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[prplocks]

♡☆♡ h1-key wallpaper

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[mei-youmeworld]

Lee Seunghyun

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[bbybluluv]

cr. camille_cotet on twt

[briankang]

Young K IDOL RADIO Homecoming (feat. special guests Youngjae of GOT7 and members of H1-KEY) [1/2/3]

[nemui67909]

この曲を聴くと泣いてしまう。韓国のガールズグループの曲は強い女性をテーマにした曲が多いけど、この曲はただ強いだけじゃなくて、大変だったこと、頑張ってきたことを思い出してもう一度自分を奮い立たせている健気さみたいなのを感じる。それから、女友達が「まだ、まだだよ、一緒に行くよ」と励ましてくれているような、そんな心強さも感じる。だから泣いてしまう。この涙は卒業式の涙に似ている。世界を鋭い眼差しで睨んでいる少女の物語が詰まっているみたい。　

和訳

ビルの間に咲いたバラ

どうか生き残ってくれたら

折れないで すくすく育って

全身を覆っているトゲ

どれだけ辛かったの

耐えてくれてありがとう

美しくない花はみんな

切り捨てて

美しければ美しいで

摘んで いつかは枯れて

どうして放っておけないの

そのまま通り過ぎて

悪環境の中で咲いたわけじゃない

頑張って生きてきたじゃない hey

私はビルの間に咲いたバラ

索漠としたこの都市が美しく染まるまで

前を向いて頑張る 最後まで

皆が私の香りを嗅いで酔いしれ 笑うまで

Oh oh oh oh

No I'm not goin' down I'll be alright

Yeh I'm only goin' up and Imma be alright

Hey

私は望んでここで咲いたんじゃないと

恨んでみても変わらない 何も

振り返ってみると

前だけ見てきた私がいる

その都度 よく耐えたと

思わない ただ自分を信じた

強い風が吹いて

私を折ろうとしても

しょっちゅう虫が私に

ついて苦しめても

No いつもめげずに

倒れない私

悪環境の中で咲いたわけじゃない

頑張って生きてきたじゃない hey

私はビルの間に咲いたバラ

索漠としたこの都市が美しく染まるまで

前を向いて頑張る 最後まで

皆が私の香りを嗅いで酔いしれ 笑うまで

Keep it up

Oh oh oh oh

It's a song for you and I

Say that we're alive

Celebrate it now

私はビルの間に咲いたバラ

索漠としたこの都市が美しく染まるまで

前を向いて頑張る 最後まで

皆が私の香りを嗅いで酔いしれ 笑うまで

Keep it up

Oh oh oh oh

No I'm not goin' down I'll be alright

Yeh I'm only goin' up and Imma be alright

Hey

Keep it up

Oh oh oh oh

No I'm not goin' down I'll be alright

Yeh I'm growin' up and Imma be alright

Hey

[mouseoho]

there are two wolves inside me . one wants to switch my url back to mouseoho . one of them wants to keep the aesthetic h1key url . i will self destruct over the uncertainty

[sanstropfremir]

ok nana unsubtly kicked me in the ass about this and i realized they were mostly done anyways so here we go! only four months late!

best stylings 2023 - first half

runners' up

rising - triples

there are two good stages with funky athletic wear, but it wasn't enough to bump it up to the overall category. mcountdown 230216, the show 230221

abyss - woodz

didn't promote it which is a shame, but the variety in the costuming for the different versions of himself is well done and it's a beautifully shot bottle mv.

moody - superkind

you got a fake member you gotta make it spooky!!! he's not real that's inherently spooky!!! anyways this is what i wanted them to do right off the bat some i'm glad they finally got my psychic memo.

golden hour - mark

absolutely fucking crazy. fantastic imagery. i think i talked about it earlier in the year but it's such a stupid and hilarious idea to make a whole diss track mv about a several year old meme and then actually make it strange and weird art. obsessed with it still.

sos - kang daniel

i'm also including the wasteland music sequence here because holy shit when this dropped i lost my mind. i'm always surprised by what kang daniel does bc i can never predict it, which over the last few years i'm coming to enjoy. and i absolutely did not expect him to produce basically an entire wild west mad max movie with equal the production value???? literally how did he do this. how. and then everyone paid it dirt??? it's an amazing mv and one of my faves of the year, the only reason it's not bumped up categories is bc although the styling was actually one of the only times tactical gear has been thematically relevant to a cb, its been so overused that it has no punch anymore, which makes me sad bc the tactical gear was good! and a good choice! and i feel bad saying it has no punch bc it should have!

small talk - kim sungkyu

we love when sungkyu acknowledges that he's annoying and a loser. all these outfits were so losercore. i loved this deviation from form for him; he's normally king wailer supreme, but he does smooth upbeat rock very well and it's a nice contrast with the capital y yearning that's in the bsides. it's only here bc he didn't promote much and i'm mad at him for putting dancing in the mv and then not dancing in any of the stages. mcountdown 230629, music core 230708, inkigayo 230709

ay-yo - nct 127

this is just here for taeyong's urchin outfit. well i'm a bit of liar it is actually a really fun early 00s inspired mv, but we all know the urchin outfit stole the show.

stamp on it - got the beat

i will hear NO slander against got the beat in this house, this was a great mv i love hot women planning a heist.

tricky house - xikers

FANTASTIC debut. does a really great job of establishing a character for them as a group and it's got such unique flavour. kq has made great use of their ateez money and also the lessons that they learned with ateez. i'm excited to see where xikers goes in the future, and since i'm writing this section from the future i can say that i do like where they've gone with full confidence. the only reason it didn't make the top list is bc the styling is kinda average for this era of kpop.

best overall

rose blossom - h1 key

i was aware of h1key before this but they hadn't really grabbed me, but damn this cb was so good. the mv is a nice mix of story and dance sections. plus a surreal section in the middle! and by virtue of being like the first cb of the year, they got the jump on this alt girl look that would be the dominating look for ggs this year. and i do think first did it best in this case, all the looks are smart with good group synergy and and a lot of creativity; when you do this type of alt-y punky style it's important that there's a diy element to it, which a lot of groups fail to grasp bc stylists are obsessed with luxury branding. h1key manages to avoid that mostly by being flops, but i'd like to believe its also bc their creative team cared about capturing the true spirit of the style.

stages: music bank 230106, mcountdown 230202, music bank 230203, mcountdown 230119, inkigayo 230108

tic tac - 8turn

honestly i was kinda ready to not like these guys since mnh shat the bed with chungha, but then i remembered that the mnh creative team is very good at their jobs, so here we are. this is one of the few debuts/cbs this year where every single stage was a hit and it was very hard to narrow down to just a few for here; lots of good emphasis on shape and colour and accent pieces with repeated motifs, which was a big part of the fashion in the 00s that they are remixing here. very strong debut especially for so early in the year and i'm looking forward to more.

stages: show champion 230208, mcountdown 230202, music bank 230203, show champion 230222, music core 230211, mcountdown 230223, music core 230225, inkigayo 230226

bonus: this absolutely hysterical 4minute cover (they even got the name bucket hats! not in the stage, but they had them in photos)

sweet juice - purple kiss

i'm not normally a fan of wes anderson or wes anderson inspired aesthetics because i find them too twee and perfect, but this wasn't too direct in it's inspirations and definitely had the spooky purki flavour. i really liked the uniformity of the costuming, both literally using uniform motifs and using the same fabrics; i really do miss the days when kpop costumes were design to actually be costumes with the group image in mind.

stages: mcountdown 230216, inkigayo 230219, music core 230225, music bank 230224, inkigayo 230226, music core 230304, inkigayo 230305

sour & sweet - bambam

bambam again proving that he's one of the few idols that knows his shit in terms of interesting styling. also if anyone knows where he filmed the mv/performance vid please tell me i need to know bc its so beautiful.

stages: mcountdown 230330, music bank 230331, inkigayo 230402, music bank 230407, music core 230408, inkigayo 230409,

bsides: music bank 230331, inkigayo 230409,

macarena - blitzers

i'm so so so glad blitzers got a bit more attention this year bc they deserve it and macarena was so good. perfect culmination of their goofy ass talents and the unusual creativity of their performance + creative directors. i'm even linking the mv teaser here bc its so goofy and offbeat and different. honestly i'd recommend watching as many of the stages as you can find bc they do different intros every time and it's very funny, but unfortunately tumblr has a link limit so i can't link them all.

stages: show champion 230426, music bank 230428, music core 230429, inkigayo 230430, inkigayo 230514, music core 230527

bouncy - ateez

yea yea yea nobody is surprised so sue me. this was a crazy followup to halazia and proved that ateez can deftly switch between serious dramatic performance and comedic but no less dramatic. i'm very happy to see how much work has been going into the main ateez mvs in the last year because it has very clear and striking direction that fits both their performance style and their creative ambition, as well as their growth as a group. also yea i'm not immune to neon cowboy shit.

stages: inkigayo 230618, music bank 230616, the show 230620, mcountdown 230622, music bank 230623, mcountdown 230629, music core 230701, inkigayo 230702

kick it 4 now - tnx

tnx had an absolutely banging 2023 and although kick it 4 now is has superior and more comprehensive production, love or die is also a very good cb, and both of them together have shown that they have a really good grasp on the genre of teen listlessness, from two different directions. kick it 4 now has been i think the most successful cb to actually capture the feel of first gen, and the creative team did a lot of extra work in order to pull that off. from all the graphic design to the goofy lil 90s style music show promos, to the styling, they had a clear goal and achieved it. i think it will be quite difficult for any other group to pull it off this thoroughly.

stages: music bank 230609 (the giant lyrics!!!), music core 230610, show champion 230614 (more giant lyrics!!), music core 230617, mcountdown 230622

shooting star + left right - xg

we all already know that left right was my most listened song this year, but the fact that the mv was b movie sci fi star trek themed? it's like simon made everything about this specifically for me thank you. xg blew everyone out of the water this year on every front; music, styling, choreography, you name it. i said i wanted groups to commit to their bits and i got it. they were completely unafraid to actually commit to the y2k nostalgia AND to harajuku styling; a lot of groups have weakly pawed at it but always back away due to the fact that harajuku and y2k are not actually 'pretty' fashion trends, which leaves their attempts half assed with no real understanding of why and how those trends happened. xg came saw and conquered the current trend in a way that only a japanese gg can do. my only annoyance is that they tone down the stylings when they promote on music shows, and i know why they do it, so it's not an annoyance at them, it's an annoyance at everyone else.

stages: shooting star - mcountdown 230202, con-tour 230217, the show 230221, inkigayo 230212, inkigayo 230205, con-tour 230224

left right - the show 230228, show champion 230222

circle - onew

absolute masterpiece. album of the year in every way. it's a profoundly beautiful unpacking of grief and the sadness that comes with acknowledging that things change, and the way that in that change life and humanity and story is eternal. a circle. the theatre imagery combined with the 60s style children's tv show use their similar but contrasting forms to illustrate the same point: something can be eternal and fleeting at the same time, and that heightens its value rather than diminishing it. the promo campaign was so thought out as well, i love the integration of the theatre imagery into the highlight medley and i highly recommend you watch it if you haven't. one of the best cbs from a solo artist in years.

stages: mcountdown 230309, music core 230311, music bank 230317, inkigayo 230319

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ignore the fact this was almost five months late even though i started writing in like. november. i'm busy ok. it's planting season and i have to send so much post. the choreos post is the next most finished so that will probably be out before the styling second half one.

[scortchedtoast]

Toast's Top 15 Title Tracks of 2023

1. Get Up, the whole EP- New Jeans: it was incredible honestly and since they kinda treated every song as a title track I lumped them all in for the number one spot.

2. Rose Blossom- H1key

3. Cupid- Fifty Fifty: The strike, the lawsuits, the members being kicked out and the general evilness of attract made this fall from its number 2 position but the song is a bop Aran and Soso did their thing.

4. Shining Bright- CSR

5. Eve, Psyche and the Bluebeard's Wife- Lesserafim: I know ppl got sick of it after all the remixs but I didn't listen to those so it didn't get overplayed for me.

6. Sugarcoat- Natty

7. C'mon- Jini

8. Bonvoyage- Dream Catcher

9. Ditto/ Omg- New Jeans

10. Girls' Capitalism- Triples

11. The Flash- Kwon Eunbi

12. Air Force One- Odd Eye Circle/ Sensitive Loosemble: I'm just so happy to have loona back air force one was a bit empty and senstive took time to grow on me but I'm biased so of course theyre in my list.

13. Spicy- Aespa: I am shocked beyond belief to add aespa to this list but they really hooked me with this song and then immediately lost me with drama.

14. Love me Like This- Nmixx: the official shift in their discography where we left mixx pop behind (for two comebacks).

15. Bite Me- Enhyphen: obligitory 1 boy group entry for the list. I was quite shocked by how much I liked the song when I heard it, so I went back and listened to some of their orher songs and I think they put out some good music.

Honorable Mention

#Menow- Fromis9: their whole album was incredible but menow was my least favorite song and since this is ranking title tracks they don't make the list. However if it was for albums they would be up at the top with New Jeans.

[masckarlach]

i could go into detail about how every single baldurs gate character given the Good Route is so rose blossom by h1key and i will

[mei-youmeworld]

Han Shinyoung

[aridavid]

just realized that no h1key member performed athletic girl what the fuck!! you guys do rose blossom twice instead of your debut song?! fucked!!

[bbybluluv]

[briankang]

Young K performing Rose Blossom (originally sung by H1-KEY) for K-909

[pieonadorok]

i need to listen to h1key still!!! i've heard of them but sadly haven't listened yet!! thank u for reminding me

i wasnt a big fan of their first two releases but rose blossom is just soooooo perfect to me

[mouseoho]

kinda want to change my url back to mouseoho but also i really like the vibes of rose-blossom. feeling torn