#love love the new MVs we got for the anniversary

[multifandom-onigiri]

minoharu the world minoharu 😭

i want to just throw my analysis I made in February on here at some point and I should have included one more gif for this. But there’s something about Haruka giving Minori hope which leads Minori to pursue being an idol and then Minori giving it back to Haruka. And through Minori putting on this show and wanting Haruka to move forward, it allows Haruka to come to the realization that she still wants to be an idol that gives people hope

I love them so much

[omegalomania]

OKAY. THEORIES.

(for those unaware, it seems that oli sykes of bring me the horizon fame was one of the people who put his address in the fall out boy machine over at this here webbed site and he got a little something in the mail.)

the package consists of a letter similar to the one that fans got on new year's day, but dated for January 19, 2023, and is a whole lot shorter. It simply says "Love from the Other Side" and came with a pink seashell, which has "1 of 13" written inside it.

so. like i said. THEORIES.

13 (assumed) seashells means there are 13 tracks on fob8. i find this very plausible. the use of "13" probably means sOMETHING and this seems the most likely.

1 of 13 means a single is coming 1/13 - friday the thirteenth. i also find this plausible, though that might just be overly optimistic on my part. i think releasing a single on friday the 13th, given their love of pop culture and the "spooky" aesthetic they were going for during hmt, would be something they'd do. plus fridays are optimal release dates for singles. the (now deleted) dcd2 instagram post claimed we'd see the single at the "end of the month" so if that info is legit, i'm not sure the 13th counts as an "end of the month" release date lol

1 of 13 seashells means we get a 13 day countdown from the new single. less plausible imo, but doing the math (and counting today), that gives us a date of 1/22, which is a sunday and not a super optimal time for a single release date.

the letter dated january 19th means a single is coming 1/19. less plausible, in my eyes. that's a thursday, so again, not as optimal a time for single release. but january 19th 2023 is the 5th anniversary of mania's release, and i'm not sure why they would date the letter as such unless it means something. this could very well mean an intentional link to mania, however. considering mania was initially teased with a lot of beach imagery ("mania beach resorts," the wave aesthetic), i find it interesting that we're getting a deliberate callback to that.

the new single name will be "love from the other side." possible. we've gotten a lot of little zingers to tease this whole era (if you build it, they will come; pink seashell beach; the beach was never real; welome to the other side of the apocalypse) so i'm not sure i'm ready to say that this is for sure going to be the Name. it's possible it's an important line that will show up in the single, whenever that drops (lyrics for "hold me tight or don't" were initially previewed in the credits of "the last of the real ones" mv so this would scan for fob)

there will be an oli sykes feature. i have no goddamn idea if this was a marketing thing or if oli sykes is just a big fall out boy fan and happened to receive the first seashell lmao. it's possible he might tour with them but i have no clue.

[jmdbjk]

So I'm writing this because of a convo with my bestie who said:

"Ferg, have you considered writing a blog addressing the wrong headed assumption that the members were "forced" to create the Festa content that we got today? How the people pushing that agenda are not looking at what was happening in their lives at the time said content was filmed. They always want us to have pictures and music at Festa. They WANT to create that content. If they were "forced" it wasn't by the company, it was by the calendar and the government. With no (military) exemption, they understood that the only time to come up with OT7 music or pictures was before mid December (2022). And drilling down, the only time was in October. RIGHT when they hit the final acceptance that they would all start enlisting and the foreseeable future was actually not foreseeable at all. Their hearts were extra heavy that within a few weeks they would say goodbye to Jin. Yoongi was dealing with severe writers block and, I think, feeling guilty that he was going to miss his deadline for the first time EVER. RM was working toward the release of Indigo. Kookie was looking at heading to Qatar. Yada yada. So with all that....they had to try and look light hearted. They didn't. The anxious vibes come right off the screen. We all feel it but many are not interpreting it right. You know, the ones who already are quick to blame everything on the company."

Or the ones who only view everything through a shipper or solo lens and say the guys hate each other.

The members, who filmed this video months ago, filmed this with pure sincerity and love for us knowing they would not all be available to do anything for us for their 10th Anniversary Festa in June 2023. How must that have felt to them? To know that their milestone 10th Anniversary would not play out like they had envisioned way back in 2020? They thought they'd start enlisting by the end of 2020 and be finished with MS by now, so they'd be together in 2023. They had to try to come up with something spectacular for us and for themselves so that 3 years after that hot mess, we could celebrate with them. They deserve to celebrate themselves as well, they worked so hard over the past ten years.

Its the end of 2022. They looked a little tired. We know 2022 had some heartbreaking moments for them. By this time they were juggling their own projects AND the Busan concert preparation.

Hobi was ever-present sunshine, yet maybe he had a lot on his mind? Was he already thinking about his next projects and starting to contemplate an earlier than planned enlistment? We know Yoongi was trying to put finishing touches on D-Day. We know Jimin was working on at least one collab as well as his own MV concepts and promotion activities for Face and working out details for his fashion ambassadorships. Tae was busy exploring new things with fashion brands and tv shows. RM was finalizing his Indigo promotions. Jin was about to announce his enlistment plans. JK was prepping for Qatar. And here they were thinking ahead to June 2023.

I think they filmed this Festa video within days of the Busan concert. Either before or after. Remember we had a VHopeKookMin live right after the concert. I would also venture to say they also filmed this the same day as the Festa photoshoot (Love Myself campaign promo released end of November 2022):

Yet they still thoughtfully planned and executed things to be released for Festa. Concepts were conceptualized and the company took it from there and we see they've done a great job procuring deep-pocketed sponsors.

I don't understand the whole "they need to go start their own label" mindset either. I've already said it several times... they already did that, it's called BigHit Music. If BTS don't re-sign a contract its because they are retiring from releasing music. What IS plausible is a member or two starting an independent label for other up-and-coming artists so they can write and/or produce for them... all still under the HYBE umbrella.

During this solo era, I want to say things like "I think we can all agree ... [insert almost anything]" but I can't say that these days because, in my opinion, the fandom (on Twitter and other soc med platforms) has fractured into so many different factions who seem to spend a lot of time pitting themselves against other parts of the fandom for everything and anything they can find to nitpick, criticize, compare and compete with, to be angry about, that no one agrees on anything. This member is better than that member or ... and this one galls me... the company is forcing them to do this or that OR [insert member's name] sabatoged [insert other member's name].

Twitter Army yelling at Weverse Army "YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT!" Who designated Twitter Army as the dictator of all things BTS?

People berating others for not streaming the music, or trying to humiliate followers into streaming 'CORRECTLY'. The conspiracy theorists–don't get me started on that. The dissatisfaction with how the solo projects have rolled out. The constant comparison and competition of which member has the most streams in a certain time frame, who has the most songs on the chart for the longest, fastest, more countries, more collabs, more awards...whatever... It's all "my way or the highway/[member name] is the best" and it is really disappointing and tiresome to see the enormous waste of energy.

And if you are still reading, I am totally on board with what another blogger said the other day about how the entire Kpop fandom has this Kpop culture mindset deeply rooted in their way of thinking. It colors their view of EVERYTHING: that artists are treated badly by their record labels/entertainment companies to the point of being physically abused, artists are not paid well, artists are forced to do things and play roles... adhere to strict rules, etc.. because that's how the oldest companies started and some are still operating today (looking at you SM Entertainment).

That "business model" may have been "the way" in the beginning of the kpop industry because no one stood up and called them out on it. So people have come to think EVERY entertainment company operates that way when we've been shown and told over and over by many HYBE employees that its a great place to work. MANY people OUTSIDE the company, staff and other people in the music industry including other artists are blown away at the innovation and forward thinking of the company and we've even heard the members themselves say that they love their company.

Of course no company is perfect, there will be mistakes made, bad decisions, wrong projections, etc. but out of all the entertainment companies, BigHit, Bang PD and BTS have strived to change the system from the start and our own "fans" are being brainless shitheads and talking trash.

Also, HYBE can't come over here to the United States and start auditioning young people for new groups if they are operating like SM Entertainment. That shit ain't gonna fly over here. You'll have a lawsuit in a blink of an eye as soon as someone gets a whiff of sexual harassment or physical abuse of a minor. A carefully built and protected reputation would be ruined, not just Hybe's but BTS's and every other artist under Hybe's labels as well.

Yes, some things we've seen make us scratch our heads... the tight back to back release of Jimin and Yoongi's work had us all wondering what happened. Yes, Jimin's very abbreviated promotion period for Face was frustrating and disappointing. But no one knows what went on behind the scenes. If neither Jimin or Yoongi comes out and tells us what happened then I will just move forward like they are. If either of them made a mistake, we might not ever know of it, but they will correct it going forward. If the company was the one who miscalculated, they too will correct that in the future. We can call it out when we see it happening but there is no reason to dwell on it. I don't see anything positive or productive about the continued pointing fingers to blame, holding grudges and continuing to speak negatively when it's plain the members of BTS love us, work hard to show us that and deserve only to see our love reflecting back at them.

Ok so I've ranted long enough.

[Public Service Announcement: if I don't talk enough about your favorite member, or if I don't say things you want to hear about whatever is your hill you chose to die on, there is a block button way up there and also this nifty thing you can do called "scroll" that lets you ... wait for it... scroll! past my blog post so you don't have to expose yourself to my words. Its not that hard. Really. Otherwise, its all on you.]

[foxes-that-run]

Is the tweet about not needing no piece of paper from the city hall why larries think they are married? I'm so lost about it all because I thought I read somewhere that larries believe they got married in Australia but was gay marriage even legal there at the time?? Is that tweet actually about Haylor?

I am so glad you asked, I have posted about this in the Anniversary post, but it deserves it's own post. Grab a cup of tea I care too much about this date. Harry and Taylor treat it as an anniversary. It is likely 2012 they mark, but could be 2011:

2011 - Taylor had a show in Utah and Harry was not seen. He was in the US though, One Direction started filming Gotta be you in Upstate New York on the 29th. Prior to this, they had been in the same city a lot, a few signs they were interacting from Taylors concerts. This is however before their generally considered meeting.

2012 - Harry and Taylor were MIA, she filmed Begin Again MV in Paris on the 30th, Harry was seen in London on the 24th then disappears. Paris is frequently referred to in their songs and videos. If not 2011 this is the date they mark. They had been connected since the VMAs earlier in the month, so perhaps it was becoming more serious. Harry marked the occasion with his Love Banner Tattoo which is in the I Knew You Were Trouble and Kiss You Music Videos, now covered by the larger Swallow.

2013

This tweet is the first time we saw the date marked:

On 2013 (US time) Harry tweeted these lyrics from My Old Man by one of Taylor's fav's, Joni Mitchell. At the time he was in Australia on tour with One Direction. One Direction had just returned from a break, where Harry & Taylor reunited at the VMAs, Harry was MIA while Taylor toured the US and Zayn got engaged. Having just had a break in countries with loved ones in countries with marriage equality any union would have happened in that break.

I think with Zayn's engagement on his mind, missing his girlfriend Harry posted this tweet on their anniversary. Harry spent the night gambling alone and Louis was sick as he lost his voice, presumably he was resting because they had shows. As you say, Australia's Marriage Equality Act was not until December 2017. Additionally at this time the boys were not having fun, they were chaperoned by police.

Confirmation bias.

As you note this tweet caused some confusion in Larries, mostly because a few days later Harry's mum congratulated the Xfactor host Louis on a judging decision and Ed Sheeran congratulated a different friend who got married close to then.

In the years since:

2014 - 1D had a show in Charlotte, Taylor had a Secret Session in Nashville, generally 1989 Secret Sessioners talked about how much she loved the guy the album was about. They had just been MIA when both went from LA to London 2 weeks earlier. Promo for 1989 was underway and Rolling Stone Articles that led to Fools Gold were fresh.

2015 - Taylor was dating Calvin Harris. Harry talked to fans on stage about anniversary sign where the fan got married 5 years after their first kiss. Taylor also gave a pointed Clean speech in St Louis where she said "losing somebody that ... you thought you would be spending the rest of your life with. [...] the worst part about having your heart broken, or feeling betrayed, or losing someone, having somebody change their mind and walk away from you, is that it makes you regret those things you did in the beginning when you fell in love."

2016 - Harry released the Another Man Mixtape on the 29th, with 10 songs that reference the future HS1 or love, he was not seen for weeks. Taylor was seen with Cara in New York, Joe was in London.

2017 - Harry released Two Ghosts as a Spotify Single with a cover of Girl Crush. He also performed them in Nashville 2 days before. Taylor responded to Harry's 2016 Mix Tape with a 70 song "Taylor Loves" Spotify Playlist. Every 7 and 20 song had a link to Harry.

2018 - on 13 April Taylor responded to the Two Ghosts Spotify Single by releasing a Delicate Vertical Video and Spotify Single cover of September where Taylor changed the lyric to "do you remember the 28th Day of September". The original press release said "the month of September is especially meaningful to one of her relationships" and that was then edited out when fans got obsessed. On the 28 September Taylor played Wonderland as a Surprise Song on the Reputation Tour (one of 6 ever plays).

Toe-shippers then jumped on the bandwagon and they didn't mark it for years.

2021 - on 29 September and 1 October - Harry played Nashville in a white satin suit, when he played with his rings and performed To be So Lonely! Taylor had been in London for a wedding in September but was back in Nashville by the 1st. Harry also recorded Satellite this stop.

In 2023 - Harry was papped looking grumpy in London.

[omegaremix]

April 3, 2022.

It takes a good two months before a year starts to pick up for me. The first big win was in the final frigid day of February when I decided to take the train to Greenpoint’s Academy Annex for some records; the first stop of what would be an amazing record-store victory tour. Then arrived March. I drove four miles to the shopping mall to look for leather jackets when I discovered a new retro- video arcade opened up. Within a few days I walk in and spent the entire day re-living my Atari / Nintendo / SNES youth. Those eight hours were a thoroughly exhaustive one. I saw games which I threw many rolls of quarters into, to others I only read about and fantasized even seeing up until then. The original Super Mario Bros. cabinet, The Neo Geo MVS, Outrun, R-Type, Taito’s Superman, Atari’s Star Wars. Most of every great moment of my youth spent in delis, card stores, ice cream parlors, long-gone restaurants, and amusement parks were now all in one room.

Good thing I went because my all-time favorite ginger April* made a rare appearance in my store and I had to tell her about it. She came in to buy some A/V components like she always does and we spent a good ten minutes catching up on everything. April was a fangirl and a hardcore gamer of all formats so I had to share the wealth of news with her. Too late. She already went. Still, every visit from her counted as she was the cutest thing of pale skin, glasses, and Irish ancestry I ever seen.

I had another holiday spent with my Coney Island family. My aunt invited me to her daughter’s house in East Meadow for Easter where they, her aggressive right-wing country-music loving Trump supporter sons, her sister, and all the offspring you could think of would be there. A great four hours were had coloring eggs, watching Disney’s Encanto on the big screen, and an endless feast of Italian food were laid out for all to gorge ourselves to death. Blessings were counted and they were enough to cash them in for a bright sunny Sunday. I also enjoyed the hour-long drive from East Meadow through Rt. 27 all the way home.

In between all this was a major event I was chasing for a while. It would be nice to attend a Boy Harsher show and they’ve been making the rounds in New York City quite often. I jumped at the opportunity to purchase tickets after their Halloween show and ultimately got them - only for January show to be postponed. Blame the COVID- omicron for it. But Jae & Augustus pushed it back to April and this time nothing was stopping them from performing nor anyone attending The Music Hall Of Williamsburg.

I learned that it was a two-hour ride each way from my line to Penn Station and back due to transfers at the Jamaica Station. Not good as I had to work a 10AM shift. This time, I opted to drive out to the Babylon stop for a direct line to Manhattan and back for fifty-five minutes each. I went up the stairs and waited only a few minutes before the train arrived on an elevated platform. Nothing special about the train ride on a cloudy mid-50* weather. The show, however, was a whole other story. Everyone enjoyed the opener Twin Tribes and the headlining Boy Harsher hands-down to great fanfare. I couldn’t have waited in line to get some merch- as, once again, someone had to ride home for tomorrow’s payday.

I reversed the path from The Music Hall- by taking the L and ½/3 line back to Penn Station. It just so happened that I missed my train home by three minutes and it cost me an hour more before the next one came in. As I mentioned before, no transfers. Just a direct line from Penn Station back to Babylon where the double-decker cars awaited us. A nice surprise for me sitting in the seats above to contemplate my next major win: Sacred Bones’ 15th anniversary show. It could only get better.

Fifteen years ago from this month, a new concept was born. I purchased a 30GB iPod Classic through a ‘friend’ of mine at WUSB. Since then, I loaded all of my music into it and took it through many train rides. The iPod Classic has retired in favor of my iPhone SE. What once became a distraction has now been an auditioning process for future Omega WUSB shows and seasonal personal playlists. Nothing is off limits. Noise, backpacker, jazz, fusion, shoegaze, noise rock, post-punk, electronics, hardcore - everything. Everything I discover gets played in hopes of either being featured or forever a part of me. With a near endless plethora of outlets, mutuals, and other ways of obtaining music, there’s almost never a moment of silence outside of work or sleep.

Congotronics International: “Where’s The One”

MoE: “Beautiful Stranger”

Silent Servant: “Slasher”

Doc Hammer: “Commanche Crew Cut”

Visit0r: “God Of All Flesh”

People’s Choice, The: “Here We Go Again”

Ride: “1,000 Miles”

Thurston Moore: “The Station”

Sunrot: 21%

Joucous: “Rivers Pt. 1”

Exek: “ID’ed”

Legss: “Hyde Park Coroner”

Alice Glass: “Suffer And Swallow”

Totally Unicorn: “Daddy’s Stabby Surprise”

Aeges: “Who Are You”

Benny The Butcher & J. Cole: “Johnny P.’s Caddy”

Maneskin: “Moriro Da Re” 

Broken Vow: “Expiation”

Exek: “(I’m After) Your Best Interest”

Smash Your Enemies: “Faithless”

Death Strider: “Cardinal Sin”

Letting Up Despite Great Faults: “Gemini”

Dead Leaf Echo: “Milk.Blue.Kisses (Foil In Motion)”

Offset: Spectacles, The: “Stomp”

Caparezza: “Eyes Wide Shut”

[chiiyuuvv]

super random but i just realized we got the same biases in riize and xikers 🤭 btw how long have you been stanning them both and when did you choose your biases? <3

STOPPPPP you're hunter + anton + shotaro too????? NAUR THIS IS A JOKEE

Ive been stanning xikers for little over a year, discovered them through ateez when they were promoting as kq fellaz 2. Hunter has also been my bae for little over a year, literally first glance and i had fallen hard wai-

LOOK. AT. BEAUTIFUL- SURREAL- URGHHHHH HES SO HSISKSJSKSOSKSNSJ

yeah and idk if ive said this or not but i have a really big english kink.. i think that says a lot 🤷‍♀️

As of riize, i heard about get a guitar but never paid attention to it bc wth am going to do with a guitar?? Learned about them more through a friend that was obsessing over anton (@yawnzzznnn COUGH COUGH) and then i listened to get a guitar.. it was okay. Listened to memories and that. Was. My song.

I had already knew most of the members names bc i was reading fanfics of them bc i wanted something new to read-

Ummm.. how/why did i start stanning for me to be able to stan a group, i have to find a song that i like a lot, and then a member that really reels me into the group, making me want to learn more about them. In this case it was seunghan haha

So erm.. i remember talk saxy came out but i never listened to it, just saw the thumbnail on youtube and i was just like "oh cool!" And continued on with my day. A few days later though (fun fact talk saxy was released on my kpop anniversary) it finally dawned on me that they had a new mv so i listened to it at school. It was just okay. Watched the mv when i got home; the song was songing (for context, when i have a fav song i play the crap out of it then get tired of it a week later.. talk saxy took me a month to recover-) and seunghan was seunghaning.

So uhh.. decided to look more into them. My bias list at the time was seunghan.. maybe shotaro then sohee then sungchan (reminds me of yujun) and then anton (idk if anton was up or down or not)

Shotaro caught my eye bc usually hes really giggly and smiley but i had watched the bts of talk saxy and my jaw DROPPED bc how he so foine like?????

As far as anton.. me bestieee (@starryriize) is sohee biased and i was too kinda, but anton was catching my eye a little bit so i just declared he would be my bias even though i thought it would change in a week or so (IT DIDNT HAHAHAH)

I don't really remember when anton started giving.. like bro just spawned on top and just stayed there 💀 i think it was when i was watching those old riize videos where their preparing everything and anton was so SOFTTT and TINYYY and SQUISHYY (i get lots of cute agression with riize)

And honestly, i thought his english was just okay so i stopped looking it up. But i think i looked it up like a week later again just because or something like that AND OH MY GOD

i also love me some good predebut anton 😋

Anyways, cant exactly pinpoint when i started being down bad for the boy (bc im so down bad its crazy form 😞) just know bro came out of no where and hes not going just yet.

Sorry for the rant lmao, i always find it so interesting to think back on my pre-stan days and i usually think about it with myself, ive never actually told anyone so this feels a bit new.

I wub my english speakers + shotaro <3

TALK SAXY IS PLAYING RN LMAOOOOOO

[struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor]

Since their next album seems to be the hyyh 10 year anniversary, do you foresee them returning to, maybe even finishing off, the bts universe story in a music video for that album? They'll probably have a lot more eyes on them than previous releases, which might make a mv following that storyline alienating to some new viewers, but also a mv ala I need you, particularly the extended version, tells enough of a story to not confuse people. I also think that kind of narrative and choreo-less mv might be a pleasant surprise to people that only know bts from their English trilogy. On the other hand, I expect them to do something powerful enough that they can do a performance like On with it for at least one of their releases. And then there's me thinking that, now that half of them are in their 30s and post-ms, they might do something explicitly sexy. They said (I think it was either namjoon or yoongi) that they're basically coming to devour in 2025, and there are so many ways I can see them doing that. The only thing I'm pretty sure of is that they'll want to put some distance thematically between the English trilogy and the new releases. Since it's also hyyh, maybe something closer to their sound then or earlier? Do you have any thoughts?

I really love your enthusiasm and a million apologies that I took ages to reply to you, but I'm about to confess to the top 5 opinions I have that might get my Army card revoked:

I don't care about the BU at all and am glad BTS don't really go there anymore. I like MVs with stories, but BTS playing characters and writing songs and albums around their own fictional universe, is so weird to me, I don't get it. I do not get kpop lore, sorry.

That said, I thought the HYYH 10th year anniversary thing was just another crash grab. They'll re-release the albums with some special content, maybe, and maybe there will be an exhibition, a fan event, a documentary, as well as merch, another book? Perhaps we'll get an old demo, or some unseen footage. I think only Jin and Hobi will be around for the anniversary (on April 15th apparently). I don't know if Hybe will wait for all members to be discharged to do something bigger. There might a concert? But I'm not really expecting a lot of involvement from BTS. This will be something created for the fans by Hybe imo. But my opinions are often wrong.

I see the HYYH 2025 album as a repackage album of sorts. Their next real album will probably come out in late 2025. I have no idea what it will sound like. They might go for another comforting, yet happier, YTC-style song - a fan song - or pull an ON again. The fan song might be a pre-release followed by a powerful title track. BTS will want to comfort fans and also make a statement. I don't think it will sound that surprising. BTS always surprises a little, but that's just expected. Maybe I'm a pessimist, but BTS are consistent. Unlike you, I'm very sure they're going to go all out on choreo to show fans they still got it. And I'm not so certain they won't release an English single. I think they'll release a Korean album, but we can't rule out the possibility of another English song. Fans are much more opposed to the English trilogy than BTS are.

Thanks for the ask!! Sorry for the wait!!

[dlibskzh]

in honour of stray kids’ 5th anniversary

i would like to say that in may of 2022, i was introduced to these eight korean men in an attempt to finally get me into kpop. needless to say, it worked. my friend showed me the thunderous studio choom and i was WHIPPED. it all started with the boy with long hair…

the following week, i fell ill with the flu and decided that my time would be best spent looking up stray kids funny moments on youtube. that’s when i did some research, finding that they were a group of eight men from JYP entertainment called bang chan, lee know, changbin, hyunjin, han, felix, seungmin, and I.N. back then, i found it difficult to differentiate between seungmin and I.N, so i opted for my first ever bias, lee minho.

gradually, i got more and more invested in this group, learning that felix and bang chan were australian, lee know likes cats, han grew up in malaysia and so on. my first ever stray kids mv premiere was circus. i remember distinctly staying up until 12:30am on a school night just to see it. by then my bias had turned out to be bang chan.

soon enough, i had learnt all there is to learn, seen all there is to see, and had gotten my friends into them. i was on cloud (district) 9. by the time they announced their second mini-album MAXIDENT, i had the NOEASY album, bang chan as my wallpaper, astronaut as my favourite song, and a crippling addiction. that’s when i started questioning my bias again… the savage kim seungmin threw himself towards me with full force and his oreo hair. i was officially done for.

now, i consider myself a full-fledged kpop stan with photo cards galore. i had this vision that myself and my two best friends would get tickets to see them in sydney. i bought the tickets, not realising that my parents would have an opinion on my well-being. although i had enough money to pay for the two-day trip myself, they selfishly denied us of going. to say i spiralled into a depressive state is an understatement. i cried for hours at the fact that i wouldn’t see my saviours live and in the flesh.

i sold those tickets reluctantly. although i was lucky enough to see harry styles in sydney the day after my birthday this year, my mum posed the question: “was it worth missing out on stray kids?” and the simple answer is no. absolutely not. although i’ve been a fan of harry for much longer, he will never make me feel the same security and happiness that stray kids do. through stray kids, i have met so many new friends both irl and on the internet and i’ve never been happier.

they’re not just some silly boy band, they’re a source of light. they have taught me so much about myself and have been there for me when i needed it the most. and the funny part is, they have no idea who i am. and i’m ok with that. i can’t wait for the day they come back to australia so i can show them my love and support.

i’m also immensely proud of how far they’ve come. they are the top 4th gen boy group, gained billions of streams, and are performing at lolipalooza. something bts didn’t quite do so early in their career.

and now for a personal thank you to the members.

BANG CHAN

thank you for your endless guardianship for both stays and your members. channie’s room is always the part of my week i look forward to, no matter what language you choose to speak in. you have sacrificed so much, and i’m so proud of the leader you are today. i really wish you could see yourself through our eyes.

LEE KNOW (MINHO)

thank you for your comfort. i always seem to find stability in your electric dance performances. you have worked so hard to get to where you are today. your quirks are what makes you unique, and i believe in your judgement. please never loose sight of who you are because we love you for it.

SEO CHANGBIN

where do i even start? thank you for being strong (both physically, emotionally, and spiritually). you are what most aspiring rap sensations think they are. you are phenomenal at what you do. some people lose their sense of self when they undergo physical change, but you have never become as arrogant as them because of your grounded essence.

HWANG HYUNJIN

we all know you are the prettiest man on the planet. but what i want to thank you for is your artistic ability. there is not one single boy i know that loves to draw and sketch and read poetry more than you. i can get lost in your paintings and that says a lot about your talent. you and i also share the same personality type and zodiac sign so we are immediately the best :D

HAN JISUNG

your words are utopian. there are not many people in this world that can write a song and touch so many people in different languages. that, paired with your effortless comedic timing makes for the best friend we all dream of. thank you for bringing laughter to my darkest of days. you’re like a caffeine hit to the soul. there is a reason why we call you the fourth gen ace.

LEE FELIX

you are what everyone looks for in a soulmate. a literal beam of sunshine. it’s funny because it juxtaposes the beautiful deep rasp of your comforting voice. i am a little older than you were when you first moved to korea, and it makes me incredibly bewildered that you had the courage to leave your life behind and start afresh at such a young age.

KIM SEUNGMIN

the comedian you are. everyone always overlooks your contagious smile and your gorgeously angelic singing voice. i feel like i connect with you on a deeper, more spiritual level than most. i hope you realise just how loved you are. you may not be the member everyone notices, but you are certainly the member everyone grows to admire.

YANG JEONGIN

our baby bread. look at where you are now. barely 22 and living the life of your dreams. i wonder where all those bullies are now? certainly not as famous as you. your face is beautiful. you made me realise that self esteem is more important than what others say. you are the beauty to the beast. i can’t wait to see where your voice takes you.

[sewmice]

hello! <3 i'd like to thank you so much for posting those new utapri songs <3 i have severe depression and since they announced the end of shining live, i've been sadder than ever this year. i've been looking at your tumblr everyday since you posted "samuraizm" and i feel so happy now with the new songs you posted. thank you so much, it made my day and week much happier <3 you're an angel (sorry i don't have a tumblr, so it has to be annonymous, but just know that you're special to me) <3 xoxo

It's absolutely no problem! I'm so happy to finally be able to give back to this community in recent years after so long! I know I'm not the only uploader out there, but I'm proud to be the new designated uploader of the Tumblr lol. To the best that my budget and interests currently allow (Sorry Heavens). And I do hope as time goes on, I can buy and provide more and more!

To think this all started because I was salty the Shining Romance and Force Live MVs were never officially posted, and understandably hard to find from other fans. So I bought Setsugetsuka, which started the slow slide of "Well maybe I'll order this CD too."

Also show love to any other uploaders out there! Hikarinoakari has always been a pretty steady source for ages that I somehow forgot about until earlier this year.

And now to be sappy. I feel you so much. Utapri has gotten me through some rough depressive episodes. So many of my friends as well. The music, the series, all of the uploaders past and current, and so much of the community has kept myself and so many others sane. And I very much hope to continue to help spread that light for years to come. Gonna be hard to get rid of me now after all. I've already been in this Utapri hell for 10 years now.

The Shining Live situation is rough. It definitely gave a lot of us a kick to the stomach. It's been weird playing JP as normal, like EN isn't slowly getting closer to the end. And playing EN like it's not ending.

Don't give up hope just yet though! There's still two and a half weeks until our supposed end date! One and a half until our possible nail in the coffin with URs in the Memorial Bangle shop. There's is possibly still time for them to change their minds! The Chinese server got their notice of the merge option only a week before their shut down date!

Email the support team! Email KLab! Let your voice be heard!

And even if it does die, JP is still there! The community is still here! Translating and posting and doing our best with our crumbs! And even without Shining Live, Utapri has thankfully become more and more accessible to international fans over the years. The songs are finally being added to international markets! (5th Anniversary CD is on iTunes!) There is so much Utapri out there, that even if it's sad, and it will be hard, we can keep going!

Now I'm done being sappy lol. This got very long and rambly. Just thank you and everyone else who are all so kind!

[catboy-jaebeom]

week seven of #got7revival: the moment that made you an ahgase

this question is incredibly hard to answer, because I don't think it was one single moment, it was a couple that made me think "okay, yeah, maybe I'm in this deeper than I thought" and then didn't turn back around, lol, because I didn't feel I really wanted to. so, here's a few moments during the last one year and eight month since I got into kpop and GOT7.

late-March 2021

I am looking for faceclaims for my original characters and Pinterest offers me the famous pictures of Jaebeom and that shoot on the rooftop with his anti-eyebrow piercing and the nose ring, and I am gone. my friend A shows me another one of them and kinda looks up GOT7 out curiosity and sends me some of their songs; I spend the next few hours — and days — on a deep dive into the rabbit hole, and the rest is history.

July 2021

A sends me the bodyshop ad Youngjae did for that white musk perfume. I'm out with friends at the time and in the inner city, shopping district. about twenty minutes later I've bought the shower gel of that line. I tell another kpop friend ( a veteran army and atiny ) that I think now that I've actually bought a product simply because one of my kpop boys has promoted it ( and of course because I actually love the smell ) there is no going back for me. she laughs but agrees.

late summer 2021

curious about Jinyoung's acting efforts, A and I watch He Is Psychometric and love it, and then start with The Devil's Judge ( which I have yet to finish, yes, I know, gods, where has the past year gone to wjkddk ). I also watch Yaksha on release date in April the following year.

mostly winter 2021

Mark releases a couple songs and I remember writing a whole Text on how My Life has moved me. ( tho I've never sent it to him or anything, but man, My Life. )

April 2022

for my ahgase anniversary I create a fan twt account, and my first tweet is something along the lines of "now that we might be getting a comeback soon, I might as well." mind you, that was before they ever confirmed anything, but that was definitely one of the moments where I realized that, yes, I'm definitely in this for the long run now.

May 5th 2022

the Yugyeom concert in Berlin!! my very first kpop concert ever, and my gods was it good. I won't forget meeting so many kind ahgase who immediately adopted me when realizing how baby I was in terms of being an ahgase. and I definitely won't forget Yugyeom performing and dancing and speaking English ;; it was a great day.

May 21st – May 23rd 2022

comeback weekend !!!! I talked about that already in my Fave Era post, but the fun we had not only on that weekend but also in the weeks leading up to it with all the concept pictures and the teaser for the album tracks and the MV, and then when we edited all those hardhats onto our icons and all. what a good time that was, wow. also when JayB managed to transfer the rights for GOT7 and all the music and all that, I remember I was so incredibly proud of him, of them, and of me in a way because I had clearly picked the right group to stan.

September-ish 2022

since I kept talking about GOT7 and other kpop groups to one of my mutuals on here, he asked to listen to them, whether I could send him some MV or song to listen to, one that I recommend. ever since, I keep throwing him new videos and have made playlists and share exciting news with him, and I feel if you're at the point where you can casually and calmly recommend their music to someone else and it feels great to see them like your group, you've definitely earned your place, right?

Honourable Mentions

somewhen in April last year I was watching one of those things you didn't notice in ____ videos, and finally realized that Mark is in fact the oldest and not the maknae. yes, he fooled another one. that was also the moment I realised I finally knew all of their names and could attach them to faces so that was nice.

when I listened to the mindset clips Jaebeom had made, and felt so very comforted and understood. him sharing all of that is something very precious to me, I feel honoured he did that and that we are able to hear it. I think he's helping so many people with it.

that afternoon a few months ago when I went through yt and watched a lot of X reacts to GOT7 for the first time videos, and let me tell you how much fun it was to, like, see them fall in love, vibe with the songs, and point out certain members like I had a year prior. also the amounts of time people already knew Jackson but nobody else kadkkfkdd.

anyway, thank you @def-jaes for hosting this GOT7 revival this was so so so much fun! especially to see everyone come together and create !! we should do that more often <3

[septembersghost]

satellite mv anon here! 🪐 sorry for not responding sooner! you might have already found out what’s happening but just incase i’ll catch you up…

so some of this is still speculation but i believe it all started when fans noticed that the youarehome website had been updated & that hasn’t happened since the mfasr mv dropped last year! this led everyone to start getting excited that something could be coming & then HSD tweeted a link to the website w the caption “🪐” !!!!! here’s the tweet ! https://twitter.com/hsdaily/status/1652122918980026376?s=20 so that ofc led everyone to believe whatever was coming had to do w satellite!! hsd has hinted to videos in the past & gotten it right so im hoping this time is the same✨😭

meanwhile while all that was happening a new photo of Harry dropped that people are claiming looks like he’s on the set of something? this is it if you wanna see for yourself: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmcTMvo2-7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

idk i’m still on the fence w this bit just bc it could just be him out and about & someone took a creeper photo but fans are saying the black curtains to the left make it seem like part of a set and that he’s like all by himself in this diner ?? who knows! also i think this one fan said that back in jan someone they knew told them they were working on a mv set for Harry but she didn’t believe them until now lol. again this whole “set” portion is really just speculation and could absolutely be nothing!

so yeah i believe that’s everything that happened last night in the span of like an hour lmao! but also you’re so right what did happen to the circus video haha that was so long ago & nothing came from it. maybe this is finally it & either the “set” is nothing or they’re filming more for it? who knows w harry! im excited for whatever’s coming tho w the website! hopefully it’s a satellite mv 🥹🪐 & hopefully we know soon enough!

also jess your tags lmao SAME!! she deserves her MOMENT but the gp does not deserve her after how unnecessarily cruel they’ve been the last year! but if it means we get satellite for the one year anniversary i’ll be so happy bc we genuinely never thought he’d make her a single!! all we can do is manifest and wait to see what happens 🤍🪐✨

(sorry for the super long ask! tried to summarize as best i could! have wonderful day jess!!)

hello love!!! i'm sorry i haven't been around the last couple of days, but this was such a wonderful catch-up message to read and i enjoy your investigative skills! i see we got it confirmed today, so it looks like all the hints were right - won't it be wild if it doesn't include the canary circus scenes at all? (i just need to know what those were for! 😂) stomper the robot is adorable, i also saw a cute joke about "HARR-E" 🤖💞 i'm excited!

she deserves her MOMENT but the gp does not deserve her after how unnecessarily cruel they’ve been the last year! but if it means we get satellite for the one year anniversary i’ll be so happy bc we genuinely never thought he’d make her a single! <- RIGHT, exactly the same on all of this, satellite is so special to *us* that it makes me protective, but i also think harry has such a fondness for it as well and knows it's beloved to fans and that she deserves a moment to shine. ✨ this feels a bit like how the tpwk mv was more a gift for fans too. my heart is warm!

thank you so much, you summarized perfectly, and i hope you've had a fantatic weekend and a bright week ahead! 💖

[no-shit-sherl0ck]

happy BTS day.

okay, I'm gonna get emotional because this is the first BTS Anniversary that i actually spend as a fan, and as, what i would also like to call myself, an Army.

June is the month i got to know BTS better. before that, I've had only heard of them, i only knew they existed, but in june, i don't know how, i don't know why, i decided to search their music on youtube. i saw their dynamite mv, the DNA mv, boy with luv mv, and then went to the carpool karaoke. Afterwards, my tiktok algorithm started suggesting BTS related content, especially recommendations for people who were getting into them, and i went on following their suggestions, and found the ON: Kinetic Manifesto Film, then Black Swan, and older ones, and when i tell you that i fell HARD, trust me, i did. Their choreographies hypnotized me, and i just wanted to know more, and see more because they were just SO. GOOD.

A few weeks ago, i got curious to know exactly when i started to, like, really stan BTS, so i searched up my instagram stories archive, and the likes archive, and june was the month. In the stories archive i found that june 10th was the first time i posted BTS related content on my instagram, and from then on, BTS was in almost every other story, whether as background music, or it was something specifically about them; therefore, i chose June 10th, 2021 as the day i officially started this journey with them.

Sometimes i get a bit sad about it because throughout the time that I've been exposed to BTS content, I've seen the bullying some new armies receive from older armies, using the word "baby army" as an insult, so for a long time, i refused to call myself army, because i thought i didn't deserve the name, how could i when i only met them??

besides, i felt like armies, older and new, put so much effort into being an Army, like, they stay up all night streaming, they download every app there is when they have to vote, they are always there when there's a vlive, they know so much, they do so much, but i know and do so little. so, yeah, i felt uncomfortable calling myself and Army (and i still do) when i know that i can't do the same things other Armies do for them.

But today, even if only for today, i decided to call myself an Army, and celebrate this 9 years of BTS with them, and enjoy everything they're giving us now, everything they gave us before, and everything they will be giving us going forward. Today I embrace the name, i embrace the journey no matter the lenght, and i embrace the love i have to give them and the love they have given me. Today i embrace the many nights they have comforted me with their songs, with their laugh, and with their words. Without realizing it, without them knowing, they've given me lots of advice. And I love them. 💜

I love them so much that it sometimes scares me.

Anyways, this is just something that has been on my mind today, and i wanted to write it somewhere and leave it out there.

tomorrow we still have a surprise coming, and they said is a big one, my gut is telling me it's tour dates, and that scares and excites me. after i saw the video where they said that they were planning on going on tour before the pandemic made me kind of thank these years locked up because they gave me the opportunity to get to know them, and now i might have a chance to see them on tour. can you imagine?? i know i do.

I also sometimes feel like those years we spend locked up were a time to discover and rediscover many things. For me, i discovered my love for BTS and rediscovered my ability to feel like a teenager all over again, and experience the rawness of this kind of love you can only give to an artist. i know these were hard times for all of us, but I'm just trying to see the bright side and not dwell in the pain.

Well, this was my open letter to 7 boys who changed a lot in my life this year, and i hope we keep growing together.

Happy 9th Anniversary, BTS.

Cheers to many more.🥂💜

[nebulanewts]

Hi,so I’m very bored and started thinking about the SIFAS 3rd anniversary thingy. So basically,according to many LL sources we are getting a LOT of new songs this month so…these are the ones I want to be included either this month or some time soon (with reasons and costumes)

- Diamond Princess no Yuutsu,Love Marginal,Shiranai Love * Oshiete Love (First of all,it would just be fun to have more subunit song MVs and second I WANT SUBUNIT COSTUMES SO BAD PLS MYNET)

-New Romantic Sailors,Braveheart Coaster,Amazing Travel DNA (It only feels natural since they have MVs for the Aqours units’ second songs,also again I WANT THE COSTUMES BADLY)

-Nijigaku anime solos (Honestly I’m shocked that they didn’t put out MVs and costumes for these solos while the first season of the anime was airing)

-Nijigaku 4th / L!L!L! solos (I mean,we already know that we’re getting costumes for them so why not MVs??)

-SECRET NiGHT,Swinging!,Maze Town and MONSTER GIRLS (Again,it just feels right and I desperately want subunit costumes this also goes for SUPERNOVA,Sing and Smile!! and Dream Land! Dream World! + the anime subunit songs)

-Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump! (Imo this is one of Muse’s most iconic songs,I’m surprised these costumes aren’t in the game yet)

-Korekara no Someday (One of my fav songs,plus the costumes are SO SO cute imo)

-SUNNY DAY SONG,Hello, Hoshi o Kazoete,? -> HEARTBEAT,Future Style (We have a Hop! Stop? Nonstop! MV,why not Muse movie songs)

-MUSE AND AQOURS DUO TRIOS (Need I say more??? Could you imagine the IMPACT a Garasu no Hanazono MV in SIFAS would have??)

-Omoiyo Hitotsu ni Nare (Again,one of my favorite Aqours songs so why not but also if they do do these…Riko BETTER have a costume or else)

-Fantastic Departure,KU-RU KU-RU Cruller! and Smile Smile Ship Start! (These are pretty recent,but are great songs and have great costumes so not to be a broken record but why not??)

-LOVE WING BELL!!!! (Easily one of my favorite Muse songs,set of costumes and scenes in SIP it would be SUCH a cute MV,plus could you imagine the amount of ships people would do with this MV alone??)

-This probably won’t happen,but maybe Nijigaku second solo costumes? This set of solos never got costumes,so if they can make costumes for Mermaid festa,they can make new costumes for ANY song + if they do those,maybe they could make new costumes for Muse’s solos and add MVs + songs for Aqours’ first solos?? Oh well like I said these probably won’t happen but I can dream,,,

[minheeskitten]

surprisingly, this one actually isn't on woollim, it was posted on universe's channel and since they went under...the mv got taken down 😭

do you mind spoilers on the mv's storyline? you can probably find about half the mv on twitter, it should especially be easier to find it right now since the vertigo anniversary just passed the other day 🥲

yes! he can still just chill with his hyungs 🥲 he really is such a sweet boy 🥲

i'll be honest, i haven't read any fic that centers on wolf packs, so this is new territory for me 😅 but i love the idea of them being tightknit and ready to throw down anyone who threatens them, they're already a very sweet group that's super supportive of each other and i know hyeop is almost always ready to throw hands with haters in particular

looking forward to hearing your thoughts 😊 ~🩷

TELL ME AB THE MV PLS-

i may not go looking since i struggle with search terms haha

Still, woolim ent didn't upload it so im still gonna say 'fuck you woolim'

Oh, 04s are the youngest ill write smut for lol- they have to be 19 or older (preferably 20 for harder fics than 'ooo first time with <insert relatively light kink here>)

Wolf packs are LITERALLY so fun for me omg-

Note this of based off of what i remember so CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG!!

So, Yunseong, as we know, leader of the pack. (Would die to keep them all safe, but he'll fight tooth and nail to keep them safe before dying)

Hmmm If i remember right, its Changuk who likes things tidy n clean, so he'd likely be the one temding to whatever home they have and making sure its nice n cozy safe for the younger ones :)

Hyeop, likely plays with the pups to keep them entertained and calm, even if he can't always keep up with them. Sweet boy cares for them all :)

Im having difficulty remembering what dongyun does in the group as it is now- but thats just faulty memory haha

Minseo, i think he'd definitely be with hyeop. Helping with the younger boys as well as helping hyeop himself.

Junho is definitely one of those who'd spend time gathering food instead of just staying around.

Alwx: He just baby. Thats it. he is the pup that hyeop n minseo watch haha. Or he's a protector. It depends on what the story calls for haha

[xiaojuun]

🐇HI ERI💞 teubunny here I've been crazy busy so I couldnt come for a while. I did watch the mv when it came out tho! I love LOVE the song I need to listen to the rest of the album. The mv kinda surprised me bc I expected more summer vibes but .... Like can we even complain with how good they look? I wanted to ask ur opinion abt it and abt the album. What's ur fave song so far? how've been enjoying the cb? (ALSO PINK YOSHI I NEARLY DIED)🐇🐇

HIIIII I MISSED U !!!! teucomeback time for me is like . i cannot listen to anything else i can't tune in for anything else it is full teunnel vision ... i love the album no surprise there haha. my favorite bside is wonderland ! she has the perfect summer sound. but i also love i want your love, stupid, and bomb, and i do rly like bona bona ! the choreography is so powerful . and the mv is basically all references to their past eras !! which is why it's all over the place LOL so the boat scenes where they're dressed more comfortably are for i love you and hello, and that's where we got all the summer vibes i guess haha. tbh not my favorite mv of theirs ever, but i think it would take something crazy to dethrone miss ILY for me. i'm just happy to get new content and i reeeeally hope that esp with their anniversary coming up that we get new treasure map like PLEASE we all are begging ... i love the pink hair on yoshi too ! and junkyu's blue hair was such a big step for him he never dyes his hair (mix/nine trauma) but he looks so cute. also can we talk abt how much asahi is shining this era with all of his center parts !! jihoon too my main slayer ... i just hope they are having fun with promos and i know teumes are working hard to try and get them a music show win + encore stage, which would be awesome if it happens esp close to the anniversary . fingers crossed for inkigayo this week !! definitely let me know when you listen to the album what you think :D <3

[hotarutranslations]

CDJ2223!

Evening

COUNTDOWN JAPAN 2223

Thank you very much!

How was, Morning Musume's, 🔥 first COUNTDOWN JAPAN 🔥

Ishida!!!!!!

I did for all of it but I especially put my life on the line for, "HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS JAPAN? ~Nihon wa Donna na Kanjittekka?~"

The beginning,

was the best 🔥 it got everyone moving 🔥

Thank you for making this live together, it was just the start, but it felt like it from that moment!

It felt like, you all are the best--- 😆

I'm sorry that I don't know what to say, this was the phrase that matches my feelings the most lol

The last song was "LOVE Machine", Of course the fans seemed to be having a ton of fun, I could really see hands waving, even if you didn't have penlight, and even if you were in the back or on the sides!!

Its our 25th anniversary, and have appeared in our first COUNTDOWN JAPAN,

As one of the members, I'm happy that I can sing LOVE Machine, Again, I felt proud, to be in a group with a history 🌍️✨

I love Morning Musume--!!!

Photos of the setlist and such

Today for song 3~8, called the 25th Anniversary Medley,

Its a medley we performed an polished in the fall tour 🔥

Singing the debut songs from each generation in order, These songs wouldn't have been composed without the current members, Therefore I was really confident int his medley

For me as a 10th generation member my debut song, is "Pyoko Pyoko Ultra", finally finally finally,

it made a fest debut-- 🐣🐣🐣🐣🍀🤣👏

On rockin'on.com's page, it has the letters Pyoko Pyoko Ultra,

I don't really know as everyone's feelings are different but,

I'm really happy!!!!!!!!!

While those are thinking, Morning Musume is cool! What songs will we see and hear today! and it'd be great if for example, getting to the MV, seeing it, ch, chicks!? It'd be great if its like, who is this girl!? I'd be very happy if you were interested after all this 😌🍀 lol

Morning Musume "Pyoko Pyoko Ultra"

Experincing this song as a debut song, Its only something I have so, I guess that its special 🐣

Those who shared the experience at the venue,

those that couldn't get tickets as well...... 😭 looking through the photos and reactions,

How was it!!!!!

The scenery that we could see was the best 😌🔥

With this in mind,

Tomorrow and the day after we're starting the, Hello! Project Countdown Live and the new year tour

And we'll be making a live appearance on "Bakushou Hit Parade" on Januarty 1st 🎤

Fromo tomorrow and January 1st, I hope that everyone can enjoy it too--- ❤️

see you ayumin <3

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