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Thoughts and Rambles: Is Lala Surviving the K-pop Madness? · I Was Thinking…

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Hello, everybody. Beautiful people around the
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world. It's your host Simone, and this
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is Lala. And welcome back to I Was
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Thinking We Are Here. Going to be honest, I'm trying
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to be as open and transparent for some reason as I get older.
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Basically we had planned to do a review of something.
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I have not been in the best headspace.
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However I still want to give y'all content.
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And by y'all I mean like our one listener Nevaeh, as well as
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making sure we're still keeping consistency.
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So here we are. We are just going to do a ramble
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episode until I feel slightly better, you know?
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Yeah, there's there's enough stuff going on.
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Yeah, a lot of stuff that we could going on give our
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thoughts. Not too politically though.
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Not too. No, we're DML.
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We're not touching that at all. No, not at all.
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I'm sorry. Y'all can go somewhere else for
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that. It's just I don't like to talk
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about things I'm not educated enough on on because there's a
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lot going on, a lot misinformation.
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I'm kind of getting tired of social media when it comes to
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that stuff. But again, we're just, it's
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fine, it's fine. We are just taking it one day at
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a time. How are you?
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La La? I'm pretty good.
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Pretty good. Nothing crazy going on besides
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work, work, work and school and that's it.
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The weather's starting to get nicer though, so it's like
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beautiful out today, so I'm kind of happy for that.
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That's good. It's getting very hot here, so I
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feel like I'm going to go outside and die.
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It's starting to get up to 90°, and apparently we've been going
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through a drought, but it has been raining slightly, but it
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hasn't been enough rain, you know.
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OK. Yeah.
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So hopefully you guys get like, at least a good, decent rain,
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hopefully in there that can help.
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Yes. Yes.
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So how I'm doing, besides what I just said earlier, just working,
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you know, I got to get better at finding things to do outside of
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work besides just this, actually go outside.
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No detrimental from working from home since I was already one of
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those people who didn't really leave my house except to go to
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work. Starting to affect me about two
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years later. Have I been working from home
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for almost 2 years now? Yeah, I think so.
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So other than that, also, by the time we put this episode out,
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when we plan to put this episode out, it'll be the day after my
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birthday. So, yeah, the day before it'll
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be my birthday and I will be turning 28.
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By the time you're listening to this, I'm already 28 years old.
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Happy birthday. Yay to another year.
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Yeah. Getting old.
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Yeah. It's kind of been going into my
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spiral for the week. Again, part of the honesty
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thing. It's just, you know, and I do
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this at the end of the year too, for some reason, just assessing
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my life when no one has asked me to and see where I am and just
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be like, well, this is where I'm at.
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Not really happy about it. And then like, I go into a
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crisis of, you know, think about everything else that's happening
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in the world and I should be grateful.
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And then at the same time, it's just, it's a weird place to be
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in right now. And like, think about all the
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things we were taught about, like careers and like life goals
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of where you should be at a certain age.
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And it's like none of this shit matters.
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That's like the earth signs in us, though, to be completely
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honest. Is it?
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Yes. Yes.
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So you can blame it on your Zodiac for that.
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Because I go through those crisis.
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I just don't. I try not to let it get to me as
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much. And I'm going to be frankly
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honest, like, as you get older, it's a lot easier.
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Hope so. I hope when I get out of my 20s,
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it'll get a lot easier. We'll just see.
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Yeah, because I had a lot of like this is all I did.
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This is all I did in this, you know, one year or whatever.
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And it's just it's it gets hard after a certain point,
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especially like with everything that go that goes on with the
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world. Obviously we had COVID and I
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feel like that was such a big hit for a lot of us.
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I'll never forget covert year. I feel like that's when it
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started going downhill. I've told you many of times,
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like 2020, on my actual birthday was the day I was supposed to
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see BTS in Orlando for the first time on my actual birthday.
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And what was I doing? Did he get a house like everyone
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else? Praying I don't get sick.
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Yeah. And praying for the people that
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were sick or lost loved ones because of COVID.
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And then, you know, now we're witnessing genocide and probably
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wars and more sickness. You know what, I should probably
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listen. Do you?
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I told you all, it's been a week, OK, I know in a week I am
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trying the spiral spiraling. It's fine.
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I'm surprised I haven't started Sutter yet.
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But yes, yay for 28th. My birthday's on the middle of
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the week. I took the day off 'cause I'm
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like, after when I turned 19 and I worked in a retail store and
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someone made me cry, I was like, I'm never working on my birthday
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again. So I always at least take the
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day off. I don't have anything planned
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and my dad will be home. So I suggested if it's still in
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the movie theaters, maybe we'll go see Sinners.
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Except for nothing but good things about it.
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And probably like a lunch or dinner, depending what time.
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And that's it. And a cake because I want a
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cake. 13th, 14th, 14th, the 14th, the 14th on a Wednesday.
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Literally the I'm like, yeah, I'm like here doing the count in
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my head of like what date? Because yeah, sorry, my
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calendars that I have on my desk are from the month prior because
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I'm still closing the month in accounting.
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So OK, yes. So May 14th, which is yeah, I
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which I figured oddly, when I actually was born, it was on a
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Wednesday. So, yeah, fun fact, no one asks
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for or care about Pirangal, OK. It'll be a good year.
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It'll be a good day. Yeah.
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I mean, it'll be a good year despite everything.
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It'll pass once, once the age hits.
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I'm. I'm sure it'll just pass.
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And I'll just scope out my day. Yeah, that's me.
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At least on the good part. You have been able to go to more
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concerts than you've ever been this year, which is a wild
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positive. And on top of that, you got VIP
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for Gin twice. OK, well, I didn't announce that
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yet, but yes, I had said last time I recorded with Gina and
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nay. Thanks again, guys.
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If you're listening, I hope you're listening for joining me
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so we can talk about seeing Hobie.
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I think in the episode I said I would do APSA if we got tickets
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for Gin because ticketing hadn't happened yet.
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And I did it, but I put it in the concerts.
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We all got tickets. But yes, thanks to Lala and her
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skills, she was able to help me buy a ticket and get me VIP.
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And then Gina is just like the ticketing God's favorite, so she
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also got VIP for me. And she's bringing her daughter
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Emma. So like you said, I'm going
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twice again, just crazy. Was not expecting that at all.
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Because you got VIP birthdays for Hobie, right?
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I mean, it's different though, because this time we actually
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bought VIP during actual ticketing the last time.
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The second time we got lucky. Listen, at the end of the day,
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it was still VIPI mean, like you basically are going to four
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concerts with VIP. Like, that's awesome.
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And yes, I know you you don't separate them, you count them as
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one because it's for the same artist.
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But listen, you're going multiple days, so I mean, I just
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never thought to separate it like you did, 'cause if I was
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going to do it in my logic, it'd technically be 3 concerts,
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'cause we're going to a TS too. But I don't have VIP for that.
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I don't even. I don't think you were aiming
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for VIP for a TS, were you? No, I just wanted a ticket.
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OK. Yeah, yeah, that was the same.
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Their VIP was expensive. I'm sorry.
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As soon as I saw those prices, I was like, yeah, yeah, no, I
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think I'm good because again, I'm taking my wife to a TS.
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So like I'm paying for both tickets, like, you know, and
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your venue is bigger than mine, so it makes sense why your
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ticket was more is mine is just an arena.
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Yours is like a baseball stadium.
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But still, yeah, it's huge. I'm still a little concerned
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because, like, I didn't get bad seats for a TS, but I'm still a
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little concerned of like how far the stage is going to be because
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it's the field. Basically.
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It'll be the first concert that I'm going to that it's at
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Wrigley, So that'll be interesting.
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I've only ever been to Wrigley for baseball games.
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I don't know what yours look like, but when I went to Texas,
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it wasn't that bad because, I mean, we were pretty high up and
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not that high up. I think they did a pretty good
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job of making the stage big and the screens big enough, so I'm
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sure we'll do that for Wrigley, too.
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I think so, yeah. You shouldn't have a problem
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with that. It'd be a problem if you're
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like, Nosebleed. Yeah, which which I was aiming
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not to get. So the wife is actually, she saw
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the the seats that I got and she's like, we've never been
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this close to the field coming to a baseball game.
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I was like, yeah, because these are like seasonal passes, seats
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that we got like, no, we don't get seasonal passes.
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So yeah, we're kind of we're excited for that.
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And it was funny because I was actually thinking of taking my
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best friend and I I asked the wife.
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I was like, so are you really wanting to go to this 80s or
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like, because I could always take stuff And she just looks me
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deadpan and she's like, I want to go.
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I was like, OK, OK, I know what we're getting into.
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She does it. So didn't she?
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I mean, didn't you take her to go see Yungi or was that your
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best friend? No, that was Yungi.
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Yeah, I took her to go see Yungi.
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But Yungi compared to a TS on how they are and they perform.
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Oh, are you talking about like the sluttiness?
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Like, yes, OK, yes, just say it. Yeah, Yeah, OK.
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That makes sense, though. At least you didn't take it or
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go see Hobie because I don't know what the hell is wrong with
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Hobie right now. And these clips I'm seeing in
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Asia and it's getting worse. Sir, please, I don't know.
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I don't know. That's just he's just acting a
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fool and acting wild. Yeah, he it's really fun seeing
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him though. It is.
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So before we continue talking about Hobie, because there's
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something that came up about him going back to a TS.
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Did you see? I think Maya had shared it, but
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I've been seeing it online too, because a TS is coming out with
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like a movie concert of their tour last year that I saw.
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And I guess at the end of the credits they tease music for
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their upcoming album. It's Golden Hour Part 3,
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correct? You excited?
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I am excited and I love the beat that came out with it.
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I was like, oh, oh, so this is where we're going.
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Like, OK, just, you know, throw more stuff at me.
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As it is. 17 will also be coming, having a comeback at the
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end of this month that's been throwing me through a loophole
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emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
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So my God, you are such AK Pops fan.
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I am, I am. Listen, I have my favorites and
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they're all acting out. I don't know what to do.
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I just. I take a breather whenever I can
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and hope for the best and hope that I survive another day.
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That's all you can do. Yeah, apparently.
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I see. Because I'm not well versed in
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music so I don't know what sample this is because you know
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how people be getting on fan wars online saying like oh,
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Stray Kids already used a sample and a song.
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I don't listen to Stray Kids like that like I used to.
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So I don't know what song it must be, but it's still a good
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be either way. So I'm going to be excited how a
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TS uses it. I mean, yeah, they can use an
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example that another group did, but at the end of the day, it's
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not going to be the same because depending on how they do it,
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First off, the lyrics dancing and on top of that, exactly how
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it's just a snippet. So we don't know how long that
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snippet is going to be into the actual song.
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So I wouldn't be mad if it's the whole song, but that's just me.
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Oh, I know same here. They have a really good way of
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using like Latin mix beats into their music and I freaking love
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it, which is how, you know, Eighteenie here and you're what
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is appropriate. Is it Hispanic or Latino for
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you? Please, just I'm just going to
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be ignorant for a second. Latino, Latino, then it's just
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yeah, it's then all mixed with everyone.
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It's versus Hispanic because Hispanic tends to be more
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towards like Mexicans. So you're like making it just be
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that when there's more to it. OK, but I was just saying you
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also like that just because, I mean, it's not because you're
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just Latino. You know what, let me just stop
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talking. I feel like I'm just digging a
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hole for myself right now. It's fine.
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It is fine. Yeah, it's fine.
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I mean, when it comes to the beat that they're using, it's
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Latin mix. That is Latin mix that just.
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Yeah, based on the region and everything.
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And there's so much to it. It's such a mess on that.
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So we won't touch on that too much.
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Yeah, we won't. But I'm very excited for it,
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obviously. I'm sure it's going to come out
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before their tour starts. Yeah.
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Because there was no date, at least not that I've seen.
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No, I think it just said Golden Hour Part 3 and then the sample
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of the song. I don't think anything has even
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come out on saying like when that comeback is coming or like
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when that album is dropping. At least I haven't start because
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I don't see them until July, the same week as Jin.
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Is it really? So a TS is going to be in
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Orlando like they're both the last week of July.
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A TS will be here the 21st in Orlando and Jen is going to be
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here the that weekend, the 26th and the 27th in Tampa.
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So that whole week is basically just try to work as much as I
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can because I don't got enough PL. to take off the whole week
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and then concerts. That's crazy.
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So it looks like their concert starts July 10th in Atlanta.
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So Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Nashville, Orlando, Chicago,
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Tacoma, San Jose, Los Angeles, Glendale, Arlington, Mexico
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City. That's a crazy.
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That is a great what I want to know when they be doing tours
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like how they come up with when to go to which stocks.
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You would think if they start in Atlanta, wouldn't it be easier
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just to go to Orlando or start in Orlando?
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So here's the thing, yes, if you wanted to have a perfect tour,
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if you're going from like West to east or east to West, yes,
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there you know, there's certain stops that it would be best to
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do it almost kind of like a line type of thing.
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But we also have to remember and consider there's a lot of
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concerts and tours going on this summer.
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And that's not even just K pop. So like I'm pretty sure they
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have to. And then on top of that, it's
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sports seasons. We all have baseball going on
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right now. So for them to make sure that
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they get, they have to work with what they are able to get and
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rent out and then faced it from there.
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So because even Shay was saying that this was crazy.
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Yeah. Because we learned from Jin how
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his tour is last minute, literally last minute.
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Because when tickets were going on sale, he was actually
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responding to fans talking about like, Jin, why didn't you pick
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bigger venues? And he's like, these are the
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venues that I was able to get. And I sat here, I was like, wait
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a minute. So this actually was like legit
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last minute. This wasn't planned.
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It advanced. Like you weren't saying that and
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run Jin because it was already planned in advance.
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This was literally you said that and you're like, you know what,
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let's go ahead and do a tour. Dude, you stressed me out so
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badly. And I know you're never going to
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hear this, but you stressed me out so badly.
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You know, and it was so funny because like I feel like I
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thought the one that would stress me out the most would be
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the mockney of the group. JK.
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And no, it turns out that it's his older, his older and it's
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the oldest that is stressing, stressing me the hell out.
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Like the whole obviously the new upcoming notification that we
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got of the high Sukjin in New York.
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I can bet you anything he did that last minute.
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Like he did the hugs when he did them over there in South Korea.
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All of that was last minute. I feel so bad for his staff.
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Like I could only imagine you're over here like, oh, you know
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what, I have my day ready. I have my To Do List.
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I got everything planned for the day and boom, everybody gets a
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message at the same time and just being like, oh, by the way,
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we got to book a tour for some gin.
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Oh my God, e-mail with the CCS of everybody important and be
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like, hey guys. So listen, I know you thought
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you were going to have less work, but Gin wants to go on
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tour. So like, I'm going to need you
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to do this and that, Sally, you do this and that and then
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they're just sitting there like I can guarantee you.
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I can guarantee you that they have his notification at a
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specific sound just too so they know that.
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Oh Nope, there it goes. There's that thing.
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We need to stop what we're doing and see what so Chin wants.
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Listen, there's a reason why we used to call big Hit Gin hit.
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It's this exact reason. OK, I'm starting to understand
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that a lot more now. Like just Jen, you're wild.
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You're just wild, Sir, we love you.
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But at the same time, it's just like, why?
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Also, this is just like tips. Anybody fucks this up in New
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York? I'm about to go to jail.
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We haven't. Well, Lala, make that sound less
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threatening as possible. No, it needs to sound like a
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fucking threat. You are not fucking this up for
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us US armies. I know because like people that
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are able to go and good luck for people that go into, you know,
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the raffle and everything. Best of luck.
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But let me tell you, don't fuck this shit up because he's not
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doing like send off or his concert.
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So I was surprised when I saw this notification last night and
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it was late too so they didn't time it to post it when most
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Americans were awake. But it's fine.
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But still, it was just like I was surprised since he's not
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doing a send off like host, he's doing that.
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He's doing something like this. And for people that don't know,
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it is named high soap gym, but it's a high touch.
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And if you were a newer like K pop fan or stand, whatever, this
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is stuff with K pop groups actually used to do before
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COVID. So it could be from like, and
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it's more personal too, because I know a lot of people have been
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complaining about send off, which honestly, we kind of have
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to like not blame the pandemic, but it is because of pandemic
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and safety and stuff. Even though when I say that out
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loud, not really because everyone's bunched up together
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all breathing the same air. It's fine.
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It's fine. Umm, let me get back to my
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original point. Like they used to line you up
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and you can just go. Usually the artists would be
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behind like a table or something.
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He would go and just like high 5 them and say like thank you for
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the show and all that. Sometimes they may involve like
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photos, like group photos. I think a TS high touches like
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early on in their careers used to do that.
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So it was just more like a more interpersonal meet and greet
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than what send off is right now. So the fact that he's doing this
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not after a concert, it's very interesting and I'm sure this is
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obviously because he's coming. I think it said it's going to be
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on May 22nd and his album is dropping the day after we post
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this video South or not video day after we post this episode,
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which is May 16th. And I'm sure some people were
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already predicting he may go on like Jimmy Fallon and stuff,
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which I wouldn't be surprised. Yeah, that's usually the go to
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for that. Wait, his album is dropping next
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week? Yes.
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Girl, listen, where would I meet?
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This is what I mean. OK, Listen, come on.
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Carrot land for like 2 seconds. When you're a multi stand you
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just kind of get fucked everywhere and that's what I
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feel like right now because I'm a I'm a drag you out of carrot
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land and bring you back to Bora land for just two seconds.
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Yes, Echo is coming out May 16th so the day after we post this.
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Just make sure I'm still alive because I really loved his first
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album like Happy. I freaking love that album so
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much. Happy was really good.
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So I'm excited for this new album of his.
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But also at the same time like I'm terrified.
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Like just make sure I'm still alive please.
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That's all I would because of as of right now, like we don't know
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what anything sounds like as far as us like recording, like we
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don't have any type of like song snippets or samples and all
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that. So I can't believe that's next
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week. It is.
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I can't, I can't. I can't believe that that's next
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week. That's crazy.
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We've still been getting bombarded with songs.
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So we just had RM collab with Tableau with Stop the Rain,
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which you know, that hit hard. It's beautiful.
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It is. It's beautifully written, but
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it's very hard and very dark. And now knowing what the lyrics
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were, now knowing the song, I respect Tableau so much more
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with the fact that he held back on posting and releasing that
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song because he knew how dark it was and it was so something so
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close to RM, obviously to both of them.
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But yeah, that mad respect to Tableau for that.
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Yeah. No, seriously, it shows that he
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really cares about him and he doesn't want, you know, like
22:47
other artists to like, go through what he went through and
22:50
all that. I don't know if you know
22:51
Tableau's story. I don't have enough time to
22:53
explain it. Me and Macy did an episode on
22:55
Epic Eye, if you haven't listened to it yet, and I
22:57
explained it briefly and I suggest the iHeartRadio podcast
23:03
that Tableau did. It went into like the whole
23:05
depths of it. It's like 6 episodes.
23:07
It's really good. So yeah, I really like Epic Eye.
23:11
Listen to that. It's good.
23:12
I do enjoy their music. I enjoy their music a lot.
23:15
And they're so funny. Like, that's what I imagine BTS
23:18
is going to be when they become their age because they're so
23:21
unserious. Yeah, I believe that it's
23:26
because like, yeah, there was like a little interview that the
23:30
other two members, Mithra and DJ Tukas did with Tableau and they
23:35
had like a cut out of Nam June behind Tableau.
23:38
But like one part that like you could tell they're close because
23:42
if anyone else said that, they would have gotten slapped where
23:45
I forgot what the question specifically was, but Tableau
23:49
was expressing how like it had to deal with like his trauma and
23:52
everything. And DJ 2 cuts goes, it's been 15
23:55
years, dude. You still got trauma, but anyone
24:01
else who has said that I would have been slapped because
24:04
Tableau, like he had the he was laughing so hard, but it was
24:09
also the laugh. Like if I did not love you, I
24:12
would kill you right now. Oh, yeah.
24:14
Oh, yeah, absolutely. That is that hard.
24:17
Took me out. Like, why would you say that?
24:22
That's love right there. That's love right there.
24:24
Whenever you have someone close enough to you to even, like,
24:29
make joke of some of the dark stuff, obviously in a respectful
24:33
way, right? Because you know, you're that
24:35
close to each other, that's hilarious.
24:39
And then they kept asking him, like, so do you have the inside
24:42
scoop of when BTS, his next album's going to come out?
24:44
And he's like, guys, leave me alone.
24:47
They're hilarious. I will send that to you, even
24:49
though the song's already out. But that was funny.
24:53
Oh my God, I can't believe I'm so mad.
24:56
Are you still talking to God? Yes, yes.
25:00
Your mind's still being blown right now, not remembering Echo
25:03
was coming out next Friday schedule right now.
25:05
Because like, I did not have this save.
25:07
That's why it's just went over my head.
25:11
Listen, so much is going on, OK, so much is going on and it's not
25:17
even just K pop in general, but just in the music industry.
25:20
The amount of new music that has dropped even this current week
25:25
has been a lot. I've listened to so much new
25:27
music from like different groups.
25:29
I'm just like, I don't even know what day is it who's who else is
25:33
dropping? You're more of a music person
25:36
than I am. So it's like haven't been
25:38
keeping up unless it's my faves. Like obviously it for people
25:41
that might might enjoy them and maybe didn't know Sleep Token,
25:47
which is like a rock band released a new album yesterday
25:51
or the day before somewhere around the sea.
25:53
My days are just like a a mess. And I didn't know they were also
25:58
going on tour and their tours sold out.
26:01
So Jesus, everyone's going on tour.
26:04
That's what I mean. Like, if you're not planning
26:07
certain things in advance and booking things, you're kind of
26:12
going to be left with whatever is left.
26:15
But it's also wild, like everyone's going on tour now and
26:18
everyone is broke now because of the recession.
26:20
So it's like these a lot of reasons aren't selling well as
26:25
like as we thought yeah is it wasn't that going around already
26:29
with Beyoncé? Yeah.
26:30
I don't know how her cuz her tours already started, how
26:33
that's picked up as far as ticket sales.
26:35
I mean, I'm sure they had to lower the prices a lot, but like
26:38
even when I like look at a TS like they're sold, but there's
26:41
still a lot of tickets left as far as resale and just normal
26:45
tickets too. Same thing with Jen and Tampa
26:47
too. Like I know for Sunday, there's
26:48
a lot of tickets left and the like third section of the arena,
26:53
which is better not be a test on whether to bring them back to
26:56
Florida or not. I came across a very interesting
26:59
tweet trying to promote it too and how people were explaining
27:02
why they wouldn't come to Florida, which some of it I get
27:05
and then some of it I was looking like, OK, a little
27:07
stereotypical. We are all not like this.
27:10
We're all not Florida men. But I get it because even for
27:14
the United States itself, there's been advisories outside
27:18
to like warn people of coming here.
27:20
So, But some people were just, I don't know, just wanting to say
27:25
whatever the hell they wanted. Like, that gave them the green
27:27
light to say whatever the hell they wanted.
27:29
Yeah. It's great living in a state
27:31
that everyone hates. And all the stereotypes are
27:34
usually the things white people do.
27:36
It's like, you know, there are other types of people that live
27:38
here, right? A lot of us are actually pretty
27:40
normal. It's fine.
27:43
It's OK. Listen, at least you guys are
27:44
getting A2. Your guys are getting a concert
27:47
from Jin and hopefully that does open up.
27:49
Or when BTS comes all together and you know they go to Florida
27:55
as well. I hope so.
27:57
I kind of need them to go back to Camping World Stadium.
28:00
They never had a chance. We never had a chance.
28:02
I have a feeling they would. They're too big.
28:05
They're too big now. We'll see, 'cause I'm sure I
28:08
feel like they would have to do multiple stops and like hit a
28:12
good chunk of like the country. They're not.
28:15
I mean, that's what their plan was for Map of the Soul until
28:19
COVID happened, though, because, I mean, again, it was kind of
28:22
already revealed that that's when they are planning to enlist
28:26
after that tour originally. Yeah, until COVID hit.
28:31
I don't think people realize how much COVID truly has changed,
28:36
just the way we run our lives. Yeah.
28:38
And people want to pretend that just because numbers aren't
28:42
being reported anymore that it's over.
28:44
And it's like I try to go back to normal way too quickly and
28:48
like we're nowhere near the normal and people's health are
28:52
nowhere near normal. I agree there.
28:56
I feel like that's the reason why, like this year's been the
28:58
worst, at least here in the state of Illinois has been the
29:01
worst when it comes to like the flu and all that stuff.
29:04
And I just feel like that has to do like with everything else
29:09
because there's still cases of COVID too.
29:11
Oh, you know, I know, trust me. I work in healthcare, so I see
29:15
it, I see people still coming in for tests and testing positive
29:19
and all that. And I don't think people take it
29:22
as seriously just because the symptoms have changed because we
29:24
let it multiply, multiply so much.
29:28
But you know, I guess if we're on the sad topic real quick
29:33
before we do another shift, I would like to come on here and
29:37
say Lala was more than likely right.
29:39
I don't remember the last time we talked about it, but I know
29:43
in one of these ramble episodes we talked about the visa issues
29:46
when Cards Tour was cancelled. And if people don't know, SM
29:52
Entertainment is doing their whole like SM town tour, which
29:56
hasn't been selling that well, especially with the type of
30:00
groups they've brought. I'm pretty sure either ASPLA is
30:04
the only girl group they have or like one of the only girl groups
30:07
and they have all these trainees except like, you know what?
30:10
It's fine. And I'm not a huge like SM, hard
30:14
to stand like that, so I can't get into all the details.
30:16
But anyway, one of their groups, NCT Wish, which is their
30:20
Japanese unit, they had to cancel their appearance at it
30:24
because of visa issues in the US.
30:27
So yeah, it's more than likely because of this administration.
30:32
So I do not blame Bad Bunny for not wanting to have any stops
30:35
here on his upcoming tour. I'm not surprised that he's not
30:39
coming here at all, not with everything that's been going on
30:42
in Puerto Rico, which is like the reason for the latest album
30:46
that he released and how just like how white people want to
30:53
do, you know, they're white people shit and take over other
30:56
islands that they have no business being a part of.
30:59
But again, we're not going into the politics.
31:03
So we're not, we're we just want to bring that up since we're
31:07
still talking about concerts and all that and ticket prices.
31:11
I know the Rose was also going through some drama, but I don't
31:13
know if I should feel comfortable talking about that
31:15
because I truly don't know what's going on.
31:16
And I don't know if neither do I, So do I Like, I know I've
31:20
heard a little bit of like, oh, have you seen?
31:23
But like, I haven't dived deep enough to know what the heck
31:26
everyone's talking about. But I guess there was like
31:29
ticketing issues. I don't know.
31:31
Yeah, it wasn't ticketing issues.
31:33
I think it was someone from the group, specifically Blue Song,
31:38
which I'm not sure if he's considered the leader or not,
31:41
said something that was insensitive about the tour in
31:43
the fan. So it sparked a lot of things
31:46
and ticket sales, which leads into talking about like dynamic
31:49
pricing and stuff. But again, it's it's one of
31:52
those things where it's like it's complicated on both sides
31:55
as fan angers, I understand and as far as artists and what they
32:00
may or may not be able to control, I understand as well.
32:03
So that's why I was like, I I'm just more confused than ever.
32:07
And as someone who's not like a big fan like that of theirs, I'm
32:10
going to, I'm going to stay out of this.
32:12
I I don't really have an opinion to give because apparently it's
32:17
about stuff that's been happening for a while, like a
32:19
couple months or at least a year or two.
32:21
So yeah, OK. Yeah, yeah.
32:24
I haven't even. There's way too much going on.
32:27
There's a lot going on. That's why I was like earlier
32:30
when I stated I'm getting tired of social media.
32:32
I just feel like it's just been a lot of, I mean it's just talks
32:36
in general, but it's been more like I don't know if ranting is
32:39
the correct word or rage baiting where it's just been like I'm so
32:43
tired, not fun anymore. That's why I pick and choose
32:48
what I end up like indulging in. And if it's something that
32:51
piques my interest, whether it's good or bad, then you know, I'll
32:54
go into it and like dive deep into it.
32:57
But for the most part, like I just try to stay into the
33:00
entertainment side, mainly the music because again, there's so
33:03
much being dropped now. And anime.
33:07
I've been getting into anime all over again.
33:09
So I'm behind on anime. But I don't have Crunchyroll
33:13
anymore so I don't know if I should get it again or not.
33:17
I was trying to save money but I'm not really doing a good job
33:19
at the I might I might get it again.
33:22
I haven't really been. I've been struggling to find
33:24
things to watch. I have been watching.
33:26
I've gotten Gina into fairy Tale, so there's some days we
33:29
get together and watch that with June in it.
33:32
June. Wait, No, no, no anime.
33:34
Never mind. Never mind, never mind.
33:36
Sorry, what did you think I was talking about?
33:39
Because there's AK drama that's called the fairy tale.
33:42
Is it really? Yes, and June from 17 is in it.
33:45
Oh no, I'm talking about fairy tale, the anime that I got.
33:48
That's why that's why as soon as I was like, wait, wait, wait,
33:51
wait, wait, we're talking to my anime.
33:52
Sorry, yes, again. It's fine that I got into in
33:56
high school and I'm all like oh, it's OK.
33:59
That's like at the beginning when I was getting into K pop,
34:02
there is one conversation happening in my college and the
34:05
guy said cake pop like the lollipops that's cake.
34:09
And I thought he said K pop fine exclusive fairy tale.
34:14
I was right. Fairy tale isn't it is the C
34:17
drama that June from 17 was in second OK 2020.
34:23
Well, this released in 2023, obviously.
34:25
I'm pretty sure they recorded this in 22.
34:28
Oh no, I'm talking about the anime fairy tale that's been
34:30
around since 2009. That's about lizards and
34:33
friendship and yeah, and fan service and boobs.
34:38
So is that also on Crunchyroll? Yeah, all of it's on there.
34:42
There's like over 300 episodes. 12.
34:47
OK, maybe I'll go and then and look at it, because there's a
34:51
sequel out now called Fairy Tale 100 Year Quest that I wanted to
34:55
watch badly. So I'm kind of getting her to
34:58
watch that so that we can watch Fairy Tale 100 Year Quest and
35:01
then she can show me whatever BL anime she wants to show me.
35:06
So, oh, have fun. Good luck.
35:11
Thanks. I don't know if I should take
35:14
that as a warning or I don't know.
35:18
I don't know either. Guess we'll have to.
35:20
You'll have to find out, I guess, but yeah, we're on the
35:24
Edelst chapter now. For people who are fans of fairy
35:27
tale and know what that means, it's one of my favorites.
35:29
Is it cheesy? Yes.
35:30
Do I care? No, because I watched it at a
35:33
time I needed to after high school when I was looking for
35:35
friendships. OK, leave me alone.
35:38
Leave me and the way I get attached to things alone.
35:42
It's OK. I've been finding myself getting
35:44
attached to a lot of different things now.
35:47
I'll have to look that up because I caught up with all the
35:49
my anime and there's certain anima that I have to wait for a
35:56
new season. So I also know My Hero Academia
35:59
either has ended or is close to ending, so I might get
36:02
Crunchyroll back so I can finish that.
36:04
Yeah, that's another one that I haven't started.
36:06
I don't even know how many seasons that is.
36:08
I mean, as you can see on my wall and they're circling Avatar
36:14
the last night. Surprised by that.
36:16
Listen, I'm not surprised by that.
36:19
But then again, Avatar is so good.
36:21
It is good. We have like 5 episodes about it
36:24
on here, 3 about the amazing original and two trashing that
36:28
live action. OK.
36:31
Which again, I don't know if I'm going to try to touch the second
36:34
season or not. I I've tried to get the wife to
36:37
watch the animated version of Avatar because she's only seen
36:43
the live action and for her she enjoys the live action.
36:45
So I'm like, no, yeah, I get it. That's the only thing.
36:51
But and yes, the cartoon is cheesy because it's literally a
36:55
kids show. But it is a kids show that we
36:57
are missing down days to teach children the values of life, the
37:01
values of humans and treating everyone equally.
37:05
And it's just it is a show that we are busy at today's times,
37:09
especially for children feel like it is maybe a better
37:14
person. I agree.
37:16
They don't make shows like that anymore.
37:18
They really don't. Then they're trying to get rid
37:20
of shows that do actually teach children things like trying to
37:23
define PBS and all that. It's just, oh, God, yeah.
37:28
Again, we're not. No, we're not.
37:30
No, no. We're not getting into that.
37:34
I really hate it here. All I could do was laugh so I
37:38
don't cry. Oh, that's all we can do.
37:44
What else is there? Switching back.
37:47
Fun K Pop Oh, so it was announced that and I'm surprised
37:54
it's coming so quickly. So Hobie's final concert, which
37:58
we knew it was happening just by 1 predictions of how they
38:02
usually do their concerts. There's always a finale.
38:05
It's been like that for the group.
38:06
It was like that for Yungi. I personally don't know because
38:09
Jin's was so last minute if he's going to do like a finale tour
38:12
like that, like a finale concert, or if he's just going
38:15
to stick with this tour. But I'm not going to predict if
38:18
he is or isn't. I just don't know.
38:20
I'm leading more towards probably not.
38:23
I'll predict. That's fine.
38:25
Hold on, keep going with yours, keep going with yours, OK?
38:28
But yes, Hobie's last two concerts are going to actually
38:32
happen on Festa Day, so in June, the 13th and the 14th, and we
38:37
all know at least four of the members will be out by then.
38:42
Yungi will still be in service until the week after.
38:45
Even though, yes, he's doing civil service where it's kind of
38:48
like a nine to five. Don't expect either him.
38:52
I don't want to say not show up, but again, that is his choice.
38:55
I won't be surprised if he doesn't show up.
38:57
I won't be surprised if he does show up.
38:59
I just need people to be realistic and not expect either
39:02
him or even the other members who like all of a sudden want to
39:05
go on stage and perform. I can see them in there, but I
39:10
can see them being there in the audience.
39:13
The gin was yeah, for for Yungi, Like I can totally see that of
39:19
them being there. Whether Yungi's going to be
39:22
there or not, I don't know. But looking at the dates for
39:26
Gin's tour, there's a possibility, but that's there's
39:30
a possibility that he'll do like a final.
39:33
And then obviously, the members will probably be either a in the
39:38
audience or they'll come on stage because literally all of
39:42
them are going to be out of the military.
39:44
Yeah. I mean, even if, like, because I
39:46
can see if the members want to go on stage when Hobie, you
39:49
know, before he starts the encore, when he brings out the
39:52
red box, that does represent him being on stage.
39:55
And part of, like, his journey of being on stage is with BTS.
39:58
So I can imagine them coming out and just, like, standing on
40:01
stage and waving maybe, and that's it.
40:04
No performing. But I hope people don't expect
40:06
them to perform. And I'm seeing a lot of people.
40:09
Getting their hopes up, thinking JK will probably perform, I
40:12
wonder with Hobie and he may and he may not.
40:16
Just don't be too disappointed and go on all these Twitter
40:19
rants if he doesn't. That's all I'm saying.
40:21
I don't think they'll be. I don't think so.
40:23
Because like, you have to go back into training for your
40:26
vocals and stuff. And I mean, JK can sing, don't
40:28
get me wrong, but but Jen was up performing literally the day
40:33
after he yeah, that he came out discharged.
40:37
That's true. Like literally 12 hours after he
40:42
was up on the stage singing, he wasn't singing as much because,
40:45
like you're saying, you got to train your voice to like, go
40:47
back and sing. But the fact that he did that
40:49
and did perform songs, they could do it if they want them,
40:53
if they want to. I just don't want people to be
40:55
pressuring them to do that or expecting that.
40:58
Yeah, no, I can see that. I can see them coming on stage
41:03
and doing something if Jin decides to do a finale because
41:08
by then. So Jin's tour starts.
41:11
I'm assuming that's the week after Yungi comes out of the
41:14
military because his starts June 28th and it ends.
41:18
I think he comes out the 21st if I remember correctly.
41:23
He does, and his tour ends in August 10th in Amsterdam, so
41:31
there's a possibility he can do a finale and like the members be
41:35
in there, possibly perform something.
41:39
It depends on what Jin. Does on his tour.
41:41
To be completely honest, which I'm curious about because I know
41:45
we talked you weren't on the episode because you were sick
41:47
briefly about wondering what Jin may do just because like Yungis
41:50
was so rap heavy, there wasn't a lot of dancing, but like Hobies
41:55
was a little bit more, you know, dance heavy even when they
41:58
incorporated BTS songs. So I'm curious like when Jin
42:02
does like melodies of BTS songs like what he I do and how he'll
42:06
perform it and all that, even with his own songs.
42:08
So I'm excited to see that I. Think Gina had put it what is
42:14
his? Or you might have put it one of
42:16
y'all. I'd be forgetting who be saying
42:18
stuff at this point. Someone told me the way Jen will
42:22
interpret BTS in a sense I can see him do a, not necessarily
42:30
dancing because majority of his music, I don't want to say that
42:33
it's like rock or alternative, but leading more towards like
42:38
Coldplay, jumping around, going from one side of the stage to
42:42
the other. I can see him doing that.
42:45
And then on top of that, like I'm pretty sure obviously we're
42:47
all predicting it. There's going to be some type of
42:49
comedy in his tour because obviously like it's a Run Gin
42:54
tour. I know P at least plays one game
42:57
with us. I wouldn't be upset if it's just
42:59
a concert, but I would love if he incorporates Run Gin somehow
43:03
into this. I feel like they can do that,
43:05
especially like with our light sticks.
43:08
That'd be fun. I'm pretty sure he'll do
43:10
something. He's a goofball.
43:13
He's a goofball. So I'm just wondering if like
43:17
any of the other members are going to go on tour because Gin
43:20
was not on my bingo card. I was just going to bring one up
43:23
that was like the least, he was the least of the members that I
43:27
thought would do a tour by himself, by himself, a solo tour
43:32
by himself. Like I when that came out, I was
43:35
what, yeah, I was going to bring that up because we all know if
43:38
you're an ARMY, there's been a lot of rumors going on.
43:40
JK might, might do something in October.
43:44
And by something that means tour, I just don't know if I
43:48
have the money, especially if it's not going to be somewhere
43:52
in Florida. I got lucky with Jen because if
43:54
Jen wasn't coming here, I probably would have missed it.
43:57
I'm going to be honest, I'm still upset that I'm going to
44:00
miss Jen, but it's. OK, it's fine.
44:04
Just. Tell me what merch you want.
44:06
I'll buy it for you. Yeah, but that was our
44:08
agreement. Yes, I know.
44:10
But that's the perk of being VIP.
44:12
I get in the venue early so I can buy merch, right?
44:15
Yes. So I'll have to keep an eye out
44:19
to see and what what was on. I might have to.
44:22
I might have to get there a little bit earlier than we did
44:26
for Hobie, just because even the VIP merch line was super long.
44:30
Like those freaking acorns that we've already talked about.
44:34
I don't want to get back into it.
44:35
You know, the keychain acorns that sold.
44:37
Yeah. So just for things like that, I
44:40
wasn't able to buy the high, the hot items, which again, I wonder
44:45
if Jin's going to have something like that.
44:46
I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't.
44:48
It's got to be some type of tuna thing with the with the stops on
44:52
them. I'm telling you, we're going to
44:55
have a keychain of a tuna and it's going to say like Tampa or
44:59
all the other places he went to on the fish's body.
45:02
I wouldn't be surprised. Knowing Jin, I would not be
45:05
surprised it's going to be. Such a good concert.
45:10
Yeah, but like if. The other.
45:11
Members. I just I don't know, however I
45:15
had I do have to be there for my man.
45:17
I don't care how that sounds. So if if this one does end up
45:22
going on tour, I I have to be there.
45:26
RM yes it all depends. It just depends because I'm He's
45:32
also another one where I kept saying I don't see him doing a
45:35
solo tour and now I'm kind of scared maybe he does, which I'm
45:39
not mad at but at the same time muddy.
45:43
It's fine. It's fine, I will.
45:45
Find a way too. No, I won't put that out in the
45:49
universe. Never mind.
45:51
I kind of want to know now. I'm not putting that out in the
45:55
universe. Can you tell me after we record,
45:58
if you remember? Yeah, I'll tell you afterwards,
46:01
'cause I'm not putting that out in the universe.
46:04
That'd be crazy, though. I don't think so.
46:09
I don't know. You're not.
46:10
So you're going to have to tell me, 'cause now I'm curious.
46:12
Or can you say it and I find a way to bleep it?
46:16
No, that's going to be too long. Because no, I was just thinking,
46:19
like, it'd be ironic if like, the three magnets go on tour
46:24
together and possibly bring RM, but there'd be no way, right?
46:29
Like, no, I don't listen. At this point, anything is
46:33
possible. And technically, I consider him
46:35
part of the Bakana line now. So.
46:37
Well, yeah, I know he's the middle child of BTS, so he can
46:41
he can swing both ways, but but like, it would be ironic because
46:45
the three oldest already did their solo tours or will be
46:49
because obviously Gin still has to happen.
46:51
And then you have the last four. That would be cute.
46:54
Can I see? I was going to say something.
46:57
I think I already told you before and I don't know if I
46:58
should say it on the podcast. You can make that call.
47:04
Listen, money wise, it'd be nice if all four of them go at the
47:07
same time, but at the same time that'd be crazy because that'd
47:11
be a bloodbath for ticketing. One day, hopefully it'll be
47:17
normal. Right.
47:18
One can hope one day. You know what?
47:21
We'll just bank on all seven of them, OK?
47:29
So we'll make sure we can at least go to.
47:31
That and I already said I'm stealing you and I think he said
47:34
you're bringing the wife for one show.
47:36
So Shay's just going to have to give you up for one show.
47:42
Shay and Sam like let go. You guys are taking my one
47:46
person that can give me tickets. I don't care because literally
47:51
it would be me, Gina and nay, us three are the ones that are
47:56
always constantly getting tickets for the group and all
47:59
three of us would be going to the same spot location.
48:04
Well. We would have Speaking of that
48:09
too. Because I just was.
48:10
Counting the number of people in my head, I hope it's only
48:14
because they're doing solo tours.
48:15
A baby. They didn't know how they was
48:16
going to sell out. I hope they raise the ticket
48:19
limit when they come back at 7:00 because we can't keep doing
48:22
this new system of only four ticket limit on one credit card
48:27
for Army presale and the general sale too.
48:31
Like it's also odd for me it's only two for a general sale.
48:37
Was it? Was it the same virgin?
48:39
I didn't get attention to that virgin it was.
48:44
Oh no, that was 80s. Never mind.
48:45
That was 80s. That I'm here thinking about OK,
48:48
80s limits pretty big. It's I think for this tour I saw
48:51
it was like 8. I think it was 8 for this one
48:56
and I think 6 was last year, which worked out in our favor.
48:59
Because our group. Was six people.
49:02
So six people. OK, yeah.
49:04
But I do think they raised it to 8.
49:06
Well, hopefully they do that for BTSI.
49:09
Hope so because I don't know if they try to do that to eliminate
49:12
scalpers or something, but either way it's not working.
49:15
But I mean well, no, it's not working at all and it's not
49:18
going to like they would have to hound down if they plan to do
49:21
that for when Ulti 7 comes. Yeah, it's.
49:25
Going to be so much. Worse, but luckily it's only
49:28
four of us trying to go to the same spot.
49:30
Yeah, and I'm sure we're going to have to.
49:33
I'm sure we're going. I would like to at least go to
49:35
one concert in LA because it seems like they get everything
49:38
in LA. So I guess we're going to have
49:39
to fight the bloodbath of LA. We'll see when that comes.
49:42
We'll see when that happens. We will.
49:45
We'll see. It doesn't happen until like
49:46
next year because yeah, there's an announcement towards the end
49:50
of this year of my BTS. I'm a beat people's ass.
49:55
I. Will go to Hive and.
49:57
Beat ass because no at this point I feel.
50:02
Like we've said, we're going. To go to high, to be asked for
50:04
multiple things, OK, it'll eventually happen.
50:08
OK. But at the same time, I'm not
50:09
trying to go to jail in South Korea.
50:13
Oh no, I'm not trying to go to jail here.
50:16
Another country. I was.
50:23
Supposed to be saving money. We all said that.
50:28
Who was the first one to drop a solo album?
50:31
Yeah, not including whole because they were.
50:33
They weren't enlisted yet. Who came after him?
50:37
That's the one I should be blaming.
50:39
That's one I should have known. No, Jin didn't come.
50:42
Well, I don't count. No.
50:44
Some Jimmy Delicious. Was it Jin?
50:46
No. Was it Jimmy?
50:50
Was it not until girls. I know our.
50:53
I know. They're more probably people
50:55
listen to this screaming at us because jack-in-the-box came out
50:59
in 2022. I don't count the astronaut
51:01
because it's just one song. It was one song.
51:03
I don't know that either. Was it was it was it not Jim?
51:07
Wasn't it Indigo? I think so.
51:08
Projects. Not me having to beat my bias's
51:12
ass. OK, I think it was Indigo.
51:16
I think that came out. I know it came out in December
51:19
but I think it was 2022. Yes because it was Indigo and
51:25
then D-Day and Face came out around the same time in March.
51:29
I don't remember which one came out first though, because I
51:32
remember there's a huge tobacco online about them coming too
51:35
close together and then and then layover.
51:40
And then golden. Do I have that right before they
51:45
enlisted? Was the last.
51:46
One before was the last one before Gin and Hobie came out
51:53
with their their well before Jin came out with his actual solo
51:57
because obviously we're not counting the single that he did
52:00
as a solo. We also not counting the second
52:04
EPS that like Jin Hobie in non June dropped.
52:09
We're just counting the ones before.
52:10
They all went in. Together, correct?
52:13
So are you trying to do after they entered military or before
52:17
military? Before military I'm trying to
52:21
only count the ones before all of them were in and we had that.
52:25
Like no, I can't even count on a four month break before before.
52:30
Let me see. I am pretty sure it was non
52:37
June. The first one to drop his solo
52:39
was RM. Yes, that's what I thought that
52:43
was. Indigo, obviously.
52:46
It was like, again. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
52:50
OK, never mind. I take that back because I just
52:53
need them to do a list of, like, currents.
52:56
Why you guys are giving me the old shit?
52:58
jack-in-the-box came out in 2022.
53:01
Yeah, I already said that. But they were all still here.
53:04
Like Jen hadn't even left yet. Oh, they didn't, because he had
53:08
his party and they were all there besides Yuki because he
53:14
was sick. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
53:17
So I guess I'm talking about when they start, like when Jin
53:20
left. And again, I don't count the
53:22
astronaut, but that's when they started enlistment and I do, I
53:26
think it was Indigo. And that's when I should have
53:29
known OK before. You actually give me the list.
53:32
If you can find and my prediction is if I am going both
53:36
memory I'm I'm pretty sure it was jack-in-the-box that it was
53:40
the astronaut then it was Indigo.
53:42
I don't remember which one came first, D-Day or Face.
53:47
I want to say. Ah, memory.
53:52
I want, I'm going to say face and then it was D-Day and then
53:57
layover and then golden. I hope I don't have that
54:01
backwards with face and D-Day. OK, so say it again.
54:04
My prediction. I well, not it's not prediction
54:08
because it's already happened. I think it was obviously
54:11
jack-in-the-box first, but that was when they were all still
54:14
here. That came out in like July I
54:16
think of 20, 22 yes because that weekend is when he did Hobie
54:19
Palooza and then The Astronaut, which I don't really count
54:22
because it was just one song because that was before Jin left
54:26
Indigo. I think it was Face that was
54:29
next and then D-Day layover and then Golden.
54:34
I just remember Jimin and you were back-to-back.
54:37
You are correct. Indigo came out in December 2nd
54:40
of 2022. Face then came out in March 24th
54:45
of 23. D-Day came out April of 23.
54:51
Then we have Layover. If we're not doing the singles
54:53
and we're doing full albums, then it was Layover came out in
54:56
September 23. Golden came out in November of
55:01
23. Look at me, look at y'all better
55:05
give me the crown. OK?
55:08
This is the true army right here.
55:10
I did that from the top of my head.
55:12
Then after that, when it came flipping around for the second
55:16
project, then we there was hope on the street, yes, because the
55:19
documentary came out and then it was Muse the right place.
55:26
Wrong. Person come out before Muse.
55:28
OK, the anniversary for that. Is coming up soon too.
55:32
Because it dropped in May and that's it.
55:34
That's when this stops. Excuse you all, they haven't.
55:38
Well, and then Muse came out. So like I said, an update after
55:41
Muse and then happy, I blanked yeah, Muse and then it was happy
55:48
and then now we're getting Echo. They dropped a lot of music
55:52
while they were gone and we're not even touching the singles
55:58
because if we're touching singles then yeah, there's like
56:00
a mixture of so many people crazy.
56:07
Their discography is so long, really is so much for our fake
56:14
set list that we made just in case because I guess these solo
56:18
tours are giving them the options to, you know, perform
56:20
their solo work. That's why I said I don't know
56:24
at this point. Follow them are going to do
56:25
something or do some type of showcase.
56:28
I don't know. I don't know.
56:31
Muse was another good one. That album was really good.
56:35
God, I wonder how Jin's new albums going to sound like.
56:40
Well, we will find out next Friday.
56:45
Well, thank you for this. I guess I'm happy we did this
56:47
because I would have completely forgotten, gotten just, like,
56:50
sidetracked and like, you know, left field out of left field,
56:54
out of nowhere. There's another album dropping.
56:56
Yeah, there's still. And we still haven't gotten J
57:01
Hope's third single. Everyone kind of forgot about
57:04
that, too. Like, where's the third single?
57:08
What do you mean? Do you not remember early on
57:12
when Sweet Dream dropped, Hobie said he recorded 3 songs that he
57:16
was going to release during this tour.
57:18
He dropped Sweet Dreams when he first started the tour and then
57:23
when he came to the States Mona Lisa.
57:25
We are missing a third one and he brought it up to during one
57:29
of his interviews. I think it was with I forgot his
57:33
name. He kind of got an accent.
57:34
It's not the Zach guy, it's the other guy, Zander Zan Zan Low or
57:40
something like that. From Apple, yes.
57:43
Yeah, from Apple. And the recent interview that
57:45
Hobie did with him, he talked about the singles and he said
57:48
the third one that hasn't been released yet is probably his
57:51
favorite. Where is it?
57:55
Are you? Releasing it during Festa.
57:58
'Cause I thought you're going to release it during the Asia tour
58:00
and apparently not. So like Hobie, where is it?
58:04
Is he going to release it before the finale or on the finale
58:07
date? Yeah, around Fiesta as a gift.
58:11
When is his last date? It's probably going to be Festa.
58:15
I know his last tour date is on June 1st, but I don't know what
58:18
city he's going to be in or what country.
58:21
So it's either going to drop then or it's going to drop.
58:27
Yes, but yeah, he said. His time in LA.
58:30
That month time he was in LA before this kicked off, he
58:34
recorded 3 songs. Oh.
58:38
Holby, you're just. Wanting to kill.
58:40
Us at random moments too, like they all are at this point and I
58:45
don't know, it's like I've missed them so much.
58:49
I forgot how chaotic they all are together and it's been
58:53
overwhelming with just seven individuals.
58:56
So now that I have to keep up with them and they're still
58:58
probably going to do some type of solo activities at this point
59:01
moving forward as far as group and I got to keep up with all of
59:04
this. I don't understand how you do
59:06
the multi life. I really don't.
59:07
This is already open for me sometimes.
59:10
If you can keep up again, I'd like you just witnessed right
59:13
now. I completely forgot Jin's solo
59:15
album is coming out next week. It just it hits you.
59:20
I just. Pray that I could survive.
59:23
Another day and that the next release or the next concept or
59:27
the next like content that gets dropped doesn't kill me.
59:33
Well, I know he released photos a while ago.
59:35
So I feel like the next con, the next thing that drops should be
59:39
like the samples. It's way too close.
59:42
I feel like that's probably what's going to drop next and
59:44
then, you know, as we get closer, we're going to get like
59:46
the music video teasers. Listen, I just saved all that
59:49
information right now for this reason, so I will tell you right
59:54
now. Oh my God, what's today's date?
59:57
Today's the 10th. Oh, tomorrow.
59:59
Oh, hi, Melody, we have we're going to get the samples.
1:00:02
Look at me. I'm not I'm not emotionally
1:00:06
prepared for this. OK, You're, you're feeling right
1:00:11
now. I'm going through it like so bad
1:00:14
right now. What's crazy is that we're going
1:00:18
to get his high highlight Melody and. 17.
1:00:25
Is dropping theirs. Later this week as well.
1:00:29
That's good news for all the. Army carrots.
1:00:31
Out there is it. Is it is.
1:00:34
It I don't know yes they're dropping on the 16th so Friday,
1:00:41
which is obviously Jen's dropping his album that day
1:00:45
music for you I. Need a break?
1:00:51
You should be happy about this. Why are you stressing?
1:00:56
Because 17. Is also will.
1:00:58
Most likely be announcing a fucking tour again.
1:01:00
I don't, I don't, I don't know what to say.
1:01:04
I just I feel. Like the?
1:01:06
Chicken or when it when, what clip is it with fucking V as
1:01:11
they're playing ping pong table and you just see him going back
1:01:14
and forth, back and forth. That's literally me with
1:01:16
everything that gets dropped from like God.
1:01:21
Yeah, you'll stay by Flala, I promise.
1:01:28
You will be OK. I hope so.
1:01:31
I believe in you. I I already go through so many
1:01:34
stresses going through ticketing and going through bloodbaths
1:01:38
now. It's OK, it's fine.
1:01:45
It is. It is fine.
1:01:46
You know what, actually Speaking of albums, the one album and I
1:01:50
am so mad. I'll have to check out my K pop
1:01:53
store and I haven't had a chance to I have not been able to find
1:01:58
Jin's happy album because I pop store had it, but I bought it a
1:02:03
while ago and I I'm I'm not trying to buy sets anymore.
1:02:08
So I just got the copy that I liked of the pictures.
1:02:11
I think it's the one with these blonde gin.
1:02:13
So yeah, I only wanted to get one because like I literally
1:02:18
have the first solo album from each member that came out.
1:02:24
I. I'm not bothering.
1:02:25
On buying the second, well, actually, I mean, I have hope.
1:02:30
On the street so. I have hope on the street too.
1:02:33
That's I was all like, wait, no, I do have hope on the street.
1:02:38
So, but I haven't bought. And I want to buy happy.
1:02:42
I mean, if you want to pay an arm and a leg on weavers, I'm
1:02:45
not doing that because I would have done it already.
1:02:50
I would have done it already. It's OK.
1:02:52
I'll have to check out my K Pop store.
1:02:54
I haven't gone there in a while, so for good.
1:02:58
Reason because then I spend so. Much money that I don't need to
1:03:00
be spending, especially with all these.
1:03:03
Damn tours. That keep dropping exactly last
1:03:08
minute too, Jen. You got to hold that grudge
1:03:13
against him, aren't you? So are you, but I'm at least
1:03:16
seeing you. No, not ever.
1:03:21
Not to be like that. But I'm at least seeing him.
1:03:25
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right.
1:03:27
Don't mock me. I don't sound like that.
1:03:35
God. I love you.
1:03:38
Yeah, yeah, whatever. It's OK.
1:03:45
Listen. I get to mock you.
1:03:46
I get to make fun of you. I went through the stress of
1:03:48
getting those tickets. I don't know if that really
1:03:51
gives you a right to mock me, but I will accept it because you
1:03:54
did give me the ticket. So and I won't mock, but giving
1:03:58
you a hard time, yes, you do that anyway.
1:04:02
What is the difference of me having a ticket for you to do
1:04:04
that? Will you do that anyway?
1:04:06
I'm glad that we're on the same page now.
1:04:08
OK, so anyway, do we got anything else we want to talk
1:04:13
about or are we done or what? No, I think so.
1:04:17
I think, I think we've covered about everything that we needed
1:04:19
to and that we wanted to because I'm going to be honest, I don't
1:04:22
remember when we started recording.
1:04:23
So I don't know how long this is going to be.
1:04:26
Watch me when I start to edit. It's like 2 hours probably or at
1:04:33
least like a good hour. We're way past the hour mark.
1:04:36
So this is an hour and something.
1:04:39
OK, well, there we go. Yeah, no, I know for a fact
1:04:43
we're way over the hour mark. At least we're either at an hour
1:04:48
30. An hour. 40 or two hours because
1:04:51
we really do talk listen, we both have opinions and we're
1:04:56
giving entertainment yes, hopefully, hopefully people
1:05:00
enjoy when we do this ramble episodes.
1:05:02
I don't know, our stats are weird, but I could talk to you
1:05:05
about that when we're done recording.
1:05:06
So that's some behind the scenes stuff.
1:05:09
Listen, I at least enjoy the thoughts and rambles.
1:05:13
Thank you +2. I figured is the time we can
1:05:15
catch up and stuff. So yeah, I needed this.
1:05:19
I'm glad we did this. Instead of the movie review,
1:05:21
because I needed a break, I just needed to come on here.
1:05:26
And Kiki, I'm going to be honest, I don't know if it's
1:05:28
going to be the next episode we do because I want to talk to you
1:05:31
about that, but we are going to do the episode of Megan Thee
1:05:36
Stallion's docket. It was more triggering for me
1:05:38
than I expected it to be and I witnessed everything she went
1:05:43
through, but I was like damn, like y'all really?
1:05:46
I can't even explain it what she had to go through.
1:05:49
Like when you sit there and watch and have to relive it,
1:05:51
it's like, I've never seen a hate train for someone who
1:05:54
relatively is pretty unproblematic and went through a
1:05:59
lot of traumas herself. Yeah.
1:06:02
Especially when she talks about the death of her mom.
1:06:04
I didn't realize how traumatic it was.
1:06:07
OK, yeah. Obviously losing any type of,
1:06:10
like, parental figure like that, especially when you're close to,
1:06:13
is traumatic. But the way it happened, I
1:06:15
didn't know that story. So like, yeah, I I need people
1:06:20
to just leave her alone. Well, I'm sure whenever we
1:06:24
schedule that we'll be able to talk more depth into that.
1:06:29
Yeah. No, for sure.
1:06:31
So and you know, we got some other stuff coming up and then
1:06:35
obviously we have BTS coming back.
1:06:37
Yes. So at this point, because we've
1:06:41
talked about BTS so much, this might end up turning into ABTS
1:06:43
podcast. Who knows?
1:06:46
K Pop, BTS, it's all the same to me.
1:06:49
Yeah, even though a couple weeks ago we were both talking about
1:06:52
how we done with K Pop. Listen, I'm only listening to my
1:06:55
favorites, OK? Don't be coming at me like that.
1:06:59
And I've just been. Kind of, you know.
1:07:01
Wetting my toes a little bit. You say that, but I know for a
1:07:05
fact you listen to the new P1 Harmony album Shut Up Miss La
1:07:10
La, which was good. I like, here's one Harmony.
1:07:14
I've listened to them since they've debuted.
1:07:16
So. So here's the thing.
1:07:19
I came across a clip of the performing Pretty Boy, and I was
1:07:24
like, oh, what is that? Because I really like that.
1:07:26
And like, I was just going to listen to the song and then I
1:07:29
found out that it was a new album and it hasn't dropped and
1:07:31
the song was going to be on there and I was hilarious.
1:07:33
Well, now I got to wait for that.
1:07:35
I didn't know that I already had a song of theirs in my playlist,
1:07:40
which is Love You Again is that? Is that?
1:07:48
Is that what it is? I think it is.
1:07:52
I didn't know Fall in Love Again, which ended up being a
1:07:56
very good favorite of mine. And then I found out how old
1:07:59
they were back then when I got into that song and I was like,
1:08:03
yeah, I'm only going to listen to the song.
1:08:04
And I never went back to listen to any of their other music.
1:08:07
This album, I really am enjoying the new album that just dropped
1:08:10
for them. I was really how old they are
1:08:13
now, I'm not going to lie. And the only member I am
1:08:15
familiar with is Kehoe, but that's the only one I know too.
1:08:19
But for other reasons, I know about him because so many people
1:08:24
have talked about him. But yeah, as soon as I saw ages,
1:08:28
I was like, yeah, no, I'm good. I don't.
1:08:29
I don't need to, like, go down a rabbit hole.
1:08:32
But I am enjoying their music. Yeah, I like it.
1:08:35
I've been a casual listener, so like, I will listen to when they
1:08:39
drop stuff and like, pick and choose what songs to download.
1:08:42
This one was really good. There's only one song.
1:08:43
I didn't download it off which I mean it's good, but that pretty
1:08:49
boy 1 was. Good, that one.
1:08:50
And the one after I think called murmur, murmur like that one
1:08:53
too. Yeah, that was a good one.
1:08:56
And it's. So funny because for me I.
1:08:58
Didn't care too much for duh. All the other ones I really
1:09:02
enjoy. I mean, I enjoy the album
1:09:03
through and through, but obviously like my two favorite
1:09:07
is Pretty Boy Murmur. Yeah, there was one closer to
1:09:10
the end that I didn't like. That's why I didn't download it.
1:09:12
What was it called again? Work.
1:09:14
The last one is the one before it over and over.
1:09:18
Or the one before that. Flashy.
1:09:20
Flashy. You're talking flashy, that one.
1:09:22
I didn't like flashy that much. Yeah, I liked work.
1:09:27
Should have been higher up. I don't know.
1:09:28
Why it was the last song? But yeah, I really did enjoy
1:09:31
this album a lot, yes, so I don't.
1:09:36
Know I might go. Into their discography and
1:09:41
listen to some other songs. I don't think that I will go any
1:09:45
deeper than that because I don't need to go deeper than that.
1:09:49
I can send you a few that I. Really like.
1:09:50
I know off their latest release I'm obsessed with their title
1:09:54
track Sad Song. I really like that one.
1:09:57
I've seen that I need to. Go and listen to it.
1:10:00
I'll send it to you. I'm also very curious.
1:10:03
I think that's. It.
1:10:05
Yeah, I'm very curious too, because I am.
1:10:08
And we will talk about them too. Cat's Eye.
1:10:11
What this album that's coming out or EP that's coming out in
1:10:15
June is going to look like after Gnarly, which I'm not going to
1:10:19
lie, I'm kind of. Obsessed with now?
1:10:21
I didn't hate it at the beginning though, like most
1:10:23
people did. I was like, I don't know how I
1:10:25
feel about it because I said I liked it but I didn't love it.
1:10:28
But I hear literally all my TikTok, every few videos is the
1:10:33
song or people doing the dance. So now I'm just kind of just
1:10:36
Stockholm syndrome into my head and I think about it and yeah, I
1:10:41
like the song, though. I scroll away.
1:10:44
Boba tea, robotics, Gnarly fried chicken party at the Hollywood
1:10:50
Hills the most. What?
1:10:55
Is this real? Oh my God, we're.
1:10:59
Going out tonight. Great people, We're going to end
1:11:01
up saying bye here now. Hottie hottie like a.
1:11:07
Bag of Takis, I'm the shit. Oh my God, I'm the shit.
1:11:12
ABI, ABI Debbie, I'm the shit on the shit.
1:11:17
You better keep this on the on the podcast.
1:11:20
You better keep this because I will clip this and this will be
1:11:24
on the socials. No, it's not.
1:11:28
Anyway, it's time for us to go. Any closing thoughts, Lala?
1:11:34
No, we're good, obviously. I hope everyone is surviving,
1:11:38
especially multi stands. I it's wild in these streets
1:11:43
right now when it comes to new music.
1:11:44
So hydrate, make sure to eat, try to get good sleep because I
1:11:50
know my schedule's been so fucked with everything that's
1:11:53
dropping laughing, right? So yeah, just take one day at a
1:11:57
time. Yeah.
1:11:59
And I'm not probably going to go see the live viewing of Hobie's
1:12:02
concert in Japan that's showing in theaters.
1:12:05
I am more likely just going to wait because I'm I know we're
1:12:08
going to have to pay for the finale.
1:12:09
So I'm probably just going to buy that to watch it and then
1:12:12
fuck up my sleep schedule for that weekend because it's
1:12:15
probably going to be showing at like 4:00 or 5:00 over here.
1:12:20
I can't wait to see what that entails.
1:12:23
I mean, yeah, just outside of entertainment.
1:12:27
Take care of yourself, guys. Whatever that may look like,
1:12:30
We're all going through it. So let's all go through it
1:12:34
together and try to be some type of support systems here and
1:12:37
hopefully we can help you all take your minds off of it for
1:12:42
however long we be rambling about like 2 hours or three
1:12:45
hours I. I guess I'm doing the closing.
1:12:51
OK, so once again, thank you for listening to us over here.
1:12:55
I was thinking you can e-mail us about any suggestions or
1:13:00
questions that I was thinking pod@gmail.com.
1:13:03
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1:13:07
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1:13:11
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1:13:13
I was thinking pod I, I don't know why I always be forgetting
1:13:17
like did I say everything? Is there more I need to say?
1:13:20
No, I think that was everything. I think that's it, Right.
1:13:24
Yes. OK.
1:13:26
Yeah. Let's end this.
1:13:27
OK. I was Simone.
1:13:29
That's been Lala. And we will see you guys next
1:13:31
time. Bye.