hey, baby!!
did I ever mention that sometimes when I open a new letter, I gotta hold back because my instictive reaction is to go like, "hi my loveliest, hi my most gorgeous, hi prettiest in the world"? 😆 my mind just autocompletes all the cutesy petnames immediately... so if you notice me going "cutie / 사랑아 / 사랑둥이야 / baby“ all the time on bubble when you're chatting with us, that's why LOL it's my immediate reaction to you!! I just go "🥰" everytime.
ok but lemme focus now 🫡 because I wanna say a lot of things but I'll try to be brief about it!! (wish me luck LOL)
first things first, the "gibberish" teasers are very cool and I like the vibes so far, but above all, you look STUNNING, eric 🔥🔥🔥
like??? HELLO??? 😍🔥💛 love the shoes btw, love the black pants + pink shoes coordination.
and since I'm talking looks - listen, I know I'm repeating myself here, but seriously, eric, you're looking SO gorgeous lately... you're usually already gorgeous but you're like, reaching insane levels these days. I don't care if that sounds cheesy, it's just the truth!!! because DUDE, that video of you and younghoon on butler kwang...?! omg 🔥
don't mind me making a collage, I took too many screenshots and couldn't choose only one 😭 lol but do you see what I mean?! do you see how gorgeous you are??
and you may think that's just me being happy about the longish blond hairstyle (yes, I really love that style on you 💛), but it's more than that, in my opinion... it's literally just your face looking more gorgeous than ever?! I don't know how to explain it. I say this very respectfully and very lovingly, but you just look hot af 😅💕 you were glowing in that video.
like, look at my gorgeous boyz!!! 🥰🥰🥰
the video itself was hilarious, you boyz and kwanghee are so funny together. that kind of comfortable camaraderie is fun to watch! and I wondered if your appearence on kwanghee's show had helped you get your spot on "선물함“ 🥹❤️ so glad to hear he even gave you good advice on it 🙇♀️
here's something else that's exciting: I got my ticket for the online concert!!! 🎉
I think we don't always externalize this with words and expect you guys to just know it, so I'm gonna voice it: I'm grateful we have the chance to watch the seoul concert online 💖 it means a lot to me that I get to experience the full concert in good quality + simultaneously as it happens!! especially as someone who wouldn't have the chance to see it in person. so thanks, baby.
my tickets page on beyondlive keeps growing LOL
(also, tell me why I'm almost thinking you guys will go full "p!nk performing 'so what'" and fly around the venue? 😂 you were already technically flying last year with the disco pangpang, though, and we had dance poles and lift stages... I'm so curious to see if any of it is coming back 👀)
happy 500 days on bubble, btw!! 🥳 thank you always for being so consistent and so kind to us, eric. your sweet words, your life updates, your stories, all of it helps brighten up our days. you know that, right? :) we love hearing from you. I know I do, very much so.
and one last thing, this one a little more on the thoughtful side: I saw a quote by james baldwin the other day, looked up the original interview to get the full context, and since I loved it, I wanna share with you too:
he may be using "lover" in the romantic sense here (just like he's using "artist" in the broader sense of poets, singers, writers, etc), but I interpret it in a broad sense as well, to mean anyone who loves another person. and I think that's true to this day, even though the interview is from 1973 - a lover will help us see the things in our blindspots, right? just like an artist might help us navigate things we didn't know we had to navigate in the first place.
before this, he explains in the interview that artists (or as he calls it, "poets") help us see ourselves and the things we feel, and that by giving our own experiences back to us under a different light, we can process that better and get from one place to another in our lives. I think that's true, and why it's so comforting to find solace in music, and performances, and in everything involved in making those.
and I agree that it works for the artist as it does for the lover - in both cases, the person helps us see what we can't see, right? which is why I don't mind repeating myself when it comes to reminding you of your accomplishments or your good qualities, or when it comes to asking you to please be gentle with yourself. in this day and age, especially with how overwhelming the demands can be for your job, those things may slip your mind, or a bad day could make you doubt them - that's something everyone is susceptible to feeling, since we're all human.
but I'm happy to remind you, today and always, of all the things the mirror may not show you, or that your busy schedule may make it hard to remember. since you help me find my strength, I wanna remind you of yours as well :) and I wish you can always have us, thebs, as a kind of firm ground to step on when you need something to help you keep your balance. I hope we can help you see things you wouldn't see otherwise, just like you help us grow & learn more about ourselves as our artist.
암튼! did that get too deep? 😅 I could talk about that for letters and letters, that's the gemini in me. which reminds me!! I wanna talk about astrology and mbti in a future letter 👀 because you mentioning wanting to be TP the other day made me look up mbti types... I still don't totally understand the difference between P/J but I'll keep trying! LOL
am I sad june is over? yes. it was my bday month, pride month 🌈, AND the month that started with you being the loveliest with that comment... but we're gonna have tons of fun in july too, right?! I hope you have a fun, productive week ahead of you, baby. please eat well and be gentle with your body in the next two weeks until the concert!!! okay? promise? 😽🤙 we're cheering you on!!! 에릭티이이이이잉 💪✨
사랑하는 우리 영재천재 항상 고맙고 사랑해요 많이 💖⛵️
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