#eaglez

Let’s kick off with some good news, shall we?

For those of you who know, Ninety One is currently dominating Turkish charts with their latest released song Mooz. By the way it isn’t their first time leading in the charts in Turkey - Kaitadan has been up there for ages after it first came out. And it is a good sign, because it means their international fanbase is actually growing. Hopefully, it will keep accelerating at even faster rate. Well done @91ninetyone.kz!

“Bul tek qana basy.”

Eaglez are not only relatively scattered geographically but in terms of online platforms--as in, I think a lot of Russian-speaking Eaglez are on VK, which has a bad reputation among Russian-ignorant online writers. (For those of you who, like me, stopped using LiveJournal as a primary platform after its Russian parent company updated the terms of service in a way that didn’t sit right with the Russian-ignorant? VK has the same parent company.) That said, I can at least tell you where to find a few fellow fans.

People You’ve Already Met If You’ve Been Reading Along This Week: I interviewed translation site International_EaglZ (YouTube / Instagram) and reaction-video creator Fatima Bile (YouTube / Instagram). Also the fantastic Tumblr user @qisforqazaq (which is dedicated to Q-pop in general, not just Ninety One) has been doing me, and you, an invaluable service by contributing opinions and fact-checking to every post. (Seriously, y’all, check the notes. Every post. Check the notes.)

People You Haven’t Met Yet But Need To:

Another consistent (and funny) English-speaking reaction-video maker is Crystal, a.k.a. The Silent Italian (YouTube / Instagram). She also runs the Ninety-One-dedicated Tumblr @azslaysme​.

There are quite a few Eaglez on Instagram that I’m not acquainted with, not being on Insta myself, but both Crystal and Fatima told me to say hi to Cay (Instagram; also on Tumblr as @alemofthestars​). Hi, Cay! Now go tell your husband to put his shirt back on.

YouTube accounts that are posting or have posted translated/subbed videos (not necessarily a complete or comprehensive list!):

Peter Fox

itsyeli

They Call Me Jane

NellyA

jusTeAgLeZ 91 (also posts “Try Not to Laugh”-style compilations)

From Kostanai

kaztoeng

Arailym Izturganova (a lot of the videos uploaded to this channel aren’t subbed, but they’re footage I don’t recognize as widely circulated yet)

Also the channel Stefani Strange posts a lot of fancams and Russian-subbed videos.

I MADE MY VERY FIRST GIF!!!

Bless the good people who make tutorials. Contemplating making an actual fan blog now.