#just watching his MVs is gonna be the easiest

[vani-ash]

Hi, I'm new here, I've just discovered Jeff a couple of weeks ago. And now I feel like a teenager again with a celebrity crush 😅

I'm very busy irl and I'm slowly working my way through his acting gigs and music videos. As a Jeff expert, what do you suggest a newbe like me should watch/listen to/read/know? I'm a little confused about all the Jeffs :D

a jeff expert 😭

Hi! Welcome!!! ❤️🥰 I hope you understand by asking this you have given me the opportunity to info dump about this man 😭 I'm sorry in advance but here is a (still very long) basic guide to Jeff Satur :)

Acting

I don't know what you have and haven't watched yet but his main show is KinnPorsche (which you can watch on IQIYI) his character Kim is only a side character though.

There are two series you can watch on youtube

He she It (3 episodes, about 50 minutes all together)

Labeled as a horror but it's not really.

Ingredients the series (21 episodes, each aprox 10-20 minutes)

Cute slice of life series about cooking

He just had a movie come out called The Paradise Of Thorns, it is on Netflix in Thailand (and will probably come to netflix in other country's too eventually) so you either need a VPN or other site to watch it currently

Happy Ending

Jeff is currently in the process of making his own series called Happy Ending.

He has made a pilot for it but it hasn't actually been filmed yet and is scheduled to start filming sometime around the middle of this year, and be out around the end of the year.

Vamp

He is also going to be part of another show called Vamp, Also not filmed yet but scheduled for sometime this year.

Wuju Bakery

This was filmed back in 2023, and was meant to come out the same year and then the date got moved twice, something happened and the company that was making it did some shady things and now its unknown if this will ever actually air, but you can still find bts photos and people often reference this show so I'm going to mention it here.(There is also 40 second trailer)

Call Me By Fire S3

Jeff was also on a Chinese survival show called Call Me By Fire S3 (can be found on youtube, there is english subtitles)

Music Videos/Jeffcest

Jeff has been making music for 10 years, (he used to use the names Jeff the Demo and Jeff Garden if you want to look up any of his earlier songs on youtube)

Due to his whole vibe (and specifically his music video for Ghost, which is actually a two part MV continued in his other song called Yellow Leaf)

People started shipping him with the characters he plays in his music videos. This has been labeled as Jeffcest, and each Jeff is a clone, the clones are each named after their respective song titles unless they already have name, pretty much everything about Jeffcest is fan made.

The most prominent of Jeffcest being a character called Sunshine from the music video Dum Dum. (There are 3 music videos for Dum Dum, Thai, English and an Unchained version)

(Ghost and Lucid are two of the other most used)

Jeff has dressed up as Sunshine during a concert and was also just brought back in Jeff's most recent MV called Ride Or Die. (which only came out 5 days ago)

Sunshine has his whole own lore (not fanmade comes from Jeff) which I wont get into here but if you want me to explain feel free to message me :)

Jeffs most popular song is probably Fade (based on the views, 208 million)

But his other most popular song is probably Why Don't You Stay which is an OST from KinnPorsche. There is a Thai and English version.

All of his MVs have an interesting story line so they're all worth watching at some point.

Some songs Jeff is featured in:

Far - Silvy ft. Jeff

แผลเป็น (scar) - bodyslam ft. Jeff

Steal the Show - Shaun ft. Jeff

จำนน (White Flag) - Nont Tanont ft. Jeff

Other Things

Whenever Jeff preforms, wherever he is, it rains. He got joked to be the son of the rain god due to how often this happened, and for Halloween 2023 he held a contest for people to design him as the Rain God. (Rain God is also often used in Jeffcest)

Acounts

Jeff has his own company/studio called Studio on Saturn

Twitter - Instgram

On the last day of the month this account will post his schedule for the upcoming month letting you know when he has any scheduled events.

This Youtube account often posts fancams of the whole event from most of Jeffs events.

This youtube account posts any Lives Jeff does.

Brands

Space Shuttle No.8

Jeff put out his first album last year and it came with a box set (can no longer be brought but I have photos of the whole thing here :)

Pets

This man has so many cats like 20 something last time i heard him talk about them 😭

(And I don't know where to put this but his fans are called Saturdayss or Sats)

i am so sorry how long this is but I hope this was what you wanted and helped 😭💛💛💛

[berryyuni]

taste of love - njm

✿ you try baking a cake for jaemin in honor of your one year anniversary after there has been a slight change of plans.

pairing - bf!jaemin x gn!reader genre - est. relationship, fluff wc - 1.2k warnings - the reader and jaemin are incredibly soft for each other, affection, pet names

tiana's note 🎀 - so uh i came up with this idea when i was watching gracie's mess it up mv :p except it's a lot more fluffier

౨ৎ reblogs and feedback are greatly appreciated !! <3 ✧˖° ... (library)

“i don’t know what i should do, mark. i feel like everything i had planned was thrown out the window.” you groaned, throwing yourself onto your bed. 

mark, who was on the other end of the phone call, stayed silent for a moment, “maybe you can buy him something? he’s been talking about a new camera that’s caught his eye recently.” he suggested.

“he’s told me about that too but i’ve already checked, it’s out of stock in stores and it wouldn’t come in on time if i were to order it,” you sighed. “it’s in 2 days, mark. i need to think of something now.”

you were stressing. you and your boyfriend, jaemin’s 1 year anniversary was coming up and you had no idea how to fix this problem. originally, you had planned on surprising jaemin with a trip for just the two of you to a town you’ve been wanting to go to for awhile now. however, the one thing you were worried about happened. your flight got canceled and you learned that jaemin had to leave for his upcoming concert the day after your anniversary meaning that he wouldn’t have been able to go on the trip anyways. this was supposed to be your gift to him but now with everything canceled, you had nothing. 

“you can make him something,” mark said out of nowhere, you can imagine him shrugging as he suggested the idea, “that’s the easiest option.”

“what though…” you muttered under your breath. suddenly an idea popped in your head, you gasped, 

“what if i baked him a cake, do you think he’d like that?”

“he definitely would, y/n. especially if you’re the one baking it, he’d love it.” you smiled, feeling somewhat relieved that there was a solution after all, “he’d appreciate it y/n, i promise. you’re putting all the time and effort into this, there’s no way he’d hate it.”

“let’s just hope i don’t burn anything.” you laughed.

“have the fire department on speed dial… i’m serious.”

you waited til the day of the anniversary for you to start baking the cake. you wanted to make a heart shaped cake with white and pink frosting with the words “happy one year <3” on it. it was simple yet sweet. prior to this, you made sure jaemin was kept occupied while you baked the cake. the last thing you wanted was him coming over to whatever you had going on in the kitchen. luckily, mark had your back so he made sure he kept practice running longer than usual - which earned him many complaints from the other members. but hey, it works. 

as you stir the batter, you couldn’t help but reminisce about the memories you and jaemin shared the past year. they were nothing but special to you. each having its own meaning in your heart. even if it’s only been a year, it feels like you’ve known him forever. you loved this man with all your heart. there’s only many more years to come.

you smiled at the sight of the perfectly baked heart-shaped cake that sat in front of you. the sweet aroma of vanilla cake filled the entire house. the plan was going perfectly, all you had to do now was frost the cake and chill it for a while before jaemin came over. 

almost as if jaemin heard about your plan, your phone pinged indicating that he texted. the message read:

nana <3: hey beautiful, i’m stuck at practice because mark insists on perfecting the choreography for the show so i’m gonna be running an hour or two behind :( i’m sorry baby, i know it’s our one year today but i promise i’ll make it up to you. i love you so much.

your heart swelled at his message. you felt bad for having your day with him cut short but you wanted to make up for the canceled trip. even if it’s not much, you wanted to show him how much you loved him. you answered with:

my love <3: hi love, it’s okay i understand ! you have a show tomorrow of course you should focus on perfecting it. we have all the time in the world to make up for it. i’ll see you soon nana i love you so much

after sending the message, you quickly set your phone down and started frosting the cake. you had no time to waste.

after what felt like an eternity, you finished everything. with the cake placed safely in the fridge, you had a little time left to spare. you received a text from jaemin saying that he was finally on his way over. you decided to set up your kitchen island with candles and wine filled glasses to set the ambiance. when the time got closer, you took the cake out.

perfectly timed, jaemin knocks on the front door. running over to the door, you opened it revealing a tired yet relieved jaemin once he saw your gorgeous smile. “hi baby.” he greeted you by pulling you into his arms and planting a soft kiss on your lips. 

“hi love, come in.” you led him into your apartment but you stopped him from going further. he looked at you in confusion, “close your eyes, i have a surprise for you.” you giggled, grabbing his hands and placing them over his eyes.

“a surprise? what did you do?” he laughed, he kept his hands over his eyes.

“you’ll see, are they closed? you can’t peek.”

“i’m not. i can’t see a thing.” he assured.

“good,” you began to lead him towards the kitchen, “keep them closed.”

“what’s that smell? it smells really good.”

placing him in front of the island, you moved his hands from his eyes, “ta-da~”

a surprised expression took over his face as he took in the sight in front of him, “baby,” he cooed, “you got us a cake?”

“i baked us a cake,” you smiled proudly, “i thought it’d be nice to make one rather than just buy one... do you like it?” you asked, slightly nervous.

looking at you, his eyes softened, “of course i like it y/n. if it came from you of course i’ll love it,” he patted your head and pulled you in for another kiss, “thank you, really.”

“i wanted to make it as special as i can even if it seems a bit simple,” you snuggled closer to his chest, 

“we were supposed to go on a trip but that didn’t really work out in my favor so i had to think of something else.” you sighed.

“Well, I think it worked out perfectly. we still get to celebrate our anniversary and that’s what matters. no matter what the plan was, i’ll still be very happy cause i get to spend some time with you, y/n.”

you pouted, “i love you jaemin.”

“i love you more, y/n.” 

“now,” you said, pulling away from him, “let’s get into this cake and wine, shall we?”

just as you were about to cut into the cake, jaemin’s hand rests on top of yours, you look at him confused, “what? i’m practicing for our wedding.” he shrugged, pushing the knife into the cake.

“smooth.” you laughed. as you plated the slices of cake, jaemin peppers kisses all of your face, neck and shoulders. “that tickles, jaemin.” you giggle, handing him his plate. 

before you take a bite, you raise your glasses and clink them together, “happy one year!”

“happy one year, my love.”

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[moonflowerus]

ULT GROUP(S) TAG!!!

I was tagged by the lovely @kimyovngjo, thank you ❤️

I’m too shy to tag anyone but if you see this and want to do it go ahead!! consider yourself tagged

1: who was your first bias?

hwanwoong and ravn

2: who is your bias now?

hwanwoong, ravn and seoho (yes literally half of the group... rip me)

3: what was the first mv you watched by them?

to be or not to be

4: what’s your favorite mv?

Also to be or not to be! I love all their mvs but I consider tbontb the most aesthetic (even if not exactly my aesthetic). I think it’s special for many reasons, including that it was my first time seeing oneus. There’s other more “objective” reasons why I like it the most tho: not only is the aesthetic stunning, it also has storytelling and fantasy elements, which I really enjoy!

5: if you could only listen to one of their songs for the rest of your life, which would it be?

Can I cheat and say all of them? sahjdfshgdf I truly love them all. However, there’s a few songs that touch me in a deeper way, they’re not like my favourites or better than the others but there’s something special about them: bingbing, lion heart and incomplete. I’ll also throw tbontb in here too bc it’s special and iconic.

6: who would you want to see them collab with?

I don’t keep up with kpop in general and like, to me 6 people is already enough asfshgfdhf but I’m gonna say any of the 1d boys (especially niall) for completely selfish reasons.

7: what (mv) concept do you want to see them do?

Since I don’t know much about kpop I also don’t really know about concepts. But hm... I think the fantasy element suits them very well, but when it’s been used it was in a more serious, dark way and the fantasy aspects themselves (like idk eye colour change) didn’t appear so much. So maybe something more dreamy? Soft? With more pastel tones and stronger fantasy elements (with good cgi and makeup). Basically soft aesthetic magical vibes. Also!!! flowers, many flowers. They already use it a lot and it’d fit.

Okay after writing that whole essay I just remembered I’ve thought before it’d be nice if they did something galaxy/universe themed, like those parts in valkyrie.

8: have you ever had a dream with any of the members in it?

Yes, twice! But only recently, like a few days ago. My dreams are crazy and I barely remember them tho. The first time it was seoho and I don’t remember the context but I met him and told him his name is very pretty, and he was really happy about it.

9: if you could spend the day with one member, who would it be and what would you do?

Ohh this is hard, I’ll try one for each of my bias. For ravn I think I’d like to spend it at his studio and hear him talk about music! I know nothing about it but I’m very curious and could genuinely listen to him talk about it for hours, and ask many question about producing, songwriting and his general music style. For hwanwoong I feel it’d be nice to go out on a sunny day, eat something and grab a drink at a coffee shop and then walk around/hang out at a nice area while we talk about whatever topics come. I’m not sure about seoho but I’ve always enjoyed watching friends play games so maybe we could just order food and chill while I watch him play, and then I could show him the one game I play, we could even play together!!

Also, not my bias but going on a food tour with keonhee sounds like a dream.

10: which member do you think you would get on with best?

I’m genuinely someone who gets on well with most people, so idk? I’d say my personality is like, a seoho base with some ravn and keonhee so maybe them? I think me and keonhee could quickly bond over our love for food and ravn looks like you can talk to him about anything so they’d be the easiest. seoho seems kinda shy around strangers but I feel like I have the same spontaneous/random vibes as him so we’d probably connect at some point.

11: which member do you think you would argue with?

I’m very chill and avoid conflict so no idea. Or maybe a little bit with all of them bc I’d tell them to go to sleep and rest instead of doing lives at 1 am.

12: if you had to let one member scroll through your tumblr, who would it be?

Hm, I don’t really care about it? I don’t think most of my posts are a big deal, except some of my weird/funny ones. I feel like hwanwoong would just find it funny and not take it too seriously so I’d pick him.

[bleusidemv]

how do i: ask you everything on the ateez ask without it being too much lmao 😘

Im sorry Im only aswering this now 5 years later but I keept it save for lonely night like tonight Im so sooooorry but thanks for giving me something to do to distract me ily.

Who is your bias in ateez? Decisions who? I cant decide but Id say...Hongjoong propably...but like...the others aswell...uhm yeah

Who was your very first bias? Hongjoong thats why Im sticking to him.

Why is your bias your bias? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT DUDE??? He is so precious like he csn be such a cute lil babyboy being all sweet and caring and he tries so hard and he gives so much and he looks out for the members like they are his actual kids and he is so damn talented in anyway wether it be rapping, singing, dancing, writing, composing like boi leave something for the rest of us ok? No but for real he is a whole package and I would propably die infront of him.

How long have you been an ateez stan? Ever since the very first dance cover video back when they were still kq fellaz and you couldnt see their faces bc of the snapbacks. Watched their mini series and couldnt wait for their debut then it finally came and gave me an instsnt kill.

Why did you become an ateez stan? I saw the video and I was curious as to what they looked like and when I saw they started a show I watched it and I really waited in front of my phone every week for the new episode to drop and they were all so naturla and honest and funny in the show so they captured me from the first second on.

What was your fave era? Uhm there havent been that much by now haha but I really loved the debut era bc it was so different then anything Ive seen before and they were like my little secret that not a lot of people knew of. Ofc Im happy they get the fame they deserve but ut was also nice to know something others didnt.

Rapper line or vocal line? Rapper line

Hyung line or maknea line? Hyung line

Ateez or memeteez? I dont really know that that means but I like memes and they always deliver so Id say memeteez

Fave titel track? Pirate king

Fave sidetrack? Twilight, My Way, Desire ,Light and From

Share an unpopular opinion on anything relared to ateez: I like the mullet. Yeah sometimes the extensions were to obvious but other then that I like it. It suits him well. But I miss his mixnine red hair ugh

Share your fave meme:

Favorite ateez mv? Treasure or HALA HALA short version

Fave ateez moment: I just recently saw something where a choreographer was talking to them and said with others he had to struggle with who could do which moves but with them he knows they all can do everything and they all looked so happy and satisfied and that made me weak in my knees.

Who do you ship? I dont ship at all.

Name one member who isnt your bias but: Jonghos vocals??? His dancing?? His looks? He is so smoll and cute but like so hot aswell and strong as heck and I like his style in clothing and he is so funny...yeah...hes that ONE ONE.

Have you ever seen them live? SADLY I HAVENT I WANTED TO GO TO BERLIN BUT I COULDNT GET TICKETS SO NO IM STILL CRYING ABOUT IT

If ateez was on a deserted island who would be the first to go and why? Woosan Id say. Like you cant seperate them anyways and they are both drama queens so I feel like they would give in the easiest and just leave together.

If you could tell one member one thing what would it be? Id tell Jongho not to worry about his wait and looks too muuch bc he is the cutest already and his chubby cheeks are the most adorable thing ever and will keep him young in the future so he should be proud of them eventho I know its hard(sister over here feeling the same lol)

Write a poem about ateez: I lov smoll bois. I lov toll bois. I lov all ateet bois.

Say one thing about ateez you wanted to say but never did: okay so I hate saying stuff like "someone gonna be the next someone else" and I dont like comparing but I feel like they could be the next bts in the way that they are from a small company and that they have to work super hard and do everything themselves but keep it real and achieve stuff bc they really just are that talented and deserving of it. So yeah I feel liek they will definitly be the ones on tv and international shows and everything in the future.

Did you watch kq fellaz content pre debut? Yes I did

Fave variety they have done? I really loved the whisper challenge they did with heyitsfei. They were so cute and funny and their english killed me

Treasure or pirate king? Pirate king

Say my name or hala hala? Hala hala

Desire or promise? Desire

Stay or twilight? Twilight

Fave dance mv? Pirate king

Fave choreo? Also pirate king

Fave mv concept? Treasure

Tag your fave ateez blogs:

@yunhos-gf @yeosangkang

Do you share a sign with anyone in ateez? Nope no pisces boy for me

A quality you and your bias share? We are bothe very caring and fond of the people we love around us.

Are you the same age as anyone in ateez? Yunho and me are only 19 days apart.

That was a long ride but it was so much fun ahhh I lov u honey

[neo-shitty]

toff!

ah im glad! yes i was thinking about that when i sent the ask :) hope your school stuff has been going okay darling. okay on with the show (and sorry its so long lol)

venom as i expected i rlly enjoyed immediately, we know im absolutely whipped for felix so i loooved the number of lines he got in that track, the hook in particular (literally just spiderweb repeated over and over ksnfjka i am a simple gal) was rlly cool and the percussion sorta clicking things scratched an itch in the back of my brain. im waiting for a spiderman edit to be done with it lol

maniac on the other hand took until maybe my fourth listen before i rlly started getting into the whole thing, i liked specific bits but it wasnt until i watched some of their performances that i got really into it. im lowkey obsessed with channies starting part and the prechorus dance (with changbin and then felix second time round) is so addictive. hyunjin as always went absolute insane with the choreo and his red hair is my life, i just *know* red hyunjin pcs are gonna be expensive

charmer is my fave track on the whole album honestly its got a different vibe to their old album tracks but i love it so much idk why. i didnt even pick it when the teaser mashup came out but it really stood out to me. the whistle, hans beginning rap, channies vocals everything just clicked. i personally found it amazing

freeze, tbh idk what i was expecting, i enjoyed it but something was jsut a little off maybe. in any other album i think it would have been amazing but venom and charmer trumped it for me (its my brother's favourite track lol) having said that, the trailer is my life and i need either for it to be made into an mv with a storyline or for someone to cast hyunjinnie in a drama as some kinda hot villain bcos good lord when he put that g*n to his head 😳

lonely street confused me when i first listened to it because the trailer made me think its was gonna have gone away vibes, another soft heartbreaky song but it was definitely not that. i did enjoy it, but it didnt really stand out to me enormously. i think it is my father's favourite track tho, he liked the rhyme of desolated and isolated haha

waiting for us my beloved that shit slapped. idk what it is with seungmin and channies and hard hitting ballads but they went hard with that one. i am obsessed with lino's strong vocals i wish they would use them more, hes got such a beautiful voice. the whole song has childhood friend vibes and tbh i love it. i cnat wait till it gets snapped up as an ost (can dramas use existing songs? idk but they should)

muddy water what the actual hell was that. like it wasnt a bad song but it was so bizarre? the combination of jazzy piano vibes and strong rap just messed with my head a little. it always confuses me when i put it on so idk. ive heard people like it tho

overall the album was so addictive and i really enjoyed it, even tho it was a shift from what i see as the tone of not only the i am era and other early skz but also in life/go live era. it sorta fit with noeasy better but also it was so different. i love to see skz challenging themselves with new feels for songs so while it wasnt what i expected i did like this comeback overall. i like how theyve stuck with a consistent concept as well noeasy was a little all over the place as much as i loved it, but oddinary seems to have its shit together

please, dont worry at all about the ask i sent, im so sorry you went thru smth and i can totally understand if its difficult for you to watch/talk about it, there are songs i cant listen to as well cos they are too hard for me so i totally get it. i mean no pressure at all and i wouldnt want u to force urself thru uncomfortableness for me, i just thought of you when i heard it so i wanted to let you know but i dont expect anything in return. you can answer it when youre ready if u want or u can delete it and ill still know that u read it, what ever is easiest for you darling

anyway id love to hear your thoughts, even (and especially) if theyre different to mine. hope youre doing well!

<3 aelia

so far, school has been good. i'm actually balancing things okay despite the influx of schoolwork.

venom - personally i thought felix carried this album HWHAHA and not just venom. a lot of people i didn't expect ended up liking venom so there's that. i do agree it has a hook that gets easily stuck in your brain (it's stuck in mine LMFAO and i don't even like the song that much). i haven't seen any spiderman edits yet, will be looking forward to it.

maniac - i do not like maniac or i think it would require a few more listens. for now, i think it's just an average track that i would listen to if it comes up on the queue but not by choice. in this track, i was particularly drawn to changbin x.x i think red hj pics are selling at 5.5 on yangdo if i saw that correctly earlier.

charmer - THE LITERAL LOVE OF MY LIFE. idt it carries the same vibe as old album tracks (bc i personally didn't like those wheeze) but it really is a great track. whenever i open oddinary, i start with this. *non-existent ass shaking*

and this is where i stopped listening to the tracks during my first listen.

freeze - freeze has a similar vibe to ateez' to the beat so i was kind of shocked to hear smth like it here. i'm sure it'd be great for a club outing or smth chan enjoyed making but it's def not for me kdjsfl it was named differently in the trailer, correct? i'm waiting to see what the mv serves for this. speaking of, do you think any of the boys would end up acting someday?

lonely st. - i can't even remember how this sounds like but if it has an angsty mv i'll take it...after i stop laughing at this.

wait did you just say your father's favorite track SHJADH

waiting for us - was something i also skipped the first listen bUT YES. seungmin and chan's vocals in this particular one T_T got me smiling at a cafe hearing chan scream at me thru my earphone's that he'd be waiting for us like a delusional mf. i'm not sure if kdramas do that for osts tho, but i hope they do. it really does give off that type of vibe.

muddy water - still haven't listened to this in full so idk what to comment. i can't make it past the first verse, i just end up skipping or picking charmer again. not their fault, just preference. i've heard people liking it too! irls specifically so i really think it just boils down to preference.

the only thing that makes me happy abt this album is i'm sure that skz were challenging themselves and experimenting instead of sticking to the sound that made them a hit. i still personally prefer inlife and noeasy over this but there's not much to nitpick over a mini-album?? i think they're releasing their 3rd album later this year so there's still that to look forward to. i did not like this album's concept T_T idk if it's just the lack of color coordination between members or smth else. i'm just not a fan T_T HAJHS

anw, is there something else you want to tackle regarding the current comeback? any other expectations? i think it's kind of unfortunate that they won't be able to promote due to the members getting covid but i hope it just gets moved? like they'll be back around the last week of march or early april :// it would be quite a waste :(( but health first of course.

thank you for your understanding regarding the ask! as i said previously, i'll get back to you as soon as i muster the courage to watch that mv again.

[im-obsessed-help-me]

Alphabet Tag!

Tagged by @aerigom THANKS this is so cute!

Rules: make a new post answering the questions and tag people you’d like to get to know better

A: Age | 18

B: Birthplace | Maryland USA

C: Current time | 6:27 pm

D: Drink you had last | Tea!

E: Easiest person to talk to | my sisters- we’re really close and have the absolute best relationship

F: Favourite song | WHY DO YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE THERES TOO MUCH MUSIC ! Right at this very second probably Universe by EXO but it literally changes every minute. anything exo is amazing so they end up at the top a lot. I also love musicals and a bunch of other British and American artists and listening to soundtracks

G: Grossest memory | the time when I fell off the monkey bars in kindergarten and pierced my lip open on the mulch on the ground and had to go to the emergency room.

H: Hogwarts house | It’s either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. I see myself as Gryffindor, my friends will bet their lives I’m a Ravenclaw, the test has given me both answers.

I: In love? | in a complicated way

J: Jealous of people? | Rarely

K: Killed someone? | came close after exo was disrespected at MAMA but nope. (this is a joke don’t arrest me pls)

L: Love at first sight or should I walk by again? | depends on the person. Since I haven’t fully fallen in love yet I’m not sure. But the romantic in me thinks I’ll believe in love at first sight.

M: Middle name | Catherine

N: Number of siblings? | 3

O: One wish? | to live a life that makes a difference

P: Person you last called | My sister

Q: Question you are always asked | “why do you spell your name weird?”

R: Reasons to my smile | EXO, my family, sunrises, music, sleeping in, books, ice cream, coffee, midnights, sparklers, stargazing, new pens, paint, new canvases, good food, rain boots, cute things, colors, marble, castles, fancy dresses, my friends, laughter, animals (especially baby animals), the list goes on. I get sad a lot but I do love smiling.

S: Song you sang last | Everglow by Coldplay

T: Time you woke up | 9:30 am

U: Underwear colour | white

V: Vacation destination | I would go literally anywhere. I’m the textbook definition of a wanderlust. But top of my list are St. Petersburg, London, Poland, SouKor, Thailand, Montreal, and Machu Pichu.

W: Worst habit | I dwell on the little things and they make me sad. Once I’m sad I have a tendency to want to stay sad.

X: X-rays | had one when I got my wisdom teeth out but not really any others. I don’t hurt myself that much (which is surprising considering how clumsy I am and the trees I’ve fallen out of).

Y: Your favourite food | I love rice and I could probably eat rice for the rest of my life. Also chicken. And spätzle (which is German and delicious) and pierogi (which are Polish and delicious).

Z: Zodiac sign | Capricorn

Ultimate Bias: Jongin

Ultimate bias wrecker: Junmyeon and Jongdae

Favourite kpop song: There are wayyy too many but Monster, Sweet Lies, Miracles in December, Lights Out, Forever, and El Dorado by EXO, Nosedive by Chen and Dynamic Duo, My Love by Lee Hi, Gee and Into the New World by SNSD, Red Flavor, Peek-A-Boo and Kingdom Come by Red Velvet, Black Suit by SuJu, Ring Ding Dong and Why So Serious by SHINee, and so many more

First kpop song: I heard Fantastic Baby by Big Bang when I was like 13 but had no idea it was kpop so it doesn’t really count. Technically my first kpop song was Monster by EXO.

Favourite kpop album: The War by EXO

Favourite kpop ship: asldkdosjwkd don’t make me choose this

Hard or soft stan: soft soft soft soft soft soft

Favourite Kpop company: i have my issues with SM but they have all my fav artists and all the SM artists are awesome and friendly and beautiful so ima say SM

Backstory of how I got into kpop: It all started back in summer of 2016 when I was messing around on YouTube and stumbled on EXO’s Monster mv (it was like a week after it had released) and I remember thinking “this is creepy but the blonde guy is hot the dance is amazing and these vocals are insane”. Fast-forward a year and I had completely forgotten about this, but I was having a really bad day earlier in summer 2017 and I texted a friend of mine and asked her to recommend me some music to cheer me up. She isn’t a big kpop fan but listens to EXO now and then, so she was like “you like different languages and dance and beautiful voices, so listen to this album that came out this morning the boys have good voices and are all really great people”. I listened to it straight through and was Shook ™ and then literally did not leave my house for like 4 days straight while I watched every exo MV in existence and spent so much time learning their names (I remember when I found out that they had names other than their stage names and thinking I’d never remember them all lol). I distinctly remember watching Monster again the second time with knowledge of who I was watching and being sooooo amazed and getting filled with this intense and beautiful deja vu- the beat drop at the refrain came and that was the moment I was like “these boys are gonna change my life”. And then right after that I sobbed while watching Miracles in December and I realized that I had been blessed- very blessed- to find these boys and their healing words. I don’t regret this or the family I’ve found thanks to EXO:)

Tagging: askskdksnwkekss I have no idea who to tag uhhh @penguinsoo0112 (who needs to be thanked because she taught me the ropes of being an exol and is the literal best) @royalnini @hannermax and anyone else who wants to do it- just say I tagged u and go for it!

Thanks so much this was super fun!!!

[ashotatthenight]

could you give a description of all Brandon's characters in the new Killers music video?

Lmao okay so I did my best here. BUT this is definitely subjective andother people might be reading different things from them. This turned out waylonger than anybody wants or needs it to be but oh well. See below the cut if you want to listen to me bullshitting.

Okay so the first character is some kind of washed upsinger-turned-Vegas cabaret performer. Someone who once had a pretty sparklingcareer but now that he’s older and over the hill, his popularity declined tothe point that the only gig he could land was one where he’s performing to double-digitaudiences who yawn and sigh through this forgotten legend’s performance. Thefact that Brandon is wearing a suit that he wore over 10 years ago when heplays this character is what brings me to the conclusion that this dude hadonce made a name for himself, but his popularity declined and performing aspart of some kind of dated residency is the only gig he could land. He’s stillwearing the suit he used to wear because it reminds him of a time where he felthe was doing what he was destined to do. You can tell that the performer in thevideo is pretty unhappy because of his facial expressions and just the lack ofgusto in his performance. He smiles at one point but it’s such a sad smile.He’s kind of hyped up backstage, probably because it reminds him of the oldendays before he’d step out step out to crowds of thousands of screaming fans, butthen when he does go onstage, he steps out to a modest crowd of people whocouldn’t care less if he’d turned up or not. He’s depressed because he remembers how good he used to be and knows he won’t ever be that guy again.

The second character is an ex-motorcycle stunt riderwhose career seems to have come to an abrupt end after he crashed out on acourse and seriously injured himself. He relives his glory days bywatching tape after tape of old recordings of himself in action during theheight of his career. He has video cassettes stacked around his TV labelledwith things like “Hoover Dam,” and “Euro Tour” so it seemslike he had a pretty accomplished career going for himself until he had his accident.One of the tapes has “‘01” as the date on it, so on the basis thatthe MV is set in 2017, it’s obviously been a while since he was in his heyday.Whether it was because he was scared to get back into stunting or if hisphysical condition following the accident didn’t permit it, he crashed out ofhis career and seems to have been unable to move on from it. He’s obsessed withthe life he used to have and is trying to hold on to some semblance of the person he usedto be. I think it’s also important to note that of all of the characters, thisone is the only one (as far as I can tell) to wear a wedding band. This leadsme to believe that his obsession with his cut-too-short career caused hismarriage to fail too. Re-watching these old tapes brings a brief moment ofnostalgic happiness back to the character, but he breaks when footage of theaccident reminds him of the reality of his situation, of all thecould-have-beens, and of all that he’s lost. For me, this guy and the first guyare the two characters that are easiest to sympathise with.

Next we have a gambling addict who seems to actricher than he actually is, showing off by wearing ridiculous clothes that areas loud as his ego and flashing materialistic possessions like his fancy watch,his rings, and his classic car. He walks through the casino as though he’s somekind of renowned casino/gambling mogul but nobody seems to take any notice ofhim at all and he simply takes a seat at a casino table with everyone else.He’s dressed like an archetypal bigshot cowboy, but he soon gambles away whatlittle money he has, and when he runs out of chips, he gambles his jewelleryand then finally his car because he’s an addict and he literally can’t stophimself. I’m personally drawing a link between this character and the oneportrayed in “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” from Brandon’s firstsolo album.

Next we have a guy who’s dressed up to the nines,suited and booted and very clearly wealthy in terms of money and in terms ofhis sense of self. The character is seen flirting with a group of women who, tohis face, flirt back, but behind his back they all seem to be saying what acomplete asshole he is. Clearly his only appeal to them is the fact that he’swealthy. They fawn over him long enough to temporarily boost his ego, but noneof them seem to actually like him. The fact that one of the girls looks at herwatch at one point in the video and they all leave without him to me suggests thathe paid for their company. He winds up alone, and the message here seems to bethat money can’t buy happiness or friendships or relationships. No matter howmuch money you have: If you’re an asshole, nobody’s gonna give a shit.

Last we have a self-obsessed, narcissistic bachelorwho seems to think he runs any joint he walks into. He’s very egotistical andarchetypically masculine/”macho”, and acts like a bigshot even though he livesalone in a beat up old trailer with a beat up old car to match. Everything hedoes seems to be to add to that male bravado: The weight lifting; Shooting tincans that he could just as easily knock over with the barrel of his gun andspare himself a bullet with how close he’s standing; The fact that the hood of hiscar is open and there are tools left out. He’s supposed to embody masculinitybut of course we see that this gets him nowhere. Alone, he goes to a karaoke bar andperforms what seems to be a well-practiced routine that he clearly gives on thereg (only after necking a couple of shots for Dutch courage) and he takes itway too seriously. He thinks he can go around doing as he pleases and havethere be no repercussions, but he learns the hard way that this isn’t the casewhen he hits on a chick who’s watching him sing. Her partner squares up to himand beats him up, and he’s left battered and bruised. Nonetheless, he seems toget off on it somehow.

I think the main things that tie these five guystogether are loneliness, and the fact that the character of “The Man”is for each of them exactly that: A character. A suit that they put on. They each seem to be soself-obsessed and have such an inflated sense of self that they’ve wound upalone and unhappy because they don’t listen to other people’s advice, theythink they know it all. They think that anything they hear that contradictstheir opinion is intended to hinder them rather than help them, and in turnthis has isolated them from pretty much everyone. Each character embodies thesemasculine stereotypes, but the video really highlights the fragility of thatmasculinity, mocking what it means to be stereotypically masculine. These guysare over-obsessed with what it means to be “The Man”, and it winds up ruiningtheir lives. The video really compliments the self-deprecating message of thesong: Even though its lyrics appear to be full of pomp and apparentself-importance, combined with the video it becomes clear that the song’sactually warning you not to turn out like those guys.

I also can’t helpbut feel like those guys are emblematic of different aspects of Brandon’spersonality, only hyperbolised to the point of ridiculousness. I think thecharacters play on Brandon’s fears and on all the ways he could have turned out.They represent things that maybe were important to him when he was younger, butgrowing up has made him realise how little materialisms actually mean in thegrand scheme of things. The karaoke guy needing a drink before he can go up onstage, these guys’ need for validation, a fear of becoming irrelevant andwashed up. Brandon is definitely acting in this video, he’s definitely playinga bunch of characters, but for sure there’s more of him in them thaninitially meets the eye. And that’s why I think it needed to be Brandon whoplayed all these characters, as disappointing as it is that the other guys aren’tin the video. These are five wildly different characters who have somepersonality traits in common, and that’s because those personality traits stem fromthe same person.

[hannermax]

Tag tag tag tag (get to know me better)

Hey what’s up fam! (so cringe ik…) It’s been a while but I’m back and I’m better. Thank you for tagging me @im-obsessed-help-me your post was super cute!

Rules: make a new post answering the questions and tag people you’d like to get to know better. 

A: Age | 21

B: Birthplace | Ohio USA

C: Current time | 6:40PM.

D: Drink you had last | Water :P

E: Easiest person to talk to | My momma. My best friend that I can tell anything to without fear of being judged, (although I may receive a lecture once in a while lol)

F: Favorite song | Ughhhhh yall this is a tough one. Probably What is Love by exo. One of my favorite originals, that still makes me feel the same way I felt when I first heard it.

G: Grossest memory | hmmm… probably when I saw my consistent crush all-throughout elementary and middle school pick his nose. Not pleasant, (but funny enough, it didn’t cause me to stop liking him) 

H: Hogwarts house | When I was in middle school and high school I was always placed in Hufflepuff, but once I entered college I was placed in Gryffindor oddly enough.

I: In love? | No :(

J: Jealous of people? | On occasion. I used to be jealous of other girls being prettier than me, but now I envy those whom parents are paying for their college educations lmao

K: Killed someone? | If I told you I would have to kill you. No of course I haven’t! ….

L: Love at first sight or should I walk by again? | Hmm… This hasn’t happened to me yet, although I will be honest that I do become attached to some people just by first sight.

M: Middle name | Ugh I hate telling people this but its Lane

N: Number of siblings? | 5

O: One wish? | To live a life that will be pleasing to God.

P: Person you last called | My mom, duh

Q: Question you are always asked | Are you a twin/triplet? Yes, I am a triplet, no we are not just friends that look similar, and yes we are identical.

R: Reasons to my smile | My family, this beautiful world that God has created, books, movies, kpop, music, coffee, cheese, my fish Sam, my cat Misty, cute houses, stuffed animals, imagination, exciting tv shows, and the list goes on.

S: Song you sang last | On Me by Chris Brown

T: Time you woke up | 7:53, I have early classes this semester, therefore I am an early bird by default.

U: Underwear color | blue

V: Vacation destination | Every year my family goes to Delaware, Bethany Beach, which is a favorite of mine, but I would die to go to South Korea.

W: Worst habit | Always giving people the benefit of the doubt/trusting people blindly

X: X-rays | I’ve had three for three different broken bones, and many different ones for my braces.

Y: Your favorite food | I love pizza, and honestly just cheese. Any kind of cheese. LOL

Z: Zodiac sign | Scorpio

Ultimate Bias: Do Kyungsoo

Ultimate bias wrecker: Kim Jongin

Favourite kpop song: Oh geez… yall gonna make me make the hard decisions huh… Honestly I could always get turnt to anything Exo, Monsta x, and Seventeen. I can’t choose one!

First kpop song: I heard Exo’s MAMA the night the mv was released on youtube. I only happened to click on it because it was on the trending page. I had no idea what I was watching, or that it would change my life forever. Just that it was catchy AF.

Favourite kpop album: Overdose by exo

Favourite kpop ship: Kaisoo, DUH

Hard or soft stan: soft hehe

Favourite Kpop company: Honestly after Jonghyun I hate all agencies but SM wins this round

Backstory of how I got into kpop: Refer back to first kpop song. But yeah I mean like I said, my life changed after that. I am so fortunate that kpop is still such a big deal in my life because it really is so important that people extend out of their own cultures in order to learn more.

Tagging: Oh geez how about @theg4 for always being a real one. We’ve been reblogging each other’s stuff for years now haha. Also @fall-a-little-harder and @jeons-love <3

Thanks so much this was super fun!!!