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the-lesbian-writer-81 · 6 years

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Ya’ll!

I wanna conversate with all 42 of you!! (when did that happen, last I checked, I had 20 lol thank you for the follows btw!)

But let’s discuss some things!

Reblog this with your favorite song(s) in general, and tell me why! I wanna hear what kind of songs you all enjoy!

(This all ends up being just a list of my favorite kpop songs, just warning you all)

I’ll start~

1. 144340 - BTS

This song just spoke to volumes to me. I was gonna go with The Truth Untold, but this one has been on my mind a lot lately. I love the sound, how chill it is, and listening to it a first time, you’d think just that. It’s chill. And it is. But listening a second time, you notice something in their voice in which you missed the first time. Is it anguish? Pain? But you feel something different. Then reading the lyrics, it came together.

THEIR VOICES OMG OKAY- So I love me some vocals. I love me some raps. The rapping was amazing, it flowed so nicely. I love how the raps, and vocals alike, started with softer tones, and as it went on, they got stronger. But the strong was accompanied by the soft, and it complimented the sound as a whole. I just really love this song and I can go on about how beautiful this song is don’t @ me.

2. Tempo - EXO

OKAY LISTEN

FIRST OFF, I linked both the Korean and the Chinese on there

Second...

BIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

SEHUN WENT OOOOOOOOOOOFF

I’M SO FUCKING HAPPY I LOVE MY TALENTED SON

Okay now that I got that out of the way

The song wasn’t what I expected, but I was pleasantly surprised, because... I wasn’t sure what I was expecting. But I loved it.

The music video is so aesthetically pleasing, the song as a whole is just so- I can’t explain it. The song seems easy vocal wise, and I love it, because it allows room for them to focus on the dance when performing live. The adlibs in the back are so good. Chanyeol and Sehun’s rap was amazing, Kai’s dance it on pOINT- vocal line really fucking making me second guess my sexuality tbh

I love Suho going “Baby girl~” he just sounds cute- and the way he says “Morning Call” during that one dance move with his shoulders doing some version of the shimmy shimmy and i died, Suho’s so cute

Minseok with that hair though boi pls (I kid pls don’t hurt me--)

Lay didn’t sing in the Korean, and I was gonna fight SM myself if he wasn’t on the Chinese version.

3. One Of These Nights - Red Velvet

Okay, this song is hella emotional. Like, the first time I heard it, I cried. So hard. I had no idea what the song was saying, but the imagery of the music video told a story I understood, but didn’t at the same time.

Then I looked at Theory videos, and the song just impacted me more in a way that just crushed my soul. The song is beautiful, their voices are so melodic and blissful, yet pained and full of longing. This is a song that’s really stuck in my heart, and just- Ugh, I can’t with this song. Wendy’s voice is so strong, Seulgi is a good blend of soft and strong, Irene is very angelic, and both Yeri and Joy have a very sweet tone. I love the production of the song so much. Their voices are beautifully complimented by the hauntingly beautiful instrumental. I just really fucking love this song.

4. Siren - Sunmi

So, Sunmi. Sunmi is a very beautiful being. Her solo songs have been wonderful, and I love each and every one of them.

Siren, though. Siren really snatched my heart.

Powerful vocals with an 80s vibe to the song?? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP--

I love the concept this song took! Took me a while Siren being a play on words for both the aquatic being and the ringing noise from police cars and shit lol I was slow

But the imagery of the video was astounding, Sunmi looked like a goddess, vocals on point as always, and just- ugh- I love her so much I can’t--

5. Hann - G-Idle

The biggest Fuck You song I’ve heard in a while. And I love it so much.

First off, I really think Shuhua should get more lines. But I love the way the song worked. It’s so powerful, and strong, and SOOYEON’S RAP SLAYED ME COMPLETELY

Out of all of them, I believe YuQi has a very unique voice. It’s rare to hear someone in kpop to have such a deep voice like that, and I love it so much. She shocked me when she sang in Latata, and the shock came again in Hann. I hope the best for these girls, honestly.

6. What Is Love? - Twice

Okay...

There is so much gay in this, my lesbian heart couldn’t handle it.

The concept was so fucking cute! I love that the girls played each other’s love interest when they could have easily hired men to play the parts. But no, they went with this approach, and I love it. The movie references were amazing, the girls had such a sweet and sincere longing for true love to find them, it attacked my heart--

Also, Jihyo slayed me- She’s my ult bias, and I just ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

BONUS

The Last Blossom - Yanan and Jun (Originally by Faye Wong)

What I picked up from the song is that idols are merely human, and us idolizing them the way we do now is futile, because, again... they’re humans. And at some point, they could end up disappointing us standard-wise, and that we shouldn’t hold them to such high standards.

The original is so raw, and emotion inducing. Faye has such a impacting voice, so genuine and harsh with these lyrics. Her message comes across so clear, and it’s what everyone should hear.

Yanan and Jun’s take on the song is so breath taking. Maybe because I associated it immediately to Yanan’s breakdown, and how Jun comforted him, but I could really feel it in their voices how this song just screams out a message to let us know that they’re merely human. They fall, they hurt, they cry, they mess up. Sometimes, they’re overwhelmed with their own success and making sure they better themselves to please an audience that’s probably gonna grow over them after some time, for a reason over the other.

Both versions scream this message. One’s raw vocal wise, and the other sounds sad and on the verge of wanting to give up. And I love every bit of both versions.

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juunshua · 4 years

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@homestasis replied to your post “What did you think of Jun’s cover!”

Hey! So I sent in the ask cuz I’m always interested in what you have to say especially when it comes to Jun’s work and I honestly quite agree with it all, even if there’s a lot I’m not familiar with. What I can though tell is the breathiness and some strain, and that was still quite obvious through the studio version but most of all I’ve been so focused on his vision like you said just because he has such a clearly intentional take on his covers And I’m always reminded of his and Yanan’s performance of last blossom, I feel like what he chooses to do with his voice and demeanor is entirely based on the story (and will probably be that way until he gets more of a technical grasp), that’s what I appreciated the most honestly! Just really hearing his voice tell us the sequence of events of the song’s story. Thanks again for this effort and I learned a bit too!

thanks for following up! i was so close to bringing up last blossom in the ask (stopped myself since it had already gotten so long;;;) but honestly something about this cover also reminded me of last blossom, especially when he went into the more heavier section. the approach he uses with his voice is kind of similar, so i feel like you almost get a feeling of desperation, struggle, or something along those lines, furthermore, both covers to me feel so deliberate in what they do musically (for last blossom, that includes stage choreo as well) which makes it even more evident that junnie has a clear musical vision for the songs. and really being able to make his voice follow a story is really admirable and truly if he ever decides to further his vocal technique, it’ll only really help him in the end in trying to convey the story he wants to convey in a musical way like for instance that one held note at the climax of the song, if it was supported and resonant could further help ground it as a point of release of tension that gradually builds throughout the first half.

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