#seungmin — Public Fediverse posts

Listening to "Railway" again and noticed the line "we're staring at the ticket that says one trip."

It made me think of the bit in #Levanter where #BangChan, #Seungmin and #Han are in the elevator, Seungmin is holding the ticket "to new world," and the other two are looking at it.

So I had to go back to "Levanter" MV to check it out again. It is a one-way ticket. (Okay not exactly the same as one-trip but close enough.)

Is the "Railway" bit intended to be a subtle call-back to the "Levanter" elevator scene?

Contrasting trudging up the stairs on his own, versus taking the elevator (even if it's a shitty and dangerous elevator) with other members of the skz blue team.

Bang Chan does like to put subtle references and hints into his work, and doesn't like to explain them. I guess sometimes the references are deliberate?? And other times it's just coincidence.

✂️ Railway, Bang Chan's solo stairs, and staring at the ticket that says "one-trip"
:youtube: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxieIvZO0p_JbYBZrQqHk0XYc71DurE8yE

✂️ Levanter, the blue team's elevator, and the one-way ticket to new world
:youtube: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQvJzcETpEIjSAYJUoibHkI7Tfrf6fdof

#skz #RailwayByBangChan #skzBlue #skzElevators #skzLore

Okay I finally had a quiet moment to listen to/watch #CinemabyLeeKnowandSeungmin and first of all how dare they sound so lovely together? (Please do more duets; your voices together are SO nice!) 😍

Second, I'm actually <*chinhands*> at them because oh baby are there *layers* here; this is an ode to STAY, this is an ode to skz, this is an ode to their 7 year long journey to get where they are, this is an ode to being performers with massive stage presence and trying to meet fan expectations while having privacy, this is an ode to each other (both Seungmin and Lee Know to each other, and also them to the other members, I think), an ode to how fame can unanchor you if you're not careful.

"Cinema" is a veeeery deliberate choice of title and theme. And also, the entire framing makes me think of "All the world's a stage / and all the men and women merely players" (from *As You Like It*, Shakespeare); the full monologue is maudlin and bitter, and definitely this song could have taken that bent... but instead...

"And now night after night
When you cannot find your way
I'll be waiting...
Welcome to our Cinema"

It's a comfort show we all know. It's that one we know tugs our heart strings and might make us cry but mostly it's silly and feel good and always says "hey there you are 💕".

Because nobody is SKZ's biggest fan bar SKZ members themselves, remember? They're always the most hype. The most comforting. Always rallying around each other. Everything so far that's knocked out less well-knit groups has just made them closer and stronger and they just keep going and always praise each other and STAY as the reasons they keep going.

Lee Know and Seungmin probably made everyone cry with this song, I would bet you. But I guess those two had a LOT of feelings and felt confident in showing them like this.

We love you Lee Know + Seungmin!!

#skz #straykids #skzstay #straykidsstay #STAY #skz_mixtape #cinema #leeknow #leeminho #KimSeungmin #seungmin #skz_ate #ATE #dominATE

Uhhh, for those who haven't watched the #skzDominate tour either in person or on livestream quite as many times as I have ...

First set:
- #Han #HoldMyHand (#skzBlue team, blue song)
- #YouthByLeeKnow (blue team, blue song)
- #Seungmin #AsWeAre (blue team, blue song)
- #SoGoodByHyunjin (#skzRed team, red song)

Second set:
- #RailwayByBangChan (blue team, red song)
- #HallucinationByI_N (red team, red song)
- #UnfairByFelix (red team, red song)
- #UltraByChangbin (red team, red song)

Meeting cancelled :success:

Okay so.

#skzCode #FallFieldDay #skzRed team:
- #Hyunjin
- #I_N
- #Felix
- #Changbin

#skzBlue team:
- #BangChan
- #Seungmin
- #LeeKnow
- #Han

The solo song sticker colours all match the field day colours too, *except* Railway is red instead of blue. It feels like maybe it's an exception because it's horny, and Bang Chan has a thing about red in that context. #RailwayByBangChan

The three OT8 songs are split. #WalkinOnWater is red. #BounceBack & #UFeatTablo are both blue.

Bounce Back is mostly Han, so that makes sense that it's on the blue side.

I *think* U is mostly Bang Chan.

Walkin On Water seems like a fairly evenly balanced #3racha production.

The red and blue lore goes back to the #CléSeries at least (or possibly earlier??)

#SkzHOP logo release with the blue & red lights dancing around each other then combining:
:youtube: https://youtu.be/U_5ls7hRCY4

#skzLore

For reference purposes only, here is #Seungmin in the locking chrome corset belt.

The video sadly does not present this outfit as well as some of the official photos do, but I'm still a fan.

✂️ Seungmin in the locking chrome corset belt yeah um this is a situation

:youtube: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxUfOkZKWQ9c8JVbu3XxGKLYs6YIKIU7Jf

Watching this again reminds me that the MV teaser for #RailwayByBangChan seems to build on my favourite #skzATE visual concepts: the sex demons and the chrome manicures. Channie clearly liked those too.

✂️ #BangChan solo and then group pose from ATE manicure photoshoot

um ignore #I_N's terrible shorts (and, uh, boot covers?) and just look at That Bitch Seungmin being extremely walk-walk-fashion-baby in his corset belt.

:youtube: https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxj9WQQUZms3wkBZvpu-IBE98buIYMLz0G

#SKZ #ChromeCorset

Christopher has decided that we all need to think about #Seungmin taking his clothes off.

This is in relation to the teaser for Seungmin's solo MV, which just dropped.

:youtube: https://youtu.be/S4X9hWJpNyQ

Thoughts:
- are they going to release all the solo MV teasers in reverse age order?
- is Christopher going to suggest that all of the members are going to take their clothes off?
- are they going to end with #RailwayByBangChan, in which we already *know* that Christopher takes his clothes off?
- god I love Christopher's aversion to wearing clothes

#BangChan #skz #MaximumChristopher