#vixx aesthetic board

[sseraph]

• travelling with leo •

[a-b-c-d-e-x-o]

Resurrecting Myself

I haven’t been on Tumblr is literally years. So, I figured that I could come back and try being active again. I want to change everything up, and as my profile now says, I’m making edits, mood boards, and one shots/imagines. Just to keep myself busy. However, looking to try and mass deleting things without deleting everything. I don’t know if that is even possible. For one, I don’t know if you can get X-kit on a Surface Go, but, I’ll see what I can do. But, for now, until I can clean things up, I’ll be making edits and doing requests, if possible. 

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N Aesthetic

VIXX’s N

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Hyuk screensaver — Requested by @brattyboytaehyungie (thank you, my love!!!!!! ❤️🖤)

*My moodboard, not my pictures. Credit to owners*

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[deathinthestorm]

Voodoo Doll - VIXX

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⏳you make my bad days good and my good days better ⏳

[cheonsans]

★ ＬＯＶＥＲ

ｔｈｅ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ ｍｉｎｉ ａｌｂｕｍ

Lover is the second mini album released by Superbia Entertainment’s five-member boy group, ULTRAVIOLET. It dropped on November 9th, 2017, and featured the title track Eyes Wide Shut, as well as five other tracks. 

The overall concept this era was odd to say the least, and featured an aesthetic best described as technological surrealism. The music video was a stunning but confusing amalgamation of technological imagery, glitching text effects, and hypnagogic themes that seemed to blur the boundaries between dreams and reality. 

Album playlist: (here). 

Era Pinterest board: (here). 

TRACKLIST

Intro: Noise - insp. Stray Kids’ WHO?

Eyes Wide Shut - insp. NCT U’s The 7th Sense.

Redlight - insp. Vixx’s Circle.

Won’t Let You Go - insp. GOT7′s Sunrise.

Still Don’t Know - insp. Stray Kids’ 해장국 Hero’s Soup.

Fragile - BTS’ House of Cards

ERA/AESTHETIC NOTES

Despite the complexity and the confusing nature of the concept, the styling and overall visual aesthetic was kept pretty consistent. There was an emphasis on screens in the music video and in the teaser photos, especially when considering the manner in which the members were posed amongst TV screens in their individual concept photos.

The hair colors for this era were as follows:

King - Black

Siyun - Rich blue

Taesong - Silver

Minsung - Black with silvery strands

Jamie - Mid-toned purple

Some of the key points in styling were colorfully tinted glasses, long coats, messy, wet-looking hair, and slightly glossy makeup. 

Many of the shots in the actual title music video were especially artful. Most notably, there were a variety of scenes that incorporated the usage of TV and computer screens, including transitions into them to reveal another member, and an iconic scene with Siyun lying down on top of a multitude of TV’s with surreal, colorful images glitching behind him. 

The fan theories were honestly pretty wild. Many of them surrounded identifying when a scene was supposed to be considered dream or reality. Despite the potentially playful title of the album, UV truly focused on the darker side of things, including cognitive and romantic dissonance, as well as the shifting nature of reality as intertwined with technology and the advance of media. 

The choreography is notably very difficult. It relies on the members having extremely fine-tuned body control, and has been described as similar to Taemin’s Move in its emphasis on fluidity and difficulty. However, there were instances of sharper movement that didn’t seem to match the portions of the song when they occurred. Many fans attributed this dissonance, as well, to UV’s overall concept, in order to truly emphasis the point that not everything can always be as it seems. 

Taesong and Siyun’s rapping portions were especially notorious for being killer for fans. 

Honestly...a lot of fans went pretty feral this era. While more skin was out, technically, during their debut era, their concept wasn’t obviously sexy for that fact. This era, the boys truly allowed their more mature and alluring sides to take the spotlight, and the sheer number of hard stans that joined the fandom when the music video dropped was...almost astonishing. 

Jamie worked on the production of Eyes Wide Shut with successful producer and member of X2, Lim Junsik. Additionally, Minsung worked extensively on the lyrics for this album. 

The physical album packing was gorgeous. There were two versions, a dark orange, blue, and black version, and a white, blue, and purple version.There was a particular Minsung photo card that became very sought after, as he’s showing a bit of collarbone in the selfie, and everyone knows Minsung stans go feral over the slightest amount of skin.

[jikyuz]

okay let me start off i'm sorry for not interacting w you :( i know you said it's okay! but augh i'm so bad with "texting" people back. (〒︿〒) anyways, how are you! happy almost christmas eve! do you have any traditions with your family for the festive holiday? oo cool! as for comfort food? probably any of my culture's food! it always make me feel at home! ^^ i know i already asked you a question but here's another one anyways! :D qotd: to explain your aesthetic, which kpop group/mv would you choose? -🐰

ah you’re so cute angel i totally understand! i’m also bad at texting back a lot >_< just stop by whenever you can i get it! and i’m doing okay ^^ really busy but otherwise doing good! and ah we don’t really have any traditions ;-; just opening presents and having a day filled with board games and hanging out!!

oooh,,, this is really hard ;-; i think visual wise,,,, the mv i would choose to explain my aesthetic would be voodoo doll by vixx?? i have a really dark aesthetic irl and my style matches the mv so ^^ how about you???

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Finally! @grumpycatsantiago @plisaetskys Thank you @iasmi94 for help

[saranghae-svt]

Hang On To The Night- Tegan and Sara x Hakyeon For @potessium I hope you like it! -send a song and an idol and I’ll make a moodboard based on it-

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Will we be seeing other groups in this AU too? I saw you mention Day6's Sungjin so I'm a little curious of others you have planned

Get ready for a wild ride!

School: Jeonseol Se | Legend Three High School

Wonder Girls: College Students/Teachers’ Assistants

Sunmi is the Cheer Coach

2PM: The old football team

Khun is the Football coach

Miss A: Part of the old acadecathalon team

Got7: Baseball Team 

Mark is also part of the basketball team

Jackson is also part of the fencing club

JB is also part of student council

Twice: Cheer squad

Jihyo is also part of student council

Mina is also part of the acadecathalon team

Day6: School Rock Band

Jae is also part of the gaming club 

Stray Kids: Musical Kids with a dark aesthetic

TVXQ: Works for the school board, sometimes does supply teaching

Super Junior: The old soccer team

Girls Generation: Old cheerleaders

SHINee: The old student council/Teachers’ Assistants

F(x): The old student council

EXO: Current football team

Red Velvet: A/V Crew, also sometimes cheerleaders

NCT: Marching band

Johnny, Doyoung, Jaehyun and Lucas are part of the football team

Big Bang: The old popular kids with the best parties

2Ne1: The old rebels

Winner: Student Council

iKON: Events comittee

BlackPink: Currently also rebels, but still attend class

BTS: Part of the book club; got popular from blasting their soundcloud on the announcements on April Fools’

Namjoon is part of the acadecathalon team

Yoongi is also part of the basketball team

Jungkook and Hoseok are also part of the track team

VIXX: School Newspaper, mainly for images and art

EXID: Also on School Newspaper

School: Eunbich Nalgae | Silver Wings High School

Sistar: Alumni, now models

Bora is now the cheer coach

Boyfriend: The old cheersquad

Monsta X: Football team

WSJN: Cheer squad

After School: Electives Teachers

Orange Caramel: Non-elective teachers

NU’EST: Also part of the football team

Seventeen: Soccer team with a famous Youtube channel

Jihoon is also on the announcements team

Pristin: Volleyball team

4Minute: Sports Coaches

HyunA is a drama teacher

BToB: Choir

CLC: Drama students

Pentagon: Acadecathalon Team

E'Dawn is also on the announcements team

G-Idle: Rebels, who do attend class

Hello Venus: Academic Teachers

Astro: Baseball team + youtubers

Weki Meki: Culinary club

Gyochalo | Crossroads High School

GFriend: Cheer squad

FT Island: Ex-school band

CN Blue: Current school band

AOA: Old Cheer Squad

N.Flying: Choir

SF9: Soccer team

Honeyst: Also on Choir

Saecheonnyeon | Millennium Cram School

IOI: Temporary Cheer Squad

Wanna One: Temporary football team

JBJ: Temporary soccer team

Supyeongseon | Horizon Academy

Momoland: Cheer Squad

KARA: Ex-Poker Club

Rainbow: Ex-Swim Team

A-Jax: MMA Team

April: Tennis Team

KARD: Hip Hop crew that performs on talent shows

[sseraph]

• leo mini moodboard •

[boba-beom]

Hi~! I haven't watched/read the girl on the train. It's more of a mystery/thriller kind of story, right? I think I always prefer movies to books when it's a romantic story without anything big to imagine, and when it's a fantasy/magical/dystopian story, I usually prefer the movie if it's done well (but if they change the story line, then not so much). For example, in terms of The Maze Runner, Shadow & Bone, Harry Potter, I prefer the movie, but City of Bones and Divergent, I prefer the books.

I was so sad to see Kai being pissed because you know someone's done TXT dirty if he's pissed. I totally agree! It's such a good feeling! Speaking of which, when did you get into kpop? Did you have ult groups before TXT? I feel you though. Kpop groups barely come to my country, and even if they do, tickets are sold out before I can get one for myself. 😭I actually spent a semester in the UK last year, I was hoping to see my fav UK band (The Vamps), but then I didn't manage to because of Covid.😭

I've been to a Day6 concert in Berlin, but that's the only kpop concert I've been to. Sadly, not many international acts come here, and I don't really listen to local music, but hopefully, once the situation gets better, I get the chance to travel or have a mini trip to a different country because of a concert like I did with Day6. *-* But I love orchestra concerts and theatre plays, musicals. Do you like them? *-* Yeah, I'm planning on visiting a Christmas market as well, and going home. 🥰

Going to a Christmas market and lighting scented candles, drinking cinnamon-apple-winter spices tea are my Christmas time traditions because I'm trying to get myself into the spirit, and it's working so far. *-* Aww I'm so glad you'll be able to have a different new year's eve this year! I always spend it with my close family, we play board games until midnight, have something to drink and eat, and just watch a movie or spend the day together, so I can't wait. *-* Hope you're taking care! 🥰 -❄️

HI SECRET MOA!!! I'm so sorry this is so late fgnek

I agree with the romance and the fantasy and magical genres as movies, I feel like I'm easily fascinated by the cinematography and the whole lot, plus I know that when reading we can literally imagine it all in our heads, but I do enjoy some good aesthetically pleasing movies!! however, I haven't read the city of bones but I did try watching the movie, but personally, it didn't hit the same as shadowhunters, which I loved with my whole heart. I think because it was a series and I'm more into series than movies these days, but it may also have been because I loved each of the characters and just the anticipation of waiting for the next episode to be released! I remember me and my sister finished season 1 and loved it, but we had to wait for season 2 and then plenty of months later, we forgot about it entirely and stumbled upon it again on netflix hehe and we had season 2 and 3 to binge watch 😌

I actually got into kpop around 2014/2015! one of my friends introduced me to bts and the first song I listened to was war of harmones. at first I honestly didn't know how to feel about it because I just left my one direction and lowkey ' emo phase' fjngekj I think I was listening to a lot of avril lavigne, pierce the veil and sleeping with sirens so kpop was all so new to me🧍‍♀but I got into them pretty quickly actually, I started listening to big bang, vixx and I think a few exo songs too. I started stanning bts properly just in time for their the most beautiful moments in life comeback andI guess that's also when I knew I'm in this kpop shii for life HAHHAHA when did you get into kpop? (I'm sorry if I've asked you this before!)

but yoo!!! where abouts in the uk did you stay? (if that's okay) I find that so intriguing when people say they've come here to visit, I still get very much intrigued when I meet fellow british moas too hehe but covid sucks a*s :(( I'm sorry you didn't get to see the vamps. fun fact actually, the vamps were also my favourite group growing up, second after one direction LMAO but I feel like I was more of a vampette than a directioner ^^ and I can't believe you've gone to see day6 as well 😭 my sister's been trying to get me into them for the longest time, but I really like their songs esp you were beautiful like it breaks my heart, but I love it:(( it's truly amazing how you travel to see these artists!! but it's definitely worth it for sure, I would if I could hehe

ngl I haven't been to an orchestra concert or theatre plays since I was still in high school, and I think the last thing I went to see was les miserables as a trip with my music class! I've seen plenty of others like annie and the wind in the willows when I was around 10/11 yrs old!

I hope you go home safely when you do!! I'm so excited to go to the christmas market :'D our christmas market had been cancelled for 2 years because of covid and I'm just happy that I get to go there again but this time with my friends :> I think that's such a cute way to get into the christmas spirit 🥺 I just really get the cheesy sausages and the churros at the christmas market hehe, but I also admire the lights and decoration in the city centre, so that's another thing! and that sounds so chill and exciting hehe, we usually stay up waaay past midnight, sometimes until 4am just because our family friends haven't seen each other for so long and we just spend more time with each other and catching up and talking about random things here and there hehe

it was nice hearing from you again secret moa! take care also and talk to you soon~

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July 8, 2018: Blackpink in your Area

안녕하세요,

I was already on my third week here in Seoul and I still haven't gone out and explore the city at all. So I did what a regular international student would do here in Seoul - I went on a K-Pop adventure.

I wanted to visit the idol cafés all around the city, but upon further research, I found out that many of them are so spread out in opposite corners so I had to narrow everything down to the accessible areas and save the rest for another day. For example, I wanted to visit the filming locations of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (Yeokdo-yojeong Kim Bokjoo/역도요정 김복주), especially Bok Chicken, but the locations are just too far from the ones I had planned to go that day.

On Sunday, July 8, I visited four idol cafés and restaurants: Yesung's Mouse Rabbit, Donghae's Haru & One Day, Chanyeol's Viva Polo, and Jongsuk's 89 Mansion. I decided to just visit the cafés that day and maybe take my time and sit down to study in each one during exam week.

The directions to each café is linked on the titles.

First stop: Super Junior's Yesung's Mouse Rabbit (Mobit) Café

My first stop took me to the area around Konkuk University called Kondae (건대), which was packed with clothing stores and street foods. This quick walk made me realize how empty the day and night life are around Anam-dong, the area surrounding Korea University. Street vendors would yell across the street for the people to buy tteokbokki (spicy rice cake/떡볶이) or cheap clothes from them, compared to Anam-dong where it is quiet most of the time, with a group of friends laughing in a corner once in a while.

I managed to find Mouse Rabbit after a couple minutes of being lost and getting distracted by the nice clothes in the shops around Kondae (건대). The exterior of the café was not very impressive and it was situated in an isolated area. I entered Mouse Rabbit, looked at the price list and left. I was not about to blow ₩10,000 on a latte when I had other cafés to visit - sorry Yesung.

I left Mouse Rabbit and headed to Donghae's Haru & One Day, which was one subway stop away.

Second stop: Super Junior's Donghae's Haru & One Day Café 

Following the instructions on the blog, it was very easy to spot Donghae's café - it was right in front of the exit! I liked the exterior look and the vibe of the café and the interior was also really nice. Donghae has a big portrait of Audrey Hepburn hanging on the wall, contributing to the minimalist and relaxing ambience of the place. I could really see myself studying in a place like this - honestly, who needs to study in the library or Starbucks in Seoul when you have idol cafés. You're still drinking overpriced coffee, you're still sitting on a coffee table overlooking the busy streets - the only different is that you have a higher chance of meeting an idol when they do decide to visit their cafés.

Third stop: EXO's Chanyeol's Viva Polo

Well, Chanyeol's mom owns and runs the restaurant, but this place was Chanyeol heaven! The blog I abe linked doesn't mention this but when you do take the subway, make sure to take the one going to Sangil-dong (상일동) and not Macheon (마천). Line 5 splits in Gangdong (강동), so make sure to get off there if you end up taking the wrong train (heading to Macheon/마천) and just board the next one, which is usually headed to Sangil-dong (상일동) since they both alternate.

From Donghae's Haru & OneDay, it took me a good 40 minutes to wait and ride for the subways, so Chanyeol's place was the most "out of the way" location I had during the day.

Viva Polo is located on the second floor, so you have to take the stairs up, but the whole stairway has pictures and drawings of Chanyeol plastered all over with written notes and presents left by the fans of the EXO member. Unfortunately, I arrived there around 3:40 PM and they close the restaurant for break from 3-5 PM. I had more than an hour to spare, and I did not know what I would do until then since the location of the Italian restaurant was not in a very popular or lively area so I decided to just head to Gangnam for Jongsuk's 89 Mansion Café.

Final stop: Lee Jongsuk's 89 Mansion

Being a new café, there's not a lot of blogs out there that tells you how to get there - and it was quite a walk from Sinsa Station (신사역) - you might want to save the directions on your map for this one beforehand.

Most of the blogs I've found were just about the café itself and how luxurious and pretty it was. Situated in Gangnam, it's obviously pricier than Mouse Rabbit and Haru & OneDay - Jongsuk is really out here charging me ₩16,000 on egg bacon benedict. I wanted to sit down and enjoy the place, so I ordered a lemonade for ₩8,000 and watched the beautiful Korean men work their magic with my lemonade.

I think Jongsuk has a criteria on how his workers want to look like - it's all about the image here in Gangnam, and Jongsuk joined in on the trend.

89 Mansion is divided into two sections - the café is on the first floor and the restaurant is on the second floor. While my lemons were being aded (HA!), I went upstairs to see the restaurant, and I stayed there long enough to take pictures of the words painted by Jongsuk himself and the picturesque red frame to the right of the stairs before being asked to go back to the first floor because I only ordered "café drinks" and not "restaurant foods" - okay Jongsuk.

I am planning to go back there soon to try out the food though, since everything is so beautiful and fits my aesthetic.

I spent a whole half day travelling from café to café that I forgot to eat my lunch, so while on the way back to Sinsa Station (신사역), I stopped by a Vietnamese restaurant called Hanoi Plate.

I have been missing home lately, and the biggest things that are making me homesick are the Mexican and Vietnamese food. I come from an area in Los Angeles that is really famous for the good Mexican and Vietnamese food, and having been eating Chinese, Japanese, and Korean food everyday the past month, I realized how much I actually missed my good food from home.

The Mexican food by Anam-dong don't look appetizing - I feel like they've never even seen Mexican food before.

I saw the words bánh mì written by the name of the restaurant and I sprinted in. Bánh mì is my go-to food back home - there's a Bánh Mì Chè Cali branch right next to my house and I stop by everyday to buy myself a bánh mì sandwich for my school lunch and snack. It's my stress food - so better believe I sprinted into Hanoi Plate the moment I saw those two Vietnamese words.

I didn't realize they specialized in North Vietnamese food, so I wanted to try something new - Bún chả, grilled pork and noodles. The meal was so delicious that it made me miss my local Vietnamese foods back home some more.

K-Star Road Adventures

Since I was already in Gangnam, I decided to just head to the K-Star Road and take pictures of the JYP Entertainment (GOT7, 2PM, TWICE, Stray Kids), Around Us Entertainment (Highlight), and FNC Entertainment (CNBLUE, F.T. Island, SF9, AOA, N.Flying) buildings and see the GangnamDols just down Apgujeong street. There's a map of the area that shows you where the entertainment buildings and specific GangnamDols are located.

JYP Entertainment just moved to a new location four days prior to my visit at the building, although the pictures and notes in the Dunkin' Donuts in front of the old JYP building were still present.

Just next to JYP building was the Around Us Entertainment building, managed by Highlight themselves after refusing to renew their contract as Beast with their former label, Cube Entertainment, and leaving the company back in 2016. Since Cube has copyrighted the group name Beast, they decided to rename themselves Highlight in 2017.

Then I visited FNC Entertainment, which was just behind the Around Us building. Two guys in face masks and caps walked by and groups of girls were waving at them and trying to talk to them, and to this day, I still don't know who they are. Maybe they're trainees? Maybe they're rookies? Maybe they're backup dancers? I will never know.

Facing JYP building to the left is Apgujeong street, which has the GangnamDols lined up leading to the Galleria. GangnamDols are these bear statues dressed up in K-Pop groups' iconic logos and colors. There were seventeen GangnamDols during my visit and I expect it to grow larger throughout the years: they had a GangnamDol for BTS, EXO, SHINee, Super Junior, 4Minute, 2PM, Girls' Generation, CNBLUE, VIXX, miss A, BLOCK B, among others.

I decided to take the long way and walked to Apgujeong Station (압구정역) instead of going back to where I got off at Cheongdam Station (청당역) since I wanted to take the time and appreciate Gangnam at night - the bright lights, the way people in Gangnam interact with each other, and how they dress their dogs. Halfway during my walk, my Kakao Talk notified me of a text from John:

EXCUSE ME, JOHN? WHERE ARE YOU? I DID NOT EVEN KNOW BLACKPINK WAS HOLDING A FAN MEET? SEND ME YOUR LOCATION NOW! It was 8 PM in the posh area of Gangnam where everyone minds how beautifully they look when they walk, but I was running to Apgujeong Station (압구정역) drenching in sweat. It takes about 30 minutes to go from Apgujeong Station (압구정역) to Yeouido Station (여의도역) without counting the wait between transfers. I was looking at arriving about 45-60 minutes after John sending the text of Blackpink arriving at IFC Mall. To make matters worse, I didn't even know where IFC Mall was! I had no idea how much walking I would be doing to reach the mall. I didn't even know where in IFC Mall the event was held at. Welp! At least I'm trying. I had no other plans anyway and I had four hours until the last subway leaves for the night. I reached Yeouido Station (여의도역) at 9:05 PM, almost an hour since John sent the text. There were two towers - IFC Towers 1 and 2. I went in IFC Tower 1 to a crowd of people leaving. I missed it. I missed Blackpink. I walked to the center of a very-quiet-and-empty second floor of the mall and asked one of the massage workers about a Blackpink event.

"It might be over", she broke my heart.

Well, I guess I would just head over to the food court area, have dinner, and call it a night.

I noticed a crowd were gathering at the edges of the open area on the second floor, looking down at the first floor. I was curious to see what they were so fixated on - Blackpink was still doing the fan signing!

Both the stairs and the escalators going down to the first floor were blocked, and by the looks of the crowd downstairs, I had a better view of Blackpink from the second floor - so I stayed and watched the event from above.

Jisoo and Jennie were on the far corner of the table, while Lisa and Rosé were closer to my area, so throughout the night, I tried to get both their attentions.

Lisa heard me multiple times but could not locate where the voice was coming from. She would look up side to side and wave at the area where she thought the voice was coming from, but no.

After the fan signing, they were asked to sign four Blackpink sweatshirts to give away as a raffle for the people sitting down in the area.

I stayed there until 9:45 PM when they left. It was my last chance to get their attention, so I kept calling for Lisa's name.

She looked around and gave the "where is that voice coming from?" look and hand motion. Rosé located me though, and looked up to smile at me.

No luck with Lisa.

Jennie and Jisoo followed Lisa and Rosé exit the stage, and no luck with the other two members.

I guess my night ended well. I took the subway back to Anam Station (안암역) and got myself chocolate sundae and fries at McDonald's.

I should keep doing K-Pop activities if nights like this happen, I guess? Until then!

고마워요, Chris 「크리스」

P.S. I actually just received my confirmation to attend SBS's "The Show" rehearsal at the SBS Prism Tower tomorrow! KU ISC opened the tickets to only 48 students three days ago, and I was lucky enough to check my phone right after I woke up from my nap to get the ticket! I am really looking forward who I will be seeing rehearse tomorrow!