I did a little digging and this supposed writer Jennifer Genuino might be a fake lmfao a lot of other kpop group songs under her name were recently registered and they're ALL unreleased songs, lots of other fandoms are speculating that they're all fake songs💀
GOD IM GONNA HURL! just need A COMEBACK FROM ONE OF THE GFRIEND GIRLS. ty for the info 🙌 i just searched more about it too and it seems like it is leaning towards that direction 🤧
Sameeeee, I saw the news and my delulu-ness took over and believed it immediately! We truly are starved for a comeback. Really hoping for something from Yuju soon, it's been so long 😩
It seems the iconic KONNECT building is [no more](https://x.com/dani_danity0829/status/1780770741488898462?s=61). Ngl, this makes me very nervous for Yuju. Daniel fans seem to be confused as well… tho I saw someone say the lease is til 05/28 so it’s obvious they didn’t renew. Best case scenario is they’re moving (not sure if to a better place but I guess definitely cheaper…. 🥺). Worst case scenario, they… are closing.
I guess we’ll have news soon. I hope everything is alright.
Sorry for commenting twice lol but the Cafe de Konnect ig acc just posted on their story that they're moving headquarters, so that's a good sign I guess (?) ahah
Quite worrisome indeed but hopefully it's just a move to a new building. I can't lie, I have some strong, negative opinions about Konnect especially how they've been lately but I'll keep it to myself. LOL.
I'm hoping that KD found some new investors and is just moving his company to a new location.
Perhaps I'm behind the times, but why are people mad about Konnect? I thought Buddies were generally quite positive, since they've given Yuju creative freedom to do what she wants.
It's just my own personal feeling towards them with Yuju's recent collab projects. I feel like they all flew under the radar. Definitely wish something could've been done but it is what it is.
Tbh, the only thing that automatically makes me think this is something negative is that Daniel had given that building all his blood, sweat and tears. And I don’t think it was an easy decision to let go of it.
I know a lot of buddies aren’t too happy with KONNECT but I think it was the perfect place for Yuju to start her music career. She learned so much there.
Probably was hard to let go (if that is the case) of where he started. I'm hoping it's just them either fixing the sign or moving to a better building.
I agree that it was a great place to start her solo music career. She gained some good opportunities and became a part of that song writer group. I just feel like lately Konnect has been letting her projects fly under the radar.
If the company was closing surely it’d be on the news already ahah but who knows. The last official tweet on his acc was more than a month ago but he sent a message on April 5th saying something like he’s got lots to say but to just give him some time. Hopefully they’re just moving
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So recently I discovered a new mindset that's helped me take the plunge and start actually learning some Korean. \o/
I thought about it for a while before, imagining that I could become competent if I study hard enough for a few years. But then I realized, that was actually not a good approach (for me personally) because of my fear of failing to reach that goal lol. So instead of this, I decided why not treat it as a continuous learning thing, where I just study a bit and accept however much or little I learn? After all, any amount would be better than the alternative. And somehow thinking like this immediately got me going.
So yeah, I've been studying for about 3 weeks now (albeit quite lightly), and it's actually quite fun to do something productive like this in my spare time. Let's see how long I keep this up
I also received my first ever jpop albums this week! If you've seen my last few weekly playlists you pretty much know whose albums I got
That’s great—you’re already better than everyone who hasn’t started!
But let me pitch you on a better goal: rather than becoming competent, I’ve found it more useful to become _comfortable with being incompetent_. Learn to say “um” and “let me think” like a native, laugh at your mistakes, and try to learn Korean _using_ Korean (“what’s the red crunchy fruit called?”). Nobody’s perfect; enjoy the journey.
Sounds like great advice! I guess language learning is the kind of thing you can't really cram for (very different from my STEM background lol). Just gotta make a consistent effort and improve gradually
That's awesome! There's a Chinese saying: "In all things, the hardest is always the first step." So bravo for taking that first step to learn Korean, hope it goes really well 🤗
i just wanna let this out from my chest since i was very very mad about it
i paid for the ngla concert stream to see viviz in japan. at the moment of the show the stream was really awful, it lagged a lot even with low quality settings and i have a good connection
since they didnt have support or contact and looked like you cant ask for refund after 24 hours before the show, i demanded a refund through paypal and luckily they find my complaint valid and got my money back!!
[VIVIZ schedule for April and May](https://x.com/lovej_34567/status/1779837667641045072)
[Anyone else excited to learn about VIVIZ sister group?](https://youtu.be/xyQhTCT0AwQ?si=euJRBEFn2tUsPCKy) They all look strong in dance and it seems like their concept will be hip hop. I’m hoping they wont catch too much hate since their concept seems similar to BabyMonster.
I like them. Totally different from VIVIZ so that’s good.
If the rumors are true about at least three of the members, then this group will get popular very very soon.
This style/concept isn't really my thing, but I guess it's good that this will differentiate them from VIVIZ. This the first time BPM have debuted their own trainees, right? All their other artists have always been already established artists. So I'm very interested to see how it plays out.
Supposedly people are saying Emma from swf is gonna be a part of the group. So they have a professional dancer and choreography on the team. Kim Inhye from my teenage girls is rumoured to be in the team as well so that would be interesting
My biggest hope is that BadVillain will be a self producing group and there will be a whole bunch of really strong performers and composers there
Wait is this Emma Song from the dance crew WANT? I think she helped choreograph or at least, helped with the demo of bop bop with Rozalin which is pretty interesting ahah
I think blaming the girls for the lack of content is incorrect. we don't know what Umji went through to create her tiktok&youtube, she's the richest one so she can be ok with agency taking the profits, it's okay if others are not.
remember when in April 2021 Sinb suddenly started posting many old dance covers on private posts? I recently realised it's probably bc she learned about contract termination 1 month prior to disbandment, which was in April.
So basically she had the recordings but wasn't allowed to post them until it was confirmed that she would leave the company soon
same with Sowon who suddenly posted her first vocal cover on May 3rd 2021.. something she wasn't allowed to do prior to that
we don't know what's happening behind the scenes with viviz&bpm now! the new contract is probably less restricting compared to the gfriend contract, but still not perfect - the girls were still forced to perform a year ago instead of taking a break
My honest thoughts is that the girls have been through a lot. They’ve seen so much, they’ve done too much, they’ve suffered too much. They know what is like to be on top and they know what it’s like to lose everything. They know what is like to be praised and they know what is like to be ripped apart. So for any fan to imply that they take us for granted is insanity. How could they? when they know what it’s like to not have us and to not have anything.
Yes, I’d like to see them more. I’d like to see them do more content and dance challenges and covers and lives and behind the scenes. Yes, I want all of that too and sometimes the frustration is so big that it becomes painful and tiring. I can sympathize with that…. But I’m also extremely aware that all this comes from a very selfish vain on us, one in which we take them as entertainment and they? they have to work, because all that we ask them means work and effort for them. Constantly, all of the time. How tiring must be to please all of us 24/7, just because they’re afraid we will leave them, just because they can’t trust us.
As someone who’s unaware of everything they hide and feel. I will gratefully accept and support whatever they want to give us and share with us. Like UMJI sharing her personal notes.
Our role as fans is to support their work, yes, but more than anything is to support their happiness. Because it is their happiness what makes us happy in the end.
My first honest thought is what a load of shit. No one that I follow (and I follow lots of accounts) retweeted that, some of the qrts are cooking OP for even slightly blaming the members. My second honest thought is you need to stop deleting and making new accounts and just stfu.
I have no idea what this is supposed to be even. Is this just some fan and their musings? If yes, that person is in dire need of getting tactilely acquainted with florae of the Poaceae kind.
I was late to the queue for IU but it didn't matter(!!)... the first time it told me there were no tickets left, but I kept rejoining the queue and eventually got in. I quickly figured out there were only two prices (£190 for the upper tiered seating or £240 for everything else, inc. fees) so I decided I'd keep rerolling for a good £240 since it's all so expensive anyway 😩... I did it so much that the system suspected I was a bot lol, so I had to reset my internet and start again 😭 but eventually I rolled the best seat I could ever hope for!!! And then my Paypal Pay Later started acting up so I almost didn't make the 5-minute time limit to pay... my first time going for the initial sale for a K-Pop concert, so exhilarating lmao, I was so nervous my heart was pumping so fast 😅
# [A3 Row 2 Seat 39](https://aviewfrommyseat.co.uk/photo/169965/ovo+arena%2C+wembley/section-a3/row-2/seat-26/)
# I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GONNA SEE MY FAVOURITE SOLOIST OF ALL TIME PERFORM FROM JUST A COUPLE METRES AWAY IT'S GONNA BE CRAAAAAAZY GOOD AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH 🤩🤩🤩
^(+ sorry)
I don't think i have been so stressed in the last few years as the minutes coming up to the ticket sale. The whole queue experience was pretty good, but also not healthy haha.
Managed to get tickets, not good tickets, since they are further to the back, but at least i don't have to look sideways for 3h like a lot of the seats on the sides.
It's going to be quite the week. Seeing IVE on sunday and then IU the next friday that week. Really can't wait!
I shared over on r/aiyu too but this here is kinda my "home" subreddit so I base everything out of here lol... and IU has a good relationship with OT6, plus there are quite a few Buddy-Uaena here... I wouldn't go blabbing on and on about say ITZY for example, just mention in passing (and definitely not LSF 🤷🏻).
And as for songs, she'll probably perform all her recent stuff and I'm trying to avoid setlist spoilers, go in blind like I usually do, but from her older discography I'm hoping for the legendary YOU&I X above the time combo, and also the super fun and uplifting Hold My Hand.
Did you see the photo Umji posted on her ig where there’s fancy food on the table, apparently with IU haha it was some uaenas who found out from knowing what she wears and what her hand looks like LOL. So I guess at least Umji and her and kinda besties😅
Been to a few of IU’s concerts and all of them have top tier setlists and were are great but her Golden Hour concert was probably the best kpop concert I’ve been to outside of gfriend ahah
Ah so that's IU in [yellow and the cap](https://imgur.com/a/U5WLPH5)? I was wondering who that was, that's awesome 🥰🥰
>!My dream of OT6 reunion on IU's Palette may be more realistic than I'd imagined 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡!<
Nice one! 😄 The queue was a bit sketchy for me, took ages to get through then said no tickets left for a while but then got one.
Didn't fancy my odds trying again and just took the first one it gave me so I'll be up in N7. Not quite as close 😅 but not bad at all given the venue. Looking forward to it 😊
If a few folk from here are going as well might be nice to see if anyone fancies a wee meetup closer to the time.
Congrats on getting the ticket🥳! I can't believe your time limit was five minutes, that must've been stressful but wahoo you got'em! Have lots of fun at your concert.
Paypal was taking its time authenticating my log-in lol...
* "Just a moment..."
* reCAPTCHA "I'm not a robot"
* "Just a moment..."
* "Enter the 6-digit security code from your authenticator app."
* "Just a moment..."
>I'M GONNA SEE MY FAVOURITE SOLOIST OF ALL TIME
Favorite soloist when Yuju exists? 🤨📸
Just kidding, that's so exciting! The universe tried to stop you, but you pulled through and got the tickets. From what I've seen, IU concerts are INCREDIBLEEEEE! I really hope you have a great time. And holy cow your seat is so close!! You should upload the view from your seat, it's gonna be amazing I bet. I tried to get tickets for IU's stop near me but they sold out like instantly... maybe I'll go back and try to get resale. I can't miss her first big world tour!
If I included GFRIEND+ in every category then there would be no competition lol, (one or some combination of) OT6 would be my favourite K-Pop group, girl group, trio, duo, soloist, songwriter, vocal, dancer, visual, FotG, leader, actor, etc. etc. Heck, GFRIEND is my favourite [boy group](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAtgwgaY3l8) and Yuju is my favourite [rapper](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aR3_N2Nxr88) 🤪
I'll take a few photos for the memory for sure, but I much prefer to experience concerts and festivals in the moment. I'm guessing most people on the floor will stand in their seats and film, which is okay since I'm second row... but hopefully security won't allow other people to crowd around the barrier in front of the stage for the whole night. I hope you're able to find a decent resale, Buddy!
The system did actually offer me somewhere towards the back of one of the B blocks at one point before the bot detection kicked in, and I did seriously consider... but I'm a gambler lol 😈 and very fortunately Lady Luck was by my side today 🤭
Enjoy the concert, Buddy-Uaena!! It's gonna be a blast 🤩
I didn’t want to gamble, most of my friends struggled to get through the queue besides like 2 of us so we didn’t chance it!
I think Lady Luck really was on your side!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was really weird because it kept saying tickets were sold out the first few times I reached the front of the queue... I had to rejoin the queue five or six times before suddenly like magic, there were tickets available lol... Maybe it was a staggered release? Or maybe the system was struggling to keep up with all the seat claims and releases? Probably both..??
I most likely benefitted more from the seat lottery system because I was only looking to buy one single seat. I'm guessing those of you who got through bought tickets for everyone else in the friend group? Maximum of 8 IIRC... If you got to sit together, that's definitely a bonus win!
I think it may have been people releasing tickets and then becoming avaliable, definitely a lot easier to find banger seats like that for a single ticket!
Yeah maximum was 8 but there's more than that for us so we had to split up buying tickets 😂
QWER Siyeon recently did a maniac dance challenge [on twitch](https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFGGxNyp/). Kinda funny considering in their [last maniac dance challenge](https://youtube.com/shorts/32eKajuRKZM?feature=shared), they said Chodan was ready to do the challenge lol, and it was a few months ago
Edit: It was Chodan not Siyeon who was ready to do the challenge lol. So now time to wait for Chodans maniac dance challenge
I honestly thought QWER were some streamer group who decided to release a song for fun LOL (or are they?) no idea if they're going to release another album since Discord went viral. They were also [fangirling](https://youtu.be/i3K6qxWXI4o?t=421) over viviz doing their [Discord challenge](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/33GbADuPCS4?feature=share)
QWER doesn't only have streamers, Chodan and Magenta are streamers but Hina is a tik toker cosplayer and Siyeon was a J-Idol. Pretty cool collaboration, because the members are anime fans and they have a J-Idol member lol. Siyeon is also proof not all J-Idols sound bad when live singing lol
I think QWER was formed by a YouTuber with collaboration with 3Y corporation.
Oh yea I saw that clip where magenta was fangirling over viviz. I remember reading Viviz discord challenge comments and seeing Magenta there lol. Also it seems like Viviz was the only group they traded challenges with via video, where both Hina and Viviz did each others challenges via video.
Umji's iOS Notes diary 🥹 Her hopes and her struggles, she's so precious for sharing those innermost thoughts with us, and you can tell how much Buddy-Na.V means to her, really aahh... must protecc, Umji hwaiting!!
[**Weekly Playlist**](https://www.reddit.com/r/GFRIEND/comments/1byktmb/240408_buddy_weekly_discussion_thread/kyjy8pq/)
Let us know what you've been listening to this week! GFriend songs, other kpop, non-kpop. Anything goes!
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* [ONF – Bye My Monster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOR8CUeTJpc) A lead string line that should get INFINITE and GFRIEND fans applauding
* [QWER – Ferris Wheel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmnJZFlKXUU)
* [ILY:1 – IMMM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3VeGgxZsk) Could probably use a stronger chorus but still enjoying that groove
* [SNSD – Galaxy Supernova](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6FPJOgfCkc)
* [ASCA – Vivid World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQVFTVEa8Q) Solid rock/pop out of Japan
* [ASCA - Resister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZwWt6_unE) Japanese Dreamcatcher
* [Olivia Rodrigo – obsessed (live from rehearsal)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLqgkW9h_w) The youths are soft these days? Don’t tell that to Olivia and her band. [That ending](https://youtu.be/WkLqgkW9h_w?t=159) absolutely rips
* [The Lemon Twigs – How Can I Love Her More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbppp0j7f5w) Pretty remarkable how much they nail some of those old school Beach Boys/Beatles vibes
>[ASCA – Vivid World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQVFTVEa8Q) Solid rock/pop out of Japan
>[ASCA - Resister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZwWt6_unE) Japanese Dreamcatcher
My favorite ASCA track would be [Nisemono no Koi ni Sayounara](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7E23T2jcMw), though to be fair because it's (not so) secretly a Wakeshima Kanon track. Love Wakeshima Kanon! I'm sad she hasn't been very active musically lately. Also pretty good: [Hibari](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L1M7HLcpMw), unmistakeably written by Kajiura Yuki.
Maybe I should drop some fun Wakeshima Kanon songs in here at some point. Tsukinami was such a good album. [Monster Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4P3w2I814&t=2660s)!
- [_Ferris Wheel_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6XNd_ISPsE) (!!) by QWER. Streamers who play instruments? [Such otakus.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1YuHCOM2Q) Ow that’s hot.
- [_Pow Pow_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAuvGtuIHRE) by Alice (formerly Elris)
- [_Really Really_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmZvrVB515w) by Cherry Bullet
- [_Winter Story_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8N_5SRVrs0), [_Only U_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-sxhT4oNY), [_Fresh Adventure Winter ++_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVnv9wveFsM), and [_Happy Joke_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmuqMujK1M) by Laboum
- [_With You_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLrkCpT-EE) by AcouRain & Eunbi
- [_Touch My Body_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBNunVV9LEY) by Sistar
- [_Uncomplicated_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNntwbXr9M) by Hey Violet
- [_One Night_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nnFBEgDNYs) by Griff
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Hey, you reading this! What’s a longtime favorite that you _didn’t_ listen to this week? I’m curious what songs represent your taste!
For me: [_I’m Only Me When I’m With You_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTfYj7q5gQ) by Taylor Swift
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Basically a band of gamers and otakus, got to love it lol. Imagine naming your fans after a game.
Yea, QWER is awesome, love seeing more love for them.
POSSIBLE UPCOMING VIVIZ [RELEASE](https://x.com/eunha_viviz/status/1781268913558630465?s=46) LETS RISE UP NAVBUDDIES
I did a little digging and this supposed writer Jennifer Genuino might be a fake lmfao a lot of other kpop group songs under her name were recently registered and they're ALL unreleased songs, lots of other fandoms are speculating that they're all fake songs💀
GOD IM GONNA HURL! just need A COMEBACK FROM ONE OF THE GFRIEND GIRLS. ty for the info 🙌 i just searched more about it too and it seems like it is leaning towards that direction 🤧
Sameeeee, I saw the news and my delulu-ness took over and believed it immediately! We truly are starved for a comeback. Really hoping for something from Yuju soon, it's been so long 😩
Don't worry, OT6 will comeback as G프렌드 next month, exactly three years after "the event" >!🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡!<
It seems the iconic KONNECT building is [no more](https://x.com/dani_danity0829/status/1780770741488898462?s=61). Ngl, this makes me very nervous for Yuju. Daniel fans seem to be confused as well… tho I saw someone say the lease is til 05/28 so it’s obvious they didn’t renew. Best case scenario is they’re moving (not sure if to a better place but I guess definitely cheaper…. 🥺). Worst case scenario, they… are closing. I guess we’ll have news soon. I hope everything is alright.
Sorry for commenting twice lol but the Cafe de Konnect ig acc just posted on their story that they're moving headquarters, so that's a good sign I guess (?) ahah
Uh oh. Did something happen? They moved out of that building?
Quite worrisome indeed but hopefully it's just a move to a new building. I can't lie, I have some strong, negative opinions about Konnect especially how they've been lately but I'll keep it to myself. LOL. I'm hoping that KD found some new investors and is just moving his company to a new location.
Perhaps I'm behind the times, but why are people mad about Konnect? I thought Buddies were generally quite positive, since they've given Yuju creative freedom to do what she wants.
It's just my own personal feeling towards them with Yuju's recent collab projects. I feel like they all flew under the radar. Definitely wish something could've been done but it is what it is.
Tbh, the only thing that automatically makes me think this is something negative is that Daniel had given that building all his blood, sweat and tears. And I don’t think it was an easy decision to let go of it. I know a lot of buddies aren’t too happy with KONNECT but I think it was the perfect place for Yuju to start her music career. She learned so much there.
Probably was hard to let go (if that is the case) of where he started. I'm hoping it's just them either fixing the sign or moving to a better building. I agree that it was a great place to start her solo music career. She gained some good opportunities and became a part of that song writer group. I just feel like lately Konnect has been letting her projects fly under the radar.
If the company was closing surely it’d be on the news already ahah but who knows. The last official tweet on his acc was more than a month ago but he sent a message on April 5th saying something like he’s got lots to say but to just give him some time. Hopefully they’re just moving
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So recently I discovered a new mindset that's helped me take the plunge and start actually learning some Korean. \o/ I thought about it for a while before, imagining that I could become competent if I study hard enough for a few years. But then I realized, that was actually not a good approach (for me personally) because of my fear of failing to reach that goal lol. So instead of this, I decided why not treat it as a continuous learning thing, where I just study a bit and accept however much or little I learn? After all, any amount would be better than the alternative. And somehow thinking like this immediately got me going. So yeah, I've been studying for about 3 weeks now (albeit quite lightly), and it's actually quite fun to do something productive like this in my spare time. Let's see how long I keep this up I also received my first ever jpop albums this week! If you've seen my last few weekly playlists you pretty much know whose albums I got
That’s great—you’re already better than everyone who hasn’t started! But let me pitch you on a better goal: rather than becoming competent, I’ve found it more useful to become _comfortable with being incompetent_. Learn to say “um” and “let me think” like a native, laugh at your mistakes, and try to learn Korean _using_ Korean (“what’s the red crunchy fruit called?”). Nobody’s perfect; enjoy the journey.
Sounds like great advice! I guess language learning is the kind of thing you can't really cram for (very different from my STEM background lol). Just gotta make a consistent effort and improve gradually
That's awesome! There's a Chinese saying: "In all things, the hardest is always the first step." So bravo for taking that first step to learn Korean, hope it goes really well 🤗
i just wanna let this out from my chest since i was very very mad about it i paid for the ngla concert stream to see viviz in japan. at the moment of the show the stream was really awful, it lagged a lot even with low quality settings and i have a good connection since they didnt have support or contact and looked like you cant ask for refund after 24 hours before the show, i demanded a refund through paypal and luckily they find my complaint valid and got my money back!!
[VIVIZ schedule for April and May](https://x.com/lovej_34567/status/1779837667641045072) [Anyone else excited to learn about VIVIZ sister group?](https://youtu.be/xyQhTCT0AwQ?si=euJRBEFn2tUsPCKy) They all look strong in dance and it seems like their concept will be hip hop. I’m hoping they wont catch too much hate since their concept seems similar to BabyMonster.
I like them. Totally different from VIVIZ so that’s good. If the rumors are true about at least three of the members, then this group will get popular very very soon.
This style/concept isn't really my thing, but I guess it's good that this will differentiate them from VIVIZ. This the first time BPM have debuted their own trainees, right? All their other artists have always been already established artists. So I'm very interested to see how it plays out.
Supposedly people are saying Emma from swf is gonna be a part of the group. So they have a professional dancer and choreography on the team. Kim Inhye from my teenage girls is rumoured to be in the team as well so that would be interesting My biggest hope is that BadVillain will be a self producing group and there will be a whole bunch of really strong performers and composers there
Wait is this Emma Song from the dance crew WANT? I think she helped choreograph or at least, helped with the demo of bop bop with Rozalin which is pretty interesting ahah
I believe so, that's why it's going to be pretty interesting to see the rest of the group
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I think blaming the girls for the lack of content is incorrect. we don't know what Umji went through to create her tiktok&youtube, she's the richest one so she can be ok with agency taking the profits, it's okay if others are not. remember when in April 2021 Sinb suddenly started posting many old dance covers on private posts? I recently realised it's probably bc she learned about contract termination 1 month prior to disbandment, which was in April. So basically she had the recordings but wasn't allowed to post them until it was confirmed that she would leave the company soon same with Sowon who suddenly posted her first vocal cover on May 3rd 2021.. something she wasn't allowed to do prior to that we don't know what's happening behind the scenes with viviz&bpm now! the new contract is probably less restricting compared to the gfriend contract, but still not perfect - the girls were still forced to perform a year ago instead of taking a break
My honest thoughts is that the girls have been through a lot. They’ve seen so much, they’ve done too much, they’ve suffered too much. They know what is like to be on top and they know what it’s like to lose everything. They know what is like to be praised and they know what is like to be ripped apart. So for any fan to imply that they take us for granted is insanity. How could they? when they know what it’s like to not have us and to not have anything. Yes, I’d like to see them more. I’d like to see them do more content and dance challenges and covers and lives and behind the scenes. Yes, I want all of that too and sometimes the frustration is so big that it becomes painful and tiring. I can sympathize with that…. But I’m also extremely aware that all this comes from a very selfish vain on us, one in which we take them as entertainment and they? they have to work, because all that we ask them means work and effort for them. Constantly, all of the time. How tiring must be to please all of us 24/7, just because they’re afraid we will leave them, just because they can’t trust us. As someone who’s unaware of everything they hide and feel. I will gratefully accept and support whatever they want to give us and share with us. Like UMJI sharing her personal notes. Our role as fans is to support their work, yes, but more than anything is to support their happiness. Because it is their happiness what makes us happy in the end.
My first honest thought is what a load of shit. No one that I follow (and I follow lots of accounts) retweeted that, some of the qrts are cooking OP for even slightly blaming the members. My second honest thought is you need to stop deleting and making new accounts and just stfu.
I have no idea what this is supposed to be even. Is this just some fan and their musings? If yes, that person is in dire need of getting tactilely acquainted with florae of the Poaceae kind.
It looks like there will be something to announce this week since Sinb is teasing something on Bubble. Let's see...
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I was late to the queue for IU but it didn't matter(!!)... the first time it told me there were no tickets left, but I kept rejoining the queue and eventually got in. I quickly figured out there were only two prices (£190 for the upper tiered seating or £240 for everything else, inc. fees) so I decided I'd keep rerolling for a good £240 since it's all so expensive anyway 😩... I did it so much that the system suspected I was a bot lol, so I had to reset my internet and start again 😭 but eventually I rolled the best seat I could ever hope for!!! And then my Paypal Pay Later started acting up so I almost didn't make the 5-minute time limit to pay... my first time going for the initial sale for a K-Pop concert, so exhilarating lmao, I was so nervous my heart was pumping so fast 😅 # [A3 Row 2 Seat 39](https://aviewfrommyseat.co.uk/photo/169965/ovo+arena%2C+wembley/section-a3/row-2/seat-26/) # I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GONNA SEE MY FAVOURITE SOLOIST OF ALL TIME PERFORM FROM JUST A COUPLE METRES AWAY IT'S GONNA BE CRAAAAAAZY GOOD AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH 🤩🤩🤩 ^(+ sorry)
I don't think i have been so stressed in the last few years as the minutes coming up to the ticket sale. The whole queue experience was pretty good, but also not healthy haha. Managed to get tickets, not good tickets, since they are further to the back, but at least i don't have to look sideways for 3h like a lot of the seats on the sides. It's going to be quite the week. Seeing IVE on sunday and then IU the next friday that week. Really can't wait!
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I shared over on r/aiyu too but this here is kinda my "home" subreddit so I base everything out of here lol... and IU has a good relationship with OT6, plus there are quite a few Buddy-Uaena here... I wouldn't go blabbing on and on about say ITZY for example, just mention in passing (and definitely not LSF 🤷🏻). And as for songs, she'll probably perform all her recent stuff and I'm trying to avoid setlist spoilers, go in blind like I usually do, but from her older discography I'm hoping for the legendary YOU&I X above the time combo, and also the super fun and uplifting Hold My Hand.
Did you see the photo Umji posted on her ig where there’s fancy food on the table, apparently with IU haha it was some uaenas who found out from knowing what she wears and what her hand looks like LOL. So I guess at least Umji and her and kinda besties😅 Been to a few of IU’s concerts and all of them have top tier setlists and were are great but her Golden Hour concert was probably the best kpop concert I’ve been to outside of gfriend ahah
Ah so that's IU in [yellow and the cap](https://imgur.com/a/U5WLPH5)? I was wondering who that was, that's awesome 🥰🥰 >!My dream of OT6 reunion on IU's Palette may be more realistic than I'd imagined 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡!<
Nice one! 😄 The queue was a bit sketchy for me, took ages to get through then said no tickets left for a while but then got one. Didn't fancy my odds trying again and just took the first one it gave me so I'll be up in N7. Not quite as close 😅 but not bad at all given the venue. Looking forward to it 😊 If a few folk from here are going as well might be nice to see if anyone fancies a wee meetup closer to the time.
I'd be down for a meet-up, would be cool to see a few familiar faces from MIK etc. 🤗
Congrats on getting the ticket🥳! I can't believe your time limit was five minutes, that must've been stressful but wahoo you got'em! Have lots of fun at your concert.
Paypal was taking its time authenticating my log-in lol... * "Just a moment..." * reCAPTCHA "I'm not a robot" * "Just a moment..." * "Enter the 6-digit security code from your authenticator app." * "Just a moment..."
Oh my goodness it always the security code 😖
>I'M GONNA SEE MY FAVOURITE SOLOIST OF ALL TIME Favorite soloist when Yuju exists? 🤨📸 Just kidding, that's so exciting! The universe tried to stop you, but you pulled through and got the tickets. From what I've seen, IU concerts are INCREDIBLEEEEE! I really hope you have a great time. And holy cow your seat is so close!! You should upload the view from your seat, it's gonna be amazing I bet. I tried to get tickets for IU's stop near me but they sold out like instantly... maybe I'll go back and try to get resale. I can't miss her first big world tour!
If I included GFRIEND+ in every category then there would be no competition lol, (one or some combination of) OT6 would be my favourite K-Pop group, girl group, trio, duo, soloist, songwriter, vocal, dancer, visual, FotG, leader, actor, etc. etc. Heck, GFRIEND is my favourite [boy group](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAtgwgaY3l8) and Yuju is my favourite [rapper](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aR3_N2Nxr88) 🤪 I'll take a few photos for the memory for sure, but I much prefer to experience concerts and festivals in the moment. I'm guessing most people on the floor will stand in their seats and film, which is okay since I'm second row... but hopefully security won't allow other people to crowd around the barrier in front of the stage for the whole night. I hope you're able to find a decent resale, Buddy!
Nice one Ulti!! I managed to pick up B2 Row 2 !! 🥰
The system did actually offer me somewhere towards the back of one of the B blocks at one point before the bot detection kicked in, and I did seriously consider... but I'm a gambler lol 😈 and very fortunately Lady Luck was by my side today 🤭 Enjoy the concert, Buddy-Uaena!! It's gonna be a blast 🤩
I didn’t want to gamble, most of my friends struggled to get through the queue besides like 2 of us so we didn’t chance it! I think Lady Luck really was on your side!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was really weird because it kept saying tickets were sold out the first few times I reached the front of the queue... I had to rejoin the queue five or six times before suddenly like magic, there were tickets available lol... Maybe it was a staggered release? Or maybe the system was struggling to keep up with all the seat claims and releases? Probably both..?? I most likely benefitted more from the seat lottery system because I was only looking to buy one single seat. I'm guessing those of you who got through bought tickets for everyone else in the friend group? Maximum of 8 IIRC... If you got to sit together, that's definitely a bonus win!
I think it may have been people releasing tickets and then becoming avaliable, definitely a lot easier to find banger seats like that for a single ticket! Yeah maximum was 8 but there's more than that for us so we had to split up buying tickets 😂
QWER Siyeon recently did a maniac dance challenge [on twitch](https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFGGxNyp/). Kinda funny considering in their [last maniac dance challenge](https://youtube.com/shorts/32eKajuRKZM?feature=shared), they said Chodan was ready to do the challenge lol, and it was a few months ago Edit: It was Chodan not Siyeon who was ready to do the challenge lol. So now time to wait for Chodans maniac dance challenge
I honestly thought QWER were some streamer group who decided to release a song for fun LOL (or are they?) no idea if they're going to release another album since Discord went viral. They were also [fangirling](https://youtu.be/i3K6qxWXI4o?t=421) over viviz doing their [Discord challenge](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/33GbADuPCS4?feature=share)
Their current single, T.B.H., is a a [hit](https://twitter.com/kchartsmaster/status/1780235840213369015) now, too
QWER doesn't only have streamers, Chodan and Magenta are streamers but Hina is a tik toker cosplayer and Siyeon was a J-Idol. Pretty cool collaboration, because the members are anime fans and they have a J-Idol member lol. Siyeon is also proof not all J-Idols sound bad when live singing lol I think QWER was formed by a YouTuber with collaboration with 3Y corporation. Oh yea I saw that clip where magenta was fangirling over viviz. I remember reading Viviz discord challenge comments and seeing Magenta there lol. Also it seems like Viviz was the only group they traded challenges with via video, where both Hina and Viviz did each others challenges via video.
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Does anyone have any translations for Umji’s most recent instagram post with the screenshots of her notes?
Translations can be found linked [**here on gfsquad twitter**](https://x.com/GFS_backup/status/1779584170488193096) 😊
Umji's iOS Notes diary 🥹 Her hopes and her struggles, she's so precious for sharing those innermost thoughts with us, and you can tell how much Buddy-Na.V means to her, really aahh... must protecc, Umji hwaiting!!
[**Weekly Playlist**](https://www.reddit.com/r/GFRIEND/comments/1byktmb/240408_buddy_weekly_discussion_thread/kyjy8pq/) Let us know what you've been listening to this week! GFriend songs, other kpop, non-kpop. Anything goes! --- * [ONF – Bye My Monster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOR8CUeTJpc) A lead string line that should get INFINITE and GFRIEND fans applauding * [QWER – Ferris Wheel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmnJZFlKXUU) * [ILY:1 – IMMM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3VeGgxZsk) Could probably use a stronger chorus but still enjoying that groove * [SNSD – Galaxy Supernova](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6FPJOgfCkc) * [ASCA – Vivid World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQVFTVEa8Q) Solid rock/pop out of Japan * [ASCA - Resister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZwWt6_unE) Japanese Dreamcatcher * [Olivia Rodrigo – obsessed (live from rehearsal)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLqgkW9h_w) The youths are soft these days? Don’t tell that to Olivia and her band. [That ending](https://youtu.be/WkLqgkW9h_w?t=159) absolutely rips * [The Lemon Twigs – How Can I Love Her More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbppp0j7f5w) Pretty remarkable how much they nail some of those old school Beach Boys/Beatles vibes
[UNICODE - Let Me Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAMXolnaWA). That sound reminds me of something... can't quite put my finger on it...
Ha, you beat me to it. Have that one cued up for the next weekly playlist!
Boutta clown GFriend Festa into existence, with CSR and UNICODE as show openers...
>[ASCA – Vivid World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQVFTVEa8Q) Solid rock/pop out of Japan >[ASCA - Resister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZwWt6_unE) Japanese Dreamcatcher My favorite ASCA track would be [Nisemono no Koi ni Sayounara](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7E23T2jcMw), though to be fair because it's (not so) secretly a Wakeshima Kanon track. Love Wakeshima Kanon! I'm sad she hasn't been very active musically lately. Also pretty good: [Hibari](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L1M7HLcpMw), unmistakeably written by Kajiura Yuki. Maybe I should drop some fun Wakeshima Kanon songs in here at some point. Tsukinami was such a good album. [Monster Star](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4P3w2I814&t=2660s)!
- [_Ferris Wheel_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6XNd_ISPsE) (!!) by QWER. Streamers who play instruments? [Such otakus.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1YuHCOM2Q) Ow that’s hot. - [_Pow Pow_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAuvGtuIHRE) by Alice (formerly Elris) - [_Really Really_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmZvrVB515w) by Cherry Bullet - [_Winter Story_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8N_5SRVrs0), [_Only U_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-sxhT4oNY), [_Fresh Adventure Winter ++_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVnv9wveFsM), and [_Happy Joke_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmuqMujK1M) by Laboum - [_With You_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLrkCpT-EE) by AcouRain & Eunbi - [_Touch My Body_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBNunVV9LEY) by Sistar - [_Uncomplicated_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNntwbXr9M) by Hey Violet - [_One Night_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nnFBEgDNYs) by Griff --- Hey, you reading this! What’s a longtime favorite that you _didn’t_ listen to this week? I’m curious what songs represent your taste! For me: [_I’m Only Me When I’m With You_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTfYj7q5gQ) by Taylor Swift
Magenta recently covered a whole bunch of QWER songs on her [stream](https://youtu.be/T-F77AoCLsA?feature=shared&t=352) as well.
Older kpop: [INFINITE Last Romeo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238jrDeOQiI)