Random Thoughts

[Ksandra]

They look so fucking tired

[Ksandra]

The babies did so well!!!

At least they upgraded from having their names plaster to their clothes to just the band name on it so people know who the fuck they are lol.

My last post for you. You’re welcome.

[Ksandra]

I lied! I wanted to give you at least ONE interview you might watch to get to see their personalities a little. Sweetest boys ever:




Now I’m done.

[Anoat]

I don’t believe you. No one quits the BTS fandom cold turkey

[Ksandra]

I don’t believe you. No one quits the BTS fandom cold turkey

lol I meant posting about them here as I figured you guys were fucking sick of me at this point.

I would never quit my boys. They are my other husbands at this point. XD

[Xno Kappa]

Enough with the manufactured south koreans ripping off NYC culture being sold off to a bunch of midwest hicks that don't know any better.

[Xno Kappa]

Anyone want to humor me who may not know these dudes and will at least watch/listen to these two songs with an open mind and tell me what you think? Put subtitles on.

I'm bored and tbh I don't have many dudes to get their perspective on this. I think a lot of guys are scared away from them since the only songs that hit mainstream are their pop songs, and their fanbase is like 95% women. I legit think more would actually like them if they listened to certain songs. They're styles are all over the place and they often even say, "what are we?" when it comes to genres.

You can scroll past my words, but they will help explain the lyrics.

For a little background: Yoongi was the second to join BTS at the age of 17. He was already an underground rapper/producer and joined as such (with the initial promise he would only be rapping and no dancing lol). He (and the rest of the members) were also given the opportunity to do any solo work while they were together as they wanted.

Which was kinda a bitch tbh. There are three rappers: Yoongi/Suga/AgustD, Namjoon/RM (the leader and who the group was formed for as he was also an underground rapper), and Hobi/J-Hope (hired as a dancer, Yoongi and Namjoon taught him how to make rap lyrics).

Yoongi and Namjoon's life was basically staying up until about 4am writing lyrics/creating beats/creating music/producing. Passing out until about 7am, then going into dance/music practice until it was time to write more lyrics. The other 5 also had shitty schedules, but they were different. All of them often got only 1 day off a month if that, and survived off of chicken and rice. They also had to share 1 bedroom for all 7 of them in the beginning.

Yoongi and Namjoon's earlier solos were mixtapes, usually of their songs that either a. got rejected or b. got reworked to fit the group. Their company was absolutely adamant that any lyrics they wrote needed to be their authentic selves, which is nice in a way. When you read their lyrics, you can tell that this is them, and not some made up shit. Like they don't do the whole "oh what it's like to be poor" songs ever since they hit big because they know they aren't.

Yoongi and RM had to face a lot of shit though. There's interviews/posts/articles back in the day of other rappers/hip hop artists in Korea mocking them for giving up being rappers to be idols and look "girlie" by wearing eyeliner and shit. So this first song is one Yoongi wrote/produced as a diss track back when he was 23:



Now this next song is a much more mature Yoongi. The band all stopped in 2022 because 1. They had to start doing their mandated military service, which was staggered times. 2. Namjoon and the rest seemed to be having a nervous breakdown due to all the stress and overwork they were having, but will full intention to get back together in 2025. (why they are touring now).

This song he initially wrote during COVID, but he's talked in interviews about the struggles the group faced because no other Kpop band had gotten as big as them, so they had no one to go to for advice when they were struggling on what to do. So this is his message to anyone else who struggles.(He's also mentioned retiring the Agust D name as he feels no longer "angry". I think it also could be because he knows he's going to be busy again now that the group is back, and when he can, he does producing for other artists, so may not have time.



He btw, I find fascinating the most because often Kpop male groups lose members/disband once the military requirement hits. He can play the guitar/keyboard, produces his own music, and produces for other artists, and even had a youtube show he hosted. If he was just in it for the money/music, he had no reason to return.

But the dude even broke down on stage during his solo tour, and is desperately trying (and mostly failing) to get the other members to learn instruments so they can keep "performing until they are 90." It shows how much love they have for being together.

Like wtf is this? This is one of the lamest fucking songs I've ever pressed play on.

[Xno Kappa]

"I'm so upper middle class, let me rap about the corniest shit about it."

[Ksandra]

Which one? The first song or the second one?

First one was to the Korean rapperswho gave him and the leader shit for becoming idols. It was actually made earlier and put on SoundCloud. Then later on they did the MV.

This is the leader’s response to those same haters:



The second video is a message to new Korean bands telling them that he knows what they’re going through and if they have questions they can come to him to talk since he knows what it’s like.

[Ksandra]

Also Agust D is the one member who was actually legit poor. When they started their company was small and almost got shutdown. They told the members at the time they had to leave the studio because they couldn’t afford it. He refused to leave because he had no where else to go.

He also got hit by a car and dislocated his shoulder but didn’t tell anyone for days because he was so afraid of getting kicked out and be put on the streets.

[kuronosan]

Yea but that Hot Ones sauce is weak shit

[Ksandra]

Yea but that Hot Ones sauce is weak shit

They are, in fact, wimps.

Tough when performing, marshmallows everywhere else. V being the worst (he gave up after the second wing lol).

Jk and Jimin did well though.

[Zealot]

I don't want to sound racist, but every single British person I've ever seen on Hot Ones can't handle it.

[Tyrath]

I'm more surprised the South Koreans can't

[Gredival]

Korean gochujang isn't that spicy. I don't know what kind of sauce they use on hot ones, but the hottest thing in East Asian cuisine imo are Sichuan peppercorns, which aren't even on the Scoville scale because the chemical reaction is different.

Asians don't breed the artificially hot peppers that Americans use, and naturally speaking South American peppers are much hotter than SEA peppers.

[Ksandra]

I mean, two of them were fine, and two did ok. It's the other three that are a mess. But Taehyung (the one that gave up after two) they have teased a lot of times over his weak palette, so I don't think it's a Korean thing, it's just him.

Dude just became the first global ambassador of JINRO (why the fuck they need one, we don't know), and he used to get teased because he can only handle the fruit-flavored ones.

He also is the global ambassador for Compose Coffee despite not liking coffee, either.

[Outlaw]

Korean gochujang isn't that spicy. I don't know what kind of sauce they use on hot ones, but the hottest thing in East Asian cuisine imo are Sichuan peppercorns, which aren't even on the Scoville scale because the chemical reaction is different.

Asians don't breed the artificially hot peppers that Americans use, and naturally speaking South American peppers are much hotter than SEA peppers.

Oh, speaking of spicy stuff the last time I was at the grocery store I noticed the hot sauce with the Rooster on the bottle was back. That's probably old news but I heard a long time ago that it wasn't available because of a problem with their supplier.

[Tyrath]

Korean gochujang isn't that spicy. I don't know what kind of sauce they use on hot ones, but the hottest thing in East Asian cuisine imo are Sichuan peppercorns, which aren't even on the Scoville scale because the chemical reaction is different.

Asians don't breed the artificially hot peppers that Americans use, and naturally speaking South American peppers are much hotter than SEA peppers.

Don't educate me when I try to do stereotypes please

[Gredival]

Oh, speaking of spicy stuff the last time I was at the grocery store I noticed the hot sauce with the Rooster on the bottle was back. That's probably old news but I heard a long time ago that it wasn't available because of a problem with their supplier.

Huy Fong tried to screw over their jalapeno farmer: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...712-story.html

Their supplier, Underwood, makes their own sriracha now which is better imo: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Underw...5-993CC316F8C4

It's available locally in SoCal Costcos.

[Krandor]

The degree to which Huy Fong stomped on their own dick with that entire debacle is truly amazing. Their hot sauce was as ubiquitous as Tabasco and now it's a lower quality product they can't keep in stock.