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This has become one of my favourite boy group videos!
#BoyGroups
#sycophancy and #Boygroups are the norm in the #tech industry, and with that, you get a lot of dancing around the lillies, shoulder rubbing, ego messaging, pissing contests, humble bragging and low key demoralization disguised as "intellectual discourse".
This is what defines the cult like environments found in #siliconvalley and is the type of nepotistic grouping that ultimately leads to corruption.
We know that we are deeply into this kpop stuff because we are now getting nostalgic about old ReacttotheKs!
Now a more general BTS question for you and any other ARMY who happen to be reading this:
If you were to recommend just three non-English language BTS tracks to an open minded nonkpop person, which three would you choose?
https://youtu.be/N8VRaGe3Cqs?si=C4DaZLHdccjQNuVw
"SHINee's back!"
One of my favourite boy group tracks. I prefer the performance video to the MV.
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen ONEUS – Rupert’s drop.
ONEUS often release songs that appeal to me, but I’ve been surprised at just how often I’ve been going back to this ballad over the past few days. As well as being engaged by the music from the acoustic guitar opening, I was taken with the pink and blue outfits.
The title caught my attention immediately; I already knew what a Rupert ‘s drop or Prince Rupert’s drop was, so I wondered if it might provide a metaphor for a compound of stoicism and vulnerability. I’ll append a video on Rupert’s drops as a reply to this post.
I’m also appending the Wikipedia entry on Prince Rupert, partly because he interests me and partly because I want to challenge those misguided British individuals who mistakenly project today’s left/right politics backwards into the 17th century Wars of the Three Kingdoms by thinking of Parliament as “progressive” and their opponents as “reactionary”.
https://youtu.be/hsJBBkpiz0Y?si=PXChqQ0ERsvrE0k9
#Kpop #KpopOfTheWeek #ONEUS #BoyGroups #RupertsDrop #PrinceRupert #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms
Has any #KpopMonday theme ever had a larger number of posts than #TwoSongsOneTitle ?
I 've become addicted to this track from MADEIN. I hope that I am not crossing some sort of picket line by posting it after Gaeun's suffering sexual harassment:
MADEIN -- Dopamine
https://youtu.be/PYEOubLoXDo?si=tsXP2bwBnTm0eNqe
This Japanese release provides yet another title double from ONEUS:
One of my favourite OMG tracks, and a wonderful MV from ONEUS.
Oh My Girl -- Twilight
https://youtu.be/15-Us6br1JY?si=PWuJBEGs2e5_09zu
ONEUS -- Twilight
https://youtu.be/4Njp-J2s5uw?si=rKdFB3CT_QtFQqTt
#KpopMonday #TwoSongsOneTitle #OhMyGirl #ONEUS #Kpop #GirlGroups #BoyGroups
Thanks for choosing #TwoSongsOneTitle for the always fun #Kpopmonday .
These aren't the only "Bing Bing"tracks around, but they're the ones I always think of:
Nature -- Bing Bing
https://youtu.be/o3TDVRuMrR4?si=TEuPnrfWbyFLAtdK
ONEUS -- BIngBIng
G-DRAGON , BIG BANG
The pink outfit was excellent, and I particularly enjoyed Home Sweet Home.
SHINee -- Good Evening
https://youtu.be/7dGwk5-QMpc?si=7FsfVQ9EczL1HDro
Thank you for organising this #KpopMonday. When I read that the theme was #BabyGoodNight, this song immediately popped ito my thoughts.
There is, of course, a a sad note to be added; this was, I think, their first comeback after Jonghyun's death.
SHINee -- CØDE
https://youtu.be/hLrb1BXowt0?si=xzqOZxQRK0S5lgpE
I wish this excellent and very SM-ish song had been a title track with its own MV.
SHINee -- View
I like your idea of posting the odd random kpop MV, so here is one of my favourite boygroup tracks:
TXT -- Over The Moon
https://youtu.be/80SH8Z_DOnY?si=CfZcIx83nbG415t9
Even though I'm feeling under the weather, I enjoyed Over The Moon, but, as I think so often these days, could it not have been longer?
Does the urge to go viral on TikTok explain what appears to be an outbreak of gephyrophobia (morbid fear of bridges) amongst Kpop producers? I'm glad to note VIVIZ -- Shhh! has not succumbed to this disorder.
#Kpop #TXT #TomorrowXTogether #OverTheMoon #Boygroups #Gephyrophobia
Thanks as always!
VIXX -- Error
https://youtu.be/IF8kySIcWNw?si=Ijg1FDz03CmQZTpO
Such a powerful minidrama from VIXX!
TXT -- Run Away
https://youtu.be/6yWPfUz0z94?si=w9pjAlyP5eerDXmA
On the whole I devote most of my attention to girl groups, but certain boy groups will sometimes release something that catches my fancy . TXT is one of those groups. Bibidi babidi!
#Kpop #KpopMonday #TheBig4 #HYBE #TXT #TomorrowXTogether #BoyGroups
My other favourite ATEEZ track:
Wonbin -- Riize
Kpop fans - let's cheer for the appearance of a man on r/kpics, an event as infrequent as solar eclipses.
Are spectacles having a moment in kpop styling? I've noticed them on a lot of idols recently.
#Kpop #KpopPix #Wonbin #Riize #Boygroups #KpopStyling #Spectacles #Glasses
EXO - Monster
https://youtu.be/KSH-FVVtTf0?si=GM14QAgENWXQkCIF
Hard hitting, hip hopish boy group stuff is not the kind of kpop I usually post, but "Monster" is so good that I am glad to put it up here.
Am I right in thinking that a lot of younger or newer kpop fans are unaware of EXO?
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen The Wind -- H! TEEN.
When it comes to idol pop, I follow girl groups for the most part. In spite of what one might initially think, this week’s choice is in line with that preference, as I first started listening to The Wind when I read they were “the male GFriend”. A change in line up and producers now makes them sound more like the male April; in any case, I like the e.one orchestral flourishes here. I also appreciate a boy group with a bright concept!
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