rockstaryuzu

I feel like he's creating a dreamy, beautiful world for us to join him in, with this album. Each one of these solo efforts have been a revelation. It's like a world of colours I didn't know existed is popping open before my eyes as each member shows us their own particular musical character, without necessarily having regards to the commercial viability of what they're doing. It's a trip! But it's also an incredible privilege to see what seasoned artists can do when they have no limitations put on them by outside concerns like budget or a manager's expectations, when they're completely free to explore and produce and make what they feel like sharing with the fans. Both with Yuzu's turning pro, and with this, I feel like I'm watching a kind of Renaissance in performing arts. In the actual Renaissance, artists were supported by rich patrons and that allowed them to create amazing things. But now in the internet age, the patrons are the fans who can watch from wherever see what's good, and support it - and because it's miilions of fans with many varying opinions, and not just one single cranky billionaire that they have to cater to, the artists are set free. It's incredible to be living at such a time, and be a part of it. Everytime I think about it, I get goosebumps!

Donovan Carrillo just posted some video on his Insta of him doing a fabulous jump combo at TCC! So glad he's gotten the chance to try training there

Argh. So sorry to hear he got injured. I'm wishing him a full recovery. ☹️

I guess voting for Song of the Summer/Year/Whatever isn't open yet. I just tried. Planning to split my 10 votes equally between JK and TXT because why not?

🤣🤣🤣 relationship goals?

Someone mentioned it on Twitter

That is quality MiniMoni time!

And that was after TM jacked the price upon JK being announced as a headliner

Those photos feel very nostalgic to me. They're giving 'summer boyfriend ' energy, and reminding me of the guys I used to work with on the treeplanting crews - that carefree, relaxed, ever-so-slightly-wild vibe.

Maybe he really did already go in

Opportunity knocks for anyone who can be in New York in a couple weeks (I can't, sadly):

Thanks for the head's-up!

I was under the impression they cancelled his show before that, but you could be right.

Ever since they fired Tom Green and started doing The Real World. In the 90's they were great.

I didn't think that was possible!

Tae looks so handsome, but why is he cosplaying as That That Yoongi? 🤣 Also, he seems to have elected himself as NewJeans' big brother, he's been doing a fair bit with them.

Hey ladies! Did you see this? VMAs have decided to limit voting to only US accounts:

I'm not sure if it's a trend - it certainly hasn't popped up on any of the K-pop groups I follow. However, a long and shaggy version of the mullet which is being called a 'wolf haircut', and which is essentially bad 80's New Wave/hair band hair, seems to have caught on amongst the male idols. Either way, I don't mind Yuzu having longish hair over all, but the 'burns would look better brushed back and tucked behind the ear imo.

Wings

Actually, I wonder if they're all aiming to hit a certain physical standard before they enlist. They're all certainly working out more - and judging by RM's posted workouts - more seriously - than they did before. Both Jin and Hobi kind of followed a pattern after enlistment of overachieving, and IMO, they planned to do so. All 7 of them are super-ambitious and probably want to shut up naysayers who've been dragging them about the military, so it would not surprise me at all if they have a group goal of being tops in everything while in.

There's been people posting on Twitter that they think Yoongi’s already gone in and BigHit is keeping mum, but I personally don't think it's all that logical of an idea

About Jimin's knuckles: he doesn't give a full explanation, just says he 'scratched it exercising'. I suspect he was punching the the sand bag without wrapping his hands or wearing gloves. I did that once - on a well padded, fairly light bag - and my skin split after about five minutes of punching. I wasn't even hitting that hard. It doesn't take much, and the worst of it is that you don't even feel it while it happens.

Okay, here we go, Run BTS at school with teacher Jin, an hanging out with an E-sports team https://w2g.tv/?r=mqbj6o8wq2oxzzsw8j

Same. I'd love to get a ticket, but those ticket lotteries basically make it impossible to enter as a foreigner

OMG. And to think that only 2 years ago, Taehyun panicked over Jessi gesturing to her boobs during that silly game on Showterview, and Soobin and Yeonjun both nearly died from blushing... like, wth, guys.