Prepare to get that song out of your head and into the open as Sarah and DJ Panic, share our current musical obsessions including the unstoppable "El tiki tiki". We're also raising our glasses to celebrate the overwhelming response to our "Travis Japan: Hollywood TJ Dream" episode, which has opened the doors to a whole new wave of listeners. Join us on this melodious voyage, where we'll discuss not just the tunes that keep our feet tapping, but also the incredible impact these Asian artists have on our listeners from around the globe.
Ever wonder about the faces behind the microphones? Look no further! Today, we're showering gratitude on you, our listeners, for boosting our podcast's rating and engaging with us through Spotify's Q&As. Our community is the heartbeat of Music Elixir, and we're thrilled to see it grow. Plus, we're contemplating our future dreams, including attending podcast conventions to meet and learn from fellow podcasters. It's all about connection and growth here, so let's keep this party going strong.
As BTS marches through their military enlistment, we're following every step of their journey, from Tae Tae's striking Instagram post to RM's charming enlistment snaps. The transformation they're experiencing is not just physical; it's a deep, emotional process that we're discussing with equal parts humor and heart. But that's not all – we're also scratching our heads at the quirks of music streaming platforms, pondering the mysteries behind our personalized playlists, and taking a trip down memory lane with some synth-pop classics. So plug in your headphones, and let's crack the code of these musical enigmas together!
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Prepare to get that song out of your head and into the open as Sarah and DJ Panic, share our current musical obsessions including the unstoppable "El tiki tiki". We're also raising our glasses to celebrate the overwhelming response to our "Travis Japan: Hollywood TJ Dream" episode, which has opened the doors to a whole new wave of listeners. Join us on this melodious voyage, where we'll discuss not just the tunes that keep our feet tapping, but also the incredible impact these Asian artists have on our listeners from around the globe.
Ever wonder about the faces behind the microphones? Look no further! Today, we're showering gratitude on you, our listeners, for boosting our podcast's rating and engaging with us through Spotify's Q&As. Our community is the heartbeat of Music Elixir, and we're thrilled to see it grow. Plus, we're contemplating our future dreams, including attending podcast conventions to meet and learn from fellow podcasters. It's all about connection and growth here, so let's keep this party going strong.
As BTS marches through their military enlistment, we're following every step of their journey, from Tae Tae's striking Instagram post to RM's charming enlistment snaps. The transformation they're experiencing is not just physical; it's a deep, emotional process that we're discussing with equal parts humor and heart. But that's not all – we're also scratching our heads at the quirks of music streaming platforms, pondering the mysteries behind our personalized playlists, and taking a trip down memory lane with some synth-pop classics. So plug in your headphones, and let's crack the code of these musical enigmas together!
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Hello, this is Tannick and this is Sarah and you are listening to Music Elixir a podcast between two friends discussing their favorite Asian artists in music. Hello everybody, welcome to another Music Elixir episode. This is Sarah, and with me is DJ.
Speaker 1:Pannick, or should I go Panic DJ?
Speaker 2:Panic DJ.
Speaker 1:Check out that. Another friends and family.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, with all our time off and emergency, this is in that we haven't been able to do any real in depth music listening. Music listening, yes.
Speaker 1:There's a few that came out, but you know, I haven't even given that much attention to it too. But oh well, I was in Puerto Rico. There was one song that got stuck in my head. What it's in Spanish it's called El.
Speaker 2:Tiquitiqui, I don't think I know that one. Nobody knows.
Speaker 1:It's only like a Puerto Rico song. Oh okay, but I mean, it's one of those like it's stuck in your head, you know, it's like El Tiquitiqui que va a bailar bien, el Tiquitiqui y pagosa. And then the guy goes Tiquitiqui, tiquitiqui. I'm like what? The? I can't even say it, oh well, that's like Too bad, I can pull it up so you can listen to it.
Speaker 2:That was like us with the Millie Billy, billy, billy. Yeah, millie Billy, billy, billy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was like me from B first. That was too funny, it was so. Yeah it's. You know it's El Tiquitiqui, meaning it's a dance move, I guess.
Speaker 2:It is you know.
Speaker 1:So I got so stuck that song, got stuck so much in my head that I'm like, is this like a new song? So I did a deep dive in it for it and it came out last year in. November and I'm like this thing is like. This song is like year old and it's still playing it.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, it's because it's an earworm. It goes in and you can't get rid of it. So everybody's always like now I gotta listen to that song.
Speaker 1:So, of course, because I got stuck in my head, I was making my own lyrics at home. You know like my mom will come on and be like El Tiquitiqui, el Tiquitiqui, and if it's like he comes in my home, el Tiquitiqui. So my mom's like that's not really a stuck in your head and my aunt is like we're gonna miss you. The craziness You're gonna miss you when you leave. Like bring some liveliness at the house.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:You know. But it's okay. Just listen to my mom and auntie bicker. Sometimes I'm like, oh my god. No, you know, like sisters they will fight siblings. Yes, I'm like, oh my god. That has been my thing throughout my whole childhood. Besides my mom and my auntie bickering, you know sisters. I always have a friend who will have a sister Like me. Yeah, my cousins, that they're sisters and they'll get into some fights and I'm like, oh, like, like fights.
Speaker 2:Really.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like crazy fights, I'll be like auntie. They're killing each other. Oh my god it's crazy. And then you at you and it's like it's interesting, I always being with, like friends, will have my sister.
Speaker 2:And sisters always bicker, so that was happening, happening at my home.
Speaker 1:I'm like I'm just gonna stay over here and they can do whatever. Do whatever. I'm not even getting involved. I know this. So, on this Rancid Rambling, we're going to be talking about our. The musical licks is Spotify rap.
Speaker 2:Yeah, speaking of songs that get stuck in your head. Yes, let's see what got stuck in our head.
Speaker 1:Well, this one will be for the podcast, right, exactly. So it's cool because we'll get to know who's been listening the most and who's been new to us. So Spotify says, in 2023, people were really, really feeling what we do. Excellent, okay, feelings, oh my God.
Speaker 2:No girl, no no, I know that's not on there.
Speaker 1:No, no, no. So now generating, saying ready, let's take it from the top, all right, speaking of top, your top episode was Travis, japan, hollywood, teejay Dream Wow, still still number one girl, oh my God. And how old is that episode?
Speaker 2:Not quite a year, or no, it's been over a year. See, even I can't keep track of time. When did we do that?
Speaker 1:I know it feels like we just did it this year but no, we didn't know it was it was last year. Yeah, we did it last year and it's still number one. It's still our most listened episode Travis, japan, hollywood, teejay Dream. Wow, well, exactly that's the one with the boys and they said thank you, yeah, thank you guys. That was really cool. Okay, so that, wow. So that episode was streamed 90 999% more than your average episode. Wow, whoa.
Speaker 2:That's cray cray. Well, I mean, that's a lot. That's a lot of streams, downloads, whatever, yeah.
Speaker 1:That's wow, yeah, travis Japan fans. So let's go, let's hear it for the fans. Let's hear it for the new fans. Okay, so let's see Spotify. What new fans. 58% of our listeners discover us in 2023. Oh, wow, nice. So we have new followers. Yay, travis Japan. Hollywood TeeJay Dreams really brought them in. 13% of our listeners started right there. Oh, wow, so cool. That's awesome. Travis Japan bringing in the new followers.
Speaker 2:They got the power Wow.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, yes. So now it's asking how does it feel to have gone global Exactly? You just heard that let's see Japan was your top country.
Speaker 2:We know that From the beginning they've been our top country.
Speaker 1:I know, with 59% of our total streams. Wow.
Speaker 2:Well, like I said, they were really the first country with a huge percent compared to everybody. But even here amongst we had friends listening to our podcast locally, that you know. We were like they're probably the only people listening.
Speaker 1:I know.
Speaker 2:And the next thing we knew we were like 75% of the people listening were actually in Japan. Yeah, it was crazy. So, yes, we thank you, spotify, but we've known that for a while. So Tomo arigato gozaimasu.
Speaker 1:Japan. Yes, so it says your listeners have good taste. Obviously, of course, so let's see. So what else are they into? Let's see your listeners. Top podcast genres are comedy, music, society and culture. They're fun people.
Speaker 2:Yay.
Speaker 1:Let's see Our listeners. Top music genres are J-pop, pop and K-pop.
Speaker 2:Well, that's really the majority of what we've.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we talk about most. Of you know pretty much all our episodes. Let's see your listeners definitely told their friends about you. Yeah, thank you, thank you Sharing is caring.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:So let's see, your podcast was shared all over 51% on direct linked, 33% on ex-Twitter, 9% on other 5% on Instagram and 2% on WhatsApp. Oh, really, yeah, we don't even have. Well, I have a personal WhatsApp, but we don't have one for the musical lizard.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's great. So people are just sharing it however they can. They said, yeah, they're in the link through that. That's awesome, that is cool.
Speaker 1:I wonder if we can Giving me ideas. Let's see. So your podcast rating was 4.9. That was up from 4.8 last year. Oh, yay and yes, we are feeling the love. Oh, my God, that's awesome. Last year we were 4.8, now we're 4.9. I know that's cool. We're almost 5, girl, almost 5. See, I'm telling you, I'm keeping 5 stars.
Speaker 2:Well, that's it, and we have a rate, review and share, share, share. Yes, that's awesome, thank you.
Speaker 1:Thank you, that's awesome. Yeah, we're happy, that's just so cool. So let's see, this year your listeners did more than oh, that went too fast, it went too fast. So this year your listeners did more than just listening they got talking. Oh, really Okay.
Speaker 2:Wait, people are talking about us behind our backs. Let's see.
Speaker 1:You created 34 Q&As on Spotify.
Speaker 2:Yeah, where are those? Well, I mean we did Q&A episodes, yeah. So I wonder if what they mean is like we did those and people reacted to them on Spotify. I don't know. That's interesting.
Speaker 1:Now I gotta check that out. What are you talking about? Maybe we need to respond to those. We're sorry, we didn't know those were there. Yeah, we didn't know that Spotify had something like that.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1:Okay, now we gotta go. Yeah, girl, now we gotta go in there.
Speaker 2:See what questions are there, we'll be like sorry for the delay. Hidden features that we didn't know about.
Speaker 1:Let's see, we have plus 19% of followers. We have some significant growth. I mean hello 4.9 now for rating. Okay, it says here can't forget to give a shout out to your biggest fans. And who can that be? You're a top 10 podcast for 234 fans, awesome, okay. Hey, you're a top five podcast for 203 fans.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Drum roll please.
Speaker 2:I'm reading what.
Speaker 1:Spotify saying You're the number one podcast for 98 fans. Oh nice, yeah, I'm liking this how fans listeners listen to you 1.8 times more than your other listeners. Those are probably the Travis Japan fans, I know.
Speaker 2:Well, I think we definitely. We have people who I know just listen to every episode. Yes, and it's also, and actually one of them is a friend of mine out in the Boston area. She listens to every single episode. She's like I listened to your podcast. Oh, you guys were so funny today.
Speaker 1:That's cool. So, yeah, so 60% join our podcast the first time this year. For the first time this year, oh, wow, so 60% of our listeners is for the first time. That's awesome. Let's see 234 gives us a top 10. 203 fans where they're top five and 98 fans where are their top podcasts.
Speaker 2:Awesome, I can live with those numbers, me too, girl. And well, in every year it gets a little better, from 4.8 to 4.9. Definitely more followers, definitely more streams going on. Yes, yes, not bad for a couple of ladies who just like to get together and talk about music or whatever else is going on. And since you know, mostly we just do this for fun, this is our little break from reality.
Speaker 1:I guess we do not get paid.
Speaker 2:Well, we have some awesome yes, we definitely have a couple of, well, a few awesome sponsors.
Speaker 1:Supporters, supporters, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, sorry, not sponsors, supporters, we want sponsors.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so you know, thanks to those supporters, we're just maintaining. That's just the cost for, you know, keeping the archives. You know our Busbrout account, which we love, Busbrout, you know. If you're considering to have your own podcast, To start up your own? Yeah, Busbrout is definitely a platform that we 100% it's actually 200% back up. We recommend it, Highly recommend it.
Speaker 2:Yes, and when we were doing the research that was, I was like you know, every time I'm going around with all the stuff, I come right back to Busbrout, so I think that's who we need to use. Yeah, they really. They're very supportive. They send helpful hints and ideas and tutorials little YouTube tutorials through the site. So I mean it's awesome.
Speaker 2:They're just with you 100% of the way and all of the you know new innovations that they're bringing in and things you know some of them still have a little quirks to them, but things that are really helpful to what you're doing. So, yeah, if you're thinking of doing a podcast, even just for fun, it's not overly priced and there's just so so much helpful you know items on there to get you through the whole process and easy to set up, I mean it was just also have a free version too.
Speaker 1:You know it's very limited on hours, you know. So if you just want to dive into that, just for something small, you know as a hobby or whatever, that's great. You know, definitely use them. They have a. They always keep you on the note because every week they send you a newsletter or what's going on, anything new devices, new platforms, even for any podcast. You know new conventions as well, which there's one happening that I wish we can go.
Speaker 2:It's in January. Yeah, I was going to say they they do put together little conventions that you're, you know, welcome to sign up, to go to and we've talked about. We'd really like to go do one. We just you know pandemic, and then was not a good time for that this one's in Orlando, so it's like we have to pay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah no and that's like no, we can't.
Speaker 2:We can't be a little closer? Yeah, but it would be cool because it's you know to go learn how to do more of what you enjoy doing. Just networking.
Speaker 1:Yeah, definitely networking yeah.
Speaker 2:We can't say enough good things about Buzzsprout.
Speaker 1:Exactly. Maybe we should take this lip and just send it to them. Oh, yeah, we could, yeah, we should. We love you guys, but thank you for those who have been listening and in all the downloads and it just it's amazing that's also just the Spotify wrapped.
Speaker 2:That is just what's going on through Spotify.
Speaker 1:Exactly Because I mean, with Buzzsprout, we have more definitely. Just thank you, thank you, thank you, Thank you. Yeah, that's awesome, you know, and yes, japan is number one on locations. Let's see all episodes. I'm going to click on all episodes. I'm at our Buzzsprout account to see on all episodes to see which country it's thinking.
Speaker 2:Oh, I think it's still definitely in Japan, oh yeah. But, we've definitely gone global with that. We're on all of the all of the inhabited continents, right, so that's awesome yeah.
Speaker 1:Japan, number one, japan number one. Number two. United States. Number three, germany. Oh really Wow. Number four, the Philippines and coming up number five, canada. All right, hello neighbors, hi neighbor, thank you, thank you, thank you very much for listening. I mean, I can give you a top 10 because they have, let's see. So I said five was Canada, six, we have France.
Speaker 2:Oh wow, bonjour, Merci beaucoup.
Speaker 1:Number six we have Thailand, wow, yeah. Number seven, we have the United Kingdom and number eight, indonesia. Number nine we have Mexico. Woohoo, wow, we have Mexico, taiwan coming up next, and we have Malaysia, india, singapore, brazil, australia, hong Kong, south Korea, yay. United Arab Emirates yes, we have Spain. Hola, china, Russia Federation Okay, I thought. I'm surprised Got their eye on us, oh no, ireland, italy, netherlands, saudi Arabia, peru, vietnam, sweden, chile, ireland, colombia, argentina, finland, poland. Wow, so this like order of, like you know, from the most yeah, who listens the most to?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Right, let's see. Then I say South Africa.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Yo.
Speaker 2:I remember the first time when I was doing the listing with all the flags, when I saw South Africa I was like holy moly, we made it.
Speaker 1:So this is just for this year. We got Russia, and then Turkey, switzerland, belgium, israel, ukraine, romania, egypt, uruguay, hungary, bolivia, algeria, pakistan, morocco, cambodia, guatemala, norway, jeez, we are global Kazakhstan. What?
Speaker 2:Well see. This, though, goes to show that music is a universal language and draws everybody together, because with listeners all over the world like that, it doesn't matter. You know what your personal anything is. If you like music, it brings you together. You know what I'm saying. So this is, it's awesome.
Speaker 1:I know To see such a wide variety Jamaica, puerto Rico, puerto Rico, you're kind of low, what's up?
Speaker 2:Well, and we've still got that unknown, don't forget, we still have, I know, the unknown.
Speaker 1:Fiji, haiti, guam oh my God, iceland, georgia Reunion I never heard of that.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's Little Island Really.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I'm looking up places I'm like where?
Speaker 2:is this. That's what I'm saying. Whenever I haven't done a list in a long time, I should do another one. There's the unknown. It's insane to see like how many. Cuba, yeah, cuba.
Speaker 1:What Cuba? We got two listeners there.
Speaker 2:That's all it takes.
Speaker 1:Wow, that's awesome Yemen.
Speaker 2:Geez, yeah Right. I've been so surprised a lot of times when I'm looking at the list, I'm like, wow, these are names of places I've heard of, but I never really thought that I'd interact with someone from there, because I don't get a lot of opportunities to travel to Yemen. Exactly. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Like how, so it's just so cool.
Speaker 2:It's so cool to see such a great community of music lovers and that's awesome. We're grateful to every single one of you out there.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, it's so cool, it's amazing.
Speaker 2:You know, we grew up in a time where you know what I mean. We had nothing like this to reach out to people. No, so, like I said, that's why it's so awesome to see how music brings everybody together. Yeah, it's great. I wish the whole world could think this way.
Speaker 1:Girl me too, girl me too. That's amazing. But then, yeah, I'm looking at here, at the cities, and most of them are in Japan. I'm not going down that list?
Speaker 2:Oh, I know no, it's in. Well isn't it like 1700 cities or something listed yeah?
Speaker 1:I can give you the top five, most listed in Japan. We have Tokyo Osaka, number two, number three. We have Yokohama, number four, it's a Tatsuno in Nagano, and then we have Nagoya Aichi and number five.
Speaker 2:Is it Nagano's up north right?
Speaker 1:Yeah, we have some Hokkaido people.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's cool. Sapporo yeah, that's so awesome. I'd love to go there Girl not now.
Speaker 1:We'll be freezing. It's like being here.
Speaker 2:Actually, it's probably worse than being here. We've been having it pretty mild, so you got lucky. No, this is like I said. It's just amazing to me. I see names and I'm like, oh my God, I remember, you know, a billion years ago, doing geography in school and being like, oh, that's why I know reunion school.
Speaker 1:I've never heard of that one, and probably I did, but I just do not remember like, oh my God, that's like so tiny island. Somebody from there was listening. I know right, omg, that's awesome. You just listened to that in stereo.
Speaker 2:Oh my God.
Speaker 1:That's amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you, gracias. You know, thank you very much. It's wow, it's just amazing. I'm so proud. Yeah, hear it.
Speaker 2:It's gonna be reunion island is in the Indian Ocean and it's a department of France, like it's connected to France. Let's say, okay, yeah, I was, like I know. It's like island.
Speaker 1:Okay, so there's one person there that was listening to.
Speaker 2:Music Elecció. Well, it would take us one day and five hours to get there. Oh, so that's where we were to go visit Our listener. Oh my god, that's awesome.
Speaker 1:That's a lot of traveling.
Speaker 2:Merci beaucoup. So wow, that's just so crazy. Quite a year, quite a year yeah. What about your personal rap? Did you check yours out?
Speaker 1:Of course you did. Of course I did. We both did. I posted it. My number one was second lady, my girls yeah, definitely supporting the girls, and that was like my number one group was just second lady.
Speaker 2:Yeah, my number one was Kai.
Speaker 1:And you told me that. So like DTV was like my most listened to, but I love that song.
Speaker 2:It was. I think that they had a hard time with my thing because I was like so many things we'd listened to repeatedly when we're doing our stuff. But I guess for some reason Kai and Rover really just stuck with me.
Speaker 1:You even told families like I really love this song.
Speaker 2:Well, I guess I listened to it a lot more than I thought I did.
Speaker 1:I'm telling you that Kai hypnotized you with his song Shoes. That boy, I know right. He'll be out soon from the military. He just he went in this year, right?
Speaker 2:Yes, so he'll be out next year? Yeah, probably by the end of next year, did he? He went in in March, maybe March or April. Yeah, I want to say it won't maybe in the spring, so he'll be out fall of next year.
Speaker 1:Time flies when people are like, oh my God, my favorite is leaving and I'm like, listen, they're gonna. It's right there on the corner, Speaking of military enlistment for our boys of BTS Tae Tae and RM Tae Tae's haircut.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, yeah. Well, you know what's so funny, did you see? He did an Instagram post of him and JK with their shaved heads, shirtless. I was like, whoa, like he has a presence, he's a man, he is so strong. And then you saw him at the enlistment those pictures of him with his little hat tied under his chin. He looked like a five year old. I was like how can someone be like hot and sexy and then like, oh my God, he's so adorable.
Speaker 1:I know.
Speaker 2:I was like what happened yesterday? He's looking all tough and manly and today he looks like a little boy going off to his first day of school.
Speaker 1:Girl when I saw that picture he's like shirtless and he's showing off I'm like wow, right, like what happened? Girl. That was intimidating. I was intimidated. I'm like wow and yeah. Then the picture of everybody's like bye, bye, boo. Like you know what he's like, I'm like right. So it's like wow, yeah, he's dangerous. Yes, I told you he is. No, they didn't. I don't know and you know he's one that it's game time. He's right like in the split second. Oh yeah, Just changes to like whatever he needs to do.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's one of those. Yeah, just runs his hand across the front of his face and it's completely different person. Yeah, You're like whoa, what just happened? It's scary.
Speaker 1:It is scary, but my boo I am. Oh, he's so cute, he was so cute.
Speaker 2:He looked tiny too he did he? Did he looked like we're going to go off, like I said, the first day of school.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he did look like I gotta go, you know, but Jim, and he broke my heart.
Speaker 2:Well, he he waited till the last possible second to shave his head. He just looked like he had hair when they were seeing them off the day before.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then so it's just like I hate this. He's like I hate this, I don't want this haircut, I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it. You could tell he was the most like, reluctant to let go of his hair. He's like I don't want to go on my hair, it's going to be awful. It's going to be awful. I mean, he even cried. I don't think he cried because he's going to the military is because they have to do that to his hair. Oh, you know, an army, of course, is like no, you look fine and whatever, but he doesn't. You can tell he's like. You can say whatever you want, I don't.
Speaker 2:I don't, don't not comfortable with it. Yeah, no.
Speaker 1:He broke my heart and I'm like it's okay, honey, we'll grow, we'll grow, don't worry, just give us some time it will grow it's hair.
Speaker 2:It grows, yeah, it'll be fine. Yeah, and then, yeah, jake, and look you. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then yeah, jake, and look you, he just looks like a man, his boy Right.
Speaker 2:Well, it's so funny. It made him look so much younger. Yeah, like, and. And the picture that that Tay put up on Instagram. I'm like this is like the older brother, like much older brother who's actually going to the military and his baby brother trying to copy him.
Speaker 1:That's what you look like.
Speaker 2:He's so cute he looks so soft, yeah, like just soft everywhere, like a little boy. Where's Tay's like here's my big arm Err.
Speaker 1:And we're like, yeah, loving that. We're like I had to do a double take. I'm like Tay.
Speaker 2:I know right, I was like is that a filter?
Speaker 1:I know I'm like what I ain't Tay what.
Speaker 2:But it so is, you know. Oh, my God, oh not mine.
Speaker 1:I'm like yeah, that man. I'm 30 yet I'm like, but he's a man.
Speaker 2:But it was. It was cool. They all got together for RM and Tay going in.
Speaker 1:They were all able to be. One thing that army made a point is like we haven't seen Mr Meow Meow with the shaved head.
Speaker 2:No, I know I've seen. I saw a picture, but I'm not sure if it's for real or if it's. You know, everybody's been doing those AI generated things. So I'm like I don't know if that was a real photo, but yeah he has not shown his shaved head. No At all, at all.
Speaker 1:I know that's what I was thinking and I'm like, wait a minute, we're missing, and we're missing sugar and where's Yungi? Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:But um and Hopi though he's looking like he's filling out the military's like putting some meat on him.
Speaker 1:Whatever he's at, he's beefing up yeah.
Speaker 2:Because for a minute I was like it wasn't in the group one with his uniform. I could tell it was him. But the next day, with JK and Jimin, I was like who's that? Because, also he wasn't in his uniform and he had the glasses on and I was like whoopee, you're looking a little beefy, like not heavy, no, just filled out. Yeah, like what is going on.
Speaker 1:He's not lanky because you know he's always been the lanky one, Right.
Speaker 2:So yeah, he's definitely like I said, by no means has he put on weight, but just he's. He's got some muscle, yeah, he's redistributing some of his flesh. But I was like whoa hobie, wow. Well, the same thing with Jin, yeah, but he still looks very much like himself, with hobie that filling out a little. Yeah, because we're so used to him being this little stick.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I was like wow, wow, mm-hmm Anyway.
Speaker 1:I wonder if remember that RM's been, you know, working out and doing all this stuff. I wonder if he just like, let me just start prepping myself before I go in there. You know, because he's doing all these workouts and whatnot, and he's like, yeah, I gotta get ready Because my hounds are telling me, you know, it's gonna be really tough when I get in there, which is true. You know that drills or it's. You know it's the military.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh yeah, no, they definitely have a routine. You gotta keep up. Mm-hmm, I wouldn't make it.
Speaker 1:Oh, me neither, girl Me neither, especially when you're like get up now 3 am. No, even depending.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it just depends.
Speaker 1:It's 2, 3 in the morning. On the rain, cold rain, put your boots on, put it in your senses, run 20 miles. Coffee and breakfast? No, what. What coffee oh that?
Speaker 2:BS.
Speaker 1:I'll be dead. I'll be dead. Oh my God. No, that's not for me.
Speaker 2:No, definitely not for me either, so you know but you know they'll be out soon.
Speaker 1:The year's gonna be over soon. You know. Yeah. This one's almost over. 2023 is almost over, 2024 is around the corner and then the guys are gonna come back on 2025, you know yeah they should all be out by June of 2025, except for Suga.
Speaker 2:Because of his type of service duty, he has to serve longer than 18 months, right, that's why he went in a little earlier than everybody else this year, yeah, but oh my. God Well. And what's crazy, though, is, like on all the billboard stuff you know, I've been seeing on Twitter like all of their stuff, even from 10 years ago, is now charting at number one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know, I'm looking at these old pictures of them when they were baby, when they debuted, and I'm like, why is this resurfacing? And I'm like, oh, army, army are like, oh, my God, we miss you. And they're like retweeting old stuff from them.
Speaker 2:I know it's been four days. They're like 2017, 2016.
Speaker 1:I'm like, wow, that's, that's. I'm like, yeah, remember those pictures. I'm like, wow, where are these people getting these from? You know, when you're a true fan, you will find it. You will find what you want, that is for sure.
Speaker 2:Definitely. But yeah, and you know what, I was back to our, our Spotify. Uh, wrapped stuff. Mine broke down Like my top Listenings were like K-pop, j-pop, yes, um let me see if I can find something I can't remember, but then they separated out Japanese boy bands as its own category.
Speaker 1:That's a funny. I did so that on mine that I was like what is this? No, I did.
Speaker 2:Oh, you did. Okay, let me see if I can find. And I was like now, why is that different from J-pop? Yeah, that is weird.
Speaker 1:The strangest. Unless they think that J-pop is everything you know male, female, whatever.
Speaker 2:So artist, I guess. Yeah, that could be you know, but that I just thought that was very odd, because they didn't do like K-pop boy band or right, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:So I'm like what?
Speaker 2:Their own category. And then I decided, just for fun, to listen to my, my personal DJ. Oh really, yeah, and he's like here's a band that keeps you going all the time. And it was out of she.
Speaker 1:Yeah, better.
Speaker 2:And my usual Thursday music started with Kai and you know, like it's just so funny. Okay, but then when it comes to my Western artists, like it's like well, here's killing joke vibe. And I'm like what exactly does that mean? So all my like post punk artists? Yeah, but he just called it the killing joke vibe.
Speaker 1:Let's see what happens for next year, because lately I've been listening to at work. I've been putting Spotify synth pop playlist.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, yep.
Speaker 1:And then I've been listening to other faves, you know, like uh yazu and uh you order, and you know, erasure popped up several times for me. Erasure to let's see the patch mode. I have it right here Since pop classic I put it as one of my favorites. So I put that at work because I, you know something to listen to and not to this.
Speaker 2:you know bother people, you know well, have you tried the DJ thing, your personal?
Speaker 1:DJ no, I have none, because I'm scared.
Speaker 2:It's actually it's. It's very interesting. Okay, very interesting Because, um, they actually play several artists that I don't necessarily listen to the whole album, you know, just singles come out here and there. They actually pick other songs from the artist. So, like some of the singles we've done, they've brought up multiple other songs from those artists for me.
Speaker 2:And then also he's like in this genre, you have people you listen to and they'll play one song by like one of my faves, and then it'll be four or five songs from newer groups that either I haven't heard of or I've heard of in passing but have not actually played. So it's, it's really kind of cool. And then you know the usual here's the vibe you had in 2016. Okay, so yeah, it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1:It's interesting. I'll try it out. I'll try it next time.
Speaker 2:Sometimes they miss, but for the most part it's all stuff I like listening to.
Speaker 1:Right, you want to be like wait a minute. This one is because I was in a mood, so the only that one time, okay, cool.
Speaker 2:But yeah, I don't know if maybe the Japanese boy band specific is because of, like Rishi Katoon. Now he say jump right, news West, no, no, no, not them. Travis Japan.
Speaker 1:West is not out yet. They're not on there, Travis Japan, so you know like groups that are very much Japanese boy bands. Okay, let's see. That's about it. That's about it. I can't find my DJ. I guess I'm, I don't know. Oh, I'll look at it for you later. I want. I was curious to see which songs are in there, Just to call my DJ yeah.
Speaker 2:Oh, it's just DJ. Oh, okay, DJ, I see it. Click on it and they start talking to you about what's what's going to play for you.
Speaker 1:I'm going to turn that down. I know I just click on it and just started talking.
Speaker 2:That's what he does? Yeah, that's it. So he he tells you I've got a selection of our here's what you were listening to, and then they play.
Speaker 1:Randomly put, it plays music. It's not gonna show you a List a playlist. Yeah, no, okay.
Speaker 2:I don't think so.
Speaker 1:The first one that is playing right now which I cannot. I cannot put it on. It's lucky star by Nisi you, which I play today. Oh, that's funny. It's it gonna be like randomly playing the stuff that I played on. Okay, asia, here we go Well it.
Speaker 2:It picked up things for me, like I said, like a racer killing joke, the cure, you know. So stuff I've listened to in the past. Okay, it sort of picks Random music from your, your whole listing, I guess, like. But, like I said, it also Picks things in the same genre as something else you listen to. Okay, so I have seen, I mean, there've been artists I'm like, who is that? I don't even know, it's in mainly in like my jazz and stuff, because I've got a few jazz things I listen to, yeah. So then I'm like, who is this? I've never played them in my life. Yeah, all right, I'll give it a I can't go.
Speaker 1:I can't go by this cuz now. I was playing August D, which I love well, it's probably yeah, it's this because it's the okay. Asia play Spotify is just okay. No, it's not. It's not my personal my personal somewhere else.
Speaker 2:So maybe it should check on my personal yeah, definitely, cuz it'll just grab from the past. However long you've had Spotify listening Nice, okay, like I said, it was like in 2016 you were listening to this. I'm like, whoa, okay, you going back in time. But yeah, that's, that's always fun. I like checking that out that is cool.
Speaker 1:Oh, speaking of platform listening platforms, so looks like title is doing some sweet. Yeah changing a lot of things. There's one person that Sarah and I follow and they have mentioned on their ex Twitter that they will no longer be working for the company and that actually they're being laying off a lot of people.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's weird like they're I don't know, so I don't know people are down or if they're sort of condensing, but they're Focusing in more on certain things, so they're letting other things go I know yeah, yeah, I only have Spotify as my main listening platform.
Speaker 1:I have tried Apple music to me for me. I don't find it user-friendly. So Spotify yeah. I never tried title because that means I have to pay for it to try it out. Well, I guess if they had a freebie you know free version I can probably just try it and see it is.
Speaker 2:But yeah, they might have a trial period.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I don't, can don't know how it is, and so I don't know how it works. But the funny thing is also that at the station somebody has titled to maybe to play music. Oh really yeah, but now with I really don't know what's going on with the company. We don't even know if, if it's no longer gonna be around. I mean, when they're laying off a lot of people and it's big names.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know that well. That's why I'm wondering if they're trying changing the direction they're going with things so they're letting go of people they don't feel are part of what they want to be doing.
Speaker 1:But you know this person, especially Especially this person who is big in the kpop industry, huge influencer in the kpop industry, and then being let go. That's interesting. It is it's, it's like I don't know. It feels like, oh, we have no use for you anymore.
Speaker 2:Well, that was you know, impression I got was that they were sort of given a brush off right Like blindsided by it and just yep, you're out.
Speaker 1:It's interesting because this person is so of course that is also just their side.
Speaker 2:You know, we only know their side of what's going on.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So it's hard to say but. But it was sort of the impression of like, just out of the blue, mm-hmm. Yeah, we don't, we don't need you anymore.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like we, we used to for something, and now the platform is gonna do something else. Mm-hmm. Yeah which is weird, yes, indeed, which which is sad. I mean this this person is very intelligent. They can almost do whatever they want there, yeah, but I mean they were so happy because they were with title, because they will Curate playlist. You know, that's something that we would love to do, you know, like somebody pay us to do a playlist.
Speaker 2:You know, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:That will be amazing. I'm trying to find that tweet that I send you, but in the DMs I know that's what I'm looking.
Speaker 2:I'm looking at. It's very easy. It should be easy to find right or have we DMed?
Speaker 1:We've been busy. Yeah, oh, we would like to say, um, we didn't talk about this. Now we have start. Oh, yes, start the entertainment.
Speaker 2:Yes, the to be named has picked a name. It's now start, though, like star. Oh, yeah, I thought it was all one word at first and that's like oh, but I mean it is also sort of a play on words and so, very interesting. Oh, yes, oh.
Speaker 1:Just they're saying oh no, not to Pices villains. Till 2025 baby, not to Whatever, but start, oh, start, oh, it's, you know. If you want to you know, I mean you started with the English would start, start to Imagine, start to create, start to I keep wanting to add something to the end of that, but I won't, okay, you know. Okay, so yes, our, oh, I did found the, the tweet from from this, this person, man, that just sucks. At the end of the year, you get to get laid off, oh well.
Speaker 2:Hello, that's what happened.
Speaker 1:They're happening to me, to you and a bunch of other people we worked with so so I just I should have your play back saying hey, welcome to the club. Only that is different industry.
Speaker 2:Actually, they usually also wait until after.
Speaker 1:Man, wow. So Should I read the tweet without mentioning the person, if you want to? Okay, so the post reads you might have heard after blocks, slash squares of layoff plans, my music and editorial teams and I were affected today and I'm no longer at title. It was so great adding Streaming distribution and new industry areas in my journalism and media world, very open to new opportunities. And he still speaks, saying I won't speak for anyone else, but please look out for me and my talented co-workers who were let go. I love how title began by taking pride in hiring true experts in their fields. I learned so much from all the genres and Country leads and can't wait to see what's next for them whole team let off.
Speaker 2:That's, yeah girl crazy. Well, like they say, let's see where it goes, see what comes of it, what happens I?
Speaker 1:Briefly met them at the shit show. Oh yeah, yes, that's where I met him. I met him there and, and you know it was a real quick because he was busy, he was waiting to queue, he was emceeing for the event I'm seeing, for the shit show. I Mean he comes from so many. I mean, his background is amazing. Yeah, he will pull, but I was just surprised about that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, definitely land on their feet. Everybody needs a change once in a row, right? Oh yeah, I'm shook me.
Speaker 1:So let's end it right there. Yeah, I think we. I think we covered the bases.
Speaker 2:Yes, we really wanted to just sort of do the the year-end wrap-up, which did actually include BTS all being in the military. That's quite an end to the year.
Speaker 1:Boom, your whole band gone Bye guys, see you soon you know, I mean we are gonna see them soon, you know. Yep, definitely All right, and I know army's like, oh, they're gonna be fine, something that they have to do mandatory.
Speaker 2:I Wouldn't make it, so I'm glad we don't have. Yes, I would fail miserably.
Speaker 1:Oh, yes, me too. So thank you everybody for listening to us and supporting us, and, just you know, sharing rating and reviewing, and yeah, share, share, share. Give us five stars, because we love consolation and we're only at four point nine.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're almost to the five.
Speaker 1:So thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you for doing the fives. Yeah, halfway there, almost almost, don't even halfway almost there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, point one off.
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