it turns out they were interested after I added that they were classic cars too. Robin was the most excited and he excitedly said; “That sounds like fun. Does this have Sweetie-Pie’s approval on this?” I nodded and said; “Oh yeah. I even told her about you two bean-whiskers and she says that you two sound like a bunch of mother-whisker goats. She likes you.” Robin and Gonzo giggled together. Gonzo right away said; “She sounds so amazing. When’s the date?” I remembered from the passed few encounters and she told me that she would set a date for Saturday night  at six at night. It was going to be fun. So I updated the two boys that the date would be exactly Saturday night at six. And I got a short answer of; “Okay, we’ll be there.”

So, at Saturday night around five in the evening as I was helping Robin get ready, Robin asked me twenty uncomfortable  questions that I replied with a “No” or an “I don’t know” response. I asked Robin and Gonzo; “why do you two embarrass me when it comes to  girlfriends and it always turns out dirty with no filter?” Gonzo replied respectfully; “What? We’re just curious. You got to keep her if she’s amazing. Too good to get rid of. Besides, why didn’t you tell us the day after you met this girl?” I sighed calmly and said; “because you say that or ask me dirty questions. Gonzo, you’ve always embarrassed me every time Impa was around. It’s like you have no filter on your mouth for words. It’s humiliating.” the two argued to me that they didn’t embarrass me, they were only a couple of curious didn’t-know-better-whisker-goats that didn’t mean any offense. They were only being guys.

When I drove with Gonzo and Robin to go meet Sweetie-Pie at a Mexican restaurant, she told us we looked handsome. Her two friends; Salina and Deb were smiling too as I thanked her for the comment. We had an all-you-can-eat taco and margarita event.  After Gonzo and Robin got to know them all better while we waited for our meals, I told them I was treating them all to a movie after dinner. Everyone liked that idea. Tonight was going to be fun.

Sweetie-Pie sure could gobble up more tacos than Gonzo could. I had one too many margaritas because while Sweetie-Pie ate a lot of tacos, I hollered a little louder than I wanted to that Sweetie-Pie was like an endless machine. She and Deb were goose-giggling and already shushing me. Intoxicated, I shouted out; “Now, now girls, don’t be shushing your Uncle Malibu. You’ll send the neighborhood out with rolling pins.” Robin and Gonzo laughed out loud and said; “Gee O’Malley, lay off those Marty’s.” Deb chuckled hysterically, shushed me, and said; “I don’t have an uncle, you silly dilly bar.” after dinner, we went to a movie at the theater. I puked in the trash can in the bathroom. I imagined the restaurant wasn’t going to let me back in for margaritas again because I made a scene. But after all that, I started to feel better during the movie that we had gone to see. I sobered up as Sweetie-Pie got me water in water bottles that Salina  snuck in. I cuddled a bit with Sweetie-Pie. She was already watching out for me even though she was having a great time.

I remembered Sweetie-Pie liking stars, so why not swing by the San Juan College astronomy center to use the telescope  and when Gonzo, Robin, Deb, and Salina had gone home after the movie that nigh. I cuddled with Sweetie-Pie. She and I enjoyed ourselves. I told her I loved her. At first, I had to stop and think for a minute. What if she told me to bug off? But instead, she looked at me and said; “I love you too, O’Malley.” at that moment, my heart soared. We were officially boyfriend and girlfriend.

We went to the San Juan College astrology center and looked at the stars through the telescope. It was a beautiful night and we could see Saturn far away. It was incredible! We spent an hour looking at the stars. We were hooked on them, but after 20 minutes extra, we went to the park to have a romantic moment to spare. We talked about our thoughts referring to men and women. I told Sweetie-Pie softly; “I think men came from Jupiter and women came from Saturn. My wonder is that  they were forced off their planets to live on Earth by taller beings.” Sweetie-Pie  smiled and said; “That’s a creative theory.  I like Mars. It’s red just like my favorite flower.” I brought her in closer, hugged her and said; “My mother would have loved to meet you. She made ginger rose chewy candy whenever I had good friends over. Instead of making cookies, she’d make those candies for me and every one of my friends that hung out.” Sweetie-Pie moaned pleasantly, and said; “I like rose candies. It’s my only favorite candy that I’ll eat. No other candy would delight me more but rose candies. Did you know in India, they have rose tea to calm down and it’s good for romantic moments?” I gave her a kiss and told her; “No, but I do remember eating rose candy would settle me down whenever I had an upset stomach.” Sweetie-Pie giggled and said; “I’m glad I met you.” I looked at her and said; “When I met you, I flt there was butterflies and bubbles fluttering all over in my gasoline tank. I wanted to kiss you. And night after night, I would think about you. I couldn’t sleep.” Sweetie-Pie smiled and said; “Me too. I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I tried listening to Little Richard songs and I tried Elvis Presley, but everyone of them reminded me of you. Every 1950s classic song to the 1980s all reminded me of you.” This was amazing. I learned something new about Sweetie-Pie. I liked  music from the 1950s and so on. At least we were honest with each other. This was a good night to spend with friends too. Sweetie-Pie and I spent 20 minutes more at the park.

Then at 1:00 in the morning, I took Sweetie-Pie home. She kissed me farewell for now and I headed on my way home. It turns out, Robin and Gonzo weren’t home. They were waiting for me in hiding places in the dark. It was suddenly that I heard Robin call out; “Surprise! Long live the night.” Gonzo was applauding with congratulations to me and said; “We planned other things while you two love birds were parked in the grass. We’re going to have a guys’ sleep over.” I chuckled delightfully and said; “Oh you guys. You shouldn’t have now we’re all getting in trouble.” Robin scoffed and said; “Nonsense. We‘re going to have more fun to celebrate your love and ours. To brotherhood.” I thought about it and since I was already home, I decided to go for it. I smiled and sweetly said; “Lets go for it.” then the sleepover began.

About  8:30 in the morning, Robin woke up, checked the time and gasped out; “Oh no.” Gonzo and I woke up startled but still pretty bushed. Gonzo snorted and said; “don’t tell.” his eyes were half-open. I stretched out and said; “What’s wrong?” panicked, Robin said; “I was suppose to be home hours ago. My owners are going to strangle me.” I yawned and said; “Well, eat breakfast and then get home.”

Exhausted, I took Robin inside, I cooked him breakfast by warming up some motor oil in a Styrofoam cup with the logo Starbucks on it. Then Robin thanked me, and dashed home. I hoped he had made it in time.