im so serious when i say im manifesting a kaisoo subunit even though it makes 0 sense considering soo is busy with movies and kai is gonna e word soon? 💀
Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL then tag the same number of blogs
Baby Don’t Cry by EXO
ANL by NCT Dream
El Dorado by EXO
King and Queen by EXO-CBX
Day After Day by EXO
After Midnight by WayV
End to Start by NCT 127
Dreaming by NCT Dream
Rose by D.O.
Exclusive by Taemin
Ascetic Monk by Lay
Moonwalk by WayV
tagging.. wow hardly any of my mutuals (or blogs in general..) I follow are very active anymore (some have been gone for years hope they’re doing well) so I’ll just tag a few we can ignore the game rules. Tagging! @dayafterdae, @hooned, @aerisosweet, @soft-daes, @ohsenhun, @elyxion, @abunnycotton, and @your-sophie18 😊
i know i haven’t froke out on main about the cbx lawsuit in a few days i just think it’s so wild that both sm entertainment and chen, baek, and xiumin are like “yes we’re trading accusations in the public eye and going to court. yes cbx are still going to be participating in exo’s ongoing 11th anniversary projects including a full-length album and a reality tv show” im like. okay
think i've answered this before but my opinion isn't set in stone so this is a good time to think about it again
i think the closest ones are chanyeol and kyungsoo, cbx obviously, and between them minseok and jongdae specially, sehun and junmyeon are also super close, and also chanyeol and sehun ofc.
kai is a little hard for me to pin down because i think he's genuinely close with all of them but at the same time he doesn't have a bond that sticks out as much as the mentioned above. people love to say he's closest with kyungsoo that is simply not true. he's not as close with sehun besides the obvious 94z maknaes shtick and he's REALLY not close with baekhyun lmao i think they're the most coworker type of dynamic in the group. like the only reason they're friends is because they've been shoved together in the same team
others that strike me as the least close/coworker vibes are junmyeon and kyungsoo, jongdae and sehun, and chanyeol and kai. as much as people love to say baekhyun and kyungsoo hate each other i really don't think that's the case (anymore). i think they've gotten incredibly close for two people that are such opposites of each other. would i say they're bffs? no but i wouldn't put them in the least close category.
i think baekhyun is the one who's closest with the most people in the group. he's super tight with all of chingu line, he's very close to minseok because i think they complement each other the best (minseok loves to take care of people and baekhyun is happy letting him fill in that hyung role to the max degree), he's also really close with sehun because i think they have the most similar personalities, and he has managed to annoy his way into junmyeon's heart to the point that junmyeon brings him up unprompted when he's particularly missing exo. to me in junmyeon's mind exo = baekhyun.
that being said i genuinely believe all of exo have surpassed the coworkers litmus test a long time ago. even with kai or kyungsoo who arguably are the most reserved and seek industry relationships outside of the group they are truly friends and happy with all of exo.
rules: link your favorite and/or most popular post from each month this year <3 (it’s totally fine to skip months!) and tag some CCs you love!
I want to start by saying that I didn't even go into 2023 thinking that I will be going back to giffing after I stopped in like 2012 or something. Ended up deciding one day that I really miss it and since I wanted to create a space for more Baekhyun content I thought I'd give it another go. My list will be starting from May since I started posting gifs from there <3
May
The second gifset I posted and I didn't even expect it to get that amount of notes because I wasn't sure whether it looked good or not lol
June
my CBX gifset reached over 300+ notes which was the first gifset do that well (i never expect that my sets will go viral or whatever so as long as people enjoy it i'm happy tbh)
July
this cream soda MV gifset got almost 500 notes which is already mind blowing to me tbh. so thank you to everyone who enjoyed and shared <3
this month was really busy since EXO had their comeback i made so many gifsets lol i just wanted to mention some favorites that i really enjoyed making as well: baekhyun in the gown, album photoshoot and one of my favorite kyoongtube videos from 2022 from my favorite moments with baekhyun series i started (and need to get back to i promise i will!)
August
most popular this month was my baegle line set hehe they are so cute TT
my personal favorite is this take you home gifset bc no one gets this song like i do (it was my 2nd top song of 2023 in my spotify wrapped)
September
baekhyun in the gym got the most amount of notes in september!
Oktober
when chanyeol included baekhyun in his music video for good enough! that was such a good surprise ♡
November
i didn't have as much time to make content as the end of the year is the busiest time at work. but with 260 notes my seasons greetings set was the most popular
December
the year is coming to an end and this month (like november) was so busy at work i spent almost all my free time resting hence why i didn't post as much as i would've liked
my recent baekzreal set got a lot of notes which makes me really happy :) thank you folks!
tagging (no pressure to do this. i just wanted to show some appreciation for y'all): @exo-stentialism, @dazzlingkai, @tipannies, @byunvoyage, @baekhyunnybyun, @exocean, @minsoek, @monwillica, @baekonbaek, @bethereforme, @dokyunqsoo, @pinktaeyeon, @petitbaek, @crazy-form, @jftk, @dinoboos, @jaennie, @suuho, @amaranth, @kokaibop
i was tagged by @honeydewtual (twice!!), @heartual, and @kwonhochi to shuffle my on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs :3 since i was tagged 4 times i decided to do 40 songs, but seeing as the on repeat playlist on has 30 songs, i decided to take 20 from it and use my favourites playlist for the other 20 :3 first section is on repeat, second is from my favs <3
love cherry motion - choerry
siesta - weki meki
my first and last - nct dream
butterfly - loona
good luck - aoa
girls' capitalism - tripleS
hi high - loona
super yuppers! - wjsn chocome
growing pain - txt
voodoo doll - vixx
fly high - dreamcatcher
rollercoaster - woo!ah!
diamond days - svt
aurora - cignature
god of music - svt
what kind of future - woozi
blooming day - exo-cbx
hush - miss a
dumb - bnvdit
adore u - svt
starry night - isabella huang
sherlock (clue + note) - shinee
deja vu - dreamcatcher
salty - tbz
hyakki yakou - hello sleepwalkers
second life - svt
beach again - ssak3
hug - svt
oh! - snsd
diva - after school
anyone - svt
dress down - kaoru akimoto
aing♡ - orange caramel
lovemonth - yukika
bye bye - 7!!
aju nice - svt
colorless - taichi mukai (this one made me cry btw!!! it always does. god………………..)
pit-a-pet - yukika
i like that - sistar
flash - rocket punch
i do think my on repeat songs are a bit inaccurate as my spotify is semi-fucked rn bc it wont load playlists unless i logout or completely restart it and i simply aint doing that every time i wanna pick a new song so ive mostly just...stayed on the same playlists lmao so some songs are only there bc theyre just on the same playlist =_=
now!!! ill tag @grlfriends, @futurelightning, @safetytree, @wonhosgrl, @euphhorias, and @taengoo :3 only if u want to of course <3
Okay here it goes… I rly need solo stans to shut. the. fuck. up. Like rly I do. As we know, Baek had his concert (which looked fantastic btw! I’m so proud of him!) and ofc, some of members came to show their support (im sure if Sehun and Jongin weren’t enlisted/busy they’d be there. Same goes for Yixing). However some miserable people wanted to use this ammunition or proof (whatever the fuck they want to call it) that the members don’t like each other, completely over analyzing their actions/words. Tbh, it’s mainly Kyungsoo and Baekhyun stans I see this from. Tho some other solo fandoms have been yapping about too. For some reason, they’ve gotten brave since Ksoo and CBX left sm (ofc I’m happy that they’re out of the shithole that’s sm). Like it’s 20-fucking-24! And yall still don’t believe that they like each other yet? Seriously? They’ve been together for nearly 15 years at this point. And they are FUCKING GROWN ASS ADULTS! If they didn’t like each other or want to be around each other, then they wouldn’t interact at all outside of work. Yet, how many times do we hear stories of ppl running into them while they’re on LITERAL “DATES” WITH EACH OTHER. Stop treating them like they’re in high school ffs! Every time any member is asked about exo during solo activities, they always say how they’re lucky to have them and that they’re family/brothers/lifelong friends.
If you don’t like the group or certain members, fine. That’s how you feel. I can’t change that. But you need to shut your damn mouths and show some respect! As the saying goes: if you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. Just remember, any of them members would burn you all alive to keep the others warm. Without a second’s hesitation.
Sorry, damn, I rly needed to get this off my chest. Thanks for listening to my rant lol. 😂
Damn. Yknow I’ve been lucky enough to miss this discourse and I’m glad cause solo stans make me sad bro 😔. I truly can’t understand the concept when it comes to exo. They are one god dammit!!!!
But yeah you’re spitting nothing but facts! Exo have proven years ago that they are more than just coworkers and it’s such a tired argument. If they really didn’t care for each other they would disband. They’re literally staying with sm to remain together like ??? If that don’t prove their loyalty idk what does.
Solo stans can gag bro cause exo ain’t going anywhere and they love each other lmfaoooo like huh???
Rules: you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put a playlist on shuffle, list the first 10 songs and then tag people :)
Aight, I was tagged by the lovely @crickets-lovely-place so this is for her specifically. I the playlist I chose is the one that I've spent the most time curating, it's called Rule of 3 and the concept is simple, I choose three kpop songs that are Thematic in some way (usually the title itself but it could be a specific lyric, the songs sound or smth else)
It's not the most accurate to what I listen to generally cuz there are songs on here that I don't just listen to otherwise, but again, I've spent a lot of time on this playlist of currently 164 songs.
1. El Dorado by EXO - This song is grouped with Wonderland by Ateez and Atlantis by SHINee. It's such a good song an absolute bop! 8/10
2. Good Lil Boy by Ateez - Grouped with Pretty Boys by the Pentagon Rap Unit and Big Boy by T.O.P (formerly of Big Bang). This song honestly needs to be listened by everyone, it's one of the best Ateez b-sides 9/10
3. Red Moon by KARD - Grouped with Not by the Moon by GOT7 and Luna by Oneus. Red Moon goes incredibly hard, KARD consistently goes hard and because of BM's time growing up in Brazil their songs have some great Latin influences and Red Moon is no exception 11/10
4. Spider by Hoshi (SVT) - This song actually recently lost its place in playlist, cuz it had been paired with Venom by Stray Kids and Pink Venom by Blackpink, but it's been replaced by Sweet Venom by Enhypen. I just haven't removed it yet, cuz it's so good. I'm hoping to find it a new home. Spider is so good, and his performance video is a Much Watch. Ugh he's so good! 9/10
5. Good Love by KARD - Grouped with Like by BTS and After Like by IVE. Ooooh a second KARD song, Lets go! Good Love is a really fun chill summer time vibe, again with nice Latin influences, KARD only has Like 6 minialbums, everyone should listen to their whole discography but I digress. 8/10
6. 100 by NCT 127 - Grouped with 100 by SuperM and 100 Ways by Jackson Wang. One of NCT's least stupid songs, it does start out referencing a 1000cc engine tho so it's still stupid. God I love NCT. 100 is a pretty good gateway song to NCT tho. 7/10
7. DDU-DU DDU-DU by Black Pink - Grouped with God's Menu by Stray Kids and Doom Du Doom by P1Harmony. No intro needed, everyone knows DDU-DU DDU-DU it's an instant classic, a true banger YG give BP more comebacks 10/10
8. CALL by Stray Kids - Grouped with Don't Call Me by SHINee and Call Me by BTOB. This song is so lovely, Stray Kids are so good! They DO NOT MISS. A chill lovely vibe. My heart yearns 9/10
9. Doorbell Ringing by xikers - Paired with Thats a No No by Itzy, I need a third "Dont kill my vibe" song still 😫. MY BOYS! Xikers is just over a year old at time of post, and i love them! They are gonna be at the top of the industry for 5th gen. As of their third mini-album this is a top 5 xikers song! It's legit so good! It does not kill the vibe, it IS the vibe! 12/10
10. Jopping by SuperM - Grouped with Horololo by EXO-CBX and Sorry, Sorry by Super Junior. WHEN WE JUMPING AND POPPING WE JOPPING!!! BROS This song is IT (it being the very beginning of my descent into the madness that is stanning NCT) But fr this is an absolute banger, you will be jopoing by the end of the song, I have no notes, everyone needs to hear this song STAT! 100/10
I'm gonna tag @plaid-n-converse @emperor-xerneas and @freelancerofthetriforcekeyblade
i’d also like to mention that the dynamics within exo seem to have changed as more members are done with service. obviously i don’t know these people & we only see what’s on camera but it seems like a lot of the ships/pairings aren’t as close as they used to be while other pairings seem to have gotten closer. like sehun even admitted in recent japan content that he doesn’t have all that much in common with junmyeon, and chanyeol saying he likes post-military junmyeon more. i don’t wanna say i think some members are growing apart per se, but with so many different personalities in one group, i think it could be just a case of them doing their own thing i.e solo stuff. sukai’s been getting a lot of love this year, though. i’ll never forget the story of junmyeon promising jongin’s parents that he would take care of him :((( and they have really good chemistry despite being polar opposites lol and i’ve always thought subaek had chemistry, too, but i’m just rambling now lol. sorry!
i love that we're seeing more of sesoo and of soochen, too! it's so lovely to see kyungsoo be so openly affectionate with his members, he would have never done that to that extent before. he is very open to receiving affection now. same goes with chansoo; they've always been close but i think it was super obvious how much they missed each other in hindsight. my heart twists inside my chest when i think about how much chanyeol and kyungsoo love and cherish each other, and how that respect seems to only have grown in the past 3 years. i feel like their bond has gotten stronger; maybe absence really makes the heart grow fonder?
sehun and junmyeon... oh, good god. the funniest thing is how they were GLUED to each other during junmyeon's enlistment, and how sehun actually moved back into the dorm last year to stay with junmyeon, lol. i love their back and forth, it seems like they are a little less codependent these days, and that also comes with maturity. i think it was probably also a conscious decision, considering sehun's enlistment. this guy has been spoiled rotten by the exos for 12 years, he needs a break.
what i love is jongin and jongdae!! it is so sad that we can't see more of them; i feel like sm pairing them together for events after jongdae's discharge was such a good choice to create a safe space, and jonginis so, so supportive of jongday and vice versa. back in the day, it was way more cbx-focused, i feel. it's cute to see jongdae with the maknaes in general, you can totally tell he is a dad.
junmyeon and baekhyun always had TONS of chemistry, they just rarely hung out, or we rarely saw them together. i actually talked about that with ana a lot. it's an average taurus/gemini relationship tho, they naturally just get along really well with each other. (also, how cute are suyeol!!!!!!!!! chanyeol respects junmyeon SO much, chanyeol in general is desperately needed in exo. not only as a mood maker but also because he is naturally affectionate.)
(i don't care about chanbaek whatsover lmao and neither do i care about kaisoo... i feel like people got too crazy and keep interpreting things that are definitely NON-EXISTENT in these relationships. it's like with the popular svt ships, lol. makes me think of verkwan.)
and, boy, don't get me STARTED on kyungmyeon... we used to live off CRUMBS.