#the last christmas mv behind

[herewegobebe]

TAEMIN CUT ‘The Last Christmas’ MV Behind

[ateez-himari]

Would Himari appear in any of the BTS documentaries? If so, what kind of moments would she have with them?

Hima is a really big part of their lives (ex. Jungkook's relationship with her means so much that they got matching tattoos) so she appeared in most of them so far!

[Hope On The Street]; Himari appeared around the last episode as J-Hope talked about going from learning dance to teaching it, with the producers using old footage of her dancing to the group's songs during their practices. Several new ones were also used where she was learning how to create choreography from J-Hope

[Beyond The Star]; There were very few moments where she appeared for more than a few seconds in this documentary, but when she did it was mainly her supporting the group during their concerts and even behind the scenes. Some clips of her sitting in their old practice room during their debut days and dancing with them were also inserted (though not much since in a few of them she still had unhealed injuries from the accident)

[Road to D-Day]; Most parts involving the vocalist in this documentary were facetime calls, as her schedule prevented her from travelling with Yoongi. The only overseas content that fans saw with the two of them was when he went to Tokyo to meet Ryuichi Sakamoto, where she translated the conversation for both of them and later played a cover of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'. When Yoongi came back to Korea to write his album, the first thing he did was visit his sister and there were short clips of them talking about music, his sound, the lyrics, etc., but he refused to have cameras film them talking about 'Amygdala'

[Jimin's Production Diary]; Since Himari produced some songs on the album 'FACE' she was seen quite a bit in this documentary, though the interactions between them were a lot more professional than they usually would be. However, there were also moments of the two relaxing at his house after work, singing karaoke and even hanging out with some staff and group members

[Agust D D-Day]; The performance of their single 'Pray' was included in the movie as well as never before seen footage of his final concert - showing the maknae waiting with an outstretched hand as her older brother finally closed the door to the stage. Yoongi took her hand and immediately pulled her in for a tight hug, nearly breaking down into tears

[I Am Still]; Hima played an important role in the making of 'Golden' so much of the behind the scenes work but there was also much footage of them playing around during their free time, walking around cities, their time at the hotel, etc., (it's where their tattoo was revealed). She also came to visit him on the set of '3D' where she chastised him for not wearing a shirt, they shared some of his food, she cheered him on behind the scenes and they filmed some parts together just for fun (that didn't make it into the MV but made it into the documentary)

[Right People, Wrong Place]; Not much of her was seen in this documentary but RM did include footage of them spending quality time together - going to book stores, having discussions about books, life, music, etc., hiking and cafe hopping together. Hima also brought him homemade treats several times, not knowing he was filming (but he kept the clips in anyway)

[zheniakirsikkalove]

❤ New photos. 태민 (TAEMIN) ❤ ^-^

태민 (TAEMIN) 'The Last Christmas' MV 촬영 현장 비하인드 (Behind the scenes)

source TAEMIN Official Website (23.12.2024)

[exoluxionlove]

241222 100RED Winter Special Single ‘The Last Christmas’ MV Behind #1 (Chen CUT)

[nso-csi]

100RED Winter Special Single ‘The Last Christmas’ MV Behind

[basketballanonsblog]

Save the first dance (for me)

Nayeon x reader

A/n: so I finished writing this wayyy earlier than I thought. I don't celebrate Christmas, so this is all I can offer as a gift 🎁 my first Nayeon x reader. I started thinking about a certain movie from the 90s, which is the main inspiration for this. Twice also made a reference to this in one of their mv. Like most of my ideas, I conjured it whilst in the shower 🤷🏽���♀️

There is mild angst, but not that much.

Synopsis: What else can you do but run to the woman who has been waiting so patiently for you?

-◇-

You scrambled around your room, making sure you had everything.

The flight was in an hour, and everything seemed to be going wrong.

From sleeping through the alarm to spending a good half an hour looking for the passport you could've sworn you put on the bedside table the night before.

Nevertheless, you made it. You were finally on your way back to Korea.

"Excuse me." Your poor seat mate nearly dropped their phone in shock. "Sorry didn't mean to startle you, can I just get past?"

She just stared wide eyed at you. It was unnerving.

"I'll take that as a no."

You didn't ask again, but waited until they fell asleep. Carefully, you climbed over her, but you didn't factor in the possibility of your foot getting stuck.

Which, of course, it did.

Surprisingly, no one was awoken by the commotion of you falling over.

Now, that would've been embarrassing.

What you hadn't realised was that the girl saw and had to hold in her laughter.

-◇-

You stood in front of her apartment building. You knew the code since you lived together, but you physically couldn't bring yourself to go in.

Later, you thought. She may not even be home.

You were wandering around when you saw her again. The woman from the plane.

"We meet again..." She looked around to see if there were other people there.

"Eun Jung."

"Y/n."

"Did you find your sweetheart?" You were surprised, you did mention your significant other but you thought Eun Jung wasn't listening since she didn't respond to any attempt of conversation.

"Not yet."

"I know a lot of people, maybe I know her."

"Considering she's Im Nayeon, I think a lot of people know her."

"You dated Im Nayeon?!"

"Yes."

Eun Jung was starting to piece together what happened and wanted to help.

Even if it was out of pity.

"Come on, I know where she is."

-◇-

Turns out, Twice has a performance outside today.

The two of you stayed far behind the crowd and seeing her again made you feel many things.

She was smiling, but she wasn't entirely happy. You noticed the ring on her left hand.

A year later, she still wore it.

It was time to face the truth.

"She- " you glanced at your hands, hands you didn't want to admit were translucent. "She can't see me can she?"

"No. No one can."

"Except you." She hummed in confirmation.

"Don't ask why because I don't know."

"I guess that explains why you don't respond when others are around."

You continued watching the group when an idea occurred.

"Let me borrow your body." The poor woman almost choked on her water.

Okay, maybe you shouldn't have been so abrupt.

"Eh?!"

"She might be able to see me if I'm in a person's body."

"I don't think it's a good idea. What if you get stuck? A lot of things can go wrong."

She was right, but it didn't help in making you feel any less dejected.

Eun Jung began to feel guilty for shooting your idea down, when she turned to apologise, you were gone.

-◇-

It didn't take long to find you again since you ended up near the Han River.

You two took in the view of the sunset.

"She's - was my fiancée. We were supposed to marry last summer, but a month before the wedding I had to go overseas for work. I tried hard to get out of it but couldn't. Thankfully, I managed to wrap things up a week early. I booked an earlier flight to surprise her, but obviously, I never made it back home."

"You're here now though, I think that means something. We need to see Nayeon."

"It's pointless if she can't see or hear me."

"Shush. I won't accept any negativity. Now hurry up."

I'll get you two closure, even if it's the last thing I do.

-◇-

Ghosts are useful in getting into places you shouldn't be. I'll remember that.  Eun Jung thought to herself as the both of you stood in front of Nayeon's apartment.

You were definitely trespassing but that was the least of your worries.

Nayeon answered the door, and all you wanted was to hold her.

"Hello ma'am. You're probably wondering who and why I'm bothering you at this hour. I knew y/n, I'd like to offer my condolences.

Her plan worked when Nayeon beckoned her inside.

The other members were there too, and she had to resist asking for an autograph. It was amusing to see your new friend starstruck.

At first, Nayeon was eager to talk about you, but something was off. There were too many inconsistencies. It made her suspicious about the stranger in her home.

As politely as she could, she tried to usher Eun Jung out, making her resort to plan b.

"Y/n is here! She's been here the whole time."

"Is that supposed to be funny, mocking her?"

"Please, you have to believe me. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn't trying to help y/n."

The other members stepped in, getting ready to call the police. Eun Jung was getting desperate. She tried to wrack her brain for a solution, but there was only one she could think of.

"Ugh, fine! You can do it." But she wasn't talking to them.

"What?" You asked.

"Your brilliant idea from earlier."

"Really?"

"Yes! Now hurry before I change my mind. They're starting to think I'm crazy because in their eyes, I'm talking to myself."

"Thank you. I owe you one."

"Yeah, you do."

Your spirit jumped into her, causing a glow. It almost felt weird to be back in a human body.

Nayeon felt her legs give out. Fortunately, the members supported her. They looked at you in disbelief.

"Nayeon."

"Y/n."

Cautiously, she approached you and with the gentleness she has missed terribly, you cupped her cheek.

The world faded away when you kissed. She kissed you softly, but the passion wasn't absent. You kissed through each other's tears, and you kissed over and over until your lungs were begging for air.

She hugged you tightly when you broke apart.

"I missed you so much."

"And I you, my love. I couldn't leave yet when I owe you a dance."

"Hold that thought."

She ran to the bedroom, re-emerging a few minutes later in her wedding dress.

"You never got to see me wearing this until now." You broke down at that. You were robbed of the chance to see her walk down the aisle.

Not a dry eye anywhere, as the members too teared up.

Music filled the apartment as you danced. It was the song that would've played for your first dance as wives.

In the blink of an eye, it was over. However, neither of you let go.

That is until you started shining. You've found closure, and now it was time for your soul to be fully put to rest.

"My love -"

"No. Don't go, please stay. I can't lose you a second time."

"I can't stay like this forever. That would be unfair to Eun Jung." You separated from your friend, leaving her slightly disorientated. Being a host body for a ghost was exhausting. She felt everything you did.

Your spirit emitted so much light. Everyone could see you now.

"It's okay, Nayeon. You don't have to feel guilty about moving on. Promise me you won't be afraid to find happiness."

"I promise." You couldn't wipe away her tears this time. "I love you."

"I love you too."

With one more look and smile at everyone, you faded away for the last time.

Nayeon drew strength from the ones who held and stood by her through this.

She would not break her final promise to you.

[userbbh]

250105 BAEKHYUN: 100RED - 'The Last Christmas' MV Behind Photo

[hopkei]

Happy 6th fantastics anniversary!!!! Pls share your top 6 fanta visual (any member) 🙌🙌

first of all, how dare you. second of all, this is the meanest thing anyone has ever done to me.

third of all, hOW DARE YOU.

this is actually truly impossible for me and i wouldnt even be able to easily narrow down my 6 top looks for each member individually........ HOWEVER!!! i will do this only in honor of fanta 6yr anniversary but let it be know it was uNDER DURESS!!!!!!!🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 and my top fanta visuals change almost hourly so do not hold me to this😭

but without further ado, hopkei's top 6 fanta visuals!!! (in no particular order)

ok starting off, picking a single keito look is actually impossible for me. i cannot do it. i WILL NOT do it. but to give a general preference i'll go with June 2024 smart magazine Keito!! i generally love dark hair over his forehead and kinda curly/textured hair keichan!!! and this outfit with the sweater and cut pants is soooo beautiful;;;;;;

but also i like choker keito in this Medery shoot with jyutaro, BTTM gray highlights keito, my phone bg keito, my icon keito, pink bear got boost keito, tv guide blonde hair keito.........the list goes on forever leave me alone;;;;

next is October 2022 JELLY covershoot YuseSota!!!!! while i do typically prefer yusei with darker hair, this blonde with the roots showing hits different..... my copy of this magazine is one of my actual pRIZED POSSESSIONS and is the magazine that i definitely spent the most money and time to get. i literally had to order it thru a proxy in taiwan bc it was so hard for me to find;;;;;; and the pose on the cover with sotasota resting his chin on yuseis head is soooo cute and in the behind the scenes video he playfully puts his hands in front of yuseis face and just.....yusesota my beloveds;;;;;

2022 December Nylon taiki!!!! ive said before that the pic on the right is my all time favorite pic of taiki (dont look at me like that) the duality of soft cutie taiki vs hot handsome taiki takes me oUT and this entire shoot is sO GOOD.

this might be cheating but. photobook leiya.... just...... photobook leiyaaaaa....... boyfriend of all time, fantas resident sexy man, he is TOO POWERFUL

next, Fanta's covershoot for 2023 December Gianna Boyfriend!! god i love this shoot so much, all of their outfits and styling were incredible and the way they also took lots of silly photos for the whole spread;;;; gianna i owe you my life🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

and last but certainly not least!!! yusei, taiki, keito, and sota's 2021 christmas Disney visit!!! i am not joking i must have watched that 9 second instagram video more than i've watched anything else in my life. there is nothing that brings me more happiness and joy and warmth. the hats, the disney, the 'so-chan! aaa!!' noise that yusei makes, sotasota in glasses mask and jack skellington hat. keito flipping his dog ears. paradise. perfection. there is nothing in the world to me except this.

.........

ok that was painful;;; so to assuage my broken heart, the honorable mentions that hurt me the most to eliminate!!!!

headband turtleneck earrings shota

peppermint yum nacchan

any picture of nacchan close enough to see his freckles

every single raining scene in the hey darlin mv

3.26.22 sawa

stage beret sotasota

ar magazine sekasota

andboy fanta

2023 october gianna yusei

red bg red hair temporal transition sota

now never ask me to do this again orz

[nctsworld]

GIFSETS: 148 FANFICS: 3 FOLLOWERS: 10K+ STATE OF MIND: SURPRISINGLY GREAT!

this will be a modified version of what people have been tagging me as i'm inconsistent with posting and i'm a hybrid cc.

thank you so much to @bethereforme (lia's year in review), @jjsungie (angi's year in review), @lee-minhoe (mel's year in review), @ambivartence (siyuan's year in review), and @fadedinmysong (n's year in review) for tagging me! love you all ♡

TOP GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

mark on expectations for him vs. his brother - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 1

mark + the compression sweater // mix&max choreo-record

xiaojun // nct nation: tokyo

xiaojun // i'll pick you up [the show 230704]

johnny on taeil's role in nct 127 - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 2

johnny x longines x esquire korea

doyoung in the black turtleneck for anadktfab series

mark - golden hour || favourite lyrics

j³ + glasses // dream loop: the last midnight #1

jaemin - areanahomme+ china behind

SETS THAT DESERVE MORE LOVE:

jeno x the black tank top // nct nation 2023

johnny + yangyang + jaemin from nct connection 2023 (it never showed up in the tags T_T)

mark's birthday set

best nct 127 album

quick workout with jaehyun!

that one renjun fancam for anadktfab series

NOTES ON GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

as y'all can tell, i make the most sets during my break time from work LMAO i cannot believe i've made almost 150 sets this year! during summer, i'm pretty sure i made almost 1-3 on average a day haha. as many have mentioned, it's disheartening to see the notes on the sets, but we do it cause we love to, right?

FICS THIS YEAR:

fever pitch - pro!baseball player mark

at your earliest convenience - in which haechan asks convenience store clerk!reader on a date

8:38pm - dance and college au with jisung (pwp)

NOTES ON FICS THIS YEAR:

i am so happy that fever pitch got so much love because it took me two years since beautiful mv came out to finish it. it's now officially my second most popular fic on this blog! i'm also pleased people enjoyed ayec; it was just a cute little fun fic. i really hope i continue writing the connection series and i hope to post at least one christmas fic soon! (i also have a slytherin!yangyang fic in the works too...)

LAST NOTES:

a big thank you for all of you who follow me and support me, whether it be for my gifs or stories or both! i can't believe i hit 10k followers this year - that's crazy! i know i had the celebration, but i honestly had only 2-3 requests, so it was a bit disheartening and a little embarrassing for me to want to do it TT nonetheless, i love you all! have a safe, happy holidays and i wish you the best for next year ♡

TAGGING (if you've done this already, ignore my tag + on the flipside, if you decide to do this, please see the other year in reviews i linked for a different version!):

@huangrenjuns @hyuckworld @hy-ck @neocitycafe @neoneun-au @sehunniepot @twiceland

[gfriendunited]

241222 100RED - “The Last Christmas” MV Behind

[pint4punt]

5 Teams That Might Prevent the Inevitable Threepeat

At long last the worst part of the sports calendar is finally behind us! No longer do we have to desperately suckle at the teat of baseball while we wait for the real action to begin. That’s the good news. The bad news? It’s still the Chiefs’ world and we’re all living in it.

After losing to the Raiders on Christmas Day last year, Kansas City finally looked vulnerable. The offense was broken, MVS needed body guards just to go to the store, and their first ever road trip in the postseason was looming. But any doubts of how inevitable Mahomes truly is at this point have surely been quelled by this latest run as he led the Chiefs through a road trip from hell, going through the Bills and Ravens in their houses, before beating arguably the most complete Niners’ team in the last 30 years in their division rivals’ home stadium to earn the third ring in his already legendary career.

So if a Chiefs team with as many weaknesses as this one had could go through that brutal of a postseason lineup and still win it all, what team can possibly dethrone the Back-to-Back champs after they addressed their offensive deficiencies by drafting the fastest player in NFL Combine history? Well the god honest truth is, probably none! But who are we to tell you watching this season is a complete waste of time for 31 fanbases! For those of you getting high off hopium like us, here’s 5 teams that MIGHT have a shot at preventing the first ever threepeat.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Don’t be so quick to give up on Russ and Justin Fields in an Arthur Smith offense could be a game chang……we’re just fucking with you lol

Houston Texans

As unbelievable as Mahomes’ debut as the starter in his second year was, C.J. Stroud had one of the greatest rookie seasons of all time. And Houston has done everything possible to ensure he doesn’t experience a Sophomore slump with key additions such as Stefon Diggs, Joe Mixon, and even his college tight end in Cade Stover along with returning stars in Nico Collins and Tank Dell.

Pairing Danielle Hunter with Defensive Rookie of the year Will Anderson should also give Demeco Ryans all the firepower he needs to put opposing QBs’ asses in the turf as well. The real question is whether or not they’re ready to swim in the deep end of the AFC pool. If so, Stroud just might establish himself as the new sheriff in town and Diggs might not have to watch the Chiefs celebrate from the sideline for once.

Cincinnati Bengals

If there has been one boogeyman in Patrick Mahomes’ career, it’s Joe Burrow. Under Burrow, the Bengals have gone 3-1 against Kansas City, with the one loss coming in a highly controversial AFC Championship game where the Chiefs kept getting mulligans on 3rd & 9 due to officiating fuckery.

The Bengals missed the playoffs last year at least in part due to injuries and will be without now former Offensive Coordinator Brian Callahan for the first time in Joe Burrow’s career. There’s also the ongoing contractual issues with Cincinnati’s favorite super weapon Ja’Marr Chase that may result in him missing games. Time will tell what kind of impact all of this will have, but at the very least the real Slim Shady appears to have stood back up.

Detroit Lions

Legitimately, is there a more fun team in football than the Detroit Lions right now? The perfect meld of old school ground and pound, new age passing concepts, and a Head Coach jacked on borderline lethal levels of espresso. While it’s easy to point out that the Lions already beat the back-to-back champs to kick start the 2023 season (in their house no less), it’s important to note that two of the Chiefs most important players in Travis Kelce and Chris Jones missed that game. The latter of which, doesn’t get nearly enough credit for both of the Chief’s Super Bowl wins over another team featured in this article (oops spoiler alert).

What Detroit…..devout? Dedicated? Whatever the fuck their fans call themselves, should focus on is how much better they got throughout the year and how they had the Chiefs’ eventual Super Bowl opponent (spoiler spoiler spoiler!!!!) on the ropes until a miraculous halftime comeback for the ages. With an offensive line that imposes its will in a manner that would make Weinstein blush, a dynamic duo at RB in Gibbs & Montgomery, an alpha Receiver & an end-zone magnet Tight End, a force off the edge who finished 2nd in QB pressures last year (101) and a QB who can reliably orchestrate it all, the Lions have all the ingredients to put a dent in the Kansas City dynasty.

San Francisco 49ers

Pure seething hatred alone might will this victory into existence. Seriously, what did Kyle Shanahan do to the scriptwriters to make them hate him so much. Popping Dre Greenlaw’s Achilles in a Super Bowl this team was dominating early on? A muffed punt? And let’s not forget the overtime debacle, that added a nice twist from the last time Mahomes & Co ripped the Faithfuls’ hearts out of their chest. Tinfoil hats aside, this team’s sexual frustration has to make Tiger Woods look celibate.

All of that said, why include them as a threat to a Quarterback they’ve literally never beaten? Well for starters, Vegas has them neck and neck with Kansas City to win it all and we all know how much they hate losing (right right off with the tinfoil hat). But more importantly Brock Purdy, every analysts’ favorite punching bag, took Mahomes and this dynastic roster to overtime on the biggest stage in his first full season as a starter. San Francisco just has to hope him having a proper offseason is enough to overcome all the Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams drama and they just might have a shot at finally getting out from Andy Reid’s shadow. Week 7 will offer a nice preview of this one.

Baltimore Ravens

Ah yes, it all comes down to the the matchup that will kick start the whole 2024 ride in approximately 3 hours from the time of this writing. Baltimore has been the standard of the NFL from the Front Office down in the Lamar Jackson era. Yet despite being the darlings of the analytics community in that time, they’ve only won one of five matchups against Mahomes’ Chiefs. Which begs the question is this really a rivalry?

Despite being NFL Royalty against the rest of the league, Baltimore needs something more to gain the edge over the Chiefs and maybe just maybe, that something is a King.

After helping end Baltimore’s season just a few short years ago, Derrick Henry is now hoping to help the Ravens extend their season one more game than last year and cement the legacy of his reign with a Lombardi Trophy. If Henry has lost a step, it’s hard to envision this team toppling Kansas City with key losses to their Defense and O-Line. But if he can be the transformational piece the Ravens signed him to be, they just might have the best chance at ending the dynasty…..well maybe for a year.

[ambivartence]

Every Month of 2023

Tagged by @mizugucci @baekhyunnybyun @irlvernon @wayvs

rules: link your favorite and/or most popular post from each month this year <3 (it’s totally fine to skip months!) and tag some CCs you love!

Tagging anyone who sees this and wants to join!! Just say i tagged you^^

i posted the art version of my every month of 2023 here but since I got tagged so many times again I wanted to do my giffing version as well since i've been doing it more regularly!!

January - most popular: monsta x minhyuk silently dying with laughter aka when he became my mx bias 🥺 - favorite: my top 10 albums of 2022 as vinyl records gfx :)

February - most popular: in the soop mingyu in his black hoodie - favorite: giant mingyu cramming himself into tiny fishing canoe (and catching a fish!)

March - most popular: 12 gifs of mingyu enjoying himself having evening drinks with the members <3 - favorite: dancing line of tbz ot11 in a single gif ft shy red hair chanhee as the caboose

April - no gifs this month ! was traveling and then missing moonbin a lot :(

May - most popular: 230511 bae173 hangyul GT stage aka the beginning of my peak time era and my bae173 GT stage spam and specifically my hangyul brainrot :') - favorite: hangyul wearing cute bear ears from a 2019 vlive

June - most popular: 230513 bae173 hangyul GT stage which was a coloring nightmare - favorite: 230620 dkb d1 more than 100 reasons stage bc i love him and this song

July - most popular: 230625 jeno broken melodies fancam specifically that brief moment when he's not on stage and looked so good readjusting his mic - favorite: picnic time hangyul playing at the pool when he still had long hair and i was hopelessly in love

August - most popular: jacob lip gloss mv aka my song of the summerrrr - favorite: shirtless jacob lip gloss mv behind with my favorite caption of the year hehe

September - also no gifs this month but it was my most productive month of drawing :D

October - most popular: 230810 jeno yogurt shake fancam when he temporarily dyed his hair mint blue <3 - favorite: team 24:00 sungjoong's vlog for lotti^^

November - most popular: the boyz watch it mv but just the night motorcycle / warn ver. outfits - favorite: this very large gif of jacob stretching that was sideways in the watch it mv but i rotated it back to its vertical glory hehe

December - most popular: bada lee x hanbin smoke challenge MY WIFE AND SON!!! - favorite: pocket-sized cutie maknae last christmas woonhak^^

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

https://youtu.be/cMPEd8m79Hw?feature=shared

Who is begin again about as there's cardigan, willows & paris in the MV?

Begin Again - subject of debate and speculation! Anon, the Parisian scenes in this MV are delightful. Blondie was there for a fashion week show too in 2012, then hopped over to London for a bunch of pre-Red release promo (and qt with her then-secret boyfriend HS).

So Blondie started writing the song post JG and the original dude is rumoured to be Will Anderson from Parachute. But here is where it gets interesting.

In a People article promoting Red, written in Fall 2012 and published in the December issue, Blondie basically says the guy in the song is a composite.

Here’s a link to the original article, and I’ll embed images of the lyric breakdown she does herself:

Doesn’t JG sound like a pretentious dickhead in his treatment of her? They didn’t listen to records together - look how she describes his listening style! Maroon — not about him!

Anyway, here’s a key takeaway:

This “movies at Christmas” part? One of the last parts she wrote. More recent, and we know that someone she spent a lot of time having coffee at midnight with in spring/early summer 2012–when she was finalizing the album—has a family tradition of watching Love Actually (among other films) each Christmas.

The interviewer implies CK but (a) she dodged a reply and (b) she met CK in July, when Red had already been finalized.

So that line? Decent shot at being Haylor.

Also interesting? The video was shot on location on October 1, 2012:

https://10yearsoftaylor.tumblr.com/post/696919916399493120/october-1st-2012-filming-begin-again-in-paris

Enjoy the behind-the-scenes of the cardigan under willow tree!

Days before, HS pulled another one of his disappearing acts. Photographed inside the boarding area of an English airport early on Sept 28th, seeing his Mom off on her Kilimanjaro fundraising trek (and seemingly going somewhere himself), he was not seen again until he and Ed got photographed late in the day in Los Angeles on October 1 (where Ed is playing a show, which he attends):

So - likely LA from Sept 28-Oct 2ish. Where a certain singer was living (though she likely left for Paris the night of the 30th; she talked about having terrible jet lag in Paris during her Jonathan Ross interview on October 6 in London. That’s the one where he tricks her into admitting she has a hot boyfriend!)

Aaaaanyway - I think by the time she shot this video, they were officially (back) together. And maybe some cardigan/willow inside jokes began? Also, note his likely arrival date in LA. *The 28th of September*. Just…you know…note that. (The last time she saw CK in person was mid-September, though their official breakup announcement was a bit later.)

FWIW - I think Paris is largely/entirely a YB song. When she dropped Paris and Glitch (aka the love songs) from the Midnights Late Night edition in May (aka 3am edition without these two but with YLM, SOTB with more Lana, and Karma with Ice Spice) that kind of solidified it for me. It’s another one of the Lavender Haze period of time songs.

Thanks for the ask!

[theflyingfeeling]

what would the bc advent calender of your dreams include?

for me i cant think of anything else but like jewellerly, stickers, patches or maybe a beanie or a totebag or socks? and in the last day of course the merch guy himself :3

(i just looked up the reviews for the hot cocoa one from verkkokauppa and maybe im a bit glad it was sold out..?)

Yeah for a physical advent calendar it could be stuff like that, also maybe some BC logo shaped black licorice? But the BC advent calendar of my dreams would actually be a digital one (i.e. for the whole fandom), with new content posted everyday: vlogs, behind the scenes / 'making of x' videos, new pictures (some could even be from Christmassy photoshoots for the special occasion), acoustic versions of songs, covers, interviews...and on Christmas Eve they'd drop a new song+mv 💖

(oof, those reviews are harsh 💀)

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Every Ninety One Song Reviewed: “Synbaim,” 2023

“Synbaim,” released as an album pre-promotion single, 2023 Music credits: Daniyar Kulumshin (Bala), Azamat Ashmakyn (Ace), Batyrkhan Malikov (Alem) Lyrics credits: Dulat Mukhametkaliev (ZaQ) Music video director: Amal’ Temerbayev

This is the very last release before the upcoming album, and the teasers so far have been in three different languages—I know! Kazakh, Russian, and English! But the subs on “Synbaim” are in Kazakh, Russian, and Turkish, and I don’t blame Ninety One for wanting to care for their Turkish fans, said fans have had a difficult spring, but for an English-only speaker interpreting something as visually packed as this music video is a challenge. Is it based on Kazakh mythology? What is the “шч” referencing? Is the astronaut meant to be the child grown up or is the relationship between the astronaut and the story on the ground more symbolic?

(“Well, didn’t you watch the behind-the-scenes video?” I did! And not only does that also not have English subtitles, it has selective subbing: Kazakh when the people onscreen are speaking Russian and vice versa. As I type this I have two Google Translate windows open. They’re not helping much, other than to reveal that Amal’ Temerbayev was drawing inspiration from fairy tales and that Madi Rymbaev was the piano player model.)

And it’s frustrating, because this was clearly a labor of love and significance for everyone involved. Temerbayev, especially, but the timing of the release (I think a full month elapsed between the audio of “Synbaim” being made available and the MV coming out) suggests that Ninety One didn’t want to rush him even when he was blowing past deadlines. (About ten minutes into the behind-the-scenes video, in between lots of footage of Temerbayev and his team meticulously constructing the stop-motion stills and ZaQ discussing the meaning of the song, is a clip of Ace being cranky about the delays.) But from this distance it’s hard to get a grip on how video and song come together. There’s a line in the song that translates roughly as “Individuality in a round world is not beautiful,” and the general theme seems to be reaching out for connection with others as a way to deal with pain and hardship. But the video plotline is essentially individualistic: the prince rejects the demand of his angry father and the townspeople to be in the forest with his true love. It’s not just romantic but Romantic; Rousseauvian. There’s a point at which “Don’t isolate yourself from other people” and “Follow your heart” conflict, and Ninety One and Temerbayev seem to be eliding that conflict rather than addressing it.

Also, to be frank, I’m at a disadvantage here, having spent far too much of my childhood with “Sledgehammer” and the California Raisins. (We watched that California Raisins Christmas Special at least three years in a row. Those of y’all thinking the ’80s were a cool time in which to grow up: you are wrong.) I should be impressed by the hard work involved and instead the visual presentation feels muddy to me. I’m very glad the guys did it: this is a nice way of putting their money down to do something different and tie themselves into the larger Almaty arts scene. But neither “Synbaim” the song nor “Synbaim” the music video do a lot for me. Pretty, heartfelt, a nice change of pace, all true; check this out, especially if your musical tastes don’t match mine.

Should You Start Here? Hmm. My first inclination is to say no, just because I don’t particularly love it. But it does have a lot of typical Ninety One touches: the theme of building oneself up against vaguely defined adversity, ZaQ’s spikier rap breaking up the smoother vocalists, Bala charged with emphasizing the rhythm and Ace with going higher on the chorus. So: sure, but if you don’t like “Synbaim,” don’t let that dissuade you.

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