#on this Lightstick design-

[theartofjada2]

Megan Thee Stallion Lightsticks (1&2)

Had the idea of making Lightsticks for Megan Thee Stallion since now she an honorary Kpop idol.

[thispageisoldandembarrasing]

There is no way I'm buying all of those lightsticks. Is it not just interchangeable? This is so stupid.

[babydollyzelo]

My head is still only full of thoughts of the A.C.E concert last night. It was my first in person k-pop concert and I had a blast! All the other choice were so nice and friendly. And holy shit do those boys put on a great show. If they come back to Indy again next year I’ll splurge on the fansign for sure.

[kiff-art]

Something veeery different from my usual art, actually I think it's the first object I draw being it the main focus (or only one) of the illustration! I tried so hard to draw all the shadows and lights correctly 🖤🖤 I hope you will like it 😳 - - This always brings me back the prettiest memories 🥰💞

[projectmra]

Lightstick concepts

[vissuree]

nwjns lightstick for future stickerpack!

[daintyzerose]

nowadays these kpop lightsticks are no where near the normal definition of one

[glasshcvse]

HOW DID YOU CREATE THESE DOLLS ITS SO GOOD 🥹

AINE  ! ⠀ › ⠀ SAYS.   oh my god, thank you so much, anon !!! i used bing ai to get the dolls, although, you do have to be very specific over the design ( even tho sometimes the ai can still make it wrong lmao ), but it's so fun to use the site for whatever you have in mind!! i can't stop using it bc of how cool it makes the stuff for my ocs!

[scrumptiousstuffs]

Only FirstKhao can get away with having kittens as a design in their light stick 😂🤣….but now I want ☝️

[hanaafifiportfolio]

(WORK IN PROGRESS) Inspired by my love for K-Pop (Korean pop music), I wanted to design a lightstick (merchandise held by fans during concerts) using 3D software, blender. This was by far my lengthiest project, taking over 2 months to complete, countless all-nighters and lots of patience in teaching myself how to use blender. The next steps for this project is to render the final design and create a promotional video.

[booskwan]

i wish i could get an ooo lightstick and decorate it all cute for the concert but it’s out of stock everywhere i’ve looked💔

[kaleidographiks]

an epik lightstick, park kyu bong 🖕♥️

[bandsanitizer]

okay but I can’t believe the history of kingdom era is essentially over. I mean there’s still promo to do as part seven just released but like… that’s the last one! end of an era for sure! I’m honestly so so excited to see what’s in store for the next “season” of kingdom. the way they’ll mesh and collide the different concepts of each member and what new music & lore is in store! maybe more context for hwon as well!! (I’m also very glad chiwoo was very much kept and represented in that season one recap video) very proud of how far kingdom has come in the last three years-ish and very excited for all the future holds!! manifesting a full-length album (and maybe some sub units? 👀) in the near future!!

[fuiru]

A 44 year old man goes to a K-Pop Concert

I promised you a report on the K-pop concert that I, a 44-year-old accountant, went to a couple of weeks ago with my wife and daughter in Toronto. So here it is.

The band we saw were Ateez. They're my daughter's favourite band and my wife's second favourite. I know most of my mutuals are similarly aged like me and may not be familiar with them so let me give you a brief primer on Ateez.

Imagine the most attractive eight men you can think of, just unfathomably beautiful specimens of aesthetic perfection, and make them sing songs that somehow combine the subjects of 'dancing like nobody is watching' with 'we live in a dystopian hellscape that we must all work together to overthrow'. Give them an ongoing music video story lore that literally nobody - not even the band themselves - understand, so that online discussion of their visual motifs looks more like the fevered rantings of a conspiracy theorist, complete with speculation about alternate realities and time being a Moebius strip. There is also a giant sand timer, for some reason.

That's Ateez. That's what you need to know.

Now, K-pop concerts are very different to the gigs I've been going to for the last 28 (!) years. There's no support act, for a start. Also the band perform for like, three hours, with breaks for costume changes and interpretive dance. Furthermore, hanging above everything is the constant looming threat of mandatory military service.

So this being my first such concert, I wasn't sure what to expect. What happened was difficult to explain, but I will try as I am already six paragraphs into this write-up and I'm too invested to stop now. Here goes:

In his Wicked + Divine comics series, Kieron Gillen places modern pop icons as deities, feeding upon and gaining strength from the worship of their fans at the altar of musical performance. I thought I understood that metaphor. I thought I understood it AS a metaphor. I was wrong, because that night Ateez WERE Gods with a capital G and we were their worshippers, a crowd emanating adoration (in the religious and non-religious senses), bestowing strength upon them and gaining their strength in return.

If that sounds weird, it probably is. But as pointed out above, I have lived over four decades and never yet experienced anything like the overwhelming passion of that crowd, the utter abandon with which they conveyed their love for the band.

"But Fuiru, what of the actual music?" you ask. Thinking back, there was a moment in one of their songs - I can't remember which - where I watched the stage, and the people around me, taking it in, and I thought, "Man, I just love Music". But that doesn't answer your question, sorry.

Ateez's music is bloody great. As a tiresome indie/rock/metal kid I'm resisting the urge to add the usual tiresome indie/rock/metal caveat of "...for pop music" because honestly that does it a disservice. They have some genuinely amazing songs. Halazia is an absolute fucking masterpiece that descends into furious hardcore breakbeat. Bouncy is a big, brash racket that somehow is also a perfect pop song. Utopia, Wonderland, and Guerrilla are similarly superb. The obligatory boy band slow number is represented by Dancing Like Butterfly Wings which will make you cry because you will forever associate it with your twelve year old daughter being pointed to and waved at by her favourite Ateez member (Seonghwa) because of her Seonghwa-branded lightstick.

That might just be me, though.

So in summary: being a 44 year old dad at his first K-pop concert rules and you should endeavour to partake in the experience if the opportunity arises.

Finally, for any Atiny reading this: my bias would be San or Seonghwa but my wife and daughter said they were taken so it’s Mingi. My concert outfit (designed and created by my offspring) reflects this.

[masugi-sugi]

ooo i'm sorry but nmixx has all these light sticks beat

[serendipitous-syzygy]

you know i was only seeing pics of v3 itself and was just resigned to my dislike of it (cheap looking, colors suck, nothing is cohesive) but then i saw a picture of the box and was reminded that the fucking BOX is rose quartz and serenity and now i’m just seething with ANGER