this time, baby

"A heaven without you must be like hell"

The concept photos and concept cinema for this comeback were really amazing: bdsm, horror, scifi. Based on them lot of fans speculated this album was going to be like Dark Blood given the dark vampire vibes. But compared to that album, Bad Desire is more emotional, desperately romantic, and the sound is more fresh than dark. I would say this is top3 album from them. Dark Blood is number one and second is Romance: Untold daydream version. Based on the concept photos i had excepted maybe a little bit more from this album. But it's still very good overall. One thing that annoys me is that the title track Bad Desire is too short! It's a beautiful song and i feel like it should have been longer since it's an emotional song (if it makes sense?). Some people said it was underwhelming, but i see it as a similar emotional title track as Le sserafim's "Hot". But it definitely goes to my top Enhypen songs! 

This album really makes me want to get into their vampire lore that their manhwa is about. (and also read more vampire sunsun fics...)

My favorite part is of course my bias Heeseung's heavenly vocals. Apparently he's been making a mixtape for a year now and recently posted a photo with a producer. I'm super excited for his solo because he is so talented.


Song ranking:
Bad Desire (With or Without You)
Helium (this is such a good song and Jay was one of the producers! Apparently he came up with the idea and had a major part in making this song)
Flashover
Loose
Too Close
Outside

Also with both Bad Desire and Loose i prefer the English version.

Happy Pride Month everyone!

Last year my plan was to watch more queer films and series during June but i kinda had a mental breakdown and wasn't able to lol. But this year i'm in a better condition and have some interesting works on my watchlist, so i can say with more confidence that i'm going to succeed this year!



This week I finished the Japanese BL "Our Dining Table". It's 10 episodes on Gagaoolala. It was truly a comfort watch. Series where found family and food play an important role. Loved it. It really moved me. I remember last summer i watched the Thai BL "Moonlight Chicken", which revolved around a restaurant and it was also a very nice comfort story. I realized i'm not in the right headspace for the psychosexual dramas i'm usually into. It's nice to watch something different for a change. 


Currently watching:

- New Netflix K-drama "Our Unwritten Seoul".
I said in my review for Mr. Plankton that i rarely get interested in k-dramas nowadays but luckily there are exceptions like this drama. It's about the interconnected lives of twins, identity, growing up, surviving in capitalism, secrets, failure, workplace bullying etc. It also has some romance but it's not the main plot. Just the right amount relatable,deep,escapist, and funny.

Those two series have really made me think about my own life and living authentically as an adult. The BL is more about loneliness, family issues, and loss and the K-drama also touches on those as well as about social pressures and the life of an unemployed failure and an overachiever/burn-out.

Other stuff:

+ Interested to check out new Chinese BL "Moon and Dust".

+ Also the second season of J-GL "Ayaka is in love with Hiroko" will start airing on June 26th!

+ I decided I will continue the South-Korean lesbian dating reality ToGetHer since it's now legally watchable on Gagaoolala with proper subtitles. Still confused about the drama between the 2 contestant off camera, but i'm still interested to see what happens to the other contestants.

I had somehow completely missed this news that came out 3 months ago:
My first "BL" I was obsessed with  No.6 is getting a sequel!
What a coincidence because I recently started rewatching the anime. I actually read the fan translation of the novel back in the day and I've been wishing for Seven Seas to officially publish it.

The sequel  takes place 2 years after the main story. Apparently the first volume was published just few days ago! There's already a fan translation up!