Follow Ups - Aug. 18th, 2026 - KISS OF LIFE, OURBIRTHDAY, YEONJUN, KATSEYE, MXFRUIT, Perfume, DAWN, TEN, KARD, XONARA, Samuel, CORTIS (Patreon)

THIS WEEK'S FOLLOW UPS ARE HERE!!!! As always, I'm sure I missed some haha. Let me know in the comments if there's anything else you want me to follow up!

TAKEAWAYS:

KISS OF LIFE - The song is toooootally growing on me. And, honestly, there's something about watching the dance practice like this that is much, much more exciting to me. We do love a dance practice in this house. They look great here.

OURBIRTHDAY - Hmm, I'm not sure how I'm feeling about the overall project. I still LOVE 'HUNGRY' and those performance videos have made me a fan. We'll see what else they give us as they continue on, though. The rookies are doing it again this year!

YEONJUN - He already told us: he's a FXXKIN STAR!!!! 🤩 Seeing him perform the song makes me love it a lot more than when we listened to the album; it's HIS energy that sells it! The video is GORGEOUS, too!

KATSEYE - they look and sound GREAT on this stage. But, exactly what we talked about in the MV reaction - that crowd is FULLLLLLLL of very young girls (and the gays and theys lol). No matter how much they shake their ass in thongs in the videos, they still got little girls showing up for them.

MXFRUIT - OH. MY. GOD. They were sooooo good! Who do I need to bribe to bring this group back? The vocals, the charisma, the branding, the PRODUCTION! Holy moly. I'm obsessed.

Perfume - Somehow the actual album version and music video for this song made me EVEN MORE in my feelings and innnnnnside the song than the live performances! Oh my goddddd.

DAWN - This also had me in my feelings. Those raw vocals! 😍 The song feels even more emotional hearing him sing like this. I wish we had a longer version like this.

TEN x TorSaksit - I love this acoustic version! Hearing this kind of live performance is really refreshing. TEN sounds fantastic, the piano is beautiful, they sounded so nice together. I hope we get so, so, so much more of this from Solo TEN.

KARD - OBSESSED with the Band Ver. of this! The song is already so much fun, their vocals sound super relaxed and pretty, and the baaaaaaaaaaand! The band! I want this version on streaming platforms!

XONARA - These girls are FIERCE. Gah. I love them more and more every time I see them. This song is so perfectly my vibe. They are strong performers, tiny places where I see they're still finding themselves, but overall I am really enjoying them!

Samuel w/ SVT - Y'alllllllllllll! 🥹😭 THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!!

CORTIS - Y'alllllllllllllllll! 🥹😭 THIS IS ALSO THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!! Oh my god, I almost forget how young they still are until I see a video like this and remember that pre-debut was JUST two seconds ago. They were babies! And already so talented!

1:28 - KISS OF LIFE - 'SWEAT' Dance Practice5:28 - OURBIRTHDAY - Highlight Medley7:43 - YEONJUN - 'FXXKIN STAR' MV12:44 - KATSEYE - 'PINKY UP' Today Show Performance15:38 - KATSEYE - 'Animal' Today Show Performance19:09 - MXFRUIT - 'Strawberry Ice Cream' MV25:26 - Perfume - 'Polygon Wave' MV29:16 - DAWN - 'Too Much' Live Clip32:19 - TEN x TorSaksit - 'If You Don't Mean It' Live Clip38:17 - KARD - 'Back To Life' Band LIVE Performance43:22 - XONARA - 'PULA' Dance Practice55:17 - Samuel w/ MINGYU, JUN - 'Zigi Zigi Zigi' Dance Challenge Behind1:00:18 - CORTIS - 'before debut'