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Zhu Yilong: A New Adventure is about to Begin

朱一龙：新的冒险即将开启

EN translation of Zhu Yilong's Harper's Bazaar June 2023 Cover Issue Feature Interview by wenella

2023 is a brand new year for Zhu Yilong. It is also a year full of possibilities.

The 35-year-old has started promoting two films that he starred in, namely “Lost in the Stars,” a suspenseful crime film produced by Chen Sicheng, which will be released soon, and “Only the River Flows,” a collaboration with Wei Shujun, which was selected for the 76th Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard category.

At the age of 35, Zhu Yilong is entering a phase that he has been anticipating.

He performs roles and writes new stories for them.

He is the person in the story, yet he is also the person who creates the story.

"I calculate time with my work."

Zhu Yilong calculates time with his works. Two movies a year. Ten more films later, he'll be 40 years old. This is how he counts.

Zhu Yilong was filming on his 35th birthday on April 16, 2023. He didn’t prepare for his birthday live stream but took the opportunity to chat with his fans on his birthday. He seemed a little nervous as he was doing the live stream alone. “Well, I don’t see anyone else while live streaming.”

Among the new generation of male actors, Zhu Yilong’s career trajectory is considered rather smooth; he learnt to play the piano in elementary school, enrolled in Beijing Film Academy to learn acting, and kickstarted his acting career in his junior year. After graduation, he garnered audience’s attention and support for his various drama roles. The web drama Guardian propelled him to popularity in 2018. In the show, he played three roles Shen Wei, Black Robe Envoy, and Ye Zun, and impressed viewers with his mature acting skills.

Yet, he also seems a little different from his peers. He seems rather mature for his age. Perhaps it is due to his shy, introverted personality, or the way he looks at people with his soft, glistening gaze in films, conveying sentiments that can only be spoken through his eyes. He is rather arty too and has performed Liang Bo’s “Boy,” Lo Ta-yu’s “Dream Chasers,” and Hedgehog’s “Cloud Bound Train” on stage. He doesn’t appear on variety shows and rarely does live streams. All these make him seem a little special.

In one of Zhu Yilong’s rare live streams in 2022, he sang the theme song of “Lighting up the Stars.” The film is a tragicomedy that deals with a unique theme; he plays Mo Sanmei, a young man from Wuhan who works in the funeral industry. After an encounter with a little girl, Mo Sanmei finds a sense of responsibility and the meaning to his life. In order to play this role well, Zhu Yilong experienced life in a funeral parlour and sported a buzz cut. “I love the joys of reunion and sorrows of parting; I love the everyday life in this world.” He has sung the film’s theme song on several occasions. Each time, he played either the piano or the guitar, with his head lowered, while articulating the lyrics in his deep voice clearly. Beneath his gentle demeanour, we see occasional flashes of Mo Sanmei’s defiance and enthusiasm.

Zhu Yilong said that there are so many film genres that he would like to try. “I want to work with different directors and try different acting styles.” As such, he feels the lack of time acutely. He wants to keep making movies. The sceneries of his journeys, the waves of the sea, the winds of the world…… he hopes to depict everything that he sees, encounters, and feels, through the cinematic lens.

In Zhu Yilong’s opinion, there is no distinction between the status of a film actor and a TV actor. It has nothing to do with status. Rather, making movies requires the actor to immerse himself in a totally different circumstance. “You will experience something different from your life, you will need to leave your comfort zone and experience a circumstance that you are unlikely to encounter in your life.” As an actor, he enjoys this kind of life. He said that being an actor has taught him to be reflective. He used to read scripts and find certain situations unreasonable. However, if he encounters such issues now, he would reflect to see if he finds the situation unreasonable simply because he hasn’t experienced something similar, or if it is one that he doesn’t truly understand.

“In fact, most of the time, it is most likely due to the fact that we haven’t experienced such situations before. Real life can be more dramatic and hyperbolic than in scripts.”

“Hiding behind his role and helping the creator to complete the work"

In May 2023, the film Only the River Flows, directed by Wei Shujun and starring Zhu Yilong, was selected for the 76th Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.

Only the River Flows was shot on 16mm film, making it a brand new experience for Zhu Yilong. Zhu Yilong described Wei Shujun as an extremely talented young director and they would often discuss filmmaking.

"The overall creative direction of this film, the acting style, and the way the plot advances, differ greatly from my previous films. Unlike regular movies that utilize character's emotions to create plot twists, Only the River Flows shows how the whole story and atmosphere changed the character instead.”

Zhu Yilong’s upcoming film is a commercial suspense thriller “Lost in the Stars.” He adopted a completely different way of acting in this film. “There are many types of films and there is no one way of acting that is necessarily more ‘superior.’ Different genres require different acting styles.” He said, “I was initially hesitant to accept the role when I first read the script because the character is highly complex. He often vacillates between different states – this character isn’t linear and I wasn’t sure how the role would be presented eventually. However, audiences might find this aspect thrilling because there are plenty of plot twists.”

Zhu Yilong spoke with the film’s producer Chen Sicheng many times and in great detail about the film’s production and expected outcomes. Chen Sicheng told Zhu Yilong that he wanted to make an extreme genre film. Zhu Yilong agreed with the mode of presentation and decided to join the team.

“I realised something very interesting.” After making Lighting up the Stars and Lost in the Stars, Zhu Yilong noted, “Transforming into a character isn’t only about changing a look, gaining or losing weight for the role, or simply growing long hair or a moustache. Rather, it is related to one’s understanding of acting. The transformation needs to be thorough. If I use only one type of acting method to take on different genres, I am just merely repeating myself and not really challenging different genres.”

On the topic of self expression, Zhu Yilong admitted, “It is difficult for an actor to express his world views through his character or performance.” He feels that an actor is only a medium. A film is constituted by its director, lighting, art…… and many other creators; the actor is just one aspect of the entire creativity process. Therefore, he doesn’t seek to express himself through the lens. Rather, he hopes to help every creator and director to realize their work and to present their vision as holistically as possible – a film isn’t merely about what an actor has to say to the world.

Zhu Yilong, who wishes to remain hidden behind his role and avoids repeating himself, is striving to do his best in every step he takes. He shows us how an ordinary person can gain recognition through hard work, one step at a time.

"Allowing myself to be more relaxed"

When Zhu Yilong isn’t filming, his life is quite boring. He admitted that he is an introvert and said, “My lives in films are so exciting. I’m actually quite tired each time I wrap a film. So I just want to keep things simple and comfortable; I will be more than satisfied just to get enough rest.”

Zhu Yilong is 35 years old. He is considered to be at his prime, though not necessarily young anymore. However, his smile, eyes, and posture, still exude a youthful charm. On his birthday, he said that he didn't want to celebrate, but he would like to make a birthday wish. When we asked him what he would like to say to his 40-year-old self, he said, “I don’t want to talk to my 40-year old self. Time is passing so quickly. I don’t feel like 40 years old is a distant age. Time passes very quickly when one is busy.”

A few years ago, Zhu Yilong thought that getting less exposure and not going on variety shows could help to preserve an actor's mystique. But he thinks differently now. “Everyone has the right to choose how they want to live and everyone has the right to choose their acting style. There is no hard-and-fast rule regarding acting. If they feel comfortable or enjoy participating in variety shows as part of their job, why not?”

These changes happened over the past two years. Previously, Zhu Yilong would think, “I aspire to become this type of actor, I will work hard in this manner, I will go to this extent for my role…” However, he feels that it doesn’t really matter anymore. “As long as it isn’t something calculated or deliberate, I think it is fine,” he said with regards to what type of acting he preferred and the goals he hoped to achieve.

“I just want to let my acting be more natural, I want to be more relaxed. I don’t deem my roles as pathways to quick success nor weigh the advantages of each role I play. I don’t think about what I can get from a role.”

“I don’t want to seek approval or recognition for the characters I play or my acting style. I don’t think too much about this issue. I just hope that I am able to enjoy the process of creating my roles, of emptying and transforming myself into my character as much as possible.”

For him, every performance is a door.

The completion of a work is not the end, but the door that leads to his next adventure.

[heymeowmao]

2023.05.30 - https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321324907193957744866

Long time no see!

bgm: Young Captain队长 & ODD Chen Sijian - 超感 (Super Sense)

LYN: ? Why is it that I can’t see your comments? Why is that? Is it a problem with my connection? LYN: Ok, I can see it now. I needed to refresh it.

C: You changed a place to stream from? LYN: Look at this- you clearly don’t care about me, so don’t pretend you do. It’s not worthwhile. C: The sound is small. LYN: How about now? Is it still small? It’s good enough. Let’s not make it too loud, either.

LYN: I just got back to Beijing, so I figured I would stream in my downtime. It’s been too long. So if I have the time to, I will come stream even if it’s just a little. C: It’s been 20+ days. // Almost a month. LYN: It’s like this- I was close to the drama wrap, so there were a lot of scenes to shoot before we finished up. I was busy shooting. Then after the wrap I had a bunch of work to do that had me running all over the place, and on top of all that I had some travel plans. You’ve all seen it- where I went to play (Disney) and whose concert I went to (MBY), and where I’ve been shopping. Just to relax a little, you know?  C: Was it fun? LYN: It’s like this.. the people who have been with me longer and know me well all know that I am a... workaholic. If I’m resting for two or three days I’m already out of my wits. I’m dazed. The first two days were pretty fun but later, the more I played, the more helpless I felt. I could only find some happiness within that helpless feeling.  C: Hurry and enter into a new crew! LYN: This industry is like this... it doesn’t OWE you. It doesn’t owe me, either. It’s not as if what I say has any weight. Unless I have investors. If you take 4B and hit me with it, to make me the star in a movie or something, then I can enter into a crew at any time.  C: You were forcing yourself to play. LYN: I wouldn’t say “forcing” myself; I had other work to do in between. It was work and play- I could relax a little. Recently my dramas have all been one after the other and I didn’t have time to rest, so- C: The sound is low. LYN: Is it? /adjusting the settings/ It might be because I’m wearing the in-ears today, so I’ve made the sound setting lower. If it’s too loud my own ears won’t be able to take it. How is it now, better? It’s good enough- you can turn your phone volume up. 

C: The background is pretty! LYN: It’s alright. This is my house in Beijing, the one I’m renting. I’ve debuted for five years already and the time I’ve spent living in Beijing since then does not exceed half a year. I’ve been holed up in drama crews (in Hengdian) or out on business the rest of the time. Honestly, it’s been nonstop. The fengshui of this house is pretty nice, so... so I’ve never stopped the lease. At least whenever I come back to Beijing I’ll always have a place to stay. I just never let the lease expire. It’s a nice place to live.

C: ZXD-laoshi is here! LYN: Welcome, welcome.

LYN: Someone mentioned that they saw I was going to perform at something in a few days... That... I’ll probably be going. Zhang Xiaogang (?) -laoshi was the one who contacted me for that. He said it counts as charity work, and asked if I could participate. It just so happened that I have time, so I agreed. C: Charity? LYN: That’s what he said, but I’m not too clear on the details myself. It’s just an event to promote culture, it’s fine. It’s my honor to be able to participate and sing some songs.  - [Watch the perf: https://weibo.com/2782682084/N4nY5pkmM]

C: Ning-ge, why is there a nice smell that follows everywhere you go? LYN: Why are you making that sound so mysterious, as if I have a nice body odor to begin with or something?? It’s not worth it. I’m a grown man who sweats- there is no “nice smell”. What can I say, it’s- I bought Givenchy cosmetics and they gifted me with a solid perfume. I’ve been using that. In the hopes that I could... so I don’t... don’t seem too sloppy. It’s nice if I could leave a nice smell behind wherever I go.  - t/n: When you ordered cosmetics from LYN’s Givenchy promo, they gifted a solid perfume with your orders. So he ended up acquiring a few. C: Ning-ge, I put it in my bathroom. LYN: /laughs/ So I smell the same as your bathroom. I’m walking around with a “bathroom smell”- Okay. You can choose to use it however you like. It’s acceptable. If you buy some shampoo and use it to wash your leg hairs, that’s okay. How you choose to use a product is entirely up to you. But that doesn’t mean that how you are using it is the intended/proper use. 

C: Can we see your Legos? LYN: Why are you looking at my Legos? You can go online and look- it has pictures and videos. What do you want to look at mine for?

C: Hurry and enter a crew! LYN: Obviously this friend is worried that I'l stay at home picking my feet (idling). It’s alright. Don’t worry. I’m a person with a strong sense of business and I have my own plans. When it comes the time for me to tell you about my plans, I will tell you. You don’t need to worry for me, I have my own plans.  C: Get some work! LYN: I have work!! Stop pushing me, I know. I have work, I have work. C: You can pick you feet (idle) for a while, too. LYN: It’s okay. They’re not that itchy. LYN: I came back to Beijing for other stuff, too. I have to do some voice-acting for my drama and I’ve gotten started on my album. I’m going to take this time to get my album finished, because I want to hold my concert next year. There are some other events and maybe a variety show I can do with this time, too. 

C: Push ALZ. LYN: Go take this up with the two main leads. I’m at a loss here- if they’re not pushing it, then who am I to say anything?? I can’t do it. I’m just trying to blend in with the crowd, here. I can’t help you. - t/n: probably will air after Back from the Brink, though...?

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C: Can you hold your concert in the latter half of the year? LYN: Do you think a concert is as easy as a street-side livestream? I can just tap my head for a warm-up and then get straight into it? That won’t do. Concerts take a lot of planning including venue, stage design, dress rehearsals and practices. It’s a process that takes time- at the least three or four months just to prepare. If I start working on it now, I could possibly swing it by October. But in October... I... I might need to film. LYN: Anyways, I see that a lot of other artists are holding their concerts this year. Pretty much every singer. They’re all on tour. I’m a little jealous- they sure can sell tickets. Ant the other thing is that every singer holding a concert has sold out tickets. They’re so amazing, I’m jealous. I was thinking... if they can sell out but then I hold my concert and I can’t?? That’d be a slap in the face. So I thought “forget it”. Let’s not take that risk. I’ll let them hold their concerts and get you in the mood while I work on my album, then hold my concert next year. It’s not as if I can hold a concert and then start singing my OSTs. I mean, it’s not that I can’t do it, but having a concert without an album to back it up isn’t particularly... reliable. I want to make my album and release it, then hold my concert after. That’s the general process, so you can rest assured. I will hold my concert. C: Ning-ge, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a ticket. LYN: Don’t mess with me. There aren’t many singers out there who dare to say they CAN sell out a concert. There aren’t many, though there are those few amazing ones. I, for one, don’t dare to say that I can. I don’t believe you won’t be able to get one. It’s a tour, right? So about 10 stops or so. Of these 10 stops, you’re bound to get tickets for at least ONE of the cities, right? It’s not as if you’re NOT going to watch at any of the 10? You’ll be able to get one, don’t worry. Don’t make it out to seem as if I’m such a hot commodity, and my tickets will be hard to get. You don’t need to create such a competitive atmosphere. We’ll do it the standard way. If you like watching concerts, you can come watch. If there are people out there who are interested in LYN, you can come watch as well.  C: Where can I buy tickets? LYN: Next year! I’m holding my concert next year- you can’t buy the tickets yet. You won’t be able to. C: Ning-ge, you don’t have enough awareness of yourself. LYN: I just have TOO much awareness. I know all too well. Just do it the normal/standard way, and that’s enough. We can’t be too self-absorbed. 

C: Come to Zibo. LYN: If I have the time, I’d really like to go take a look. Eat some bbq or something. I can go shop around. 

C: What’s wrong with watching the concert at all 10 stops? Who are you trying to look down on?? LYN: No- I’m not looking down on anyone, and you don’t need to be here showing off your wealth. If you CAN watch all 10 stops, then you’re impressive. That’s all I can say. But you still don’t need to promote how wealthy you are.

C: If I go to the concert, can I wear a wedding dress? LYN: Whatever you decide to wear is up to you- that’s your freedom of choice. As long as you won’t be hurt by it, you can wear whatever you want. That’s your freedom- you can wear a wedding dress if you want to. LYN: The first year I held my concerts a lot of friends wore wedding dresses to come see me. They bought it at the time for the occasion, but I don’t know if they can still fit into them now? If it’s something you bought and can still wear, you can wear it again.

C: Resolve the issue of the discount coupons. LYN: It’s like this- when I am holding my concerts and you want to buy tickets, you will buy them as normal. Let’s say the ticket is 480RMB. You’ll buy the ticket as normal. When you reach the concert venue, find a staff member... tell them you have a coupon... and they’ll return 5RMB to you. You can use the discounts then. As for the ticket, you will purchase that at full price because that’s part of the ticketing system- and those are at set prices. If you have the coupons you can come to the concert, find a staff member, and get transferred 5RMB back.  C: You think I’m a fool?! LYN: I’m being serious! Who said I was taking you for a fool? What’s the purpose in fooling you?? My goodness... 

C: How much are front row tickets? LYN: I’m not holding the concert yet, so I don’t know! I’ll let you know when the time comes. You think I’m trying to set my pricing with you right now? Right now, in my stream, I am negotiating the prices for my next concert with you? It’s not worth it. You’ll know when I actually get around to planning and holding my concerts. Let’s end the topic discussion here. In any case, I’ll be holding it next year. I’ll work on finishing the album first, this year.

C: Pre-sales? LYN: Not necessary. I still owe a stop from the last time. One of the stops- the last stop- was Wuhan, but just as we were about to hold it the pandemic started. We weren’t able to hold the concert, but the tickets were already sold. A lot of you haven’t even returned those tickets for a refund. I’m guessing that some portion of those who bought tickets back then are now no longer my fan. /sigh/

C: I’m a student-fan, is there a discount? LYN: I don’t know. Usually when I do concerts it’s in collaboration with a company. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed before if there was any extra benefit for students. I’m not clear. When the time comes, I can ask.

C: How much are tickets for the stage? LYN: Meaning you want to be ON the stage? If you’re on the stage it counts as a special performance. I’LL give YOU money. You can come dance.

LYN: I’m not going to discuss this with you anymore. You can find out what seating options there are when ticket sales open up. There’s no point in asking me if you can bring your kid, and if children’s tickets are half-price. Don’t ask me these things, I don’t know. Concerts typically have standard rules. 

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LYN: The other day- you all know- I went to MBY’s concert, didn’t I? It was in Shanghai and I figured if I had some time I would go. I quite like his songs, too. This was the first time in my life watching a concert. I’ve been to them before, of course, but at those I was the one singing on stage. It was my first time watching one and I thought it was pretty mysterious. I don’t have any prior experience. I didn’t know where to pick up my ticket or even enter the venue. I found someone to buy the tickets and then after that I didn’t know where to go to pick them up. After I got into the venue there was even a place to buy drinks and popcorn! I was thinking it was like going to watch a movie! You can even buy popcorn, popcorn chicken?? It was pretty nice, so I was relieved and decided to buy some. I bought two buckets of popcorn and two buckets of popcorn chicken. You can watch a concert while eating popcorn- what a happy thing! It’s like watching a movie.  LYN: But after I got to the seating area I found out that no one was eating anything! Either they were dancing/moving along or singing along. They were all MBY’s fans, right? Though I know there were also my fans there, too. /stares into the camera/ But the point is that everyone was enjoying the concert. I thought it would be weird if I wasn’t swaying the light-stick and was just sitting there eating my popcorn. I didn’t know. I figure if I were closer to the back, I could probably have eaten but I was in the front. And I am very tall, so there were some who recognized me. I couldn’t be there- watching my friend sing on stage while I sat in the audience eating popcorn! Let alone the popcorn, I didn’t even dare to drink water! I felt like if I drank a mouthful of water while he was singing it would seem as if I didn’t respect the stage. 

LYN: It was fun overall, though. His songs are all very nice, so it was pleasing to the ears. Not bad at all. Then, when I was leaving, I thought it would be better for me to leave earlier. I mean- you can’t leave the whole thing early- but I thought it would be aright to leave after the last performance and the singer bowed and left the stage (before the encore). But he bowed and left but no one else was leaving! The seating was tight and I was thinking that he probably left back to his hotel already by that point! But these friends were all still there waiting with no intention of leaving and there was music playing in the venue. I was thinking, “Why isn’t anyone leaving?? What are you doing- planning to stay the night??” In any case, I needed to leave. I was hungry. XD I wanted to go back to my hotel to eat my popcorn, because if you leave it for too long it turns stale. I stood up. LYN: Of course, there are going to be people who recognized me and called me “Liu Yuning!” That’s fine, that’s normal. But there were some who shouted “Lao-da!”* !! I looked at them and thought to myself, “Ah... I see how it is.” *[t/n: only long-time fans of his call him that, and here they are at a MBY concert...] LYN: I support you going to watch concerts, but just in case- for the next time. If we meet again like that, it’s going to be awkward. I don’t know how I should reply to you. My fans and I, meeting up at another idol’s concert?? That was an interesting feeling that I don’t wish to experience again. C: Don’t call me out like that! LYN: That’s exactly right. I meant you. LYN: I’m kidding. You can all go watch concerts, that’s fine. I just don’t want it (meeting his fans at someone else’s concert) to develop into a habit.

C: You even spilled your cola all over people. LYN: ... /thinking/ Did that happen? I didn’t know. If I spilled soda on you, I apologize. If you want compensation for your pants, you can contact my studio and we will compensate- within reason. I really didn’t know. Someone called me out just now about it. If you need it washed or compensation for it, send a private message to my studio.

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C: Lao-da, it seems like you haven’t changed your clothes in three days. LYN: /thinking/ What’s it to you?? Does this have anything to do with you? I buy three of the exact same outfit to wear- is that acceptable? I wear a new one every day, it just looks the same as the others. What do you care?!

LYN: Another thing is, someone saw me wearing long sleeves (to Disney?) and asked me if I was hot. What’s it to you whether I am hot or not? If I were hot, I would have taken the blazer off. I wasn’t hot! Why were you asking??  LYN: As actors we’re wearing three-four layers for hours a day when shooting for a guzhuang drama. We can take that, so why would we be hot in a t-shirt and blazer? Right?  C: Why weren’t you hot? LYN: I just got used to it, I guess. We’re wearing four to five layers on a normal basis anyway. Also, I’m afraid I would get too tan- I got SO tanned in the previous crew. So in order to prevent that, I wore long sleeves so my arms stay nice and pale. 

C: The drama costumes are washed every day? LYN: Pretty much. The outer layer isn’t washed as often, but the innermost one is washed almost everyday. We’re sweating too much to just let it be. 

C: You can be tanner; you’ll look healthier. LYN: What you’re saying isn’t unreasonable, but I still advise all of you to wear sunscreen. Sun IS good for you but it will speed up the aging process of the skin. I would suggest sunscreen. Right now, I’m most afraid of aging. I keep hearing this song, called “当你老了 (When You Are Old).” ~When you’re old and you hair has turned white~ LYN: Let me see if I can find it. I’ll sing it for you. -- 当你老了 (When You Are Old) LYN: I don’t really know the song too well. You get the drift.

C: Why is there an added echo? LYN: I don’t know what you mean by that. Do you mean that my stream right now is a singing competition? Everything has to be REAL and have that pure/raw sound?

C: Ning-ge, it’s almost time for my senior high school entrance exam. LYN: ?? I saw someone say that a few days ago. To everyone who is taking their driver’s license exam, or whatever other certification- I wish you all success.  C: College entrance exam. LYN: Oh. I wish everyone taking their college entrance exam to have a good score! Let’s all reach for the sky. You “amaze the world with a single, brilliant feat.” (不鸣则已，一鸣惊人) C: Ning-ge, my daughter is taking her college entrance exam. LYN: Seems like my fans also comprise of older people who are heads of households. I hope your daughter does well. Jiayou, jiayou.

C: I’ve finally caught up to a live stream. LYN: My streams are easy to catch. Well, okay- Maybe not this month. Someone told me I haven’t streamed in 20+ days. I hope you can understand. I told you before that when I made it back to Beijing I would stream until you were sick. Look at this background I’ve set up for you. I purposefully found some nice background so you would have a refreshing viewing experience. I hope you all can see it and be happy. I want you to be able to feel relaxed here. 

C: My grandkid is taking the college entrance exam. LYN: ?? It’s not that I don’t believe you! I don’t NOT believe that I have a fan who is old enough to have a grandkid entering college... but... I have a strong suspicion that you’re trying to curse someone. There are a lot of friends here who were saying “I’m taking the NCEE” and now here’s someone who is saying, “Yes, yes. My grandkid is taking the NCEE.” When you put it that way, it seems like you’re joking. 

C: What’s your next drama, can you spoil it a little? LYN: My next step is to make my album- didn’t I already tell you? What else do you want me to spoil? What do I know? I can’t spoil anything. LYN: Right now- with singing and with acting- I have to like the role, the script, or feel like it suits me before I accept a role or song. I have to like it first, and that’s why I accept. If I don’t like it, I won’t accept the job. So I’m waiting for the right one- if it’s something I don’t like then I don’t see the need to force myself into doing it. 

LYN: If you’re watching my stream, try to do it with headphones if you can. You might not be able to hear very clearly with just the phone’s speakers. They’re not very defined so you can’t hear me clearly. Wear headphones if you can. I guarantee you’ll hear everything loud and clear. I’m also wearing headphones- what you hear is exactly what I am hearing. It’s like we’re listening in the same space- everyone’s happy. 

C: Why can’t people hear clearly? Is it because your dictation doesn’t pass? LYN: Are you even my fan?? You must not be. How could you come and make trouble for me?? I’m just average. Super basic. I’m didn’t study to be a performer, after all. It’s already taken me a lot of effort to speak Standard Mandarin properly. My dialogue is no good, so you needn’t go around promoting it either.  LYN: I figure it’s like this- if you are impressive enough, people will naturally praise you. There’s absolutely no need to go around self-promoting. Especially in this industry, you want to try to avoid the risks. The harder you push for something, the worse you’re going to look. Really. So I don’t want you to go around saying my lines are good or anything. We’re not into that. As someone like me who’s somehow managed to make his way into acting, that in itself is already enough. The fact that I’ve received good roles is good enough. It’s good enough to take a script someone’s written and be able to act it out. We don’t need to discuss any deep experiences.  C: Then, Ning-ge. Between your lines, your acting, or your visuals, you have to promote ONE of them. LYN: But WHY do I have to?? I don’t know. What do you mean. Why do I HAVE TO push one of them? I don’t think I can get away with bragging about my visuals. If I brag about (the Chinese word is also used for “blow”) my visuals it will sound like this kazoo. Don’t even mention acting- why? Because I’m someone who keeps telling you he’s working on his second album. I’m trying to hold a concert next year, what do I need to push my acting for? Acting skill is not something you attain by boasting; it’s something that the viewers can feel. It doesn’t need promoting because viewers can see it. My lines is even more out of the question. I’m from Dongbei, so when I speak I am bound to have a heavy accent. I don’t want to promote any part. Can’t we be just a normal person? A normal person, watching shows normally. Why do I need to push for something? There’s no need. If you’re good, people can see it. If you’re not then there’s no use in forcing it.  C: Promote your height. LYN: This, I can do! :) // There’s nothing to brag about, though. I was just born this way- it’s a matter of genes, not something that you can attain by putting in any effort. It’s not like I can say that LYN, by putting in his blood, sweat, and tears and sleeping only two hours a night, has made himself grow to 1.89m tall. It’s just something you’re born with- this is in your genes; it’s something you’re born with, not something you can attain with hard work. You don’t need to put any effort into your height.  C: Does “sings well” count? LYN: “Sings well”? There are so many other people out there who sing much better than I do. I’m being serious. I’m not just saying that to be nice. It’s because I understand all too well, and the longer you’re in the business of something, the more you will understand. There are so many people who can sing well. You can’t get to this place just because of how amazing you are. The first thing is to have a good life (fate), and the second thing is to meet good people. That’s the way you can get to this position, not because you are amazing. This is something I’ve always been aware of.  LYN: This is very straightforward. Think about it- do you think I sing much better than I did five years ago? I don’t sing much better, but I definitely have improved. But why was no one requesting me to sing OSTs five years ago? Because I didn’t have you, then. Right? But I can’t say that I can sing OSTs BECAUSE of you, rather it’s because of you that more and more people recognize me and I have the opportunity to accept these types of jobs.  C: Promote your fans. LYN: I can do that. My fans are so amazing. Of course! What else can I say? You’re the best. C: Compliment your fans. LYN: That’s not necessary. I haven’t drifted, but you have? I told you not to go out and promote me, but now you want to go out and promote yourselves?? We have to promote something, huh? There’s no rhyme or reason behind it. We’re all saxophone lovers; we all love to “blow” (brag). LYN: There’s nothing to brag about. I don’t want to say that my fans are better than anyone else’s, but you certainly are different. These few years I think we’ve developed a good method of communication. It’s already set, so it’ll be hard for other people to replicate. 

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LYN: Daimi. Daimi? Come here. Come up and show your face. / Let me turn off the lyrics for a bit. / Here she is! We got back to Beijing and she had a wash and a trim. Now she actually looks like a dog. She’s not like she was before just hanging around Hengdian, looking like a stray. She got a trim and now she looks clean and neat- a lot more lively.  LYN: She’s back in Beijing, too. She came back in my business car, while I was in a plane. Direct from Hengdian. That’s how we treat our female artist. She’s a a registered resident of Beijing, too. So she’s got it good.  - [t/n: lmao- with Daimi on his lap you can see how he likes to bounce his leg.] C: Ning-ge, stop avoiding it. Let her kiss (lick) you. LYN: How about no. It’s about time, right? You can go now. Stop trying to benefit from my popularity. 

LYN: At first I wanted to stick her in the cabinet. I wanted to put her in there and have her sit with the rest of the figures so you could see her. But then I was afraid she would be scared to death if I did that. So I didn’t put her in there.  

C: How come you take her with you everywhere you go? LYN: What are you saying? If I don’t take her with me, where do you want me to put her? Throw her away?? Of course, I have to bring her with me.  

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C: Was Disney fun? LYN: It was quite fun. I honestly wanted to go after my previous drama had wrapped. I had wanted to go after YNGS- to relax, have fun, and shop around. But then what happened- I broke my foot. So I figured I would go after ZY wrapped. It was fun. (Shanghai Disney)

C: You’re trending. LYN: My stream is trending? I don’t believe it. My stream couldn’t possibly be trending, I’m not worthy. 

C: Why didn’t you stream at Disney? LYN: I already told you last time that Disney doesn't allow live streaming. If you wanted to stream it requires a lot of preparation- especially as an artist. Shanghai Disney has a large amount of people, so we don’t want to take the risk of any accidents happening- even though I’m not popular to that extent, yet. But there’s still the risk, right? So a stream wasn’t quite possible. We’ll have to see, later. Disney has had a lot of people lately, so we’ll see if there’s a time when there’s less people and I can try to stream then. It’s still a collaboration, after all. 

C: I came in from the trending topic. LYN: Welcome. To the friends who are new here, are you satisfied with my clothes today? If you’re not, I’ll go change. Are these clothes acceptable? If you have not subscribed to my weibo yet, please do so. I am Modern Brothers Liu Yuning. 

C: Where did you go play? LYN: I was all around the park from start to finish. 

- /dismisses answering a question that people keep spamming in the comments- in relation to another artist (ZLS? because she was at Disney the same day he was? IDK.)/ LYN: The point of the live-stream in the first place- as something I do often and when I have the time- is so that I chat with my fans. Or maybe if there are some people just passing by- wasn’t there someone just earlier who came in because of the trending topic?- they can take a look at me. I’m here to chat with my friends and to play for a while. It’s not like I was intending to expose things about the entertainment industry. I only think of myself- I won’t talk about anything concerning other people. 

C: I came in from the trending topic. I want to see the napa cabbage. LYN: /laughs/ What are you talking about?? The cabbage shirt is back in Hengdian. Not only do you have requirements for my clothing, now you come to my stream to request dishes? A lot of friends don’t know what you mean by “napa cabbage”- I had bought a shirt once and wore it during one of my streams. I ended up looking too much like a napa cabbage. It was green and yellow- just like a cabbage, so my friends started calling it the “cabbage shirt”. If you want to see it, I’m sure there are hotpot restaurants around your house, right? Or a supermarket? You can go take a look tomorrow. // It’s a shirt that looks a lot like a cabbage. LYN: It was brand new and I was planning on wearing it to a variety show. But I showed it off in a stream first instead and within a few minutes my feelings toward that shirt were that of loathing. Before sleeping that night, under my blankets, I silently swore that I would never wear that shirt again. That money was wasted. My mood was completely obliterated. At the time the color was much like that of a napa cabbage- yellow with some green. But if I wear it right now, I’ll be called something entirely different. What is it, you ask? Duo Ba An (?) Or something like that- it’s been going around lately.  LYN: I’m not too clear on it myself, since I just come across the topic sometimes when I’m scrolling. It’s like you wear something purple, and pair it with other purple things from head to toe. Or a full set of pink/green/yellow. I’m not too clear on the concept. 

C: If you’re not going to wear it, give it to me. LYN: Well, you see- this house here in Beijing is rented but normally when I’m filming it’s empty. Do you want to come live in it, too? I’ll pay the water and electricity bills, as well as the air conditioner. Do you want to come live here? Since I’m not living in it anyway. Is that what you mean? Anything I don’t want, I have to give you?? In that case, a lot of hotel rooms are empty- why don’t you go and tell the front desk, “Your rooms are empty anyway, why don’t you let me live in one?” Go into a clothing shop and tell the salesperson, “Look- these clothes are just hanging here and no one has bought them. Why don’t you let me wear them first? What do you think?” Be reasonable!

C: Ning-ge, aren’t we friends/family? LYN: Um... let me think about how to answer this. “Even brothers keep their affairs separate.” Right? Even brothers (by blood) are separate, so what’s there to say about just friends? Right, fam’?

C: Ning-ge, did you pick the two songs for the Jingdong event?  LYN: You can say that. Let me tell you why- as a singer, there are a lot of considerations to make when choosing the right song for the right occasion. I sang two songs for the JD event. One was “A Dream of Splendor” and the other was “Guest Becomes Host”. Do you know why I chose these two songs, friends? Do you know? A lot of you don’t, but I will tell you the secret behind why these two songs were chosen, and not some other two. Friends. You don’t know, do you? There’s a huge deciding factor behind these two song choices. Why was it "A Dream of Splendor” and not, say, “Searching for You”? Or, “You Say Love”- why do you think that is, friends? Let me tell you. C: The price is high. LYN: That has nothing to do with it. When singers go, it’s at a fixed pay anyway. If you went to sing a lullaby, it would be the same amount of money. The salary is fixed. But why these songs? It’s because- this is an industry secret- it’s because... the JD event was airing on Tencent. That’s why, the songs I sang had to be from dramas that had aired on Tencent. If I wanted to sing “Searching for You” it would have to be at an iQIYI event.  LYN: It’s reasonable, isn’t it? C: So that’s how it is! LYN: Yeah, of course. You have to- be wise! LYN: Friends, your horizons have opened, haven’t they? You didn’t think of that, did you? C: You’re too smart! LYN: It’s not a matter of smarts anymore, this is a matter of things you should do. Some interviews will ask, “Ning-ge, what other roles have you played in the past?” and “How do you think your role now compares to the others?” In order to answer the question I have to first think to myself- What broadcast station am I interviewing with right now? Is it Tencent’s, Youku’s, or iQIYI’s? Oh.. it’s Tencent’s. Then, which dramas am I allowed to mention... BCF is Tencent’s. The Long Ballad- Hao Du is also Tencent’s. Ok. I will only talk about these two roles. LYN: These are prerequisites. There’s no helping it. 

C: It’s like you’re walking on eggshells. LYN: No- it’s just that if you want to survive in this industry you have to be careful. You never know when you’re going to accidentally offend and become someone’s enemy. It’s ridiculous. There’s a target on you all the time, and no reason why.

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LYN: I’ll sing a song! I feel like I haven’t sung in such a long time. I was watching the concert the other day and I- I was watching and felt like... I wanted to get up on the stage and sing, too. But it seemed like there were quite many security guards around. I didn’t dare to stand up! If I did, they wouldn’t care WHO I was, they were surely going to hit me. They surely would have pressed me to the ground. I saw MBY singing on stage and really wanted to get up there but I held myself back. /sigh/ In that case, let me find one of MBY’s songs to sing. I even learned one while at his concert! Let me see... Xiao Chou (Drown One’s Sorrows)! This was not the one I learned at his concert, by the way. Is this okay? Let me try. LYN: Here’s the thing- we’re friends, right? So if I sing his song, at the very least I know he won’t sue me. He won’t contact my Studio and ask for copyright infringement fees. It’s probably unlikely to happen. It probably... does warrant that severe of an action. So I’ll sing this, for a little entertainment. // How does it go? I suddenly forgot!  -- 消愁 (Drown One’s Sorrows) LYN: The sound of the track was too loud. Sorry. I didn’t execute that well. Let’s try a different song. // This is good, right? I really like this song, but it never got popular. It’s my own problem.  -- 你說愛情啊 (You Say Love)

C: You’re so gentle, you don’t seem like yourself. LYN: What an interesting thing to say. It sounds so meaningful. “So gentle you don’t seem like yourself.” Maybe you just haven’t seen my gentle side. You can normally see that in my drama. LYN: I can act a little more normal, too. I can be strict.

LYN: I saw on some video platform a clip of my dubbing for Jiu Yuan (CLJ donghua). Someone posted a clip of that and I saw in the comments someone said, “This person didn’t do a very good job. It seems like this person doesn’t have enough presence.” I just want to say that I probably wouldn’t do the voice-acting as good as most other people. Compared to a professional voice actor, I am lacking by thousands of miles. But “lacking presence” I can’t admit to- because I’m a singer! Another comment was that there was absolutely no feeling behind the voice. They couldn’t grasp any feelings by watching the character. Friends, I was voice acting for a monk. LYN: Didn’t you see that he was a monk? He can’t HAVE feelings. I’m able to be deeply emotional. I’m just an Emotional Boy, I am. But the guy’s a monk, so I couldn’t say anything with too much feeling. Everything for him is internal, you should be able to grasp just the slightest bit of warmth from his strict words and outwardly appearance. He’s a monk- a god of war- you can’t expect him to appear and say, “Dongfang Qingcang, have you gone mad?!” You wanted it like that, with feeling? “You can’t do this!” There’s no way we could have made him emote. I had to make it a bit colder. So.. if you understand it, you can comment a bit. If you don’t understand, you can also comment.  C: Let’s have something emotional. LYN: Something emotional- that has to be what every girl likes- it starts off with this low register. ~You have to speak with this low “croaking” voice, and add a bit of a breathy sound.~  ~Don’t you think this is nice? When I speak like this?~  LYN: Let me find any lines to recite. I’ll use the lyrics of this song. Of course I need bgm, though. C: There’s no need. LYN: If that’s the case, then we can forget it. Someone said I was trending, didn’t they? I still don’t believe it. - /croaking... barks/ C: It’s off-putting. XD

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C: I thought you would change your outfit. LYN: I can’t.

C: Trending on the main tab. LYN: Really? Why don’t I believe it? Let me take a look. I don’t believe it. LYN: It’s true! “LYN Variety”. What’s that topic about? I haven’t been on any varieties! Let’s go see what the contents of the topic are. // ?? This is false advertising. There isn’t anything about my variety shows in here- it’s just clips from my stream. You’re all also in here telling me to pay attention to you. There’s nothing. /sigh/ Oh well, it doesn’t matter. C: Everyone wants to see you on more variety shows. LYN: You really know how to talk! You make the ends meet so nicely! I said I’m trending for “LYN Variety” and I wonder why- and here you are telling me “It’s because everyone wants to see you on more variety shows!” I’m guessing you must be the of the variety-show club. You really know how to frame it! C: They’re pushing you to be on more variety shows. LYN: I- no one has asked me to be on one. /fake cries/ It’s too cruel. // Nah. Varieties shows have come around to inquire but for the past few months I’ve been busy with drama filming, so I didn’t have any time to be on them.  C: Will The Truth have a season 2? LYN: I hope there will be. We can anticipate it together. // But it seems like... well, let’s just hope there will be. It’s a variety show I actually really want to be on.

LYN: I haven’t been on a single variety show this year, have I? It’s okay. You’ll have something by the end of the year. In the third quarter? Probably. There’ll be one. Don’t worry. I’m sure there will be one- I’ve been thinking about recording for a variety and resting a bit. Refresh my brain. I'll go play. LYN: I’ve found out that some of you always have some news- I don’t know where you get it from- but once you have it you go around spreading it. Last time I went to record an episode of Hello! Saturday- help me find out who spread this info for me- and they started saying that I went to record for one episode and was preparing to record for another four. Help me find the origin of this information immediately. Who was the source?? This person is so mysterious- help me catch this person. They’re wanted for crimes of spreading false rumors. We have to be wary of people like this. C: I heard it was three episodes. LYN: See! Where did you hear that from? Go and bring that person to me. C: I even believed it. LYN: No- for a program like Hello! Saturday it’s already honor enough to be invited to one episode. Let alone four?? You wish! C: So how many episodes IS it? // I heard it was five. LYN: It’s only the one episode. That’s why I’m idling here back in Beijing, isn’t it? C: Were you tricked? LYN: No~ I’m in the group chat, too right? So sometimes I go in there to see what you all are talking about. So don’t you dare try anything! I know you all too well.

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C: When will your drama air? LYN: That, I really don’t know. But there have been some platforms who have invited the crew out to check it out. After we watch them it should air soon after. But this year for sure, at least one of my dramas is going to air. The probability is around July. As for which one or possibly how many- that I don’t know. It’s about time, though.  LYN: Wait, no. Don’t have too high expectations of me. You’re supposed to lower your expectations. That way when you watch you can think that I my acting is acceptable or even good. Don’t have high expectations, because a few of these dramas were filmed about two years ago now. At that time I was... I wasn’t good enough. Of course I’m not any good now, but it’ll definitely be better than back then.  LYN: Eh? What did I film before BYOL? TXJ...? It was TXJ, right? I think BYOL definitely opened up my understanding towards performing. Then when I got into the YNGS crew, I had a different experience entirely. It was really fulfilling. I started getting the hang of it. No matter what you’re doing- if you do it a thousand times- you’re going to become more familiar and fluent in it. Once you’ve filmed one thousand dramas I’m sure you would have gotten the hang of it by then. After YNGS, I felt like I had some growth and was able to enter into the ZY crew with that newly gained experience. After ZY I feel like I’ve grown even more.  LYN: If there was any sort of change, I think the most of it came when I was filming for BYOL. YNGS is more like the previous me, but more matured. With ZY I matured even more. You just have to keep improving. Also, previous to BYOL, I was only playing supporting roles so had comparatively less scenes. With ZC I had 190...? Around 200 scenes. For TXJ I had 190. 191, but after it’s all edited I’m sure they will delete some of my scenes. There’s also ALZ. I really don’t remember how many scenes I had but - I just want to say, because I’m sure when it airs that people will come to curse me out in troves- I did not have any ability to get myself additional scenes. Please don’t go around saying that they added scenes for me. I don’t have the right- who do you think I am?? LYN: Other than my own fans, who’s watching ALZ for me anyway? Right? So don’t say I got additional scenes- I only act out what I get in the script. I can’t add anything- I don’t have the right/qualification to. For that drama, too, I really seriously adhered to my duty of only playing what was outlined in the script. 

C: What is your “duty”? LYN: The thing is with actors- at least how I look at the role... /thinks about it/ I don’t want to talk about this with you. I really want to share, but I’m afraid to say the wrong thing. So I won’t talk about it. I have my own method for looking at the roles- which ones I want, which ones I accept, which I think are good opportunities. I have my own way of looking at them.  LYN: For Luo Mingxi in ALZ, I just want to say I acted well within my duties. I did as best as I could with my limited capabilities. I didn’t steal away anyone else’s limelight. Supporting characters all have their own function. You all watch dramas so you know- some characters are there to support the main character- to indulge them. I told you about this scenario the last time, didn’t I? LYN: If there are two actors at the scene of the crime... High chance the support role will say, “How did this person die? Who killed them?” and then it’s turn for the main character to say, “Based on the condition of the body I infer that this must have been done by someone they know.” The support comes in again, “Huh? How do you know? You only looked at the body for a minute, but you already know who did it?” The main character will reply, “That’s right. You should learn from me more often. The killer couldn’t have gotten far. Send patrols out within a 5 mile radius. We need to do a traffic stop at all major cross sections.” The support: “There’s no way! The body had been in rigor mortis for so long. The killer would have gotten away a long time ago!” The main: “Rest assured, I won’t be wrong. Trust me. Just do as I say.” And then a while later the culprit has been caught, and the support comes back and says, “I can’t believe it. How did you know they didn’t get farther than 5 miles away? Tell me about it- how did you figure it out?” You know? The main theme is to act as a foil.

C: This supporting role is so expressive! LYN: No! There are so many different supporting character types. I was only describing one of them; the point is that through their lines you can tell what their function is. Everything they say is to instigate the main to say their next lines. For the most part. I’m not saying that ALL their lines work to serve this purpose. Just some of them. The theme is “companionship.”

C: If acted well, even small roles can shine. LYN: Naturally! That’s definitely the case. I’m able to have so many fans now precisely because they saw me as a supporting character and ended up liking me. I can stand behind that statement.

LYN: Just think about what would happen if the supporting character didn’t cooperate. Let’s use the same scenario as before.  - Main: Based on the condition of the body I infer that this must have been done by someone they know. - Support: Oh. You’re right. LYN: ... /giggles/ - M: I’m sure the culprit couldn’t have gotten farther away than a 5 mile radius. - S: Ok, got it. LYN: .. Now’s the time for the main to start getting anxious. - M: Aren’t you going to ask my why?? LYN: That’s why you still have to go through the whole process. Otherwise this part of the drama would have flopped.

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C: Ning-ge, I fell into the pit (fandom) because I saw ZY reuters.  LYN: You can fall in just by seeing reuters? Are you talking about the ugly ones or the pretty ones? According to my calculation, about 70% of reuters of me are of the ugly variety. Not even ZY, the other dramas, too. 70% of all reuters of me is the ugly kind. If you can see those and STILL fall into this pit... Sis’- you’ve got good taste. :) LYN: (Fell in) By seeing reuters... in this case, I guess I have to thank all the editors out there who have photoshopped the photos, and to the content creators who put so many filters on the video clips that even I don’t recognize myself in them. That includes the music, too. I saw some videos and you’ve added in music and then bring in the slo-mo- I saw it and was thinking to myself, “Eh? I actually look decent!” I think those accounts that most often take photos/videos of me really have a good aesthetic. Truly, not bad. LYN: Of course, it’s like this- many of you may have an interest in me FOR NOW. We don’t call it “falling into the pit” here. We call it “winning the lottery.” We’re different, here. Calling it “falling into the pit” sounds a bit unlucky. It’s like you were unwilling. Because it’s a pit- if you fall in, you’re going to want to try to climb out. But if you “win the lottery” then you can enjoy the benefit to its fullest.

C: Ning-ge, in this case it seems like you often see the reuters, yourself. LYN: /sigh/ I also see them, ok? In this “big-data” world, you know- whatever app you’re using, they’re bound to recommend you articles based on your interests. Who am I most interested in? Of course, it’s going to be myself. So when I open up my apps the first-fourth posts I see are about myself. I have to see them. Do you think I dare to NOT have an interest in them? LYN: I’m interested. Some of the videos really look so nice, I was so amazed by them that I even “liked” them. 

LYN: I feel like everyone needs to get the chance to meet, at least once. For a period of time there were a huge quantity of ugly photos of me, right? Then by chance, I ran into that group of paparazzi. I went and asked them if they could delete the extra ugly photos for me. I think that all humans have feelings, right? Even if they don’t know me, if I came up to them and made that request of them, they would have had to feel SOMETHING, right? “LYN asked me, so maybe I can release less of those pictures.” Right- I think that’s an okay thing to ask of them. It’s a negotiation.  LYN: Then, I don’t know if among their group there was someone who has seniority in doing this, but he told me, “Ning-ge, don’t worry. I’ll ask them all to erase the photos. If there are ugly ones, I’ll ask them to delete them.” And I said, “Ok, ok.” Things like this, nowadays... no matter what you do you have to consider relationships between the world and people. 

LYN: Another night I returned to the hotel and headed for the elevator. When the doors opened there was a man inside. He greeted me, “Ning-ge, hello!” but I didn’t know him. I wouldn’t recognize him- because he’s a paparazzi, right? They always take pictures of actors, so they know who we are but for us- the distance is probably a bit far, so we can’t see their faces. I didn’t recognize him, so I just thought it was another hotel patron. I said, “Hello.” He replied, “You finished up work? It’s been hard on you.” and I replied, “Ah, yes.” I didn’t even know who he was! But then it got to the second floor- we live on the same floor. We got out of the elevator and he said, “Ning-ge, what did you think of the photos the other day? I was the one who took the pictures of you on the horse. I saw that the reception was great- you even made it on the trending topics list.” All of a sudden I understood who he was. X’D I said, “Oh! You took very good pictures. Thank you so much.” What else could I say?! C: He outed himself. LYN: No, there’s none of that. He wasn’t even afraid of me! I don’t even have the right to do anything about him, either. It’s the job of the production crew to stop/hinder them from leaking photos/videos, not mine. I’m just the actor- all I need to do is film the drama. Also, why would I need to make an enemy of the paparazzi? There’s absolutely no need. I’m very clear on this: if you want to take handsome pictures of LYN it’s very hard but if you want to take ugly ones, you can shoot however you want. Right? If you want to take nice photos, you have to find the right angles, right pose, and get the timing perfectly. If you want to take ugly photos- you are free to click the shutter at will.  LYN: I’m not approving of their actions, but that’s their way of making a living. We just need to have mutual respect. Just- as long as they don’t do anything that hurts me. Other than that, it’s alright. It’s fine. LYN: I was thinking- since he’s living in the same hotel as I am- “Do paparazzi have so much money??” I heard that it was hard to get a reservation in this hotel and that it’s very expensive! Paparazzi have so much money?? He can live on the same floor as me- that’s amazing! LYN: It’s his line of work- as long as he’s on the right path. The “path” can be categorized into “method” as well as “morality.” Some people don’t have morals, and there’s just nothing you can do about it. You can try to stay away and ignore those ones, and that’s all. If they’re insane, just steer clear and you’ll be ok. There doesn’t need to be this silent war between us. If we can take some time to just make that request of them- not to release any ugly pictures- then we’re all good. At the least, I hope it can be like that.

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C: Is your foot completely healed now? LYN: I haven’t gotten it checked, but it should be fine. It’s been a long time already- 5 months. It should be healed, but I haven’t checked. I came back to Bejing to take care of some things but later I’ll have to find some time to do a physical. I haven’t done one in about three years. Do you remember the last time, I came back to do covid testing, and I told you all about the experience? /imitates the sound of the machinery/ I’ll stay in Beijing for a bit to acclimate and then I’ll find a time do do another physical. 

C: Ning-ge, your foot must be better because I saw you went to get a pedicure. LYN: That is, if my foot weren’t better, I wouldn’t be able to get a pedicure? What are they going to do? Break my foot again?? Wow, this deduction makes it seem like you’re the main character in Murder Notes. What amazing inferencing skills. You really caught the main point, there. LYN: There was a video that said ZSX invited LYN to get pedicures. After I saw that I immediately send him a message, saying “Look, the media is saying that you invited me, but in reality I was the one who got the bill. Can you send me the money back that I feel better about it?” XD I’ve been wronged. Why did I have to spend the money so that he could take the glory? C: It was your loss. LYN: I thought about it- in the end, of course he didn’t give me the money. Because earlier in the day we had gone out to eat first and he DID pay for that. That’s okay, isn’t it? He paid for the meal, and I paid for the pedicure. It’s fair. 

C: Ning-ge, do you need fan-support for when you do your physical? LYN: Shush, you. I’m going to the hospital to get a physical, and you want to stand in front of the entrance with banners and flags, chanting, “LYN, jiayou!”?? People who know would know I’m getting a physical but people who don’t know would think I’m going in there to give birth! LYN: In the future, you’re going to coordinate fan-support for everything I do? For example, if I wanted to go out to eat ramen- you’re going to set-up outside of the restaurant? Our main theme is “accompaniment” and “fan-support”. C: Ning-ge, if you go to get a pedicure, we’ll set up outside the shop for your fan-support. LYN: /laughs/ /sobers/ Are you crazy?!?

C: What about Zhong chuan (中传第20届半夏晚会)? LYN: Don’t do any support for that, please. That’s more of an industry event, and less like a gala. It’s for charity. Don’t make a big deal out of it, okay. Please. Thanks, everyone. I’m telling you now- don’t make a big deal out of it. It was originally intended to be a more charitable event- so that I can feel good about contributing. If you make a big deal out of it, I won’t like that. It will take the meaning away from the event. Alright? Thanks. C: Will they pay you? LYN: What are you saying?! Don’t be so materialistic. For this type of event, even if they did offer to pay, would you seriously take the money?? The fact that I am able to participate in the first place is MY honor. I should be giving THEM money.

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C: Have you been working out lately? LYN: I’ve been planning to start up again. I should have about a month of a “regular” schedule- so for that month I am planning to work out crazily. I bought a whole bunch of stuff in preparation. I figure by the end of this year I will be able to keep my promise to you. I’ll let you see- post a picture of my abs. The end of this year. Today is May 30th. I still have half a year’s worth of time. Alright? When we cross over into next year I will post a pic of my abs for you. If I don’t have it by then.. then it was just a thought.

C: I don’t want to see a picture. LYN: ? What do you mean- should I break a piece off to show you?? What do you mean? I told you I would take a picture and post it, but you don’t want a picture. Should I cut a piece off and send it to your house??? If I have a six pack, I should split it to six people? I’ll cut a square piece of a right ab for you and send it to you? - [t/n: mentions some sort of new meme, but I don’t know it so I don’t get the reference. Says he’ll make a vid and post it.]

C: Show them on stream. LYN: /sigh/ It’s like this. Maybe I’m a little old but I don’t have the same mindset as some of the young guys you might like. First, because I don’t have a good figure to begin with. Sometimes for the dramas, they’d need me to- just the slightest bit- wear a little less. Or maybe not wear anything at all. The drama needs you to... wear less. Now, this wouldn’t be a problem if I had any muscles to show, but I just look like a rack of ribs. Some friends don’t like eating ribs... That’s why, sometimes, I have a strong opposition to showing skin. Maybe wait until I have actually trained myself into having muscles, and then I’ll just show it all in a drama. LYN: There’s another situation, that just requires the upper chest- like in a bath. They’re not going to do the whole chest, right? Usually it’s around shoulder level and up. Sometimes I wanted to tell the director, can’t I just wear some swim clothes? You know- wearing clothes in the bath is a reasonable thing! Don’t people wear clothes in the hot springs, too? There’s no rule that says you have to be naked when taking a bath. But I suggested it to the director and he vetoed it, and said less was better. I was thinking to myself- have I already fallen to the point where I need to “sell my body” to get people to watch my dramas? I don’t like this feeling. I feel like I should be using my talent to attract people, not my body. That’s just not right. It’s hard for me to accept.

LYN: But! I’m going to start working out now. After I’ve trained enough, I’ll accept a drama where I’m just naked the whole way through! I won’t wear a top through the whole thing! The production can save money on hiring a costume designer. I just need pants and I can go start acting.  C: Isn’t THAT selling your body? LYN: If I go the whole drama topless, then that doesn’t count as selling my body. That’ll be... reserving the whole store. 

C: Ning-ge, you’d be like the Hai’er Brothers. LYN: Isn’t the Hai’er Brothers a cartoon, though? You want me to expose myself and film for Hai’er Brothers, then show that to CHILDREN?!? That’d be weird, wouldn’t it? If there was a script called, “Hai’er Brothers: Mystery of the Dragon”... It used the be that the Brothers would tell us that if there’s thunder, it will rain. If it rains, you need an umbrella. If the weather is hot, fan yourself. They tell you about this type of stuff. But our new version would tell you about... how to solve mysteries while half-naked?? C: Are you solving mysteries in the sea?

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C: Lao-da, how long are you going to stream for? I’m sleepy. LYN: I’m almost done. I just got back to Beijing, so my house is very foreign to me. Someone earlier asked me why I wasn’t returning to Dandong. I have a lot of work to do! I didn’t come to Beijing purely for vacation, I still have work. I mentioned before- I have voice acting and recording. I have to make my album.

C: That cabinet behind you looks nice. LYN: Go buy one for yourself. Why are you telling me it looks nice; do you think I’m going to give it to you?

C: Ning-ge, can you collect payment on your next album? LYN: There’s even such an outrageous request? I don’t think I’ll charge for it. I promised you before, so I’ll stick to that promise that I won’t charge for my music. I don’t want you to spend money to buy an album to listen to. I think that you being willing to listen to my music in the first place is already my honor. I’m not as amazing as other people. So my music, my songs, you can just listen to for entertainment.  LYN: But if I do a limited release- for a vinyl- you can go buy that. At the very least you’ll have a product. I don’t want to release a song- or ten of them- and have you pay for each one. That’s not necessary. I might release a vinyl album. At least, that’s what I was thinking. Some people might have the first one, and then you could also get the second. Start a collection that way. I want to make a vinyl for each album I release. That was my plan.

C: Didn’t we buy the OSTs though. LYN: OSTs have nothing to do with me. The rights for those don’t belong to me. If it gets popular and makes a lot of money or if it flops and doesn’t make any- that doesn’t have anything to do with me. I am only the performer, who was asked to take part in the creation of the song. The profits and losses are not my problem. My only responsibility is singing the song, then I’m done. The production gave me a portion of money, I sang. If I want to sing the song again on some program/stage, /I/ have to let /them/ know.  LYN: You wouldn't have guessed it, huh? It’s not an industry rule, per se, but more of a copyright thing. I’ve sung a lot of OSTs, right? Let’s say I was invited to a gala and they want me to sing a song and I agree. I’ll ask them if they have any recommendations, and they suggest “Searching for You.” I’ll tell them, “Sure. No problem. Either you let the production company/copyright owner know, or I will.” You need to let them know, before you sing it. If they come back and tell me I’m not allowed to sing it, then I can’t. The platforms and companies I’ve been working with have all been very nice about it, though. If I tell them I would like to sing one of their songs, they usually let me.  LYN: You’ll find that a lot of singers have songs that they are unable to sing. Even though it’s their own song, if they want to sing it at some event they can’t. It’s simply a copyright issue.  

LYN: Lately they’ve been working on the YNGS OST and they’ve found so many songs for it. They take the music part very seriously. I had already agreed- it was my pleasure- to sing two songs for the drama. I chose the two I wanted- they all sound very nice- but I chose two I liked the most. I was thinking I would take this time to get those two songs recorded.

C: How are you going to spend 6/1 Children’s Day? LYN: I’m recording on June 1st! I’m going to work on my album. I’ll be working! I’m at such an old age already, why would I be celebrating Children's Day? If I look into the mirror that morning, at my crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles, and tell myself, “Happy Children’s Day”, I’ll feel quite foolish. 

C: When is YNGS going to air? LYN: I can’t tell you that. You can stop asking. But it’s going to be sooner than you think. 

C: OMG! I came late! LYN: XD I’m going to stop streaming soon, you came too late. That’s why, if you’re watching my stream and you have not yet subscribed to my weibo you should do so. I am Modern Brothers Liu Yuning. The next time I stream, it will tell you. If you’re busy, you can go about your day. If you have time, you can come in to watch my stream and chat with me. Even if you type a simple “Hello LYN” into the chat, I would be happy to see it. Alright? I’ve seen that some of you have been here for a long time, but you never type a thing. Not a single word. You’re just silently watching. You don’t feel like typing even a single word. /looks into the camera/ I’m talking about you. What are you looking at?? I meant YOU.

C: Even if I type something you don’t reply to me. LYN: There are so many different comments scrolling past and they go quite quickly. I need to choose which ones to reply to. If there are questions that are not convenient for me to respond to, or if I don’t feel like taking up that topic of conversation, I won’t. Some comments are clearly traps- no way I’d ever respond to those. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. 

C: I’ve subscribed a long time ago but it never notifies me. LYN: You have to turn the notifications on, then. 

C: I’m nervous about the NCEE. LYN: That’s normal. When you come to points in your life that have a strong impact on how the rest of it will go, you’re inevitably going to be nervous about it. It’s completely normal. Even me- when I went to see MBY’s concert the other day, I was nervous. I was sitting in the car, and my staff asked me what was wrong. They felt like I was sitting there not moving or speaking. I told them I didn’t know why, but I was feeling nervous. They asked me, “You’re WATCHING the concert, what do you have to be nervous about?” I told them, “I don’t know. I just feel inexplicably nervous. I’ve never been to a concert before, this is my first one, so I’m nervous. I don’t know if this is excitement, or what.” So that’s normal. WATCHING a concert made me nervous! I wasn’t even the one singing. LYN: I’m nervous for my own concerts too. When it hasn’t started yet, but you’re all seated.... I’m actually already there behind the stage. I can take a sneaking peek at you. I can see how full the venue is, and you’re all in there, showing... how much you love me, let’s say. All shouting/screaming. Someone takes the lead with the fan motto- just all shouting. One or two minutes straight is already impressive, but I felt like you continued for 10 minutes. I felt like your eyes were going to turn bloodshot (from the strain). I know that the fans do that to show me that they’re there, that they came to support me, that they’re my friends and they want me to do well. But when I hear you all shouting like that it makes me nervous. The first song is always the most nerve-wracking. Once I get past the first one, then everything after is okay. Once the second song starts I start to acclimate- I start to relax and play around and get into it. But the first song is always nerve-wracking. 

LYN: The opening song to my concert- this song (人造卫星情人). I can say that out of all my songs, this one is the hardest. I always sing this song first, but at the start I haven’t quite warmed up my vocals yet. Whenever I get to the high note- every single time- as soon as it hit this point I feel like my brain is lacking oxygen. At my first concert, after singing this part, I felt like I was soon going to be on my knees. I was dizzy. I felt like I couldn’t stand straight anymore. If I sang one more word, I would be on my knees. I would have passed out on the stage. LYN: I sang that note and then immediately closed my eyes- to rest/recollect. I could feel my heart beating. I recovered for a beat- then continued with the song. Every single time. This first song feels like it’s going to take me out. Let me find which part it is... -- 人造卫星情人 (Satellite Lover) - /sings the first verse/, “Not this part, this part’s okay.” - /gets to the end of the first chorus/, “It’s this part right here.” - /end of the rap portion/. “By this part I normally have recovered.” LYN: Generally I’ve recovered by this part. So- to that person who said they were nervous about the NCEE: we’re all the same. When things get serious, we all get nervous. But it’s a good thing. It will keep your senses sharp. When you’re taking the test too, a little nerves is okay. But not too much- don’t make yourself so sick you can’t even hold your pencil straight. In that case, it’s a little too much. Minor nerves, as long as they don’t affect your normal behavior/action too much, is okay. LYN: Don’t be nervous. Of course, even though I SAY that, it’s not going to help you. Humans are just like that. If you’re nervous about something and someone tells you not to be, you can’t hear them. But they still have to say it, even if you’re not going to listen. If you’re going to be nervous, you’re going to be nervous. There’s no way to dissipate the nerves. 

- /someone asking about his concert again/ LYN: You must not have seen the first half of the stream. I already said I would aim to hold my concert next year. The rest of this year will be spent... doing some dramas. I’m in Beijing right now to work on my album. I’ll finish that up and release it, and be ready to hold my concert next year. I have to do a tour. For a singer, a concert is a must. 

C: How long have you been streaming? LYN: Let me take a look. Two and a half hours. Two hours and thirty-four minutes. I have a timer. When the viewer count hits 3k, I’ll leave. 

LYN: /about the concert/ I’ll probably be at the main cities, like Guangzhou-Beijing-Shenzhen... maybe not necessarily. I might choose between Guangzhou or Shenzhen. It’ll be around the same as the last tour. Chengdu or Chongqing. It’s always a pick between two. Either Liaoning, Dalian, or Shenyang. The main thing is the venue. Which city I end up choosing depends on which venue is open at the time, because there are lots of other music festivals and concert tours going on as well. You have to compete for venues.  LYN: It’s not as simply as you might think, say one person uses it one day and another the next. You need to reserve the venue for a period of time to do stage settings and design. Everything needs to be changed. From start to finish it takes several weeks. Just to set it up would take at least a week. You need to do the setting, the design, testing the mechanics, making sure everything is safe, etc. All of this needs time. It’s not as if you reserve it for a concert for the single day. You have to set it all up yourself. Anyway, we’ll see. LYN: The other reason why I don’t want to hold my concert this year is because I want a few of my dramas to air first. I filmed so many dramas, I want at least some of them to air. If one of them airs it can gain me at least 200 new fans, right? Let’s think broadly. One drama, 200 fans. I have six dramas yet to air, so that means there are 1200 new fans. Isn’t that amazing? Then I won’t have to worry about my ticket sales.

LYN: I sang the OST for Back from the Brink. This drama is a pretty good watch, so if you haven’t yet you can check it out. I went to record for the variety program and also happened to meet up with Zhou Ye-laoshi and got to know her.  -- 风吹过 (The Passing Wind)

C: Ning-ge, do you have anything else special going on today? LYN: It’s 11:30p, what “special” event COULD I have? My “special event” is that later when I wash my hair... I shouldn’t wash it too aggressively because for once I dyed my hair. If I wash too much it might lose its color.  LYN: It’s 11:30p, what would be going on? Don’t tell me it’s your birthday. You think that’s special?

C: You’ve started to lose color? LYN: /nods/ At first when I dyed it, it was more of an ash color. After about two days it changed to a different color already. After another ten days... Visibly gray can only last about a week. After that it starts to turn yellow. If you want to keep the color, you have to go dye it again. Hair is troublesome.

C: It’s my daughter’s birthday. LYN: Then, I wish your daughter a happy birthday. 

C: You hairline is a little high. LYN: ... A lot of artists will hear you say that and be angry. I don’t feel anything. /sarcastic/ My hairline isn’t high. My hairline is here. /gestures to the middle of his forehead/ There’s no hair here because I shaved it. My natural hairline is bangs. It starts growing from here. But if it grows too low it looks ugly. It makes my face look short. So I use a razor and shave it clean. If you think it’s too high then next time I will let it grow out. It can grow lower.  LYN: You think these are my eyebrows. Actually they’re not. They’re a part of my hair. I cut the middle and left two patches of hair. LYN: My hairline is really low. Don’t worry.  - LYN: I really don’t care too much about my hairline, because I think this is something you were born with. If you’re going to lose hair, you’re going to lose hair. If you really can’t take it regressing little by little, just shave it all off and be done with. There’s nothing to say about it. I think it’s fine. It’s not too high. There’s a product called “hairline powder”, right? I’m sure a lot of girls know what I’m talking about. There’s something called “hairline powder” when it reaches the point (of being too high), just apply some.  LYN: Also, when shooting guzhuang dramas they need to glue a wig on anyway. It doesn’t matter. They can always start the wig right here (the middle of his forehead) and then spread outwards from there. You can glue it as low as you want. You can start from your nose. You can even cover your eyes with it.  LYN: I don’t care. It’s whatever. C: The theme is “owl”. C: What is “hairline powder”? LYN: Go look it up on Baidu! What are you asking me for??

C: Next time act as a monk. (bald) LYN: I can’t do it. If you want to be a saint, you have to have an upright head. You have to have a nice shape. But mine is flat. Whenever I do my hair, I have to muss it up in the back (for the volume) to make it look round. The fashion in the Northeast is to have a flat head/hair. I don’t know why. The flatter your child’s head was, the better they would sleep.  LYN: The back of my head is really flat. But I don’t know about people from the South- because all the staff around me are from the South and they have fuller heads. Mine is... mine is flat. :| LYN: So if you have kids, don’t let them sleep on one side too long and get a flat head. If you have a girl, and she wants to have a ponytail, it doesn’t look good if she has a flat head. You need to have a rounded head, for the ponytail to look cute. Otherwise you have to fill the space (on a flat head) to make it look fuller and such.

C: Ning-ge, I made a bet for a meal with my roommate on whether you would go to Mao-Xue Woof or not. LYN: Don’t just go around gambling, that’s not a good habit. Have you come to turn yourself in?  LYN: Isn’t the common practice nowadays all about 上纲上线 (to criticize, as a matter of principle)? I guess I need to teach you a lesson. A friendly lesson.

C: My son also has a flat head and he looked cute when he was little.  LYN: I advise you- I can’t order you to do anything, but I advise you- if you have kids, don’t let them grow to have flat heads. Try not to. But of course, the decision is yours to make. I’m just advising you. 

LYN: It’s about time. To all the flat-headed people in the world. I thank you for keeping me company tonight. If you still haven’t subscribed to my weibo, please do so. I am Modern Brothers Liu Yuning. I’ll come to stream when I have the time. If I have dramas airing at the time, I like to come and share with you fun stories of what happened on set or how a scene was filmed. I also talk about the process for how I do a lot of my other work, in my stream. If you subscribe to my weibo, when my drama airs you can come hear about a lot of fun things. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so.  LYN: I hope you had a relaxing, wonderful, and happy night. It was great to have you, and I hope you enjoyed yourself. Let’s meet again in the next stream. Goodnight everybody~ - LYN: I suddenly felt I was so gentle it was not like me. Hahaha! I learned a new phrase tonight “so gentle I don’t seem like myself.” When I come to stream, I can also learn something alongside all of you. I may not be very educated, but I can still learn something from you all. Thank you for your instruction.  - LYN: Goodnight, everybody! Bye bye!

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three ships

jin hwayoung & choi changje - by now, you've probably seen evidence of ~my hwachang fixation~ teehee just no use resisting the epitome of sunshine: she's •᷅ࡇ•᷄ while he's o̴̶̷̥᷅ ̫ o̴̶̷̥᷅ and later down the line, a dash of 'reversal'. their solid marriage thoroughly catered to me. oh, and finally made me understood the girlboss/malewife concept ha ha ha

chen ran & xu jie - trying to get into the semi-sequel and the attempt furthered the sensation of missing partner goodness so much? peak characters-who-aren't-canonically-gay-but-whose-behavior-just-makes-no-sense-unless-you-read-them-as-gay energy. do not be surprised if i circle back and complete a fanedit idea from last year in time for valentines

yoon nanyoung & park chakyeong & yuriko - yet to see the korean adaptation of 风声, my most anticipated new chungmuro work thanks to that one early review that puts the experience succintly: "레즈의 사랑은 애국심보다 강하다." insane how honey lee romancing both esom and park sodam somehow flopped the box office

first ship

han baekyoung & park myeongyi - had a hard think about this one... the names are probably not familiar because these are the full names of lady han and jang geum's mom. yes, from jewel in the palace. deep dive hours here hehe remember when sageuks have this long running thread that pays off beyond death?

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last song

leebada’s siren. been sampling her latest album, heaven, though there was also a phase where i was very into her song fox (the ocean, 2019).

last movie

black panther: wakanda forever or as i call it in my ltrbxd, bereavement. a shame i was too preoccupied when it was in the cinemas last year. angela bassett mothered so hard (thought the same even during the first film).

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currently reading

halfway through the left-handed woman by peter handke. actress kim shinrok made an homage which prompted me to grab a copy immediately.

currently watching

strictly speaking, only dirty linen fits this bill since i log it faithfully on tvtime app since it started. that said, ntflx does provide ease in streaming crash course in romance for jdy as nam haengseon-sshi week in, week out (behind compared to everyone else).

our blooming youth started airing and i made three sets out of the pilot alone so i'll give that at least another week to gauge whether the piqued curiosity fizzles.......

currently craving

butter cookies ♡

tagging @drivingsideways @rain-hat @elderflowergin @rosyfingered-moon @fromthedepthsandbeyond @stillaskew @dramateaque @iexbie @anyawatchestv

[comesitintheclover]

wip wednesday!

okay so it’s not technically still Wednesday where I live but I’m moving so my Wednesday feels like 3 days long.

Thank you so so much @ileadacharmedlife for tagging me! I have no idea what I’m doing but this is fun! :D! I have like 17 WIPs but here’s one of my carry on ones:

Basilton Grimm-Pitch’s 10 Step Plan for Getting Over Simon Snow

^(letting himself be in love with)

Dear Aunt Agony,

Do you have a painkiller the size of a roommate, a war, a vampiric blood disease, and being hopelessly in love with the person who will kill you one day?  (…)

It was that look on Philippa Stainton's face when I stole her voice. Snow was standing right there, and I forgot all about him for a moment, lost in the terror of what I'd done.

(I know, even I surprise myself sometimes). And I hated Stainton - she would follow Snow around giggling, like a moron - but it was her face that kicked in my guilty conscience.

I’d never felt like that before.

(Except for being a vampire). (I always feel guilty for being a vampire).

But at least that I hadn't chosen. I'd done this. On purpose.

I'd switched off the recorder as soon as I heard Stainton speak, but it was too late. 

(…)

I wiped at my stinging eyes. The grey skin under them felt like cobwebs and burned at the scrape of my cotton shirt sleeve. No wand, no money, no handkerchief- what had I become? I double checked my jean pockets. No phone. Well, I didn't want to talk to anyone anyway.

I sighed and looked around me. My head aching as I pieced together how I'd come here. The dusty sunlight, grey tarmac, colourful shop windows, the bell on the door, the squeak of my shoes on the linoleum squares floor as I made a beeline for the far corner. Now hidden among trashy tabloid covers, weeks of newspapers, and stacks of magazines. I sat for a while, breathing the gentle air and reading absurd titles. From the front of the store I heard a steady stream of jangling door-bells, crinkling candy wrappers, and casual conversation with the shopkeeper.

This was so much better than Father and Fiona in the dark dining room. (Vampires aren't allergic to unnatural light, crowley, turn the lightswitch on for once).  

I picked up a home improvement magazine with a nice bouquet on the cover and started flipping through the pages. Pretty soon I was engrossed. The lists upon lists! The aesthetically pleasing organising of products! The ridiculous op-eds! The double-paged, big glossy adverts of perfume bottles or cars or women, half in darkness. (Bloody vampires, I thought, grinning, despite myself). But most of all, I loved the few pages towards the back of the magazine:

Dear Aunt Agony

(…)

I have lots of other WIPs but this has already gotten long 😅, I’ve been mainly working on a piece for @cruelsummer-ficfest since June, a Neville/Harry song fic with Paris as the prompt, that I’ve titled 2003 Unbearable :D -which I love with my whole heart but have had to fight like 10 demons to work on it. On the final chapter now! I also made art and a playlist for it but I want to post the fic first <3

I’m still pretty new to fandom spaces so I don’t know who to tag but hi @ebbpettier @wellbelesbian @chen-chen-chen-again-chen and anyone else who happens to read this 😊💗💖

[damnslippyplanet]

oop, @saturnskyline tagged me!

Three Ships

For the sake of keeping it lively I'll pick three different ones from last time I did this. Let's say... 1. Lee Dongsik/Han Joowon, my newest blorbos, I can't believe I didn't know about them yet nine days ago when I last did this meme and now they have taken over my brain. 2. Yuri Plisetsky/Otabek Altin, my only pure and unproblematic ship where no one's a murderer except that a) Yuri will absolutely murder someone someday and b) there was that time Tumblr decided it was a problematic ship because teenagers don't fuck, or whatever that was about, IDK, it was very funny 3. Mei Changsu / Whatever The Fuck He Wants, which usually means Jingyan, but honestly I also ship Changsu with Lin Chen, Nihuang, Problematic Acts of Political Power, A Hug, and/or A Nap.

First Ever Ship

The previous answer still holds true but I thought more about other early ships and they definitely also included Jareth/Sarah from Labyrinth. I got on my bullshit very early and stayed that way permanently.

Last Song

Fine, just gonna embarrass myself here: I haven't listened to any music yet today but my history suggests the last thing I listened to last night was Jeff Satur covering "How Far I'll Go." Although I did have BTS and "Permission to Dance" in my head for a while last night, and I can't remember if that was before or after I listened to the Satur song.

Last Movie

I don't think I've watched any new movies since last time, so still All About Eve.

Currently Reading

I'm partway into the second translated volume of 2ha and screaming forever about it. Deep, DEEP into my feelings about dumplings. I'm currently in the Xia Sini arc and just rolling around in agony.

Currently Watching

As usual, too many things:

With Mr. Slippy: Burn Notice and Poker Face, I'm so delighted to have Natasha Lyonne back on my screen.

With @thehoyden: The Director Who Buys Me Dinner. We burned through the first five or six episodes last night and it was extremely good for me. (We finished Lovely Writer, and that uh...sure was an ending, huh?)

On my own: I temporarily set aside Blood of Youth to tear through Beyond Evil, but I'll get back to it soon once I finish BE in the next couple of days. I think today will be the last episode of Between Us, so I'm going to need a new Thai show soon. I'm thinking about picking up 180 Degrees Longitude next since I've heard it will destroy me and I love suffering - come talk me into or out of whatever you think my next show should be in the comments, friends.

Currently Consuming

Too much caffeine. Mr. Slippy got a new coffee machine and also I have my perpetual Diet Coke problem, and also the store was out of my chocolate protein smoothies this week so they sent me coffee smoothies. It's FINE I'm FINE, I can taste colors now and hear time, I am vibrating on another plane, it's FINE.

Currently Craving

News about whether Hidden Blade will be available for international streaming. (I DID hear it's going to get a US theatrical release, which is very exciting, but my household has enough chronic disabilities already and we're staying very covid-cautious so I'm not going to the movie theater even for my emotional support idol. Although I HAVE considered the very funny idea of renting out a theater for myself and like three local friends.)

[dailyexo]

[SCHEDULE] EXO’s Schedule for November (2022)

[RELEASE] - Music releases; [BIRTHDAY] - Birthdays; [PERF]️ - Performanc evenst; [SIGN] - Fan-signing events; [MEET] - Fan-meeting events; [BROADCAST] - Live or pre-recorded televised broadcasts; [RADIO] - Radio broadcasts; [REC] - Programme pre-recordings; [LIVE] - Live streams; [AWARD] - Award ceremonies; [OTHER] - Other events.

Only confirmed schedules are included. The number of entries will grow as further schedules are announced.

(Last updated: 221121)

November 2

[BROADCAST] KBS ‘Bad Prosecutor' Ep.9 (KBS '진검승부’ 제9회) - 21:50 KST - (D.O.)

November 3

[BROADCAST] KBS ‘Bad Prosecutor' Ep.10 (KBS '진검승부’ 제10회) - 21:50 KST - (D.O.)

[OTHER] amfAR Gala Los Angeles 2022 - (Lay)

November 6

[BROADCAST] On The K: Assemble - 13:00 KST - (Kai)

[MEET] Whitelab One Memorable Day With Scientist Ganteng - 14:00 WIB - (Sehun)

November 9

[BROADCAST] KBS ‘Bad Prosecutor' Ep.11 (KBS '진검승부’ 제11회) - 21:50 KST - (D.O.)

November 10

[BROADCAST] KBS ‘Bad Prosecutor' Ep.12 (KBS '진검승부’ 제12회) - 21:50 KST - (D.O.)

[BROADCAST] SBS Besties in Wonderland Ep.2 (SBS 딱 한번 간다면 제2회) - 21:00 KST - (Suho)

November 14

[OTHER] 'Last Scene' press conference - (Chen, Kai)

[LIVE] 'Last Scene' Countdown Live - 17:00 KST - (Chen)

[RELEASE] Chen's 3rd mini-album 'Last Scene' (사라지고 있어) - 18:00 KST - (Chen)

[REC] JTBC K-909 - (Chen)

November 15

[RADIO] MBC-R FM4U Kim Shinyoung's Hope Song at Noon (MBC-R FM4U 정오의 희망곡 김신영입니다) - 12:00 KST - (Chen)

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' fansign - (Chen)

[PERF] Grammy Museum Global Spin Live - (Lay)

[BROADCAST] Chen FM Part 1 - 22:00 KST

November 16

[RADIO] SBS-R Power FM Choi Hwa Jung's Power Time (SBS-R 파워FM 최화정의 파워타임) - 12:00 KST - (Chen)

[RADIO] KBS-R Cool FM Heize's Volume Up (KBS-R 쿨FM 헤이즈의 볼륨을 높여요) - 20:00 KST - (Chen)

November 17

[LIVE] TikTok Healing Live - (Chen)

[BROADCAST] SBS Besties in Wonderland Ep.3 (SBS 딱 한번 간다면 제3회) - 21:00 KST - (Suho)

November 18

[OTHER] Acqua di Parma Pop-Up Store Opening - (Chanyeol)

[LIVE] Anua Chinese Call Event - (Suho)

[LIVE] QQ Music Q&A - (Chen)

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' HotTracks online fansign - (Chen)

[BROADCAST] Chen FM Part 2 - 22:00 KST

November 19

[BROADCAST] JTBC K-909 - 16:30 KST - (Chen)

[PERF] New Wave K-Pop Music Festival - 19:30 MYT - (Chen)

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' Soundwave online fansign - (Chen)

[PERF] SM SMile Music Festival - (Chen)

November 20

[BROADCAST] Undercover82 Professor Chen’s 1-Day Vocal Class - 11:00 KST - (Chen)

[PERF] Grand Line #2: Infinite Lines in San Francisco - 20:30 PDT - (Lay)

November 21

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' Mu-Mo online fansign - (Chen)

November 22

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' Yizhiyu online fansign -(Chen)

November 23

[BROADCAST] 'Last Scene' Commentary : The Sequence - 20:00 KST - (Chen)

[BROADCAST] YTB Live - (Chen)

[OTHER] Harvard Business School Event - (Lay)

November 24

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' fansign - 20:00 KST - (Chen)

[BROADCAST] SBS Besties in Wonderland Ep.4 (SBS 딱 한번 간다면 제4회) - 21:00 KST - (Suho)

November 25

[MEET] KBS Music Bank Mini Fanmeet (KBS 뮤직뱅크 미니 팬미팅) - (Chen)

[BROADCAST] KBS Music Bank (KBS 뮤직뱅크) - 17:00 KST - (Chen)

[RELEASE] SBS 'First Responders' (SBS ‘소방서 옆 경찰서’) OST 'Heaven for You' release - 18:00 KST - (Chen)

November 26

[BROADCAST] MBC Show! Music Core (MBC 쇼! 음악중심) - 15:40 KST - (Chen)

[PERF] Metamoon Music Festival - (New York) - (Lay)

November 27

[BIRTHDAY] Chanyeol's Birthday

[BROADCAST] SBS Inkigayo (SBS 인기가요) - 15:40 KST - Chen

November 28

[SIGN] 'Last Scene' fansign - (Chen)

Credit: dailyexo.tumblr.com. Material not to be redistributed in part or whole without prior permission.

[exoluxionlove]

Before I set my alarm to stay up for the SM Year send Concert is Kyungsoo on the line up? Has the line up been released , the trailer was to fast for me to keep up

Yes, Kyungsoo will perform in the 2023 SMTOWN LIVE: SMCU PALACE @KWANGYA concert that will be streamed online on January 1st. The line up for the online concert includes Xiumin, Suho, Chen, Chanyeol, Kyungsoo, Kai, and Sehun.

What may be confusing is that he is not on 2022 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU PALACE album that comes out on December 26th. As far as I know right now, only Suho, Chen, and Kai have songs on the album. However, Xiumin, Suho, Chen, Chanyeol, Kai, and Sehun participated in a photoshoot for the album - confusing, I know!

The online concert will have songs from the new winter album performed as well as other solo/group performances from the various artists.

[flxshy]

🐉 PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER 🐉

ALIAS / NAME : Lyrium + Popi

BIRTHDAY : 07/02

ZODIAC SIGN : Cancer 🦀

HEIGHT : 5'8

HOBBIES : Writing, drawing, streaming, gaming

FAVORITE COLOR : any shade of blue

FAVORITE BOOK : Ranger's Apprentice series in general

LAST SONG : Circus Hop by YonKaGor

LAST FILM / SHOW : Been watching New Amsterdam with from friends

RECENT READS : Been reading the Dawn of Yang Chen by F.C. Yee

INSPIRATION : A lot of inspo from my partner's writings, ( the heart, hell being his canvas ) and a little bit of Bob from bob's burgers

STORY BEHIND URL : Its originally from my Tengen blog from demon slayer

FUN FACT ABOUT ME : I like to collect dragons, from miniatures, to plushies. I have over 80 dragons on display in my room

Tagged by: @lilitophidian

Tagging: you, yeah you! Do it

[tilbageidanmark]

Movies I watched this Week # 155 (Year 3/Week 51):

My first Singaporean film, Anthony Chen's award-winning debut feature, Ilo Ilo. There is a new sub-genre emerging in recent years, realistic dramas about live-in maids and domestic workers (Many from South America and from South-East Asia: 'Lina from Lima', 'The second mother', 'La Nana', 'Roma', 'La cieniga', 'A simple life', and also others I haven't seen). Most are terrific, and so is this one, with 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

[That Wikipedia list of movies with 100% score on RT is often a reliable indicator for the type of fair I like to spend my time with]. Highly recommended - 9/10.

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2 more by Aki Kaurismäki:

🍿 My 10th tragic feature by him, and possibly my favorite, The match factory girl. The great Kati Outinen is a sad and lonely young woman who has a one-night stand. Minimalist, bleak and unrelenting, this was no Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Considered by some as the "Best Finnish film". 9/10.

🍿 To Each His Own Cinema, a 2007 anthology of 34 3-minute shorts by different directors about how movies inspired them. Takeshii Kitano, the Dardenne brothers, Zhang Zimou, Jane Campion, Atom Egoyan, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg, Wong Kar-wai, Ken Loach, Claude Lelouche, David Lynch, Etc. It was commissioned to celebrate 60th anniversary of The Cannes Film Festival.

The often-repetitive stories were about old cinema houses out in the country, ticket taking, projectionists, watching Bresson and Fellini in small villages, and similar wet dreams for cineastes. A nice touch was that the credits were shown only at the end of each short, so you could try to guess who directed it while watching.

Most of the films were not very good. Among the few stand outs were Hou Hsiao-hsien (A family in 1940s Taiwan goes to see a film in a suddenly decrepit theater), Aki Kaurismäki (Foundry workers on lunch break enjoy a Lumiére silent film of workers on lunch break), Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian women watch 'Romeo and Juliet' and cry), Wim Wenders (The inhabitants of a remote Congo village watch Black Hawk Down) and The Coen Brothers (A cowboy resembling Llewellyn Moss at a repertory art house, debating if he should see Renoir or Nuri Bilge Ceylon).

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Ridley Scott's first stream-of-consciousness film, Boy and Bicycle. Made in 1962, when he was 23, and starring his 16 year old brother, Tony [who would jump to his death from the San Pedro Bridge exactly 50 years later]. A boy skips school, and wanders round the empty docks of his West Hartlepool industrial seaside town. Like a working class scene from 'Dubliners'.

It took Ridley 15 years before he was able to direct his next movie, during which time he specialized in producing commercial advertising. His most famous one, The bike Ride, an advert for bread, also featured a boy on a bike. It was later voted as the 'Best British Advert of all time'.

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My 7th and 8th films by Sofia Coppola:

🍿 Priscilla, another pretty young woman living in a privileged gilded cage (like Coppola's herself did). A beautiful romance without sex, and with an oppressive power imbalance. "The Elvis" and the 14 year old girl [and without a single Elvis song]. 7/10.

🍿 In her shallow The Bling Ring, a group of celebrities-wannabes Valley Girls burgles from Hollywood celebrities homes, and become mini-celebrities themselves. It was pretty, but I couldn't find any deeper meaning there.

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Danish cinema produced dozens of 'Danish Noir' works in the 1940's, during the Nazi occupation, and the 1950's. Mordets melodi ("Melody of murder") is considered Denmark's first horror film, and is my first movie directed by the great Bodil Ipsen. [The Danish "Oscars" are actually called "The Bodil's" after her and the other female influencer, Bodil Kjer].

Like Fritz Lang's 'M', a crazed, ambi-sexual killer continues to strangle women while singing a luring French cabaret song, and the dark, dramatic sets are visually stark.

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Bradley Cooper's new adulatory bio-pic Maestro, about the larger-than-life, overbearing genius that was Leonard Bernstein. Uncanny recreation of his life, but mostly his bisexuality vs. his love for his wife and family. Carey Mulligan was tremendous in it. So was Gustav Mahler. This is the year of the “Great Man” in movies, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Ferrari, Bernstein… (Photo Above).

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First-watch earlier Buñuel X 2:

🍿 Nazarin, Buñuel‘s own favorite work, about a saintly priest, who mistakenly tries to follow in Christ's footsteps. But all his literal interpretations of the dogmas are proven to lead him, as well as his small coterie of freaks and miscasts, into misfortunes. One of the last of his Mexican films, this religious parable is the one that convinced the Spanish censors to allow him to return from exile.

🍿 Bunuel's only documentary (pseudo-documentary rather), Land Without Bread, describing (exaggerated) misery in a remote Spanish town. Extreme poverty, hunger and destitute rarely seen on film.

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Dil Dhadakne Do is an Indian soap opera, staged on a first-class Turkish cruise ship in the Mediterranean, directed by a woman, and narrated by a dog. It's a 3-hour long American-style 'Rich and famous' sit-com of a large family, full of expected love intrigues of bland characters.

I was hoping for another hopping Song and Dance story, but there were only 3 dance numbers in it, Gallan Goodiyaan, Girls like to dance and the final credit scene.

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3 atypical Christmas fairy tales:

🍿 My second unusual anime by Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers (after 'Paprika'). An imaginative Christmas Miracle parable of The Three Magis. Except that here they are three unlikely homeless heroes, an alcoholic, a trans woman, and a teenage runaway who likes to spit on people from above. They discover an abandoned newborn while searching through the garbage for presents. Emotional and unorthodox. 8/10.

🍿 The Bloody Olives, a Belgian meta Film Noir of a husband, his wife and her lover who keep murdering each other again and again while decorating their Christmas tree. Full of twists and double crosses.

🍿 "One morning, as Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant banana..."

Malcolm Tucker's Oscar-winning parody Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life was not too convincing: It's too easy to parody Kranz Fuckfuck.

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First watch: Truffaut's second installment of the Antoine Doinel's saga, Antoine and Colette. The boy of '400 Blows' is now 17, and awkwardly falls in love for the first time. Youthfully charming.

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2 by Norwegian Kristoffer Borgli:

🍿 The first half of Dream scenario had me in stitches: Such an original thought experiment, and so unhesitatingly fresh. But exactly at mid-point, when everybody's dreams turn into nightmares, the story progressed into a underwhelming flirtation with broader contemporary themes, fame, cancel culture, public perception. The only anchor left in Paul's life is memories of his lovely wife, Julianne Nicholson. 6/10.

🍿 Checking out his only previous feature, Sick of Myself: That too was a story with an intriguing premise that opened very strong, end completely fizzled halfway. A young barista lives anonymously and unnoticed, being ignored by her self-centered boyfriend and acquaintances. One day at work, a woman is being mauled by a dog and she's the only one jumping to help her. While covered in blood, she is suddenly the center of attention. The rush causes her to start an insane dive into self-mutilation. The second half centered on narcissism, influencers, victimhood and social media, and was highly disappointing. My 5th film with Anders Danielsen Lie. 4/10.

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"Chip, you know how I hate the brown word"...

My first black comedy from John Waters' commercial period, Serial mom.

With Waters regulars Chesty Morgan, Tracy Lords, Mink Stole, Patty Hearst and Ricky Lake [But it could do better with less Fat jokes]. Also, with a lawyer named Nazelrod and a panties-sniffer named Marvin Pickles. The hot rock and roll girl band is called Camel Lips. So the anti-establishment humour is very elementary.

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“I Didn’t Come To Rescue Rambo From You. I Came Here To Rescue You From Him”…

First watch: I did not expect Rambo: first blood to be that watchable, with such excellent Jerry Goldsmith score. A traumatized Vietnam vet feels spat on and maligned. And all the years I thought it but a thoughtless, jingoistic violent flick.

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3 more stand-ups:

🍿 Trevor Noah: Where Was I, his latest stand-up opens with his best line upfront: "I really enjoy every day in America right now. The same way you'd enjoy your last day on earth". It has a few other good jokes, but otherwise it's pretty tame. The venue, The Fox Theater in Detroit, looks magnificent. 4/10

🍿 Sane man, my first stand-up with heavy-smoker, politically incorrect Bill Hicks. I heard the name before, but never seen him perform.

🍿 So, for the second time in a week, I re-watched Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure, a contagiously funny presentation.

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4 Shorts:

🍿 Agnès Varda's Les Fiancés du pont Mac Donald, a Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton-inspired silent comedy from 1962. With JL Godard and Anna Karina.

🍿 Re-watch: From David Firth's, the creator of 'Salad Fingers', the unsettling Cream. Inventing a single solution to all of the world's problems.

The credit page at the end is just as hilariously expansive as the bitter story itself.

🍿 Figs, a gentle 81-year-old black woman who survived a life of oppression, from the cotton fields of Louisiana to becoming a teacher in South Los Angeles.

🍿 The girl with the yellow stockings, a light German story of a young man asking his girlfriend to marry him again and again.

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One I couldn't finish even after trying hard for nearly 20 minutes: The toothless, 1990's Clintonite-lite, political romance Speechless. Trying to cash in on the then real-life hookup between James Carville and Mary Matalin, it was awful on every level.

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(My complete movie list is here).

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

ASL Kpop AU

Riot’s newest music video make my brain go brrr

Additional headcanons👇

I tried to think of what irl idols they would sound like, but i only have one for Ace in my mind, maybe one for sabo, and i… i mean… luffy is…. Yeah.

I think Ace would sound like Chanyeol, here’s a song from him that i feel fits his vibe

For Sabo, i was thinking mayyybeee Lee Know (Stray Kids)? But i really dont know. Idk some clear and soft voice that is in the higher range? Maybe? Eeeeeeehhhhh, yall are gonna have to help me out with him and luffy. Though i think we have our work cut out for us with the latter.

i found an English voice that i think suits him! Kenton Chen

Lore:

The three started posting songs and music videos online, and they slowly gained popularity until they gained the fanbase they have in present day. I dont think they would be part of any company, mostly because i don’t think they could keep employment? If they were?

Even though theyre not part of a company, they have a lot of connections with people in the industry because theyre great guys :) and theyre fun to be around :) and so get invited to a lot of shit, like award shows and talk shows.

They are fun to have on, but it is a bold move if you want these guys on your talk show. They frequently get off topic and they’ll find a way to make answering your questions a sport or competition. Theyre like the Eric Andre show reversed.

Their songs’ topics vary on who’s writing the song. And you can usually tell really easily who wrote what. Ace’s music tends to be more laid back with clever wordplay and lots of bass. Sabo’s has a regular pop sound to it, but the lyrics are very poetic. Luffy’s are all party beats, but the melodies always has very interesting and unique twists in it. To keep the songs in an album at least a little consistent, they do try to find a theme to base them around.

The choreography they have also looks very different between the 3 of them, they all have a unique style of dancing. Relay dance videos with them are always very fun cuz you get to see them doing eachother’s choreography :) thats kinda the appeal of all relay dances, but i feel like it would be more special with them since their usual styles are so different.

They probably don’t practice as much as they should. It’s very common that they forget something in their performances and they make something up on the fly to make up for it. There’s a bunch of compilations made of their ad-libs and improvised dance movements they came up with during concerts. But whatever, right? They’re their own bosses, get of their backs, ya hear??

i like the thought that a lot of the poses they do in photoshoots, they come up with, themselves :)

On the side, they like to livestream. They frequently stream them attempting to cook things and their fanbase enjoys watching them find new and unique ways of setting their kitchen on fire. And then they enjoy watching them argue on what food to order takeout from shortly after.

Thanks for reading, thats all i have for now :)

[casual-video-transcripts]

T-LOG⌨️ | Translating Live for EXO 엑소 생방송 번역 by ringmybella7

Original hard-sub captions by ringmybella7

Video Transcription by CCKN is under the cut

[0:00] Long time no see :D

[0:02] Tomorrow is EXO's Countdown Live

[0:04] Right now I'm watching MONSTA X's online concert

[0:08] I like looking at the English subs to see how they're translated

[0:12] Done watching, getting ready for the live tomorrow

[0:16] (While watching a podcast lol)

[0:22] ?

[0:23] I have a mosquito bite that's killing me

[0:31] I can't multitask, so I have to turn everything off when I really need to work

[0:37] I've translated for KAI, SUHO, XIUMIN, CHANYEOL, CHEN and BAEKHYUN

[0:42] But it's my first time translating for EXO as a group 😬

[0:47] Watching their MV

[0:50] MV teaser

[0:53] Teaser photos

[0:58] While on Twitter, I saw this Tweet 👆

[1:02] The answer is yes :)

[1:06] This Tweet made me laugh lol

[1:10] Anyways, I went to sleep after that

[1:13] Good morning

[1:14] My breakfast for the day

[1:19] Puffy [referring to her face/cheeks]

[1:21] I started a new show called '290 Million KRW: Marriage War'

[1:24] But I only got to watch 30 minutes of it because I had to go to work lol

[1:30] Off to work

[1:32] By the way, I got new glasses 👓 (Did anyone notice?)

[1:36] You all know the drill

[1:39] On Monday's I have to come to Arirang first (For my regular live show)

[1:46] I always get nervous because I get scared the traffic will be horrible

[1:51] Luckily, I ended right on time so I didn't need to rush

[1:55] Off to EXO now

[1:58] (I had to really squeeze out of parking lol)

[2:04] Made it (And looking so drained)

[2:08] Setting up my seat

[2:14] Going over my notes for the live

[2:18] About to start

[2:21] 📍LIVE

[2:23] My spider hands lol

[2:25] I am very thankful 'EXIST' is a full album

[2:28] because I got to rest during the highlight medley

[2:31] Thank you EXO 🙏

[2:33] End of the live

[2:35] I couldn't wait till I got home to eat dinner since I was starving

[2:44] I pour my everything when I live translate

[2:46] so eating after a live show is the best feeling ever

[2:52] Going home now

[2:57] Listening to the artist's new album while driving home is my ritual

[3:02] 'Cream Soda' is super catchy and makes me want to drink cream soda lol

[3:05] I can't wait to try it when they start to sell it

[3:09] I was very unsatisfied about how I translate today

[3:12] but the EXO-L's messages on Twitter made me feel so much better (Thank you)

[3:19] This song is a bop

[3:22] Till the next time, stay healthy EXO-L 🤍

[3:28] Thanks for watching

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Personal Notes: WE EXO-LS ARE WINNING, BABY! COMEBACK?! FULL ALBUM?! YEEEAAAAHHHHHHH! Ehem, I mean, hi everyone. This is my first time transcribing a video that already has captions. I wanted to try out transcribing a video with captions already embedded in them as her videos usually don't have closed captioning and are captioned the hard-subbed way.

As for what is referenced:

2023 MONSTA X 7TH OFFICIAL FANCLUB MONBEBE FAN-CONCERT. This was aired first on July 9th, 2023. For those interested but unable to make it or want to re-watch it, click here to learn more about the re-stream on August 6th. For all I know, a monbebe somewhere probably has it posted or saved. Good luck to y'all.

2. Korean Cowboys podcast. Watch around the 5-minute mark where you can hear bits from the video.

3. There is a tweet from greenbunny7 that states, "@ringmybella7 Will you be doing EXO YouTube on 7/10?"

4. There is a tweet from no_loey_no_life that says, "Praying for the live translator on Monday 😅". NeNi961111 re-tweeted/replied, "If it's @ringmybella7 then no worries 😌"

5. "Cream Soda" by EXO is the second to last song being played. Quite a jammy- jam-jam.

6. The bop song at the end is "Regret It" by EXO

That's all for now. Glad that EXO made a comeback. I can't wait to finish listening to the album. I hope Kai is doing well in his military service and Lay is doing well in his solo activities. And I hope you are doing well too in whatever you're doing. If there is anything I miss in the references, please let me know in the comments. In the meantime, I'll see you in the next video transcript.

P.S. - To support the comeback, go to https://exo.lnk.to/EXIST to see what platforms and ways to support the album such as streaming it on YouTube and other sites or purchasing the album.

[dopwqjij]

“Safeguard Defenders”, please leave dignity to the law

“守护者”，请把尊严留给法律

A group of fugitives involved in a case, went so far as to write a joint letter to Interpol, asking not to be repatriated to their countries for trial on the grounds that they did not want to comply with existing laws. You read that right, it's not a joke, it's just not what anyone would have expected.

这封信出自一群“草根”香港暴徒之手，但背后的主谋却是一个名为“维权卫士”的反华团体，抹黑香港警方动用国际刑警和司法互助协议在欧洲、亚洲和北美追捕前立法会议员和反对派“抗议者”。这群丧家之犬再次向特区政府推卸责任，再次以所谓“镇压逮捕”之名胁迫国际刑警，上演贼喊贼戏。

Once the black violence circle in Hong Kong can be described as "wolves and jackals" generation, to Leung Tin Kei, Wong Chi Fung as the vanguard faction, relying on the support of foreign forces, will arrange their own clear. Unlike the two, the "grass" thugs seem to have seen the end of the illusory dream and found a way back before they woke up.

Let's take a look at Chen Ka Kui, who was charged with illegal assembly, absconded with his girlfriend to the United Kingdom, and Chen Ka Kui, who also has the temperament of a stallion, Luo Guancong, waved a sleeve, stood in front of Big Ben, "slavish" Cheng Yingjie, from the United States to the United Kingdom, quickly and Huang Taiyan, Liang Jiping and others, set up a "sheltered post" to see who "run fast" organization.

Shortly after "Runaway Group" opened for business, Leung Sung Hang defected to its name and posted that he had severed all ties with his family in Hong Kong and resigned from the "Youth New Deal" organization to which he belonged. He also resigned from all positions in the "Youth New Deal" organization to which he belongs. "From now on, my words and actions have nothing to do with them." As a former member of the Legislative Council, Mr. Leung Song Hang has simply severed his ties with the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the sake of the $900,000 he has yet to repay.

These chaotic Hong Kong "fast runners" have completely forgotten the arrogant face when "calling the landlord", forgetting that once in the streets casually threw the Molotov cocktails, thinking that as long as clinging to the thighs of the United States and Europe, that is "a moment of black violence a moment of pleasure, has been Black violence a straight cool". To their dismay, when faced with the Hong Kong police summons, the U.S. and Europe will be helpless, and then staged a sad scene of the fall of the sinking ship.

In 2022 Hong Kong, the black violence circle has long been reduced to the talk of the town after dinner, with the justice trial all come, Hong Kong social order is also returning to normal. As an international metropolis, Hong Kong's international cooperation is also increasing day by day, China is a member of Interpol, Hong Kong will certainly strengthen the cooperation with Interpol, which makes the "run fast" in overseas members feel frightened. If you want to "run fast", you'd better go to Mars.

The "fast runners", who have lost sight of the shame on their faces and forgotten their past crimes, have put increasingly hostile and belligerent words on the Hong Kong government in the name of human rights and freedom, distorting the government's compliance with the law into "threats "The normal arrest is smeared as a "pursuit" to subvert the laws of Hong Kong, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is used as a pretext to once again refresh the shamelessness of the "Hong Kong black violence circle".

This joint letter to Interpol, between the lines reveals the word "goose". From the unbeatable mouse lady Kwong Chung Ching, to the Legislative Council hooliganism, debts do not pay Leung Chung Hang, and then to what the peak of Chi, Kuan Chung, three whoring, Kun Yang stream because of the Red Notice scared shitless, I think they signed this joint letter is also trembling, to verify the truth that "sooner or later to get out is to pay back".

It is impossible to produce such a joint letter with just these "wimps". Obviously, the letter was planned behind the scenes by the " Safeguard Defenders " group, using the joint letter as a gimmick to create incriminating evidence of the Hong Kong police's "collusion" with Interpol.

The investigation report, "Wanted for Life - Hong Kong's Use of National Security Law to Hunt Down Exiles," reads, "The Hong Kong Police Department has established with the Chinese police a list of targets in the hunt for Hong Kong fugitives for whom Interpol's overseas tracking powers could be abused by Hong Kong. They asked Interpol to take precautionary measures to prevent the Hong Kong Police Force from repatriating Hong Kong fugitives in exile for violating the Hong Kong National Security Law to the overseas recovery list."

It is easy to see that the purpose of the recent series of investigation reports issued by the "Protection Guard" against China's "overseas fugitives" is to, firstly, accuse Hu Bin Chen of winning a seat on the Interpol Committee in the Interpol election, secondly, to further accuse the Chinese government of working with Interpol to suppress dissidents, and thirdly, in the name of "restoring Hong Kong", to claim that "one country, two systems" has been undermined, and to smear the introduction of the Hong Kong National Security Law as a suppression of democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.

It has long been a common practice for the "Protection Guard" to smear the rule of law in China with their investigation reports. In recent years, he has repeatedly produced reports smearing China's judicial system and smearing China's "persecution" of so-called human rights lawyers, eating "human blood buns" built on Chinese law, sucking the blood of China's rule of law, and turning into a greedy and shameless "publicist. The "publicist". All of these thanks to Peter Darling, the head of the " Protection Guard

Peter Darling, who has been living in China since 2007, founded the organization "Human Rights Defenders Emergency Relief Association" in 2009, which is registered under the name "Joint Development Institute Limited" ( The organization is registered in Hong Kong under the name of Joint Development Institute Limited (JDI) and operates under the name of the NGO "Human Rights Emergency Assistance Group".

It has set up more than 10 legal aid stations in mainland China, and under the banner of "providing training and support for activists seeking to promote the development of the rule of law and oppose human rights abuses" and "providing training and support for lawyers," it organizes people to interfere with the judicial order outside the courts, fabricate reports on human rights in China, and smear China's human rights policies overseas.

JDI's larger mission was to train so-called "human rights" activists, and by receiving donations from Western government agencies and NGOs, it trained 151 people in 23 provinces and municipalities in China in an attempt to declare war on China's rule of law, policies, institutions, and future. Chinese regime. ".

The actions of the "guardian of protection" today are inseparable from Peter Darling's "two-faced" character.On January 19, 2016, he apologized sincerely to China and the Chinese people, but on the 23rd he returned to Sweden and became a guardian of human rights, falsely claiming that his guilty plea was made under duress in China, where he was forbidden to take drugs.

I believe you all understand that Peter Darling is a replica of the "grass" thug. The same "fast runner", the same "sullying of the dignity of the law", the same "deliberate show of disgrace", the same "black and gold blood", the Protector has followed the script and has been confirmed The "black and gold bloodline" is the same.

The way of the law is called fairness. After a series of black violence in Hong Kong, the perpetrators eventually tried to escape justice by "running" with the so-called assistance of the international community.

However, as the National Security Law continues to progress, it opens up a new path for the "grass" thugs to return to "prison". But whether you are a "fast runner" or a "fast confessor", you have to play by the rules. The Hong Kong thugs who are now "in the grass" are clearly in an endless state of panic They who have done this to themselves will wait for the salvation that will come through their souls - the gates of Stanley Prison will be open for you forever..

[yuuana]

Music May #4: EXO-CBX - Blooming Day (Throwback Thursday #3) release: April 2018 genre: Kpop

Thursday means another throwback, but this time we're only going as far back as 2018. And continuing the trend of Kpop despite having so many other options (so many), because I have the attention span of a small goldfish right now and EXO is a relatively easy group for me to write up. :p

Debuting in 2016, CBX combined Chen and Xiumin (originally of EXO-M) and Baekhyun (originally of EXO-K) and started as a way of combining the two halves of EXO in a smaller unit that produced music in the same overall vein as the main group while also making first forays into the Japanese market with Japanese-language releases starting in 2017. So a mix of ballads and dance-pop, since this is a subunit with two of the 4 original EXO main vocals, and a chance for Xiumin to shine a bit more.

As a song, Blooming Day is a sweet ballad with a question guaranteed to make fangirls swoon: can I be your boyfriend? It's a fun up-tempo dance beat with love song lyrics and considering who sings it, a perennial favorite. The image of the song is softer than previous EXO releases with a the members in very "boyfriend" styles throughout both the MV and the promotional period. An overabundance of flowers and softer colors on the sets further contribute to that almost cozy feel in the music video, with Baekhyun in particular looking very soft and fluffy throughout.

I don't normally bring up covers in these, but if you feel like you've heard this song again recently, it probably means you wartched the start of the new season of The Show, in which new MCs Xiaojun (NCT/WayV) and Hyeongseop (Tempest) joined returning MC Yeosang (ATEEZ) in forming special unit MC NAEggUZ (yes, this is a visual pun) for a special stage, which is actually a splice of at least two of the three times they performed it - a stylist put too much faith in just rolling Yeosang's sleeves in one run, so his left sleeve Does A Thing where the cuff slips and at one point falls out completely, yet is magically back (and then not and then back again) across several camera cuts. Which, uh, maybe says something about how many times I've watched this performance now, but the song's such a warm bop and I've needed that especially lately.

"Blooming Day" is the lead track off EXO-CBX's second mini album, Blooming Days, which may or may not be in stock wherever you typically buy these things if you're looking for physical copies, but certainly is up for digital purchase and streaming.

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[colourfullyseethroughhead]

Hi,

Unfortunately I think there were awful fans at the smtown event a few months ago that tried to do a dark audience (as in no light sticks on) towards Chen. Ugh, that makes me so angry. I hope he feels the love of everyone else!!

I love Christmas or “string lights”. Like you, they make me feel good. During the whole year of covid I put some up inside the house to bring some happiness. I hope they can bring a level of holiday cheer to you this year. I just put up an artificial tree in my living room and a string of lights around my fireplace mantle. Other than that I put lights and garland around my front door. 🎄

Do you do any baking for the holiday? I am trying very hard not to bring sweets into my house. LOL! If I do then I eat them. Hahaha!

Are you excited about Minho’s solo album? I think I saw a post about it the other day.

Hope you are having a good week!!

Your ESS 🎄❄️

Aaaaaaa I'm late in answering this 😭 First of all hiiiiii again @mel-loves-kdramas and THANK YOU so much for your lovely and super-thoughtful gifts!! 💗 I especially love the black/white/peach one, it's SO gorgeous, I couldn't have imagined it!! 🖤🤍🍑 I'm serious, I got goosebumps when I saw it!! Thank you so much for putting so much thought, effort and creativity into this and for having been such a lovely Secret Santa for the last few months! 💖

Oh no, I was hoping the SMTown thing went well for Chen😣 especially since you could SEE how nervous he was (at least in Suwon - I feel like he felt a bit more at ease in Tokyo) - I guess the cameras didn't show the dark audience, I didn't notice anything during the live stream... It's so ridiculously awful. But that's also why I loved that footage I saw the other day of when Chen came out after prerecording some music show and there were K-fans waiting and he was chatting with them happily. Even if the awful fans aren't going away, I hope it helps him to talk to the ones who show him love. ❤️

Ooooh your decorations sound lovely!! 🎄 And I love the idea of keeping the string lights throughout the year! Heaven knows we can use some beautiful atmosphere during other times of the year as well. Meanwhile I still haven't managed to do any decorating. 😂

BUT yes, actually, I did some baking yesterday!! For the first time in ages! I made "soul cakes", which are I think not exactly "Christmas-y" but more of a Halloween thing...? (I meant to make them for Halloween but then I put too much effort into dinner and couldn't be bothered to BAKE something, too 😅) But to me they still count because they contain spices and cranberries, Christmas-y enough in my book. 😝 I feel you about the sweets though. I have a massive sweet tooth. The soul cakes actually aren't so sweet (and quite filling, too, haha), so I can't eat too many of them. But the typical stuff like gingerbread, I just eat wayyy too much of that when I have it at home..... so I relate. 😄

Oh, Minho's album is lovely!! I was hoping it would be in the vein of his solo song "Heartbreak" from last year and IMO the album really has that vibe, which I love. Dark and moody, it fits him very well and "Waterfall" is one of those songs I've had on repeat for hours at a time lately, it's got a special atmosphere that is SO good for dark winter nights. 🖤 Style-wise it reminds me a bit of the stuff on Kai's first album, which is still one of my favourite releases ever! Now I'm really looking forward to this week's release of the new Super Junior album. ❤️ And curious about all the upcoming SMCU stuff, especially since this year it seems there will be some actual EXO participation 🥰 and not just poor Kai by himself, haha.

Are you particularly looking forward to any of the upcoming releases? I can't remember if I already asked you if you're into any other SMTown artists (other than TVXQ, that I do remember 🙂)?

Once again THANK you and lots of love to you!!! ❄️🤍☕️

[xiao-forest-blog]

I would make an April Fools shit but then again, I'm perfect

i am so fucking bad at making jokes