#such an underrated bside...

[horangslay]

listening to I Don't Know by Seventeen got me like

[revehae]

to me, personally, undone is one of your darkest fics and ok rose creek motel and the iconic serial killer johnny fic i forgot the name of arguably have “darker” themes like murder and death but undone just invokes such a visceral feeling out of me because of how intense the assault is written i believe when you talked about it once you said smthing along the lines of “sex is power and power is sex” or something like that and it really stuck with me because you implemented that so well in jeno’s actions and dialogue like it was just a real and honestly horrifying depiction of a man who believes he’s entitled to someone’s body because she’s arguably better than him it’s just UGH! MWAH! it’s a great horror which idk if you were going for but that’s how i interpret most noncon pieces

so tldr: undone on 🔝

sorry this made me giggle in the most evil and unattractive way possible because WOW. i honestly feel the same way because i was just talking about how emotional undone is 😭 i don’t know what i was smoking when i wrote it but i need to get back on that immediately. i notice that when my fics draw slightly from emotions and/or experiences i’ve had IRL, people like them so much more and i feel more confident in them. idt i ever talked about undone being one of those fics which is probably because it was less the exact experience itself and more of the helpless, shameful feeling. i honestly think it’s my most immersive work

undone is like the only fic i know exactly where i was when i wrote it (even though i usually write in the same place) 😭 on the couch late at night in the pitch black silence of someone’s living room! maybe it was the couch i don’t know!

i don’t remember saying the sex is power thing but i believe it because - and this is the funny part - ever since i saw the quote, “everything in the world is about sex, except sex. sex is about power” it STUCK WITH ME TOO…? so yes i probably did say that.

gonna start thinking of my fics as horrors. maybe that will solve something. for a bit now i realized that something that i really want to do the most with my writing, whether it’s blatantly evil or something subtle, is create an experience that the reader can feel. sure, there’s the nut factor and sometimes idgaf about the angst i just want to fantasize about cock. but at the end of the day, i’m really just a girl who wants to tell stories, to move people, to traumatize people probably, to write something that people will always remember and to write something that hurts. when ppl on lisired tell me that my fics made them cry (i got this a lot with wish i never) in my head i’m like “aww… im glad. wait fuck no sorry but kinda-“

sorry knowing i can write smth that brings people to tears just makes me soooo proud of myself and borderline arrogant sometimes like

[slytherinshua]

me searching up what’s going on with kim wooseok to see if there’s any chance of a comeback soon only to be hit w military enlistment in nov 😐😐😐

[xiven]

listening to cwjltma

[starburstfloat]

Let's Talk Innuendos and Queer Subtext: TXT's Poppin' Star Lyrics Analysis

One of the joys of making progress in my Korean language journey has been the ability to analyze lyrics more critically by dissecting tone, word choice, or rhyme schemes that would have otherwise slipped by me a few years ago. And as someone who has a deep love for literary analysis and kpop, there's an unparalleled joy in getting to bridge the two together. I'm happy I have this space to do that. So without further ado, let's take a look at TXT's Poppin' Star from their first full-length album, The Dream Chapter: Magic (thank you nika for requesting this!).

This song feels like a sonic representation of this memefied image:

It's literally bubblegum pop at its finest. It sounds sparkly, cute, uplifting, and deceptively adorable, and anyone who has seen the choreography can attest to watching the video with a ridiculous smile on their face.

I could give high praise endlessly about this underrated early TXT Bside, but I wanted to prioritize the lyrics for this post! We're going to talk about the superficial meaning of the song before we dissect some of the more suggestive, metaphorical elements. Heads up I'll be mentioning sexual innuendos, so if that's not your cup of tea then please kindly leave.

My goal is to get you to see that, at the very least, this song is not just about eating candy. Whether or not we agree on the queer subtext is another debate, but I'm hoping this analysis post can be a lesson on interpreting figurative language and grasping inneundos.

Whenever I do analysis, I always start with the surface level face-value of what's being presented, and then I try to peel the layers and discern the underlying themes or suggested connotations based on context clues. Usually I leave out the initial face-value in my posts because it's something so obvious that it feels contradictory to present it. But it feels relevant to include for Poppin' Star. So what is the face-value meaning of the song when we look at the lyrics as a whole?

On the surface, this song appears to be about a young male protagonist who experiences a burst of emotions - dizzying warmth, sweetness, and a clouded brain - after he eats a variety of flavored candies. He states that he is not satisfied with the burst of flavor he's experiencing - now that he knows this intense feeling, he's craving more.

cr. color coded lyrics (though I'm cross referencing multiple translations and using my own knowledge of individual words and tonal conjugations to understand the song)

It doesn't take much of an analytical eye to catch the innuendo presented in Poppin' Star. What exactly is an innuendo? An innuendo is an allusive hint to something typically sexual. The keyword here is hint - it's something you pick up on based on subtly provocative language. Critics could argue that "your brain must be in the gutter" if you find sexual context where there is supposedly none. I'd say blaming the observer for a sexual interpretation is disrespectful to the art in question. Inneundos are meant to be spotted and discussed - they have the potential to heighten the art and unveil a greater message. Just because something is sexual does not mean it is bad.

Now that we have that cleared, it's pertinent to reflect on the surface value of the lyrics in contrast to the glaring inneundo jumping out at the audience. Let's look at the opening lyrics together:

One look at the lyrics, and you'll raise your eyebrows and go, "Really? You sampled a mouthful of candy and can't stop talking about how you're tingling all over, feel dizzy, and are melting from the sweetness?" The song's lyrics and language is quite figurative: the audience is guided to see beyond the literal meaning.

If we break down the individual feelings our protagonist shares, it sounds reminiscient of a first kiss or sexual experience. Considering how strongly the lyrics center on oral pleasure (oral as in the literal sense of the mouth), the rightfully assummed metaphor here is kissing. Let's look at all the instances where the song connects pleasure to the mouth:

별가루 가득 물면 느껴지는 불꽃놀이일까? / (Is this) fireworks that I feel when I bite a whole mouthful of stardust?

입 안을 채운 콕콕 따끔한 이 느낌은 또 / This tingling feeling that has filled my mouth

혀끝에 건전지 / A battery at the tip of my tongue

Our protagonist talks extensively about the pleasure in his mouth in correlation to feeling dizzy, warm, fuzzy, electrified, and excited - all feelings heavily associated with heightened sexual experiences, and notably kissing.

A striking detail is the fact that our protagonist is not alone during the story - he's actively talking to another person, meaning he's not literally eating candy by himself and getting an explosive sugar rush as the superficial interpretation insinuates. We notice this from the opening line which calls to a direct "you":

짜릿한 정전기 you’re popping star / Electrifying static, you're popping star.

Not only is this a reference to the title, making it an important detail to note, but it's also inviting the audience into acknowledging the relevant prescence of another character, some unnamed you. He goes on to say:

머리가 띵하게 기분 좋은 my love / Making my head feel dizzy, that good feeling, my love

He's directly saying "my love," so this person is clearly special to him. This person is his popping star - someone who evokes all of these explosive, tingling feelings.

The chorus is riddled with suggestive language: "This isn't enough / I need something stronger / A chew full of lemon, lime, orange, yeah / I need more, more, more / A stronger popping / A chew full of lemon, lime, orange, yeah"

Our protagonist is craving more flavor as he seeks a pleasure high. My interpretation is that the other character is wearing flavored chaptstick, perhaps fruit-flavored or candy-flavored, and our protagonist wants to taste more of the character's lips. Another interpretation is that they're both chewing on flavored gum, and when they kiss, the flavors blend together in a satisfying burst. Both feel plausible to me. The chorus suggests a kiss through the explosive repetition of surprised "oh's" that the members sing. It's hard to explain without hearing it, so skip to 0:48 in the song to catch what I mean. The explosive instrumental paired with the high-pitched oh's feels representative of an epiphany, or at least a heightened emotional state.

Perhaps one of the most glaringly suggestive parts of the song is Beomgyu's line after the first chorus, where he says:

잠깐 쉬어갈 땐 slime vacation / When (I) take a short break, slime vacation

This implies he's taking a break from exchanging slime, or saliva, with the aforementioned "you". Keep in mind that Korean sentences don't always need an explicit subject, so it's unclear whether Beomgyu is saying "When I take a short break" or "When we take a short break". However, later in the song, during a critical moment that I'll get to shortly, Yeonjun explicitly mentions the pronoun 우리 (we/us) which means we can assume this whole candy-tasting fiasco is, at the very least, a pleasure-seeking high that our protagonist is doing with someone by his side.

The kissing metaphor is more strongly suggested when Taehyun says:

어제 했던 건 벌써 지루해 / The things that (I did/were done) yesterday are already boring

더 더 더 강한 popping이 필요해 / I need a stronger popping

which tells me the song is self-aware enough to recognize it's not just about eating candy. Why would yesterday's candy be described as "the things that were done yesterday"? I also find it interesting that he's using the verb 지루하다 instead of 심심하다 when mentioning boredom. Both of these verbs mean "to be bored", but 심심하다 refers to boredom through a lack of action, whereas 지루하다 has the connotation of being bored by something because you've been doing it for a prolonged time; as in, you're getting physically tired of it. So, Taehyun is saying that the stuff he did yesterday has become repetitive and tiring, and he's now seeking a stronger high. Very suggestive language.

There's a line from Heuningkai that really stands out towards the latter half of the song. He goes:

가끔은 조금 위험해도 돼 / Sometimes it can be a little dangerous

엄마 몰래 자물쇠를 열어봐 / Open the lock without my mom knowing

The conjugation here is very interesting!! He uses the 아/어도 되다 pattern at the end of the adjective for "dangerous", which is a conjugation used to give permission for something. So, rather than him stating the fact that it's dangerous, he's giving permission to the speaker to be a little dangerous. It's a subtle nod at him approving risky behavior, so perhaps a better translation would be "it's alright if sometimes it's a bit dangerous".

"Open the lock" reminds me of Soobin's verse in Sugar Rush Ride:

, which I interpret as a more blatantly sexual inneundo for losing one's virginity. I don't think Poppin Star implies more than kissing, but asking someone to open your lock without your mom knowing, and engaging in risky behavior, appears symbolic to doing something you wouldn't want your mom to see, so at the very least it's suggestive language.

This interpretation aligns with the direct album overview provided by Bighit, which states that "The Dream Chapter: MAGIC tells the story of 'magical adventures' that boys encounter together with their friends [...] the boys share their transformation, confusion and exploding emotions that arise during their transition to adolescence." Notice that the official statement itself says that the album centers on a boy and his friends as they transition into adolescence. Interesting.

I'd be happy to leave the analysis there and say, "See? The song is clearly an innuendo", but then the writers toss in the gayest shit during the last third of the song that forces the audience to pause and reinterpret.

Yeonjun and Taehyun sing the following lines:

이건 어쩌면 나라에서 허락한 / Maybe this is something that the country has allowed

우리끼리만 숨겨둔 유일한 / Something we have kept hidden just among us

자 아무에게나 허락된 게 아냐 / Alright, it's not allowed to just anyone

입안 가득 터뜨려 / Burst a mouthful

The verb used here is 허락하다 which means to allow, permit, or approve. Talking about what your country allows in connotation to something you've kept hidden among the two of you…feels queer-coded. Especially when the rest of the song has been dedicated to pursuing a thrill from "my love", a pursuit which they acknowledge is intimately private given the line "without my mom knowing". Why bring up what's allowed in your country in a song that centers on a boy seeking pleasure? The last line is odd too - it's conjugated as a command, so our protagonist is telling us, the audience, that we should pop a mouthful of the candy too. In connection to the line above it, it's implied that he knows popping the candy aka kissing his love is not allowed for everyone, but he's encouraging others to try. Adding to the intrigue is the fact that they repeat the last two lines again, but change the command to 입안 가득 터뜨려 봐 which is a less forceful command and more like "Give it a try".

If the song truly were just about candy, talking about what your country allows and who is allowed to do it feels very out of place and strange. This, paired with the striking fixation on oral pleasure makes me believe the song is about a boy kissing his friend, and it's been a fun, exciting little secret between the two of them.

It doesn't feel like an exaggeration to find queer subtext here. If you're an avid TXT fan, you'll know their songs are very queer-coded, from 0x1=lovesong having the most blatant thematic connection (I still regularly think about Soobin's "I can't go to heaven, I don't belong there" line) alongside Sugar Rush Ride, which suggests we "swallow the sugar rush"....sir, swallow what exactly??!

I hope this could spark your interest and see the lyrics from a new perspective. Sorry not sorry if this burst your innocent perception of the song...like I said, it sounds deceptively adorable 😂 let me know your thoughts and thanks for reading!

[hansolsticio]

solie você quais bsides do svt você recomendaria para mim?? (sou péssima pra ouvir álbum completo, tenho preguiça)

fiquei de responder e esqueci, rue... te amo, tá?

ENFIM

Que pergunta difícil [😭😭😭], vou te dar só algumas então... porque senão vai equivaler a um álbum todinho:

→ "to you" (fav do hannie por um motivo! muito boa, perco a vontade de sumir do planeta na hora — a vibe dela é assim: 💗💐🌸🍭🌈☀️🎀✨️)

→ "beautiful" (irmã de "to you")

→ "kidult" (one of the classics)

→ "heaven's cloud" (algodão-doce e girassóis)

→ "circles" (choro igual vagabunda)

→ "crazy in love" (me torno uma vagabunda)

→ "campfire" (one of the classics²)

→ "dust" (one of the... você já sabe)

→ "second life" (💭💭💭)

tem as hitudas que todo mundo conhece e ama:

→ "good to me" (auge do amor e devoção quero ser pedida em casamento com essa aqui)

→ "don quixote" (hannie com a latinha de coca)

→ "ash" (a humilhação no twitter todos dias até o seventeen colocar essa na set-list)

→ "snapshoot" (por um tempo achei que fosse title)

→ "shadow" (automaticamente penso naquele vídeo do mingyu na chuva)

→ "anyone" (eu amo homem desesperado)

→ "i don't understand but i luv u" (até hoje não sei o que o woozi colocou nessa aqui, mas funcionou)

→ "spell" (yeogi ocean view...)

→ "light a flame" (tá entre as mais tesudas de toda a carreira do seventeen)

→ "cheers" (os papais cantam essa aqui)

→ "fire" & "monster" (everybody knows)

→ "fast pace" (tem TODO o molho possível)

UNDERRATED (na minha cabeça):

→ "2 minus 1" (bem avril lavigne, paramore...)

→ "pinwheel" (o dokyeom não tem dó nessa aqui)

[srirachaz]

I really want to go through nct's discography but holy cow where do I start I'm thinking 127 dream wish wayv u superm nd thsn the full albums

ok i apologize for the massive fucking wall of text that follows this paragraph but i'm in fact a huge nctzen (i listen to literally every subunit and solo i love them all)

127 is for sure the most popular but wish and wayv might be easier to start with because they have a smaller discography. unfortunately no matter how you slice it it'll take forever to get though because all the groups keep releasing banger after banger so try some sample songs to see which discographies you vibe with:

nct wish: hands up, wish. they're still in their teenage idoldom and their songs reflect that! very cute, very easy listening, very underrated. their bsides have a similar vibe to their tts and are very 2018 reminiscent. if you like riize, wannaone, or tws this is for you

nct dream: candy, istj, broken melodies, beatbox, smoothie, hot sauce. dream has 2 modes: early dream (cir. 2018-2020) with cutesy teen stuff and later dream (anything recent) that incorporates more 127 experimental sounds and is a little more mature but retains the amazing vocal quality they always had. their bsides range from ballads to heavenly hamonies (please listen to box omg) with a noisier song every once in a while. if you like seventeen, shinee, or stray kids this is for you

wayv: moonwalk, phantom, give me that. any given wayv tt is a good one so you'll never go wrong. melodic and life-changing, with harmonies to die for. generally a more mature vibe, and they can include noise really well. the raps lean into a darker heavier tone. their bsides range from melodic to club bangers, but each bside goes really well with the album. if you like exo, tvxq, taemin, or monsta x this is for you

nct 127: cherry bomb, fact check, fire truck, 2 baddies, kick it, superhuman, ay-yo, walk, simon says, sticker. very experimental, very fun. club music loves 127. their bsides tend to be a little softer? slower? idk how to describe it but they're usually showing off more of their vocal capabilities, so the tt isn't usually the same vibe as to what the rest of the album is. if you like stray kids, ateez, or block b this is for you

nct u: 7th sense, 90's love, make a wish, baggy jeans, baby don't stop, misfit. nct u bsides are usually to show off individual groups and the albums flow together really well, they're produced nicely. kind of a mix of the other ncts so if you like those you'll like nct u.

other: perfume, shalala, off the mask, nightwalker, smoke, little light, each completely different, each album perfect to listen to.

superM (bonus!): tiger inside, jopping. superm bsides all fuck hard and definitely should be listened to in full

i also have a separate list of nct b-side bangers but that can wait lmfao

HOWEVER NCT LOVES THEIR GENRE MIXING SO SOMETIMES THEY DO SONGS OUT OF LEFT FIELD THAT SOUND NOTHING LIKE THE REST OF THEIR STUFF WHICH IS OK BUT SOMETIMES IT'S A JUMP SCARE BASS LINE OR A RANDOM BALLAD

[bandzboy]

clé: levanter era is so underrated and it's quite insane to me because i think levanter is one of the best skz title tracks since they kinda did something different they didn't do previously but i do feel like it was one of their best songs in terms of vocals (lino falsetto we love you) BUT ALSO.... that album is so crazy?? and so important because it was delayed (if you know you know... if you were there you know what i mean) and so songs like you can stay and sunshine had such a big impact on the fandom back in the day especially sunshine it means a lot to me to this day and it's one the best skz bsides and i think about it all the time but the bside from this album that i think is criminally underrated is booster like booster is so good?? it's such a skz standard sound but it was so fresh at the time i remember being so obsessed with it when it came out and i was so mad nobody talk about her WHERE IS THE BOOSTER LOVE??? LIKE CMON GUYS but in general, that album an era are so significant in skz and stay history and it felt very much a gift to fans at that time it was pretty rough but i feel like getting these songs after everything went down was so worth it! it's genuinely one of my fav skz eras

[jellieclogs]

my favorite got7 songs from every single album 

this post is actually a precursor to a huge kpop related post I have coming, but anyway I just love got7’s music and needed to have this on the record in case I die 

Got It?

i like you

girls girls girls

playground

Got Love

A

bad behavior

forever young

Identify

MAGNETIC. YEA…

take my hand SOOO UNDERRATED

Just Right

just right

nice

before the full moon rises

MAD

if you do 💋💋

tic tic tok PEAK bside 

eyes on

confession song <3

Departure

fly

can’t

home run

rewind 

beggin on my knees (BRIAN TEAS)

Turbulence

prove it

boom x3

mayday (jinyoung slayed DOWN)

my home

let me 

SICK. SICK😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 one of my top 10 favorites for sure

Arrival

shopping mall 💋

paradise

SIGN. HELL YEAH

Q <3

7 for 7 

such a cute emotional time for igot7s ☹️🫶🏾

moon u

TEENAGER !!!!!!!!!!! PEAK DEFSOUL METHINKS

to me

Eyes On You

look

hesitate

thank you *bursts out crying uncontrollably*

present: you

I legit like every song on this album. I am me is so good. party is literally a cute and fun party song. do we hear gyeom on fine ? 

also 1:31 am

come ON. this was so good live oh my god Jackson sounded SO good?;?;?(!;!3!;!:&/&:&

spinning top

1 degree. do I even need to speak

eclipse sooo good

page !!! 

call my name

you calling my name OBVI?????!

THURSDAYYYYYY

crash & burn

pray

DYE

POISON

not by the moon

love you better YUP

aura <3

breath of love

breath 

last piece

wave

we are young <3

GOT7 

nanana

drive me to the moon 😭

DONT CARE ABOUT ME!!!

yay!! i highly recommend got7 to any new kpop fans who are looking for new music!

[nfly5]

Hi, i hope you're doing well. Could you recommend some N.Flying songs? I want to get into them and listen to them more.

I hope you have a good day or evening ahead

hi 🥰 thanks for your message and i hope you’re doing well too. that’s so exciting, yes of course i can!!

there’s so many good songs ah! instead of title tracks, i thought i’d recommend my favourite bsides and underrated songs you should listen to from each release (it’s a lot but hope it’s useful!):

awesome (debut 1st mini album, 2015) - one n only, heartbreak

the real (2nd mini album, 2017) - don’t mess with me, say goodbye

the hottest (3rd mini album, 2018) - crossroad (one of my favourite songs ever ❤️)

how are you? (4th mini album, 2018) - up all night, lovefool

spring memories (5th mini album, 2019) - leave it, flowerwork, like a flower

yaho (6th mini album, 2019) - autumn dream, 4242, sunset

brotherhood (1st japanese album, 2020) - stand by me, pinhole, color

so, communication (7th mini album, 2020) - flower fantasy, i’m gonna

man on the moon (1st full korean album, 2021) - blue scene, fate

turbulence (1st full korean album repackage, 2021) - video therapy, into bloom

dearest (8th mini album, 2022) - firefly, 1, monster

also bonus:

singles - starlight

OSTs - wonderful night, star

if you’re looking for somewhere to start i would recommend a listen of these albums - spring memories (comeback after their 1st win ever with rooftop! timeless hit), yaho (perfect album), man on the moon / turbulence (just so gorgeous, my pride as their 1st full album), dearest (flawless, their most recent full group release before enlistments) and brotherhood (such wonderful original japanese songs 🫶🏽).

enjoy! i’m always here if you want to know anything else or just chat! 😊

[the-only-scott-tenorman]

ok smartass... what's your fave ok computer bside?

Yeah, yeah. I see what you did there. But Paranoid Android is obviously superior.

And don’t get me started on all that “Let Down is underrated crap.”

[star-suh]

AKB48 Song Recommendations

Also take note that some of these songs are only available on YouTube or the deepest darkest pits of hell on some abandoned japanese device which you can only turn on and activate by singing a russian lullaby 3 times and then in reverse while doing a handstand because of copyright and other stuff, but if you’re lucky there’ll be an reupload of it somewhere

Starting off with the most known internationally one by non fans, you may have heard it and know it from the movie Wreck it Ralph!

Sugar Rush by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/AE_lJyxT9fA?si=dae7Zq6lbXbMwOSi

Technically the actual most known AKB48 song, if you’ve ever watched PRODUCE 48 you’ll know it

Heavy Rotation by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/lkHlnWFnA0c?si=8_gTK5WeAODjmZ1a

One of my personal favourite songs from SKE48 which is very underrated honestly and should’ve been the title track over chicken line 🤫

Is that your secret? by SKE48 - https://youtu.be/tLFHyRjKc3s?si=4h1fdq0iDRiTMwcg

I love the steampunk aesthetic in this music video (non dance version shows it more but they never uploaded it to the youtube ijbol) also the choregraphy I really love it too

UZA by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/WIdWXhV33vs?si=pa9LKqv3ChOg2ZVK

One of their more meaningful music videos (to me at least, I won’t do a full analysis on it but in shorts it’s how people view homosexuality as a mental illness and that’s why they’re in nurse outfits and mental patient uniforms) on the other hand it’s a groovy song with lesbian nurses so that’s another reason I love it

Ambulance by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/JduvWeFeXi4?si=HgLvvqO9jA55Zq6M

This is one I just love because the intro is just so iconic and makes me feel so positive, also a perfect song for Valentine’s Day

Choco no Dorei by SKE48 - https://youtu.be/jQL9X2Mgw8c?si=qO5k1VQGCp-8oXGm

One of their most energetic and upbeat songs with an amazing choreo, the chorus itself and the dance to it are both very fun

High Tension by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/fj6iDHciEmA?si=vs-cEtKzPXaMMhd0

I don’t know how to explain it but this one is very 2010s teen show coded to me for some reason, like it’s kinda like ant farm but not really in a way

Mosh & Dive - https://youtu.be/XHtrhEZguu8?si=1sDUtfBMXO2yECiz

This is one of my absolute favourite music videos from them, the usage of red going from the umbrellas to the outfits them selves along with some of the props like it’s so beautiful, along with the scene with rain it’s just so pretty

Romantic Junbichuu by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/mf3q-Ar1I2s?si=xxZUwhlcLWiOnBO-

Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou (Scorned Love) by AKB48 - https://www.facebook.com/pijan.fujiwara/videos/2238019751540/?idorvanity=160216550675434

One of AKB48's more serious songs which is about the topic of suicide and bullying, which in the music video is shown starting off with one of the members on the school rooftop ready to jump off into her new life, along with a message in japanese which translates as "You are not a bird. I'd like you to walk on the earth with your feet. If you have a hardship, you have a future beyond. Time can serve as an eraser of your memory"

Namida Uri No Shoujo by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/YL-lTZVr6XA?si=nCFRLivGM2AiYvVp

Based on the little matchbox girl story, I love this song a lot along with the one dialogue back and forward speaking part in the bridge I think?

Seifuku ga jama wo suru (My School Uniform is in My Way) by AKB48 - https://www.facebook.com/pijan.fujiwara/videos/2234662547612/?idorvanity=160216550675434

This song was lowkey me when I was younger, a teenage high school student wanting to seek lover and have sex with an older man lmao (we love compensated dating concepts here)

Same concept as before because it’s the bside of on that same album, it also reminds me of the cats movie but specifically the first one

Virgin Love by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/-ofmqOb04Bc?si=QdHYhg6ZNVFBEOLH

Kamonegix by NMB48 - https://youtu.be/DWcEsw9YQcM?si=aWLWAkwnr2EB2Fo6

If serving cunt from outer space was a song, because this song just sounds so alien and intergalactic like along with being so futuristic, I also love the outfits they’re so pretty

Baby! Baby! Baby! by AKB48 - https://youtu.be/QxICRjnOH4s?si=kb8rm32yD0A3rNjN

I love you baby baby baby, one of their cuter songs but I also love the outfits here too they’re so colourful and pretty, I also love the cinematography here even if the video quality is worse than a blind person’s vision 😭💔

Don’t look back! by NMB48 - https://youtu.be/EdMflDYxCiQ?si=PfSfHrRrAVaRv6kY

This song is something that’d play while the heroes and villains fight

oof that's a lot, we will be tuning in nonetheless

[odxrilove]

svt bsides space and listen in secret are so underrated and i hate it

[gladiatorcunt]

Didn’t know you were a kpop fan babe 😧 Kinda not surprised, but still… Your faves?

“kinda not surprised” erm

(i got into it like around 2015 and i typically go for 3rd gen to earlier when it comes to music, also i don’t interact with any fandoms on social media anymore since i’ve gotten older (and i don’t rlly keep up with the idols themselves) beyond what edits i see or what gets so popular i have to see it on my fyp)

red velvet (my girlies)

loona (haseul could’ve been the baekhyun of loona if they used her properly beyond 1 line)

exo (masterclass in discography and actually being a capital i idol but also mess and mismanagement, arguably a big part of some of their issues is the tension between sk and china, etc.)

vixx (still a fair bit underrated imo when you consider how long they’ve been active, their vocal ability, being known for their concepts, like ughhhhh leo is one of the only idols who i will be like ‘that’s my husband and we have 6 kids <3’ about)

monsta x (very solid discography, talented, rappers that genuinely have something which there a lot of rappers in kpop groups just bc they’re trying to get appeal, still mildly irritated over the wonho thing bc the way companies deal with stuff like that when the idol is innocent is just so annoying. queen is one of the best bsides in kpop history.)

ramble under the cut

honorary shinee (jonghyun is my golden standard male vocalist), boa, snsd, sunmi, btob mentions

unfortunately jay park is cute and i do like mommae, dean’s like one album he did (i didn’t listen to the other one if that even was a full second album), i used to fw hyuna but she’s pissed me the fuck off

fave time out jail ig: bts (just really grew out of being into them ig since boy with luv came out, some of their tiktok fanbase proudly bullying people and how i feel about the quality of their music now (missing house of cards type quality) + the western validation debate + being on tumblr when people made jungkook’s whole personality at 19 yrs old being goo goo ga ga over banana milk and having a noona kink)), nct (the t*eil thing, but imo if people like that want to hide then they will so i think at least some of the members didn’t know, i don’t keep up with that so i’m not sure if any other info has since come out. i believe he did it with how things are rn and as a csa survivor i just feel a bit gross with being overly supportive of them)

and then there is the can of worms that is the group named after colors (another case where imo they were better earlier on, playing with fire >>>>)

i don’t really have any 4th gen faves, i love ateez and i like some stray title tracks (as in random not stray kids lmao) & bsides from groups here and there

i have mixed feelings about 4-5th gen (imo music is not the focus so much as international reach and social media presence), riize (wonbin is so fine though like sm employs pretty boy idols and refuses to manage them properly) and new jeans (i really wished i liked their music because literally everyone else does), ive’s title tracks are pretty solid (i don’t know anything about their bsides), le sserafim is ehhhhhhhh (i think i literally only like anti fragile + they do need to improve technically for me), enhyphen (i will say is the closet to being a fave for me because i eat up their obsessive songs that are apparently about their webtoon???????? and that one jyp cover (i assume bc he was there) bangs, also again they’re fine 😖)

for the life of me i can’t fully commit to aespa but their concept is cool (and the lore should stick to them and not be attached to every sm group imo)

talking about the songs i like & listen to regularly/industry opinions is a different discussion (that i dipped into too much here) i fear so i’ll shut up!!! i could probably get back into it if a company debuted a group and was like ‘안녕하세요! we are D.I.L.F!’ and the members are all at least in their mid 40’s and they groan when they try to bow

[starshuas]

the best svt bside imo + the most underrated istg

EVEYONE GO LISTEN TO AH! LOVE