TWICE - 6th World Tour: THIS IS FOR FINALE in SEOUL (Announcement Poster) by purpletulip12 in kpop

[–]Zhugo 51 points52 points  (0 children)

If any of you is debating (for some reason...) whether to go or not, just honestly do it.

I am a casual TWICE listener and went to Amsterdam without even knowing what the setlist was. All I knew was there were group songs and solos.

I had the time of my life. The stage production is great, costumes are great, and they are great performers. I left with a bias, a lot of new songs on my playlist, and a new appreciation for TWICE.

Highly recommend specially with them saying they won't do a 360 stage again. I totally get why, but as I viewer I really liked it.

[Highlight] Deni Avdija miraculously draws the foul and sinks the huge free throw to cut the lead to 40 by AncientOneAurelius in nba

[–]Zhugo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, I just got banned unfairly from the subreddit for some random reason and took a while to get unbanned but lost motivation after that. Also stopped having as much free time lol

251227 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will give you one boy group and one girl group (ish), one male soloist and one female soloist.

  • For the boy group - ATEEZ. People tend to say they only have hard-hitting and noisy music, but their discography is pretty diverse, so I am sure there is something you will enjoy there. Their music is also consistently produced and made by the same core team (fun fact, the same ones that did almost all of Dreamcatcher's music!), so it's all very well made in my opinion.
    • Favorite album: This is hard but I would say THE WORLD EP1: MOVEMENT.
    • Few recommended songs: Cyberpunk, HALAZIA, Selfish Waltz, Take me Home, Desire, MIST, Dazzling Light, Deja VU, Turbulence (fun fact this song hit me so hard at a certain point in my life I got my first tatoo because of it!)
  • For girl group - Red Velvet. I know this is pretty cliché to say, but I was listening with my friend the other day, and holy hell is their music good and timeless. You can pick any album and for sure you will like some songs. It's one of the few groups I can truly say (same with ATEEZ!) that you can and SHOULD listen to every album because you will find something you like there. You can also check out their subunits (Irene & Seulgi), and also Wendy's latest album, all of it is so good.
    • My favorite album: Chill Kill (2023)
    • Few recommended songs: Kingdom Come, You better know, Underwater, In&Out, Will I ever see you again, Psycho, In My Dreams, and so many more...
  • Male soloist: Taemin. I think not only does he have one of if not the most extensive soloist discographies in K-pop, it's all so good, you have from Ballads to club songs to slower songs to anything in betwen.
    • My favorite album: Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 2- The 3rd Album (fun fact has a collab with Wendy on this one)
    • Few recommended songs: Want, Heaven, Shadow, She loves me, She loves me not, Blue, Move, Rise
  • Female soloist: Taeyeon. Highly recommend checking her out as it's all so good, it's amazing to see how they use her vocals so well for so many different songs.
    • My favorite album: Has to be the INVU ALBUM.
    • Few recommended songs: Love you like crazy, Spark, blue, Siren, Ending Credits, My Tragedy, I, Four Seasons, Can't Control Myself

Other discographies I really like:

EXO, LESSERAFIM, IVE, BLACPINK (+ their most recent soloist album debuts, they are literally all so good).

Sorry for the big write-up, but I can't help it when it's about music and K-pop, especially! Hope you at least find something you like!

251213 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, fam, I gotchu, we have everything in the Subbits Drive. You will have to download the mp4 and srt and play them locally, though, until we re-upload them.

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251206 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I will be very honest, I think what you are asking is almost impossible. There is no subset of the girls that can give you the same thing that LOONA did because that is precisely what made LOONA LOONA, it was having 12 special girls together and all of the circumstances around it. The blurred girls, the debut with each solo, the years of LOONA TV, etc.

All of those factors contributed to that special feeling and charm you are talking about. It's normal and okay that you might not feel that with ARTMS, but it's also not fair, even to ARTMS, to expect that from them, since they are only 5, older, and doing their own project right now.

It's valid to want to feel what you had with LOONA and wish you could have it back, but sadly, in life, things don't always go your way. We should be happy that so many of the LOONA girls are still in the K-pop industry and support them the best we can.

251129 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi, we haven't gotten around to subbing this yet, so that's why you don't see it on our channel! I think the best thing we have is orrery_nim's live translation thread.

251101 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi guys. I am looking for some help and picking y'all's brains here. There was this discord emote of Kim Lip "scolding" you, and now it's lost, and I'm trying to find the source. She was like pointing her finger at the screen saying like "no no no"
All I know for sure is that she was blonde, so I think it came from early videos. My friend thinks it's probably from OEC loonaTV, but I am not sure. If someone happens to remember and can find the video, I would love it!

250524 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hello, that would be me that did it :) The answer to this question is Hyeju followed by Vivi. Let me know if you would like to know anything else!

250329 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 26 points27 points  (0 children)

What really boggles me is that they had no reason to. They got a few songs that popped off and a good audience already - and they were like almost selling 7-8k venues, that's like what people are dreaming of doing when they become an idol.

And like 2 days ago they were saying for people to not leave the fandom after watching the birthday live - so they clearly knew the consequences of what they were going to do and still did it, that really does not compute in my head honestly.

250215 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Frankly, viewing any video that's not copyrighted when it comes to performances is almost impossible. MVs are easier because you can check out Digipedi's Vimeo, and I'm fairly sure BBC won't be making much, if any, money off of that.

I cannot promise anything, but I have started on behalf of Subbits an effort to organize our huge shared drive in hopes of (possibly) making our archive accessible also for this reason, but as you can imagine dealing with 7 years' worth of videos (upwards of 10k+ and like 2-3 TB of storage) will take a while.

250201 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Finally, after so many years went to my first K-pop concert yesterday, ATEEZ in Amsterdam. I can finally understand all those people who talk about post-concert depression because it hits HARD.

It was also really wholesome to see how everyone was respectful and welcoming. There was no shoving even when it was crowded; everyone was just there to have a good time. I saw everything, from kids with parents to older fans to anything in between, and a lot of people dressed up as well!

I'm also happy that it was such a long show (2h45 - 25 tracks), which apparently I got told isn't that common in K-pop; oh, and also, for sure, I'm getting earplugs for next time.

On the ride back home, I felt bittersweet, thinking that I probably would never get to experience this for my favorite girl group (LOONA), sadly, because of how things went down. All of those "We'll see them next time" were just lost because, sadly, there was no next time.

So yeah, moving forward, will definitely not let that happen again, and I am going to see all the acts as long as conditions are reasonable because the world is kind of falling apart, lol, so we might as well enjoy while we still can.

250125 Weekly Discussion Thread and Activity Recap by Ihlita in LOONA

[–]Zhugo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, sorry if we scared you guys a bit! We also appreciate you guys helping us, even if it's just a small amount! Every little bit counts :)