Hello again Youngjo
Long time no writing to you, I hope you are doing well and feel happy with your successes with this latest comeback. I saw the shock and the teary eyes, I know it was important to you guys, even if you kept telling us for so long not to be sorry. I will never forget that drive home Vlive where tomoons apologised after Lit got nominated but didn't win, I was there, I was voting, I haven't stopped supporting you guys since 2018. But you told us not to apologise and that one day you would repay the love with a win.. but I personally felt it was us showing our love to you. I am glad you can hold that in your hands for many years to come. I feel like it was the culmination of all the work and love Oneus and Tomoon have tried to show each other for years.
So I said on your birthday letter I would be back to talk about the comeback, however, we had a bit of a family crisis happen the day after, so outside of my nightly letters to Keonhee, I have been finding very little time to actually write to you. Sorry I am so late and again, sorry your birthday present has still not arrived. After the family crisis, it has been lack of money and time.. it will get to you though, at some point. I am not sure when though 😔 Poor Keonhee is still waiting for his aswell 😩 I have been hopeless this half of the year, no matter how hard I have tried 🥲
Anyway.. on with what I have to say for this comeback!
It would be an understatement to say you worked hard for this album and it's promotions. I see how hard you work, your late night/early morning bubble messages when you are just finishing up work. Youngjo I have been so utterly impressed with you this comeback. Your parts in Same Scent were amazing, the dance, the visuals, the rap, it really is the most addictive part of the song for me. I feel like you managed to drop some of your swag perfectly enough to give the correct feeling for this concept. You retained the cool without it being too overly confident, perfect for the performances and my word.. that outfit on you and the hair for the studio choom performance.. magnifique!! 😍
I should also mention your teaser which you seemed to have forgotten was all about 'control'. I get the impression you enjoyed playing the part, you did a great job and.. Can I say one thing about the music for the teasers? I don't know who wrote yours or Woong's, but I was actually upset they weren't on the album as full songs 😅 Thankfully the album was outstanding anyway so I recovered from the disappointment quickly.. but I know I am not the only one who loved those two specifically.. no idea if they can actually be made into full songs.. but you know.. if they were.. that'd be great 👀
Now I should get to my favourite songs on the album... I have ALWAYS loved your composed songs, heck I even loved the song you helped compose for Snuper. Your songs have just got better and better with time and though Firebomb is still my favourite, I need to talk about your growth with Mermaid and Full Moon.
Mermaid, I loved the retro feel, being an '83 liner myself (sheesh) I had quite a lot of nostalgia listening to it and I am often joining in singing along, it is actually really fun to sing along to and as always I will compliment you on how you distribute lines.
Full Moon however.. This isn't just a song, this is an entire work of art. I needed to give it a good few listens to really take in all the different parts of the song but the way the vocals were done for it, hearing yours, I was quite literally sitting like this: 😦😲😱 You blew me away. It is so masterfully written, the backing track is just the perfect level of 'empty' for the vocals to really shine and that takes a LOT of skill. To even think about how the vocals could sound with that backing track.. I don't know how you came up with it, but the switches from low to high and back to low again, the harmonies.. Ravn... Youngjo... I am in awe every time I listen to it. It's like listening to an orchestral symphony where you can dissect the song and listening to all the little parts that make the whole and then just appreciate how it is all put together. Some songs I can just happily sing, dance or nod my head along to happily without feeling the need to listen more deeply, but I just can't stop myself. You outdid yourself. Everything about it.. I don't think I can convey to you just how impressed I am with it. I have been thinking about how to express this to you since it's release and still I am not doing it justice. All I can ask is that one day you guys perform it live if you can. If I could beg and ask for anything, it would be that 🥺🙏
I guess I also just want to thank you for all your hardwork and effort you always put in. I saw you did a fancall yesterday where you admitted you hadn't had any sleep and despite being tired and always busy, it is the life of an idol. It made me think, you guys all chose this line of work knowing what it would entail. You particularly, having trained for so long and at so many companies, you must feel some pressure about being older when you debuted aswell. So I guess in some ways, you just have to get on with life and deal with the tiredness that comes from the busy idol life. I know you are a self-confessed workaholic too. It actually reminded me a little of my life. I have chronic health problems which mean I am always tired and in pain, yet I too have to push through and get on with being a mum, working, trying to find time for the things I enjoy and I always have to be doing something. I guess in some ways we lead similar lives, lack of sleep, always going from one schedule to the next. You have a company telling you where to be and what to do, I have my kids 😆 Nearly 20 years I have been a parent, the last two I have been on my own with my kids by choice. Even as my oldest turned 19, I am still supporting them while they figure out their last steps to independence, but of course being a parent has no end date. I am sure you have goals for in the future, you have always talked about running your own company one day, I will be cheering you on whatever step you take. But yeah, I guess I can understand a little what idol life must be like, however unlike you guys, I don't have people ready to bring me down at the slightest mistake. The standards idols are held to are just.. as an English woman, I do not understand it, especially one of my generation 😅 That pressure to be near perfect at all times must be exhausting aswell. It must be nice to just sit at your computer and create and just be completely yourself in that moment. Or when you go home to see family and be the brother or the son, rather than the idol. Artist Youngjo, musician, dancer, rapper, singer, composer, producer, what hat will you wear next?! I truly have a deep respect for what you must endure in your current line of work considering all the future pressures that also come with being a man in Korea. I am glad you have such a good team with Oneus, you guys seem to get along well and I am glad you can support each other.
Please know that I am always cheering for you and supporting you, even if I am not as frequent a visitor as I would like to be. I do hope I will get the chance to meet you again sometime soon. Introduce myself properly, rather than being the shocked and flustered sunburnt lady following on behind Fei at Hallyupop in London 😂 You know, my youngest daughter is looking at studying music technology after highschool. She is 15 currently, school finishes here at 16, then we have college for 2 years and then university. It is a little different from the Korean school system. She, like you, has a love of rock music but also loves learning about what goes into making good music. I am buying her a guitar for christmas. It will be a good start for her I think. I enjoyed hearing your piano practice on bubble. Moonlight Sonata and its various parts was one of the pieces I started to learn after I got back to playing piano. That song seems to have resonated with you a lot.
Ah, I am rambling somewhat. I do this alot. Oh by the way, huge congratulations on getting the TOEIC level you wanted to acheive. You worked so hard for it! I am currently studying for my TOPIK 1 on the 15th October. Because of all the drama going on here I haven't had the mindset to be able to study as much as I would like, so I am really worried about failing. I have been studying Korean for 3 years but still feel like a beginner. I want to do a 10 week course in Seoul in 2024 if I can afford to, so I really need to study more. What I really need is someone to practice with daily but with the time zone difference, that can make it hard. When I am free in the evening, most Koreans are in bed 😅 I need a nightowl like you to practice with, or a Korean based in England who I can chat to via video or something. I bet that was something you had a struggle with aswell, and now you will need to maintain it aswell, but I bet fansigns help with that a lot. I have always wanted to be bilingual.. but nowadays I want to be a polyglot 😆 I hear learning languages is great for keeping your brain healthy as it ages.. I want to be as healthy as I can be mentally because my body has been failing me since I was 14 😅
You know, I still can't get over your MBTI change, but I can't say anything. You just changed a single letter, I went from being an INFJ as a young adult to being an INTP for years. I am back to an INFJ nowadays though, so there's hope for you yet 😉😂 Have fun in Saudi Arabia. It will be lovely meeting more international tomoons I am sure. I hope you get some good rest on your flight, proper rest please. You've been non-stop this year. I am pretty sure that even with no further comeback plans for this year, you guys have plans for next year already being worked on. I keep hoping you guys will get a proper holiday at some point, wishful thinking maybe.
Anyway, take good care of yourself.
Lots of Love
Emily 💞
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