#onlyoneof savanna choreo

[qazastra]

ONLYONEOF GRAND AMERICA TOUR SETLIST 3/29 jersey city (spotify link)

seOul drift savanna sage skinz - VCR / costume change gaslighting dOra maar (english version) (then we sang happy birthday to mill :-) chrOme hearts (korean version) begin (full song w choreoooo) because (FULL SONG W CHOREO!!!!!) - goodbyes libidO (encore) angel blOssOm a sOng of ice and fire

i dont remember when but they did also do designer!!!! holy shit

also all the pre-instinct-part-2 tracks were the 6-member versions

and the solo choreo wasn't only the pairs dancing, everyone was on stage as backup dancers at points

[weuschoiceheart]

Stan OnlyOneOf ya cowards (Long Post - Dance & Song Analysis)

Woah....wow....just WOW

I just watched the 1theK dance mirrored video for OnlyOneOf’s “Savanna” (the one for the dance cover contest, and can I just say, W O W.

I remembered watching this last year (It was the very first video of OnlyOneOf I watched) and I was like, yeah, this song sounds pretty good. But now, after rewatching it, I’m amazed at the amount of imagery they put into the dance. By no means am I a pro dancer or something, but I’ve been dancing to Kpop for a few years now, so I got used to pretty much how the dances are like. Nowadays, most boy group dances are pretty hip-hop / popping / maybe some contemporary dance mixed in for some of the slower parts in songs, so I pretty much know what to expect. There would be some crazy choreo, fast paced tempo you need to follow, etc., etc. Yeah, 4th gen is starting to become some sort of dance competition.

But...THIS. THIS GODDAMN CHOREO SHOOKED ME. I already love how different OnlyOneOf’s songs are from the generic mainstream songs, instead of going for some hardcore rap or edm songs, they always go for mellow tunes and beautiful melodies mixed with entrancing vocals (YES YES YES VOCALS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY V O C A L S IN THEIR SONGS, NOT SOME SORT OF WEIRD NOISE INSTRUMENTAL. I CAN GO ON A WHOLE RANT ABOUT THEIR VOCALS). Anyways, I might make a whole other post for their songs, but right now, let’s focus on their choreography, specifically this one.

It’s strange, in a way. I got into OnlyOneOf because of the dance for “_Sage.” I saw it in a random play dance video, and it was my first time seeing OnlyOneOf in one of these videos, actually. I remembered seeing the dance and got shocked when they yeeted to the ground during Mill’s part in the chorus. Idk the name for the move, but it caught me offguard on how smoothly they did it. After the random play dance ended, I immediately went to watch their dance practice for “_Sage” and decided to learn the move, bc, you know, it looks cool (and I want my awkward self to show a different, cooler side of me on stage). I only wanted to just learn the chorus, but I ended up learning the whole choreo. And it literally started with “i just wanna learn their names so I can tell them apart during the dance” to finally “Ok, I’m gonna stan.”

“_Sage” has a pretty intense choreo, compared to their other songs, but I feel like, with OnlyOneOf’s choreos, you need to properly EXPRESS the song’s meaning. Ofc, it’s always important to convey the meaning of a song, since dance IS a form of art and expression (as a very smart Hwanwoong said, it’s not just about the performance, it’s whether you can convey the emotions well or not). 

With OnlyOneOf though, each of their song has a special meaning, all linked to a storyline (I’m probably gonna go on a whole other rant when I piece together the theories), and their songs are so different as well, they don’t talk about the topics that most groups today usually explore with their discography, instead going to a different route and just listening to their songs and watching them dance makes me feel like I’m in a different dimension.They’re just...UNIQUE. I don’t know any other way to say it. Y’all are probably like “how about Group X, they always talk about blah, blah, blah” and I am NOT dragging down other groups, but smth abt OnlyOneOf really stands out to me. I listened to their song “dOra Maar” this morning and got emotional after finding out the meaning behind the song. Even though I finished learning “_Sage” yesterday, I still feel like I need to practice more to make sure the emotions and meaning of the song is properly conveyed through the dance, bc the meaning behind “_Sage” is just so complex. And now, let’s actually go into the semi-analysis I did for “Savanna” so you guys will understand what I’m talking about.

THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS

Imagery is used by many groups today to give choreography a deeper meaning, or in some cases, like a signature move (SKZ “God’s Menu” uses many cooking references, for example). With “Savanna,” I was amazed by the amount of imagery they use. As I mentioned before, groups these days are more into difficult hiphop dances, so I feel like imagery is being used less and less and choreos are just a bunch of difficult moves strung together to look powerful and difficult and...yeah, 4th gen is really turning into a dance competition. Anyways, i DIGRESS ONCE AGAIN (I can complain for hours about 4th gen music and dancing but let’s save that for some other time).

I will say this again: I am NOT a professional dancer, I only had a few years of ballet + Kpop, and is self-learning popping and hiphop right now. This is only based on what I observe and how I interpret the dance.

Ok, let’s start at the beginning of the choreo. All the members form a ring around one member (KB) and waved their arms to enclose a circle, trapping him, before moving apart. Next, the members seemed to form a path for KB to walk on, with Yoojung and Junji at the end, arms forming a line that KB ducked under and passed through. Right off the bat, we have a beautiful imagery. I think it portrays time travel (since the song seems to hint towards that subject). The four members forming the path that KB walks on, are frozen like statues, like time just froze. KB is the person that wants to break out (he was trapped within a circle in the beginning) and seems to find a loophole through time that he manages to walk through.

Now, onto my favorite imagery for the choreo that really surprised me. At 0:33 in the video, When they formed lines by Nine’s side and opened their arms in sync, creating almost like an illusion. It might be to match the lyrics about “dry, chapped lips,” but that part mesmerized me, and drew me in to continue watching.

The next key point of imagery, is at 0:47, when they formed a line and stood in alternating positions, moving their arms in an alternating pattern as well. It really matches with the lyrics “among the intertwined people, I hide myself again” and creates another illusion that’s JUST. SO. CAPTIVATING. I might be a tad bit overdramatic abt this, but really, I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they put so much imagery and meaning into the choreo.

Another piece of imagery is Love’s and Nine’s solo portion after the chorus, when they mirrored each other with their bodies and made a drinking motion with their hands. Might seem small, but it emphasizes the lyrics “Watchin’ all your silhouette / Drink one more time, Sweepin’ huh.” The lyrics might not make sense, but this part is just so mysterious and mesmerizing.

They did another beautiful imagery for the start of the second prechorus for the same lyrics (”Among the intertwined people, I hide myself again”), but this time, forming a V formation around Nine. They also formed the same ring around Junji when he sang, “I feel like I’m locked in” but with some floorwork this time. I love how they tried variations of the moves, so the image is still there but switched up to keep it engaging.

These are the key details of the dance I’m going to write about here, there are many other parts and some imagery I probably missed, but if I’m going to actually analyze every single move along with the song lyrics, you guys are probably gonna get bored XD. So to wrap this up, I think the important factor about the dance that really draws me in is that, unlike choreos nowadays, the dance is composed of smooth movements and transitions, like contemporary but keeping that Kpop feel, ya know? The song itself is already mellow and vocal-centered, so ofc the dance has to match it, but I wasn’t ready for the imagery (i dare you to count the amount of times I used this word lol) they used. Watching this is like a breath of fresh air, listening to this song is so refreshing. I strongly recommend you guys check it out!

This is the longest post I ever wrote lmao, and if you read all the way to the end, congrats! Anyways, I might learn this after I polish up “_Sage.” Hmm....should I also do vocal covers for the songs too? I was actually thinking of remixing “Savanna” into a diss track because of the misheard lyrics (”i don’t give a shit what they think abt us / you’re like a bitch from Savanna”). Who knows?

Thank you for taking your time to read this!

[sanstropfremir]

i don't know if you know them besides accidently confusing their name for oneus or onf like most kpop stans but do you have an opinion on onlyoneof? They self admittedly are aiming to be a "concept" focused group and their comeback in april libido got A LOT of people talking (good and bad). I always appreciate hearing your thoughts

i do know onlyoneof! i like them quite a lot, someone asked me about libido back in april, and i'm really glad they're still sort of active since they just dropped a trailer for instinct pt ii. i was worried they got nerfed after love left, because that was really out of left field, but it looks like they're still making music at least, even if they aren't doing large scale promos. i really like their music; i actually think libido might be my least favourite title track of theirs musically, just because wow their title tracks are good. my favourite is dora maar, which honestly i don't know if they can ever top in terms of sound or choreography. i can see why they're flops (complimentary); their music isn't a typical boy group sound and leans a little more towards k-indie, so it makes it a bit harder to appeal to the general kpop fan, since they don't sound like a 4th gen group. their choreo is also atypical too, because although they're all good dancers, they're probably one of the only boy groups that's not doing insanely demanding and fast choreo. their choreographer is really smart and also very creative, they're very good at making interesting formation changes and also speed/emphasis changes, which are actually very difficult to pull off. in a song of ice & fire you can see how variable the speed of their movements are, and how the still points are used for emphasis. their malamente cover is also a great example of this (tbh so is most of their choreo, these are just the two that i noticed it first). other than the fact that their choreo is often has lot more contact other groups, it's also just....really weird sometimes? the sage choreography and knk's knock sit at the same table for sure. also yoojung has absolutely fucking impeccable hand positioning, i wouldn't be surprised to learn that he has some ballet or even some kind of traditional dance training.

oh and i really like their mvs too! i think angel is my favourite aesthetically, because it's got that weird surreal tech nonsense that i'm a big fan of, but i also like both sage and savanna (and libido, but i said that in my post about that). they have a lot of unconventional energy and aesthetic sense and i hope they can stick it though their flop era. not much else to say other than the instinct pt ii trailer looks really good and i'm excited to see what the whole comeback looks+sounds like.

[binniesoob]

OnlyOneOf top 5

Rank your top 5

songs

title tracks

b-sides

albums

mvs

choreos

covers

and let's see how many we share! 👀

tagging my lyOns moots: @onlyverries @henlex @224-12 @we-called-monsta-for-a-reason @pleasemeosaur @junquisite @foxpuppie @ll-taeyeob @emeraldbabygirl @drunklikeadream @parkmejeon004

I'll start...

fav songs: 1) dOra maar 2) libidO 3) sage 4) designer 5) bOss

title tracks: 1) libidO 2) dOra maar 3) sage 4) a sOng Of ice and fire 5) angel

b-sides: 1) designer 2) bOss 3) picassO 4) byredO 5) tear of gOd this is so difficult why did i thought it was a good idea honorary mentions: blOssOm, desert, heartbreak terminal

albums: 1) unknown art pop 2.1 2) instinct pt.1 3) line sun goddess 4) produced by [ ] pt.1 5)dot point jump

mvs: 1) libidO 2) sage 3) angel 4) savanna 5) a sOng Of ice and fire

choreos: 1) sage 2) libidO 3) dOra maar 4) bOss 5) designer again, so difficult, help, i'm not 100% sure

covers - audio: 1) dOlphin 2) mOney 3) the 7th sense 4) rOllin

covers - choreo: 1) malamente supremacy 2) don't start now 3) dOlphin 4) mOney 5) the 7th sense

[starfire-s]

onlyoneof ♥

hahaha you know me so well thank you for letting me talk about ooo also i got your astro ask as well but i just did astro so thank you for asking me to do 2 groups!

my first bias: nine! he’s so cute but chaotic omg

my current bias and why: i’d still say nine because he’s cute but also makes me laugh the most but kyubin has been hitting differently lately idk if it’s because of the roleplays he does on bubble but AHSJSJS I’m exposing myself

favourite song: i have to pick one… well i can’t so here’s a list lmao sage, questiOn mark, savanna, night flight, angel… pretty much their whole discography

favourite MV: https://youtu.be/JUm45Wx9Xxk and since we’re on the topic of music videos i can’t forget this gem https://youtu.be/kuUb5A_LyYA

OTP: kyubin and yoojung… very strong chaotic energy when they’re together in one space lmao

member you think has the best smile: nine but also junji (when he smiles lol)

favourite choreography: hahahaha libidO choreo is iconic and chaotic nothing can match that seriously

favourite era: all their eras so far have been so good and different from each other but i think when they debuted they really debuted like they’d been in the business for years wish i got to experience that lol

do you own any merchandise: no! but does thinking about getting a bubble subscription count lmao

have you seen them live: no but i would love to!!

favourite voice/singer: i like all of their voices really like they all work so well together! but it’s a tie between junji and love but mill’s rapping in every song is always a highlight

favourite dancer: all of them??? omg i think i watched their choreo practice video on youtube a couple of days ago and they’re so synced it’s insane like there’s a jump in the choreo and all of them jump at the same time like no ones lacking??? i was amazed i can’t pick one cause they’re all amazing and know what they’re doing in terms of dancing

[seokmatthewz]

hello 👀 onlyoneof for the kpop group ask thingy whatever it was called djsks

- do i already stan them?

yes!!!!!!! | only for the music | attempting to | no

- first time i heard of them: i think right when they debuted?? i saw lotsa ppl talkin abt em but it took me a few months 2 stan!!!

- my bias + bias wrecker: i stan junhyung nd wookjin but....taeyeob......i am Looking

- when i became a fan: i think a bit after savanna was released!!!

- favorite (and least favorite) b-side: ok fave bside has to b designer shes flawless nd i think if i had to choose a least fave uhhh heartbreak theatre??? shes just not rlly my thing.... SCREAM or my fave is also maybe picasso I cant choose jfkfnf

- favorite (and least favorite) title track: FAVE IS ANGEL!!!! i listen to her CONSTANTLY flawless mwah mwah mwah and i think song of ice and fire is my least fave but i still love her

- favorite (and least favorite) mv: same as fave nd least fave title fhfkfk there wasn't enough weird onlyoneof editing in their most recent cb

- favorite (and least favorite) album: uhhhhhh i think. Hmmmm idk tbh???? i rlly like all their albums djfmfm

- a concept i wished they’d try: junji haircut concept tht is wht i wld like to see dbkfnf but uhhh hmm maybe something w a more elegant vibe??? like all night by astro I feel like they cld rlly pull it off

- what i like most about them: they're so??? wildly talented ??? and so CUTE like their dating show thing is so funny and wholesome bdkd but honestly like.....who eats choreo like onlyoneof esp yoojung nd junji...nd like they don't have bad songs either theyre just. Everything

send me 🕊 + a kpop group!!

[ooojunjiberry]

I recently gained more followers so I decided to introduce myself 

Hello my name is Faith, I found Onlyoneof during their debut when Savanna mv dropped and they stole my heart immediately. My favorite ooo songs are Sage and Picasso. my favorite mv is Sage bc I'm in LOVE with the choreo.

As you can tell my bias is Kim Junhyung. my lovely boy Junji! When I heard his voice is savanna I knew he was my baby. also his personality remains me of myself.

My bias wrecker is Mill. His smile kills me everytime 😫 but lately Yoojung has been attacking me lately. I'm not okay with it I'm scared someone stop him!!

I started this blog to express my love for Onlyoneof by making edits and finding more people that likes them. I've been into kpop for 10 years and stan waaaaay too many groups but I will happily give ooo my money.

pls don't be shy to message me I'd love to be friends 💕

[vyvesvi]

Comments on my Top 19 Boy Group Songs of 2019! (doesn’t include solo artists or non-korean releases, and includes songs that came out before 2019 that I only started liking this year)

blacklist vyvesvi’s year if you don’t wanna be hit by a bunch of these long posts!

The list copied from my larger post:

boyness - pdx101

pirate king or wave - ateez

blOssOm - onlyoneof

network love - seventeen

vibe - 1 team

hit - seventeen

humph! - pentagon

days gone by - day6

bloom bloom - the boyz

crown - txt

heartbreak terminal or savanna - onlyoneof

breathe - ab6ix

habits - day6

so cool - day6

wannabe - golden child

baby - the rose

oh my! - seventeen

moonwalker - seventeen

escape - vixx

italicized are songs that I listened to a lot!

I couldn’t choose between the ateez songs or the onlyoneof songs rip so this is really like a top 21 whoops

put in order from most to least liked below!

vibe 

network love 

hit 

pirate king 

wave 

boyness 

so cool 

wannabe 

escape 

savanna 

moonwalker 

breathe 

oh my! 

heartbreak terminal 

humph! 

blOsssOm 

days gone by 

crown 

habits 

baby 

bloom bloom

okay straight up all of ateez’s title tracks and then onlyoneof’s albums just started playing and that’s why there are 21 songs now except i legit would’ve just added all of them but that would be a bit much to add lol so im stopping here...anyways listen to bOss, hala hala, say my name, desert, and fragile

Comments:

boy groups...did well this year. sometimes it feels like there’s a lot of random noise whatever music coming out (which can be catchy sometimes) but looking at this list...hm. it seems that we let sm and jyp convince us that they make All of the Boy Group Music.

there are a lot of rookie groups on here oml. I’ll count pdx101, so there are 9 songs by rookies on my list, which is less than half but still. pretty high.

it’s clear that i biased ateez and onlyone of this year with a side of seventeen, which is super unexpected.

i stan onlyoneof (give us a fan name pls) and sorta stan seventeen (because of performance team/jun for the most part) but i don’t really know ateez members beyond some of their names? i deadass found out that they were an 8 member group like,,,last week. i thought there were at least 11 of them...their music just sounds like they need to have more members to do cool formations idk idk

so for there to be so many ateez songs (why am i saying that, there’s only 2 lol) i clearly need to start stanning (i stand by this though)

this is the first year there’s no bts, but that’s because i decided to be a title track only jin/hyung line main stan and don’t listen to their bsides anymore. 

my friend introduced me to 1team like a week ago and um. I’ve listened to vibe at least 100 times on repeat its so good oml...whatever that concept is bgs could do that and nothing else and i would just be constantly falling over myself it’s just so...ahhhh??? serotonin???? STAN 1TEAM

vibe, crown, savanna, and breathe are all debuts TTTT...they’re all so good and different genres i would recommend them all

x1 would probably be here if not for the controversy :(

i wish vixx was still active because they almost fell off of the list this year TTTTT

wannabe! i was forced to cover a golcha song and i hated it but wannabe really is that bitch and i take back whatever i said about golcha before lol...the choreo is not as cool as it could be tho

bloom bloom on the other hand...whoever choreographed it had their third eye  w i d e  open for that one omfg...the flower popping dance I Am  D E C E A S E D I LOVE IT SM ;; ...the dance is almost better than the song tbh...i feel like its old news but i was introduced to it this year so whatever

day6! they popped off on the days gone by album and that’s that on that. it’s brian’s birthday today blow a kiss to the sky for him or get bad luck for a month and a half

habits deadass came out like 3 years ago but i remembered it this year and listened to it a good 40-70 times.

network love is the best song seventeen released this year no other comments.

moment of silence for victon’s i’m fine that just came on but i didn’t add it to this list bc it’s old and i appreciated before this year (stan victon and x1 ty)

i had more to say but i forget sry...

but i still had more to say for this than the gg one which is. unacceptable. so im gonna go back (into my queue lol) and add more.

anyways STAN ONLYONEOF + 1TEAM they’re super small :(

[pleasemeosaur]

@onlyoneofyouuuuu thank you for the tag, I'm sorry it's late 😭😭😭

ALSO WHY THE F*K WAS THIS SO HARD?????

fav songs: picassO, dOra maar, OnlyOneOf me, bOss, byredO

title tracks: questiOn mark (guide track ver. bc I can and will), dOra maar, angel, savanna, sage

b-sides: picassO, bOss, byredO, desert, designer

albums: unknown art pop 2.1, line sun goodness, dot point jump, instinct pt.1, produced by [ ] pt.1

mvs: libidO, savanna, a sOng Of ice and fire, angel, sage

choreos: libidO, dOra maar, bOss, sage, designer

covers - audio: E.T.A. (YES IT WAS JUST JISUNG BUT I DIED FIGHT ME), dOlphin, guilty, spring day, the 7th sense

covers - choreo: savage, malamente, dOn't start nOw, dOlphin, sherlOck

OnlyOneOf top 5

Rank your top 5

songs

title tracks

b-sides

albums

mvs

choreos

covers

and let's see how many we share! 👀

tagging my lyOns moots: @onlyverries @henlex @224-12 @we-called-monsta-for-a-reason @pleasemeosaur @junquisite @foxpuppie @ll-taeyeob @emeraldbabygirl @drunklikeadream @parkmejeon004

I'll start...

fav songs: 1) dOra maar 2) libidO 3) sage 4) designer 5) bOss

title tracks: 1) libidO 2) dOra maar 3) sage 4) a sOng Of ice and fire 5) angel

b-sides: 1) designer 2) bOss 3) picassO 4) byredO 5) tear of gOd this is so difficult why did i thought it was a good idea honorary mentions: blOssOm, desert, heartbreak terminal

albums: 1) unknown art pop 2.1 2) instinct pt.1 3) line sun goddess 4) produced by [ ] pt.1 5)dot point jump

mvs: 1) libidO 2) sage 3) angel 4) savanna 5) a sOng Of ice and fire

choreos: 1) sage 2) libidO 3) dOra maar 4) bOss 5) designer again, so difficult, help, i'm not 100% sure

covers - audio: 1) dOlphin 2) mOney 3) the 7th sense 4) rOllin

covers - choreo: 1) malamente supremacy 2) don't start now 3) dOlphin 4) mOney 5) the 7th sense