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michelle
2002, she/her, filipino
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gnarly
I appreciate Gnarly way more than I did at first listen because I now realize this is probably "baby's first hyperpop song" for 99% of its listeners... including me (I personally don't think me listening to a few 100 gecs songs counts). so it's good for being that kind of song. post-public switch up I remember scrolling through a bunch of first impressions and someone said "whoever made this song please rethink your career", of Alice Longyu Gao... LOL.
gabriela
I appreciate they're doing more sonically and vocally complicated songs, after debut and touch sounded a bit straightforward and gnarly was just a bunch of word repetition. it's a great pop song, not a lot of notes for this one!
gameboy
it's catchy but we need to put a moratorium on the pinkpantheress/newjeans garage band starter pack downloadables until everybody gets their shit figured OUT!
mean girls
I know everyone's careers depends on TikTok virality nowadays but oh my god. it literally is like Scooter Braun trapped ten music producers in a cage and didn't let them out until they scientifically manufactured a song tweens could make stan cam video edits to, in a like Mr. Beast style competition. a throwaway line shouting out trans sisters for one second does not excuse how tacky this song is.
M.I.A.
okay now throw in this club banger to cap off the three song run to be used for reelslop edits!
overall
maybe a 3 out of 5? or 3.5 overall. I was about to say it has little cohesiveness as an assemblage of songs packaged together to form a finished product but then I realized vertical content virality is the theme.
I appreciate Gnarly way more than I did at first listen because I now realize this is probably "baby's first hyperpop song" for 99% of its listeners... including me (I personally don't think me listening to a few 100 gecs songs counts). so it's good for being that kind of song. post-public switch up I remember scrolling through a bunch of first impressions and someone said "whoever made this song please rethink your career", of Alice Longyu Gao... LOL.
gabriela
I appreciate they're doing more sonically and vocally complicated songs, after debut and touch sounded a bit straightforward and gnarly was just a bunch of word repetition. it's a great pop song, not a lot of notes for this one!
gameboy
it's catchy but we need to put a moratorium on the pinkpantheress/newjeans garage band starter pack downloadables until everybody gets their shit figured OUT!
mean girls
I know everyone's careers depends on TikTok virality nowadays but oh my god. it literally is like Scooter Braun trapped ten music producers in a cage and didn't let them out until they scientifically manufactured a song tweens could make stan cam video edits to, in a like Mr. Beast style competition. a throwaway line shouting out trans sisters for one second does not excuse how tacky this song is.
M.I.A.
okay now throw in this club banger to cap off the three song run to be used for reelslop edits!
overall
maybe a 3 out of 5? or 3.5 overall. I was about to say it has little cohesiveness as an assemblage of songs packaged together to form a finished product but then I realized vertical content virality is the theme.
assorted yakuza thoughts
2021-08-22 21:49thinking about how kuze is absolutely the perfect character foil for kiryu. when their fights stopped being about the yakuza business and started being about upholding one man’s pride.. that’s when i started to REALLY appreciate kuze’s character despite the fact that you have to fight him not once, not twice, but five times throughout the game. in fact i think it WAS because of those five fights that i came to appreciate what he meant to kiryu.
out of curiosity i searched the meaning of his yakuza back tattoo and this is what the wiki said:
“Kuze's tattoo depicts Enma, the judge and ruler of Hell on his back, while the guardians of Hell Gozu (Ox-Head) and Mezu (Horse-Face) adorn his left and right upper arms respectively. This may reference how Kuze keeps fighting and judging Kiryu, and also how Kuze is the only obstacle in Kiryu's path that keeps him in the hell of the Yakuza.”
interesting! might be one of my favorite back tattoo symbolically (though of course nothing will beat nishiki and his koi.)
lastly i want to talk about this scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0rQLIpi2ck
sagawa and majima mesh well together and after having spent the entire game feeling ambiguous-to-negative about sagawa, this final scene just ties everything up perfectly.. for the entire game sagawa was basically majima’s imprisoner, forcing him to run a cabaret club and keeping him trapped in sotenbori. not to mention the brief torture scene. but.. idk! i can’t explain. despite all that their relationship is so.. layered and complex. for sagawa treating majima like that really was just his 9-5 so in the end it’s still like.. no hard feelings i suppose? i still don’t know how i feel exactly about sagawa but in retrospect i feel bad over his death. him referring to majima as “tiger” and “majima-chan” was, for once, not derogatory and something actually affectionate. which really got me so bad. i wish i could explain better but alas my brain is leaking out of my ear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW4pcMN6IBw
NISHIKIYAMA: I can’t let them do it, Kiryu... I’m your sworn brother! I’m NOT watching you die like that!
NISHIKIYAMA: At this point, I’m through as a yakuza, too… And Kazama-san with us! But at least… at least I can keep you from dying in pain. I can end it for you, I can make it quick. That’s all I CAN do...
KIRYU: I’m sorry, brother. It’s my fault you’re being put through this.
KIRYU: Brother, I’ve got one request. After you plug me… Bring my head back to them. Use it to fight your way to the top of the clan.
KIRYU: Promise me.
NISHIKIYAMA: What the hell…
NISHIKIYAMA: Don’t look at me! Don’t look at me, Kiryu, please!
KIRYU: Man the fuck up and do it! You can’t get to the top by crying!
[Nishikiyama shoots the gun- at the ground, missing Kiryu by an inch.]
[...]
NISHIKIYAMA: Can’t do it… How could I shoot you?!
NISHIKIYAMA: Without you, I’ll always be nothing. Can’t make it as a yakuza… no. I wouldn’t even still be alive now if I didn’t have you beside me! I’m just…
NISHIKIYAMA: If you’re not with me, I’m useless! Nothing means anything!
KIRYU: Me, too… we’re the same. That means we’re still just kids.
( or, love is about being the WORSE half of your partner )
aespa's basic plastic surgery primer (aka I Can't Believe i figured out how to put images in dw without locally hosting them). i thought i might start with something easy for my first ps primer. this is also a draft i have been sitting on for a long time, sooo...
btw! a HUGEEE thank you to the mocha combo, moch (@kaisics) and cha (@penicilliuhms) without whose help half of this post probably would've been incomprehensible.
this post is hell to navigate on mobile. you've been warned.
( enter KWANGYA )btw! a HUGEEE thank you to the mocha combo, moch (@kaisics) and cha (@penicilliuhms) without whose help half of this post probably would've been incomprehensible.
this post is hell to navigate on mobile. you've been warned.
OFFICIALLY coming out as... sylvgrid indulger. liker. lover. enthusiast. TINHATTER. i hate hetshipping it has brought me nothing but pain. i'll compile my thoughts into a comprehensive post later (or maybe never cause in the first place i never really had any) but this exchange:
SYLVAIN: (...) By the by, have you, ya know, fallen for anybody recently?
INGRID: Don't be ridiculous. What are you even bumbling on about?
SYLVAIN: Well everyone's been talking about how you got really, uh, pretty. Just, you know, all of a sudden.
INGRID: Oh, you must be referring to the makeup. It's not a big deal or anything. Just experimenting. I'm still learning. Did I mess something up?
SYLVAIN: Huh? No, I... I think it looks good. You did surprisingly well. I mean, considering that it's you.
INGRID: Very funny. But I must say, I'm a bit surprised. It's unlike you to stumble over yourself this much.
(...)
SYLVAIN: No need for violence. It was just a joke! Um, I mean... It's not a joke that you're beautiful, but I wasn't trying to hit on you or anything. Promise.
INGRID: Beautiful, huh?
OH PAIN. rare moment of sincerity while flirting... oh PAIN... calling someone BEAUTIFUL and meaning it when you are none other than THE sylvain jose gautier... few people in the world who KNOW and PERCEIVE you for who you truly are past the facade and all.. sylvgrid is truly the fuck of all my life
while we're here.
INGRID (referring to Glenn): Beyond that... it's hard to think of myself changing without him around to see it, even if it's something trivial like how I present myself.
oh ingrid.. will you ever be freed from the ghost of your dead fiance :(
SYLVAIN: (...) By the by, have you, ya know, fallen for anybody recently?
INGRID: Don't be ridiculous. What are you even bumbling on about?
SYLVAIN: Well everyone's been talking about how you got really, uh, pretty. Just, you know, all of a sudden.
INGRID: Oh, you must be referring to the makeup. It's not a big deal or anything. Just experimenting. I'm still learning. Did I mess something up?
SYLVAIN: Huh? No, I... I think it looks good. You did surprisingly well. I mean, considering that it's you.
INGRID: Very funny. But I must say, I'm a bit surprised. It's unlike you to stumble over yourself this much.
(...)
SYLVAIN: No need for violence. It was just a joke! Um, I mean... It's not a joke that you're beautiful, but I wasn't trying to hit on you or anything. Promise.
INGRID: Beautiful, huh?
OH PAIN. rare moment of sincerity while flirting... oh PAIN... calling someone BEAUTIFUL and meaning it when you are none other than THE sylvain jose gautier... few people in the world who KNOW and PERCEIVE you for who you truly are past the facade and all.. sylvgrid is truly the fuck of all my life
while we're here.
INGRID (referring to Glenn): Beyond that... it's hard to think of myself changing without him around to see it, even if it's something trivial like how I present myself.
oh ingrid.. will you ever be freed from the ghost of your dead fiance :(
with announcement of new idol/program program show, rumours of niziu male version, boystory pending debut, not to mention current active promotions of their 4th gen main entries + cashcowing on day6... looking at max of three debuts by next year, he's INSANE. i'm inclined to think that niziu male version rumours are just that- rumours. after all running an idol program show is just exactly jype's speed n boystory have already been long confirmed, just think it's too much money and energy to be financing four fifth gen entries in total. jype really cushioning themselves for 2021 in the scenario of losing got7.
in short the boys aren't resigning. 𝙎𝙎𝙄𝘽𝘼𝙇
you'd think jy park would have learned how to push the buttons on his calculator after how he tanked wonder girls' western debut but no bts just had to blow up right at the tail end of the third gen and now he's getting too many ideas in his stupid little square head. obsessed with GLOBAL, obsessed with ILBON MONEY... itzy are doing relatively well in an already oversaturated market + twice are arguably most consistent and stable big3 gg (rv the group spent over half the year inactive, i can't imagine that going over well for their... brand ratings? are those things even reliable? i'm looking at the lost profit, anyway. just as wendy had finally recovered from her injury and it seemed like rv was ready to pick up the speed in their career for the last quarter of 2020, #irenegate #personalitygate happened. i don't have to talk about how yg manages his girlgroups right...) + 2pm aunty fans will spend insane money for that 2021 reunion album = he already has domestic bag secured. lastly got7 and skz are already rock hard entries for his foray into global stage so i don't understand what's the point of this new show. seriously. these poor kids will debut and have ALL of the active jyp groups' fans ad their antis.
edit: 26 oct 2020. procurement of new information: namely, that it hasn't actually been confirmed that loud is debuting an idol group. so jype fifth gen band entry is not entirely off the table... I'M SICK do they seriously want to alienate all their fanbases?! LMAOOO...
in short the boys aren't resigning. 𝙎𝙎𝙄𝘽𝘼𝙇
you'd think jy park would have learned how to push the buttons on his calculator after how he tanked wonder girls' western debut but no bts just had to blow up right at the tail end of the third gen and now he's getting too many ideas in his stupid little square head. obsessed with GLOBAL, obsessed with ILBON MONEY... itzy are doing relatively well in an already oversaturated market + twice are arguably most consistent and stable big3 gg (rv the group spent over half the year inactive, i can't imagine that going over well for their... brand ratings? are those things even reliable? i'm looking at the lost profit, anyway. just as wendy had finally recovered from her injury and it seemed like rv was ready to pick up the speed in their career for the last quarter of 2020, #irenegate #personalitygate happened. i don't have to talk about how yg manages his girlgroups right...) + 2pm aunty fans will spend insane money for that 2021 reunion album = he already has domestic bag secured. lastly got7 and skz are already rock hard entries for his foray into global stage so i don't understand what's the point of this new show. seriously. these poor kids will debut and have ALL of the active jyp groups' fans ad their antis.
edit: 26 oct 2020. procurement of new information: namely, that it hasn't actually been confirmed that loud is debuting an idol group. so jype fifth gen band entry is not entirely off the table... I'M SICK do they seriously want to alienate all their fanbases?! LMAOOO...
this is my poorly researched got7 contract renewal thesis. it has no structure and it’s definitely just a post where i can lay out my #thoughts.
27 sep: edited for formatting errors and also added yugyeom’s section (LMAO), plus some other observations.didn’t realize how tiny the font was, sorry for the eyestrain.
I think there are many different kinds of love. You can have a mother's love, love for animals, love from friends... right, there are many. But I feel that love is... quiet. [in English] Silence. Because you don't have to say the word "love". When you're with the people you love, you don't have to say "love" but you can feel the happiness, you can feel... the warmth. In these moments I think this is love.
I think love gives me friends. It gives me smiles. It gives me hope. I have a lot of things that I love. My family, my members, my friends, my coworkers, my fans, my pets. I feel that love is all the things. I'm really grateful for every single person who loves me.
I think love gives me friends. It gives me smiles. It gives me hope. I have a lot of things that I love. My family, my members, my friends, my coworkers, my fans, my pets. I feel that love is all the things. I'm really grateful for every single person who loves me.
first post
2019-07-04 13:54hi (*´ー｀*)
i don't even know what i'm going to use dreamwidth for but i like seeing my friends here .. i think my meds-induced dreams are interesting (?) even though i can barely recall any of them once i wake up. i think i want to revive my habit of writing down my dreams so i can recall more and better too. since i don't write in any form, and my brain generally is empty for seeding/agendas/tinhattings and/or hettings, i think that's the most i can offer for now.
that's it
i don't even know what i'm going to use dreamwidth for but i like seeing my friends here .. i think my meds-induced dreams are interesting (?) even though i can barely recall any of them once i wake up. i think i want to revive my habit of writing down my dreams so i can recall more and better too. since i don't write in any form, and my brain generally is empty for seeding/agendas/tinhattings and/or hettings, i think that's the most i can offer for now.
that's it
