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Nostalgia, Moon Magic, and Musical Milestones: A Journey Through the World of Music Elixir
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Ready to explore the dynamic world of music with us? This week on Music Elixir, we kick off with a nostalgic fashion flashback to a Fishbone concert in Boston. We then shift gears to celebrate the thrilling news of 2NE1's global tour and our undying love for iconic girl groups like 2NE1 and f(x). Our conversation takes an unexpected lunar turn as we uncover the intriguing significance of the full moon, including some quirky trivia about the Buck Moon.
Next up, ORβIT, we dive into the aesthetic wonderland of Tomo's photoshoot, where a faux face tattoo sparked endless debate. Would it have looked better on his neck? We dissect the makeup magic of other members, such as Shunya's metallic marvel and Yugo's plushy accessories. We can't help but speculate on the thematic elements—ice, fire, and nature—that each member seems to embody, building our anticipation for the upcoming album and its tantalizing teaser photos. The excitement for this new release is absolutely electric!
As the episode wraps, we transport you back to the wild concerts of our youth, sharing tales of almost losing a shoe at a Sepultura show and reveling in the chaos of Madness and Fishbone gigs. We recall the unforgettable "shit show" concert featuring The Rose and A.C.E, all while looking ahead to exciting new releases like XG's "Something Ain't Right." Finally, we celebrate the achievements of artists like Ryosuke Yamada, who tops the ViViS adult category, and BTS's Jin who shines as the global ambassador for Maison Fred jewelry. Tune in to celebrate these musical milestones and more with us!
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Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of Music Elixir with me. Sarah, and Did you panic? I was just noticing your shirt. I almost wore the same t-shirt. I know you said that.
Speaker 2I'm wearing the Fishbone t-shirt from the last concert, when they came to Boston. We were there, that was awesome.
Speaker 1I looked at it, though, and was like, do I want it? But I was already wearing black pants. Yeah, I was like it'll be too much black. You know, I need a little splash of color. What?
Speaker 2kind of goth are you?
Speaker 1I know right.
Speaker 2What will matter to me. But I wore like, actually I wore blue pants, uh-huh yeah, they didn't you know when. Just you didn't want to wear black, black and I was like, oh, where are my blue pants?
Speaker 1well, like I said, sometimes, you know, it just seems like a bit much yeah, yeah yeah, instead I'm wearing mrs Smith's cat.
Speaker 2I like that. Yeah, I like that shirt. It's awesome Is that a baddie? No, that's a cat on the bottom.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, okay, it's a kitty. Okay, because it's Mrs Smith's cat, okay, it's the whole thing. So, anyways.
Speaker 2Laser rights and rambling. If so, laser rants and rambling, if you haven't noticed.
Speaker 1Well, even you know, sometimes, even when we talk about music, we rant and ramble before we get into it anyway. Yes, we do so, you know. Keep people guessing, right.
Speaker 2I know what's it gonna be today. So before we started the recording.
Speaker 2You saw some breaking news. I saw something that was like what, what? What? You're like, wow, what's going on? And I'm like I don't want to say anything because I want to talk about it. So there were rumors, something not well, yeah, I want to say rumors because nothing was set in stone. Nothing was set in stone. So back on May 17, yg was clarifying some things ahead with CL and they put in some meetup for 21 to get together for their 15th anniversary. So guess what they're doing it? Yg announces 21 return with global tour. Oh, really, yes, that's why I'm like what? Oh, wow.
Speaker 2World tour. Well, yeah, world tour.
Speaker 1But everybody always says like world tour global tour yeah, then we see the tour dates.
Speaker 2We're like that's not global. Yes, I know girl, global tour, yeah. Then we see the tour this. We're like that's not global. Yes, I know girl, but I'm just, that's just hope, oh my god. So on air this weekend I was like god, I miss, like you know, fx and 21, you know, because lately, and the most requested for my show, there's been other girl groups that I'm like, wow, cool, this is awesome.
Speaker 2People are actually, you know, supporting the females, you know, checking out yeah, and you know I was listening to, uh, some of the new, new girls out there and I was like this is really good, I'm really proud of them. You know, I'm really proud of you know these groups and kind of giving that punch, you know, because I miss girl groups with like personality. You know like 21 has personality, fx has personal.
Speaker 1You know like well, like dynamic and yeah and bold.
Speaker 2Unique kind of sounds exactly not so you know, I'm like I'm liking that there's some, some new girls out there. You know, like uh xg's one of them that I love, he's giving me those vibes and then, you know, so I kind of was running a medicine, oh, because uh dream catcher just dropped.
Speaker 2Oh really, yeah, put out a new maybe I want to say a week or so ago they drop a new single. So I was like, you know, they're kind of like that, not really that era, but new, little newer. So it was kind of happy, you know, I'm happy to see them act out again. You know, come back. So yeah, I was reminiscing about my, my girl groups, you know the 21 and fx, and you know, and now this hello universe yes, what's the universe?
Speaker 2listening it was. It is a full moon. Oh my gosh. Yeah it is, it is a full moon, it's so bright. My way over to the studio it was like no clouds but you couldn't even see stars. It was weird. It was so full and bright and I was like, wow, this is a very unique moon.
Speaker 1I wonder what it was this time, because you know, every round of full moon has like a name yeah like the strawberry moon, the pink moon, the we already had the strawberry moon.
Speaker 2No, no, I just mean like they have names.
Speaker 1So that's why I was wondering what this one, the wolf moon, was. You know, four months ago, whatever, I don't remember seeing the name for this one. I have them written down at work. I don't know why it work, but I have them at work on a specific calendar. Anyway depending what kind of moon it is, could explain what's going on too. Buck moon, buck moon.
Speaker 2All right, you just gave me a reminder of me. Buck tick, right, no, yep, like child. Anyways, from happy to sad cheese. So a buck moon, huh. So let's see Full moon in 1930. Native Americans tribe named the full moon in July as the buck moon because of the timing of it happening, which is early summer, when normally the new antlers of buck deers push out.
Speaker 1Oh interesting little bit of trivia.
Speaker 2That's why I thought I'm like there's some, you know, like something happening there with deer. You know, is it? Maybe there's more yeah more fawns, you know, or?
Speaker 1I don't know. Well, that's early spring. So this is now. They're maturing and all they're, ah, they're becoming of age. Yes, exactly growing the antlers so adolescents getting their horns?
Speaker 2there you go okay. So that makes sense.
Speaker 1Uh, a little trivia to go along with everything else. I like this, though. Now I just want to to go along with everything else I like this, though. Now I just want to know about the rest of them. You know well, I'm sure, like I said, the strawberry moon was it's the start of strawberry season, like the strawberries are at their height, because now we're sort of coming off of it yeah strawberries are not so good right, they're not, as, yeah, they get on the punky side.
Speaker 1Yeah, there's a reason for all of them and you know, and I don't know why it made me? Oh, because we were talking adolescence and and youth and stuff. Yeah, I was just thinking. I saw a picture the other day of timeless. You know, your, my boys, your boys, your, your children, yep, the three remaining children, and this picture cracked me up because they looked like three brothers standing there and you had, like, fuma was just wearing like a black t-shirt and slacks, but he had that puss, that face he always makes right, I was like so he's like the oldest, just angsty troublemaker, right, like he's not outwardly showing, but he's a troublemaker, yep, all right.
Speaker 1And then Shori was in the middle wearing like this sweater, letterman sweater and jeans and tennis shoes. Yeah, he looked like your perfect little like chess club kid, right, yeah. And then sews on the end with his bleached hair, these big baggy cargo pants, combat boots, looking like your rebellious youngster. I laughed my butt off because they look like they're from three different groups, I know, but the fact that they look like a set of brothers they're just each one's fitting a stereotype yeah it was the funniest thing.
Speaker 1I was like but so uh had the biggest smile on his face.
Speaker 2So I was like, so he's not that rebellious because when he smiles it's like his whole face is just smiling.
Speaker 1He's trying to be the goth. He's too cute, angry, whatever. I know Angsty, rebellious kid but he's just too sweet looking to pull it off.
Speaker 2He's too cute, so it was so funny I know, but it was the perfect family picture. I know it's like you go to his home Like it was the perfect family picture. I know it's like you go to me so like you say I want to be punk.
Speaker 1Do you want to go over there? Oh, you're so cute, Just rubbing his head.
Speaker 2Yeah, sure, You're so cute. Look at that hair. He's going to be like stop it. Oh, I know.
Speaker 1It was the funniest thing ever. So talking about the buck moon in the adolescent made me think of oh hey of timeless photos, photoshop.
Speaker 2Oh my god, I'm so. That's funny I don't.
Speaker 1Yeah, don't ask me to explain how my brain works and how it moves where it goes.
Speaker 2Yeah, because so something can surprise you, because he can do some pictures that you're like whoa, yeah, no, like who are you like? He can do some pictures that you're like whoa.
Speaker 1Yeah, no, like who. Are you Like he?
Speaker 2can turn it to like a complete different person in like seconds, then I'm like what I'm like what?
Speaker 1Yeah, because he's got he's got a very calm, you know sort of placid face. Yeah, that can look very serious and almost sort of sultry.
Speaker 2Yeah, right.
Speaker 1Well, I look very serious and almost sort of sultry. Yes, right, well, I don't you know he's well of course we we talk about everybody this way, anyway. So he's, yes, he can look very sultry, right, yeah, but then the minute he smiles he just looks like a little four-year-old kid that's like so happy about everything. He's just so. He just shines when he smiles. You know what I mean. And it and it makes him look 20 years younger boy.
Speaker 2He's precious. He's so precious.
Speaker 1I love him he is and then, like I said, you got fuma like no matter what. Even when he's smiling he looks subtle, like he is a rascal disdainful of you like you don't trust fuma, you can't trust him yeah it's. There's always something up mischief in his eyes that you're like.
Speaker 2He's plotting something yeah, he really is he is shorty's, like you know. Yeah, he he's. He's the guy who is like, leave me with my books, I'll be fine. You know it's very posh.
Speaker 1Yeah, he's very even toned. There's no extreme like the way so is, and you know he doesn't have that. Just look about him, that Fuma, and you know I love Fuma, but like that boy is just.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, he can give faces it ridiculous.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's ridiculous. So sure, it's just sort of like this middle of the road, yeah, which is great, which is great. Well, so it's.
Speaker 2Yeah, it's a perfect balance, you know, oh my god uh, oh, my God, too funny. So yeah, so congratulations 21. Let's see what's going on. So that's just. They just made that announcement an hour ago, so it's relatively new, this announcement. That's why I was freaking out.
Speaker 1All right, yes, and so people know it's Sunday, what July 21st? Today's July 21st that we're recording. Yes, by the time you hear this, it'll be a couple of days later, but still.
Speaker 2Oh, my god wait a minute.
Speaker 1It's still fairly new.
Speaker 2Breaking news. Okay, over there's July 22nd. Oh, yeah, yeah, but we heard it on July 21. They're 21. Oh, yeah, 21. Okay, universe, hello. Why are you trying to tell me, help me out here, am I going to see 21? Please make this possible for me. It's been years, 15 years, 15 years, because even back then, 15 years, these groups were not touring over here at all. No, you'd be lucky if you got something, because I like when they say world tour and it was only in Asia, and I'm like that's not a world tour, exactly, that's just crazy.
Speaker 1That's what I was saying when they used to do that.
Speaker 2Before we get our hopes up too much, let's wait until they announce exactly where. When they say world tour, it is a world tour.
Speaker 1Well, even like five years ago, they didn't mean it that wasn't what they meant.
Speaker 2I think they have realized. You know, I think around 2019, you know people were coming over here for more, for more. So congratulations to my girls. Oh my God, I'm so happy. So, yes, I got to give an eye on that girl. You know the tickets are going to sell out quickly. Gotta give an eye on that girl. You know the tickets are gonna sell out quickly. So here we go. Bottle of the tickets, yay here, let's switch gears.
Speaker 1Okay, orbit getting ready for their album release. Counting down, they got pre-release stuff and pre-photoshoot stuff. You know, teaser this, teaser that, yeah, it's taking too long.
Speaker 2They're killing us with this. Every time something comes out, I'm like drop it, drop it, drop it. You know. You know, like one of those dogs holding on to something they're not supposed to hold on. So I'm telling the company drop it. Drop it like come on, it's torturous, it is it is, it's been years, years. Have you seen your bully tomo this morning?
Group Discussion on New Album Concept
Speaker 2no, I was just saying hello and goodbye from their last live. You know he was really cutesy and whatnot, of course. What do you get? What do you think of his photo shoot with the tattoo on his face the, you know, the fake tattoo?
Speaker 1on his face. Well, I think everybody looks good, they're all looking good I didn't ask for everybody.
Speaker 2I said tomo, why?
Speaker 1are you?
Speaker 2averting. Why are you verting just talk?
Speaker 1you know how. I feel about Tomo come on.
Speaker 2I'm asking about Tomo.
Speaker 1Answer the question she looks good very good, but I asked what do you think of the tattoo? On his face. I'd have to look at the picture again. I haven't seen a picture excuse her, so he can. She can go see it let me gaze lovingly at the picture. How's that there?
Speaker 2you go tell the truth, like yugo looks so cute I know even. Oh, he looks like some sort of little he's so like ethereal, like I don't know, it's just, oh, he's so angelic he is.
Speaker 1Well it doesn't he have like little angel wings or something going on too he?
Speaker 2does, and also he's like wearing like gummy bears on his face or gummy candy, but I'm like yeah it's like I'm like, oh my god, does he cry, gummy?
Speaker 1bears he his face?
Speaker 2or gummy candy. But I'm like, I'm like, oh my God, does he cry Gummy bears? He's that sweet.
Speaker 1So Tomo, yeah, no, he looks like a bad boy Because of Tomo yeah, they put that tattoo on his face. And it's right down by his mouth, jawline.
Speaker 2Like his jawline yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, what exactly are those little? There are gummy bears. Yeah, and hearts and stars.
Speaker 2Yeah, they get them all like cutesy and sweet.
Speaker 1Well, because he is cutesy and sweet, I know they were probably like we can't put a tattoo on his face. No, it doesn't look right, everybody will be like what, but yeah, no, Tomo, that's Well, and look at his eyes, the way he's looking at you, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2Yeah, I like Shunya's makeup on this one. Yes, like, like I will wear them in one.
Speaker 1Well, in one of the pictures he also, like I said, he has that like sort of half mask thing going on his face.
Speaker 2I I love shunya's look.
Speaker 1I love that you know silver eye thing, whatever yeah, well, it makes him look sort of like he's part cyborg, you know know.
Speaker 2Yeah, and that lip shade Love.
Speaker 1Well, isn't that the shades? They were all the promo yeah.
Speaker 2I won't be able to get those lipsticks, no, but yeah. Oh, my God. You go with. So cute, it's so adorable. He's wearing a plushy necklace.
Speaker 1There we go.
Speaker 2There's a better shot of and he has the gummy on his face.
Speaker 1He's so sweet so I'm trying to like everybody has sort of a very specific look going right, everybody has like, uh, like they have their persona right, so it's Right, so it's very interesting.
Speaker 2I wouldn't do that thing on his cheek right here. I would have done something, maybe more with his eyes, but if they wanted to have that extravagant, tattoo.
Speaker 1They could have added a couple more to his neck. Leave that one there, but added a couple of other spots that might have worked too, in my opinion, I wouldn't put that on his face.
Speaker 2I would have put that on his neck and maybe do something else with the eyes. That would have had shape with that or at least make it more look like a beard. I don't know, I just don't like the placement on that thing. Of course he's stunning because he's giving face.
Speaker 1Yeah, I was going to say I'm like it doesn't matter where they put it, he looks fabulous.
Speaker 2But yeah, I think on his neck it's like, oh my God.
Speaker 1Yes, yeah, no, this is the anticipation Just waiting for this album to come out. I was like come on Juice.
Speaker 2makeup is quite simple. It looks very nice. He looks pretty. It's very simple. He hardly does anything on his face. They put more on Yugo. Yugo probably has more makeup. Oh, Yundong has the tears. It's just blue icy blue eyeshadow that looks nice yeah, I was gonna say it.
Speaker 1It looks like ice. Right, love the manicure yeah very interesting. I'm yeah, I'm looking forward to the whole, the whole picture, the whole release so from head show, remember that I said something about you know the neck. He has flowers coming out of his neck, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's like a band-aid with.
Speaker 2Yeah, there's a band-aid coming out of his, you know, flowers coming out of his hand and also with his neck. Wow is. Are each of the members an element?
Speaker 1well, that's what I was, because shunya seems to be sort of like, along with the, the metallic around his eyes, they had the sort of electricity and his solo shot there yeah so like yeah, is he lightning, you know? Right flowers and animal. I'm yeah, I mean, it's very ice fire, ice nature. I'm not sure what the metallic elf ears would be, or are they a fairy?
Speaker 2Fairies represent also.
Speaker 1Right, but it's the fact that it's like they didn't use like flesh toned extensions. It's definitely metal. Well, that's what all these you know upcoming teaser photos and stuff are going to be about, right? We'll get a little more explanation of everything as we go. We're just too impatient, we're like we want answers now, I know I just want it now, because actually you know, and if, if you look further down, like shunya's hands are burnt yeah like he's been throwing flames or electricity and stuff you know, so it's very interesting can't wait to check out more for this concept definitely yeah uh, young, yung omg.
Speaker 2He for me is so breathtaking and I was just like, wow, I. I think it had to be also because of the contact lenses. Ah, I just love that color.
Speaker 1Are those hair extensions?
Speaker 2Yeah, Then he has this like mullet thing. I'm not one with mullets, but he is totally like wearing it properly, like it just looks so good on him. His makeup concept is yeah, I can stare at him, just stare. He looks so beautiful, amazing, beautiful, amazing. Yeah, he's breathtaking from all of them.
Speaker 1He's so breathtaking yes, very otherworldly looking. Yes, like yugo just does look angelic and and pure and innocent. Yeah, looking this is, yeah, definitely more ethereal. Yeah, otherworldly look he does here we are just second guessing and appreciating everything.
Speaker 2Yep waiting for them to, like spoon, feed us the explanation yeah, wait, if earth knows what's going on, please let me know. What is the concept? Have they dropped you know any hints? Have they talked about it you know we'll like to know what exactly? Sarah's like what is that?
Speaker 1well, I'm I'm looking at tomo's and he's got you know like he's wrapped up like a mummy like a mummy but the things in front of them are like nails and screws embedded into wads of like bandages. Yeah, I'm confused, like you.
Speaker 2You will tell me what's going on. Like you see one and you're like, yeah, we kind of see something there, and then you, you go to another one. You're like what's going on, you know? So it's like I don't know, it's, it's, yeah, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to say, uh, but they go, uh. So the group has been busy. They have done some shows and, uh, I think they just finished a finish, a few in osaka, maybe a week or so ago. Um, but they're just, you know, doing mini concerts to other concerts, to just doing some shows and commercials. I think I think, oh, yeah, domino's Pizza is their sponsor right now. So congratulations to them. So they have like a major sponsor. That's awesome. And they're doing things here and there. So they're busy. I'm glad, I'm happy, happy, but I want the new music now. It's taking too long. This is probably like the. Is it the longest? I don't know?
Speaker 2I maybe because we have been, we have been waiting yeah but I'm sure there's probably other groups that are kind of like that. So I mean I shouldn't be complaining too much, but I'm still gonna complain anyways so that's uh, what's going on with them?
Speaker 2also, there was one news that we uh, actually, we found out last week. I found out last week when sarah and I we were together and then when she got home, I'm like oh, sarah, you need to know. Did you hear it about this? It was, uh, on an ig live, instagram live one okay, rocks taka mentioned that he has a panic disorder. So he was just letting fans know that this is something very new to him. He is working on it, I think. Also, I just roughly seen from translation saying that he had a show in. They were in Japan. The band was already in the venue.
Speaker 2Taka, he was saying 20 minutes just to move from where he was at, to get into the train to go to the concert because he was having a panic attack. So it was him. He said they feel, he said he felt bad for his manager and people who were there because he didn't want any help. He just, you know, he said I am. He apologized to fans that actually went over to his aid and he's just like showing everybody away, like get you know, I don't think he was rude or not, but he was apologizing because he was just telling people to go away to. You know, don't come near him. And uh, yeah, he was. He was like I was there with my manager, my luggage around me and just having this attack, and it took me 20 minutes to get in up into the train wow, you wouldn't know.
Speaker 1You know because we've seen them a few times, yeah, and like you. Just, you wouldn't know, and that's the problem with things like that, especially when someone's a major star, exactly a huge rock star like him, you know, like you'd be like, oh, he must thrive on that and the crowd and all that and exactly wow yeah, so that I was very surprised. When you sent that, I was like oh my god, you know you just you, you would not know it.
Speaker 1Kudos to him, though, for like coming out and saying hey you, this is what's going on with me. I'm human too. I'm a person too.
Speaker 2Yeah, he's like I have this disorder that I am learning about. I want everybody to be, you know, patient with me, because I'm going through this that I don't know I had, or now I'm learning about, know I, you and I had, or now I'm learning about. So he's like, with every, with, with your help and everybody's help, please help me understand what I have. So I'm like oh man, we understand. Taka, we have gone through those. You know you'll get better, definitely. And then, with that announcement, take time, I know so. Then, after I saw, a week or so after that, they dropped a new, the new song, dissolution, all which is powerful song, powerful, powerful song. He's still gonna continue. You know he's working on his things.
Speaker 2They're gonna be doing a world tour, yeah, of course they're not coming near us, but that's okay but, they're going to canada well wait, a world tour and they're not coming near us la oh, this is the one like one date in at one date in the us, one date in canada one. It's like that, yeah, they're not doing more stops, and I'm so I'm thinking, oh, my whole family. Now I know why they just did that, maybe because of Taka, so to make it easier for him.
Speaker 1Right To sort of reacclimatize to the whole process Now, knowing why he had times of just absolute crippling fear or anxiety about going out and doing stuff, because I'm sure there were probably multiple times where they were somewhere and he was just like I can't move, I can't get up. You know, right, like it didn't just happen overnight, so I can't even imagine, like I said, you're so used to seeing your idols up there doing this and it's you're like they must love it, right, you have this interaction with the fans and it must be so thrilling and exhilarating and they must love it, or else why would they be?
Speaker 2doing it if they didn't?
Speaker 1it if they didn't, you know, and it's just sort of like with any art, any type of media, you are creative and you need to express yourself, but it doesn't always mean you want people to be in your face and like I love your work I love your art, I love your photography, I love your music you know what I? Mean you need to release, however, you need to music, photography, painting, but like, yeah, everybody who appreciates your art doesn't always realize you're just a human.
Speaker 2Yes, oh wow so you know it. So it makes sense. Now, the tour, that the world tour, that is like one date on each country or some, not each country, but like you know each continent exactly, and it's like you know that. That just makes sense. So, yeah, you know, we're here for you, daka definitely.
Speaker 1Oh, I was gonna say on instagram. Yeah, official astro has been talking about yun san ha is putting out first mini album, dus Dusk. So this is, you know, new since losing Moonbin.
Music Memories and New Ventures
Speaker 1That was last April, a little over a year ago. So this is exciting news. Yes, things are starting to come around again for Astro. Yes, even if it's just little solo projects. Hey, that's awesome, so that'll be good. Yes, we got to see Astro, we did so. That was awesome. It's awesome, so that'll be good. Yes, we got to see Astro, we did so. That was awesome. It's funny. Every once in a while I'm reading news about groups that we haven't heard from in a while, or you know, like just I'll stop and go, wait a minute. I did see that, like when we were talking about ATs and we were like so bummed out because they're sold out everywhere and I was like, but duh, I did get to see them, we got to see them. Yes, like it's. You know because sort of the way I've been checking off this imaginary, invisible bucket list of musicians from our youth. You know all the 80s synth music and stuff that yeah, that they're listening to and you know we were.
Speaker 1We were both too young. I don't know, your mom might have let you go to the show, but like I couldn't go to the concerts of these groups whose music I was listening to right. So now, all right, you know, half the band maybe is not there anymore, yeah, like breakups.
Speaker 1Unfortunately members passing, you know, but like I'm still, like I don't care, it's this group and I never got to see them when I was younger and they're touring now I'm going so so it's the same thing with all of these Asian artists that, yeah, that we've grown to appreciate, and you know, love over the years. I'm like, oh, I love their music. I want to see that, you know, and I'm like I did see that. What am I talking about?
Speaker 2we get in that temporary amnesia remember we talked about that.
Speaker 1Yes, yeah, we go to concerts and they were like did that happen?
Speaker 2did they play my song? Because of all these people like I cannot record the show because I'm just not gonna remember tomorrow. And I were like did that happen? Did they play my song? Because of all these people like I gotta record the show because I'm just not gonna remember tomorrow. And I'm like what? But it's because of the whole anxiety and the excitement and we like the anticipation, and you're just like the energy of the crowd. Yeah. Oh, my God so like you start remembering now and I'm like, oh, I remember now.
Speaker 1Well, the funny thing With Fishbone, yeah, I had actually, I have seen Fishbone before. Oh, really, yes, at school, in college, oh my God, they played the free concert at UMass.
Speaker 2No way, yeah, that's awesome. So I did get to see them, oh my God, but like I'd forgotten you know, because whatever the college days were, oh yeah. College days are always a blur Lady. Oh yeah, color stays are always a blur lady. Those are a blur like I don't, okay. So I told you about my sepultura concert, almost losing a shoe.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, I remember seeing them in a dinky dye bar in west palm beach, florida, so small, so you know, the mush is not, I mean, yes, awful much, but I but I was there. It was closer than just what happened to miami anyway.
Speaker 1So yeah, it's like I have seen them, but but it was exciting because they were with madness, who I'd never gotten to see. Oh my god girl.
Speaker 2That was like that was the ultimate show it was. It was awesome.
Speaker 1Madness and fishbone that was just awesome and no matter what that lady poo-pooing if we didn't go. Oh my god, yeah, bands, because you know, I mean even some of the groups look at timeless. Yeah, one of the members left this. This happens, it happens. It doesn't change your appreciation for the music and if you're like us, you love live shows, you know what? So not all the members are there. That's true livelihood. I'm still gonna go and support this group. These guys worked just as hard as any other member of the group.
Speaker 1Exactly, you know the specials, oh my god I'd seen them a dozen times without terry hall. So when we went that last show that he was sorry people were to ransom ramblings, we're going off top of here, like. That was so exciting for me because I was like, finally they're like and it wasn't the whole group because, right, you know, a couple of members again unfortunately had passed away, but I was like he was one of the core right people so I got to see all of them at one time, just not as a whole group but right. So again with astro here I was like, oh, that's so cool. You know, I never got to, I did get to see them. Dumbass, it was the shit show.
Speaker 2We saw them at the shit show. At the shit show. Oh my God. Yes, I feel so bad, but I was so happy to see them.
Speaker 1Right, well, all the artists, all the music was great. It was just the organization.
Speaker 2That was crazy.
Speaker 1It was, yeah, organization, that was crazy. It was, yeah, insane how that whole thing went down. Yeah, but the music was awesome and I've, I've, I was looking through my photos I'm like, oh, hey that was the first time we saw the rose as well. You know, yeah, the rose um ace. I mean, I was like, oh my god, like I was looking at the photos yeah, that I was finally like oh wait, I've seen a lot more than I thought I had.
Speaker 1Oh my god, you're funny, but come on, it's like so anyways like I said, dusk, it's coming soon, so that's more, more new music to look forward to. Yeah, something we'll have to talk about.
Speaker 2Yes, yes yes, now we're talking about new music. Xg is gonna be releasing a new single on july 26 called something ain't right, so I can't wait.
Speaker 1The girls you know it's like cyborg, talk about cyborgs.
Speaker 2No, she's got the cyborg looking things that they got on.
Speaker 1Okay, yeah well, I was gonna say, because they have. I saw two different like teaser things for them, yeah, and one was like. I was like it's super cutesy poppy sounding, yeah. But then the other one, I was like, oh, this is like the heavy, like hard-hitting, yeah music we want to hear from, yeah, like woke up. Like woke up, yeah, exactly, although it seems even heavier than woke up. I mean, unfortunately, with teasers you only get like that of course the the fat sound 10 seconds of, yeah, you can't always tell where it's going, but exactly.
Speaker 1But it seems sort of like woke up with a little more anger behind it yay, I can't wait to see.
Speaker 2This is gonna be awesome. Yep, I'm gonna play the out of it let's see out of it yes, the core out of it, I don't know.
Speaker 2So, now that we were talking about my children, timeless they're long gone, not long gone, but they're um. Their brother, kento nakajima, our dear kenty, my dear son kenty, he is actually gonna be starring on a new drama and he is launching a music project called hito goto. I can't wait to see this. Hopefully I I'm, you know, I hope that this is gonna be on a netflix series that we can see it, you know. So, uh, we'll see about that. If I can. No, it's gonna be on tokyo tv of course we don't get nothing.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, no, we do get some stuff, but oh, they pick and choose for sure when they give us content.
Speaker 2So speaking of that company, I heard that mr jesse announces launch of his own company yeah, he did, and I think this is sort of becoming a trend now.
Speaker 1Is everybody's like I'm sort of going independent even though I'm still with my group?
Speaker 2yeah, I found a translated blur. Oh, he wrote on Instagram, so he wrote on instagram hello everyone. Um, I'm excited to share that I have started my own company, uh zdn inc. I'm thinking sudan, which because he likes to say that I think there's a song. Anyways, while I'll continue focusing on group activities, I'm also looking forward to exploring new fields and sharing lots of fun experience with everyone. To all my fans and everyone involved, thank you for your continuous support. For inquiries about stones groups activities, please contact start to entertainment.
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Speaker 1So so he's going sort of independent, then yeah, he's going rogue I always saw it on his, on him.
Speaker 2I always saw that. I just you know, when you, when they put their things out on youtube, everything's pink and nice and whatever, and somewhere in the middle somebody starts like giving you that face of like I'm getting tired of this, and he was giving me that.
Speaker 2He's that face, he was giving that face he's like I'm getting tired of the same, I need to expand my wings, I need to do something different. So you know, kudos to you. You know that's why you are in the industry. You want to, you know, explore what you can do as an artist, you know as an entertainer and you know him, he's always doing something different. I mean on his acting as well Pretty versatile when it comes to that, and so, hey, congratulations.
Speaker 2Let's see, I'm sure you know when he's doing stuff with stones he'll be actually you know, hey, stones is doing blah blah yeah, of course, yeah, he'll.
Speaker 1Well, yeah, it would make sense because you know, part of promoting himself is he is still part of stones, of course anyways.
Speaker 2remember when we did the vvs categories last year, oh yeah, so it's here, it's here. I was like, oh my god, I gotta tell sarah, sarah about this. So I went and found some. So they have the new category and the adult category. For the naturally the now division or now category, yusei Yagi from Fantastics, from XL Tribe, it's number one. Number two is Riko Hagiwara. Then we have on number three, taga Kiyomoto of Stones From Naniwadanshi. We have Shunsuke Michieda. Oh my god, shunsuke. He is so cute. He's growing to be a very handsome young man. But now for that. I wanted to leave this one for last, the adult category. But I'm going to start from number five to number one.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 2So number five Sky High.
Speaker 1Oh really.
Speaker 2Mm-hmm, I know I'm being pleased. He should have been there. So he's number five. Uh, number four, we have mamia shotaro, me, I think he's an actor I don't know, on number. Okay, that shotaro was number four and number three. We have shut the what theabe, a snowman, who was number one last time.
Speaker 1Yeah, I was going to say I saw his picture in their little, you know the BB thing, yeah. So I was like what did he get? What did he get?
Speaker 2Right, a number two Kenty. Oh really, I know Kenta Nakajima is number two and a number one drum. I know Number two and then number one Drum roll, please, yusuke Yamada. Finally, because you said something. You're like what Number five? I'm like somebody heard Sarah somewhere Made us think what did you do? Did you start threatening Vivi? No, did you went?
Speaker 1over to the headquarters and be like.
Speaker 2Yamada's gotta be number one.
Speaker 1What is this number five?
Speaker 2How dare you so? Mr Yam Yam is number one five.
Speaker 1How dare you? Well, I mean, he's been looking awesome all year. He's been doing on on covers looking amazing. He's been he's been on covers of all kinds of magazines looking amazing. He's been doing his dramas looking amazing.
Speaker 2Oh my God, I was just so happy.
Speaker 1Fuma agrees with me. I'm sure he's happy too, Of course.
Speaker 2Fuma? Yeah, of course Fuma-kun has his thing with Yamada.
Speaker 1Everybody has a thing with Yamada Genta from Travis Japan.
Speaker 2He's like I'm coming to Stardew because of Yamada. I want to be where that guy is at. Wow, Like you said, he got swooned by him.
Speaker 1Well, everybody, I mean he's got this power and he knows it.
Speaker 2at you, he has this power oh my goodness, every time, every time I talk about yamara oh my god, I can't help it.
Speaker 1I get like that, though you know. Talk about tomo. I get like that, I get all flustered. Talk about my boyfriend Jin.
Speaker 2I get flustered.
Speaker 1Oh, the Olympics, Yep. That's why I said he looks so happy.
Speaker 2I like his face. It's like, yeah, he looks so excited, his face so precious he's so precious.
Speaker 1He didn so precious. He's so precious. He didn't age. He didn't age. No, he's been gone for a year and a half. He looks exactly the same His hair's shorter. That's it, that's it. Exactly Well, and he's also he's the global ambassador for Maison Fred jewelry. Yeah, did you see that W Kudrya spread? Yeah.
Speaker 2He looked great. There's some pictures.
Speaker 1I'm like, wow, look at you, he has a skirt on in one of them. He looks great. Or the half skirt thing, you know, similar to what J-Hope wore a couple years ago for the fashion week. It's like the half skirt, half pants thing going on. But he looked great and like some of the pictures he looks all cute and cuddly. And then some of you are like whoo broke out in a sweat looking at that. Hot flashes.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Hot flashes coming through. But yeah, no for olympic thing. He just looked like beaming. He was so happy he was yeah, he was long, so cute, yep, so you know we wondered, like there was this brief time where, where there was you know silence from him when he got back and it's just because he was off shooting shows. He, he was off doing his you know photo shoots for Maison Fred and you know magazine spreads and then getting ready to fly over to Paris to carry the Olympic torch. So just awesome, so happy for him.
Speaker 2He looks he's like just living his best life, you know he's like let me live it up right now, before everybody else come back before I have to share the limelight before everybody comes back from the military. Well, you know he's like.
Speaker 1He's like. He went in and everybody had their time.
Speaker 2Now it's his and he's enjoying it. Love me, love me, give me hugs. Oh my God, oh, he's so cute. Oh, june, congratulations, that was pretty cool. I was like, oh my God, no way, yeah, that's awesome. That's awesome, just to say that. You know, if you have children, it's like I actually run and was holding the torch olympic torch. You know, that's so awesome it is geez, oh man.
Speaker 1And then, uh, despite being in the military, everybody else is still doing stuff. We got jimmin's album coming out soon, that's right, and he apparently pre-recorded some stuff for the jimmy fallon show. I was I saw really there's gonna be. I saw an announcement what jimin to perform on jimmy fallon. I'm like what the how? So apparently while he was doing this album he pre-recorded some content that jimmy fallon's gonna what? Because you know he loves bts, so yeah, he was.
Speaker 2He gets like exclusive exclusive content so he got lucky. Wow, yeah, because what you might call it, they, they burn. No, not burn, but barry, what you mightacallit?
Speaker 1I forgot his name cordon, yeah, yeah, I was like even I like I bury him.
Speaker 2I bury him too I like.
Speaker 1Who the heck is that? Well, you were saying I was like corbin. No, no, that's not right no, yes, james cordon yeah, definitely he. He burnt that bridge, yeah, and jimmy built one, oh yeah.
Speaker 2Come to me, leave that guy.
Speaker 1Like I said, these guys. They planned out a whole year and a half's worth of stuff for everybody. So even though Jin is back, everybody else has still got stuff going on. Who's next It'll be?
Speaker 2I'm waiting for RM to do his solo tour. Oh, my God, it'll be. I'm waiting for um rm to do his solo tour.
Speaker 1Oh my god. Well, I, you know, I I thought about that because I was, like you know, aside from sugar, august d rm had enough of a a catalog to to be able to tour.
Speaker 1Yeah, he could have done a world tour too and I think that things sort of you know the the whole enlistment thing, sort of he was gonna go and then he didn't go because he wanted to do something else, like he was originally supposed to go earlier and I think because he wanted to finish up the project latest album you know and and get all that. But then he sort of was running out of time, he had to enlist, right, I don't know if he I was like he could have done. He could have done a whole concert series oh, yeah, he did.
Speaker 1He did a few shows in korea. He did a couple of things where he came over in the us. He did um, that museum sort of. He sang a couple songs in the gardens and in the inside interior of the museum down in New York and I think he was sort of hesitant, I think he didn't think he could pull off, whereas he totally could. I think a lot of it had to do with him himself not being sure he had enough to support a full concert After this last album.
Speaker 1He did, did, but he ran out of time because I think once they all come back, I don't know if they'll really stay as focused on solo stuff. I think they'll incorporate it more into what they do as a group. It's hard to say because when you see all of the, the snippets of, you know, in interviews and stuff they did prior to going in, right, they were all already talking about when we're back together, because at that point Jin had already been gone, you know, eight, nine months, and they were like, oh no, right, we miss our young, we want to be back together working.
Speaker 1You know we miss our young. We want to be back together, working, you know, and despite Suga's solo concert, every time he was talking to someone on his drinking show he was like when we're all back together and performing, he's like I'm done with solo stuff.
Speaker 2I got it out of my system, I'm done. Now let's get together BTS, because, yeah, all the work, all the work, all the work is crazy.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2You know when he did the snippets on. You know videos of him, his video diary in the studio, the one that he's causing and punching the couch like frustrated, frustrated. And I'm like you wanted this. This is what you wanted take it yep so, yeah, that's why all of us, all of us, need some collab.
Speaker 1I can't do this well, I was gonna say because even you know, even if he's doing a lot of the work producing and, yeah, and organizing stuff, at least when you're sharing the burden with everybody else it's a little easier. He definitely enjoys that working as a group. He likes doing his thing, but he needs to know he's got other people to lay stuff on. Share this burden with me, exactly exactly.
Speaker 2We're all going under together, see how miserable I am. Feel my pain I will share that with you. That is funny, it is, it's funny. Oh, oh, oh, oh, wait, wait, wait till this comes up. Omg what. The ultimate Japanese music concert we are let's Get the Party Starto is coming to Netflix on August 23rd.
Speaker 1Ooh, ooh yes girl yes, so we will get to see it Exactly. We didn't get to see it Exactly.
Speaker 2We didn't get to go, but we but also featuring not only the full Osaka showcase but exclusive behind the scene features. So, like you know, shenanigans that were going backstage- we're going to be seeing that too. Oh, wow, be awesome.
Speaker 1Oh, my god our neps like yeah, because all we got to see were like pictures of everybody standing together being like, yeah, they're doing their thing, you know, whatever, and it's like netflix.
Speaker 2They never streamed it overseas, so that was one thing that we were hoping for.
Speaker 1That never happened well, probably maybe because they were planning on releasing it for a netflix special. How long are they gonna like do it over the course of several weeks in episodes, kind of thing or no?
Speaker 2is it gonna just sort of be coming to august 23rd? So I guess it's just like the whole thing interesting.
Speaker 1Hey, either way, I know we got netflix, so yes, we'll be able to I'll be looking for that.
Speaker 2Yes, oh, my goodness, thank you, start to. Oh, my god, this is amazing well, that'll be cool.
Speaker 1That's something we we can watch and talk about.
Speaker 2I know we should.
Speaker 1Because we were so looking forward to seeing what was going on with all this. I know That'll be awesome.
Speaker 2Oh my God, I'm so happy. Yay, yay, oh my God.
Speaker 1All right, I think we got to stop. We're starting to share a brain cell, and that's. We are tweezies and we only got the one.
Speaker 2We are tweezies. We are tweezies. Hello, you were going to wear that fishbone I know T-shirt, which would be funny. We're Pisces. Why are you wearing the fishbone t-shirt, which would be funny, we're.
Speaker 1Pisces why you didn't wear the fishbone. I already gave you my reasons and you called me a bad goth.
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Speaker 2I mean, yeah, yeah, I learned some things here and there, but do not talk like us, because people are gonna be like crazy people what's wrong with them? Why are they talking about? They're always saying omg and cray, cray and delulu, what, where are they from? And now no, wicca, wicca, wicca wicca, wicca.
Speaker 1You know I was gonna go wicca, wicca, wicca, wicca, wicca.
Speaker 2You know where I was going to go? Wicca Pisa.
Speaker 1So that's where I was. I got stuck. That's our thing. I was in the land of Wicca Pisa yesterday, oh no, so I was in the heart of Wicca Pisa town, oh no Concert show.
Speaker 2Visiting a friend? Okay, cool, okay, cool. Anyways, next show is gonna be I am coming up in august. Yes, I know, exciting. Okay, all right, until next time, bye, bye.