Am bored so heres my headcanon on what kpop artists Yakuza characters would listen to.
Disclaimer: I'm not that familiar with anything recent in the kpop. The most recent you would see here is around mid-2010s.
Kiryu
Of course his no. 1 idol is Haruka. But for kpop it would have to be Girls Generation.
Its all because while playing Y5 where hes a taxi driver and takes place in 2012. I concluded that he has to have listened to Mr Taxi and was like "thats me :)" and i guess from then on he considered himself a SONE (or just a fan idk if he would know about fandom names lol)
Majima
A girl group/solo artists stan.
Definitely a huge inspiration for Goromi and her performances lol
And his collection of albums played for all the Majima Construction crew while they work.
I made a Goromi playlist (priv atm) which I just put in a bunch of female kpop artists in.
This includes artists like Kara, 9Muses, EXID, Miss A, Sunmi, Hyuna, AOA, Sistar, T-ara, Brown Eyed Girls, Lee Hyori, After School...and yeah alot of artists i put in lol
Akiyama
This was all based on a meme I saw on twitter where Akiyama is a Blackjack on stan twitter lol
So I can see Akiyama being a fan of 2NE1. Started listening to them when he saw it was popular with the hostesses and staff of club Elise and they shared it with him.
Tanimura
He would listen to a general amount of artists but would have a lot of interest in artists that have an international appeal...Wonder Girls "nobody" anyone?
(...OK that is the thing with kpop lol especially since it has a presence in Japan for awhile)
I mean like a multicultural image or just have non-Korean members. I can see Tanimura immediately taking interest in those types.
And of course anything that's popular with the Little Asia community lol
Artists: Miss A, Super Junior-M, f(x), Twice, U-Kiss, Wonder Girls, Momoland, 2NE1, Blackpink, 2PM, Big Bang
Shinada
Definitely into girl groups. Particularly ones that would have sexy dance moves which become popular and iconic later on.
And look Shinada has certain assets...
So he really likes to try out popular dances that usually involve using his tush in some way lmao.
Ex. Girls Day "Expectation" "Female President", Sistar "So Cool" "Touch my Body", AoA "Miniskirt", Kara "Mister"
Mine
This is probably very biased of me XD giving my favorite character my ultimate bias group.
Ahh yes Infinite the "Idols of Obsession" ...hmmm..
I imagine he isn't the type to follow celebrities nor have the time or interest to.
BUT BUT one day he listened to one of their songs and couldn't help but think of...a certain someone...
He doesn't considers himself a inspirit but he did walk into a music shop and bought a few albums, went home and spent his break listening to their discography while having AMVs take place in his brain.
Daigo
I'm aware of his emo taste so I tried here ^_^*
I decided to go with that Daigo listens to kpop bands. From my head it'd be CN Blue, FT island, LEDapple.
A non-band it HAS to be Dreamcatcher, another one maybe Vixx'; their dark concept songs mainly.
Haruka
I can see the idol herself listening to some idols for inspo lol
Few artists I thought of were Orange Caramel, Crayon Pop, Twice, f(x), Wonder Girls, Blackpink..
I can see her getting into some boy groups especially when it's what her friends and peers are into.
winwin is the type of top who fucks their partner who is younger than him in different positions, he wants to feel power over them and dominate them. and you can see the difference when he is with jaehyun and yangyang, two WHOLE different people.
hmmm... maybe. I'm still not convinced. Part of it might just be that I don't have any Winwin ships inside of NCT/WayV and so it's harder to write it/imagine it. I ship him with Woozi from Seventeen and Solji from EXID so when I've written him in the past, these dynamics don't exist and these characterizations don't apply.
I NEED ALL MY NCTZEN ANONS TO ASSEMBLE AND TELL ME THEIR BEST AND BRIGHTEST WINWIN SHIPS. Today's the day I #decide on how I write this man lmao
Girl, listen. You're well versed in music, industry know how, and other stuff. Let's say you're about to debut in a girl group. Who's your agency, how many members, what's your concept and sound? :D
omg this is such a fun question!!
i would either debut under high up entertainment - stayc's company!! they were founded by producer duo black eyed pilseung and they have a great ear for what's in style and what can be innovative music wise. or i would go the obvious way and debut with SM just because i truly love the artistic vision in that company and bc of all the idols that would be my coworkers lmaooo
tbh i think i would have to debut in a 5-7 member group. less than 5 can be boring and any slip ups are more obvious and more than 7 makes it hard to stand out. i think 6 would be the sweet spot
my concept would have to be grown women. not exactly a sexy women concept but all my band mates would have to be over the age of 23. think EXID, brown eyed girls, sistar etc. like we're talking about WOMEN and I don't wanna see none of that schoolgirl shit or cutesy bubblegum concepts. BUT I would not have a girl crush concept either cause that's too boring.
I think my group would have a very neon glitter party concept but a little editorial. like I don't wanna say euphoria aesthetic but kinda euphoria aesthetic. this is a little moodboard I just put together to show you lol
like this would be our debut and everyone would be GAGGED idc idc like the teasers could be handheld camcorder videos with that fuzzy texture from vhs and it's just ourselves recording each other on a night out... and ofc we would be slutty but not from a male gaze perspective. like I imagine all the korean incel men just crying about it on knet forums cause we're not showing skin the way they want to LMAO
and lastly.... for the music. WHEWWW boy. I have so many different ideas but I'm gonna go with my first choice and just say it would be very much a hyperpop infused bass heavy hiphop sound with dreamy synths and a thumping beat. something that would PLAY AT THE CLUB!!!! this is my mood sampler:
sooo yeah thanks for coming to my tedtalk lmao <333
exid were so ahead of their time bc imagine if bangers like up&down, ah yeah and hot pink would have dropped now during tiktok dance era like.... they would have had idols dancing to them left and right instead of mocking the dances lol
- Ohsama Sentai Kingohger. I really like it as the first sentai I started. The characters are alot of fun, my favorites being Rita, Gira, Yanma, and Jeramie. I'm a few episodes behind so I do need to catch up too.
- Kamen Rider Den-O: Imagin Anime. I didn't know this existed until a mutual on Twitter let me know. The episodes are really short so I'll finish it soon. It's cute and I love the imagin.
- Any Den-O movies I'm able to watch without having to see another series basically. The Episode Red: Zero no Star Twinkle is next though and I'm sure I'll cry again since it's about Yuuto and Airi.
About to start:
- Kamen Rider Ryuki, most likely in September because I need a break from starting a new series after Den-O. A bunch of my toku mutuals like this one too so I hope I do as well. I know it's going to fuck me uo too probably.
Just Finished:
- Kamen Rider Den-O was great. I like a lot of the characters, Yuuto and Deneb being my most favorites. Everything with Yuuto and Airi made me sad so makes me want write my own stuff that's maybe a bit happier. The imagin in general were wonderful, the suit and voice actors did an amazing job bringing them all to live. Ryotaro is the first protagonist I like slightly less than the second rider but he is still a good main. His unlucky streaks and funny noises were amusing. It was nice to see him become more confident.
My only complaint would be the time traveling got messy which I expected to happen, but thankfully it didn't ruin it for me.
The fact a show with time traveling and the character I like most being so connected to it says a lot on how good it is because I don't like time traveling typically.
- OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders. I was really excited to watch this since I like both series. It was great to see characters from both interact. Unfortunate Hana wasn't in this because I wanted to see her beat Ankh's ass. No Yuuto and Deneb as well so I'm just writing a thing where they do meet Ankh and Eiji. The rest was great, all the cameos were cool even if I didn't know a bunch of them yet. It is funny I've seen the W boys in two movies now but haven't seen their show yet. Also this movie respected Eiji more than the 10th Anniversary one.
It was also unfortunate Ankh spent a lot of time as an arm, we saw less of Ryon's beautiful face.
Currently Reading: Nothing right now sadly. I've been slacking on books lately.
Current Obsession: LMAO this is obvious but still Kamen Rider mostly, but OOO and Den-O specifically since they're my favorites right now. I have a lot of writing ideas for both too.
so i'll be casuallly working my way through @/anyhao's ask game - i thought the prompts were so fun that i'd do them regardless of the fact that it's an ask game :)
Girl Group!
bonbon girls/soloist chen zhuoxuan: main vocal (b. 1997)
everglow yiren: main dancer, rapper (b. 2000)
fromis_9 hayoung: leader, main vocal, lead dancer (b. 1997)
mimiirose inn hyori: lead vocal (b. 2000)
woo!ah! nana: main dancer, vocal, rap (b. 2001)
mtg kang eunwoo: main vocal (b. 2002)
niziu mayuka: maknae, main rapper (b. 2003)
details
average age: 22
nationality: 4 korean 2 chinese 1 japanese
weak point: dance, but they're all great performers
strong point: vocals
concept: similar to ive but stronger...ive with a little lesserafim thrown in. im imagining a lot of powerhouse vocal moments & elegant but complex choreo. 20% cute + 45% elegant + 35% "strong"
song recs: lesserafim's blue flame, gwsn's tweaks, exid's cream
Boy Group!
cha hakyeon: leader, main dancer, vocal (b. 1990)
wayv ten: main dancer, vocal (b. 1996)
cho seungyoun/woodz: lead vocal, rapper (b. 1996)
ateez seonghwa: main vocal (b. 1998)
onlyoneof junji: vocal (b. 1998)
chuang 2021 xue bayi: lead dancer, vocal (b. 1999)
chuang 2021 hu yetao: maknae, lead rapper, lead dancer (b. 2000)
details
average age: 25
nationality: 4 korean, 2 chinese, 1 thai chinese
weak point: none tbh
strong point: dance
concept: onlyoneof's "art hoe" concept was on my mind while assembling this group. i think they would do well adding a bit more...techy sounds? and khh into the mix, like 80% onlyoneof, 10% aespa, 10% dean
song recs: onlyoneof's designer, haeil's magical, xiso's poppy
HII CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE MILESTONE!! i've been a fan of your writing so im happy for you!! ✨️ 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
also may i have a character matchup please?
my pronouns is she/they!
pansexual
i prettymuch love grungecore and y2k
i kinda have difficulty describing my personality but i'll try my best! so i'm an ENFP-T, pretty chill about almost everything, loves to make people laugh/happy by giving them gifts or jokes, hears music for almost anytime, animal lover, and kind of childish. although i do have some negative personality such as bad at expressing and controlling emotion, so its hard to tell my actual feeling
i really enjoy kpop and rock! some of my favorites are
28 reasons - seulgi
cherry waves - deftones
kakuiumono - mass of the fermenting dregs
i love you - exid
and much more!
thank you in advance!! <33
I match you with....
Guido Mista!
Both of you just hanging out and listening to music together.
Imagine being on the boat during the beginning of PT 5 and stealing Narancia's boombox to listen to your own music together
Don't worry, you three laughed it off later, and you of course gave it back.
I can see Mista poking a little bit of fun at your music taste, saying it sounds "stupid" when he likes the song.
Of course, if you say you dislike him saying those things, he'll apologize <3
VISITING ANIMAL SHELTERS AND VOLUNTEERING TOGETHER!
Playing with the animals when you have free time during volunteering <3
You both love animals so much!
An animal or two -may- come home with you after one of your days volunteering
@toasthaste tagged me for a "put your playlist on shuffle and post the first 10 songs that pop out" thing, so!
(I'm using my "liked songs" playlist on Spotify.)
1: High on Life (by Afterklaps)
I had to actually double check I shuffled, because this is in the most recent like, ten songs I've liked. Also, it fucking slaps I love it so much. I've listened to it on repeat for like, hours, and I'm still not tired of it. (This is very rare, normally I play songs until I hate them.)
2: Killer in the Mirror (by Set It Off)
Set It Off! I'm glad they are here, they are probably my favorite band like, by the numbers. I've listened to their entire discography and liked half of it. (They're like, angry white boy punk rock, but not quite as misogynistic as most of that genre feels.) This song in particular reminds me of taking long walks through this park near one of my old apartments, because I did that a lot while I was in my listening-to-set-it-off phase.
I still sometimes seek out Set It Off and listen to their songs! I have not totally played them out, which is cool.
3: This Ain't Nothing (by Craig Morgan)
Country Music! This is an important part of my, like, history or whatever. I grew up listening to country music, so it will permanently have a soft spot in my art even though a lot of it is Big Yikes. This song is Little Yikes. I still like it! I had a big country kick last year where I liked a whole bunch of country songs from the nineties and early aughts that lasted about two weeks (a good two weeks though!) Anyways that was before I transitioned most of country music feels worse because i know the singers would hate me now anyways!
4: NONSTOP (by OH MY GIRL)
K-pop! I love k-pop! There is respectable k-pop, and then there's horny pandering k-pop. This is horny pandering k-pop. Not maximally so (thank god I didn't get stuck with any EXID songs), but still pretty pandery! Anyways I listened to this song... NONSTOP (heh, but actually). I really like it.
I got into k-pop when I was learning Korean, and it stuck because it is objectively Peak Pop.
It's the Country Suicide Song! It's about suicide! It was very popular when I was in high school! It's also very good! Probably don't listen to it if you are troubled by suicidal ideation!
It contains the line "So he a bottle to his head, and pulled the trigger", which is a line that has lived rent free in my head for the last like fifteen years.
(Also yes, that is the Accidental Racist guy. This other stuff is better than that.)
6: 東京IMAGINE (by Carat) (Read "Tokyo IMAGINE")
J-pop! I have listened to a lot of J-pop because when I immerse myself in Japanese I also try and listen to lots of Japanese music. Tragically, I generally don't like Japanese music as much as I like English or Korean music. It sucks, and I am very mad about it. My life is very hard.
This song slaps, though. I found Carat fairly recently, and I love them a lot.
7: Maybe You're the Problem (by Ava Max)
Ava Max! I found her in the last year and I love her music so much. It is very Angry Heterosexual Girl Power which is sometimes a surprise to me because I sometimes forget straight women exist. Her songs rock, though. Probably the first genuinely excellent Spotify Radio I've ever had was based on an Ava Max song, where I got more Ava Max songs and a whole bunch of other pop artists with similar sounds.
8: Empire (by Beth Crowley)
I have nothing in particular to say about this song. I recognized the name, but didn't actually remember what it sounds like. I'm listening to it now, though, and I remember it and it slaps. I dig it.
9: Tic Tic Toc (by T-ARA)
T-ARA! One of my first favorite k-pop bands! I found T-ARA through the Japanese covers of their own songs when I was doing japanese immersion way back when. I loved those songs so much, I listened to them so much like... way back in sophomore year of college. I still love them, but not quite as much as I loved them then. This is not my favorite of their songs.
Also I hear there was some pretty horrible in-group bullying that went on in that group which makes me vaguely uncomfortable when I listen to them.
10: Get the F*ck out of Here (by Kobra and The Lotus)
I legit didn't recognize this song name, but I recognized the first couple bars when I played it. It slaps, but I have no particular feelings about it. It is metal, though! That is good! I like metal a lot, and it's important that it's represented here. Alas, I wish this was Battle Beast, my Favorite Metal Band. Or, alternatively, Smash into Pieces, the most prolific band in all of history which I mostly like.
I'm not going to tag people because I'm a Coward! But you should also do this, and then lie and say I told you to do it! Interact with me! Shower me in attention!
if exid cb?? can u imagine.. snsd, ive, bp, twice, exid.. not kpop + new beyonce & the additional depp fans paying how many $$$ and it ended up showing how shitty depp is?? love this