so sad we didnt get a behind the scenes shot of leo twirling around in that hotel(?) room bc that’s my fave shot of the losing game mv methinks. i love a good emotionally evocative slow motion shot

hands u .................... day6?? ciipher??

hewwo dearest kfbffj — thank u <3 i know them both & have yet to answer for them !! u are in luck .. second time’s the charm……u know…….

💐 day6 :

❁ my first bias :: ….. …….. ……. jae . we r … he was one of my first Ever biases so like … when i . when i say ouch .. that is all i will say

❁ my current bias(es) :: sungjin !! he . idk when it happened. it .. i think it was ???? time of our life era …. i think …. but i can’t tell u for sure or even the reason why as like … it feels saur long ago and like … u know

❁ my album and/or era ranking (or favorite of each) :: i .. they have a big discog u know so this took a sec to recall (& cry) & i won’t include like .. osts or japanese releases for time’s sake: moonrise = tbou : gravity > sunrise = tbou: negentropy > remember us: youth pt. 2 > shoot me: youth pt. 1 = tbou: entropy >/= tbou: the demon > the day ! wh .. hmm .. i don’t think i realize This was how i felt JFBFJF .. 😖😭

❁ how i got into them :: i found them through an old ‘alt’ youtuber i used to watch fjfbfj — who ?? weirdly enough is just ??? gone ?? poof! ??? ANYWAYS … they are .. they were technically my first group that i . Liked liked … like they even beat s..kz and like … if u knew me up until about 2 years ago … u would not have known that i don’t think 🧍‍♀️they were my pop-punk-to-kpop bridge JFBFNF

❁ which member would be my best friend :: aHHhhH — yonk … young k methinks … he reminds me of my older sister ‘n like .. she’s one of my bffs now so 🫶🫶

❁ something i associate with them (or with a bias/any member) :: heartbreak .. JFFBFJ — no but like … i’m genuine abt that .. tho i will also say i associate sunsets with them !! the calm after a long day u know…….

🗝 ciipher :

❁ my first bias :: hyunbin !! 💞 even before knowing judy exists … guy of my life 💞💓

❁ my current bias(es) :: judy hyunbin <3 baker that is saur gentle …. guy that is So ‘let me hold ur face’ … guy that has an obvious big heart ( seen making fans cookies predebut / when he was on produ101 .. and still making the members cookies .. and just checking on them … and bringing a chair in for keita when him & tag were doing a vlive where all the members come in at different times ‘n left keita without a place to sit … hence the chair ….. a— ) … guy that is So prettie … guy tha

❁ my album and/or era ranking (or favorite of each) :: blind >/= the code > i like you !! i feel like w/how much i scream abt the code besides + the fact i literally continued my ‘faves of ‘21’ tag w/blind that like . this isn’t surprising ?? i’m too loud about what i like on here jddbfbdb — however i Will say that i’ve been stuck on solo + ily recently that like …. we almost had them as >/= if not for the fact i don’t really listen to the other bsides as much fjfbfb

❁ how i got into them :: i got showed their ily mv … ‘nd then their vlogs …. ‘nd then their solo vlogs … ‘nd that was the end of me being normal abt them i think … i got into them around the same time i got into the bltzrs’ so like …. take me Also not being normal about them as u will ….

❁ which member would be my best friend :: who immediately came to mind was hwi so like …. something abt him …. bestie-shaped…. the bestest of bestie-vibes if u will…..

❁ something i associate with them (or with a bias/any member) :: sunflowers !! and sparklers…. and also ??? cherries ???? for some reason ???? and coffee shops…. ‘nd for hyunbin … baking !! like … baking cakes ‘n such w/ur besties u know …and i also associate penguins w/him bcuz … #pengbin … self-proclaimed penguin guy…….

🍓 send me a group and i’ll answer……

apologies if someone's already asked this but... favorite taemin stylings and sets/stages?

i've had fave songs but not fave styles and sets!!!! thank you anon this is great.

- ok my top stage is probably the advice inkigayo one take stage, because 1) the full loverboy styling and also the backup dancers have impeccable outfits too, 2) i loooooove the neoclassical set (the fact that main sculptures are laocoön and his sons, where the story in virgil is that he is punished by being attacked by snakes for attempting to expose the trojan horse as a ruse) and the THRONE!!! also the inverted triangle!! has a bunch of different meanings, including: the alchemical symbol for water (fluid and formless, also in the projections) and the symbol for femininity, the symbol of the father, son, and the holy ghost (christianity), and 3) the choreography of advice is the only choreo of taemin's that was conceived post covid and thus it's meant for specifically for the accompanying camerawork, which you can really see in the various ways that it gets filmed.

- my other all time fave styling is this outfit from the ngda beyond live:

which also included a burned jacket and an eyepatch, which he used to perform criminal, idea, guess who/sexuality, heaven, and door.

- another fave styling is the danger stage from shinee world 2014 at tokyo dome, with the giant blue fur coat and shirtless leather jacket and the giant cross and the revolver. peak solo taemin image change bullshit and i love it.

- tbh i love most of the styling from advice but the white cropped sweatsuit look really did make me lose braincells. like the chunky earrings and the harness and the bobby pins and mascara tear tracks and the pseudo sports bra it all lives rent free in my empty skull

- just. all the styling from criminal and ngda in general. obvs love the dark virgin mary getup and the chainmail and also the gucci suit with the chainsaw, but the lava suit and the hell set from the 2020 kbs song festival..........MWAH. and the royal blue satin hanbok from the king taemin mama 2020 stage....................with the cape.............. i also do like the set here as well, very inspired choice to go with this tron style hyper neon hanok/palace and pair it with more traditional fabrics and embroidery.

- i also find the original move styling ideologically very fascinating, partially because everyone kinda just....forgot about it? it's been eclipsed by all the newer versions that he's done where his general styling has shifted much more towards the 'feminine' end of the spectrum, but the original stages are a very interesting deconstruction of traditional western masculine silhouettes with emphasis on a particularly 'masculine' feature: muscular arms. most of the looks are sleeveless muscle shirts or graphic tshirts, but interestingly also a very skinny fit double breasted pinstripe suit, which is huge symbol of post-war and post-modern masculinity in western fashion. you can see this continuing deconstruction with other tracks on the move album; like with stone heart, where he's got this strange and kind of incredible sweatervest/suspenders/ultra high waisted trouser combo for the offsick concert, which is very clearly an appropriation of classic 'scholarly'/academic type fashion.

- as far as sets go, really all i want to talk about is how taemin puts sooo much thought into his stages (like the actual physical stages) for his tours. he's so interested in providing these very unique experiences in terms of stage technology which is not something a lot of artists think about. like for his first solo concert at nippon budokan he did a concert entirely in the round, which is pretty much unheard of for a stadium show. there's also the double hydraulic lifts from xtm, everything that was happening for t1001101 (the slanted stage, the lighting rigs), and then for the ngda beyond live, a redux of the slanted stage that also was separated into three different hydralic sections and drone camera integration (dream maker studios posted the dronecam version of heaven so you can see some of the stage in action). there's so much tech that goes into his performances that i really wanted to talk about that a bit, because i'm a nerd and stadium stage design is sometimes sooooooo boring. taemin really makes the effort to step up his game not only personally, but in everything around him as well.

pls talk about your thoughts about chanhee and also the other concepts!! I always have such a hard time interpreting music and videos but i love to read about it

“bestie pls share ur thoughts on make your own concepts specifically chanhee’s but any others that are ur fave too 🎤- mar”

omg mar thank you for enabling me all day today 😭🥺🧡 thenks bestie ily :,)) and thank you too anon ! i should preface that T-T i have not read any other theories or analyses so these are just my opinions / impressions but i hope it’s entertaining to read about haha :p ! (feel free @ anyone to add on or share your thoughts too ! :,))

HYUNJAE - okay so audio cues... if you listen to the beginning there’s a sound of a bomb going off before the music starts ? and that ties into the dystopian / cyborg aesthetics that jump out at me of course, but what i immediately thought of was their no air perfo ? like we know hyunjae in the no air mv got that shot where he’s laying in the bathtub filled with water but also their kingdom performance with it also had those underwater shots ! so i think it ties into that... i feel like we saw in gen z, he’s a very straightforward person he says things on his mind which can come off as blunt but he thinks it’s better than not saying it ? which is interesting bc i think that speaks to his self- determined personality, he’s much more inclined to do whatever it takes to get something done, which i think falls perfectly in line with the “make your own air” phrase that he gets, if it’s something he needs he makes it himself, in a situational sense methinks u.u 

 JUYEON - JUYEON’S DJSKHDG i’m waiting for dri’s essay but in essence we see the gen z “juyeon is not such a good boy” shot and these text bubbles that pop up that say “sexy” “you so hot” “such a bad boy” and tbh i like this ‘concept’ ? for him better than his gen z one ? it’s not bc of the concept itself but i like the idea that he can “make your own character” as in he has the capability and power to be whoever he wants to ! you see him throwing white paint at the gen z canvas and i think ?! that’s symbolic of like a fresh canvas ! of remaking himself to whatever he wants bc the canvas is now blank again thanks to the white paint and flowers usually indicate spring ? so renewal and stuff like that ! i really like his, it’s also fun word play on “character” which has been juyeon’s intro in tbz (bc his name sounds like main character in korean) but yea :o ! i really love his the idea he can just repaint / paint over a literal image of him gives it the possibility of becoming smth new and that’s so so cool

CHANGMIN - SCREEEEECH okie um oh boy um *windows shutting down noises* this was so so so very different from his gen z stuff but i actually think BOTH are equally perfect for him ? the way that he set up the sparklers and neon lights on this very obviously trashy and kind of rundown rooftop with the cityline behind him is so ?!?!? LITERALLY making his own stage as his tagline goes, sort of like how the physical stage itself does not matter but rather it’s changmin himself that makes the stage special ! i talked about this in gabi’s set that i rbed ;-;/ but changmin puts a lot A LOT of stake in his position as a dancer it means almost everything to him as a form of expression from what i can see ? so he’s always trying his best to put forward the best performance possible and seeing this segment makes me feel like he’s doing just that ! pouring himself into it to make his stage pls i care him 

HAKNYEON - god i’m a jusadan but just u.u rest in peace me, i’ll ... T_T be kind of honest this one confuses me a little ? i have assumptions and i feel like i know ... quite a bit about haknyeon (LMAO) my best guess is it has smth to do with self assurance ...? the way he’s framed and the fact that he’s sitting on a bed in the middle of a church surrounded by candles gives me christ figure symbolism (where my ap english takers at :/) and the light that perfectly frames him in a halo gives me angel vibes too, but the tagline of “make your own romance” paired with him kissing his reflection makes me think it’s about self love ;;;; from what i can tell haknyeon has always been someone who really likes feeling validated and praised for the stuff he does well, which he does for himself a lot of the times too ! but sometimes i think the self assurances he compliments himself with is more for reassuring himself rather than bragging (which i think people misinterpret) so it’s more about becoming the person he wants to fully love and being happie with himself which *tears* i might be reading too much into who knows i just love him ok ... U.U 

KEBINNN - i know !!! dri mentioned this in my gifset tags but ! kev on kpop daebak (? was it) or smth mentioned how he strives to keep a childlike wonderment for the world around him, which is a reason why i think he loves drawing and sound / music production, he talked in a fancafe post once about an artist who turned mediocre everyday objects into art and he said he really loves that sense of wonderment so peter pan who “never grows up” is actually perfect for his worldview ahhhh T^T also kev really likes disney lmao, the way he’s doing this outside in this “neverland” garden on a balcony which is a part of this very typical apartment backed by a typical city bg also i believe ties into this turning a mediocre everyday thing into smth wonderful through his sense of childlike wonderment and his tagline of “make your own fantasy” (i also care him a lot this concept >>>>>>) and keeps to his referencing movie plotlines like he did in gen z jddkfj

SUNWOO - i also mentioned this in my tags on sunu’s set but this gives me 100 degrees vibes which i still to this day think is one of the most “sunwoo” vibe things ever, it’s a lot of him having fun and doing his own thing, and mixes both more mature and youthful aspects together in a way that i’d only ever describe as sunwoo vibes LMAO like the roller skating around and all the soap bubbles ! cute and youthful ! the crop top and celine wasitband (don’t laugh at me we all noticed) more mature and a callback to his gen z look methinks U.u, think sunwoo has always been a more go-with-the-flow or do whatever he feels like doing sort of person and so “make your own vibe” fits well with him in that sense to me 

SANGYEON - .... *silence* *more windows shutting down noises* *jess.exe has stopped working* OKAY i feel like ! sangyeon’s is also more self explanatory :p i love the juxtaposition of boxing AND the arcade type fighter games ?? like both require very different sets of skills i feel like one is more physical the other is more mental ? but both require adapting to changes whether in the game or the boxing ring which as leader sangyeon would know a lot about, esp being flexible and quick to respond to different situations, and the “make your own glory” i feel is maybe more on the nose, but tbz are this man’s pride and joy you can see it literally anywhere and for him, as leader, to have made it this far with tbz, winning rtk and building their popularity through their hard work and efforts really is building his own glory and i just HHHHHHHHHH

YES EYYSFDHSHF CHANHEE YES - i said it in the tags of my srb before deleting it so i’ll just repeat it here but CHOI CHANHEE !!!!! this detail i didn’t quite process first watch was the continuous flashing of lights in all his scenes, like ... from the shots and the set it looks REALLY empty ?? but the flashing seems to indicate cameras and photos being taken of him despite there being no people we can really see in any of the shots ? WHICH IS SO COOL i think the implication is like “all eyes on him” type which SO TRU i love that idea, like i said the walking past the wedding dresses ? v heavily implies fashion designer which i think you mentioned mar :o ! and i see it in the sense of his tagline “make your own stereotype” bc white wedding dresses are the very traditional / typical choice and obviously feminine in stereotypes, whereas chanhee is wearing a SUIT which is all black in a very clean b/w set with no color which i feel is very stereotypically MASCULINE and the glasses too, it’s such an interesting contrast of his “stereotypically feminine” features (in my view) with very masculine symbols, like glasses we usually associate with more soft hearted / meek stereotypes ? but the geometric shape of the windows and again his suit seems to indicate the very opposite ? it’s a mixing of stereotypes which i think is the point, by putting those together he quite literally makes his own stereotype and puts on the crown while the cameras continue flashing while pointed at him AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

YOUNGHOON - okie might have less to say about this one :o i feel like both hak’s and younghoon’s i don’t see the connections quite as readily but ! i think it’s interesting that his tagline is “make your own classic” but then in the scenes itself he has a flip phone ??? with an antenna (okay boomer /j JDHFKFG JK PLS) and a teddy bear while in PERIOD stylized clothing and setting where those two things are more modern / contemporary in origin (but also not modern enough bc ,,, it’s a flip phone LOL) like 90s kid vibes ? you know but as an emperor in the joseon era haha :p while eating shrimp chips and reading a (comic ?) book, like idk too much of what it means but it’s a cool dichotomy LOL, think it might also tie into actor ! hoon bc it’s make your own classic and i think acting has become a very important aspect to him :o after seeing what he’s capable of in love revolution and his atbz video so it’s interesting u.u (need help w/ this one)

JACOB - think my explanation in han’s set’s tags didn’t really make sense so lemme ... reexplain LOL,,, so ! similar to his gen z video ? like he’s talked about how difficult it is to open up about his own feelings etc. and he said it’s less bc he realizes he needs to but rather just to make other people feel more comfortable when it comes to understanding him, and like the whole breaking the mirror with his reflection in the wanna be angry jacob, it’s about freeing himself to the point he can express the emotions he wants to ! in gen z it was about being able to be angry when he felt that way instead of being tied by his image of being just nice ? and in the video with his pilot uniform not only does he control the ride but he also rides on it himself ! quite literally making his own freedom (symbolically), a sort of realizing he can free himself ? from what’s been tying him down and i think the really big smile he has while riding it just comes to show how he wants to feel :,))) (jacob bae i care you) 

ERIC - last one :p AHHH this is one of my favs too, the quite literal “make your own pride” I LOVE IT ! sooo i think the biggest takeaway i got was that of course in this video his “pride” is symbolized by the hot pink car (that he’s going to pick up his christmassy date in of course u.u if he has a license which he does n- his driver’s license in this was literally his aaa / boy version of reveal photo which in no dmv anywhere would a license picture be allowed to look that good-) and LITERALLY when he finished and takes it for a joy ride while sitting on the roof he’s STILL covered in the dirt and grime stains ! from working on it ! which i think is so symbolic ! it’s my favorite detail actually, he literally put sweat into this car which is his pride and now that he’s finally riding around in it, it feels accomplishing ! his pride ! love that, also when he’s grabbing a stub from that flyer i noticed he chose “youth” over the others (which was like .... ca$h, beauty, ice cream, hamburger...) which i think also just indicates that despite all this hard work he put in he still cherishes his youth and still lets that be a huge part of who he is (i mean pink car so of course) so idk i think it’s very neat go bestie mwah

twice :)

do i already stan them? yes | only for the music | attempting to

my bias + bias wrecker: tzuyu sana chaeng n momo r all in chlo line 💗

first time ive heard of them: oh jeez i wanna say 2019 ? like summer of 2019 i think……

when i became a fan: sept 2019 💟

favorite (and least favorite) title track: o i have so many faves but i think signal takes the cake 4 me <3 least fave is knock knock methinks

favorite (and least favorite) bside: LOVE FOOLISH , make me go , 24/7 , girls like us … i cld go on and on here ….. i dont have a least fave <3

favorite (and least favorite) mv: what is love OBV…fancy , heart shaker …. i dont have w least fave idt

a concept i wish they’d try: space ….. or elegant …. or smth like oh my mistake by april !

what i like most abt them: they almost never miss in terms of discography n theyre the loveliest girls everrrr and theyre rlly just so special 2 me ….. twice if ur reading this ilysm 💓💓💓

send a kpop group

i see you're doing an ask game i came here to say: the. boyz.

do it for changmins!!! and be gentle <3

ok i promise to be gentle and to give them another try !! for changmin !! and you !! 💕 also little fun fact i started watching one of their interviews yesterday and got scared of a soccer of team of young men staring back at me

if i’m unfamiliar: the boyz

I’ll listen to their top song on Spotify & tell you my thoughts: the new top song is maverick and it already sounds miles better than thrill ride to me! love the melody + the synths in the chorus and the vocal distortion! that combo reminds me a bit of shinee's and tvxq's noisier songs, which you know is not something i just throw around. also WAIT A MINUTE I CHECKED OUT THE MV AND THEY ARE REFERENCING BATTLE ROYALE ???????? WHAT GOES ON ???? damn this actually goes so hard where was this energy before

I’ll look up photos & tell you who stands out to me: ok from the mv i knew changmin (with the skunk hair methinks) and i think the one with the 11 on the vest is juyeon? now i took the most recent cb photo and team auburn hair stands out, especially the 82 guy. i think he did the super villain thing in the mv? that was my fave part.

I’ll tell you if I’d look into them more: if they have more songs like maverick, i am all for it and will pass off thrill ride as just a bad stepping stone on their way to greener pastures 😌

💌 send me a kpop group and I’ll answer

Yay!!! You're gonna do your second fave looks I have an idea for another ranking what abt their best and worst live stage looks as in their costumes. Lol once again it's just a suggestion please don't feel pressured to do it, it's just that the other I was watching their power live performances and in one junmyeon looked so good with black hair (ofc) and glasses and in another he was wearing like a grandpa sweater vest and I was like nooo what did they do to such a good looking dude 😭

I love that my new brand is apparently subjective, totally objective and factual takes on which exo looks are god and which are bad 😂 at least i am actually creating some kind of content now!!

Thats a great idea!! We've done hair, now its time for overall looks! Some of them have been TRULY tragic and some have been an almost religious experience so like.. theres a lot to discuss methinks!

I should also do a "best and worst mv looks" list next 🤔 i need to save all these ideas in my drafts so i dont forget them!