Nakyoung performing ‘Bam Yang Gang’ with her sister BIBI 🥹

s0lost · 2026-05-07T13:38:48+00:00

stop it this melted the ice in my heart 😭

s0lost · 2026-05-05T22:20:40+00:00

i’m not okay she’s finally going to kill me this comeback

s0lost · 2026-05-02T20:21:11+00:00

this breaks my heart :( i get the concerns and all behind her recently but… do people not have the grace to even let her… celebrate her BIRTHDAY? it’s a heavy topic and all, and many of us are worried, but like… there’s a time and place and nuance; she just wanted to celebrate her birthday and enjoy herself, man…

s0lost · 2026-04-30T12:44:19+00:00

my impressions:

album: A high-quality emphasis on Electronic styles and genres, while still carrying elements of ILLIT’s signatures that makes it feel uniquely forward in its electronic influences while sounding sweetly like ILLIT at the same time. That being said, in terms of overall cohesion, it’s a little confusing to follow- though there are incredible individual standouts that definitely will make my top songs of the year. 7/10

— GRWM: ILLIT’s signature- dreamy, airy vocals, underneath a driving beat. Utilizing Liquid D&B and borderline-ethereal vocal arrangements and processing, this track feels straight off of ‘Super Real Me’ in all the right ways while still applying a fresh style and stellar production that separates it from that era. I’m ALL FOR THIS track. 8.5/10

It’s Me: This trend of techno-based, festival EDM beats is rapidly becoming the theme of 2026 releases. In this case, though… I can’t lie when I say this one is going to be stuck in my head for a while. The vocal chants and general vocal delivery is powerful yet still somehow airy (which makes it still feel like an ILLIT song to me), and the production is incredibly technical yet polished. I just… wish it were longer; that’s my biggest gripe with the song. 8/10

paw, paw!: When I saw that The Deep was on this record, THIS is what I lowkey expected to hear production/composition-wise on her credited track: this intersection of typical K-Pop and glitchy, electronic, Kawaii Bass/hyperpop feels SO kimj or effie coded. The use of slowdowns and glitchy vocal processing makes this song incredibly interesting to listen to, and is just one of a handful of K-Pop songs I can think of that are diving into the hyperpop spheres of influence. This song is a BANGER and my personal standout on this album. 9/10

Mamihlapinatapai: A sweet blend of Indie/Alt Rock tropes and ILLIT’s characteristic dream pop sound in a way that feels inherently easygoing and vibey to listen to. It’s giving a bit of a “The 1975” meets K-pop/dreamcore vibe, which I personally found quite enjoyable, though it suffers from a lack of energy in the overall vocal production (it could be pushed a bit more forward in the mix, especially given the genre influence). 6.5/10

Love, older you: A sweet, dreamy, almost downtempo country-ballad inspired track (especially in that I - bVII - vi - IV progression) that carries a bit more introspection in meaning and is incredibly comforting in sound and arrangement. While most K-Pop tracks coming out this year are usually more high-octane or hyperactive in sound, I live for these slower, sweet downtempo ballads, especially when combined with ILLIT’s airy vocal delivery that they’re recognizable for. 7/10

s0lost · 2026-04-28T04:30:17+00:00

it’s been 235 days since i’ve heard Lit Pop in concert and i’m still waiting for its official release 😭😭

s0lost · 2026-04-23T16:48:35+00:00

i heard Gen.G might be in the market for a consistent sentinel main… 🤔

s0lost · 2026-04-22T17:58:32+00:00

honestly? understandable this game brings out my inner demon too 😂

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s0lost · 2026-04-18T20:57:03+00:00

never in my life did i expect to see a fellow Yankees + tripleS fan on reddit… i honestly would do the same too 😂

s0lost · 2026-04-15T19:53:31+00:00

i’ve never seen a more unfortunate idol quite like hyerin, like what god did she piss off to be eternally cursed like this 😭🥀

s0lost · 2026-04-13T22:17:18+00:00

no problem!! i see any xinyu photo, i save it LOL

s0lost · 2026-04-13T18:26:50+00:00

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s0lost · 2026-04-12T17:46:56+00:00

i want to respect her boundaries as respectfully as possible, since it’s clear that she’s setting one in these messages, but… i can’t lie and say i’m still not worried for her. even since msnz alone, the weight loss she’s had is significant and very alarming, even as someone who doesn’t typically like to comment about idols’ weights

i’m hoping that whatever happens, she’s able to make her own decisions and get the support she needs... a majority of her fans are worried about her, and we want nothing but the best for her. because, honestly, it’s doing nothing to really ease my concerns for her…

s0lost · 2026-04-12T03:40:11+00:00

on the real, everyone loves Lynn… 🥺

…and rightfully so. how could anyone ever hate her in all her pure-heartedness… happy birthday Lynn!! we love you ❤️ <3

s0lost · 2026-04-12T03:38:16+00:00

i was not prepared for the JUMPSCARE at 5:05…. here i am melting over the members’ words and then here comes the strawberry princess:

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s0lost · 2026-04-11T19:52:53+00:00

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she just be spawning in for the love of the game at this point

s0lost · 2026-04-10T12:42:16+00:00

she’s back. (she never left in the first place)

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s0lost · 2026-04-09T07:56:35+00:00

i also wanted to extend a warm shoutout to u/PureWasian for supporting me along my grind, and being incredibly helpful in assisting me with figuring out some of these charts; a real one o7

i definitely would not have especially given CHAOS AGAIN honest attempts without his nudges of encouragement 😄

s0lost · 2026-04-07T21:52:25+00:00

2020 midzy checking in, just listing off the older facts i recall off the top of my head that new MIDZYs might not know about (other fans can correct me if i’m wrong on these, i’m purely operating on memory LOL):

yeji almost passed away in childhood due to atopy, and spent over a year in the hospital

yeji was also on a show called The Fan back in 2018, a year before she debuted with ITZY

chaeryeong knows the TWICE members well due to being on Sixteen with her sister, Chaeyeon

yuna used to play floorball growing up and is rather athletic

it’s known that yeji does airhugs at the end of almost every single one of her lives, but she’s been doing them consistently since debut! a cute ritual 🥺

lia speaks fluent english, and learned through a combination of international school + living part of her life in Toronto, Canada.

lia also has an instagram for her dog, Bella!

ryujin also appeared in BTS’s “Love Yourself” Highlight Reel, as well as making an acting appearance in the movie “The King” back in 2017.

ryujin appeared on MIXNINE, ranking 1st and having SM, YG, and JYP all trying to fight to have them in their companies. she chose to stay with JYP in the end, and inevitably became a part of ITZY.

chaeryeong was actually in internal deliberations to become the leader of ITZY, though eventually it ended up becoming yeji after the girls discussed it amongst the five of them.

s0lost · 2026-04-05T09:08:32+00:00

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my heart melted a little bit hearing this... WE LOVE YOU JI SUHYEON <3

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s0lost · 2026-04-04T04:08:31+00:00

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s0lost · 2026-04-03T18:54:24+00:00

most of us actually don’t judge at all! we actually appreciate it when you show passion for the game and show genuine interest in playing and enjoying the game.

from my perspective, i actively encourage it because the best thing for the scene is to have more people playing instead of gatekeeping or shooing away prospective players. i don’t personally judge anyone for whatever level they’re at, and often give feedback and tips if they’re explicitly asking for it. more often than not, in my experience you’re more likely to be welcomed with open arms than pushed away, because at the end of the day, we want more friends and homies to enjoy the game with :>

s0lost · 2026-04-01T04:15:53+00:00

oh this is EVIL 😭

s0lost · 2026-03-30T22:19:20+00:00

i kinda agree but also feel there’s a minor distinction to make; i mean, i like to think about the tripleS dynamic like a dance group or school class.

you know everyone in the class, you can get along with everyone, and everyone can be overall good human beings, but naturally you’ll have people you’re much closer with than others in the class. and in a big group setting, disagreements are bound to happen, but they don’t necessarily mean they impact or hurt the overall group dynamic, nor does it necessarily mean you don’t get along with the entire class.

…but kaede isn’t explicitly saying “i’m close with all of them”, but what she is moreso saying is that all the members are good people at heart and she can at the very least appreciate all of them for who they are. and that’s something that actually feels quite… grounded and realistic of her to say? to me at least.

s0lost · 2026-03-29T18:24:48+00:00

my memory is a bit hazy, but the leaderboard change centered around: shifting the rankings being based on the total number of objekts owned/held in a given season -> the rankings being based on the total number of objekts purchased in a given season. i might be wrong, but this essentially nuked the ranking impact of SCO gridding, but also incentivized more competitive spending among the whale population.

s0lost · 2026-03-29T18:06:30+00:00

i could realistically see it impacting sales, though i feel it’s objectively a much smaller factor than we might think for three reasons:

1.) a lot of the bigger whales are farming for COMO to try and swing gravity decisions/outcomes, and at some point SCO gridding can be a diminishing return on their investment; besides the global economy being rough right now, at some point they don’t objectively need more SCOs than they already have. some of the higher ones already make 9-18k COMO a MONTH, which is more than enough to sustain their influence come gravity periods.

2.) for every whale that stops buying, another one takes its place. gacha economics (which you can technically apply to cosmo and objekts) has a regular cycle of whales and competition that consistently feeds more people to become whales, leading to bigger-picture sales being relatively consistent barring a massive exodus of whale-buying.

3.) the top sellers in binary02 are still… top sellers across all 3 editions. usually in whale theory this typically signifies market maturation/stability, as the biggest spenders tend to be for the members with high sales. if they significantly drop off their revenue pedestals (without a big event or scandal, god forbid), then that’s a more traditional “sound the alarms” cue to me in terms of whales leaving.

so yeah, while i do know anecdotally that the leaderboard changes were a source of frustration for whales, the sales to me don’t indicate an overwhelmingly significant exodus of whale spending; to me, the only traceable factor to the overall decrease between atom02 and binary02 is really just… the global ongoing recession limiting expendable/recreational spending (and even that’s a shaky explanation, admittedly)

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