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foxes-that-run · 6 months

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William Bowery

William Bowery may be more than one person. William Bowery was a mystery from Folklore’s release 24 July 2020 until the Long Pond Sessions were released on Disney+ on 25 November 2020. When Taylor first talked about it she was not at ease, here in the interview with Zane Lowe she has a pause when talking about Joe writing Exile (49:34)

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In the Long Pond Sessions talking about Exile Taylor says Joe wrote the piano and male lyrics. Jack moves his foot and clarifies “Jesus, lyrics too?” Which Taylor agrees with, adding Joe has such a low voice.

For Betty Taylor said "I just heard Joe singing the entire fully formed chorus of Betty from another room yeah" and "I've written so many songs from a female's perspective of wanting a male apology that we decided to make it from a teenage boy's perspective apologizing after he loses the love of his life because he's been foolish" Jack: "allegedly" "no he's been foolish" Jack: "well, we don't know who William Bowery is". "He's a fool, he's been foolish, we wrote it I'm confirming."

to Zane Lowe Taylor (25 Mins) said she and Joe love songs, she said that Joe wrote the melodic structure and she wrote the lyrics.

"We always bonded over music and had the same musical tastes and he's always the person who's showing me songs by artists and then they become my favorite songs". Funny, Harry has tweeted 6 hours worth of song recommendations.

Also to Zane Lowe, she said "we wrote it exactly the same way we did exile where Joe wrote the piano [pause and sharp breath in] I based the vocal melody on the piano and we sent it to justin" "Joe had written the piano part so that it the tempo speeds up and it changes the music completely changes to a different tempo in the bridge" (Below, Joe says he can play 'piano pretty badly')

7 December 2023 - In Taylors Time Magazine Person of the year article she referenced a number of Harry's inspirations and dressed like them. She referred to Paul McCartney who inspired Sweet Nothing and Bob Dylan who was an influence on Betty.

The name

I think every British guy is probably related to a William, as both Harry and Joe are. Harry has stayed at the Bowery Hotel a lot, including the week he met and started dating Taylor. Joe was also reported to be pictured there in October 2016 with Taylor. Which is not that unusual, it's a cool hotel.

Harry's last pre-pandemic show was the Fine Line secret session on March 2 at the Bowery Ballroom when he also replaced “beechwood cafe” with “Bowery ballroom” in falling He has stayed at the Bowery Hotel in April 2012 (when first dating Taylor) and returned in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022. Harry's grandfathers middle name was William.

Joe told Kelly Clarkson "William, my great-grandfather, who I actually never met was a composer. He wrote a lot of classical music and he wrote a lot of film scores, and then Bowery is the area in New York that I spent a lot of time in when I first went over there.” Joe was reportedly pictured at the Bowery October 2016.

Song credits

William Bowery is still credited as the songwriter of 3 songs on Folklore: Exile, Betty & Champagne Problems. He's also credited as a writer on Coney Island, Evermore, and Sweet Nothing on Midnights.

In April 2021 Joe Alwyn was credited as a producer for 6 songs of Folklore, including 3 songs William Bowery is not a writer on. Joe has no credits on Evermore and Midnights.

For comparison, Taylor is listed as the writer on This is what you came for, rather than her previous pseudonym

Timeline

25 November 2020 Taylor announced it in the Long Pond Session.

2021 ? I can't find Joe saying anything about it before April 2022?

15 March 2021 Folklore wins AOY Taylor said "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine" in her Grammy acceptance speech, (Aaron pursed his lip)

?? April 2021 - Joe has production credits on 6 songs

5 December 2021 - You're Losing Me was written

19 April 2022 - When asked if they'd write again, Joe told Elle "“It’s not a plan of mine, no.”

18 May 2022 - Taylor stopped liking Joe's IG posts and he didn't come to her NYU graduation.

19 May 2022 - Joe went on Kelly Clarkson to talk William Bowery, he looks down and blinks a lot when speaking.

After this Joe looked mad in the VMAs and walk before Midnights release and not seen again

21 October 2022 - Midnights released with Sweet Nothing, Joe doesn't seem to have been mentioned by Taylor or her team.

Always playing instruments

To Zane Lowe Taylor said, while discussing William Bowery:

"He's always just playing instruments and he doesn't do it in a strategic ‘I’m writing a song right now’ thing he's always done that”

However, even after Folklore Joe said this on playing instruments:

Saying, “I like music, and I played a bit of guitar awfully in a school band when I was 12.” and “I can play piano pretty badly, but never with the intent of, ‘Right, it’s time for my jazz-fusion album.'”

Harry has spoken about the importance of constantly picking up instruments, has hunted down unique guitars and a Dulcimer for Fine Line. In 2013 was taking piano lessons while touring with One Direction, now he tours with a Piano on tour to write on. Like the 10 minute ballad he wrote for the last LOT show.

Sweet nothing

Sweet nothing could be about Paul and Linda McCartney.

Taylor liked this old post with it the day she released you’re losing me and announced it was written 12 December 2021. The post links sweet nothing to a Paul McCartney Quote about Linda. Harry has referenced Paul and Linda’s collaboration album Ram many times, long before the WB songs:

To Howard stern in February 2020

To rolling stone in 2019

In his another man mix tape in 2017

Paul also interviewed Harry or Another Man and gave him advice on going solo. And Sweet Creature's melody has an homage to Paul's Blackbird.

Paul and Taylor also interviewed each other for Rolling Stone, it is fantastic interview, after Folklore. Interestingly they talk about pseudonyms and Taylor doesn't mention Joe or William Bowery. But does talk about writing under Nils Sjöberg.

"A pseudonym comes in is when you still have a love for making the work and you don’t want the work to become overshadowed by this thing that’s been built around you, based on what people know about you. And that’s when it’s really fun to create fake names and write under them." "I remembered always hearing that when Prince wrote “Manic Monday,” they didn’t reveal it for a couple of months."

Paul said his pseudonym was Fireman, which is referenced in the video for Willow. The phrasing of 'thing that is built around you' is really interesting. Joe does not have much built around him in terms of public persona, and writing together in the pandemic is remarkable, but not inconsistent with a public persona.

Bon Iver

Taylor said she hoped Bon Iver would do the project because ‘they are huge fans’ and Joe has a low voice. Justin Vernon and Harry Styles sound similar. So much so critics pointed out that that Fine Line has similarity to Bon Iver songs, Roslyn for example. This mash up also highlights this:

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Even Liam Gallagher agrees, saying in 2019 that on fine line Harry sounded like Bon Iver:

William Bowery’s writing credits are on Folklore’s tracks 2, 4 and 14 (2+4+14=20) (see 20), folklore also came out 2020.

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piethemoon · 2 years

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KinnPorsche English Subbed Interviews Masterpost from 2020 to August 2022

I didn't include their Be On Cloud content since it's basically their official yt channel.

Part 2

2020?

Audition-Casting Process

MileApo in front of the audition room waiting for their turn

January 2021

SoSatSeoulSay with the old cast

February 2021

Excerpt of the News Plus Variety Interview

Shopee Live with Mile & Apo

Star update interview with Bible & Build

ZoomDara Interview with Bible & Build

March 2021

Excerpt of the Zokzakdara Interview with Mile & Apo

Press Conference with the old cast

SoSatSeoulSay with Mile & Apo

Shopee Live with Mile & Apo

May 2021

Kazz Acting with Apo & Mile

When Bible&Build sulk each other (IG Live) with Bible, Build & Job

June 2021

Build Birthday Live with Bible (rough translation)

July 2021

How Mile Apo make a phone call to each other

November 2021

Newsway Interview with Bible & Build

December 2021

SoSatSeoulSay Press Conference with the cast

February 2022

Hello Asian with Mile & Apo

Starupdate with Mile & Apo

April 2022

AsiaOne with Mile & Apo

Dek-D Live

Elle Thailand with Mile & Apo

GoyNattyDream with Mile & Apo

Madan Photoshoot with Apo, Bible, Build & Mile

Madan with Mile & Apo

Madan - 5 facts with Apo

Madan - 5 facts with Bible

Madan - 5 facts with Build

Madan - 5 facts with Mile

PopLive with Mile, Apo, Barcode, Bible, Build & Jeff

Tipco Live with Bible, Build, Perth & Tong Part 1, Part 2

May 2022

KAZZTalK with Mile & Apo

FandomLive with Bible & Build (this is basically a short fanmeeting)

"Guessing Game" on Mellow Pop with Mile & Apo

Madan with Bible & Build

NewShowBiz with Mile & Apo Part 1, Part 2

SoSatSeoulSay with Jeff (technically not kinnporsche content but im including it because he does speaks about it & barcode)

Their fanmeeting for Episode 7

The Serie Press Conference Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

THHeadline with Mile & Apo

webdekd with Bible & Build (not actually eng subbed but someone translated a lot of it in the comments)

June 2022

Bible and his first experience in KinnPorsche

EFMFandomlive with Jeff & Barcode Part 1, Part 2

FandomLive with Barcode & Jeff (same as BibleBuild, basically a fanmeeting)

Farmhouse Live Press Interview with Mile, Apo & Barcode

Farmhouse Meet & Greet Live : Pool Scene!, 5yo Apo or 5×Apo with P'Mile - the entire MileApo live

Hiruscar Challenge with Bible & Build Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

IG Live with Apo, Bible, Jeff & Barcode (the translation focus on Jeff & Barcode)

KPTS World Tour Press Conference Interview

KuiZapShow : Mile & Apo's first meeting

La Roche Posay with BibleBuild : Part 1, Part 2 + Couple Shirt

HelloAsian with Bible & BuildMejii Livestream with Bible & Build- Game Portion, KTPS Talk Portion, Lie Detector Game

ThailandComing with Mile & Apo

The Standard Pop, On That Day with Mile & Apo

"What if Bible wakes up and see Build..." Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

July 2022

AtimeOnline with Bas & Job : BasJob or JobBas

Be On Cloud IG Live with Apo & a fan

Bible-Ta-Perth IG Live (no subs but they speak in english)

DeLing Magazine Interview with Bible & Build

Journey CN Mag Interview with Bible & Build - Q&A Game

K Magazine with Apo, Mile, Nodt, Perth & Tong

KTPS Premiere Interview & KPTS Press Conference Interview with Jeff & Barcode

Laneige Livestream with Bible & Build - Part 1, Part 2 + Q&A Cut

Rolling Stone India with Apo, Bible, Jeff & Mile

Starbox Magazine - 10 Questions with Bible & Build

SosatSeoulsay about KinnPorsche World Tour

UNIQUE Magazine Interview with Mile & Apo

August 2022

KIS x Farger Interview with Apo & Mile

L'Oréal Livestream with Barcode & Jeff

So Cool Magazine with Bible & Build

Starupdate Interview with Bible & Build

View Magazine Interview with Bible & Build

#kinnporsche #i will update if i find more!#please send me links if you find more so i can add them ♥#kinnporsche the series #kinnporsche masterpost #the title says interviews but it can be a bit broader than that like ig live #it's now organized in alphabetical order within the months

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honeyimissjoo · 2 years

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❤️📸 mx revival week 4: favourite photoshoots 📸❤️

allure - Hyungwon July 2019

Arena Homme+ - Minhyuk July 2017; Hyungwon March 2022

Beauty+ - Shownu October 2019; Shownu December 2019

Céci - Wonho & Minhyuk August 2018; Hyungwon February 2017

Cosmopolitan - I.M July 2021; Shownu September 2020

DAZED Korea - MX May 2017; Shownu & Wonho September 2018; Wonho November 2019; Kihyun May 2020; Hyungwon June 2020; Jooheon August 2020

ELLE - Shownu & Wonho August 2019

Gentlemen's Quarterly - Shownu & Wonho August 2018

Grazia - Wonho & Hyungwon March 2019

Harper's Bazaar - Shownu, Minhyuk & Jooheon May 2020

Kpop Pia - MX April 2019; Wonho December 2020

MAPS - I.M May 2020; Kihyun July 2020; Minhyuk November 2020

Nylon - Shownu & Wonho December 2017; MX November 2018; Nylon Japan MX May 2019

Singles - Starship artists April 2017; MX December 2018; Minhyuk June 2020

Sparks - MX December 2018

Star1 - Jooheon June 2021; MX November 2019

Vogue - Jooheon & I.M June 2020; Minhyuk & I.M February 2021

W Korea - Kihyun & Jooheon July 2021; Minhyuk June 2021

Y magazine - Shownu & Minhyuk April 2021

1st Look - Wonho September 2020; Jooheon November 2021

#mxrevival #how many faves? yes #this is more of a news stand than a favourite photoshoot tbh #its a website design for their magazine photoshoots that i liked #late cause ive done my back in 🙃🙃🙃#idk why its so lq :\\\ too lazy to fix #shownu #wonho #minhyuk #kihyun #hyungwon #jooheon #i.m #changkyun #e.w #e.g #mx #monsta x

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bluebirdmuppet · 1 year

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Elle Interview with Zhang Zhehan - April 8, 2021

This is a translation of the interview Zhang Zhehan did with Elle, published on April 8, 2021.

On the day of the photoshoot, we encountered a rare windy day at Beihai. The weather forecast was for rain, which made everyone a bit discouraged. “Can we still do the photoshoot by the seaside?”, “do we need to change the location?” Everyone was worried, but fortunately in the end the rain never came, although there was a steep drop in temperature and screaming winds.

While on the road to the shoot location, Zhang Zhehan recorded the sound of the wind from outside of his window. In order to make it before the sun completely set, he only had one hour after filming to rush back to his hotel, eat a meal, change his clothing, and put on makeup. And now, after doing all of that, he also used his remaining free time to chat with his long-waiting fans in the drama’s interactive area.

Being busy is to be expected. However, when you see him on location, you cannot see any traces of being busy on his face. The wind blew the gravel from the beach everywhere. Between shots, no one could help but complain about the cold wind and the sand all over our faces. Only Zhang Zhehan looked relaxed, as if he did not come from the same beach as everyone else.

It was only after changing locations to a coffee shop did we have time to sit down and have a chat. He asked a staff member to get a cushion for his back. It was the first time in the entire day that it became apparent that he was actually very tired. “Being an actor must be quite difficult and tiring.” Before I could finish the sentence, he already said he disagreed with my statement. “In fact, it is all the same. Every job is difficult and tiring.”

He seems to have a big heart.

For his university graduation trip, he chose to ride to Tibet with his friends. According to his mother, he always has this spirit of “looking for suffering”. While talking about this trip, he said, “Our lives have become very fortunate. Most families do not need to worry about basic necessities, and we no longer go through many hardships. I very admire what teacher Wang Lei once said: ‘Only after suffering can a person develop faith, only after suffering can a person understand kindness. Only after seeing the sufferings of the world, after experiencing suffering, can a person have kindness towards others.’ This is also my thinking.”

Only after listening to him speak will you realize that saying he is “big hearted” is perhaps a misunderstanding. It is not that he is better at reducing the feeling of “suffering”, instead, during those times when he is “looking for suffering”, his understanding of “suffering” is in fact more fulsome and intense than most other people.

He has a very sensitive side, through which he feels, understands, and hides his “suffering”. As a result, his experience of and feelings towards suffering is something that others have difficulty perceiving.

“When we go through hardships, we only see the suffering itself, and do not understand that the act of suffering is reminding us of some things and teaching us other things.” This is his understanding of being mature – the ability to see the many sides of things.

“Bruce Almighty”, “The Pursuit of Happiness”, and “The Bucket List” are movies that he likes very much. “There is a line in Bruce Almighty that had a deep impact on me. In that movie, there is a hypothetical God who said, ‘do you really hope that God will give you happiness?’. Perhaps everyone’s belief in what is happiness is not the same, but in the movie, the main character had to reach the end before suddenly coming to the truth: in fact, God really had given him happiness, but what was given wasn’t “so-called” happiness but rather the ability to achieve happiness…” He earnestly shared his impression of the movie while propping up his chin with his thumb, with eyes looking slightly downwards.

He added, “This is actually about changing your perspective on how to see problems”, just like how he wrote previously, “maturing is seeing things that you could not see before.”

Maybe only when one has settled for a long enough period of time can one remain calm in changing tides, and hold onto oneself despite the quicksand under one’s feet. When faced with the problem of popularity, he is more at ease than one would expect.

“Popularity is obviously important to an actor. I think they complement each other. Having greater popularity and the attention of more people, and being able to carry more on your shoulders, first proves that you have the ability, and second proves you have received the acknowledgment of the market.”

“As actors, we need to be acknowledged by the market. I have seen some excellent actors who work hard to portray each role, but because they have not had the opportunity to be acknowledged by the market, they continue to be unknown to the public. That is why they naturally will not receive opportunities to act in great roles.” It sounds cruel, but it is an undeniable fact. “If you do not have popularity, good scripts will not find you.”

For Zhang Zhehan, the success of Word of Honor is like winning the lottery.

“The success of a drama depends on timing, location, and social conditions all being favorable at the same time. There are hundreds to thousands of dramas filmed each year, but in the end only one or two is loved by everyone. That is why it is a bit like winning the lottery.”

Working hard is common. He thinks it is a bit unreasonable to ask why one is not appreciated if one works hard. It is like how he feels when people complement him for being an experiential actor, when he is complimented for his immersive style of acting. He feels this is just making sense of acting, it is what actors are supposed to do.

“As an actor, if you don’t experience the character, how can you properly portray the character? If you don’t get into the character, then how can you give life to this character?”

Hard work, experience, immersion – he sees these elements as part of the definition of being an actor, the requirements for winning the lottery. As for whether one is able to win the prize in the end, no one can say for sure. At a minimum in his own experience, he has waited 11 years for that winning lottery ticket.

After filming ended, he wrote on his Weibo “Jianghu, goodbye” to say goodbye to Zhou Zishu. When the final episode aired, it was exactly half a year from that post. As well, his Weibo was set to posts being visible for 6 months. It was as if there was another pre-destined farewell a half year later.

Maybe for him, the character of Zhou Zishu was really predestined to be his. During the four months of filming, he needed to slowly, little by little, brush away the two thousand layers of dust on Zhou Zishu, find him, become him, and in the end live his entire life for him.

Generally speaking, actors must infuse their characters with their own emotions and experience in order to make the character come to life. And in the process of making a character come to life, actors are required to feel and experience life again.

“Life is a series of experiences. You need to take those experiences and give it to your character.”

Hegel said in “Aesthetics”: “Art by means of an image can mitigate the cruelest tragic destiny, and make it become an object of appreciation.”

Perhaps the reason why so-called sufferings are endowed with aesthetic tension is because they are “being viewed”. The most beautiful things are not being destroyed in real life, rather they have become a “performance of being destroyed”, they are moved to the stage and onto the screen. The existence of an aesthetic distance has made suffering became something that can be endured, and something that can be appreciated.

What about for the actor? That so-called “sense of pain”, will it be experienced more directly, without buffer? In his previous interview, he assessed Zhou Zishu as “a profound character that has hurt him the most”. When we speak again about “being hurt”, he believes that it is unavoidable.

“I have often said actors have to throw oneself into the role, but yet must also get out of character quickly. But every time you act in a very happy drama, this happy feeling may only stay with you for one or a few days. When you act in a tragedy, even though you might say ‘it doesn’t matter it doesn’t matter, there is no impact’, but in reality it will impact on your mood, including some of your actions. When you go back to your room, you might not be able to help but think back, and you may not wish to go out and socialize with others.”

“So, do you think that acting is a process that depletes your energy, and in particular depletes your emotions?”

“Of course, of course, of course, it will deplete your energy.”, he said “of course” three times consecutively. “Not only will it deplete your emotions, but it will also deplete your physical strength, deplete your experience, deplete many things about yourself. That is why if I want to act well in a drama, I cannot go to the next drama immediately after finishing the first. Because you continue to have the previous drama’s shadow on you, making it actually extremely difficult to accept, and difficult to fully enter the next role.

“I personally prefer to stay with the filming crew. Why do I say Zhou Zishu is great? It’s because during the pandemic, we could not do other activities. During those four months, I quietly and peacefully stayed with the filming crew. I was able to carefully consider and experience the character.”

That day, the question and answer about acting was the most carefree part of the entire interview. To every question that was tossed out, I received an eloquent response. From a bystander’s perspective, one can obviously feel that in this specialized area, he is the type of person who sparkles with light.

After each drama finishes filming, he will choose to vacation for a few days and leave that environment. “It’s not that I am insisting on disengaging from the drama, but rather it is to allow me to relax a bit, to return to myself, to return to the life of Zhang Zhehan.”

“So now looking at Zhou Zishu from the perspective of an audience member, do you have any different sentiments?”

“Yes, I will think about some amusing parts, some amusing things that happened. You can see some of the interesting things that I added into this character.”

What is worth celebrating is that an actor can have the same happiness as an ordinary member of the audience.

In the few minutes of conversation, the phrase he used the most was “gentle yet strong”.

“I particularly like that netizens describe Zhou Zishu as being gentle yet strong.”

“Right now, the quality that I admire the most is being gentle yet strong.”

“Right now, I want to be like A-Xu, someone who is gentle yet strong.”

“I would like to be more like Ah-Xu, a bit more gentle.”

He feels that this seemingly contradictory combination is ingenious, “See, the word ‘strength’ seems to describe a person who is very tough, while the word “gentle” describes a person who is very soft. On the surface, it seems that these two words do not have any relationship. However, when you put it together, there is a perfect relationship.”

“I did not use to think this way. Before, I thought that a person should be unyielding and powerful. How can a person be both gentle and strong? I believe that this is what I need to learn right now; to be a person who is able to interact easily with others, able to care for others, and yet at the same time be a strong and capable individual.”

“Be like water, I guess; when it is calm it is a certain way, when the waves are choppy it is another way.” He used all sorts of hand gestures to fully describe what he wished to say from his heart.

“Gentle yet strong”, this is what he saw and felt from Zhou Zishu. It is also the experience learned from the character that he most wishes to preserve.

“If we talk about what has not changed in these 11 years, it is that I am still acting. But if we talk about what has changed, the change has been significant. My years of experience has turned into my understanding of each role. In other words, my 11 years of acting experience has allowed me to learn a lot from my roles.”

In these 11 years, every large and small role was a mutual encounter. He gave his characters something of himself, and at the same time his characters also left something of themselves for him.

Those who have seen him act has praised him for being a person who truly understands Zhou Zishu. When asked how he is able to stand in Zhou Zishu’s place and understand everything he said and did, he said that he does not believe it is about understanding, but rather that everything flowed naturally.

“I did not deliberately go out of my way to understand him. I believe that everything he did comes from his heart; I will do it if I feel that it is right. I will ask myself, if it is me, can I do this? Can I accept it? If I feel that I can, then there is no problem, then it is right. If I feel that I cannot accept it, I would definitely speak to the director and say, ‘I do not want to act it this way.’”

“Today, I read another book. The main idea in the book is that a person must know himself. Only when you know yourself and understand who you are as a person can you know this world. You have to learn how to be reconciled to yourself, learn how to communicate with yourself, tell yourself when it is necessary to persevere, when it is necessary to compromise, when it is necessary to understand, when it is necessary to be strong…You have to insist on being true to yourself, but at certain times also persuade yourself.”

Encountering Zhou Zishu, for Zhang Zhehan, was also a process of meeting himself and understanding himself. “But I might not be as mighty as Zhou Zishu, right?” he said while laughing.

He feels that he is not yet old enough to look back. Those events in the past, what has past is past. “There is nothing to deliberately remember, nothing that is profoundly impressive. Moreover, in my work, there are many people who will help you remember. They will remember the things you did well, remember your every moment, that is why you do not need to remember for yourself. Living my life well, my present life, my future life, devoting myself to my next role, those are my tasks at this moment.”

“When I reach the day where I really cannot act, I might look back more at the past.”

Right now, there is a new area that he would like to challenge himself with. “Actually, I really would like to act in movies, act in more movies. Acting in a 40-episode series is very different from a two-hour movie. Condensing the time requires getting at the essence. How to act well in these two hours is something that I must still learn.”

And then afterwards, “Afterwards, I would like to one day be a director.”

The whole earth is filled with the spring light. It is fortunate that we met.

#zhang zhehan #zhangzhehan #张哲瀚 #zhang zhehan interviews #the real zhang zhehan #zhang zhehan in his own words #zhang zhehan interview translation #zzh

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realmadridfamily · 5 months

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“I was in the hotel after the national team match (Belgium 2-0 England) and a photo of Mishel with a dog popped up on Instagram. I only watch profiles that I follow and I didn't know her but she suddenly popped up. I thought it was a very sweet photo and commented, "Cuties" not intending for her to respond to me. But it worked." - recalls Thibaut Courtois. It was November 2020, in the middle of the global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and no one, not even themselves, expected that this whim of fate would turn them into the heroes of a love story. «I saw the message and thought, “Okay, fine. – I will answer you. And I wrote : "Thank you." He immediately asked me how my day was, how everything was going, and I thought: "This guy is cute." - explains model Mishel Gerzig.

From that evening on, they started talking non-stop. Every day. Until almost six months later, in April 2021, they saw each other for the first time in Madrid. “And we never parted again.” she says, stroking his hand, and the bouncer smiles knowingly in response. This is the first joint session after the wedding, which took place last July in a fairy-tale castle on the French Riviera, and after a serious knee injury that has kept Tibo off the pitch since August. During the session, they share confidences, smile, hug and kiss between photos... They are in a state of absolute happiness that cannot be hidden.

ELLE : Your relationship started long distance, but what was it like the first time you met in person?

THIBAUT: It was in Barajas, at the airport. You could fly to Spain from France, so she first flew from Israel to Paris and from there to Madrid. Right after landing, she told me that she had a problem with her passport and that they wouldn't let her into the country. It was a joke, but I was shocked and started thinking about how I could solve it. I couldn't believe it, I felt terrible.

MISHEL: (laugh). I thought of this joke to break the ice because I was very nervous when I saw him.

T: She was traveling with her best friend and they spent the night at my house. But we slept separately! (laugh). We had been talking on FaceTime all the time for months, we knew each other very well, but we needed to meet in person. We didn't plan much. We went for lunch, dinner, walked, talked for hours... I tried to get a friend to accompany me to training or a match. In fact, Mishel sometimes visited Di Stéfano, where we were playing at the time. And everything came out naturally, it worked. She brought a suitcase for two weeks because she had the idea to go to Amsterdam to work and then she never left (laugh).

M: That's true! The pandemic started and I was in Israel. When I had the opportunity to travel, I wanted to resume modeling, but my plans changed (laughter). I planned to stay here for two weeks, but I stayed much longer. That's because we had so much fun together. We already knew that we understood each other well remotely, but we tested each other in person and our relationship was even stronger.

E: So much so that you quickly became engaged.

T: And I wanted it to be even earlier (laugh). In January 2022, I went to buy a ring with a friend and thought: "I want one too." We had only been together for a few months, but I knew Mishel was the love of my life. I decided to wait until June to do it in a unique way. She loves the sea, so I found the right moment, improvised during a trip to Positano and asked her. We didn't want to wait so long to get married, but due to the World Cup and other commitments with Real Madrid and the Belgian national team, it was difficult to find an earlier date.

E: Thibaut is an international football star. Did you feel dizzy when you entered his world?

M: At first, yes. I thought about how I would cope. Tibo attracts a lot of attention and generates a lot of noise, but I slowly got used to it. It's beautiful to see all the love it awakens in people.

E: Shortly after the wedding, an injury occurred. How did you survive it?

T: The first day was difficult. I wrote to Mishel: "I think I broke my knee in training."

M: I quickly took the car and drove to Valdebebas.

T: We went for an MRI, which quickly showed that I had a serious injury. I was still inside and they had already told Mishel and the physio what happened. When I came out, I cried, but then I felt people's support and I started thinking positively. You can't go back. Mishel helped me a lot, especially in the first month when I was limping and could barely move. Now I'm working hard to come back as soon as possible and be 100% healthy.

E: How did this situation change your daily life?

T: Now I spend more hours training, but I also have more flexibility when it comes to being with my children and Mishel. The good thing is that they adore her, so we spend a lot of time together. The injury made me look at everything from a different perspective. I love football and I miss it, but there are other things I love and want to do. This year I'm going to start my Master's in Sports Management and hope to graduate. We also have several businesses (he invested in the production of plant milk, in Neat Burger, vegan burgers, in which Leonardo DiCaprio and Lewis Hamilton are also partners; he has a Formula 4 team, TC Racing, and Mishel is preparing to open a beauty salon in Madrid), it is worth develop mentally and learn new things. We are both curious and excited.

M: I'm lucky that in my job I can move deadlines freely. Previously, I did it to be with him at important matches and support him. When he got injured, I changed my schedule to spend more time at home to help him. And now, when I feel much better, I have gone to work in the United States. For me, balance is the most important thing because I want to do both, have time for work, but also for my personal and family life.

E: Speaking of family, your Mishel lives in Israel. How do you deal with what's going on there?

M: All people who were born there have been up to date with the current conflict throughout their lives. It's not that you get used to it, but you grow up having it in your everyday life. I served in the military for two years, so I know this up close. It's very painful to see what point this has gotten to. My family and friends are seeing and hearing terrible things as we all know people who have been killed or injured.

T: When I was a child and saw this conflict on TV, I didn't understand anything. This is a delicate and complicated issue for those of us who are neither Palestinian nor Israeli. Now I have family and friends there, so I experience it more closely, but I am Belgian. I show my support and respect every opinion, as long as it is expressed in a polite manner. We are all human and no one wants innocent people to die. This is the most important. But now there is a lot of hate, especially online, there is a lot of division and it is very difficult. These are things that cannot be allowed because we all want peace.

M: I have been living with this confrontation for 26 years, but I want to be positive and believe that peace will come and that all innocent people will be safe.

E: How did your careers start?

M: I started when I was 13, participating in a beauty pageant in Tel Aviv. At the age of 16, I worked outside Israel for the first time, on shows and campaigns in Milan and Miami.

T: I have been playing football since I was a child. At the age of 16, I was lucky enough to join Genk, one of the best teams in Belgium. When I was 18, we won the league and that made me grow. Chelsea signed a contract with me and loaned me to Atlético Madrid. I didn't speak Spanish, but I felt it was time to leave, even though almost no one around me was supportive. The first weeks were difficult, but I immediately felt the warmth of the people. The crowd and the team welcomed me very warmly and that made me fall in love with Madrid and Spain. When I had to go to England, it was very difficult for me to adapt because I missed Madrid. That's why I was happy to come back in 2018.

E: First you were at Atléti and now at Real Madrid. Do you think people understand this?

T: I know this is hard to understand for someone who loves Atléti. For the three years I played there, I gave everything I had to win. But I'm an athlete, it's my profession and I have to improve and fulfill my dreams by making bold decisions. Of course, I respect my past and never forget about it.

E: What are your plans for the future?

T: Growing the family, that's the first. And helping people, and that's the most important thing to both of us. To come back well after the injury and be in the best shape. Develop businesses and continue to enjoy life together in Madrid, with family and five dogs. I love sports and will always be involved in it, but when I retire, I see myself coaching youth teams rather than senior teams. It's too much pressure and too much time away from home. I think Mishel would throw me out of it (laugh).

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“In an April 2021 interview with Women's Health, Hudson said that having to figure out how to raise their son Bing together has actually strengthened her relationship with the musician in ways she never thought possible. “One thing that Matt said to me, which I loved, is, 'I just want to make sure that Bing feels like he's gaining something, not losing something,'” the actor told the magazine. “I think it's even bonded us closer—me, Matt, Elle [Evans, Bellamy's wife] and Danny—because we have to trust that we're protecting each other.” She added, “I'm really lucky. I've got lots of dads. I trust them.”

———— Okay this is so sweet.

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GJ and ZZH Updates — December 11-17

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This is part of a weekly series collecting updates from and relating to Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan.

This post is not wholly comprehensive and is intended as an overview, links provided lead to further details. Dates are in accordance with China Standard Time, the organization is chronological. My own biases on some things are reflected here. Anything I include that is not concretely known is indicated as such, and you’re welcome to do your own research and draw your own conclusions as you see fit. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or additions. :)

[Glossary of names and terms] [Masterlist of my posts about the situation with Zhang Zhehan]

12-11 → Moonshine, a Weibo account that the international whalers get a lot of their fake “information” about Gong Jun from, made a post saying he would no longer be active online. This lasted maybe four days.

→ Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Colgate posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

12-12 → Mengniu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ MUJOSH posted another short video (flashing lights cw) of behind the scenes footage.

→ Hsu Fu Chi posted a commercial featuring one of their stock photos of Gong Jun and soundbites from commercials he did for the same product last year.

→ L’Oreal posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Honor posted a video showing a 3D screen displaying a commercial featuring Gong Jun, showing fans (both solos and CPFs, though it of course focuses on the solos) attending the opening of their newest physical store.

12-13 → Sensitive date: Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.

→ Gong Jun reposted a post from Nanjing Memorial Hall in rememberance of the event. His added caption: “Don't forget the national mourning, pray for peace.” The same was also reposted by his studio with the added caption, “Remember history and cherish peace.”

12-14 → At 4am, the Instagram posted a quote and photo of the Argentinian soccer player Messi.

→ MUJOSH posted another behind the scenes video from their photoshoot with Gong Jun. (flashing lights cw) They also posted a video advertising some of the freebies that come with the product line.

→ Kangshifu posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun.

→ Rumor spread that Gong Jun would not be attending the GQ red carpet event later in the week due to worsening COVID conditions. Several other celebrities including Yang Mi, his costar from Fox Spirit Matchmaker, had already publicly pulled out.

→ BlueOrangebird posted a translation of the interview Zhang Zhehan did for ELLE magazine in April 2021. Also later posted to Tumblr.

→ Rising with the Wind passed government review. It can be expected to air soon!

→ Gong Jun posted to his personal Weibo “I wish for the GQ MOTY annual ceremony to be held successfully”, confirming that he would not be attending.

→ The Instragram posted partial audio for a song. A demo of the same song was leaked as early as October 2021. They also changed the pfp to a photo from the shoot Zhang Zhehan did for 博客天下 that was released on 2021-08-09.

→ CAPA put out their 10th immoral artists ban list, over a full year after the previous one. This time it includes only livestreamers, and it says that those named will be contacted privately by local channels about appealing. There were no hotsearches about this.

12-15 → The full song that had earlier been posted to the Instagram was made available on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. 00 (connected to Xie Yihua) openly encouaged whalers in China to use illegal VPNs and make additional accounts on these platforms to artificially increase sales and stream numbers. The song did unfortunately get to #1 on both iTunes and Spotify for a short period before falling below #200 the following day. At the time of this post, Chinese netizens who are not fans have not taken notice to any of this, including marketing accounts not talking about it.

The entire notion of a banned artist trying to make a comeback by releasing a song on only international platforms then encouraging Chinese fans to jump the wall and artificially boost its numbers looks very bad, in case it’s not obvious. Hopefully nothing more comes of this. Fan Observations / Further Info: - Although they aren’t supposed to be, songs can be uploaded to Spotify by people who do not have the rights to them, and will not be taken down unless the actual rights holder makes a successful appeal. For example, Gu Meng is currently available on Spotify from someone who is definitely not Zhang Zhehan. - There are two artist pages for Zhang Zhehan on Spotify, one of which was his previous international sales specifically through the licensing company 心喜. This company also uses YoYoRock as an international distributer. The new song, however, is through Shanghai Raiyi which seems to have been established specifically for this. I answered an ask about this yesterday which can be found [here].

→ #ZhangZhehan, #ZhangZhehanComeback, and #ZhangZhehanIsHere trended on Twitter.

→ BEAST posted an article for their New Year’s product line to their WeChat, including two photo ads and a gif of Gong Jun.

→ MUJOSH posted another short behind the scenes video featuring Gong Jun.

12-16 → An Instagram claiming to be the song’s licensing company that had posted the full song the previous day was deactivated, then reactivated 19 minutes later. The reason is unknown but is suspected to be so they can claim CPFs mass reported them. (We did not.) A reminder that Instagram does not work that way.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted a teaser commercial for BEAST’s New Year’s line. (11:16, 511 kadian) Caption: “This beastly little rabbit is a bit naughty. Will it be able to successfully complete the New Year's performance with the archer @ Gong Jun Simon?” This was reposted by BEAST with the added caption, “🐰🐰🐰🏹️🏹️🏹️💗💗💗” Shortly after, BEAST posted one of the photo ads from the previous day to their Weibo. (1129 kadian)

12-17 → Gong Jun posted a log of eighteen travel photos to his personal Weibo. (11:20, 51120 (“511 love you”) kadian with the date) Caption: “Heard that if one sees sunlight shining on the golden mountains, it would bring good luck. Sharing it here with you.” [quoted translation] He also posted the same to Xiao Hong Shu, caption: “Anyone who sees the golden mountains in the sunshine will know Very lucky! ! !” and as two posts to Instagram [1] [2] captions: “Two posts Isn’t it fine 😂” and “Wuhu Finished posting” Fan Observations: - The two photos of Gong Jun from behind fully covered by his hoodie had many people raising eyebrows again. [Here] is a comparison of the shoulders, [here] and [here] are thumb comparisons. (It’s been a while since we last compared thumbs, huh? 😅) Addition 12-21: Another hand comparison. - Several of the photos were taken at a hotel beside a golf course which is often used by people who go to play there. - One of the photos is of him running towards the mountains. :’) - The city is Baisha, the central city for Yunnan’s ethnic minority. The women’s traditional dress for this group is known as “披星戴月”, which coincidentally is one of the lines from Zhang Zhehan’s unreleased song Running To Meet You: “我一定来找你披星戴月” / “I will definitely come to you, draped in the stars and moon.” :’’) - The Instagram captions used spaces rather than punctuation, which is not Gong Jun’s usual writing style on there. I actually checked and he hasn’t written Instagram captions like that at all in at least the last year.

→ Kangshifu posted three photo ads featuring Gong Jun.

→ Charlotte Tilbury posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. Addition 12-19: They also posted four photo ads to their Instagram.

Additional Reading: → Flora’s daily fan news thread

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This post was last edited 2022-12-21.

#Stressful week but something nice at the end #Zhang Zhehan #Gong Jun #Word of Honor #woh cast #lld timeline #Posting a couple minutes early because I have shit to do lol

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I've read the William Bowery theories posted but, I guess my question is this: if it were Harry, why would Joe agree to cover for his girlfriend writing songs with her ex boyfriend?

Taylor has been direct and clear that Joe is William Bowery in the Long Pond session, to Zane Lowe and Grammy speech. I try to only highlight where WB and Harry are similar.

Also, I assume Taylor wrote the lyrics, WB wrote a melody on piano which Jack produced into the song. I don't think WB should detract from Taylor and Jack's work.

Exile, Betty and Coney Island are the most surprising to me, Joe doesn't seem so enlightened he'd write songs about Harry, which, to me, those are. Taylor has spoken about Betty being a male apology, which would also be hollow from a later boyfriend.

To your question, where does Joe fit in? (timeline from here)

25 November 2020 Taylor announced it in the Long Pond Session.

2021 ? I can't find Joe saying anything about it before April 2022?

15 March 2021 Folklore wins AOY Taylor said "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine" in her Grammy acceptance speech, (Aaron pursed his lip)

?? April 2021 - Joe has production credits on 6 songs

5 December 2021 - You're Losing Me was written

19 April 2022 - When asked if they'd write again, Joe told Elle "“It’s not a plan of mine, no.”

18 May 2022 - Taylor stopped liking Joe's IG posts and he didn't come to her NYU graduation.

19 May 2022 - Joe went on Kelly Clarkson to talk William Bowery, he looks down a lot talking about it, when he talks about his grandfather he blinks so much he's practically fluttering his eyes

After this Joe looked mad in the VMAs and walk before Midnights release and not seen again

21 October 2022 - Midnights released with Sweet Nothing, Joe doesn't seem to have been mentioned by Taylor or her team.

The Kelly Clarkson interview is his only forthcoming comment and seemed to be timed with a possible dissolution of their relationship.

#William Bowery

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