Kim Young Dae, my beloved, you were born for roles like this.
I know a lot of people shit on YoungDae's abilities as an actor, but the man has the charisma and presence that not just everyone has. Plus, I believe him to be quite good at the type of characters he plays. It's true that there's correlation in all his past roles but as the Taylor Swift song says "he does it so well". And I can only think of a couple of actors who have been just as successful in that aspect. It's good to try different genres and new characters, but it's just as good to stick to what you know and do best. There's no shame on that, and I could never get bored of YoungDae.
Btw I cannot help but think that his role in Extraordinary You was sort of a prophetic one, cause damn he has that face of a main lead. It's in his aura. This man was born to be the main character.
... *recognizes you and follows you shyly if that's ok HEJHKJHAKJHA*
*also recognizes you and rapidly nods very shyly like one of those bobbleheads that you buy for a car dashboard but if it had anxiety* heeheeheeheeheehee
NO YOU GUYS DONT FUCKING UNDERSTAND. SHE DOESNT EVEN REMEMBER HER OWN NAME. EVERYTHING SHE HAS EVER BEEN WAS TAKEN FROM HER FOR THE CARDINAL SIN OF LUST. IT CAME FROM A PLACE OF CAUTION AND FEAR BUT IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY OVERBEARING AND IT PUNISHED INSTEAD OF PROTECTED. SHE DOESNT EVEN REMEMBER HER OWN NAME YOU GUYS
I'm going to preface this story by saying: I don't necessarily believe in karma, but
I may have been walking through today with a vague sense of disbelief tainted with unkind smugness after my tiktok fyp was flooded with poor fans who tried to get presale ticket to one mr n. kahan's new tour only to find that demand was through the roof and GA pit tickets were seriously going for $300, in presale, and even the "worst" tickets in the lawn were going for $70
and while I undoubtedly think it's deeply unethical for both platforms (thanks ticketmaster) and artists to allow such dramatic ticket cost inflation, I also generally don't relate...
I (VERY LUCKILY) gravitate towards smaller acts, and the most I've paid for a ticket all year has been, like... $90 for a ticket to beyonce, which got cancelled and I was refunded lol. if I look back at all my receipts from shows this year, most have been around $50/ticket after fees, and several have been closer to $20. my favorite show I've seen all year was a $15 ticket.
it's mostly luck—I tend to like smaller acts, and I've been seeing mainly rock acts this year, and those tickets simply don't run as high as pop acts. and part of me is honestly very grateful that I haven't been swept into any of the really recent huge acts.
I think of all the people scrabbling for boygenius or taylor swift tickets and how much money they've had to shell out... how a lot of them don't even GET to see the acts they want to see because they've been priced out or tickets sold out. I can't remember the last time a show I wanted to go to sold out lol. maybe bastille in london?
and again, it's just a matter of luck that I'm not really into any of these megastars and therefore don't have to compete in the gladiator arena to try to see shows I want to see, but sometimes luck manifests as a feeling of self-satisfaction, you know? who among us hasn't experienced a little self-superiority from time to time.
look, if YOUR tiktok was flooded with people saying concerts have been awful since 2021 (including rock and metal shows), but every concert YOU'VE been to since 2021 was amazing and the crowds were really good and you always got tickets and it never broke the bank, you'd feel pretty validated in your choice of musicians and the crowds they attract too, alright?? sue me! I felt frugal AND undeservedly clever!
anyways back to karma. guess who got invited and subsequently agreed to shell out $70 to sit in a lawn and listen to mr. n. kahan sing. I'll give you a hint, her tumblr username starts with an r and ends with an s