✩‧₊˚ ⋅♡⋅ kathia · she/her · '95 · infj · bi · currently based in europe ⋅☾⋅ ˚₊‧✧
briefly known as hwangelbaby
seonghwa’s angel baby cover literally means the world to me
i've had this blog for ages and everything i like/have ever liked is here; it's a multifandom mess (mostly kpop, but over-all multifandom). i just keep adding and adding to it because i don't do sideblogs (except for my aes one @babyxcv)
ults: got7 (jackson) & ateez (seonghwa)
other groups/soloists i stan: zb1, kard, stray kids, exo, shinee, onlyoneof, the rose, twice, blackpink, woodz, sunmi, chungha, etc.
i'm a content creator; i make gifs, photo edits, the occasional gfx, and sometimes art (you can find a more detailed navigation under the cut!)
i've started tracking #userkathia; feel free to tag me in your creations! ♡
please do not repost any of my work.
everything: here
by type:
art / gifs / graphics / moodboards ( kpop/aes ) / photo edits / text posts / tutorials / themes
☆ IM SASHA !! she / her , intp , leo , film student , europe , slavic , bisexual , cat lover , yuzuru hanyu brainrot
☆ STAN !! NEW JEANS hyein , LE SSERAFIM kazuha , (G)I-DLE miyeon , BLACKPINK jisoo , RED VELVET seulgi , ITZY chaeryeong, TWICE mina , IVE wonyoung , AESPA ning ning , BTS namjoon , STRAY KIDS changbin , ENHYPEN ni-ki , TXT yeonjun , ATEEZ jongho , P1HARMONY jongseob , SEVENTEEN scoups , SOLOIST bibi , KARD j.seph , ZEROBASEONE ricky , XIKERS sumin
☆ CINEMATOGRAPHY!! BETTER DAYS xiao ALL OF US ARE DEAD nam-ra , SWEET HOME hyun-soo , ALICE IN BORDERLAND usagi , MY NAME jiwoo , THE UNCANNY COUNTER mun , THE GLORY dong-eun , VINCENZO chayoung , ALCHEMY OF SOULS dang-gu , JUVENILE JUSTICE eun-seok , KINGDOM moo-young , JUJUTSU KAISEN megumi , BUNGOU STRAY DOGS ranpo , BLACK KNIGHT 5-8, THE SILENT SEA dr hong
had a dream BM from kard flew me out and bought me tickets for their show and also gave me money to buy clothes and do my nails 💀 it was very much a groupie sugar baby dream like omfg they need to hurry the fack up with the tickets for europe obviously my brain is stressed out too i keep refreshing the site every time i wake up
hi, I'm Autumn, but you can call me Leaf or Faon as well, my pronouns are they/them, I currently live in central europe, am very queer, and was born in '95. after more than a decade on this hellsite ( affectionate ) — which is btw insane, like?? ten years??? — I think I'm staying for good. and what better way to sorta commemorate this decision than to finally write up an about me that I can pin? nothing, the answer is— [ untintelligiable ]
I've pretty early on decided not to have a sideblog for all of my hundreds of interests. so, on this blog I reblog and post everything I like to reblog or post. at the moment that's mostly kpop, pretty aesthetic stuff, and whichever show has currently caught my interest; I also reblog stuff about old favourites like dragon age, the Craig!Bond movies, marvel and DC stuff, shadowhunters and others. I really like vampires, languages, and I'm a plant parent and future university student, as well as a writer, a witch and fanfiction author. you can follow me on my irregularly updated writing blog @splittergheist ( that's the only sideblog worth noting tho ).
my last tumblr wrapped I think said it's like 90 percent reblogs and 10 percent original posts on here; I'm not really a gif maker or anything of the sort, but I will reblog every single Spirit - Stallion of Cimarron gif set that crosses my dash.
be kind in my inbox or I'll simply delete your ask. I tag all of my posts, but if you ask ( kindly ) I will try to remember tagging specific things! I also copy someone's previous tags sometimes and add 'prev tags' to comment on them or to immortalize them; but I really hate people using only prev tags, I don't think that's practical at all.
underneath the read more you'll find kpop related stuff and a tiny, stupid but lovely thing one of my mutuals wrote. thank you for reading, I hope your day finds you well. <3
@meant-to-be-a-hero was kind and stupid enough to actually write me a character reference for this because he's lovely like that.
How do you sum up Autumn in five lines or less?
The Best kpop teacher, they're the Author Of Everything You Wanted To Know About GOT7 And Some Things You Didn't for a reason - I owe everything I know to them.
Master Of Keyboard Smashes. The nuance, the skill, the variation, impeccable.
They can command conversation like no one else. Do you want to talk about multiple insane, hilarious, amazing things in quick succession? Then they're your person.
Basically, Autumn is 10/10, highly recommended. Is that five lines? Who knows, I wrote this in Notepad.
—Lem, who 1000% knows what he's talking about.
and now, for the kpop people reading this, an abbreviated list of the groups I like and stan, and my biases and wreckers.
if you've come here from twitter, please don't try and start a fight over multistanning / solostanning, or over voting and streaming. this is tumblr, not twitter, and we don't do that here. you can find me on twitter @ ahgasevenbirds.
ult group: GOT7 ( post-Encore / GOT7 era )
other groups & solo artists I like: NCT, G-IDLE, Kim Junsu aka XIA, ITZY, ATEEZ, Wonho & Monsta X, ONEUS, SHINee, SVT, MOMOLAND, MAMAMOO, EXO, KARD,...
☆ IM SASHA !! she / her , intp , leo , film student , europe , slavic , bisexual , cat lover , yuzuru hanyu brainrot
☆ STAN !! NEW JEANS hyein, LE SSERAFIM kazuha, (G)I-DLE yuqi, BLACKPINK jisoo , RED VELVET seulgi, ITZY chaeryeong, TWICE momo, IVE wonyoung, AESPA ning ning, BTS namjoon, STRAY KIDS changbin, ENHYPEN ni-ki, TXT taehyun, ATEEZ jongho, P1HARMONY jongseob, SEVENTEEN woozi, SOLOIST bibi, KARD j.seph
☆ CINEMATOGRAPHY!! BETTER DAYS xiao , ALL OF US ARE DEAD nam-ra, SWEET HOME hyun-soo, ALICE IN BORDERLAND usagi, MY NAME jiwoo, THE UNCANNY COUNTER mun, THE GLORY dong-eun, VINCENZO chayoung, ALCHEMY OF SOULS dang-gu, JUVENILE JUSTICE eun-seok, KINGDOM moo-young, JUJUTSU KAISEN megumi, BUNGOU STRAY DOGS ranpo, BLACK KNIGHT 5-8, THE SILENT SEA dr hong
The only label that I have seen manage international popularity correctly has been Hybe.
Other companies think they can send their groups to promote in the USA for two weeks and that's all they need to do. The USA is a big country. It also doesn't help that these Korean companies will usually only focus on several cities. They will hold concerts in LA, NYC, Atlanta and that's it. Like be for real. That ain't gonna cut it. Then the CEO wonders why that little bit of popularity came and went so fast. That is cause you didn't promote them correctly for a Western market.
Also upon debut, if your group is getting more popularity abroad, then focus on the Kpop community abroad. That is what KQ Entertainment did with Ateez and is paid off. They eventually got popular in their home country.
Why KARD is promoting only in South Korea, is something I will never understand. Cause the majority of the fans of this group are international. Their label has a real shot in making them popular abroad, but they just won't take it.
I also like to point out how much Korean companies ignore Europe as well.
It's annoying being a Kpop fan in the USA. Cause if you don't live in a major city, you will be ignored. Hell KCON has now even completely forgotten about the Kpop fans on the east coast.
Acorns enters into an acquisition deal with GoHenry to expand its presence in Europe in 2023
An increasing number of fintech firms are targeting the under-18 consumer segment. From investment platforms to payment service providers, many of these fintech firms are looking at teens as the next-generation customers. With the competition in the space growing, mergers and acquisition deals have also risen rapidly in the global fintech segment that caters to the under-18 consumer demographic.
In 2022, GoHenry, the leading teen-focused prepaid card and financial services provider, announced that the firm had acquired France-based Pixpay to expand its presence in the European market. More recently, Acorns, the micro-investing platform based in the United States, announced that the firm had acquired GoHenry to expand its presence in the European region.
In April 2023, Acorns announced that the firm had entered into an all-stock deal with GoHenry. As part of the agreement, GoHenry will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acorns. The financial details of the deals have been not disclosed by Acorns or GoHenry. However, the addition of GoHenry and Pixpay means that the United States-based firm now has a strong user base of six million.
The acquisition of GoHenry will also give Acorns access to the European market, which it has struggled to enter in the past. Furthermore, the timing of the deal is also noteworthy. Given the fact that the fintech sector is enduring a tough environment due to higher interest rates and inflation, the valuation of many late-stage firms has dropped significantly over the last few quarters. This has resulted in a perfect opportunity for well-funded firms to enter into merger and acquisition deals to expand their global footprint.
With operations in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the acquisition of GoHenry signals a major growth bet for Acorns, which until now has been only operating in the United States. In addition to getting access to the European markets, the acquisition of GoHenry will also aid Acorns to strengthen its focus on financial wellness and kids. In 2020, Acorns launched Acorns Early, an investment product that enables parents, guardians, and families to invest in the future of their children.
For GoHenry, the backing of Acorns will enable the firm to better compete in the teen-focused banking space in Europe. Over the last few years, several fintech firms and neobank have entered the under-18 segment, resulting in a tough competitive landscape in the European market.
In France, Vybe has developed a mobile banking app for teenagers and also provides them with a prepaid card. The app can be used for keeping track of spending and making peer-to-peer transfers. To make the prepaid card more attractive, Vybe is also offering cashback on purchases made using the prepaid card solution at more than 60 partner brands.
Kard is another teen-focusing prepaid card and mobile wallet provider seeking market share in France. In the United Kingdom, Osper, which functions as plastic money pocket money for children, has developed a prepaid card solution focused on teenagers. The prepaid card providers have built the platform with various features including parental controls.
Starling Bank also launched Starling Kite aimed towards 6- to 16-year-olds. Bunq, in December 2022, rolled out under-18 accounts in various European markets, including Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, and Ireland. Revolut rebranded its services for 6 to 17 years olds as Revolut<18. Previously known as Revolut Junior, the teen-focused service has more than 1.6 million customers globally, as of August 2022. Well-established banks such as NatWest are also eyeing a market share in the under-18 category.
As competition in the teen-banking space is expected to grow even further from the short to medium-term perspective, diversifying product and service offerings will play a pivotal role in the growth of these fintech firms and neo-banks. The backing of Acorns will enable GoHenry to diversify its service and product offerings beyond prepaid cards, thereby making the platform more attractive among parents and teenagers.
Over the next few quarters, PayNXT360 expects more such mergers and acquisition deals in the global market, as declining valuations and a stiffer competitive landscape continue to present potentially good buyout opportunities for well-funded firms that are seeking to expand their international footprint.
To know more and gain a deeper understanding of the European prepaid card market, click here.
Lee Haneul, also known as Priestess, is a fictional soloist and producer. Selected from a local audition in Shanghai, China, she’s transferred from agency to agency before finding her place at JYPE.
M Countdown/Music Bank/Weekly Idol/Soloist Season/I-Land/Boys Planet/Kingdom:Legendary War/MAMA/AAA/Golden Disc
Eras!
Say Your Prayers(Debut)/New Age/Sun Rise/Sun Down/Fall Back/Citadel of Posies/Flower Fields/Tragedy/Magic Mirror/Tidal Wave/Slow Fall
Singles!
It’s Okay/Caroling Bells/Emerald Days/Birthday Bash/Homesick/I Wish This Wasn’t A Love Song/Catalyst/Equator/Cheers to 3 Years
Tours!
Asia + Oceania Tour: Sun’s Awakening/States Tour: Shades of Priestess/Europe Tour: Seasonal Changes/Encore Performances
Covers!
Start Line(3Racha)/Hellavator(Stray Kids)/Grow Up(Stray Kids)/Sorry, I Love You(Stray Kids)/One Day(Monsta X)/Into the I-Land(I-Land/ENNYPEN)/Gunshot(KARD)/Where Are We Now(Mamamoo)/Shout Out(ENHYPEN)/Queen of Hearts(TWICE)/Hall of Fame(Stray Kids)/eight(IU)