#era: from wjsn

[jieqionq]

band aid.

[nayeonline]

SPACE.COWBOY (my imagined ITZY comeback)

I’ve made a couple posts about JYP’s shitty management of ITZY, so I decided to do a little thought experiment in what direction I would take ITZY’s discography and aesthetics.

I decided to give them a full album because it’s 2023 and no one should be releasing mini albums this late in their career (this goes for everyone, not just itzy). The album, which I have entitled ‘SPACE.COWBOY’, has 10 tracks, including 1 English pre-release single, 1 Korean title track, two promoted b-sides, and six more b-sides.

For the concept, I decided to draw inspiration from the aesthetics of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ which I referenced in the album name. I really wanted a space aesthetic for ITZY, but I didn’t want it to be just aespa part 2, so I decided a 90s space Faye Valentine aesthetic was the move. Also, ginger Yeji, pink hair Chaeryeong, blonde Yuna, black hair Ryujin and Lia is a must :)

Anyway, into the tracklist!!!

(1) LOG-IN [Fifty Fifty]

When I first heard this song a couple years back, I was struck by how ITZY it sounded. I love it as an album opener, and I think ITZY would body a choreography to it.

(2) YEPPI YEPPI [aespa] (TITLE TRACK)

Same goes for this song, I think it sounds SO ITZY, it’s very evocative of their Dalla Dalla - Icy era, which is exactly the sound I want to hear from them again. This song is so timeless, so fun, and such a perfect ITZY title track.

(3) 3.14159 [Lexie Liu] (English Pre-Release)

I fucking love Lexie Liu, and this song is one of my favourites from her. It’s very whimsical, very psychedelic, and very high energy, which is exactly what ITZY does best. This song has the creativity their last few singles have been lacking. I think Yuna especially would OWN this track.

(4) YALLA [WJSN] (Promoted B-Side)

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS SONG SOONER?! I imagine Chaeryeong being the centre for this song, she has the perfect energy for it. I can definitely see this song going viral on K-Pop TikTok, I love it as a promoted B-Side.

(5) Cast Pearls Before Swine [Purple Kiss]

This is quintessential ITZY. I can see Lia performing this song so clearly, and I think it thematically references their debut self love concept just the right amount. I just really love this song ok, go stream it.

(6) MAGICIAN [Lexie Liu] (Promoted B-Side)

Can you tell I love Lexie Liu yet? This one has a chorus along similar lines to YALLA, and it's so addictive. This is another Yuna type song for me, but I also think Ryujin would be such a stand out on this. I don’t see it being in Mandarin for ITZY, but the hook is mostly onomatopoeia so I don’t think a language change would ruin it at all.

(7) The Great Mermaid [LE SSERAFIM]

I admit, I didn’t see the vision for this song when it first came out, but OH MY GOD do I get it now. I can definitely see this one for ITZY, especially that killer post chorus.

(8) YUCK [Charli XCX]

Charli XCX and ITZY are such a good mix, I couldn’t help giving them one of her most underrated pop anthems. This one has Ryujin written all over it

(9) LUCID [Rina Sawayama] (Promoted B-Side)

Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a Rina song? And this one especially is fucking amazing. Realistically I know the lyrics would be different for a K-Pop release, but just the UK dance-pop vibes alone are so fun. Somi did it with Fast-Forward, and as a Brit it's so funny to see idols release stuff that wouldn’t be out of place on the radio here. Yeji would eat this song up, but IMAGINE THE CHOREOGRAPHY.

(10) LOG-OUT [4s4ki]

Other than the obvious nice parallels with the album intro title, I think this song is such a fun album closer for ITZY. I hate that groups like ITZY consistently release ballads as their album closer, like they have no business singing in a bpm that slow. Obviously I don’t think they would sing in Japanese, but the pure chaos of this track would be such a fun experiment for them. (This one was for u @shyreol)

@a-moth-to-the-light im so interested to see ur thoughts on my made up album, and for ur one if u end up doing it :)

[avocifera]

hi! im the anon from the last ask! i love your ideas as well omg

- i feel like if julien got gf allegations, rockstar!reader could also have done something really drastic like covering “break up with your gf cuz im bored” by ariana grande and posting a thirst trap as well

- also yes!!! reader is for sure closer to lucy and phoebe, so i think they always encourage julien to talk to them but julien is also so shy about it bc reader has this cool aura on them

- to add: “bad idea” by ariana grande is so rockstar!reader releasing after breaking up, and having a very sexy performance at the grammys and julien doesn’t know about it (like vigilante shit performance at the eras tour)

- and when they are already together julien gets a reader tattoo

hi anon !! i >>loved<< your last ask sm and thanks 😭 i’ve been delulu for years now so glad i’m creative sometimes lol! but anyways let’s get onto this ask now !!

- i can a hundred percent see reader going a little crazy when they hear the rumors abt julien having a girlfriend, maybe on some gossip accs or whatever? and i see them calling lucy like “ain’t no way that’s true right?” and posting a cover/song link of “break up with your gf” on insta like the next moment

- the thirst trap post? would happen no doubt! actually i remembered a post that a member from the kpop group wjsn made after people said she posted a lot about her body?? idk i feel like reader would post something with the same vibes as dawon (she’s in the photo i included for context, it’s not saying that reader looks like that or anything, just same vibes of the pic!!)

- onto reader being closer to phoebe and lucy, i love to think that they would sometimes tease julien for being so shy whenever reader is around and when reader gets to know about that, they go protective mode like “hey!! stop teasing julien, leave her be 😠😠”

- ok i really love this idea of reader performing bad idea??? maybe something like twice did with “cry for me” when they performed an already released song and then boom! new song very powerful and sexy one! so i can definitely feel reader using that opportunity to show the song for the first time and also making julien go ALL red and nervous because “oh my god that’s like the sexiest person i’ve ever laid eyes on 🤯”

- tattoos? yes please bring them all! so, in my mind reader and julien definitely got a tattoo together and maybe it was like a song lyrics/symbol/something that only they know the meaning behind but can also see julien surprising reader with a tattoo on the only space left on her arm and idk i can see the tattoo being reader’s naked silhouette or some art that kinda tells their story !!

[doyeons]

well i have basically every performance from purki downloaded and everything frommy did from talk and talk thru present and a bunch of 2018/2019 era weki meki and random assorted wjsn and now o don’t know where to even begin w/ my shameful amount of files

[mizugucci]

hiii everyone im finally posting this after ignoring all my tags for two weeks lmao. i love these kind of games though its fun to look back, so thank you for tagging me:

@floweruna / @hongberries @gnanii @yangsminho and @honeydewtual

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!

im sure most people have already done it, but ill tag some people just to say hi @taegyunie @ambivartence @awek-s @flops @strhwaberries @hwichanis

i added way too much commentary, so this will go under a readmore lmao. also i included ALL gifs including from my gg and fandom sideblogs, not just bgs.

january

favorite: obviously my favorite was my magazine/gif thing i made for kenta's birthday (6th year in a row, this year will be 7) unfortunately it doesnt load very well lol

most popular: these txt gifs (sugar rush ride) and taehyun+stickers

february

favorite: i cant deny i still think about this set of sebin during snuper's rain of mind era... the sparkles will always have a chokehold on me. ps check out my pixy wings set

most popular: this joshua set (for whatever reason lol)

march

favorite: i have several but im rly happy at how the wjsn + butterflies set turned out, its so nice. also my two harry june sets have a soft spot in my heart

most popular: this set of svt aju nice, its not a surprise that when i post svt it gets way more notes lol. i do like it a lot though

april

favorite: by FAR my fav (excluding macarena) is my loona as witches gifset. its one ofmy best im not gonna lie but also.... yuma sunshine...

most popular: actually i had a couple that were fairly popular but uh another joshua gifset has the most but ALSO this blitzers macarena post is nearing 200 notes??? i would consider that a fave too. and apparently tumblr loves big yuto/little yuto the same i do

may

favorite: i outdid myself in my dkz 9 to 5 set here. like idk how it ended up looking good but i love it sm.

most popular: ANOTHER joshua set??? im not even joshua biased. hes just so pretty LOL this is boring ill mention the 2nd most popular too. which is also another boring svt set. NEXT is big yuto/little yuto again <3

june

favorite: i made a gifset pretending fly me to the moon had a m/v and it flopped SO HARD i forget that i actually made it. also not to sneak this one but bitsaeon is SOOOO beautiful

most popular: campus crush junseo was my most popular this month, AS IT SHOULD BE. everyone should love that teddy bear

july

favorite: mmm two horror-adjacent gifsets!!! a set for dreamcatcher's chase me and an au that set kino (ptg) as a horror protag. lol it was so niche but i enjoyed it

most popular: omg i didnt think it would be but junghwan in the move m/v... as it SHOULD BE (again) i was let down a lot by trsr this year but this song kept me interested

august

favorite: mmm probably changsun in heartbeat. i LOVE that song and also it brought me back to 2017. nostalgia is.. very strong lol

most popular: im ignoring yet another joshua set. sorry josh but lets let others have a spot lmao. actually after that, a gifset of jaechan in his pre-release solo has the most notes. thats crazy!

september

favorite: my fav is OBVIOUSLY the set of snuper + sparkles. supposedly i was going to turn it into a series of boys+sparkles but we'll see.

most popular: its kind of funny, it seems like there arent a lot of ptg stans on tumblr but they always crawl out of the woodwork to rb my ptg stuff. i love u guys. and i miss yanan.

october

favorite: another installment in my women+horror series was my fav for this month. girlies gotta love vampires

most popular: i am SO glad. if it is any of my sets to be popular, i would never be disappointed if its omega x. they deserve the WORLD and ill personally give it to them. btw my pics with jaehan and taedong turned out soo well but i look AWFUL with sebin lmaooo

november

favorite: ahhh definitely anthonny in magic hour jacket behind. hes an ICON and i really liked him in bp

most popular: ohhh this was a surprise, i guess bc i only did 4 gifsets in november, but this seowon in wonderland m/v has the most notes. totally valid, hes beautiful

december

favorite: baby... yuma... sunshine loml obviously is my fav. hes sooo cute in that beret. and his smile. oh im gonna cry hes so cute LOOK AT MY SON!!!!!

most popular: i guess kpop has less of a reach on tumblr now because my one and only fandom post has the most notes lol. anyway if you havent seen a journey to love, you really should

a few thoughts:

well, its not a surprise that my most popular were seventeen and txt but it was interesting to see the variety of groups that i did gif besides them

peak time really had (has) a chokehold on me lmaoooo so many sets spawned from that show.

i also giffed more than i thought i had, so that was very neat to discover. although it was funny i posted 4 gifsets in the entirety of november

i talked so much and i apologize but thank you to anyone who even scrolled down this far, thanks for bearing with me!!

[thelargefrye]

[ . . . ] IXLUVS FANDOM BREAKDOWN

EXILE HER would announce her fandom name on JULY 1, 2018 just SIXTEEN days after her debut. named IXLUVS, the soloist explained that it’s a play on word for “I LOVE” which combines I + EXILE + LOVE all together.

NICKNAMES : ixluvies, you little fuckers, luvs, my demonic fairies

LIGHTSTICK : X-LIGHT

IXLUVS SELCA DAY : the 16th of every month

IXLUVS EMOJI : 🧚‍♀️

OO. FAN DEMOGRAPHICS

AGE RANGE : ixluvs demographic is wide for its age range. ranging from teens to people in their early-60s. the wide age range comes from the fact that you try a new concept with each comeback, which also sometimes involves a new sound. many fans in their twenties enjoy the more darker and dance centered tracks while older and younger fans enjoy your more light hearted and even retro-inspired tracks.

GENDER : compared to the age demographic, ixluvs are made up of a majority of females and people who identify as nonbinary or genderqueer. you have struggled with having male fans since debut as most of your aesthetics have been geared more towards females rather than males. it’s also been revealed that most of your fans are apart of the LGBTQ+ community.

REGIONS : you are most popular in east asia, north america, oceania, and europe. your largest fanbases are found in korea, america, japan, ireland, italy, australia, and new zealand.

OTHER FANDOMS THEY ARE CLOSE TO : atiny ( ateez ) midzy ( itzy ) revluvs ( red velvet ) orbits ( loona ) ujung ( wjsn ) stays ( stray kids ) moa ( txt ) insomnia ( dreamcatcher )

OO. FAN REPUTATION

ANTISOCIAL : many ixluvs have revealed themselves to be quite antisocial which mimics you and your homebody behaviors. while they are friendly and close with other fandoms, it is mostly because of said other fandom.

CLIQUE : probably one of the few bad traits. ixluvs have been known to stick together especially on social media platforms. only multis are often seen interacting with other fandoms especially on twitter.

NONCOMPETITIVE : to the older ixluvs the numbers have never been a thing. there are a few newer fans who are obsessed with streaming and voting, but most fans have learned that winning isn’t that big of thing and that you just want to make music and have a good time with them, performing.

HUMOROUS : netizens labeled them as one of the funniest fandoms due to how often they are making memes out of you. they are also well-known to use spongebob memes to represent you, much to your fake annoyance. if you see a spongebob meme floating around on kpop twitter, please go ahead and assume it’s an ixluv clowning you.

OO. FAN FAVORITES

ANTHEMS : forgive me, mmmh, obsession, mago, mama

FAVORITE ALBUMS : temptation: roots, connections: paradox, planet eater

FAVORITE ERAS : twit, psycho, mago, mmmh

FAVORITE TITLE TRACKS : gashina, twit, forgive me, psycho, black swan, mmmh

FAVORITE B SIDES : obsession, anywhere but home, naughty

FAVORITE COVERS : bang bang ( big bang ) so hot ( wonder girls ) bohemian rhapsody ( queen ) gentleman ( psy ) fire ‘ spring day ‘ blood sweat and tears ( bts ) bubble pop ( hyuna ) abracadabra ( brown eyed girls )

OO. FAN TRIVIA

ixluvs have a strong relationship with ateez’s fandom, atiny.

ixluvs don’t tend to get into very many guess however one notable fued was when they got into several arguments with dive in the past. 

their nickname “you little fuckers” came about when you were on a live and a sasaeng kept calling you to which you said “yah, you little fuckers, stop calling me i’m trying to talk.”

there’s a subculture of ixluvs that involves stay-at-moms who are die hard fans. the moms have a very parental love towards you and few you as their own daughter. they have been dubbed as “IXMOMS” by other fans. ixmoms are often seen with bringing their own children to fansigns and concerts.

ixluvs are most well-known to be very respectful towards you and your privacy minus a few bad eggs here and there. netizens also labeled them as the fandom that is the most open as seen when your relationship with yeosang was revealed.

[dahyun]

Sujeong from Lovelyz, Dahyun from Twice, Jeongyeon from Twice, Hani from EXID, Yujin IVE/IZ*ONE, Eunha GFriend/VIVIZ, Luda WJSN

Some of these were just when their dark blue faded, but I hope this helps!

do u happen to know which eras or what year hani and luda had blue hair?? if not that's ok!! this was super helpful either way & i rly appreciate ur help!! 💙💙💙

[doyeons-archived]

hii, for the idol era requests, can I get a cheng xiao from wjsn in secret era ? thank you in advance !

hi here it is!! i’m so sorry this took literally forever!!!

[aettuddae]

hiiii 😁

ive never rlly read an interactive fic b4 so im very interested to see how this plays out 😭😭 also the love interest being karina AND kazuha…war flashbacks

ALSO OMG WAYV MEMBERS 🫶🫶 i have never seen anyone put them in a fic b4 (and the fact one of them is xiaojun my bias made me more excited lol)

i thought the kyuin introduction was VERY creative and i loved it 🤭 what a very funny way to show the personality of a character, just have them go back n forth with the author! when i read her bio i was like hmm thats a paramore title…👀 (turns out she likes paramore! kyuin queen alr)

ngl this grouplore is kinda alr more interesting than heaven just because they are villains, i dont think i know any groups where they are all the villains in the story (even tho they prob give more antihero with the whole aspect of the chips failing and stuff) the group probably has really cool looking music videos too! one of the picture u added kinda reminded me of tlc no scrub music video! i like that mv visuals!!!

BLESS ME ACHOO 🤧🤧SIMON SAYS BE COOL 😎😎 DONT BE SUCH A FOOL 😳😳 SIMON SAYS URIN REAL VIBE KILLA KILLA KILLA KILLA

i feel like you know alot of groups 😭😭if u dont mind me asking which ones do u like stan vs casually listen to?

also dont worry, as long as u keep making karina crazy and delusional af, spidy anon aint leaving anytime soon 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

good luck at work today aettuddae!

-🕷️

hello anon !!!

i hope i can pull it out well and that you guys understand what the premise is, and we can create a good story. i really like names that start with ka.. karina, kazuha.. (iykyk), welcome back hole in one !

we got the chinese gays on this story !! scratching from the few male idols i like, but i love ten and xiaojun so much

super glad you liked the idea, i was nervous because i thought people would think it was corny 😭 for me it was fun, so i'm happy to read this. kyuinie breaking the aettuddae character stereotype of being a swiftie, let's go !!

yeah, their lore might be the most interesting one of all the olympia groups. as you say, antihero-like, and the battle between good and evil, what makes a human good, etc. i kinda link it to hunger games when peeta was brainwashed to hate katniss, but he ends up fighting it back. and aesthetically is cyber since they're machines, sound a little nct sounding, but with 2nd gen vibes. the tlc scrub video is definitely in the vision !!

simon says supremacy 🗣🗣🗣

yep i've been in kpop for quite a while so i'm aware of the existence of MANY groups lol even if i don't stan them i know they exist. i stan a lot of groups, i guess, i've say already my ults are dreamcatcher, snsd and aespa, but i'm a huge exo, red velvet and shinee stan, and i had a heavy f(x) era too.. a pink blood basically 😅 i also stan blackpink, fromis_9, le sserafim, loona and wjsn, and iu..

i'm sounding a little obsessive 😭

i listen casually to itzy, nct, tvxq, mamamoo, ateez and almost anything really. but i'm familiar with idols personalities a lot, idk how to explain why

i just consume a lot of kpop 😅 you anon? who do you listen to? who do you stan?

thanks for staying here, spidy anon

[suanderland]

ㅤ𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙪𝙖

ʚ 𝘗͟𝘳͟𝘦͟-𝘥͟𝘦͟𝘣͟𝘶͟𝘵͟ 𝘦͟𝘳͟𝘢 & 𝘠͟𝘎͟ 𝘵͟𝘳͟𝘢͟𝘪͟𝘯͟𝘦͟𝘦. ɞ

Moon Sua was from Cheongju, South Korea.

Moon Sua was born on September 9, 1999.

Moon Sua usually made an appearance in her brother (Moon Bin✝︎)’s childhood photoshoot.

Moon Sua grew up in a supportive family, following her brother to join in an academy to learn more about dance and singing.

Around 2009, Moon Sua passed YG audition and accepted as a trainee when 2NE1 were still rookies.

Moon Sua trained in YG in the same time with WINNER’s Jinu, B.I, and Jennie. Moon Sua is one of the longest trainee there. (source: here, she said it during Unpretty Rapstar 2 era which was around 2015)

She was a part of Future 2NE1 alongside PD48 contestant Park Seoyoung, soloist Youha, and Fromis_9 Lee Seoyeon.

In 2012, YG announced them as Future 2NE1 (which says would be debut 4 years later) in a dance practice video.

In 2015, rumor spreaded that a YG trainee will join Unpretty Rapstar 2 and many thought it will be Jennie (since she has been worked with some artists already) but turns out it’s Moon Sua and it’s her first ever appearance in public after years. (Sua’s teaser)

Long story short, Moon Sua made it to be the third runner up (4th place) in Unpretty Rapstar 2 despite being the youngest contestant and a trainee there (along with WJSN Exy).

As some trainees left already, Moon Sua was re-teamed in Team A (for the longest trainee) along with soloist Youha, dancer Rosy (Prowdmon), Sadaju, Seol Minha, and Kang Seojin. (Team A video)

Around 2018~19, Moon Sua and Youha (the trainees left from Future 2NE1) appeared in a show called YG Future Strategy Office in episode 4 along with other boys and girls trainees.

After 10 years of training, Moon Sua was annouced leaving the company as her Instagram account revealed. (that time it was dalda9_li, changed to dalssu_9, dalssu_a, and now a_us_noom)

ʚ 𝘗͟𝘳͟𝘦͟-𝘥͟𝘦͟𝘣͟𝘶͟𝘵͟ & 𝘔͟𝘺͟𝘴͟𝘵͟𝘪͟𝘤͟ 𝘚͟𝘵͟𝘰͟𝘳͟𝘺͟ 𝘵͟𝘳͟𝘢͟𝘪͟𝘯͟𝘦͟𝘦͟ 𝘦͟𝘳͟𝘢͟. ɞ

Moon Sua name was spotted in Mystic Story’s Listen Stage November schedule, since that information spoiled, everyone thought Sua is joining the company. (this post, date 19)

Moon Sua revealed herself right on November 19, 2019 on her first ever Listen Stage (live busking in front of Mystic Story’s building) and showed her vocals we barely know when she was still in YG. (Moon Sua first listen stage)

All Moon Sua’s Listen Stage could be watched here.

On February 2020, Mystic Story opened an Instagram account for their new girlgroup named mystic.rookies with 7 members for their line up and Moon Sua is one of them.

Get to know Mystic Rookies members here.

Mystic Rookies Instagram account was so active just like the members’ diary even they have their own personal accounts. But then after October 2020, they didn’t post anymore contents.

Around September/October 2021 Mystic Rookies finally opened some official accounts under the name Billlie with 3L for the new girlgroup name. The name Billlie stylized as Bi11lie, stands for Bi (rain in Korean), 11 (from their lores), and lie.

Their short lore for their debut can be watched here for the part 1 and part 2.

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[jieqionq]

band aid.

[linohaven]

⠀𐚁 to be sensation, | haneul's profile

⠀⊹ masterlist

⠀⊹ go haneul

⠀⊹ basic info

stage name: haneul (하늘) birth name: go haneul (고하늘) nickname(s): sky, sloth, birthday: 5th august 1995 zodiac sign: leo birthplace: daegu, south korea nationality: korean family: father, younger brother (born in 1999)

⠀⊹ physical

height: 169cm blood type: B body modification: two earlobe piercings on both ears, helix piercing on her left ear, four phases of the moon with a small star in the centre of them tattooed down her spine

face claim: oh my girl's yooa vocal claim: oh my girl's seunghee rap claim: fromis_9's saerom dance claim: wjsn's bona

⠀⊹ personality

mbti: infp mbti description: mediator. they are creative and imaginative and happily lose themselves in daydreams, as they invent stories and conversation in their minds. they often long for deep, soulful relationships and are often idealistic and empathetic. positive traits: ambitious, caring, open-minded neutral traits: playful, confident negative traits: impulsive, emotional

⠀⊹ career

occupation: idol, composer, actress agency: fnc entertainment group: sf9 debut date: 5th october 2016 position in sf9: lead vocalist representative emoji: ☁️

⠀⊹ trivia

⇝ joined fnc entertainment as a trainee back in 2012, but was only put into the dance lineup months before <dance or band> ⇝ auditioned fnc entertainment by playing the electric guitar ⇝ apart from playing the guitar, she can also play the bass and the drums ⇝ didn't participate in one of the missions for <dance or band> after collapsing due to stress and exhaustion ⇝ haneul hates skinship, unless it is initiated by herself ⇝ in the beginning, many speculate that there is tension between haneul and the boys, as there have been instances where she would stand away from them during interviews ⇝ but she clarifies on vlive that she's just afraid of the fans shipping her romantically with the members ⇝ eventually, she gave up, and by o sole mio era, she became comfortable on-screen and showed affection to the other members ⇝ she has pretty extreme sleeping habits (cursing in her sleep, sleepwalking, hitting, and occasionally grinding her teeth) ⇝ a crybaby ... ⇝ when sf9 first debuted, she lived together with the other female trainees. however, after sf9 splits and have two different dorms, she joined into the new dorms together with inseong, dawon, zuho and rowoon ⇝ she has a own room of course

[leechaeyyeon]

BEST KPOP RELEASES - 2022

yes, i know, i'm late to this trend-thingy. but hey, it's been a month so it could've been worse. also…if your fave isn't on here, i don't know what to tell you…! probably that they make terrible music?

25. flip that — loona

even though I disliked the song at first, it has grown on me well and for that it deserves a spot on this list. and fawk bbc for leaving those girls out in the cold, they could have been so much more than they were if it wasn't for that company

24. sparkling — chungha

after bicycle and killing me this song is the best way to come back. she looked so gorgeous here, the song made me feel like a princess. now that bvndit and chungha both left that terrible company i'm hoping it goes bankrupt 🙏

23. loveable — joyuri

people keep calling this song boring left and right and i'm like?? it's fun and catchy, you all just hate cute songs 😒

22. undo — heize

retro done right, we love you heize!

21. trouble? travel! — adora

need chuu to debut solo with a concept like this

20. higher — fifty fifty

everyone hating on this song hates ggs it's true. please support my sisters when they come back this month

19. sunflower — yoojung

this song is so yoojung in the best way possible

18. last sequence — wjsn

wjsn still holding onto the elegant concept when theyre on the verge of disbandment #consistency

17. 28 reasons — seulgi

need more red velvet spooky songs ASAP

16. loveade — viviz

this song is so viviz/gfriend in the best way possible. like this is the most them thing they ever did

15. stay this way — fromis_9

needed a day or two to let this song grow on me but ever since this song has been on repeat. not to mention the amazing bsides, they always serve

14. _world — seventeen

disliked almost every boy group release this year, but seventeen really blew me away, will definitely tune in for that bss release

13. hush rush — lee chaeyeon

this song was so different than I had expected her to debut solo with, but I don't mind! need her to do a barbie like concept next



12. hype boy — newjeans

this song is too good. you just HAVE to like it.

11. sneakers — itzy

i honestly don't get the hate around this song, it was pretty good actually! also, there are people who like nmixx's music…focus on that first

10. feel my rhythm — red velvet

everytime I hear this song I ASCEND. their vocals are no joke, and those outfits?? 😩

9. smartphone — yena

this song is too good. you just HAVE to like it.

8. antifragile — lesserafim

this song is too good. still upset this song didn't get nominated for soty

7. after like — ive

sampling I will survive and then make out this masterpiece, starship finally made a right decision for once. the whole era outfitwise and stage wise do this song justice. might learn the dance just because

6. beautiful monster — stayc

this song has been dragged through the mud for no reason. okay, it wasn't that up in your face like other releases this year, but I think that's completely fine! it's calmer for stayc, and that's what I like about it. also, I like it having a stage made up for it, since that song was one of my most played songs last summer

5. patbingsu — billlie

this song is so kpop in the best way possible: 7 girls singing about a silly little dessert. like?? it's almost ironic how much effort that company put in to release a song dedicated to patbingsu just to make the worst punk release ever known to humanity. hoping for more quirky songs soon

4. loveticon — csr

this song??? you guys don't get it like I do. it's so genius. from the great rap with an awesome word play, to just being one of the best nugu releases this year.

3. selfish — yooa

okay, i know we all hate yooa but HEAR ME OUT... it's not that bad actually…like?? I actually felt something else than being weirded out when listening to it. need her to release more of these songs. other than her looking bored af on the stage most of the time I have no complaints

2. dance on — alice

and when the world needed alice the most, they finally came back! this song is so simple yet so impactful. should've gotten a music show win, tho. need them to feed onto this newfound fame and release more songs like this

run — h1-key

alright, i know what you're thinking: who the hell is h1-key? and that's what's wrong with kpop stans! like, how could you NOT know h1-key? sure, their debut was (very) disappointing, but they perfectly picked themselves up again with run. I was very surprised when I heard this song, since it was so simple yet so fun. rose blossom did kinda disappoint me, since I had hoped they would feed into the cute sporty concept, but they put it down just as quickly as they had picked it up. don't get me wrong, rose blossom is fine, but it wasn't the route I was expecting them to take.

some honorable mentions:

talk that talk — twice // seoul — bol4 // last dance — youha // pop?pop! — csr

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2022 kpop wrap up

bro this year did not let up for a second

quick thank yous

wjsn chocome super yuppers thank you for making camp kpop again

fromis_9 dm was the first choreography i learned this year thanks for letting me be a sexy queen for a bit

taeyeon INVU music video was so aesthetically in sync with endwalker that it blew my tiny weed addled brain

pixy villain goth bitches rise up

twice celebrate yeah i cried when they renewed ok

dance class staples

viviz bop bop i didnt watch queendom2

ive love dive you already know

aespa illusion sluuuurp

b side spotlight

rocket punch in my world

red velvet bamboleo

purple kiss singles were ass but their bsides were gold

twice basics fuuuuck yeah dude

itzy racer vocal fry queens

wjsn done dont disband dont disband dont disband

fav post-izone project

i cant even tell you how much joy i get out of seeing most of the izone girlies thriving. yena, yuri, chaeyeon, and eunbi all made fantastic solo songs, wonyoung, yujin, chaewon, and sakura are tearing it up in ive and le sserafim respectively, and I even got peeks of nako and hitomi throughout the year. like, my tiny heart cant take it.

i loved eunbi in izone, i loved her when i watched produce 48 this year, and as a soloist in 2022 she absolutely impressed me. her icy voice and house instrumentals are just what i need and i thoroughly loved glitch and underwater

fav songs i changed my mind about

okay O.O literally had me by the throat until the let me be your super heroooo and then i lost interest. I think I had hit superhero mental saturation from existing on the internet for the last five years and hearing the word superhero was somehow the last straw & i was just like fuck this song. I was wrong dude. several months later, my bedtime edibles would hit and I'd be typing O.O into the youtube search bar multiple nights a week.

also

billlie gingaminga yo

I reluctantly got into boy groups this year

I got into kpop back in 2013 because the goth bar near me had a monthly kpop night. the bartenders were mean as fuck but made unbelievably strong drinks, and they would project the music videos onto a huge screen and my roommate and I would get sloshed and try to twerk to HyunA. It was a simple and beautiful time. but. the DJ who ran the event was such an unabashed EXO stan and we would spend half of the night drunkenly talking shit about her not playing enough girl group songs.

it makes zero sense for me to still have this chip on my shoulder, especially in a year where pretty much everyone agrees that girl groups dominated the industry, but I've been admittedly ignoring boy groups for the majority of my time as a kpop fan and it just started to feel unfair.

drag me for this but Blessed-Cursed got its claws into my brain. I was sick of not knowing what naega byeonhae meant. I liked doing the silly anime pose choreo during Thunderous. I'm like, vaguely aware of who the members of Seventeen are. wow. truly in my growth era. dont ask me about nct tho

who i'm watching for 2023

Fifty Fifty had a no-skip debut mini. higher is fantastic dizzying bubblegum pop, log in is?? cyber girl crush?? lovin me is smooth af, this mini is just so polished for a debut

CSR ohhh myyyy goddd are they filling such a sorely needed niche in kpop right now. I couldn't get into pop? pop the fuzzy effect sounded vaguely horror movie to me, but loveticon is wonderful I can't wait to see what they do next.

period

basically nothing i can say about these tracks, if you listen to them you feel the impact

le sserafim antifragile

ive after like

newjeans ditto

i hope 2023 is better for yall

kep1er good luck truly

itzy blink twice if you need help burying jyps body

loona unionize

closing thoughts

I got to see Twice play in new york and that was sick. thats all

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