#gx month 2020

[happinessismusic]

“Gwen Stefani is the pride and joy of California!” stated Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “Not only is she an acclaimed singer/songwriter and performer, Gwen is also a talented fashion designer and cosmetics mogul. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is ready to welcome not just a girl but a mega talent to the Hollywood Walk of Fame!” added Martinez.

As guest speakers, record label founder and entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, CEO of the Azoff Company and manager Irving Azoff and country superstar and husband Blake Shelton will join emcee Ellen K for the star unveiling.

A three-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Interscope Records recording artist Gwen Stefani has achieved global success as a singer/songwriter, performer, charismatic frontwoman of No Doubt, and as a multi-platinum solo artist.  Currently, Stefani can be seen as a coach on NBC and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television’s Emmy®-winning series “The Voice.”

Stefani is a trend-setting music and fashion icon with an impressive array of honors: four MTV Video Music Awards, two Billboard Awards, an American Music Award, and a Brit Award.  To date, she’s sold more than 60 million units worldwide, and over ten billion streams, including her debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.  The four-times platinum album delivered the hit singles “Rich Girl,” “What You Waiting For?” and the No. 1 hit “Hollaback Girl.”

Her sophomore album, The Sweet Escape, featured the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single “Wind It Up” and the unforgettable anthem “The Sweet Escape.”  Her critically praised latest album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and includes her powerful No. 1 single “Used to Love You.”

In 2020, Stefani had two No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with husband Blake Shelton, “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere.”   Stefani released the new song “True Babe” in June ahead of a series of major festival performances in for the U.K. and Europe this summer.

Before the music there was makeup. Stefani’s passion for makeup was integral in the launch of her beauty brand GXVE in early 2022. The clean, high-performance cosmetics collection is inspired by Stefani’s iconic looks and created for the community of makeup lovers who find their inspiration, individuality and self-expression through artistry.

One of pop culture’s most magnetic style icons, Stefani is one of the first artists to brilliantly merge music stardom into a series of global lifestyle brands including her fashion-forward clothing line, L.A.M.B., sister label Harajuku Lovers and her eyewear line gx by Gwen Stefani.

Stefani continues to make giving back a focus in her life supporting several charities and foundations.

Source: SHE’S JUST A GIRL GETTING A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME! GLOBAL MUSIC ICON GWEN STEFANI TO BE HONORED ON OCTOBER 19TH IN CELEBRATION OF HER BIRTHDAY MONTH - Hollywood Walk of Fame

[magpiejay1234]

This year’s Jump Festa’s OCG events went by. There is still one more Duel Links battle left, which might have more news for Duel Links, and the Master Duel battles, which also might have some more stuff, but for main stuff, this is it.

For the main stuff, we got tons of card stuff, but most importantly we didn’t hear any news about a Master Rule revision, which means for the next three years, April 2020 revision (ie. the current revision) will remain in power, unless there are further news that contradict this.

This means while might get a new Ability like how we got Geminis in Tactical Evolution back in GX, there won’t be any changes to existing Summoning methods. We will get some more wacky combinations for sure (like some Gemini Pendulum monster), but there won’t be anything truly new.

Since Duel Links will get support in the future, we also don’t know what will be the next world(s), but that should be cleared by July-August 2023. I’m guessing the next world might be Virtual World arc, since no new Master Rule revision means Deck Masters might be thing, or they will jus throw in the SEVENS cast and give them generic Decks according to their type preferences. Your pick, really.

For Rush Duels, this does not bode particularly well, since this increases the likelihood of a true new Master Rule with the appropriate new Summoning method in next three years... which means return to the OCG in the animé. But for next three years at least, they are safe. If there are news about Go Rush!!’s Season 2, I guess they will be revealed tomorrow, or in coming months.

Historically we had 9-10 years without a new Summoning method in OCG between DM and 5D’s, so theoretically we can have 3-6 more years without a Master Rule revision...but there will be some gimmicks down the line, most likely.

There isn’t much to say about Rush Duels, they got the rule revision for January 1, 2023, and they previously got Equip Spells, so they can continue Go Rush!! without further changes, but there will likely be some more addiiton (maybe Flip monsters? Or Counter Traps?).

With this, next animé series should be in next year’s Jump Festa, unless Go Rush!! magically lasts for 4 seasons.

[melbournenewsvine]

2023 Toyota RAV4 update revealed for Japan Australia to follow

The Toyota RAV4 has received another update in Japan, ahead of Australian arrivals before the end of this year. 0 View 8 images The updated 2023 Toyota RAV4 has been revealed for Japan, ahead of Australian showrooms arrivals due by the end of 2022. After a handful of images of the updated 2023 RAV4 were published in Europe, it’s Toyota Japan’s turn to reveal elements of the updated model, which introduces a number of technology and safety updates to keep it fresh among newer rivals. Toyota dealers in Australia have been advised to expect price rises of $1500 to $3000, depending on the model – in addition to an inflation-related price rise of $1500 across all RAV4 variants from 1 January 2023. As reported by Drive previously, from 16 May 2022 Toyota dealers began advising customers the final price of their vehicle was subject to change due to model-year upgrades or increased manufacturing costs – and they are entitled to a refund of their deposit if they don’t agree with the new prices, or don’t want to wait. View 8 images View 8 images PreviousNext With wait times out to 18 months on some RAV4 variants, vehicles ordered today may not be the car that eventually arrives – passing through one or possibly two model-year upgrades, bringing with them more features which command a higher list price. As previously reported by Drive, all models gain new infotainment software, with wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, a smarter cloud-based satellite navigation system, and a ‘Hey Toyota’ voice assistant. It’s set to run on an 8.0-inch touchscreen in the entry-level GX and GXL models in Australia, while the XSE, Cruiser and Edge locally – or high-end models in Japan – are slated to adopt a new 10.5-inch touchscreen. View 8 images View 8 images PreviousNext There’s a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster – set to feature on Australian XSE, Cruiser and Edge variants – while the 7.0-inch instrument display previously in these models is slated to be added to the GX and GXL (replacing a 4.2-inch screen). Advanced safety technology improvements outlined by Toyota Japan include a revised autonomous emergency braking system capable of braking for oncoming vehicles in an intersection, or pedestrians crossing a side street the car is turning into. Japanese models also add a Nanoe-X air filtration system and a “recording function” for the available digital rear-view mirror as new for 2023 – but these aren’t believed to be on the cards for Australia for the time being. Toyota dealers have been advised of further upgrades to Australian RAV4s not listed in the Japanese announcement, including an emergency steer assist safety feature, and support for the Toyota Connected Services suite of connected-car features, powered by a smartphone app. USB-C ports are slated to replace USB-A sockets across the range in Australia, while the flagship Edge is set to gain upgraded LED projector headlights. The 2023 Toyota RAV4 is due in Australian showrooms before the end of this year. Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a young age, to growing up around performance vehicles in a car-loving family. Read more about Alex Misoyannis Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

[rychazz]

💙💙💙💙

I think Kaiba would agree Obelisk Blue is best dorm

[mindfulofbrit]

Happy Birthday Judai (and Haou!)

A quick sketch to celebrate my fave’s birthday and kick off @gxmonth!

I won’t be posting every day due to my job and other commitments, but I never get to post for Judai’s birthday, I might as well do something!

Haou is here too, as featured in Rise of the Demon King (in which MOST of my posts will probably be themed around). For more info on that, you can peek at @ygogx-riseofthedemonking ouo

[mara-manson]

This is very late but

GX month-Day 9: Born to be Bad

Just needed an excuse to design a Tarot card of Fujiwara/Darkness. I don’t consider Fujiwara evil. He struggled with trauma and anxiety just like “Death” in Tarot isn’t evil. It just means changes and I hope Fujiwara has a bright future ahead of him🖤

{also my hand hurts a lot now}

[cookiefox115]

Day 05 Pass the salt

I would of loved more of Haou. He shouldnt have been trama for Jaden. He was obviously jadens past liek like Atem is to Yugi. So here is out beautiful king.

#gxmonth2020

[nate-the-content-creator]

"Wait, does this mean there's no rare card...?" Jaden's comment had made Yuki laugh. And it was that laughter that got the Slifer students attention. "What's so funny?"

Yuki's response, was to hold a box wrapped in bright colored wrapping paper. "I wouldn't say that there's no rare card..."

Eyes wide, Jaden took the card with shaking hands. Taking off the paper, his shocked expression turned to one of pure joy. "Woah! E-elemental HERO Gaia!?"

Yuki smiled, clapping his friend on his shoulder. "Happy birthday Jaden."

[kuriboo]

YuGiOh GX Month 2020

Day 22: Stop Blowing Holes in my Ship!!

This is the rarepair day, and I, predictably, have chosen to write about Jesse Anderson/Chazz Princeton. I think about these two more than anyone really should, by this point. Decided to write some season 1 content; I like to think Jesse was enrolled in North Academy while Chazz was, and there was some reason he just wasn’t at the school at that time. This is just one possibility... But, well, this is canon divergent territory so whatever I say goes anyway, I guess.

This is obviously very late... I have lots of opportunity to write these days, but not a ton of time to put it up anywhere, and I honestly only decided to write this a week ago, or maybe two, after looking at the prompt list again in my Bastion Erasure messages. I also plan to write one more, for the Arc V day, but it’a not gonna be done in September, sorry about that. I’ll probably have it up on October. I’ll put the ao3 link for this one in the notes!

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"What a week it's been, huh?" Jessed asking the bug on his shoulder

The past week had been intense. Normally, Jesse would be in class right now at North Academy. After building his deck for the entrance exam, he had risen high up in the ranks, even though he was just a freshman. Maybe it was because he had bonded with his new bug deck so quickly and so well, rather than pure dueling ability, but it still had caught someone's attention. A few weeks ago, that fella in charge of Industrial Illusions, Maximillion Pegasus, invited Jesse and his bugs to this big tournament with all these duelists he ain't met before. Today had been his second duel in the tournament, and these duels were at least as hard as the duels at North Academy were, those duels being the hardest Jesse had ever faced. He'd managed to win the duel, but it wasn't easy.

For whatever reason, though, whenever Jesse looked out to the audience, he always saw Pegasus looking at him. Pegasus always looked like he was mulling something over in his mind, but he was always looking at Jesse when Jesse saw him. It was a little strange, but Jesse wasn't going to let it throw him off. He was going to give this tournament his best shot and try to leave without regrets.

He couldn’t let himself get distracted now, anyway. He was already thinking about his next opponent in the tournament, and how to face whatever strategies they might use. He was back in the room he’d been assigned to stay in for the duration of the tournament. It was fairly simple room; there were a few chairs, a bed, a closet, and a TV. It sure was comfortable, though.

When the door to his room opened, Jesse nearly jumped out of his chair. “Whoa, that sure spooked me,” Jesse said quietly to himself as a staff member entered the room.

”My apologies.”

”It’s fine, I definitely ain’t upset or nothing. It’s not time for my next duel already, is it?” Jesse asked. He knew he would be dueling more often as the tournament progressed, but this was sooner than he’d figured it would be. His previous duel ended not long ago. Yet, it was strange for someone from the tournament staff to be here otherwise.

”It’s not time for you to duel just yet. We received this today. It’s for you.” They gave Jesse an envelope with his name written on the front.

Jesse smiled. “Thanks!”

As the staff member left, Jesse opened the envelope, his bug friends crowding around to all try to read it at the same time. It was from Chancellor Foster, from North Academy; the date the letter was sent was written in the top right. It’d been sent out not long after Jesse left North Academy. He’d set off for the tournament almost as soon as he got the invitation, since the trip itself took over a week. It wasn’t a surprise to see the mail travelled slower. Even so soon after he left, it was a letter updating Jesse on how much had happened in North Academy between Jesse’s departure and when the letter was written.

Apparently, a lot happened in a short time. A freshman from the main branch of Duel Academy had transferred to North Academy just before Jesse left for the tournament. Why the transfer occurred wasn’t clear, but it wasn’t any of Jesse’s business. As it turned out, that freshman had reached the top rank of North Academy after putting their new deck together, as part of North Academy’s entrance exam. Jesse rose his eyebrows as that. This duelist must be really good, ranking as the top duelist with a deck full of cards they’d never used.

It sounded like this duelist was going to represent North Academy in the upcoming duel against the main branch, too. Jesse wouldn’t be able to see it in person since he wouldn’t be back to the academy yet, but he couldn’t wait to hear the results.

”Chazz Princeton, huh? I’ll have to remember that you.”

As good as this Chazz Princeton was, Jesse still hadn’t dueled them yet. As soon as Jesse returned to North Academy, it would be time to change that.

A duel later, not long after dinner, Jesse was practically vibrating with excitement.

The next duel, just 36 hours away, would be part of the semi-finals. He was so excited to be in the tournament, to have made it this far, that he couldn’t think strategy right now. He didn’t know what to do with himself, but if he couldn’t get himself to prepare on the upcoming duel, maybe watching a duel on TV would help him think of new ideas? Seeing other duelists’ decks and strategies and all? Jesse turned on the TV and began flipping through channels to find a duel to watch.

He stopped when he found a duel that immediately captured his attention. It looked like the duelists were around his age? That was odd, since students usually didn’t weren’t broadcasted, especially on a live broadcast like this one.

A few minutes later and Jesse found out that this was apparently the big duel between North Academy and the main branch. He blinked. Did he forget this duel would be televised? He didn’t remember hearing that it would, but...

It looked like the main branch had chosen a duelist, too, which made it hard to figure which duelist represented which school, but after a couple of moments he was able to figure it out. The duelist in the black jacket was Chazz Princeton, dueling for North Academy. Duel Academy’s duelist had a red jacket on; it sounded like his name was Jaden. Both students had interesting cards. Jaden had these cool looking hero monsters, they seemed like fun friends to have. Chazz looked like he was using North Academy’s legendary Armed Dragon deck. The deck could appear weak at the beginning of the duel, but Jesse knew better to judge it by that. The biggest lesson any student at North Academy learned was that there were no truly bad cards. All cards could be good, as long as you knew how to use them.

Chazz had just summoned Armed Dragon LV 7. Soon anyone who was unaware of the deck’s power would no longer underestimate it. Beyond it’s powerful stats, it also had the ability to destroy all its opponents monsters, making it a force to be reckoned with. This deck was legendary for a reason. Soon, Jaden was able to defend himself from the direct attack without losing life points, but it was close. He’d barely been able to keep himself in the duel.

This was a close duel. Jesse was on the edge of his seat. Even if the situation looked bad for Jaden, Jesse knew he couldn’t count out Duel Academy’s rep just yet either.

A few turns later Jaden was able to destroy Armed Dragon LV 7 with a card effect, proving Jesse to be right. Jaden had less life points, but he now had the upper hand.

”I hope Chazz can pull through still,” Jesse muttered to himself. “It’d be nice to see North Academy win this year...” Of course, this was Jesse’s first year, so he hadn’t been present for last year’s duel. But as the school had prepared for this year’s duel, he’d quickly learned North Academy lost last year. It wasn’t a close match, either. The school’s moral, especially the chancellor’s, had been hit hard after that.

Plus, it was clear by now that Chazz’s status in North Academy had been no fluke. He was a good duelist and definitely deserved to win. Not that Jaden didn’t deserve the win either, Jaden was fairly good himself, but... Besides just wanting his school to win, Jesse wouldn’t deny that Chazz was kind of cute. That fact definitely had him leaning even more for Chazz’s victory.

After Chazz’s next turn, however, something changed.

All the sudden Jaden was telling Chazz about how dueling for fun, not for the win itself. Jesse knew Jaden was absolutely right. Jesse hadn’t even questioned whether they were both having fun. Yet, looking now at Chazz, it was clear he was stressed. Jesse frowned. He knew Chancellor Foster and the other students wouldn’t put this much pressure on Chazz to win this duel, so who was? Someone else?

Was Chazz putting some of that pressure on himself?

Many people experienced test anxiety, even people who excelled in what they were tested on. Jesse had seen it before, and experienced it himself in the past; slap the word ‘test’ on anything and people get nervous. Suddenly, people forget the answers to questions they otherwise knew. Maybe this duel could be considered something like a test. Maybe this was a bad case of test anxiety.

No matter what, Jesse hoped Chazz would be able to relax and pull through. Duels weren’t made for stressin’.

Chazz told Jaden to surrender while he still could, but Jaden was having too much fun to even think about it. Jaden hoped that during his next duel with Chazz, Chazz would be able to have fun, and Jesse found himself hoping that, too. Chazz didn’t deserve the pressure he was under.

Jaden’s next turn came, and the broadcast lost its signal as Jaden attacked. That attack would’ve left Chazz with no life points, and there was definitely no was for Chazz to avoid it. It was weird that it cut right then, but Jesse didn’t need to see anymore anyway. He already knew how the duel ended.

Both duelists were only in their first year of school, but it was clear they both were skilled duelists. Bringing out Armed Dragon 7 and devastating Jaden’s life points with a direct attack was not an easy task, especially someone using Armed Dragon for the first time. Destroying Armed Dragon was no easy task, either. Jaden, as the winner, was very obviously a good duelist.

Chazz, though? No one should think any less of him because he lost; Jesse sure didn’t. That’s just the way the cards played out sometimes. No one could win all the time.

Jesse had already been interested when he heard Chazz was the top duelist in North Academy right after transferring. Now that he’d watch Chazz duel, he really wanted to duel against Chazz. He couldn’t wait to meet him.

Though Jesse had a feeling he would want more, all he could hope was that he and Chazz could at least be friends some day. Not today, not with this tournament still to finish, but some day.

Chazz at the very least was not going to get out of a duel with him.

[unstoppablelove]

[blairflannigan]

It's the first day of pride month post trans Judai

[alhakue]

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Month 2020

DAY 8: THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!

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Don’t know. 

Blame (mainly) Duel Links for this. I think they are sooo cute together.

[gxmonth]

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Month 2020

IT’S ON!

We start on August 31! I realize this may be a bit short notice for some, so I’ll be sure to get the word out earlier next year. Just do your best, take breaks when you need to, and most importantly have fun!

Draw/write/create, it’s your choice! All creativity welcomed!

Please remember to tag you posts with #gxmonth2020. If I miss a post please let me know.

And special thanks to @crystalbeastruby​ for creating the awesome banner!

Day 1 (August 31): “Game on!” It’s Judai/Jaden Yuki’s birthday today! Let’s celebrate!

Day 2 (September 1): “Red, Yellow, Blue!” Ah, the tier system at Duel Academy. Which dorm is your favorite?

Day 3 (September 2): “Rule the School” These kids might be saving the world, but they’re still students with homework to do and exams to pass. Celebrate the school life today!

Day 4 (September 3): “Sometimes I Can’t Believe We’re Related” 10Join! Today is all about the iconic brother-sister pair, Fubuki Tenjoin/Atticus Rhodes and Asuka Tenjoin/Alexis Rhodes!

Day 5 (September 4): “Pass The Salt” No story is perfect. So what is something you wish you could have seen in the story of GX?

Day 6 (September 5): “Going Down With The Ships!” You know what I’m talking about. We all have an armada parked in the bay, but there’s that one ship, that one ship, that you would die for. Today is all about OTPs and OT3s!

Day 7 (September 6): “Bring the THUNDER” Ichi! Juu! Hyaku! Sen! Chazz it up! Today the world does in fact revolve around Jun Manjoume/Chazz Princeton.

Day 8 (September 7): “The Power of Friendship!” Favorite dynamic duo, two characters you think would have been friends if only they met, how friendship saves the day, or maybe a friendship fail. It’s up to you!

Day 9 (September 8): “Born to be Bad” Inherently evil, brainwashed, misguided, or misunderstood. GX boots a colorful cast of villainy. Who’s your favorite bad guy?

Day 10 (September 9): Free Day/Introductions Tell us about yourself and your GX experience! Your favorites, why you like it, how you got into it. Or leave the day open to do whatever you want!

Day 11 (September 10): “Cyber Legacy” No Yu-Gi-Oh! show is complete without a pair of brothers. Today’s stars are Sho Marufuji/Syrus Truesdale and Ryo Marufuji/Zane Truesdale!

Day 12 (September 11): “But What If We Had Bikes?” That’s right! It’s time for the GX crew to rev it up on their very own D-Wheels/Duel Runners!

Day 13 (September 12): “And You Are...?” Got a favorite OC? Or one you’ve been hiding in the closet? Introduce them to the world today!

Day 14 (September 13): “The Perfect Formula” He duels with the power math and science! Today, show the world that you still remember Daichi/Bastion Misawa!

Day 15 (September 14): “Insert pun here” It’s meme day! Recreate your favorites! Make some shitposts! Be the troll you’ve always wanted to be!

Day 16 (September 15): “Creation and Destruction” The Gentle Darkness and the Light of Destruction. The eternal struggle. And also the Darkness that tried to drown the world. Huh. Feels a little unbalanced.

Day 17 (September 16): “Putting the D in Destiny” Pro duelist by day and crime fighting vigilante by night. Today is Edo/Aster Phoenix’s day!

Day 18 (September 17): “In Another Life” It’s AU day!

Day 19 (September 18): “I Was Here Too!” GX has a vast array of unique characters, some of which we only saw once. Pick a “one shot” character and show them off!

Day 20 (September 19): Free Day 2/Support Fellow Creators Show some love for your favorite creators, or leave the day free for whatever you please!

Day 21 ( September 20): “Prehistoric Predators” The dino duelist with a fossil in his leg. Today is all about Kenzan Tyranno/Tyranno Hassleberry!

Day 22 (September 21): “Stop Blowing Holes In My Ship!” Some ships are popular and some are...not. Today is all about rare pairs and crack ships! Give those underdogs some love!

Day 23 (September 22): “And For Today’s Lesson...” The teachers at Duel Academy have their work cut out for them, but they still take care of their students. Show the DA staff some love today!

Day 24 (September 23): “Legend of the Seven Gems” Resurrect the greatest light in history today with Johan/Jesse Anderson and the Crystal Beasts!

Day 25 (September 24): “For The Glory of Academia!” We got to see Asuka/Alexis and Edo/Aster over in Fusion Dimension, but what about the rest of the cast? Show us some Fusion counterparts today! What are these dorks up to and what part do they play in the war?

Day 26 (September 25): “Dream Team From Overseas” Austin O’Brien/Axel Brody, Jim “Crocodile” Cook, and Amon/Adrian Gecko. Today is all about them!

Day 27 (September 26): “Duel Monster Spirit Day!” The world of GX is full of spirits. Do something fun to celebrate your favorite!

Day 28 (September 27): “Gold Eyes in The Darkness” Today’s all about the Supreme King! Unleash the Darkness and create your content!

Day 29 (September 28): “Don’t Forget Me!” Have an underappreciated character you wish you’d seen more of? Give them some love today!

Day 30 (September 29): Free Day 3 Share anything. Anything at all. It’s free game.

Day 31 (September 30): “Gotcha!”  The series ends with Judai/Jaden running off another adventure. But where is he going? Today’s the day to share your post-GX headcanons!

[rychazz]

I can't draw a duel runner 😭

[anambermusicbox]

September 29 Day Countdown (1/29): 2018/05/11 Interview with Cat’s Eye Entertainment 《猫眼娱乐》 Highlights

 About Joining the Voice of China:

Zhou Shen: (starting at 5:35) Life is really a strange experience. For one thing, I never thought I’d become a singer, especially with the problem of my voice—I’ve always been really afraid of singing in front of people. So when the director [of the Voice of China] scouted me for the first and second seasons, I absolutely did not want to go. I was scared, I admit it. *laughs* Then the third season came along, and I feel extremely fortunate to have encountered a director who wanted to help me pursue my dream. 

For three months straight, she kept sending me direct messages on Weibo, and then later, after we added each other on WeChat, at the start of each day there was, what to call it… It like an audiobook—everyday I woke up to over twenty 60-second long voice messages; I’d play them while I brushed my teeth. Then I realized that, while someone else was putting forth so much effort for me, I was still huddled up in my own comfort zone, unwilling to step out. I thought this really wasn’t right. I’ve always been especially grateful to this director—her name is Hu Minyan. I really thank her, for pushing me onto this road. Because I’m really happy right now to be doing what I love—for that reason alone, it feels like I’ve won everything.

About Singing vs Being a Singer:

(starting at 3:30) Like singers, the first thing everyone has to do is develop the technique—that’s a definite. You need the basics, you need to sing the best; you need the most steady high notes, the highest notes, the fullest breath. But once you reach a peak, you start having to do subtraction. You realize, aiyah, my voice can’t be too high, my voice can’t have too much power. You find that the moment you need to start hiding away the techniques, that’s the moment that you truly start singing. It’s like what Gao Xiaosong-laoshi said about the difference between someone who sings and a singer. I think, myself currently, I’m still working to make steps towards the direction of a singer.

Bonus: Compare to Singer 2020 Episode 10 Unbroadcasted Tidbits:

Gao Xiaosong, after praising Zhou Shen’s “Ring the Doorbell Yourself, Listen Yourself” and reminiscing about the song’s history: I just want to remind you of something—don’t overdo it and you’ll be good. Because you’ve already reached this point—you’ve mastered all “18 martial arts weapons,” and now it’s time for you to come down the mountain. But your “master” will always tell you this: as you come down the mountain, don’t attack anyone and everyone you see (*Zhou Shen laughs*); the skills and abilities you have, you have to hide in your pocket. Do you understand what I mean?

Zhou Shen: *nods vigorously* Use just enough—just enough.

GXS: This is how it is right now: A singer grows by doing addition and more addition, but once you reach the very top you start doing more and more subtraction. Right now, you’ve mastered everything—you whistle register master (ZS: I can’t do that *laughs*), you can do everything—but you have to do subtraction now. I’m just going to remind you of this, because you’re already too powerful now. (*ZS bends over laughing in disbelief*)

[mara-manson]

Doodle drop

I know this is late yet again but: Thank you for making GX month happen!❤️I had a blast seeing everyone’s work and fun to participate (even though I didn’t do much😅)