#koinaka

music.

‘you make my day’ by seventeen. this one has it’s own post because i could not contain it all in a rewind. here it is

here we are by ashley. thank you joan kim for introducing me to this incredible vocalist. this is such a summer bop, and it has been on repeat since it’s release. (p.s. the music video is nothing less than bright summer aesthetics.)

pentagon. so remember how i was not going to allow myself to fall into the pit of another boy group. well, pentagon happened and i am so glad it did. literally, all of their songs are incredible. i esp love ‘like this’ from the demo_1 album. dang, it deserves so much more. their vocals and choreo always on point. i am so glad that i kept looking into them after listening to ‘shine’. this is a group full of cute dorks and i love them. cannot wait to see where this upcoming year will take them. 

dance the night away by twice. twice always delivers those insanely cute catchy tunes that i absolutely overplay the crap out of. i also love that i can actually attempt the choreo. they are just so great, and i love all of their title tracks. just look at how cute and soft the mv was. i love them!

crazy sexy cool by astro. so i just started the new drama ‘my id is gangnam beauty’, and the male lead is in this group. of course, i needed to do some digging to see who this cutie was, and stumbled upon this soft beat. i love this song and it has been on replay. i love the balance of their vocals with the track, and those ‘oooooos’ get me right in the feels. i am about it. i shall keep an eye out for more astro in the future. 

 dramas & movies. *spoiler alert*

[p.s. i am watching a lot of on-air dramas lately so next rewind will be full of reviews]

koinaka. i rate this drama a 4.5 out of 10. it was a little too extra, and a little too much back and forth for me. i also did not appreciate how they tried to trick me in the last episode. like what the even man?!?

about time. wow. just wow. i love this drama. i love all the members of the cast in this drama. lee sang-yoon is an incredible actor and i absolutely loved him in ‘twenty again’. and of course, the queen lee sung-kyung absolutely became this character and portrayed it well. there were so many plots and subplots. his hyung’s death and the family relationship was a fascinating way to expand upon how everything came to be. i love the ending line “we hope the moment you’re in right now is the moment you want to pause for a long time.” i rate it 10 out of 10. 

be with you. i truly don’t know who came up with this concept but it is not okay. why must i always watch films that make me sad? this was beautifully filmed, and i loved how we got to see both of parallels of the same story of how they fell in love. what a plot twist at the end as to how this meeting came to be. i loved the boy that played ji ho he did a fabulous job. i loved that my park seo joon came in to play the adult version of him, i would not have had it any other way. this one requires a box of tissues and water for rehydration. i rate this film a 9 out of 10. i continue to love so ji sub because he is incredible! i absolutely loved son ye jin in “something in the rain” and i have fallen more in love with her acting. she always plays such lovely characters and i need to see all of her dramas. 

what is wrong with secretary kim? i absolutely loved the easy-go-lucky heart of this production. i absolutely love all of park seo joon’s dramas and this one did not disappoint. i fell in love with all the characters, and subplots. i also appreciated the ‘because this is my first life’ inception that happened in episode 10, i was living my best life. don’t understand how the whole issue of them being kidnapped and the trauma afterward sort of dropped out of the drama, but you know dramaland works differently than the real world. what matters is that the vice chairman grew as a person immensely and mi-so grew to love herself and find her place in this world. the OST was also perfect and i am absolutely in love with the track from jeong sewoon ‘it’s you’. always gets me in a puddle of tears. (i love his voice and everything he does is perfect, but that’s a side note) i can totally see myself watching this hilarious drama again, it had everything that you could want in a drama. funny one-liners, cute moments, romance, childhood flashbacks, everything! i rate it a 10 out of 10. (also i have a love-hate relationship with watching dramas while they are airing like i want to binge watch but my life does not allow for that so it is better to have small doses, but ya know)

this inception, i ship it so hard.

other faves.

book crazy rich asians by kevin kwan. THIS BOOK WAS HILARIOUS AND PERFECT AND FUN. i haven't had a chance to read for pleasure in a while since university is great and takes all your pleasure reading in exchange for textbooks. but this was a great way to start my path to pleasure reading again. i picked this one up because the movie is coming out AUGUST 15th. everyone must go out and support this release, i am so excited to see an asian cast killing the game. okay back to the book, it was hilarious and i loved all the plots that we followed. his writing style was just what i needed and i can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy. i am not good at book reviews but i am sure there are some out there to summarize this great read. just go pick it up and read before the movie! 

youtuber dearnessie. this girl is so cute. i stumbled upon her youtube channel this month. she is studying abroad in seoul and all of her videos are insanely aesthetically pleasing (so is her instagram). her channel consists mainly of vlogs and q&as, which i love! i cannot wait to continue to follow her on all her adventures. here is the link to her channel to go subscribe. and here is her latest video: 

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