#theyve all grown up sm

[itsnicsalad]

stills from a tiktok👏 the ones on the left were from september

[baeshijima]

Just barely finished the lantern rite quest with 20 minutes left...

And... wow that was... something...

Liyue's a really fun and nostalgic place to return back to after all the new regions and sub regions, and to be— once more— slapped in the face with emotions like that... yeah it makes sense the inazuma event in the upcoming version is essentially therapy—

Also the foreshadowing throughout, I was clutching my blankets like 'no no no no no—' and the amount of times I teared up.... yes, it was a staff of homa right through the heart...

Also, tid bits that I found incredibly cute: yanfei running off and yaoyao being adorable and following after her acting like everyone's not-exactly-older sister, and cyno and tighnari in the cutscene!! And vlad and nadia together again, (and not me stumbling upon yoimiya on my quest to go listen to the fatui couple's conversation—)

And Baizhu holding Qiqi's hand and him giving Hu Tao a little extra life force and just Baizhu and Hu Tao's duo in general feels like a pair of siblings who are at each other's throats all the time but genuinely care for one another; brb I'm going to go CRY—

(And is it bad I'm kinda sad we didn't get more archon-to-archon/ zhongli running away from Neuvillette crumbs? Maybe. But am I complaining about the lantern rite? Absolutely not, except for the sheer number of times I was ready to actually start sobbing—)

(Ps: Have the game open as I type this, and Baizhu's voiceline— cue lots of coughing, and "ah, it's just some chronic problem I have flaring up again nothing to worry about"— played multiple times and DO YOU THINK THAT LESSENS ANYONE'S WORRY??? Doctors truly are the worst patients aren't they...)

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OMG U MANAGED TO FINISH IT YIPPEE !!

no bc lantern rite always reminding our sole purpose each year: cry and be emotional. they really said after everything we are getting therapy for the next month !! :D

AND YES THE SCENE OF YANFEI AND YAOYAO 😭 cries and holds yaoyao gently... what a ray of sunshine i lov my dendro daughter sm :( AND THE CYNO AND TIGHNARI CAMEO WAS SO ??? it was such whiplash seeing them there despite them being in the trailer ourghh and omg vlad and nadia appearance yet again pls every time they appear one heart is added to my health bar !! and the xiao-traveller moments had me :(( and then xiao-yelan interaction also hit me bc it showed how much theyve grown to understand each other + how xiao has been steadily opening up to everyone in his own time (yelan ordering almond tofu... i will admit that got to me...) and ofc beigguang... my otp ever... they are so married ur honour nothing can change my mind... AND THE ADEPTI GATHERING WE ALL CHEERED FOR ANOTHER YEAR 😩 manifesting moon carver and mountain shaper to be playable next lantern rite 🙏

no bc baizhu and qiqi ;w;;; and baizhu giving hu tao that encouraging talk + the extra life force i cried ;w; honestly the moment hu tao asked us to join her in giving the coins to everyone bc she would be busy dealing with gate later made me sob bc i could tell what that was foreshadowing... and each time a character, especially yunjin questioned why i broke a little inside... and then when she gave us the plum blossom from her hat ;w;; and the hu tao zhongli interaction after.... and then the cutscene.... and zhongli probably screaming inside when traveller and paimon didnt get what he was saying at first... AND THE WHOLE CUTSCENE -> HU TAO SEGMENT WITH THE STUPID SPIDER LILIES AND GRANDPA + FATHER REUNION -> TRAVELLER COMING IN AND RESCUING HER WITH THE PLUM BLOSSOM AND TRANSFERRING THE RESIDUE TO THEMSELF -> POST MAIN LANTERN RITE QUEST 😭😭😭

i was inconsolable it was bad. but i enjoyed yet another lantern rite and thats all that matters 😩

[ninguitar]

wanted to save the sophia fic for when i could js sit and relax w/o ANY interruptions, and ong it was worth the wait pls anything angst + jealous gf trope i WILL eat up 🙏 my obsession w sophias been so bad recently ever since my fyp on tt OUT OF NOWHERE js became a compilation of sophia edits pls they want me dead so this did it for me and lara was SO real abt fumbling pretty girls cs idk wht i'd do if i fumbled manon AND sophia omg thts js an insane combo but so glad everything was resolved at the end or else i wouldve jumped 💔 but ANYWAYS u write angst sooo well like i fear the day where u might write a full on angst w no fluff or happy ending...like i'll prob BAWLL not even joking

ATOP PLS I LOVE U that sophia fic was my 100th time doing angst + jealous!gf fic i fear… 😭😭😭 perfecting that trope to its best i guess !!! or maybe putting it to retirement. who knows 🤫🤫 no legit ive been getting sm katseye edits nd i am SO happy bc during this summer there was a katseye edit drought nd gosh im so happy theyve grown sm 😵😵😵 pls and all the sophia edits. IMA TWEAK OUT SBB SHES SO DROPDEAD GORGEOUS likekekek she is glowingggg👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 reader fumblinf manon AND sophia iss o funng 2 me like yesss go girl!loser !!! 🫡🫡🫡 loser/downbad reader u will always be my favorite thing to write. will ALWAYS work loser reader to the bone !! and THANK U baby im gonna kiss u stopp☹️☹️☹️☹️ i have a lil angsty fic for manon in line heh ❤️❤️💞💞 no fluffy ending probably. 😵😵😵 perchance toxic manon…!

[zannolin]

It's been amazing seeing shazam content on my feed, that movie is sooo underrated, i thank you for keeping the fandom alive 🙏

The freddy and billy dynamic is fr the only thing keeping me going hoooooweeee

Theyre brothers :(( theyre best friends :(( they mean sooo much to me

Shazam is a movie special to me, idk man it's just so unique from all the other hero movies and it's FOUND FAMILY, LITERAL FOUND FAMILY SOBSSS

It's also special to me bc Ive kinda grown up with the characters? In both movies theyve been really close to my age, and Freddy being a superhero nerd is just like "yesss finally!!! My ppl<3" i feel represented in a weird way lmaoo

But yesss, honestly all of the different relationships in shazam is amazing, like i gen appreciate every duo sm :(((<333

Also FR asher angel should've been in it more sobs, missed my boy<3

genuinely i want to know how i went FOUR YEARS without watching the first movie or barely even hearing of it when it came out before i was in my anti (marvel) superhero phase. i know i keep saying it but they're genuinely such refreshing movies for the genre! i love the balance of silly campiness and heavier plot beats and topics and genuine heartfelt moments and ugh man you can just. you can feel the love pouring out of them. there is real love that went into them and idk i think they deserve more love.

freddy & billy brother dynamic makes me insane i think about them and i go

okay no i feel you freddy just living his best life being the nerdy infodump kid (and billy being the weird quieter kid who lets you infodump) can be so personal <3

AND YEAH again. i keep saying it. but my god release the asher cut. poor asher angel the man had most of his scenes yeeted and got left with like five total and still outsold as a corpse. we stan?? but also it really shows a fundamental misunderstanding somewhere up the chain of command there about how billy is the heart of the shazam movies and everything else is given weight and heart and depth BECAUSE he's just a kid just a guy just billy batson underneath the hero form and throwing so many of his scenes out even for runtime when we desperately needed to see him just...being himself like we got to see so much of freddy? it really hamstrung the movie. it wasn't bad by any means but it lost a lot of the weight it could have had i think. again i keep ranting about this to anyone who will listen but i still can't wrap my brain around how little of him there was in what is essentially...HIS movie. you know. crazy. where'd he go. come home billy.

[transrightsjimin]

ariana's fans hate bts hdjfjfjfj also let's not forget that almost every fandom and journalist is looking for an excuse to discredit them. i don't mind the collab as a single i honestly don't care, to this is what boys want then sure, but if they were to feature ari on the album people would just claim that she is the sole reason it did numbers. I saw people saying that mots7 is selling so well thanks to sia when most of the fandom hates her version.. they just hate seeing bts achieve anything

ohh i didnt know that but im not surprised. i mainly see fans of both post / tweet abt wanting to see a collab between the two nd make wild theories to prove so thats what my post responded to. i get that itd be nice for them, esp since jungkook is such a big fan of hers, but im not the fondest of various artists they like or have collabed w due to their racism / misogyny (the chainsmokers in the case of both) / being a predator (halsey who had a thing for years for kissing minors on the mouth at meet & greets and a concert nd joking abt going to jail for it) or ppl who side w multiple predators (e.g. nicki minaj), not to mention the countless of cloutchasers who have tried to, and sometimes did get involved in production or collabs (counting the chainsmokers in that too, just like now w the jason derulo mess and also melanie fontana before, who claimed a song she barely added anything to as ‘her’ hit). and then theres ofc Lauv who queerbaits during his whole career lmfao

urgh ppl said that abt the Sia collab? yeah that does indeed not add up. i personally find that version of ON hilarious, and i do wish the version had turned out differently as she’s an amazing singer but that ver was rly underwhelming. but yeah to say it was successful bc of her while it was an extra song that isnt even on all kinds of releases of the album nd has found poor reception in the fandom, makes no sense. the fandom has been steadily growing over the years and become more and more well-organized in streaming, plus bts has already accomplished so much in the past w songs that didnt have major Western producers or singers attached to it.

it’s rly telling that before bts performed at big american music award shows or got picked up by the gp in the US, things like an mv w effort put into it, boy bands, and music award show viewers were considered less of the time and irrelevant, nd after, suddenly others (cough cough Simon Powell, SM ent) tried to make a group that would supposedly compete w bts in popularity, suddenly performances at music awards became more elaborate and attendance became more important, nd that some of the bigger artists bts had collabed w, hadnt reached a no.1 song under AFTER their collab.

like i hate to repeat the ‘the blueprint‘ meme but there truly has been a shift in how western music industries approach releasing and promoting music since it got to hear abt bts, and bangtan’s fandom has grown a lot over the years while the group made steady growth in their recognition. so to see ppl claim a collab is only successful bc of another artist involved, only shows wilful ignorance of the group’s history and their impact. also the ‘on ft sia is popular bc of the collab‘ argument makes no sense bc armys didnt receive the song well and the general public didnt get exposed to it much due to no promotion by fans, nor by radio which largely ignored mots7.

sorry for going on a tangent there, my thoughts are always going 100km/h, but as a final note, i do want to add that i dont think all collabs have been bad! the western cloutchasers / racists / predators / otherwise shitty ppl who have collabed w bangtan, have generally contributed not much to the song or even made demos that were a challenge for bts and other in-house producers to try to fix and try to make interesting and pleasant (e.g. melanie fontana w lyrics that had to be scrapped nd changed for 90%, also ed sheeran w make it right was discussed as a song that was only made interesting bc of bts’s changes to it and vocals).

i rly enjoyed Namjoons past collab w Wale on Change, MNEK who produced Paradise nd seems genuine in how he discusses the group, of course JUICEWRLD (r.i.p.) who did an amaaazing collab for a freaking OST for their mobile game??, ofc Steve Aoki who theyve worked w on various songs nd has mentioned nd defended the group well in interviews, MAX who collabed for a mixtape song nd included Yoongi in his own album nd had very fun interactiond for years. and then of course there are many others such as the Korean artists who get overlooked a lot in these discussions!! i especially love winter flower by Younha and Namjoon, and NiiHWa singing on yoongi’s mixtape song 28. i def think that those only seeking fame instead of creativity, audibly do not add much to their songs as cloutchasers and white westerners who are used to making hits by lifting a finger (or payola lol) dont put much effort into their work.

like, it just baffles me that ppl r hyping up a supposed collab w ariana grande based on vague theories, while there are also people like Rina Sawayama who we (and she, and bts!!) have been hoping to see work together w bts for years! like collabs are what i find the least interesting in future music, partially bc it’s all american interviewers want to ask bts abt, but if there is one, pls just let it be a genuine person, whos in it for the music and doesnt show repeated shitty behaviour.

OK rant is over, sorry it got so long!! i just never know when to stop writing gdhfjh

[kachulein]

Mind giving me K-pop recommendations? Like, what got you into K-pop, who's your favorite, things like that? I want to try listening to it and I wanted to ask you, Kachu! Congrats on 800!! 💖💙

Aww thank you so much dear!!

First of all, Kpop is not just simply pop music, as the name suggests. Within the genre kpop are actually many different genres of music mingled and there’s something nice for (almost) everyone to find. I’ll give you some information about my favourite groups that might help you find what you could like. I will also link mostly title songs as they are the more popular songs and usually have a music video (kpop music videos are always very aesthetic btw).

Starting off with my ultimate favourite group Stray Kids. They are still rookies as they debuted in March 2018 but I’ve fallen in love with them and their music so much that I highly recommend you checking them out. They are a 9 member boy group with three of those members, Bang Chan, Changbin and Han (knowns as 3RACHA) writing and composing all of their songs. 3RACHA has been releasing pre-debut mixtapes on Souncloud throughout 2017 and if you like hip hop/rap music, you should definitely give them a listen. Some recs are:

Hellevator

District 9

Grow Up (try to listen & read lyrics without crying; you can put on eng sub on the mv)

Voices

My Pace

Awkward Silence

I am YOU

Get Cool

M.I.A

Mixtape#3 ‘For You’

Mixtape#1 ‘Placebo’ (my favourite songs of theirs)

Mixtape#2 ‘Even a shadow needs light to exist’

note: The songs with a ‘mixtape’ in front of them mean that they were originally  track 3RACHA released in one of their mixtapes but they’ve been alternated and remastered into a ot9 Stray Kids version

Some 3RACHA songs:

ZONE

Start Line

Matryoshka

Broken Compass

NXT 2 U

Tik Tok

P.A.C.E

Placebo (I love the original version as well)

For You (^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)

Runners High

MONSTA X is another one of my favourites and it was actually thanks to their song Hero that I got into kpop. It’s a great song with a beautiful music video and I highly recommend it. Their songs are usually very powerful bangers to get hyped to. Some song I recommend are:

Hero

All in

Stuck

Shine Forever

Beautiful

Fighter

Jealousy

Dramarama

Newton

Shoot Out

Another favourite of mine is BTS. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of them already. They’ve been around for a while and gained worldwide a lot of popularity in 2017. They’ve changed their music style over the years but it shows that their music has grown with them. Some recs are:

I NEED U

Dope

Run

Fire

Save Me

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Spring Day

Not Today

DNA (their most famous song I believe but not their best imo)

MIC Drop

FAKE LOVE

IDOL

I’m Fine

Don’t Leave Me

Another group I definitely cannot miss is Seventeen. Their name is misleading since they are actually only 13 members not 17 (it’s still a lot though). The group is split into 3 sub-units, Hip Hop Team, Vocal Team, and Performance Team with each of those teams having a leader. The three leaders also created a SVT Leaders unit for their song Change Up. They mainly release ot13 songs with one of their members, called Woozi, being the main composer but they also released songs in their respective units. Some recs are:

Boom Boom

Check-In (Hip Hop Team)

Highlight (Performance Team)

Don’t Wanna Cry

Change Up (SVT Leaders)

Pinwheel (Vocal Team)

Clap

THANKS

Oh My!

Call Call Call

Getting Closer

bonus: Just Do It (by BSS a new sub-unit consisting of three members, however they only released this song so far)

Got7 is a groups under JYP entertainment just like Stray Kids and they are their seniors since Got7 has been around since 2014. They also have great music I highly recommend checking out:

Hard Carry

Never Ever

You Are

Look

Lullaby

Miracle

Day6 is under JYP entertainment as well but they are a bit different from the usual Kpop group since they are actually a band and play their own instruments. If you like rock music, I highly recommend them!!

Shoot Me

Beautiful Feeling

Somehow

DANCE DANCE

I Wait

How Can I Say

Congratulations

and since we’re already talking about about rock music, here’s some more groups whose music goes into the direction of rock to check out:

The Rose - BABY, Sorry

FT ISLAND - Take Me Now, Pray, Out Of Love, Lose, Hello Hello, Wind

Dreamcatcher - Chase Me, Good Night, Fly High, YOU AND I, What

EXO is a group that has been around since 2012 and even though they haven’t been very active lately, they still got a lot of bops that you could check out. They are under SM entertainment just like the next three groups I’m about to mention:

Overdose

Call Me Baby

Love Me Right

Lightsaber

Monster

Lotto

Ko Ko Bop

The Eve

Tempo

Love Shot

NCT are another group under SM. Their concept is a bit difficult because they are said to have an unlimited member count and they will be debuting more and more sub-units. NCT (as a whole) consist of 21 members as of now with 3 already existing units called NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT Dream and a fourth unit called WayV that is said to debut this month. Some recs are:

NCT U:

The 7th Sense

BOSS

Baby Don’t Stop

NCT 127:

Limitless

Cherry Bomb

Chain

TOUCH

Regular

Simon Says

NCT Dream:

We Young

GO

We Go Up

Red Velvet and Oh!GG are two girl groups under SM Entertainment. They are both really nice and worth checking out. OH!GG is actually a sub-unit from the girl group Girl’s Generation, one of the most popular girl groups of the 2nd Generation. I hope I’m not messing up rn with the info lol. And Red Velvet is currently one of the big three girl groups.

Red Velvet:

Dumb Dumb

Ice Cream Cake

Russian Roulette

Red Flavor

Peek-A-Boo

Bad Boy (love this so much)

Really Bad Boy (what a bop)

OH!GG:

Lil’ Touch

Twice and Blackpink are the last two girl groups I’ll be introducing to you. They are the other two of the big three girl groups alongside Red Velvet and are very successful and definitely worth checking out:

Twice, an example of a cute girl group:

Likey

TT

What Is Love?

Dance The Night Away

YES or YES

BlackPink, an example of a badass girl group:

Boombayah

Whistle

Playing With Fire

Stay

As If It’s Your Last

DDU-DU DDU-DU

The last group I’ll be mentioning is Big Bang, they are the Kings of the 2nd Generation of Kpop (if I didn’t misunderstand the whole generation stuff) and they released A LOT of great songs since they’ve been around since 2006. here are some recs I really like:

Bang Bang Bang

FXXK IT

Sober

Last Dance

Fantastic Baby

Let’s Not Fall In Love

GOOD BOY (GD x Taeyang)

Last but not least, I’ll list you some more songs from girl/boy groups and solo artists that I really like and find worth checking out. However, I try to keep it on the down-low since I could recommend and huge amount of songs.^^

Boy Groups:

iKON - Love Scenario, Killing Me, Bling Bling, B-Day

WINNER - REALLY REALLY, EVERYDAY

VAV - Senorita

TRCNG - UTOPIA (one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard)

VIXX - Fantasy

Pentagon - Shine, Runaway

SF9 - Fanfare, ROAR, Now Or Never

Girl Groups:

Pristin V - Get it

CLC - Hobgoblin, Black Dress

Weki Meki - Crush, La La La, I don’t like your Girlfriend

Gugudan - Not That Type

IZ*ONE - La Vie En Rose

(G)I-DLE - LATATA, Hann (alone)

Mamamoo - Egotistic, Starry Night

9MUSES - Remember, Love City

Solo Artists:

Sunmi - Gashina, Heroine, Siren

Chungha - Roller Coaster

Taeyeon (member of Girls Generation/Oh!GG) - I, Why

Hyuna - Roll Deep, BABE, Lip & Hip

IU - Twenty-three

Jay Park - Me Like You

G-Dragon (leader of Big Bang) - Untitled, 2014, COUP D’ETAT, Crooked

Jennie (member of BlackPink) - SOLO

Taemin (member of SHINee) - MOVE, Thirsty, Sayonara Hitori

This probably sounds confusing and like a whole lot, but don’t worry!! The main thing right now is that you find some songs to check out and the rest is some additional info to help you decide what to check out since it’s a lot.^^

[lom-l-moved]

okokok this might contain spoilers if you havent seen burn the stage yet so warning

but uuuh i just rly need to say something bc i love them sm aksjsjs it felt like i went to a concert and got to like meet them and hang out all at the same time im ajsj dy8jg pls but it was sososisososos good even my mom liked it and she said before that she probably wouldnt but most of that is bc it was less of a documentary and more like well yaknow what bts does like kinda imagine a gcf film but narrated ajsjsj ok not quite that pretty and uuh jungkook yaknow but yeah im sosososo happy tired but happy theyve come so far and gone through so much and they love eachother so much and they love us the fans so much it feels like family and stuff my mom pointed out is that theyre so positive their message is so positive and i ended up talking to her for a couple hours about them ajsnsj it was so awesome im rly bad with words and all of this is just a gaint run on sentence so i doubt any of it rly makes sense and that anyone is rly gonna wanna read it but i was just thinking that like jungkook was my age when they debuted he was 15 and idk that makes it like rly real for me or smth and now seeing him all grown up like it rly inspires me honestly everything abt them inspires me sm i want to be on stage sososososo bad now like they even showed the downsides of it all but i still want it i want to spread that love i want to perform i want to sing and dance and everything so bad

[kippentrash]

HOLY SHIT MY HEART THIS IS SO PERFECT IM GONNA CRY

All I know is, no matter how far away, this is the place we were made. 

[Place We Were Made // Maisie Peters]

[cyb3rci3lo]

review shinees lucifer album 🐸 (im judging anything below a 9/10 jsyk)

send me an album and i’ll review it

alright SO 2010 kpop, lucifer was arguably shinees break out album (really theyve been the shit since replay with that rookie grand slam, PLUS with ring ding dong as a strong single of the ep Y.O.U.) i personally think this is due to how shinee was branded as actaully fucken amazing at dancing, and the lucifer choreography is honestly something unmatched, especially for the time that it came out.

but honestly for me as how i view things in shinee’s discography timeline, as well as with sales or what not i really think lucifer was that staple that not only was hype af when it came out but its main single “lucifer” still brings people onto shinee to this day so? really iconic album

however, as a long time shinee fan, i really love lucifer mostly nostalgically, like most people the first video i saw from shinee was lucifer, the first album i downloaded was lucifer, i tried learning the vogueing part from lucifer (and i still remember it lmao) so for me lucifer is really? great, mostly because it’s album i listened to when i was super young and kinda brought me onto shinee which in turn brought me to a wider spectrum of music

however, while it may be shinee’s amazing throwback album, looking back on it as a whole it really did not showcase the amazing powerhouse shinee is.

im not talking singing wise, lucifer does showcase amazing vocals but, shinee as a whole has a huge history of being contemporary, of always bringing people that new shit-that good shit-that cutting edge shit. and i think it’s taken them some time to grow into that contemporary mindset, before this mostly imo theyve been contemporary in the terms of style and what not but musically they’ve more or less sat comfortably of what was kinda going on. rather than being on the edge of the trend imo they brought out something that refined the trend to further establish it as the norm-before moving on as the trend changes

(imo shinee breaks out with sherlock as THAT group musically and artistically, that constantly pushes kpop music but thats for another review)

however lucifer is a staple in shinee’s discography and it’s a really nice album for that 2010 nostalgia era, it has cute upbeat songs, the freaking catchy lucifer as well as some gr8 ballads (and electric heart, imo one of the BEST songs shinee’s ever done)

anyway here’s the track by track review lmao:

(disclaimer, vocally shinee’s performances never disappoint (maybe rap wise but never singing wise) this is mostly me critiquing like the actual music and what it brings to the table as a cohesive album so not really shinee but mostly the production team backing them up and sm’s musical choices lmaoooo)

the first track is up and down, it’s classic 2010 kpop era type of song, it’s cute it’s catchy it’s upbeat. the main vocalists voices are strong af and the backing voices are really noice as well, the chorus is extremely catchy and it’s just? a straight forward catchy song. honestly nothing really new, especially with the placements of the raps but? it’s just a sweet listen, maybe a bit too sweet as the years pass, i think ready or not is a better catchy pop-y song imo but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the next track is lucifer and honestly im gonna give my actual opinion, i dont listen to lucifer anymore sure i love lucifer but honestly i think this is just the perfect throwback song that you’re super hype for but in my opinion i dont listen to on the daily, like its good and it’s just catchy but, it follows that generic verse chorus verse chorus rap chorus. really what brought shinee into the lime light imo was their dancing and lucifer showcased that AMAZINGLY, but songwise it’s pretty? catchy but ?? you feel me??????

next is electric heart and electric heart TO THIS DAY is one of my favorite all time shinee songs. dude shinee has not done this type of song before, and it’s the only time they do this type of song on this album. the vocals are breathy and self assured, the harmonies are fucken angelic, the instrumentals fit their voices perfectly gives a very moody almost? seductive type of vibe that’s really punctuated by their falsettos. fucken A+++ track and honestly it really stands out from the album IMO just because of the way they sing and just how they all work together to make the song work. it’s groovy and sensual and jams when it needs to and just? a great listen all of them work so well in this ugh i love it

then it’s a-yo which i used to love when i was younger, not to repeat myself but the way i feel about this track is how i honestly feel about up and down with the exception that this song isn’t as upbeat, it’s more of a subdued upbeat song, something that in my opinion would fit perfectly in their replay album? i feel like it has that 2008 vibe. anyway yeah. catchy, cute, nothing new but nothing wrong w that

ok then we hit obsession and it’s one of the few shinee songs i actually dont like. i will give them the fact that it’s pretty experimental i guess?? for them??? for this album? the only problem is how out of place it feels, like we have upbeat and catchy then kinda sensual rly nice electric heart and then this? it has a darker tone and it’s? okay i guess i just think they really didn’t go all way that they couldve on this, i feel like theyve really refined the “darker” songs or more desperate sounding songs on the misconception albums. like it’s dark then soft and then you’re hit with jonghyun almost pleading chorus, honestly im not that big of a fan of it, especially with how the beginning and the chorus sound so disjointed on the same song but not in a Cool Experimental way imo, i kno i lot of people like it and if you do please tell me why!! would love to discuss w you all c:

after you’re hit with quasimodo which is a str8 up ballad and it would sound weird to have on an album that has songs like up and down and ready or not but? being placed after obsession was a great choice imo so it doesn’t sound so jarring. this is a complete ballads with fucken amazing vocals but especially the way they all just work together especially on the verses leading up to vocals. imo im not a huge fan of ballads but this is a really beautiful song that’s just, a great soft listen if you like those types of ballads. imo not anything new or groundbreaking but honestly it’s a Typical Ballad song in which jinki kills it so??? not really complaining

ok then it’s shout out which i was….obsessed with and honestly i….never listen to it now. it’s a great, “we’ve gone thru so much shit and here we are bitch we’re back and we dont give up” song i guess. however, in my opinion as a rap song? it’s not really? anything new or anything really?? astounding, imo listening back it’s kinda? i dont wanna say childish but i think like as utilizing “rapping” as a form of conveying music shinee (esp minho and kibum) have really improved on that a lot in their after years, and this is like a last remaining album of kibum and minho rapping the way every kpop group did in 2010 you know? nothing really shinee-like it’s just? idk it really isnt that great listening back and how far theyve come since it (odd eye guys, the rap in odd eye is a perf example because the rap goes along so well with the song itself and it feels like it sits in shinee’s discography as a perfect shinee song rather than A Rap Song They Did) and idk yeah, not a big fan now and i honestly think it’s great to show just how much shinee has grown as a kpop group to actual artists.

next up is wowowow and it’s? another catchy upbeat song but it’s not really with a lot of substance imo, like i feel they really went hard on the autotone like autotune can be used as a really cool device in song producing but i feel like? it’s a bit off putting with jonghyun’s high vocals you know?  it’s catchy but???? it’s just cute that’s it, what are they offering here that the other upbeat songs on this album dont offer? not to bash on it but?? there’s not much to say that i havent already ;A; (it’s still really cute)

your name is next and it’s? a cute slower song. it’s slow but not ballady. it’s like if wowowow was w/o autotune and like a bit more chiller. it’s just a sweet song nothing really???amazing i guess?? the “lalalala” the members do is really nice and i like it towards the end, once minho raps and the song changes a bit, i feel like it’s less generic and a cooler listen, like most songs in this era there’s a slight change towards the end of the song with the first two halves sounding extremely similar. nothing much to say w this one just. it’s cute.

then it’s life, which if i have one thing to say about this album’s lack of a cohesive feel is the fact that they put the slower songs with perfect transitioning songs before them, so listening to the album straight isn’t a jarring experience so honestly??? good on them that was a fab choice. now in my opinion, quasimodo was a better ballad-mostly because all the members really work together backing each other up and it sounds greater orchestrally than this song. life takes nearly two minutes to pick up, now i lov a slow start to get the tension started but really it doesn’t pick of until 1:50 and there isn’t really? anything amazing going on instrumentally to garner attention imo, shinee’s vocals are beautiful but?? u kno???? like most songs the cool shit is towards the end but i feel like it’s just subdued with some great notes belted out. classic ballady song if you like it, but again i think quasimodo really brought it home without sounding like it’s taking a while to get to the good parts you know????

after it’s ready or not. which i know i mentioned having transitining songs from slower to upbeat, which is NOT the case with this. but i FUCKEN lov ready or not. it’s literally like a better version of up and down imo, up and down sounds incredibly repetitive because of the whole rollercoaster ride thing, but this is like a repetitive song that doesnt seem like it’s looping. it has some embarssing 2010 song moments but honestly??? i dont care it’s literally a cute up beat song, generic especially with that kpop formula and the slight change towards the end but honestly thats what shinee was doing at the time, and it was fine. im only being so hard on this album because shinee Really Fucking Worked on their music and really went like beyond everything to become the shinee we know and love and appreciate today. so yeah. generic cute pop song that i still jam to but dont listen to often.

then it’s love pain, which i mean? it’s like a more hurt ayo lmao. like in the way it’s sung and it’s feel, the subject matter can be totally different. anyway not much to say just like…this album is so 2010 and this song really captures that like idk not much critique on this, i dont love it anymore but? vocals are gr8 and it’s a cool slow song

the album finishes with love still goes on, which is i think an AMAZING reference to the song love should off their first album. it’s a nod to the past while showing off how theyve grown and how theyve improved their vocals. the problem i have with this song is literally the same with ready or not with a dash of side eye at the raps but honestly?? it’s cute its happening and i just think the nod to their first album was a cute way to finish the album. it doesnt finish with a band but rather with a thanks, and i think that was really lovely

anyway my final review is: nostalgia/10 (with me mostly only listening to electric heart, ready or not, love still goes on and up and down)

but again this was me really just? giving a thorough critique lmao i still really lov this album, i own it (a ver AND b ver) and honestly if i ever see shinee live and they do any song off this album you will catch me wiping the tears from my eyes while belting out the lyrics. hyped as fuck. i kno this album like the back of my hand istgggggg i really do love this album, it’s just musically we all kno shinee is that group, but it’s super cool looking at their progression as artists and how theyve moved along musically!!

[spacewlkr]

i dnt post abt my sims here like Evr but i wanted to turn the twins (noah/abel) into toddleys in cas .......... ive dead ive #ascended 2 heaven honestly

theyve grown up sm when they die u know ill b a wreck for like. at least ten minutes

they were so tiny once (and absolutely terrible teens between noahs insufferable emo phase and abels need to b an obnoxious jock at all times) and now theyre parents and gonna have grandkids? i feel so proud of these lil pixels