My past two months, during my Twitter hiatus, on the kpop side: a small thread so I can get it off my chest lmao (and also not ~everything~, because this'll become a novel )

I've learned Taemin's 'Move' choreo. It took a week to learn And nope, you will never see me dance it lmao. It's a good workout tho when you want to *feel* yourself lmao

(inset: I've also learned Arashi's 'Turning Up'! I'VE BEEN PRODUCTIVE, FRIENDS.)

Junmyeon's solo album made me and coincidentally, my favorite track is 'Made In You'. But everything was beautiful, and everything hurt. It was so lugubrious and forceful, but the blunt end, almost? Like he's softening the landing with his voice: the sweetest, clearest nectar.

NCT is fast climbing up the ranks. I'm still in Doyoung hell, like where I left off. But Taeyong has been elbowing his way in. Terrible. I cannot resist powerful performer/babie gaps, as always. Xiaojun is also 127 best promo: postmodern Youtube content, actual funniest

BAEKHYUN SOLO. SWEETEST, SPICIEST CANDY.

HE IS THE ACTUAL *BEST*. MY EXO BIAS DOING MY FAVORITE GENRE, AND IMPROVING UPON IT. WAS SKEPTICAL HE COULD TOP 'CITY LIGHTS' BUT DAMN OK BBH

I LOVE ALL THE TRACKS BUT 'LOVE AGAIN' IS SPECIAL I FEEL LIKE IT'S PERSONALLY FOR ME LOL

FANTASIA X.

That's it. That's the tweet.

...ok but really, Fantasia gave me the chills. The song? Choreo? MX coming back and saying they're REALLY BACK. The whole album is So Freaking Good

juxtaposed with

Wonho coming back

...there's a lot to this. But, in my heart, just love and support. MX, oh my gosh. MY HEART.

To me Fantasia as a comeback song/concept is just as amazing as Shootout and that's saying A LOT because to me Shootout is the quintessential kpop release/concept. There's a kpop space that's MX's alone: they *OWN* it. Fantasia is a culmination of that.

JUST SO PROUD OF THEM

ALSO 'STAND UP' CHOKED ME UP OUT OF NOWHERE. When I first listened to the album, and then this performance. Made me cry. MX, you're too good for us.

I think maybe part of it is that the softness of 'Stand Up' sounds very Wonho? Idk. Just me? But yeah. I love the song so much. I miss Wonho with MX. Proud of them as six, missing them as seven. Conflicting. But all the love, always.

Part of it also is that the first part of the 'Stand Up', their intro, somehow feels like I'm being asked to say my goodbye to Wonho as part of MX in the future, in a way? A reach, but it felt like that

idk idk

my heart

Anyway, I will enjoy this cb season. They deserve it

ANYWAY I LOVE MX SO MUCH AND WILL ALWAYS PROTECT THEM, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN TO OTHER PEOPLE HOW EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED I AM TO THEM BUT THEY'RE JUST SUCH GREAT PEOPLE, THEY DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER

ANWAY FANTASIA IS DISGUSTING, MX REALLY ATE THIS CONCEPT UP

...end thread lol