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Junkyu being open about his burnout and how he overcame that phase is something that truly amazed me. His beautiful words that encourage everyone why pacing yourself actually matters 🥺🤍 🐨: I actually went through myself a burnout recently… was it in 2025? It’s not that I started to... hate music, but when it came to making music, to working on it, I hit burnout. I really did. Nothing felt fun anymore, and no matter what I did, I just couldn’t move forward. No matter what—seriously, no matter what. 🐨: I work on music on my Mac, right? and I didn’t turn it on for a whole year. A year? Maybe even a year and a half? Since sometime in late 2024? It’s not that I chose not to turn it on—I couldn’t. That thought kept coming to me, “Even if I turn it on, nothing will come out” or maybe, “Even if I turn it on, I won’t get anywhere close to what I want”. My interest just… how should I say it… completely dropped. So I couldn’t turn it on. I was scared—scared that I’d have to face that feeling again. So I kept my distance from it. 🐨: But this time, starting in Korea and then going on tour, meeting TEUMEs a lot as we move through 2025 and into 2026, without even realizing it, I felt refreshed. Like I’d been aired out and I thought, “Huh? should I try again?”, “I kind of want to do it again”. “I want to go back to when I really enjoyed this”. “I want to try again—the thing I loved back then. So I finally made up my mind and turned it on. and when I did… it had been so long that I got chills. I’d forgotten everything—the details, the keys, everything. “How did I even do this before?”, “What values did I use?” I’d forgotten it all. 🐨: I completely panicked. I thought, “Oh… is this how it ends?”, “Is this how I lose the thing I love?” I was honestly really scared. And then another thought came to me “turn a crisis into an opportunity”. Maybe this is a chance for me to find something else I love. Maybe I should let it go. I was almost halfway in a state of giving up. But somehow, my body followed through anyway. My hands kept moving—on their own. Somehow, I knew what to do, how to do it. and naturally, without stopping, the flow didn’t break. So maybe I want to stay with music for a really long time in my life. And I think this process of slowing myself down a bit was part of that. Looking back now, the pace had been way too fast, and I couldn’t control myself. I’d pushed myself to the limit of what I could create, and after that, there was nothing left. 🐨: At that point, I was kind of cruel to myself. I blamed myself for everything… It’s a really bad habit, I think, but it just happens reflexively. So I was really hard on myself. That’s when I realized I needed to take a step back, give myself some distance, and look at things over a longer period of time. Yeah… if you just move at your own pace—not faster, not slower—you can do something for a long time. So I think if you want to spend your life with something you really love—whatever it is—you can’t go too fast. If your passion just burns up too quickly, it can cause problems. That’s why pacing yourself matters. If you manage your pace, you can live your life alongside the things you love for a long, long time. I really felt it this time. And because of that, I was so happy. Being able to do what I love again brought back so many memories, and it felt like I’d returned to those days when I used to enjoy it so purely. That made me incredibly happy.show more

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Hello everyone, hello. It’s raining a lot outside, right? Yes, I hope everyone’s being careful not to get caught in the rain. As for food… I’m planning to eat a little later. Yeah, I’ll eat later. Last night, I… I really thought a lot. I kept thinking and thinking, and after all that, I felt like - for the people I love, I should at least speak honestly. Rather than just pretending nothing happened and letting it pass, I wanted to say this properly. Because when I’ve done something wrong, I want to say I’m sorry. I believe the closer the relationship, the more careful you have to be. And yesterday - honestly, it was such a good day, right? It was such a good day… it was our Jongho’s birthday. We each congratulated him personally, but, if I’m honest, I don’t think I thought deeply enough about it. I don’t think I did, and there’s really no excuse for that. Because all of you love ATEEZ and love Jongho, and I should have been more thoughtful, more detailed. So I really wanted to sincerely apologize for that part. Even though Jongho and I are close, that’s beside the point. The closer you are to someone, the more you should be considerate. But because I thought, “Ah, we’re close,” I just lightly said, “Oh, his birthday passed already,” in a joking way… and I’ve been thinking about that. I think my wording yesterday was quite strong. You don’t have to unconditionally hold me or comfort me. Really, it’s okay. I’m really okay. I mean it. But still… when I think that my words might have hurt you, it doesn’t matter how I am. It just keeps coming to mind, over and over. Honestly… it’s true that my wording was strong. I think I was too excited, too comfortable - maybe I got carried away. The words themselves came out too harsh, and I regret that. And I want to be clear - I never, ever meant something like “mokie jolida/being/to choked” toward you guys. It was just something I said lightly, the kind of thing friends might say to each other. But still… when I thought about it later, just the fact that you had to hear those words made my heart feel uneasy. All through last night, I kept thinking, “Maybe… maybe I shouldn’t have said something like that.” Words with that kind of negative tone - I really shouldn’t say them. I wasn’t thinking clearly. And, because my family is really, really close - my mom and dad are both very warm (hearted) people, and my noona/older sister sometimes calls me “oppa” in a cute, teasing way. But I guess I got too carried away and just said it without thinking… Still, one thing I can say for sure - and I’m not just saying this - in our family, my noona/sister is my noona/sister. Truly. Even though I said it jokingly, now I realize that it was inappropriate, so I’ll be more careful from now on. The reason I wanted to talk to you like this is because, even if it’s just a small thing, when I do something wrong, I want to say it right away. I really want to. And if I do something wrong, I want you to tell me. Because I’m ignorant about some things. There are many things I still don’t know. So sometimes I make mistakes. I hope you can tell me comfortably. I kept thinking about when I should do this live - I thought, in the morning some people have work, some people are busy - and after thinking about it, I decided to come now, because I really wanted to tell you this. Of course, everyone feels things differently. Depending on how someone interprets it, it can feel different. But at least for me - if I look back objectively and realize that what I did wasn’t right, I want to admit it. I was the one at fault, so I should admit it. What use is pride in front of you all, really? When I think about it calmly - if I did wrong, then that’s wrong, no excuses. That’s why I wanted to speak openly about it.

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81,561 views • 9 months ago

jihoon said it was since mmm dance break that he hurt his back :( 🐶 i was honestly really flustered on stage. you know how there’s a level of pain you can push through and a level you just can’t.. 🐶 after the dance break we still had king kong and other stages, so i tried to do as much as i could. whenever i briefly moved to the side in between, i told the managers that something felt strange with my back and asked them to have the physical therapist and massage therapist wait below the stage and to bring pain relief patches 🐶 before boy, when we briefly step off, and after bona bona, i quickly put a patch on my back. but because of the sweat, it kept sliding down, and it just wasn’t working. during the introductions, i was breaking out in cold sweats because it hurt so much. i honestly don’t even remember exactly how i got through it 🐶 after finishing that part, i had to go back up for move. because i came down to check on my condition, the members’ first ment ended up getting longer, and i felt really anxious. i said i would go up for move and at least try it 🐶 so i went up to perform but it wasn’t working. while doing move, i started feeling like i might end up causing trouble instead. you know that feeling like you don’t want to show you’re being treated.. how could i show a bad side of myself to our fans? 🐶 so after finishing move, i thought that if i pushed myself any more, it might affect our upcoming asia tour, our comeback schedule, and everything else. so i said i should go backstage for a bit. back there, i received treatment really intensely and did what i could

jihoon said it was since mmm dance break that he hurt his back :( 🐶 i was honestly really flustered on stage. you know how there’s a level of pain you can push through and a level you just can’t.. 🐶 after the dance break we still had king kong and other stages, so i tried to do as much as i could. whenever i briefly moved to the side in between, i told the managers that something felt strange with my back and asked them to have the physical therapist and massage therapist wait below the stage and to bring pain relief patches 🐶 before boy, when we briefly step off, and after bona bona, i quickly put a patch on my back. but because of the sweat, it kept sliding down, and it just wasn’t working. during the introductions, i was breaking out in cold sweats because it hurt so much. i honestly don’t even remember exactly how i got through it 🐶 after finishing that part, i had to go back up for move. because i came down to check on my condition, the members’ first ment ended up getting longer, and i felt really anxious. i said i would go up for move and at least try it 🐶 so i went up to perform but it wasn’t working. while doing move, i started feeling like i might end up causing trouble instead. you know that feeling like you don’t want to show you’re being treated.. how could i show a bad side of myself to our fans? 🐶 so after finishing move, i thought that if i pushed myself any more, it might affect our upcoming asia tour, our comeback schedule, and everything else. so i said i should go backstage for a bit. back there, i received treatment really intensely and did what i could

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Q: What is youth to you? ⭐️: I think so. Wow, it’s only hitting me now. “You’re only in your youth because you’re in pain”. I think that’s really true. When I think about it, it’s always painful and hard, but I feel like there’s something to learn from it. My most painful memory is when I felt I had lost myself. When I felt the most powerless and exhausted. The early days of my twenties still make me feel sad, like I just want to give myself a hug. Was that before or after debut? Anyway, it wasn’t long after I first debuted. I remember being on stage and suddenly feeling the spotlight had turned off just for me. Even though everything around m was bright and full of cheers, I felt like I was standing under a back light on stage. There was this moment where I thought, “Something‘s really wrong”. But now I’ve overcome it and I’m doing well. Q: How did you overcome it? ⭐️: Through our fans. I know it might sound cliche. Back when I didn’t think much of myself. After debuting and meeting our fans, to them I was a real idol, I was someone’s star. To the people who thought of me as the best, I didn’t want to show a lack of confidence. That’s why I started comforting myself from then on. There was a time when I began introducing myself as the best looking member in the team. All of that was when I realized that if I want my self-love to reach others, I had to love myself the most first. That moment brought a lot of change in me.

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25,299 views • 11 months ago

#SEONGHWA talked about filming challenges with junior idols because he knows that feeling so well and wants to help them in any way he can 😭 ⭐️: these days things are going so well, so I feel good. A lot of people recognize and congratulate me a lot, and... I feel really thankful. I also, in my own way, try to find what I can do and do it. That’s my mindset. So I wondered what I could do, and I just filmed challenges diligently, contacted people here and there and filmed. Even when I felt tired I wanted to help somehow, so I worked hard (like that), I wonder if it helped? If it did even a little, then that’s enough for me. And now, usually… I also had times like that, when I really wanted to film a challenge with a senior I admired. I would do my hair and makeup on my day off, go to the broadcast station and even bring a gift. That one moment would stay as such a good memory for me, and the senior would say a lot of good things to me that it would become a good connection. I thought, “someday, if I can, I want to do that too.” I don’t know if I can help in a big way yet (with popularity), but if it’s something good for those juniors I’ll do everything I can. I know that feeling so well and it's such a precious one, so how could I refuse that?You just have to do it, ofc. And if I’m can remember it I want to do their challenges too, but I’m really slow at learning choreography, even memorizing our own songs takes me a long time. But still, I want to do it sincerely. If I get the chance, I want to practice more and do better, but after doing so many (challenges) I do hit a bit of a limit. So even when resting, I keep watching videos and trying to film better (challenges). Yes. Seniors and juniors both prepare really well, so how could I do it half‑heartedly? I need to help, even if it's just a little. #성화 #ATEEZ #에이티즈

#SEONGHWA talked about filming challenges with junior idols because he knows that feeling so well and wants to help them in any way he can 😭 ⭐️: these days things are going so well, so I feel good. A lot of people recognize and congratulate me a lot, and... I feel really thankful. I also, in my own way, try to find what I can do and do it. That’s my mindset. So I wondered what I could do, and I just filmed challenges diligently, contacted people here and there and filmed. Even when I felt tired I wanted to help somehow, so I worked hard (like that), I wonder if it helped? If it did even a little, then that’s enough for me. And now, usually… I also had times like that, when I really wanted to film a challenge with a senior I admired. I would do my hair and makeup on my day off, go to the broadcast station and even bring a gift. That one moment would stay as such a good memory for me, and the senior would say a lot of good things to me that it would become a good connection. I thought, “someday, if I can, I want to do that too.” I don’t know if I can help in a big way yet (with popularity), but if it’s something good for those juniors I’ll do everything I can. I know that feeling so well and it's such a precious one, so how could I refuse that?You just have to do it, ofc. And if I’m can remember it I want to do their challenges too, but I’m really slow at learning choreography, even memorizing our own songs takes me a long time. But still, I want to do it sincerely. If I get the chance, I want to practice more and do better, but after doing so many (challenges) I do hit a bit of a limit. So even when resting, I keep watching videos and trying to film better (challenges). Yes. Seniors and juniors both prepare really well, so how could I do it half‑heartedly? I need to help, even if it's just a little. #성화 #ATEEZ #에이티즈

Everything Seonghwa

69,562 views • 14 days ago

More of Harry about Aperture “The reason why it's called Aperture is like, you control how much light you let in to your life. And I think the start of this year, I kind of just decided I was going to say yes to everything. And the momentum of that has just brought, like, so many positive things in a lot of different ways into my life. And it's been a really beautiful time in my life. And I think also, just when I would play people the music, it was always the song that I played first. […] I want to say and where I'm at in my life. And I think there's nothing more fulfilling, I think, as a musician than putting out a song that you feel like represents where you're at in your life. I think sometimes, you know, you write a song and by the time it comes out, you've kind of been through a bunch of things, and you're not really kind of aligned with necessarily what is happening in the song. And I think I really felt it when we put As It Was at or I felt like, “oh, I feel like this really represents where I'm at in this moment” and that felt really fulfilling. So I think kind of I wanted to do that again this time. And just I feel great about, like, pressing play and going like, I want to play something. And that's kind of why it ended up being the first song.” - 102.7 KIIS FM

More of Harry about Aperture “The reason why it's called Aperture is like, you control how much light you let in to your life. And I think the start of this year, I kind of just decided I was going to say yes to everything. And the momentum of that has just brought, like, so many positive things in a lot of different ways into my life. And it's been a really beautiful time in my life. And I think also, just when I would play people the music, it was always the song that I played first. […] I want to say and where I'm at in my life. And I think there's nothing more fulfilling, I think, as a musician than putting out a song that you feel like represents where you're at in your life. I think sometimes, you know, you write a song and by the time it comes out, you've kind of been through a bunch of things, and you're not really kind of aligned with necessarily what is happening in the song. And I think I really felt it when we put As It Was at or I felt like, “oh, I feel like this really represents where I'm at in this moment” and that felt really fulfilling. So I think kind of I wanted to do that again this time. And just I feel great about, like, pressing play and going like, I want to play something. And that's kind of why it ended up being the first song.” - 102.7 KIIS FM

HSNews

39,591 views • 6 months ago

George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)

George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)

DepressedBergman

56,916 views • 7 months ago

Watch Lady Gaga’s complete performance of her Grammy Award–winning song “Joanne” from last night’s MAYHEM Ball in Stockholm: “I don’t even remember how long ago it was exactly, but there was a time that I was supposed to come here on tour, and I had to cancel. It was on the Joanne World Tour, and I always wondered how that would have been—that I didn’t get to come here and play that music for you, and share that time in my life with you. I feel really grateful that I’m able to come on tour again and be with you all again. This is very special. My album Joanne was very unique in my catalog, I think, because it was so revealing about my family. I really know how much I needed to make that record, and for those of you that supported me in making that record—thank you so much. Maybe it was the subject matter, or the style, or the lyrics, or the way that I departed completely from everything to just go on a completely new ride with myself. Something that people maybe don’t know about my fans is that so many of you go on the ride with me no matter where I go, and I appreciate that so much, because people change, and we need to grow and learn about life in a different way. Anyway, I thought while I was here, I could play you a song from Joanne that’s very special to me. I’d like to dedicate this song to my family and to my grandmother. This is ‘Joanne.’”

Watch Lady Gaga’s complete performance of her Grammy Award–winning song “Joanne” from last night’s MAYHEM Ball in Stockholm: “I don’t even remember how long ago it was exactly, but there was a time that I was supposed to come here on tour, and I had to cancel. It was on the Joanne World Tour, and I always wondered how that would have been—that I didn’t get to come here and play that music for you, and share that time in my life with you. I feel really grateful that I’m able to come on tour again and be with you all again. This is very special. My album Joanne was very unique in my catalog, I think, because it was so revealing about my family. I really know how much I needed to make that record, and for those of you that supported me in making that record—thank you so much. Maybe it was the subject matter, or the style, or the lyrics, or the way that I departed completely from everything to just go on a completely new ride with myself. Something that people maybe don’t know about my fans is that so many of you go on the ride with me no matter where I go, and I appreciate that so much, because people change, and we need to grow and learn about life in a different way. Anyway, I thought while I was here, I could play you a song from Joanne that’s very special to me. I’d like to dedicate this song to my family and to my grandmother. This is ‘Joanne.’”

Gaga Daily

115,243 views • 9 months ago

250714 #GISELLE Instagram Live : have you seen my elle photoshoot? i did a photoshoot for the august issue of elle. what happened was, i was talking with one of the loewe unnies about how i’d been wanting to bring cooper here to live with me, and i was already planning to bring him soon anyway. and then, it just so happened that the photoshoot was around that time… so i was like, ‘oh? it’d be so nice to do it together.’ because honestly, it’s something i’d kind of dreamed about for a long time. even before i had cooper, i used to think that one day, when i got older, i’d really love to do something like that. so i’m really, really thankful to elle and loewe for making that happen. i was so happy. and cooper came out so cute in the photos, so please look forward to the issue! we took a bunch of adorable pics this time.

250714 #GISELLE Instagram Live : have you seen my elle photoshoot? i did a photoshoot for the august issue of elle. what happened was, i was talking with one of the loewe unnies about how i’d been wanting to bring cooper here to live with me, and i was already planning to bring him soon anyway. and then, it just so happened that the photoshoot was around that time… so i was like, ‘oh? it’d be so nice to do it together.’ because honestly, it’s something i’d kind of dreamed about for a long time. even before i had cooper, i used to think that one day, when i got older, i’d really love to do something like that. so i’m really, really thankful to elle and loewe for making that happen. i was so happy. and cooper came out so cute in the photos, so please look forward to the issue! we took a bunch of adorable pics this time.

13 ✿

22,321 views • 1 year ago

I really, really, really wanted to drop this song last year. When I first put out the snippet, I was so excited - but it was hard to finish it on time because everything was a blur. I was sick and weak and nauseous and tired and my body just wouldn't do what I wanted it to. Even in the snippet video, I wasn't feeling great. I was just trying my best. I adore Chike's voice and I knew it was him that had to be on the song with me. When I asked him to give me a verse, he was so ready to go, but he was out of town. As soon as he came back, he came over to my studio the next day 🥹. I got a lotta respect for him. He didn't know I was pregnant and suffering 😅 Watching this video back now, I can't even understand where the energy came from. When the song was done, I struggled to mix it. Even so, I decided to master it myself. I hate mastering, so I don't know what I thinking. I was so disappointed that I couldn't meet the deadline. Everyone had fallen in love with the song and was asking me to put it out. I didn't have the energy to make content. I don't even remember them recording this video. Given how much I love this song, I'm a little bummed I couldn't give it energy it deserves. But please, know that a lot of love and resilience went into this song. I hope that you can let less be more for this one. I hope you can give it the energy that I couldn't. That I can't. PS: This is a chance for those of you that say I gave up my career for marriage to fight(?) for my uhm...rights? That or stfu. WHERE YOU DEY > Simi ft Chiké out everywhere now 🩵🩵 produced by Niphkeys mixed/mastered by Simi

I really, really, really wanted to drop this song last year. When I first put out the snippet, I was so excited - but it was hard to finish it on time because everything was a blur. I was sick and weak and nauseous and tired and my body just wouldn't do what I wanted it to. Even in the snippet video, I wasn't feeling great. I was just trying my best. I adore Chike's voice and I knew it was him that had to be on the song with me. When I asked him to give me a verse, he was so ready to go, but he was out of town. As soon as he came back, he came over to my studio the next day 🥹. I got a lotta respect for him. He didn't know I was pregnant and suffering 😅 Watching this video back now, I can't even understand where the energy came from. When the song was done, I struggled to mix it. Even so, I decided to master it myself. I hate mastering, so I don't know what I thinking. I was so disappointed that I couldn't meet the deadline. Everyone had fallen in love with the song and was asking me to put it out. I didn't have the energy to make content. I don't even remember them recording this video. Given how much I love this song, I'm a little bummed I couldn't give it energy it deserves. But please, know that a lot of love and resilience went into this song. I hope that you can let less be more for this one. I hope you can give it the energy that I couldn't. That I can't. PS: This is a chance for those of you that say I gave up my career for marriage to fight(?) for my uhm...rights? That or stfu. WHERE YOU DEY > Simi ft Chiké out everywhere now 🩵🩵 produced by Niphkeys mixed/mastered by Simi

Simi

393,362 views • 6 months ago

🐰 You’re saying you only listen to “BAD”? I like that. Things have been going really well lately, so I’ve been feeling happy. There are so many people recognizing us, so many people congratulating us too, and I think these days have been something I’m really grateful for. I’m also the type of person who believes in finding what I can do and doing that. So I kept thinking about what it is that I can do, and I figured I should just work hard filming challenges. I reached out to people here and there to film challenges too, and even when I’m tired, I just want to help somehow, so I’ve been working hard. I wonder if it was of any help? Even if it helped just a little, then that’s enough. 🐰 And there was a time when I was like that too. I really wanted to film a challenge with a sunbaemin I admired so much, so on my day off I got my hair and makeup done, went to the broadcasting station, even bought a gift, and went there. That one thing became such an incredibly good memory for me. And at that time, that sunbaemin also said a lot of kind things to me, and seeing it develop into a good relationship made me think, “Someday, if I’m able to, I should do that too.” I still don’t know whether I can be of that much help, but if that’s something meaningful for those people, then I’ll do everything within what I’m able to do. Because I know that feeling so well. I’m so grateful for that sincerity. But how could I possibly refuse that? I just do all of them. And if I’m going to do them anyway, I also want to do their challenges too, but I’m really slow at learning choreography… Even when we’re learning our own songs, it takes me a really long time. Still, I want to do it with care. If I get the chance, I want to practice more and do an even better job, but since I’ve been doing so many of them, I’ve kind of reached my limit. So even when I’m resting, I keep watching the videos, trying somehow to film them even better. The sunbaemins and hubaenims always come so well prepared. So how could I possibly do it half-heartedly? I have to be of help, even if it’s just a little. video cr. dearmars403

🐰 You’re saying you only listen to “BAD”? I like that. Things have been going really well lately, so I’ve been feeling happy. There are so many people recognizing us, so many people congratulating us too, and I think these days have been something I’m really grateful for. I’m also the type of person who believes in finding what I can do and doing that. So I kept thinking about what it is that I can do, and I figured I should just work hard filming challenges. I reached out to people here and there to film challenges too, and even when I’m tired, I just want to help somehow, so I’ve been working hard. I wonder if it was of any help? Even if it helped just a little, then that’s enough. 🐰 And there was a time when I was like that too. I really wanted to film a challenge with a sunbaemin I admired so much, so on my day off I got my hair and makeup done, went to the broadcasting station, even bought a gift, and went there. That one thing became such an incredibly good memory for me. And at that time, that sunbaemin also said a lot of kind things to me, and seeing it develop into a good relationship made me think, “Someday, if I’m able to, I should do that too.” I still don’t know whether I can be of that much help, but if that’s something meaningful for those people, then I’ll do everything within what I’m able to do. Because I know that feeling so well. I’m so grateful for that sincerity. But how could I possibly refuse that? I just do all of them. And if I’m going to do them anyway, I also want to do their challenges too, but I’m really slow at learning choreography… Even when we’re learning our own songs, it takes me a really long time. Still, I want to do it with care. If I get the chance, I want to practice more and do an even better job, but since I’ve been doing so many of them, I’ve kind of reached my limit. So even when I’m resting, I keep watching the videos, trying somehow to film them even better. The sunbaemins and hubaenims always come so well prepared. So how could I possibly do it half-heartedly? I have to be of help, even if it’s just a little. video cr. dearmars403

Irene | AhgaTiny

21,194 views • 14 days ago

🐹 “Back to Life” was made about two or three years ago. I really wanted to try making a full-on rock song, so I told producer Helix that I wanted to make something like that and asked him to send me a track. He sent me one, and then I started working on it. Even the very first draft had all English lyrics. Back then, I wrote everything by myself, so there were a lot of grammatical mistakes and parts where the expressions weren’t strong enough. I kept it as a guide for a while, and then this year, when talk came up about doing a SKZ-PLAYER, I thought maybe this would be the right song to bring back out. So I asked LB to work on the lyrics. Based on the message I wanted to convey, I asked him to help fix the grammar and flesh things out more, and that’s how the song was completed. I think this was the right timing to release it. So I rerecorded everything, revised the track too, and that’s how it came out. 🐹 “Where did you make ‘Back to Life’?” I made it at my old studio, not the one I’m using now. 🐹 “What program do you use?” Cubase! 🐹 “When did you film the music video?” You know how I sent that Bubble message really early in the morning saying that I was going to do a lot this year? I think I also said there was something I really wanted to show you. That was actually the day we filmed it.

🐹 “Back to Life” was made about two or three years ago. I really wanted to try making a full-on rock song, so I told producer Helix that I wanted to make something like that and asked him to send me a track. He sent me one, and then I started working on it. Even the very first draft had all English lyrics. Back then, I wrote everything by myself, so there were a lot of grammatical mistakes and parts where the expressions weren’t strong enough. I kept it as a guide for a while, and then this year, when talk came up about doing a SKZ-PLAYER, I thought maybe this would be the right song to bring back out. So I asked LB to work on the lyrics. Based on the message I wanted to convey, I asked him to help fix the grammar and flesh things out more, and that’s how the song was completed. I think this was the right timing to release it. So I rerecorded everything, revised the track too, and that’s how it came out. 🐹 “Where did you make ‘Back to Life’?” I made it at my old studio, not the one I’m using now. 🐹 “What program do you use?” Cubase! 🐹 “When did you film the music video?” You know how I sent that Bubble message really early in the morning saying that I was going to do a lot this year? I think I also said there was something I really wanted to show you. That was actually the day we filmed it.

깜푸비니

25,991 views • 2 months ago

"You know, I don't, I have not changed. I really make the movies for myself. I really, really do." Q: "For no one else, or just sort of like what you ultimately want to see in them?" "Yeah, I think so." Q: "As a fan yourself, too? "What I want to see, yeah, like as a, like, you only have the benchmark of yourself. Like, if you ever try and make a movie for someone other than yourself... I feel like you're going to blow it. "Because you can't, you don't know how anyone else is going to feel. So like, you know, you go, 'okay, do I find that emotionally real? Do I find that interesting? Is that the Krypton I want to go to? Is that the Superman I want to see fight?' "You know, those are the questions you ask yourself constantly. And I think once you, if you're constantly answering yes to that, then you'll end up the more, the film will end up being more interesting to you. "And ultimately, the film being interesting to you allows you to make the movie better because you're interested. "If you make it for someone else over a two-year period, you're just going to not give a sh*t at some point because you're just like, 'I don't care. This is not my movie. I don't care about this movie because I made it for someone else.'" Q: "I imagine that's a very hard thing to do in Hollywood, though, is to keep your vision clear with so much collaboration, with so much going on, with so many other people in the mix." "It really depends on the project. For instance, it was hard on Guardians, you know, where I feel like what ended up happening on that movie was people, we did end up, they did end up asking me like, 'this is for kids, right?' "And I got to honestly say that I knew it was for kids, but I didn't want to make it for kids. You know what I mean? And I think that's what happened to that movie. It did get like second guessed at the end and turned more into a movie for kids. "My point of view is I can think like a child if I want. I have that enthusiasm for movies and what I think is cool. You, the collective you, don't need to try and second guess me and go, 'this is what we think a kid would like.' "And then it's like, 'oh, a song' or whatever. Then you're just like, 'okay, whatever.'"

"You know, I don't, I have not changed. I really make the movies for myself. I really, really do." Q: "For no one else, or just sort of like what you ultimately want to see in them?" "Yeah, I think so." Q: "As a fan yourself, too? "What I want to see, yeah, like as a, like, you only have the benchmark of yourself. Like, if you ever try and make a movie for someone other than yourself... I feel like you're going to blow it. "Because you can't, you don't know how anyone else is going to feel. So like, you know, you go, 'okay, do I find that emotionally real? Do I find that interesting? Is that the Krypton I want to go to? Is that the Superman I want to see fight?' "You know, those are the questions you ask yourself constantly. And I think once you, if you're constantly answering yes to that, then you'll end up the more, the film will end up being more interesting to you. "And ultimately, the film being interesting to you allows you to make the movie better because you're interested. "If you make it for someone else over a two-year period, you're just going to not give a sh*t at some point because you're just like, 'I don't care. This is not my movie. I don't care about this movie because I made it for someone else.'" Q: "I imagine that's a very hard thing to do in Hollywood, though, is to keep your vision clear with so much collaboration, with so much going on, with so many other people in the mix." "It really depends on the project. For instance, it was hard on Guardians, you know, where I feel like what ended up happening on that movie was people, we did end up, they did end up asking me like, 'this is for kids, right?' "And I got to honestly say that I knew it was for kids, but I didn't want to make it for kids. You know what I mean? And I think that's what happened to that movie. It did get like second guessed at the end and turned more into a movie for kids. "My point of view is I can think like a child if I want. I have that enthusiasm for movies and what I think is cool. You, the collective you, don't need to try and second guess me and go, 'this is what we think a kid would like.' "And then it's like, 'oh, a song' or whatever. Then you're just like, 'okay, whatever.'"

Zack Snyder Film

334,960 views • 7 months ago

#ต้าห์อู๋ #Daou #Oueiija 🦖: There was a music festival in Pattaya, and I brought my Mama along. Lately, I have been bringing my Mama to work a lot. And I felt like booking the best hotel for her to sleep in, so I did. That day, she kept looking at the view from the hotel, and I saw her reaction. She said, “Mama has never slept in a hotel like this in my whole life. Mama has been working since the age of 14, performing Chinese opera to provide for the family. I never thought I’d have something like this. Never thought I’d have a beautiful home or get to ride in nice cars.” And it resonated with me, especially since Pa passed away. When Mama says things like that, (it is) true. What I had planned was just one (more) year until Pa and Ma could retire… (but) it was too late. Even if it was just one year or one day, it was too late. Success can wait for tomorrow, (but) if they are not there tomorrow, then it is too late. So, I felt like, “Hey, when can I make her happy?” To be honest, the new house that I built for her, where she can do this and that, is finished. The renovations are all done. The cats have moved in. (She?) has a role as the pillar of the house. So, I feel that the car… I had bought one before, but that time, I had to thank the fans. But this time, it came from (my own) hard work. I want it to be something that makes Mama happy. I know that I bought a car, and she can’t drive it, but I want her to see that I am starting… I want her to see that I have succeeded.

#ต้าห์อู๋ #Daou #Oueiija 🦖: There was a music festival in Pattaya, and I brought my Mama along. Lately, I have been bringing my Mama to work a lot. And I felt like booking the best hotel for her to sleep in, so I did. That day, she kept looking at the view from the hotel, and I saw her reaction. She said, “Mama has never slept in a hotel like this in my whole life. Mama has been working since the age of 14, performing Chinese opera to provide for the family. I never thought I’d have something like this. Never thought I’d have a beautiful home or get to ride in nice cars.” And it resonated with me, especially since Pa passed away. When Mama says things like that, (it is) true. What I had planned was just one (more) year until Pa and Ma could retire… (but) it was too late. Even if it was just one year or one day, it was too late. Success can wait for tomorrow, (but) if they are not there tomorrow, then it is too late. So, I felt like, “Hey, when can I make her happy?” To be honest, the new house that I built for her, where she can do this and that, is finished. The renovations are all done. The cats have moved in. (She?) has a role as the pillar of the house. So, I feel that the car… I had bought one before, but that time, I had to thank the fans. But this time, it came from (my own) hard work. I want it to be something that makes Mama happy. I know that I bought a car, and she can’t drive it, but I want her to see that I am starting… I want her to see that I have succeeded.

𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦.

22,766 views • 1 year ago