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[andrhomeda]

waiting for seOul cOllection

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K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the First Week of March (Feb 27-Mar 5 2023)

Feb 27

HWANG MIN HYUN - Hidden Side

NU'EST Minhyun debuts solo in this sexy and confident performance!

Kim Hyun Joong - MY SUN

Veteran idol Kim Hyun Joong sings about fleeting youth in this meaningful track.

Feb 28

KIM KI TAE - Still I miss you

Singer-songwriter Kim Ki Tae drops another heartwrenching ballad!

Mar 1

Jeong Hyo Bean - I'm not alone

Soloist Jeong Hyo Bean brings 90s-style K-pop youthful energy in this comeback!

Mar 2

A-plus - Candelight

Howon University's K-pop major students form A-plus, the next student-produced group AZER, joins the music scene with this refreshing track!

Kwon Jin Ah - Raise Up The Flag

Talented soloist Kwon Jin Ah shows your rock vocals in this powerful track!

OnlyOneOf - seOul drift

Underrated boy band OnlyOneOf goes cyberpunk as a group after many excellent solo releases!

Mar 3

j-hope - on the street ft. J. Cole

BTS' talented dancer and rapper j-hope returns solo on this collaboration with one of the best lyrical rappers currently in the game!

Mar 4

Buzz - The Love

Early 2000s popular pop rock band BUZZ is back with another future karaoke-favourite!

YONG JUN HYUNG - POST IT

Yong Jun Hyung brings back his original sound in this early 2010s-esque K-pop piece.

Mar 5

No releases.

What is your favourite song from this week?

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[231226] Things I Can't Say LOve 2024. 01. 10. 6PM

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We’ve gone way too fast for way too long 🌃

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— seOul drift [teaser] by OnlyOneOf (온리원오브)

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AVATARS seOul drift - OnlyOneOf ► 400X640

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RIE || seOul drift

Stone Performance

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i know they've done it countless times by now but my heart still flutters whenever onlyoneof explicitly states that yes this IS gay, you're not going crazy, this IS about you

[skinzchoerim]

seOul drift (teaser)

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TWO TITLE TRACKS CONFIRMED 🥳🥳

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Drawing kyujung as that Barbie “draw your ship” thing lol

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AVATARS seOul drift - OnlyOneOf ► 400X640

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𝕨𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞

OɴʟʏOɴᴇOғ, sᴇOᴜʟ ᴅʀɪғᴛ (2023)

[sapphonoticeme]

so, onlyoneof's seOul cOllectiOn comeback is the first proper kpop group comeback i'm experiencing in real time ever, and it ended up being the reason i started watching korean music shows. i knew pretty much nothing about those shows prior to that. and i remember the distinct feeling of disappointment after watching seOul drift on inkigayo. the outfits were amazing and the boys' performance was perfectly good but i just had this weird feeling that the show didn't want the group to look good. it was the same with their second stage there. i still can't quite grasp while i feel the way i feel about their appearances on inkigayo during this comeback (except for the lack of ending fairies, but this goes for inkigayo and m countdown both). but recently i noticed something about this music show and i can't stop laughing whenever i think about it

i am a huge fan of skinz choreography and i am pretty sure that i've watched and rewatched every stage for it at least a few times. and every single stage includes this beautiful move (aka their signature mimicking blowjobs choreography):

it's a part of the official choreography and every skinz stage has it. not all stages zoom in on it like this but pretty much no stage has managed to hide it with the camera work, either.

every single stage except for two, which just happen to be the only two stages that were on inkigayo. this moment in the choreography looks like this in them:

i'm not sure if inkigayo doesn't allow all blowjobs or specifically the gay ones but it's absolutely hilarious to me either way

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In case anyone's interested in my thoughts on how seOul cOllectiOn fits into my general view of the lore, here it is. I refer to the singer as "he" and the lover as "they" to make it, hopefully, a clearer reading.

The line in the description: "The loneliness and wandering aren't painted with silent darkness, rather they are sped up to the verge or hallucination and to their very limit" reminds me of "You make me fall into hallucination" in angel. There's many connections to their previous songs in the lyrics, and I feel like it explains a lot about the motivations in those older songs.

Their whole journey from the beginning was always, above anything else, about escaping from loneliness. In savanna they were hiding among the crowd, they felt trapped and alienated, so they searched for religion and/or relationships as an answer to this loneliness, and they continue to do so in various ways to this day. I don't think the album is telling a story from the first track to the last, but there's a thread that can be followed between some of the songs.

"Gonna be blinded by feeling lonely, so bondage"

chrOme hearts is basically about staying in a relationship that's full of highs and lows, but ultimately, they're bonded by their loneliness, so they just keeping getting back together. Eventually, they start to enjoy the roughness of it all, they get used to wanting and blaming each other.

seOul drift is the only song that lyrically feels happy and confident, they're enjoying their freedom, they like the point that following their instinct brought them to. Not only is instinct referenced in the lyrics, Junji also wears a comme des garçons hoodie. There's no other people around, just faceless drivers on the road, and they're following their curiosity with little to no hesitation. They're behind the wheel and steering in their own direction, making their own choices and enjoying the ride, creating connections that they hope will make them feel less lonely along the way.

(the translations for the b-sides might be rough cause I just put them through google translate, so if better ones appear some of my thoughts might change)

mirage might connect to i called it you but it was actually me with the "is it me or is it you" line. The relationship seems fragile and they're questioning whether they can make it after all, it seems like they're unable to get through to each other and build some sort of understanding: "How long do I have to walk until I meet you?"

"Even if I run again, it's the same trajectory, selfish behavior and my transparent attitude, memories happening in front of me again, it's useless now". He keeps repeating the same mistakes and making the relationship worse, but he's afraid of being forgotten: "Keep a place for me, if there is a place left for me to stay in our past." It also reminds me of time leap, regretting past mistakes and wanting to correct them so he doesn't have to be alone.

"I've been through a lot to judge you rationally"

candy bOmb is basically about being attracted to someone and not trying to rationalise it, it's not about any deep emotions. If we try to relate it to loneliness, it could be about using (casual?) sex to feel less lonely.

"It's different to judge you rationally, my memory is faint"

"I can't figure out who it is, I don't even know if I left you, the only person who can change me is you"

Not sure about this translation, but if we see it as continuing mirage, it could mean he wants to stay in a relationship where the other person will make him better and happier, he relies on them for self growth, basically forcing his lover into the "I can make him better" attitude.

This line in blueblueseOul does hint at that being the case: "I'll try to smile a little more for you, who comforted and cared for me. My greed to be of the same mind disappeared from your exhausted face and you smiled at me."

blueblueseOul reminds me lyrically of desert, not knowing what to do with yourself once you're alone, not knowing where to go without someone leading you. "I'm dying in gray" seems to connect to mOnO.

"The times we became each other, even if we become each other and flow, that's how we stay". This seems a direct reference to be mine and because. be mine had the line "it flows us" using also the same word in Korean as here, and because was about becoming each other.

For the first time in this album, he's forced to face his deep loneliness once he loses his lover, there's no escape from it.

"If you feel me just call my name" - the first line in nabi is the same line as in chrOme hearts, which doesn't bode well for the relationship.

"She left the perfume in the moment" immediately reminded me of byredO.

"Please, don't spread your wings and fly away." Spreading one's wings means becoming confident and independent, so once again, he's trying to keep someone by his side purely out of selfishness, not caring about their growth. It could also refer to angel and off angel, in off angel he was promising "I'll be there for you", but it seems he ruined his chance to prove he could actually return the love and comfort given to him. Just like many previous songs, it's about a desperate need to stay with someone out of fear of the alternative.

Even though villain tried his hardest to miss the point, dOra maar is still about objectifying someone's pain and using it to help the artistic process, keeping someone by his side to have some sort of outlet. He says "I'll fight for your horrors" but idk I just can't see any version of dOra maar having genuine intentions to care about her well-being, in the end, she's always just a grieving model.

(This next part could be me reading into it way too deeply but I wanted to mention it anyway)

This album mentions scent a bunch of times and I think it explains why it's such an important thing in their songs. Someone's scent can be a strong proof that they're there, next to you, even when you close your eyes and ears, it can be felt. It has no connection to the emotional side of the relationship though, it's just a physical proof of presence, something identifiable, but not solid. Once his lover leaves, the scent lingers for just a short moment, and this fixation on it shows to me the unwillingness to push beyond that physical aspect and truly make someone stay, make them feel welcome in his space, in his heart. Basically, he gets into relationships to feel less alone, to have someone by his side, but doesn't actually commit to making the other person feel like they have a place there beyond comforting him.

Basically, the album highlights the themes of loneliness in their previous songs and explains that it's the driving motivator for staying in toxic relationships, as well as simply seeking various connections, whether emotional or physical.