LA-Stay&Buddy Talks K-pop

Summer 2018 — HYPE this was my summer: Watched TWICE comeback V-LIVE (7/9) Watched SBS Inkigayo (7/15) Watched GFriend LieV (7/18) Watched M COUNTDOWN (7/19) Watched Show! Music Core (7/21) Watched SBS Inkigayo (7/22) Watched Show Champion (7/25) Watched Music Bank (7/27) Watched Show! Music Core (7/28) Watched SBS Inkigayo (7/29) Watched GFRIEND on IDOL ROOM LIVE (7/31) Watched Show! Music Core (8/11) Watched Music Bank (8/17) Watched Show! Music Core (8/18) — Staying up for the music shows — LIVE I started to tune into the entirety of a music show in the very end of 2017. I only watched them when my favorites are promoting their new music which was in March, April, July, and now. Most of the music shows air around 1 or 2 am so I would pick and choose the music shows to watch during the first half of this year. But as for it being summer, I watched almost all of the music shows live when my favorites came back or even when I am bored of sleeping. I enjoy...

I love this photo. Intros / Outros: A Story I listened to a playlist of all BTS intros and outros and wrote a story (kind of) along with it. It is not any theory to their music/music videos. It is a made up story I created while listening to all the intros and outros and reading the translations. NOTE: Read this as if you were in their shoes. Note: A person - you The narrator - another you  Different person - him/her (whoever you place it to be) NOTE: THIS MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE AT ALL (HOPEFULLY JUST AT FIRST), BUT THIS IS YOUR interpretation AND implementation TO YOUR OWN LIFE. A person is seen from afar by the narrator. You fall onto their knees and is seen holding your heart. You look around and when the narrator looks up from the ground, there is a crosswalk-filled of people. You still don't care if you take your heart (what is rightfully your) and place it back in place for yourself. You stand up and continues to walk in the busy world where Eart...

When I first saw the title of this song, I did set up expectations of what I thought to expect from the song. After watching a behind the scenes video of them that was released prior to the song's release, I realized that my expectations will be met and I am intrigued more for the sound. I was already in utter shock when I saw and heard the title track with its music video. I loved the first track of their album and I was listening to each song off the album one by one. When I got to "Voices," I was heartbroken and relieved at the same time. I became stiff and sad through the vocals and lyrics. I was also happy and dumbfounded by the translated lyrics. Following the release of their performance for this song, I grew more attached to the song. Their whole album in general is very touching for me, or for anyone who went through something and got past whatever it was. My favorite line would be "there's so many voices".  I honestly love ever sin...

   SOYEON the Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist, & Center MIYEON the Main Vocalist MINNIE the Lead Vocalist SOOJIN the Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, & Vocalist YUQI (MY BIAS) the Lead Vocalist & Lead Dancer SHUHUA the Vocalist, Visual, & Maknae — Introduction   First off, the music video teaser and the audio teaser, I was shook by their outfits and Yuqi's new hair. She is in charge of cuteness in their group and she stole my heart in the teasers, even with the audio snippet teaser that was only sound. After two hours the released music video racked up to 108,050 views. Now, the music video has 2 MILLION views in just eight hours. This Cube rookie group is finally back! TMI Things to note: I became obsessed with them through listening to their song "MAZE" off their debut . Yuqi drew me in but after time went by I stopped following them everyday, though everyday they seem to be getting more and ...

My two go-to groups: GFriend & Stray Kids Okay so I have something to say: I love K-pop. I honestly listen to it religiously. The genre of K-pop is so unbelievably awesome. With not only ground-breaking music video views, mind-blowing stage performances, awesome comeback concepts, emotion-evoking songs, incredible outfits, and unspeakably innovative dance moves, but beautiful stories of idols' dreams coming true. From the hard days of training for all that is included in the genre of K-pop, I enjoy the stories of idols behind the scenes. I do occasionally not care for their stories because I would rather just listen to their music. I love seeing growth in general. Not only in idols. In my surroundings as well. And in myself. But that is side-tracking from what I am talking about, so I have something to say: I am obsessed , overwhelming happy, ticked off (in a good way), and shaken by K-pop groups. Sometimes (only sometimes) I wonder why they are so many a...

[MASHUP] Stray Kids: Insomnia & My Pace http://dai.ly/x6rtthc Link to "My Pace" music video This blog will be unfiltered , meaning I will mainly be fangirling/rambling about Stray Kids' first comeback. Released photos commentary The photos below in which are of each member shows three photos from this comeback and one photo of them pre- debut . Initially, I was very thrilled that Stray Kids is having their first comeback so soon. When they started to release teaser/concept photos, I became flabbergasted and at a lost for words. I really love that there was more colors in these released photos, since their debut teaser photos were  grayscale with a touch of darken yet flashy red and blue. Music video review The music video did give me vibes to Hellevator and it truly their own color. It is because I have never seen anything like it before. They reminded me that in life, you just gotta stay in your lane and go at life at your pac...