Follow Ups - May 19th, 2026 - aespa, Billlie, 82MAJOR, NiziU, Ayumu Imazu, no na, Ha Hyun Sang, tripleS (Patreon)
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FOLLOW UP DAY!!!! As always, there's more music than I have time for! What a wonderful problem to have hahaha. ANYWAY, definitely some great moments this week. Please, please, please share your thoughts on these in the comments - I love having these conversations with y'all!
(On that note, next week I might try to use the Patreon livestream function to attempt doing these follow ups live... I haven't tried before, but might be an easier way to get this up for patrons and then anyone who is available can join me to chat in real time.)
This week's takeaways:
aespaaaaaaaa is aespa! They look amazing in this live performance - they've just gotten more and more charismatic as the years have gone by and now they're stepping into this new era with a FIERCENESS that I'm living for. I might try to do a behind-the-scenes for this recording studio later this week.
I. NEED. TO. GET. INTO. BILLLIE! Why are they soooooo good?! I already knew the music and vocals were exceptional, but this performance quality?! They are overwhemingly talented and I don't even know where to start. I think they might be the next girl group to get a Deep Dive, tbh. I can tell that I'm missing out.
Oh no. Oh no. I'm even more overwhelmed now. 82MAJOR won me over with songs and dance ability when I first watched them, but now I'm hearing vocals and also THIS STAR QUALITY?! Why didn't anyone tell me about this BLACKPINK cover before?!?!?!?!?!?! Maybe you did and I wasn't listening; I'm sorry. This has changed my life. Best cover of any song I've ever heard an idol group do. EVER.
NiziU is so much fun! This is a solid k-pop song and it makes me happy.
Ayumu Imazu 😍 I high-key think he might be my favourite artist I've reacted to here. His dance ability & stage presence are ELITE, and it just stresses me out even more knowing he's writing these songs, creating this choreography, directing his own videos, etc. Too much talent for one human being.
no na took an already great song and stepped it up even more!!! To be able to elevate a song by removing choreography and stage production is an incredible task, but they absolutely did that here. ATE.
Ha Hyun Sang's song is so prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Without really doing anything too much, it just makes me cry because it's so simple and pretty! I need to hear more of him.
'Girls Never Die' miiiiiiiight be my favourite song I've heard from tripleS so far... and I've liked every single song I've heard! It's also just watching them perform. Somehow, there are 24 individual idols all giving Main Character Energy together and it works!
1:38 - aespa - 'WDA' Live Performance5:53 - Billlie - 'ZAP' Performance Video9:27 - Billlie - 'WORK' Relay Dance14:39 - 82MAJOR - 'Sign' ALLIVE Radio Performance18:07 - 82MAJOR - 'Pink Venom' Band LIVE Performance 24:26 - NiziU - 'Too Bad' Performance Video27:53 - Ayumu Imazu - 'Classic' Dance Practice31:35 - Ayumu Imazu - 'Elevate' Dance Practice37:06 - no na - 'Rollerblade' THE FIRST TAKE Performance41:36 - Ha Hyun Sang - 'Hummingbird' Live Performance47:06 - tripleS - 'Girls Never Die' MV52:28 - tripleS - 'Girls Never Die' Suit Dance Performance
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