#live highlights

when yoonchae turned 18, she told sophia she wanted to move out. they've never been to each other's places but they've picked up and dropped each other off

sophia thinks she's both bebot and kikay

sophia loves dogs and cats. she loves golden retrievers. when she gets a more permanent place and can take care of an animal, she's going to get a golden retriever first. yoonchae agrees. sophia's family has eleven cats now. there were twelve, but one died. yoonchae picked cats over dogs

sophia and yoonchae both say they like movies more than books. sophia "can't read." i can't wait for people to beat that horse to death like they did with megan. anyway, she says it's hard for her. "skill issue." she's good at skimming and scanning though. she has to go over the same sentence repeatedly to absorb it if she’s not skimming

she's a visual learner. if someone is telling her something, sometimes she has to be shown to understand. we'll come back to this later. yoonchae used to read. she brought a bunch of books from korea then never read them

sophia loves an (in-person) prank. yoonchae pranked lara and megan with sophia's help on april fools during coachella rehearsals. lara got so mad she almost cried. megan was also really mad

sophia said lara's a good girl. thinking........🤔💭😛🎉

sophia's been listening to madison beer a lot recently. she likes lovergirl. she's also been listening to julie london. she likes her version of misty. gay af pt. 2

yoonchae's dream vacation is hawaiʻi. okay. lmao

sophia wants to go to greece. she grew up traveling a lot, but didn't appreciate the scenery because she just hung out with her cousins the whole time

yoonchae's hair is a cooler tone now, instead of a more yellow one. she's toned (?) and touched up her roots a few times already. she says part of her hair is dead from sis-era bleaching

sophia believes in telling people you have feelings for them. if they say no, it's not the end of the world. i'm going to be ignoring this for my upcoming maphinz fic. yoonchae says "it's not that deep" and sophia says something about how sometimes it is

sophia says "at the end of the day" a lot. she hadn't noticed

sophia used to be on accutane. her skin was very prone to acne and scarring. it affected her confidence a lot (@kindmari the letters she wrote herself). she thinks it took longer to clear up when she was growing up because she kept using makeup to try to cover it

she tans easily (and unevenly) and scars dark. she uses body makeup and exfoliates. the end of last year/early this year was when sophia started feeling confident enough to go outside without makeup. the timing is because that's when she stopped using medication for it

yoonchae thinks acne is really stressful. one of her wishes used to be smooth skin. she breaks out whenever they have something important to do. she doesn't know why. (the answer is stress)

sophia explains puberty to yoonchae in maybe the least awkward way i've ever seen. yoonchae says that's a stupid thing to bully people over. sophia says that if you're going to judge someone's grooming choices, you need to grow up

sophia thinks it's never too late to change

sophia doesn't like geckos. @anti-frag1le this is terrible news for the megecko agenda

yoonchae is allergic to cats and her dad didn't want a pet. she had to beg to get a cat. she says if you want to beg successfully, you have to seem sad. you can't be excited. she would put on cute cat videos right before her parents would come home

here's the "we'll come back to this later" part. when yoonchae gets distracted mid-sentence, sophia says, "i think you have what i have. but let's not self-diagnose." later in the live, she says she has diagnosed adhd

what it looks like for her: internal restlessness, difficulty sleeping, hard time focusing, procrastination, time blindness, talking a lot, bunch of thoughts, cutting people off because she thinks she'll lose the thought she had, spacing out, brain never shuts off, easily distracted, can get really hyper, trouble absorbing what she's reading, needs to watch things on 2x speed, difficulty forming habits, forgetful/bad memory

she thinks the hardest part is when you want to do something, but can't make yourself start. she finds it frustrating when she stresses about a task until it's done, and then it ends up taking a short amount of time. it would've been so easy if she’d done it when she should have

she has to work hard in rehearsals because she relies on muscle memory. she won't know the choreo if you ask her. she needs the music to do it

school was hard for her

she has a psychiatrist and psychologist. she got diagnosed two years ago. it took a lot for her to accept she had it. she had to accept that it's a chemical thing, not her being lazy, etc.

sophia liked being asked what disney princess she'd be. she talks about how one of her dreams is to voice one. she thinks she's a combo of rapunzel (independence and belief in her dreams) and ariel (curiosity). she also says mulan (leaving home and fighting for her country)

yoonchae asks sophia who she'd be because she thinks sophia would know better than her. sophia assigns yoonchae rapunzel (artsy), belle (empathetic + artsy), and mulan (leaving home and in an uncomfortable situation)

comment: sophia you made me gay sophia: good

okay.

sophia listens to eternal sunshine every day

if they could have any animal, yoonchae would get a tiger. yoonara crumbs. she'd want to have it since it was a cub so it knows who she is and they can hug. sophia says she'd want a baby fluffy cow, but then realizes she eats steak

sophia has fake freckles. she was inspired by dani. she's always wanted freckles because she thinks they're cute

yoonchae untied sophia's corset for some reason

sophia says that you have to talk like adults when breaking up with someone so you leave the relationship on decent terms. yoonchae says that she heard breakups are really hard. sophia says, "yeah, for sure, but i wouldn't know"

comment: can i marry dani? sophia: no comment: can i marry megan? sophia: no yoonchae: no

okay. compare that to this part from earlier in the live:

comment: sophia, can you be my girlfriend for five seconds? sophia: no. just kidding [laughs] yoonchae: i can be your girlfriend sophia: oh, you can have yoonchae. [yoonchae waves] you can have her for five hours yoonchae: no, i don't want tha—i love five hours [makes a heart] [both laugh] just kidding

there's a face sophia makes that yoonchae says makes her want to throw up because it makes her uncomfortable

yoonchae slept for over 12 hours yesterday. she thinks sleeping and drinking water are very important. she sleeps well but is always sleepy. she can fall asleep anywhere. she closes her eyes and thinks "you have to fall asleep"

yoonchae's dad loves everything she does

yoonchae has been bothering everyone about going blonde since gnarly. she wanted pink hair for pinky up but now isn't sure she wants it anymore because she might like the blonde more. a few minutes later, she says she loves the blonde but is sick of it. she wants to go back to black hair

she envies the actors in k-dramas and thinks about how her hair used to be like that. she wants her vibe to be pretty, like touch, but she likes the blonde because you can explore a lot of different colors. she wants to go ginger

k-dramas sophia likes: business proposal, true beauty, my demon. she hasn't had the time or attention span to watch shows or movies recently. yoonchae said the name of a k-drama in korean. i don't speak korean. sorry

sophia ripped her nail off in a car door right before getting on her flight to vegas for wrestlemania. if she damaged a certain part of it, it might not grow back. she loved wrestlemania though. all the wrestlers she grew up watching were there. she fangirled over john cena. she was sad she didn't get to see the second day because she had to fly back to LA

sophia thinks people having crushes is cute. growing up she only had crushes on celebrities. she had, like, one non-celebrity crush. "i didn't have crushes on guys in school or whatever"

sophia's pinky is disproportionately small

someone comments that they have a crush on their best friend. sophia and yoonchae "awwww" about it. sophia says that's really cute. both of them stop talking (1:37:10) then sophia moves her phone so only yoonchae is in frame (1:37:13). they sit in silence (sophia is laughing) like this until 1:37:21 when:

yoonchae: i think, um, i think also, um, everyone—i think everyone has crush that—who is bestie, right? like, we've all been there [laughs] sophia: really? yoonchae: yeah sophia: that's cute. i think that's so cute. it's like you spend so much time with them, then you just like— yoonchae: because, yeah because you spend so much time with you gu—with them. like, and also, also you can—you can be a best friend, like, after. like, you can have a crush and you can be a best friend [laughs] sophia: wait, what? yoonchae: you can have a crush and you can be a best friend. i was just saying stupid things [laughs]

1-2 minutes later:

comment: i hate when i have crushes sophia: wait, why? [yoonchae: why?] it's so cute, but, like, sometimes having a crush is stressful yoonchae: i wanna have crush sophia: yeah [yoonchae laughs], let's get yoonchae a crush yoonchae: i'm just kidding. just kidding! [yoonchae is red as a tomato] yoonchae: oh, my face gets red. oh my gosh sophia: why are you blushing? you have a crush? yoonchae: no, no, no, no. every time—ever since i got blonde [laughs] my face gets so red sophia: you have a crush? you're not telling me about? yoonchae: [silence]

whatever that means. idc

one of sophia's favorite practices in the philippines is that they celebrate christmas for so long (september through march)

sophia's loves performing m.i.a. yoonchae loves performing gameboy. sophia agrees. yoonchae says it's fun with wind

sophia loves cuddling but it depends on who it is. yoonchae asks if she likes cuddling her. sophia says yoonchae doesn't like that. they say they've never cuddled. sophia says she doesn't really cuddle her friends. yoonchae says that they never really hug. everyone hugs sophia except yoonchae. sophia says that when she tries, yoonchae says they're like sisters

yoonchae thinks it feels weird to hug. since they lived together, they feel like family so it's awkward. yoonchae says megan hugs her a lot so she got used to it. yoonchae has once again failed to sisterzone megan

when asked team damon or stefan: stefan is the true love/first love who will always be there for elena. damon gives "that dangerous kind of love." she always says damon because she had a crush on him, but "deep, deep down" she thinks "maybe it is stefan." so danger > textbook romance is what i'm hearing

sophia intended to paint on live (even told her team she would), but started singing before the live, and wasn't in the mood for painting anymore because she wanted to sing instead

she's been painting a lot recently. she always says her hobby is painting. she painted something for dani's birthday and gave it to her on the day of the live. lara didn't know sophia actually likes painting

she's been painting since she was little, but she's never taken actual art lessons. she paints what she's feeling or looks for references to start with before doing her own thing. she goes on pinterest, instagram, and tiktok for inspiration from other artists. she has some big canvases she's going to use to paint something to hang over her bed and on the wall of the room she's in for the live

she built this. she keeps her paints in a picnic basket

she's "experimenting on, like, waterfalls." she'd never really done landscapes like these before. she used (?) knife painting

this one was because she wanted to paint "for, like, release"

my name's sophia and i'm good at everything

sometimes lara uses a weird voice to ask for things. "she sounds like a little boy"

COMMENT: Sing Touch. SOPHIA: I'm good. [laughs] You guys, I always sing Touch. Please, [does the voice LARA does] please, please.

sophia got a nintendo switch 2 and didn't use it for 2-3 months. she's been playing overcooked with yoonchae and dani (separately). they've been thinking about playing all together. sophia wants to bring her switch on tour so they can have game nights

SOPHIA: You guys, I don't want to sing our songs. If you want to hear me sing my songs come to our concert. [sticks out tongue and laughs]

SOPHIA: "Hamilton?" Y'all. [laughs]

then she says that she could because she knows almost all of the soundtrack

sophia decides she wants to play disney princess music. of course. she watched mulan the night before the live as well as the morning of. she watched cinderella II first

she grew up listening to a lot of moira dela torre songs

niki is sophia's "southeast asian representation." she sings really low, which is hard for sophia

sophia wanted to go to madison beer's concert on 6/24. she was invited, but couldn't make it because of rehearsal. she's loved madison beer for a very long time. she loves locket. specifically, she loves locket theme, yes baby (she smiles after saying this one), healthy habit, and lovergirl (she smiles after this one too). she says madison beer has an "amazing voice" and she loves her songwriting

yes baby smile vs lovergirl smile. i said oh i'm sure

sophia doesn't think she's an anxious person, but when she does experience anxiety, it's physical. she's able to convince herself that she's okay and it'll pass

she has a massage booked for after the live. "i need to take care of myself"

sophia says that she isn't very good at spanish, but she can sort of understand what dani is saying

SOPHIA: "Dirty Water?" I'm good.

sophia says that she's gonna "buy a house that's so isolated that [she] can just belt any song [she wants] and not get a noise complaint." she'd be able to actually sing on lives

sophia likes going live and singing. a lot of "these lives" start because she's already singing and feels like "sharing the moment" because she knows we're "hungry" and she's not really on social media

sophia and yoonchae only live a couple minutes from each other

sophia loves sushi

SOPHIA: Sodani [makes a heart with her fingers]. [cute voice] My Dani.

her eyebrows did this a lot when she was singing. love that. puppyphia

links to videos from the live that i posted on my blog: part of from the start by laufey. part of lovergirl by madison beer. sophia trying to kill me during lovergirl. sign of the cross pt. 2. singing tagpuan by moira dela torre. sophia's singing making me ascend to heaven. the live getting muted at the end

songs she sings in order:

hate that i made you love me by ariana grande twilight zone by ariana grande: "i love that song" reflection by lea salonga from the start by laufey: because of a comment. she turns the music off during verse 3 but finishes singing through the first line of the second chorus la la lost you by niki: one of her favorite niki songs. she said "i love it" about the acoustic version backburner by niki: "this song is crazy." she doesn't know all of the lyrics. she changes the song not too long before it would've ended oceans & engines by niki: "one more sad niki song and then we move on." she turned the music off during verse 1, but kept singing through the chorus, skipping verse 2 you're still everything by madison beer: she changed the song right before it would've ended i wish i hated you by ariana grande: she turns the music off after the chorus but sings two words of the pre-chorus lovergirl by madison beer: "ooh i like this song. it's very cute" rewrite the stars by zac efron and zendaya: because of a comment. she dances instead of singing most of first verse but sings the majority of the rest of the song. she interrupts herself to say "sometimes you guys say such crazy things in the comments, like 'stop singing if you hate katseye.' why would i hate katseye? you guys" titibo-tibo by moira dela torre: sang with just the instrumental. she does the sign of the cross before attempting it. she thinks if she gets to practice "maybe five more times" she can do a better job you'll be in my heart by phil collins: sang with just the instrumental. she stops before the song is over till they take my heart away by kemberly resentes: sang with just the instrumental. one of her favorite songs. she listens to it a lot. it's a lullaby to her. her parents used to play it to get her little brother to sleep. tagpuan by moira dela torre: sang with just the instrumental. "i love that song. it's a really good song. i kinda got into it. shieeet. i kinda forgot i was on live" my favorite things by julie andrews: sang with just the instrumental. "i bet y'all know 7 rings but you don't know my favorite things." i had to sing it in school actually so. this gave me flashbacks. she loves the sound of music on my own by frances ruffelle: sang with just the instrumental when i look at you by miley cyrus: sang with just the instrumental. "this is a good song." changed the song partway through verse 2 when we were young by adele: "ooh, this is a good song." sang with just the instrumental. she thinks she made up her own melody instead of following the song. i don't feel like comparing them so who knows hampstead by ariana grande: someone calls her and it mutes the live. she doesn't know how to fix it. she's actually very good at mouthing things in an understandable way

megan doesn’t miss the pink because it fried her hair and dancing with the bangs was hard. she didn’t like having the extensions in all the time because she’s low maintenance and the extensions were high maintenance. they cut her hair shorter this era, which she ended up liking even though she didn’t think she would. she still wears extensions sometimes

megan used to have a speech impediment that she went to speech therapy for. she said that she had a “crazy stutter.” she thinks it’s because she has a tongue-tie (short lingual frenulum). the stutter is coming back

fidm was when she was 14

megan’s jade bracelet shattered in australia. she bought a new one because she was worried about something bad happening if she performed without it. the previous one was from singapore

megan’s favorite cece natalie songs are exitin and like a taxi (oh well). let’s all go read the lyrics to those

theres a common thread between all the songs she said are her favorites or that she loves (fade into you, exitin, like a taxi, head over heels)

yoonchae is “being mean today”

chat confusing yoonchae for dani. my meizini crumbs ❤️

yoonchae (and i think also lara) watched megan’s live before joining

megan and yoonchae don’t have favorite foods. yoonchae says she likes everything. lara’s favorite is rasam

lara has now jumped on two hotel beds on live (yoonara live was the first one. unless she did it before then)

yoonchae says she thinks she’s really good at australian accents then lets out the most american “hi” of all time. the rest of her attempts (outside of naur) were not great and in fact gave me a great deal of secondhand embarrassment. but that’s okay. she did her best and the naur was really good

the whole group was at the beach but only megan and yoonchae posted about it

megan points out that her laptop is displaying a picture of her and yoonchae

megan says the group is closer than we think

[crush by ethel cain playing in the background] lara: “all boys have their bad moments. boys always are gonna have a bad moment.” megan: “boys will always show that they’re boys at the end of the day.” lara: “yeah that they’re just a boy. doesn’t matter who it is. it could be the most amazing man, but they’re still gonna show you that they’re just a boy at some point”

yoonchae gets bloody noses