STAYtalk Episode 85 06/26/2026: Run It, Realness, & Rabbit Trails

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This week on STAYtalk, there was no shortage of excitement—or rabbit trails.

The **"Run It"** music video gave us plenty to discuss, from the visuals and styling to the overall energy of the era. We shared the moments that immediately stood out to us, talked through the storytelling and atmosphere, and dove into what makes this release feel so exciting as Stray Kids continue to evolve.

The announcement of the **This & That World Tour** and the release of the teaser photos had us just as excited. We talked about our first impressions of the concept, the anticipation surrounding the tour, and the excitement that naturally comes with the start of a brand-new chapter.

The **100th episode of SKZ Code** reminded us why this series continues to be such a fan favorite. Between the Busan Travel Log, the now-infamous furry handcuffs, and all the wonderfully unfiltered moments in between, we found ourselves talking about something we've been noticing for a while: it feels like the members are becoming more and more comfortable simply being themselves. Stray Kids have never fit the mold of the "perfectly polished idol," but as the years go by, it feels like we're seeing even more of the genuine personalities behind the performances. The walls continue to come down, and it's been a privilege to watch that trust and authenticity grow alongside their career.

Felix's ever-growing collection of ambassadorships also found its way into the conversation. With a 15th partnership officially announced and what appears to be a 16th already being teased, we looked past the headlines to explore **why Felix himself might be choosing to take on so many opportunities**. From building long-term career stability to exploring his own interests and creative identity, we shared our thoughts on what could be driving those decisions and why each partnership feels intentional rather than simply adding another logo to the list.

And because it wouldn't be STAYtalk without at least a little chaos, the **Feral Agenda** made an appearance. It behaved itself... mostly.

Whether you joined us for the discussion, the analysis, the laughs, or the occasional completely unhinged tangent, thank you for spending part of your week with us. We appreciate each and every one of you for making STAYtalk the incredible community it continues to be.


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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:17

Hey, stay. Welcome. It's Stay Talk with me, JC, your host, and beside me, as always, is Your Girl Chris Liz. That's right. What? Why do my earpods keep my ear pods keep coming out of my ears? Like, what's the matter with the shape of my ears today? Are they in are they?

SPEAKER_02 0:37

I'm blaming everything on Mercury. Everything that is going wrong is completely Mercury or Jupiter's fault. One of the two. I just okay. It's the planets. Did you finally see my videos?

SPEAKER_01 0:48

Did you? Did you finally watch the clip I sent you? I didn't post it, but I sent it to you. That said, my my life is going to be solved with 11. Fuck in the no, I haven't watched it yet. I said I was gonna watch it last. I'm sorry. Then you would know, then you would laugh even harder at what we're talking about here. But anyways, that's fine. I see how I I see how I rank up in your life. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm gonna be very I'm gonna be very sarcastic. I'm gonna be very sarcastic. I'm going to be very feral because those fucking pictures I woke up to. Okay, let's start with that.

SPEAKER_02 1:25

We'll start with the we're gonna start with that. Buckle up, everybody. We have a very we have a very long list this evening because obviously we took a night off. So we have a very long list, but in addition to that, not only did we take a night off, we were gluttonously fed this week. Yeah. So we have a ton to talk about. Don't know if we're gonna get through it all tonight, which is fine, because if we don't, we'll do it Monday. Um, but the but the we're in no particular order, but we'll start with the pictures, because that was literally right before bed for me last night.

SPEAKER_01 2:00

And and I woke up, well, I woke up to them, I think, but I didn't see them until I woke up, woke up. Like I kind of I I wake up in the middle, as people probably know, I wake up in the middle of the night. Yes, and I usually I look at stuff, but I did not see the fans thing until this morning. And then when you said something, and then I went over and was like, holy. Oh yeah, that's right. Because I was like, pictures, and you're like, What? And I was like, pictures! I'm like, what are you talking about? I'm like, I have no idea what you're saying, and then yes, and then I went on fans and putting, sorry. I yeah, I want I want them to stand in a line and I just want to go down the line and just like hit them all in the head, like not flick them like they do that thing, but like just be like, what are you doing? Like like you're killing. Do you want stay to be at concerts alive and well? Because slowly and surely by showing us these, you're taking like you're gonna kill us all.

SPEAKER_02 3:02

Yes, we we will all be deceased before we ever get there.

SPEAKER_01 3:05

Damn, holy I I I don't know what else to say. I I'm just I I'm yeah, I am at a loss for words, and anybody who knows me knows that that is a very, very tough thing to do.

SPEAKER_02 3:18

Yeah, it is, it really is. What what I thought was interesting. Okay, so pictures in all in all seriousness about these pictures, besides the fact that the pictures are just absolutely fucking gorgeous, because they are every single one of them. Like again, there is no there is no visual hole in that group ever. But beyond that, there was quite uh there was actually quite a bit of dialogue because when it first, when the pictures first dropped, there were folks that thought that they were again AI edited, like you know, like the um uh the stay in our little house and whatnot. They they were using AI, they were using Blue Garage to edit it, and it looked kind of weird, like almost Uncanny Valley, like it was them, but not them. Um that was that was what that was the fan meeting fan meet, wasn't it? That was that was stay in our little house. Yeah, that was the fan meet. Yeah, so it was the um, and so there was that aspect of things where it was like, okay, well, we didn't quite necessarily that didn't quite uh go over very well. Um and this set came out, and I know one of the first things I said was this was actually proper proper Photoshop edited, like proper photo editing edited. And somebody else came out and said that too, yeah, yeah. Um for that aspect of things, but then so you had some people that are like, oh my god, no, this feels like well, why did they use AI to edit these? And it was like, no, they didn't use it. Like this was obviously not AI, like you can tell that it's not AI edited. You could see skin texture. This isn't AI, exactly. But also, also along those lines, it wasn't whitewashed. No, they they no that's the typical, it wasn't the typical promo, we're gonna make this more KBS porcelain skinned.

SPEAKER_01 5:01

No, it wasn't here's what I say to that. If you're if you're saying that you're going to run it day and night, everywhere all around the world, global domination, that needs idol image to a point needs to go out the window. It does, it needs to be demolished because I'll tell you what, new idol image. I I saw somebody post about Felix's body hair and how that is not idol like. Get the fuck out of here. That's human being like, okay, you can't do anything about hair on your arms. I mean, you can, but it looks weird. And sorry, because I know Chan does soup to nuts. I get it.

SPEAKER_02 5:45

But sorry, and that would have been a pretty clip, but anyways, you know, we don't know everything.

SPEAKER_01 5:49

Well, we don't know everything, but well, I'm pretty damn sure that if it's all outward, it's probably inward too, but that's besides the point. But anyways, that's that that's neither the point that I'm trying to make. What I'm trying to make is the fact that somebody legitimately thought that he was less of an idol because you could see arm hair. Are you fucking kidding me right now?

SPEAKER_02 6:09

Yeah no.

SPEAKER_01 6:10

I I need I need everybody to take a step back and and realize that we're in 2026. Number one, and it's the not the same idols for back from '96.

SPEAKER_02 6:22

That we're not talking about young, we're not talking about fresh pre-debut or debut working on the state. Yeah, these are men.

SPEAKER_01 6:31

Men, men that are going on the other side towards okay, they're on that side, they're not on this side, they're on that side.

SPEAKER_02 6:42

Men that are now eight years into their contract, right? Like, actually, more like nine years into their contract, and have been here, done this, have paid the dues to do whatever the fuck they want. So, you know, there's that aspect of things where it's like just guys, you don't get upset when like Huda's out there at water bomb looking all yeah, so why are you getting upset about this?

SPEAKER_01 7:07

So somebody posted somebody posted a meme of Huda. They're like, Oh, hold on, I gotta read it to you because it's hysterical. Let me see if I can find it. Hold on, and then I'll show you.

SPEAKER_02 7:16

Yeah, Lizzie, I agree. A certain a certain level of body hair is actually a very, very good thing.

SPEAKER_01 7:20

Like, just a very attractive thing. Just yes, very, very, very, very, very, very attractive thing. Hold on. That's Felix. No, that is not Huda. Uh, where are you, Huda? Minhawk. Where is where is he?

SPEAKER_03 7:38

Oh, here it is.

SPEAKER_01 7:39

It says, Hi, hi, Crystal, hi, Christy. Oh, Christy's in here. Okay. It says, We are right at the beginning of a Skiz comeback in the middle of an 80s comeback, in the thick of BTS domination. This was the last thing I needed, but here we are. Someone please tell me all the things of who this is. Did you see that? And I was just like, That is Huda. And he's part of Mabel.

SPEAKER_02 8:06

Come on.

SPEAKER_01 8:07

Yeah. So but I thought that was cute. And then and somebody's like, he's the king of water bomb. And I'm like, yeah, he is.

SPEAKER_02 8:14

Yeah. They're like, even I could pick that man out of a lineup. Come on now. Like, it's just uh-uh.

SPEAKER_01 8:22

I like him with it's funny, and I'm and I'm a and I'm a purist. I usually like people with their natural hair color, but I like Hoda with blonde. I mean, I like him with dark too, but I like him with blonde. It's kind of the way I feel like with Felix. Like, everybody's like, I want dark licks, I want dark licks. I'm like, no, as much as I I love him all the ways, all the ways, even including that red that was to me did not look good on him at all, but that was just my thing. But but yeah, I'm I'm with him. I like being blonde, I feel better being blonde. He is a natural blonde as far as I'm concerned. So when it goes dark, that is not as natural. What are you looking at?

SPEAKER_02 9:02

I'm trying to like I'm trying to mark it off the list. Sony. Oh, sorry. I'm about to take my phone. You're getting so frustrated.

unknown 9:13

I'm like, what are you kidding?

SPEAKER_02 9:15

If it wasn't for the fact that I rely on it far too much, if it wasn't for the fact that okay, but if I try every time I try to do that, I either forget the list or something happens. If I write it down on my phone, I will have it for later. I am taking the chan approach to scheduling.

SPEAKER_01 9:32

Okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 9:34

I'm a paper person, like I will have the paper with all the stuff on it, and then just normally I am too, but I am finding that this is actually working for us, and I don't know why. Why is but now if I didn't rely on my phone so goddamn much, I would take it and chuck it across the room. Okay, sorry.

SPEAKER_01 9:51

So so do we have a next topic, or do you want to or is are you waiting for your phone? I need a steak and a massage I can't say online and a massage and a piece of chocolate cake and other things that you cannot say.

SPEAKER_02 10:06

Dear god, the amount of I I have prime rib, an extra like a medium rare prime rib right now, which is uh I made fillets like that you would have loved. See you up here. You could have came over dinner. Head pads are not gonna work right now. What what the f okay, hold on a minute.

SPEAKER_01 10:28

Why can't I you should take a screenshot of it? Oh, I have it. Why hold on there?

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Now it's working. I had to just shut. I had to I had to I had to I had to stop the app. Okay. Nope, no, it's doing it again. God damn it. Here, let me let me pull it up. Okay, there's this. Look at that. Okay, hold on.

SPEAKER_01 10:55

I will pull it up.

SPEAKER_02 10:55

There, we're good. I got it. I'm fine now. We're good. All right, so what the so we we get the way we get the teaser photos. Yes. I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm trying to reset. Live show folks. Sir, do we need to have a talk come here, come here, come here. You are not in trouble, but come here. Come here, get up. Don't give me that thing. Come here. You are not in trouble. Yes, that's hysterical. Anyway, okay, we're our our our viewer count's going down because we're not talking about anything that's we're supposed to be talking about on the show. Anyway, um, all right, so we had we had we had we had the teaser photos. Do do do we want to just tackle the MV now? Sure. Yes, let's do it. Let's do it because okay, so so what let's let's let's kind of backtrack that a little bit. So Sunday night, Monday morning, we get notification that there is going to be a teaser.

SPEAKER_01 12:28

Well, that there's a teaser for notification for world tour music video, a music video, and it's two days away, and it's only two days away, right?

SPEAKER_02 12:41

Which I'm I as much as as much as I love the spontaneity and chaos and everything else, at the same time, uh where is the where's where's where's the content schedule? Where's the like like I'm gonna do it?

SPEAKER_01 13:00

No, this is this is like this is like we're doing this, and and we're just gonna do it, and you guys are gonna have to deal with it.

SPEAKER_02 13:08

Well, I guess I guess they're taking their I guess they're taking the last album to heart and just doing it. So ripped up the playbook, yeah. Yeah, so we're just gonna we're just gonna do it. Because we want to, um, which is fine, but then two days for a music video. Okay, awesome. That's great. We're getting a new music, which makes me wonder exactly and then the album's not gonna come out till August 7th. So we have a whole month before the album comes out, which is at least at least we have some time frame on that, which is good. Um, like good to prepare because signed albums are gonna happen at some point in time and people are gonna go crazy. But unless we unless they don't do signed album albums this time around, but I'm sure they probably will. So signed albums. Um, so the uh the movie comes the movie, the music video comes out Wednesday. It was Wednesday night. We're gonna go by we're gonna go by Skiz Logic, and I had not gone to bed yet. So it was still Wednesday, because even though it was after midnight, right? It was I had not slept. So it was still Wednesday for me. Um, and oh my fucking God anthem. Like some somebody had said that this feels like kind of this kind of feels like what God's menu felt like. Yes, when God's menu came out, and I I wasn't I unfortunately was not around for God's menu. I just became a stay after that. Um, so I don't know what that experience was like for first stay at that point in time, but I could definitely agree that we have now entered into the new era. Like those men have been proclaiming it, they have been proclaiming it since eight. Yes, a little bit more every single time they did a comeback. That this is no, like we this is yes, this is us, but this is not where we're gonna stay. Right, right. Like, this is yes, this is us, this is our foundation, this is where we came from. But this is the this is this is the direction we're going in. We're giving you plenty of time to get used to it, right, and and adjust to it. And this, I think, is the proclamation of brace yourself, take a seat. Yep. So seriously, this is this is to me to me, this is a whole new era. Now, there has been, as is, as there always is, excuse me for a second, there has been um some back and forth. Um, there's there's people that most everybody loves it, but there are of course gonna always be some that are just like I don't know about this one yet, um, that it either needs to grow on them or that or what or whatnot, and that's fine, that happens. If you if you are a baby stay, and this is your first time dealing with any sort of anything new from your first time. Sorry, I know that sounds extremely butchy, sorry. But if if it if it is, if it is, and you're watching this, just understand that number one, the chaos is normal, number two, it's only gonna get worse from here. Number three, this is your life now, and number four, no, you don't have to fall head over heels 100%. Oh my god, this is awesome, over every single song that you hear.

SPEAKER_01 16:18

No, and I think people I think people feel that if you have an opinion about the music sometimes that you you don't deserve to be a fan, or you're not a true stay, or listen, seriously, that's not how I write a few songs that I am not hugely a fan of. There's some that I skip. It's a fact of life. There's there's tons of songs of of artists that I've loved my whole life that I skip.

SPEAKER_02 16:43

There's there's whole albums of artists that I love that I've been like what the fuck, but right, so that doesn't happen yet.

SPEAKER_01 16:49

No, uh very rarely do I skip a straight kids song. It it really takes a lot for me to skip a song, but there are a few. I can't think of them off the top of my head, so don't ask me.

SPEAKER_02 17:02

But mine it depends on the mood that I'm in. Like if they're that's true too.

SPEAKER_01 17:06

Like it's like sometimes like usually I hate to say this, usually it's leave that I skip because I don't feel like listening to that song sometimes. Oh I don't know why. It's a great song, don't come for me. I just sometimes I just don't want it, like sometimes I just want to hear like side effects and stop and you know Spotify knows what I want to hear.

SPEAKER_02 17:34

Oh, that's actually a good Raymond.

SPEAKER_01 17:36

That's actually that's actually a good I love you know what I love that I don't think gets enough love.

SPEAKER_02 17:42

What so I was Raven Raven had a comment about I had the I had the thought that maybe they pushed things for Sungman so that they wanted as long as they could before the tour started, which is I think quite possible that they might have, you know, maybe this was supposed to come out a little bit earlier, but we pushed it back some so you know to try to accommodate, which is quite possible.

SPEAKER_01 18:01

I mean, that's do you know so do you know what song right now I am obsessed with though that's an older song? Novel. Novel. No, I think they're just all good songs, so well, and novel, sunshine, insomnia. Those some those are some of my like older, like I guess you could consider them B-side for lack of a better that I love.

SPEAKER_02 18:24

I can't other than run it right now, and I'm still I'm still obsessed with Divine. Like that's that the Divine comes on, and I'm just like absolutely in my element still. So um but those are those are probably that that's probably the only two that I would say I'm hyper-focused, like obsessed on right now, but um that's just because I generally always have it on in the car, so it's it's it's a constant. So the story, you know what's funny, Lizzie, is my the the one the one thing my mom said when I took my mom to go see the movie and she watched the movie with me, the one thing she said, number one, she missed which I think was hilarious because she missed she missed cinema because she had to she had to go, she she had to go to the restaurant, so she missed cinema, and she came back and of course cover me and whatnot comes on. She's like, I really wish that they would do more slow songs. She's like, their voices are amazing. I would love to actually hear the voices more. Well, that's true. I was like, Mom, you don't know how often they they do do slow songs, you just didn't have an answer. They do, um, they just there's just not as many. Um, but yeah, that's so the music video drops, and the the sheer amount of references, imagery, symbology, not just to previous Skiz songs and Choreo and God knows whatever what, because there's so many freaking details in this video, like true to norm, there are so many goddamn details, it's hard to keep up with all of them. Um, but beyond that, there's also the aspect of all of the actual Korean heritage and mythology and everything else that is brought into that um to just go off of. And this um, if anybody is on threads, I think everybody on threads knows who Yoon is. And if you don't know who Yoon is, you need to know who Yoon is because he's an unbelievably absolute sweetheart of a soul. Um, and he actually took the time to kind of go through with stills, he grabs stills to kind of show reference points and whatnot, then explain the different um the different the different imagery that was in the video and like what that actually meant in within either Korean Korean culture or Korean mythology. Right. Um so I thought that was awesome. Um, you know, the whole the whole creation myth of the the tiger and the bear, and then um, you know, the the aspect of the lotus flowers, and um there was actually I was watching um uh Tori and Bree. I don't know if you watched them at all, NCR. Yeah, I've seen that. I was watching their reaction to it, and there was the point during Hingin's Hingin's solo where he's he's dancing in front of the pedestal and whatnot, and um Tori pointed out that the lights, even the lighting behind him, looked like stadium lights. Yes, I guess like you know what I mean, and it was like I I I didn't catch that the first time, but I was like, yeah, I can see where that would kind of be a nod to it. Um then you add in the freaking the costuming and the wardrobe. Yeah. And the the the the the the the Centibyte jacket that Chan's wearing, for lack of a better term, like it looks like a Centibyte jacket to me. Um well that that whole the that whole whoever was the stylist for this, that was flat of stuff. Yeah, it was from it's from I forgot the stylist name, but it's from 404. Yeah, I forgot the series or two. Yeah, um, but it it's an indie designer, and that's like for for them to have their stuff on this video, which surpassed 10 million views in 24 hours.

SPEAKER_01 22:14

It's up to 16 and change, I thought last time I looked, but I don't know exactly. Oh, look now. Hold on, I'll look. All I have to say is the amount of people that lost their head from Felix having some sort of undergarment was like laughable. Like everything, whatever, yeah, whatever it was. Harness garters, whatever. But see, you know what though? Garters go around your waist, but not that high. Garters sit lower on the waist because they're supposed to hold up stockings.

SPEAKER_02 22:43

Yeah, but it depends on where your natural waist is. So, like for me, they can't.

SPEAKER_01 22:46

Yeah, but his natural waist isn't all the way up there.

SPEAKER_02 22:48

Yeah, but well, it's a bit um currently Runed is sitting at 23 million views. Get out, really? 23 million. As of right now.

unknown 23:01

Yay!

SPEAKER_02 23:01

So, yeah. Um, but the congratulations, guys. He did it very, very much earned it. Um, but it's I mean, all of the wardrobe was just freaking stellar, and um, I love and the makeup and the hair and the yeah, yeah, and all of it. It just it it's it's again to have a group that is very much adamant about embracing um everything about their culture that they can and working it in in any possible way that they can, um, to be able to just basically show that and promote it and the the pride in that, and just here we are. This is us, take us or leave us. Um, and it's just but besides the fact that the song's a fucking banger, it's a goddamn anthem. I I could not sleep for at least I don't know even I don't even remember what time I went to bed when that that morning because I was just I was buzzing, so it was just like holy shit. Um I had most of the words that I could figure out like down by the second time I heard it, so that was like yes. Um, so yay. It's just it's the whole way it's and even the way it's the way they've worked in the composition for it, too, where all of the guys are highlighted. I actually saw um did I send it to you or not? I don't remember if I did. Um, somebody did the voice analysis for like how how many seconds and it and it was equal. It was pretty much it was pretty much it was through everybody, right? Straight across the board, 19 seconds for everybody except for Changbin and Han, who were around 22, which makes sense because of the rap, uh, because of the rap, the the rap battle at the end.

SPEAKER_01 24:44

Well, which makes sense, and they got that last whole stanza with the yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_02 24:48

Yeah, that whole battle at the end was just kind of like um so yeah, it was it's it's everybody has equal parts. Everybody's you got you got Felix both rapping and singing singing, so you got to hear all aspects of his voice. You obviously you got Sungman and Chan's and Ian's voices, and yay, and you got that rap battle that we already mentioned between and like just every Leno's voice. It is it's it's it's stellar in this. Like I'm okay. Let me also too tone. His tone, his tone, his his vocalization, his tone, his alliteration, all of it. Like the the I do not want that man to ever worry or be concerned about his voice ever again, because you can absolutely see all of the work he has put into it and where like where I mean you we we mentioned it before where it's like you could see with the guys throughout the throughout their career so far, you can kind of see the progression of how their how their voices have changed and how the instrument has has been honed and whatnot. But with him especially, because he's also it's not just it's not just vocals, it's rap. And he has a very specific tone to his voice and a very specific cadence to his voice, and it's just I'm so proud of him. I'm sorry, I'm having a proud genie moment because like freaking God, yeah, absolutely, yes. Um, so yeah, I I I'm sorry, I've just kind of run over my whole my whole assessment of the video. You can please interrupt me at any point in time or provide your own because I know I'm with you on that.

SPEAKER_01 26:35

No, one brain cell, we agree on this.

SPEAKER_02 26:38

Okay, yeah. Kenji came in wrecking my whole world. Exactly. Like it just I'm just I knowing from where where he was during Dominate and whatnot, and and and prior to Dominate, and then everything that happened during Dominate, and then us finding out about everything that happened during Dominate to hear, yes, like absolutely fuck yes. I'm so proud. Um, so yeah, and and it's just the video is just fucking, it's just it's good. I cannot get tired of watching it yet. And that's that's positive.

SPEAKER_01 27:12

I gotta say you could say what you want. The fact of what they did for Minnie because he couldn't move was brilliant. Yes, yep, yep, yep. Yes, was brilliant. Like I just I I couldn't like when Minnie was in the frame, I my eyes went to Minnie. Not gonna lie. The what the scene where like he's sitting down and then just then like he just stops and ah this this this showed this showed a more mature stray kids, so people better as I keep saying, people better buckle up.

SPEAKER_02 27:48

Like kids, kids is only the kids is only in the name, right? That's it. That's that's it. We we have we have surpassed, yeah, Milky Stein. We have surpassed um we have surpassed the moniker in that regard. Yeah but just uh mini with the gloss well both of them. Oh yeah, channel the practically a a corset laced up back thank them anyway. Sorry, I'm having a moment next, next on the list. Okay, hold on. I gotta pull this. Uh um okay. In addition to that, we also now know that there is officially going to be a world tour. Ha ha, we were right.

SPEAKER_01 28:44

And looking at the dates, okay, so we were right about the dates too, pretty much.

SPEAKER_02 28:49

We were pretty much right about the dates. Yeah, at least the time frame of when what was gonna happen when. Amazing. Um, but amazing how that happens. But the um it's funny when you've worked in the industry and you understand how these things work, that you might actually have some comprehension of what the fuck's going on. Um, but the so what we know of the world tour right now, they've released the Asian dates. Um the the whole we'll get to the whole ticketing thing in just a second because that goes along with something else. Um, but the they've released the Asian dates, and the Asian dates, if I'm not mistaken, go all the way through January.

SPEAKER_01 29:30

Yeah, then there's one, there's one in March. There's one the like three one or something. And so last the last one is three, yeah, it's March.

SPEAKER_02 29:38

Um right, which means which means that the international ones are probably not going to start until the end of April, I would imagine, at the soonest. At the soonest. I could be wrong because again, they're kind of taking the the the script and tearing it up and throwing it out the window. But I am thinking that the the the North and the North American and or European dates are going to start at the end of April. My curiosity is going to be whether they start in Europe or whether they start in North America. Now, that's my curiosity.

SPEAKER_01 30:08

I think just a case go either way. That this is just I'm putting this down. I'm putting this down. Put it down as a estimation. I think they're gonna start in Europe, and I'll tell you why. Because Europe at that time is a little bit cooler, so if they start to get in those warmer states, they may not be as bad, even though now you're seeing detrimental heat in the UK right now, and and in Europe right now.

SPEAKER_02 30:35

But anybody watching this in the UK, by all means, please do everything you can to keep this hydrated, right? And yes, you can make yourself sick drinking too much water, so please make sure you're keeping it balanced.

SPEAKER_01 30:46

No, Kells. In the spring, we're too rainy here. That's the problem. And uh, yes, it's rain or shine, but the last thing you want is they the boys bring enough rain. I hate to say it, but it's true. Um they bring their rain as as somebody who three times to go see the and it rained, so um, anyways, I think they're gonna do Europe first, then I think they're gonna do the US. I think they're gonna do the US towards the end of summer, early fall, where it won't be as the the surface of hell. Yes. And if they're doing bigger outside venues, the problem you're gonna have is if if they picked if they picked sports stadiums, they had to work around that schedule. Yeah, that's so whether it be football and or baseball, and or maybe it's not stadiums at all, maybe it's just places, and if that's the case, guys do a freaking seven-day run at MSG. It's a small venue, but it's indoors, and it's and it's the epiphany of where all musicians want to perform before they die.

SPEAKER_02 31:58

So the other the other thing we figured out with the tour dates, based on the way they are, is because of the fact that you have dates in Asia for the World Tour, or when it's for this and that world tour, corresponding with the dates in Latam for Stray City, that tells me it's two different stages.

SPEAKER_03 32:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 32:18

So therefore, two different shows, which they're fucking crazy if they're doing two shows simultaneously. But it wouldn't surprise me that out of anybody they'd be doing two different shows simultaneously. However, it's gonna probably it's gonna be two shows because there is just a key.

SPEAKER_01 32:37

But the festival version wouldn't would be a different show, anyways, than the than the world tour. So they could do what they did in Gotball done at Stray City, and then they could do the tour of what it is right.

SPEAKER_02 32:48

But it's just that it's with the staging. That bouncing that bouncing back and forth, yeah. Doing two different two different set lists essentially and two different different versions of Choreo and whatnot. Yeah, that's kind of it's it's it's what's the word I'm looking for? It's um I don't know how I think what's the word I'm looking for? Words, Shannon. Jesus. Um it's it's it's it's when something's really really when you're undertaking something really, really big. I can't think of the word. Anyway, it's it's huge.

SPEAKER_01 33:21

Um it's a it's a humongous undertaking. Oh, that's not the word I'm looking for, but it's an incredible undertaking. I'm just saying, we're gonna talk about it. It starts with an E. I know it starts like my brain. I'm blonde today. You can't ask me anything. I don't even know the color of the sun right now.

SPEAKER_02 33:43

No, uh no, Rebecca. The opposite of underestimate. It's it's it's overestimate. Um another train back on tracks, choo-choo! Choo choo. Let's go. Okay, it's gonna be two different stages. So people that are sitting there freaking about out about oh my god, they're gonna have to get everything back and forth. No, they're not gonna have to get everything back and forth. It is two different stages. They're gonna ship the stage for Stray City over to Latin, the stage for right this and that is gonna stay in Asia, and the guys are just gonna fly back and forth, which that alone is crazy enough, because that's a lot of flying in one month, just in general. Um, but it is what it is. No, it's not not exaggerating, not exaggerate. It's okay. Now I've got to find the word.

SPEAKER_01 34:38

I'll talk while you find the word. Yes, so yeah, I think I think it's two different stages, it's two different shows, it's two different things. It's gonna keep them on their toes. These are our guys we're talking about here, they can handle it. They've handled a lot in the eight years they've been doing stuff, so I endeavor a large endeavor? No. Oh nice try, Lizzie. I thought that was pretty good. It was close. I'm sorry, now I'm out of things. Ask me questions, people. What do you think? Let's take some guesses. What do we think of uh are we thinking the same um uh monuments are we thinking? Sorry, no, it's me. Okay. Me. It was a me or you, I don't even know.

SPEAKER_02 35:45

Um one of us.

SPEAKER_01 35:46

We spun okay. Okay. They're going all out before Lino gets conscripted. Yeah, I mean, I think that's a big part of it. Well, I don't think it's just Lino. I yeah, I know I froze. It might my internet went out. Can you see me now? You see me now?

SPEAKER_02 36:03

Yes, I can see you just fine, but I don't know if everybody else is. And enterprising is the closest word I can get to it, but that's still not the word I'm looking for. Like I will be going to bed tonight and it will pop into my head, and then I will be like, because that's the way it works. But that's but anyway. Regardless, we're gonna get two stages. The guys are gonna fly back and forth between Latinum and Asia. Everything will be fine. Um, but just you know, people were freaking out about that. Can you see me now? Yes, I can I can see you just fine. All right, because I can see that I can see you just fine. Okay, so um, but yeah, it's gonna be it's it's gonna be that that month is going to be crazy for them, undoubtedly. Um, but I I do not doubt that they will be able to do. I do not doubt number one, that they would be undertaking it if they didn't think they could do it. Number one, and number two, I have every faith and confidence that they will be able to do exactly what they want to do. So it's just a matter of you know of going back and forth. I expect I thought we might get quad units. I mean, it's possible with the way the the the tour pictures came out because you had and um minbin and like you had you had you had different duos going on, but we'll see. Sung Jung. I don't remember what the Han and Han and Sungman one is, but it's like it's like Sung Han or something.

SPEAKER_01 37:29

I don't know, and then there's the Yong looks. Yeah, so it's it's just which I think will be nice. I actually if they do if they do like a softer song, I think it would be nice. You know, but they have we're making that they're gonna do units. What maybe they won't.

SPEAKER_02 37:44

They could they might not at all. Though I had somebody was pointing out today, they're like they're they're like, I really kind of hope that we don't get another hyunchan song. Sung sung. That's okay. Let them then cook. Let them end do the thing. Let them end we know that if they do a song, it's gonna be a fucking banger. And it's gonna this person was just saying she got attacked.

SPEAKER_01 38:07

I understand why, but at the same time, it's like she was just saying, like, like she wanted Chan to do another song with somebody else. That's all, you know what I mean? Like, like, would I like to see the Aussies do a song together? Yeah, I fucking would. I've been waiting for a while. I don't think they are, have it. No, supposedly they were working on something, it was talked about eons ago and never to be heard from again.

SPEAKER_02 38:36

So which means it's which means it's somewhere in Chan's laptop and it is archived on and on and somewhere.

SPEAKER_01 38:45

Rebecca goes, I need to know what happened with the truck and escape.

SPEAKER_02 38:52

I mean, if you want to take if you want to take that if you want to take the fact that it's a series of songs, and yeah, they're all tied up in the hotel and they escape the hotel and now they're running around doing this, and then the end that one ends with the truck. I mean, realistically speaking, it could be a whole storyline that we know nothing about. And that wouldn't fucking surprise me with those two. Like that would not at all surprise me that it is some sort of long, long, hot, long form storyline that we're just not gonna know about until it's done. So we'll see. But the um yeah, hiding for 2028, but the uh the um, yeah, it's it's it's I'm gonna be the tour. It we're gonna get a tour, guys. We knew we were gonna, and everybody's freaking out that we're gonna get we knew we were going to get a tour, they told us they were going to give us a tour, and they said tour, they didn't say they didn't say world tour, they didn't say world tour on the step out, but prior to they had said world tour the year before, yeah. I know right, but did I not tell you literally, did I not say on the show that the the literally like the day after that it was not going to surprise me if they did what they did for Dominate and they're doing tour in Asia for here and then it would extend over and whatever right?

SPEAKER_01 40:08

Well, they added it together, but still, but we no, I agree, you know, it's just it's it's just it was it was semantics. No, I agree. I you don't have to convince me.

SPEAKER_02 40:20

I agree with you. I'm not some I'm not surprised, surprised by how fast the world tour was announced, Rebecca at all. I'm actually amazed it wasn't a little bit sooner, but just that's just right, but again, it could they could have been waiting because of many, so many, yeah. Right. So that's that's very possible that they're just like, okay, let's let's make sure that we're actually gonna be able to do the thing. So which it also and I'm gonna say right now, I sincerely hope that he is mending and healing well and quick and uneventfully. I'm I'm hoping that that is the case. If, however, that man needs to be on a scooter for any poor period of time, we're okay with that being on the tour, we are perfectly okay with that. Like, besides the fact he was having fun during the fan meet on it anyway, but just that's perfectly fine. I'm also gonna point out, too, something else. Let's let's let's let's let's bring in your boy for a second. We're gonna it with the music video. Yes, it was awesome to see Felix doing Taekwondo, and everybody's like, Oh, he's doing capoeira. It wasn't taekwondo.

SPEAKER_01 41:28

I can understand the dance part where he's where the two of them are going to the side, yes, can look like capoeira. I agree, I agree, but that's not what it was. It was taekwondo into a dance of two of opposites, which was just choreography, choreographic is what it was, right?

SPEAKER_02 41:50

Right, but um I can he he was doing what I did, just you know, are you through something? Right, just yeah, you're you're but a little bit but um I want to reiterate something else, too, because of the way things are, and because I know people are probably gonna go this direction with it somewhere down the line. Okay, he was obviously having good days, good enough days to be able to do the choreography that he did, but he may not be able to do that all the time, right? And watching him do the choreography in the reels, and and literally, I have not seen him go that hard in choreography since giant because he did the same thing with the giant reels where he went hard on the giant reels because he was obviously having good days with his back. Do not sit there and expect that man to be at that level every single day of the show, right? And that needs to be okay for anybody that watches this because he's going to have good days, he is going to have bad days. Case in point, when they started dominate, he had a tornado kick in his dance in his dance solo. He did not make it through the whole Asian portion of the tour doing that dance solo without taking the tornado kick out again because it was bothering him, right?

SPEAKER_01 43:11

I don't think he ever did the tornado kick in the US.

SPEAKER_02 43:14

No, he didn't. Well, they didn't that that that portion of the show also never happened. So they didn't have a they did not have a feeling it's part of the It's part of maniac.

SPEAKER_01 43:28

He does that da-da-da-da in the red, and then he comes down and they do maniac.

SPEAKER_02 43:32

But they never did that, they never did maniac like that here in the US at all. He did not have a dance solo in US at all or Europe. There was no dance solos at all. Because we got the duos instead of the instead of the solos.

SPEAKER_01 43:48

Yeah, but that's not a solo, that's a group song. That was always the the lead into the group song. He didn't do it over here on any of the US data. They do. I swear to god, they did the mama. Version for somebody.

unknown 44:03

Are you?

SPEAKER_01 44:05

They might have no, they don't think they even did it in LA. Now you're making me feel like I'm in the butterfly effect. Hold on. Hold please. Yeah. Hold on. I remember. I watched every single one of those. It's fine. Hold on. You're probably right. I'm just, I seem to remember. Talk amongst yourselves.

SPEAKER_02 44:40

I don't think any from Raven's over here saying I don't think any state would have would care if any of those men just came and sat on the stage and sang. I wouldn't have to do that. No, I don't either. Seriously. They could just line up and do what they do for some of the Japanese videos and just sing. And I'm I'm I'm I'm down for it. Could you imagine? You're probably right, but I swear that I could you imagine? I just this this just came to my brain. Could you imagine if they did like an acoustic tour? Oh that would be sick. And just like pare it down, just vocals, do do do a do a pared-down acoustic version of the songs, and just do an acoustic version of this uh of the show. Like that would be that would be fucking awesome. I would I would happily go along with that. That would be amazing. I d I I I do not recall any dance solos at all on the US D. You could be right.

SPEAKER_01 45:39

I just I swear it's giving me gov ball. Fuck you, dude. But the um all right, anyways, that's fine. Then I was wrong. I must have had a fever dream and thought he did it. I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 45:52

But again, this just goes back to the fact that he's going to have good days and bad, regardless of what the choreography looks in one place. It may not look the same in another because of because of reasons and whatever it looks like, just be happy with it. And just know that he is doing he is doing the absolute 110% best that he can do for whatever he has that day. Correct, correct, absolutely. So, because I can see I can see it coming now. I can't because everybody's freaking out about the fact that he was able to do it for the music video. And yes, I'm very, very, very, very happy that he was able to do it for the music video. Yes. But at the same time, that just tells me he was having a good day.

SPEAKER_01 46:32

So right, okay, which and that's gonna happen when you have a chronic injury or pain. That's gonna happen. You're gonna have your good days and your bad days. So that's just the way it is. Um, so that's what we gotta do. Choo choo.

SPEAKER_02 46:47

Okay, switch. Um, okay. The next major thing on the list would be the the well, next the next major thing would be the fans ticketing debacle to go along with this. So I'm I'm calling it the fans ticketing debacle because we're gonna, we're gonna we're gonna get angry for a minute.

SPEAKER_01 47:09

We're gonna get angry for a minute and I'm gonna get not angry. I'm gonna I'm gonna get I'm gonna get a little schooly. I'm gonna get a little bit. Here's how it goes. You do that, Ali. For the right, for those that don't know this, fans, when you signed up for the fans membership, there was a stipulation in the rules and regulations and whatnot that said there ticketing pre-sale. So there would be the opportunity for those who have fans memberships to have uh ticketing pre-sale dates and purchase dates ahead of shows should they happen. So shows are happening, and they announce the ticket sales for Seoul. Day one of tickets is for Korean stay for Korean Korean based day. Korean base day. Okay, that was day one. Day two would be in was international, if I'm not mistaken, correct? The immediate next day was rest of international fans. On fans, on fans, on fans, on fans, not anywhere else. This is on fans, and then the third day was general sale, which means for everybody else that doesn't that doesn't have the fans membership to show their number to be able to get qualify for the pre-sale. Well, every people lost their ever freaking cotton pick in minds. Now, I don't want to call out a certain subsection of stay, but I'm gonna there was quite a few Western Stay, and when I say Western, I mean this US Stay on the side of the the pond. And there was a section of one of the largest countries in Asia, Chinese Stays that decided to get mean, like not even just a little bit, just mean two case days and saying that case days have everything handed to them, and case days have all this stuff. And why why is everything in a different language? And why can't they learn Chinese songs?

SPEAKER_02 49:33

And why can't they not all because they're not allowed to go to China, they're only allowed to go to certain places in China like Shanghai, right? Hong Kong, so right. That's no offense, that's your own damn government. So I can't do shit about that. So you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 49:52

Like right, but but but to to pick on case days, but they are a Korean, they are K-pop, they are Korean pop group, Korean pop band. So guess what? Case Day is having a whole day ahead of time, which is one day, one day. What it of course, oh no day, one day who gives a if you think they're gonna say and there's several dates in Seoul, by the way, so it's not like case days we're gonna sell out the whole fucking thing in one day. They could do it, but five days, okay, five days. I didn't even know how many days, so five days. So they're not gonna sell it all out. That's number one, okay.

SPEAKER_02 50:31

No, well, they they will, but it's just no, but again, it's not gonna be all right.

SPEAKER_01 50:34

But just but there's five days, right? Five days. Two, there's no reason in the free world to go at anybody else on that app negatively. That is not regular social media, it is a fan app for the guys to communicate with stay, and for stay, if they are nice enough to communicate with others, stay.

SPEAKER_02 50:55

Well, I guess the whole we we said it, we said it when the membership came back up again, and everybody was like, what what what not? And there was an influx of international stay, and I'm I again I hate to call it out, but there was an influx of new baby international stay that had no clue how to use the app. Um, yes, and they were trying to use they were trying to use the app, and they still do, there's still plenty of them on there that are trying to use the app like it's threads or like it's X or like it's an or like it's Instagram, and it's not any of those platforms. The purpose of fans is for the guys to have access to fans and for fans to have access to the guys, right? Correct. So, you know, people are still like, well, why are my why are my selfies getting taken down? Because you're not supposed to post them. That is not part of the if you cover your face, you're not here to promote yourself. You are not here to promote yourself, you are here to promote the guys, yeah. Like if you exactly, if you do what JC just did, where you take where you take a schizoo and cover your face, that's fine.

SPEAKER_01 52:07

Or if you use a schizo sticker and cover your face, or you can even just show your eyes because my my profile picture is literally it'll be okay or you're okay from GovBall, and it's just literally my face, like from here up. So you just see like you see me sticking my head in. So you can't tell a lot from well, I mean, you can't tell a lot from a person's eyes, but you know what I mean.

SPEAKER_02 52:27

So because somebody even made the suggestion, like somebody I I saw it the other day on bands where somebody was making the suggestion. Well, why don't you allow us to post more pictures to do the do more this, this, and this? It would be it would be like every other social media app. It's not a social media app, it's a fan club. It is a correct fan club, and I don't know whether it's because younger generations don't know what a fan club actually is supposed to be anymore. Like, yeah, you send in your little thing and you get back your card and you get that like a form. Yeah, you fill out your form and then you wait six weeks, and then and then then and then once they get, and then you're gonna wait another six weeks for it to come back to you. And if you're lucky, you might get a pre-print, you might get a Xerox autograph. Is exactly if anybody remembers what Xerox is, because I'm I probably just date I so just dated myself. But it's it's that you were lucky if that's what you got, like yeah, and and and every now and then, and every now and then you would get a newsletter with what was going on with like upcoming stuff um for uh for the group or the or the artist or whatnot. And that was the fan club, but in this case, it's allowing you to directly communicate with the artists in question and them with you. That's the purpose of fans. So the fact that we're getting perks like pre-like uh we're now getting perks like you know, um, pre-sale for tickets and things of that nature, and we're getting lives on on fans and whatnot. Those were all things that again, if you had read the terms of service before you signed up for the damn fucking thing and spent your money, you would have known were coming down the pipeline. And there were a lot of people that were like, Well, it was it's it's been in the terms of service before, but they never used it. That's your own damn fault. I'm sorry. Like, I I hate to be I hate to be a bitch in that regard, but if you made the choice, if you could afford to do so, and you made the choice not to, because you figured, well, whatever, it's not actually gonna happen. That is on you making that choice to not do the thing. Okay, there are plenty of people out there that could not afford to get the fan club membership that would love to have had access to fans right now that couldn't afford it, and you're over here complaining about the fact that you could have afforded it, but you just decided to not, and it's perfectly fine. You didn't have to spend your money however you wanted to do it, but now you're having FOMO. Yep, because oh my god, they're actually using these. You're it was in the terms of service, and the terms of service were available before you purchased the thing. If you had read the TOS prior to purchasing, you would have known that these things were in there because I think the terms of service was a little different compared to last year's, if I don't, if I if I recall properly, like so it was it was it was very much transparent what they were intending to try to do this year with everything, um, and everything that they have tried to do so far, they have rolled out. So shock surprise, you know, like yeah, but again, for for anybody to get upset that when I'm saying Korean-based days, because if you if you are an expat living in Korea and you have a fans and you have a Korean address and a fans membership, you could have bought you could you could have bought them first day. Like it wasn't specifically because they're not trying to keep anybody out, right? It's just this country, this this people that are people that have this type of address and this type of registration can get them first, and then we're gonna then we're still gonna make it available to all the rest of you in the fan club before we make it available to anybody else. And then general emission. Um, and I understand part of it too was uh had something to do with the there's a huge there's a huge issue with scalpers over in Korea. Yes, huge that they've recently and they've also recently passed legislation to try to crack down on that and make it more difficult for them to do so.

SPEAKER_01 56:28

You see the empty seats that the scalpers bought that didn't never got filled with people because they're right, because they can't, yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_02 56:37

We're charging an arm and a leg for them. So um, and and maybe maybe it's because I'm gonna I'm gonna be completely transparent on on my side of it. Maybe it's because I am someone that is based in America and we have dealt with scalpers for ever. That even there there is no 100% foolproof method that is going to keep scalpers out of any situation. Yep, because no, no offense, the only place we can buy tickets here in the US pretty much is Ticketmaster, and Ticketmaster thrives off of scalpers, yes, and bots, so at least currently, I know I know there's a huge lawsuit going on still over all that. Um, but regardless, you there's no foolproof way to get rid of scalpers, they have always existed even back when you had to line up outside of Peaches and wait in line and get your paper ticket.

SPEAKER_01 57:34

The fact that you mentioned Peaches is killing me. Am I right? You're absolutely right. I'm just saying.

SPEAKER_02 57:42

Like you that that for for for you youngins out there that might watch this, back in the day, if you wanted to go to a concert, they would tell you when the ticket sales were gonna go on, when the tickets were gonna go on sale for a concert. Your ass would have to go like it was literally Black Friday. Yep, and um it was like it was literally Black Friday, and you were gonna have to go out there, camp your ass out. Yep, yep. In front of, and usually it was a music store. That's why I said peaches, usually it was a music store or strawberries. There was strawberries strawberries.

SPEAKER_01 58:15

Oh wait, strawberries, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 58:17

I remember I remember peaches when I was in Massachusetts, that's why like down here it was down here, it was Musicland. Um, no, it was Peaches down here too. We had peaches down here too. Um usually it was a music store. Sometimes every now and then it would be some weird thing, like a fucking convenience store that just happened to have a ticket master kiosk in it. Yeah, yeah. It was weird. It was or you had to win them off the radio, or you had to win them off the radio, and you had to camp your ass out. And this is why, like, this is where the whole camping thing came from, realistically speaking, was you had to camp your ass out for tickets, and then when the tickets were you would be in line with everybody else, and then you would get up to the counter and you would literally get a paper ticket, and that was your ticket to the show. If you lost it, you were screwed. Screwed, yep, because you weren't getting it back because there was no way to prove that you actually had that ticket in your hand, like it, and it wasn't like you could do it wasn't like you could take a picture of it like you can now and have it on no, there was you lost that piece of paper, it was gone. And scalpers existed back then too, because they would stand in line and they would wait with everybody and they would buy a whole bunch of tickets, and then they would go out and literally, while people were still standing in line that they were just in, start trying to sell the tickets. Yep. Like this is I have my favorite tickets saved too, Kimmy. You do not know how good y'all had it in have it nowadays in certain circumstances, because that was literally what you would. This is the whole reason why I didn't go to tickets, why I didn't go to concerts much when I was younger.

SPEAKER_01 59:50

Because you know what though? I agree with Raven. I miss physical tickets because physical tickets you would save them, so then you would go like I literally have a stack like this big of all tickets of shows that I have seen. Yep. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:05

No, um, so um, yeah, so literally, like I saw I I still have my my typo negative ticket that never got to never got never got cashed in because I was backstage when the concert started, so I stayed backstage and all the guys from typo signed it. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, that's that's saved in my that's saved in the memory book. But yeah, they it's it's scalpers have always existed. I know they're trying to put things in place to take care of it and whatnot. And I know from what I understand, a lot of the a lot of the quote unquote scalpers that they're having issues with aren't necessarily based in Korea, which is part of the reason why they did it this way. It was like, okay, let's do the career, let's do this first, and then everybody, and then then all the rest of the bands, and then general admission. Um and so that's but regardless, there was absolutely no need, number one, and I I know people are like, well, the only way they're gonna pay attention to us is if we throw this at the guys.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:00

No, that was piss poor because a lot, I mean, there were I read I read somebody's post that said, like, I hope that the guys get poisoned fruit. Like, what? Yeah, it's you know I was like, are you fucking kidding me right now? Like you're a fan and that you're gonna say shit like that.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:19

There's a it's it's it's it's there was absolutely no need for any of what I was seeing. I I don't know how many people they probably at this point in time, because I'm not horribly active on fans anyway, just in general, I go in and look every now and again, but that's pretty much it.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:33

Right, and if the guys are in there, I'll go in there and like read some of the yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:37

Like I'm uh when the when the notifications come through and whatnot, I'm reading my notifications and what have you. But uh that if if nothing, if if I happen to be known on the admin side of that app in any way, shape, or form, I'm probably that bitch that reports everybody. Because right, I swear to god, the number of things, number of things I had to report over the last week or last couple of days or so has been just exorbitant. There's there's another E-word I actually remembered. Yay! Yay! Awesome. Um, but yeah, and it's it's it's it's not to be confused with absorbent. No, that's an A word, not a B.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:19

I know, but it just sounded simple.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:21

It's still a $10 word. Actually, that's more like a $5 word. That's a $5 word. That's a $5 word. So yeah, so now the to get back onto a later subject, um the the other big thing, the other big thing that I think we should be that we should touch on is the skiz code. Because we got our hundredth skiz code yesterday. We did, yes, we did. It was adorable, it was really cute. I'm sorry though, I did I did not I was seeing clips of the Skiz Code long before I was able to actually sit down and watch the Skiz Code, and the just the clips I was seeing, like at this point in time, would to go back to the whole idol image thing that we were saying at the beginning in regards to like body hair and whatnot, the masks are very they're like they're very quickly deteriorating, like just it's it's it's uh I have two I have two words.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:24

I have two words uh fuzzy, fuzzy handcuffs. Whenever they said we're gonna be stuck together a handcuff together, and then I end pulls out fuzzy handcuffs. I'm like, was the only store available the fuzzy handcuff store? And for those of you who don't know what that is, you're too young. But those of us that do know about the fuzzy handcuff store. It's an 18, it's an 18 and up show. We're good. All right.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:56

No, I'm just saying, but I'm like, but okay, like okay, but okay, okay, but I I I I somewhat think I know the thought process with that. It was like, okay, we're we're gonna hold on. But let's hear me out here. Okay, we're gonna we're gonna handcuff them together, but we want to make sure we don't hurt them. Okay. So so the hence the fuzzy handcuff. The problem, the problem is is that my my ass beating my ass. I looked at what those could, I'm like, those are gonna break. And they did. And they did. They did. That's not gonna keep those attached. As soon as I saw those, I'm like, those are literally the party city, um, the the party city 50 shades of gray. Like, I'm sorry, the 50 shades of gray one that Chan had on his bag for the for the railway video would have been a better choice.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:49

Better choice. I know I was thinking the same thing when you said that.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:53

But literally, I I'm sure the thought process, I'm sure, which is fine, but it was just it was just funny when we didn't like it all the seven of them because Sunman couldn't do it, all bound together with fuzzy handcuffs.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:10

And of course, not that I would be complaining if I was attached to any of them with fuzzy handcuffs.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:16

I'm just saying, no, but especially when and then they start walking, and Chan's like, I'm gonna go this way. Yeah, like purpose purposely, like that was absolutely 100% on purpose. But it's it's just all like the the whole this is coming, this now mine's fallen out of my ear. So this is this is hilarious. We're both having technical difficulties. Um whatever.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:41

Yeah, I need I I yeah, I don't okay. Even my these ones are, but not as bad as the other. So yeah, so fuzzy handcuffs and sashimi. Busan, busan sashimi. Because Felix doing the Busan accent and the dialect. Which I I have to say, I didn't I didn't quite get it when Ian had mentioned it prior, like just the way it goes. But then when him trying to teach him the dialect and how it goes and da-da-da. And I was like, Oh, okay, now I get it. But it was I was just like, it sounds like like he dubbed was dubbing a movie, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 1:06:23

Like he sounded like an anime character, but then at the end of it, at the end of it, it's like just say oh.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:34

It's all sorts of but it's and then them having to feed each other, like I thought that was we need to feed each other for 10 minutes. Ten minutes is way too long. We can't do 10 minutes. Let's do three minutes.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:46

Minnie had the best. He's like, if you need to get, what did he say? If you need to get um put it work, he goes, we could do it in two to three, three minutes is funny. Oh, you go, Minnie, you know. But they did five, which was still cute. They they compromised, yes. So they were literally like, John, they're taking the big bite, and poor Ginny tried again, and he's just kind of I just started dying.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:09

I was like, Ginny vibrated, he vibrated.

unknown 1:07:13

So cute.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:17

Which just which just proves to me that I that like I this is now the third time I've been I am so ginny. Like that is he really likes food, he does that. Do you ever notice he does it all the time? But I know, but it wasn't, but it but he wasn't doing it necessarily because it was like exciting for the food, it was the fact that it was just such a large bite.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:33

Like, I think that too, but I think it was really good. I mean, I just I love Chadman with the the the sauce with the gochu dog.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:41

Well, the no Chang Changman Chang Min's starting to eat before everybody else did, and Jin and Hunjin calling him out on it. And so what does he do? He takes Hyun Jun's hand, puts the food he's eating in Hunjin's hand, and then guides it to his mouth himself so that Hunjin is feeding him.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:00

Yeah, so that it's not Lino and Jan got me too with feeding each other. I thought that was really cute. And then and then between Felix and Han, and then Felix and Sungman, Sungman desperately wanted to feed Felix something in that last little bite where he like takes it so like I will. There you go, write that down.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:26

If I don't do it right now and I gotta, where the frick did that go?

SPEAKER_01 1:08:29

I'll remind you so you don't have to do it now.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:31

If I don't do it now, it's gonna Did I watch your video yesterday? No, if I don't do it now, anything's gonna happen.

SPEAKER_01 1:08:42

Now I just gotta find where I wrote it in this okay, so yeah, da da da da shiny and tech boki, because that's what he had when later on. Right squad. I'm sorry, this is comical now. I can't wait till this thing is like 20 pages long, huh? Yeah, it's alright. T T big is correct.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:11

I know it's it's it's it's it's close enough that I'll know what I meant when I when I read it later. So yeah, and so so that and then they gotta go out and they've gotta go do little. I I find it funny that they're like anytime they do with one of these these travel log things, it's like, okay, we're gonna send you on inefficient missing missions, but they're not really inefficient, so I don't I don't know if that's just a translation thing that I'm not getting. Right. Like lost in translation aspect of things. Why is Made goose?

SPEAKER_01 1:09:39

Falling asleep. I'm sorry, and I don't mean to be honest, I'm not tired, I just joined.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:43

It's my stuff acting up, so it's just um I don't know whether it's a lost in translation thing that it's an inefficient travel log, inefficient mission log thing, but it regardless, I do find it funny when they do them because it's like, okay, um, how how much let's all do these efficiently? And then it's like, no, because then Chan goes into dad mode and tries to wreck it every single time. Yeah, and then all the other guys are like, you have some of the guys that are actually trying to do the things because like Han. Han was like, Okay, I got this. I need to ask somebody to take a picture. And what does he do as soon as they get on the beach? He asked somebody to take a picture. He did a boy. Um, I'm waiting, I I'm I am gonna be curious to see how well Hyun Jin does on the next episode with his mission of having to actually go and ask people questions. But then we technically saw that from the behind the scenes that they posted before. So and it looks like he had Lino and he had Lino and Chan with him. So at least he had Chan with him to kind of yeah help with the yeah, I agree with the with the extraversion part of things. Well, but what what what made me die laughing was the person walking by him and Lino when they were doing their part, and they're like, Why are they all there? Who's who is here? Us.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:01

Yes, I thought that was well. Did you did you see though there was two famous Sasang supposedly that were in Busan and took pictures of Hyunjin and Lino and were close to them? That was posted yesterday on Threads by it by a fellow by a fellow Korean stay. I did not see that. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. No, the guys are out in public, right? So there's that they're gonna, yeah. Because I loved it, but there was a guy that walked past them like so handsome, and he's I I think I saw Hunjin.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:34

Shenjun goes, thank you, or somebody they did something, or yeah, there's some some somebody told Hyun Jin that they they that he was handsome as they walked by, and that was that was after the kid, after the one person asked, like, well, why are there all these cameras here? Yeah, and then the and then the um the the one vendor telling Chan that he was handsome, and Shan just being like which sir, with your whole chest, just say thank you.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:57

He did, he did, he did.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:58

I know, but it's just like he he very he very humbly said thank you and just and didn't like yeah I'm in front of him. Like he didn't he didn't he completely completely he just and the guy a little a little shy, which okay. Um is that me or you?

SPEAKER_01 1:12:32

Hello I think that was me, but can that can or am I back? Are we good? Yeah, you're back. Yeah, you're not blurry anymore either. You can hear me, can you see me? Yes. Okay, yes I can.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:46

Having trouble connecting.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:49

No, I can see you again. You just you had a spinny circle for a minute.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:52

I literally just no, I got I got a warning that said having trouble connecting. Oh, yours? Okay. All right, I was just yes. If we happen to have technical difficulties because I am the one hosting this, then please forgive us and I will try to get us back online as quickly as possible. If that happens. Hopefully.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:12

Mercury, knock it off.

unknown 1:13:18

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:20

Hopefully. Yes. What I thought was what I thought was cute, I thought it was cute. I saw some some discussion about it. And I'd like to say to those who viewed it in a negative light, fuck off. But before I say this, Felix eating. There was a whole big thing about how you know something about him with eating, and I'm and people and somebody finally called it out and said, he's damned if he do, he's damned if he don't. So guess what? Don't have a fucking opinion about it at all.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:54

Me personally, I would be the same way he would be. It's first of all, it's the best Korean street food. The busan market is known. Okay, number one. Number two, I would be eating too. Bringing stuff, be damned. I would be like, I want to try this with you. You know what I mean? Like, I would be, and Chadvin kind of like went into it at first, and he's like, We gotta go, we need less than 10 minutes. And he's like, No, and he's like, you know, we need more. He was hungry. Let the man eat, let the man eat the food, like and it was so he enjoyed it. You could tell he was enjoying it, and that's made me happy. Yeah, so people like knock it the fuck off.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:38

Not everything has to have a fucking opinion. Well, and not every and not every okay, I I I it has been a while since I have said this, okay. But not everything is a fucking crusade. Correct, correct.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:52

It's just fucking okay, and fried squid. And I want some too, so there.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:57

It's it's it's it's bad. Like save, save your energy for the things that actually genuinely need your energy. Like it's it's it's it it oh my god, anyway.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:18

So anyway, so yes, so that's so we're gonna have part two when next Thursday. Next Thursday. Okay, so there's three, there's three of them. So it's part two is next Thursday, and then the following, then there's one one more. Yes, there's three. It's a three-parter? Yes. Okay, good.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:37

Three parters are fine.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:38

So then it was yeah, yeah, I saw that too. Yeah, well, again, no, even more so.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:45

Yeah, the man was going crazy with travel and whatnot. So he was going back and forth and photo shoots and this, that, and the other, and la-da-da-da-da. So it it let's shall we shall we shall we start talking okay while we're on the subject of Felix, because half of half of these have to deal with Felix. Yeah, yeah. It's a it's a good day to be a pixie. It is a very good day to be a pixie. I can't I can't complain about being a crystal either, but it's it's a very good day to be a pixie. We we have Felix was announced as the official ambassador for BBQ, which is a which is the the the the the the the place where he gets all of the chicken that you have seen on pretty much every single video that he has ever done.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:32

For ASMR, yeah. Except for ASMR, except for the Shake Shack sandwich, except for the Shake Shack one, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:37

The uh the the he is he is now officially, which is also where the whole wanting to be a fried chicken leg has been added to the list has come from from this one. Uh honestly, I swear to god, if that's the if that's the crunch that that chicken actually has, and it wasn't dubbed in, I want it. But that's just because yes, but um he is he now has uh I believe 15 official ambassadorships under his belt currently. Yes, and I'm gonna I'm gonna point something out because I pointed I pointed this out online the other day in regards to this. Um, I was mentioning the fact that uh if if you have been a stay for any length of time, you may have very well have seen, and if you haven't seen it, I I can understand because there's a copious amount of content that is to go to, so I don't expect that everybody has seen this. But um a long time ago, Felix was talking about the fact that when he got the call-up to go to uh to go to Korea to be to officially become a trainee, he had the choice of either doing that or doing missionary work, uh charity work in India, I think. Yeah, in uh outside of Australia. And he he actually thought about it for a little bit and he he determined. Um I'm paraphrasing, so please do not quote me. This is not what the man actually said. I am paraphrasing based on the idea. He basically determined that if he was if he was to successfully become an idol, he would be able to help far more people than just going off and then then not taking this opportunity that he was being given. Correct. Yes, he would be able to help people, but if he if he was if he took this opportunity that was being given to him and ran with it and was successful with it, he was going to be able to help so many more people.

SPEAKER_01 1:18:34

Correct.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:36

So when you wonder at the end of the day why this man with a herniated disc in his back is continuing to do a job that makes that exacerbates that particular injury, number one, but number two is chronic pain and everything else. At the end of the day, you need to remember the reason why he decided to go this direction in the first place. Correct. Number one, number two, again, taking into account that this is a man that has a herniated disc in his back, and even if he were to go and get surgery, which by the way, they don't even recommend for 50-year-olds to get in this situation, unless his age, yeah. Until it is absolutely 100% necessary. So for people are like, well, that why doesn't he just get a surgery? That ain't gonna fix shit, and it'll actually make it worse at his age. But when people complain that that man is picking up ambassadorships like Pokemon, understand that it is not just the fact that he is picking up an ambassadorship. When he gets another ambassadorship, not only yes, is that money in the pocket, right? That's the and that that in turn is money that he can use to help people, which he has proven time and time and again he does. Right. It is also connections, networking, resources, not just for the group right now, because every single time he introduces himself, even if he is not there under official skiz business and he's there for an ambassadorship, it's Felix of Stray Kids. Or straight kids is Felix. He's always so he is getting eyes. Somebody somebody pointed out that even if you don't know, even if you were in Korea, even if you don't know who stray kids is, you know who stray kids is by extension. So there's that aspect of the of those networking and resources, but in addition to that, that networking and resources is now literally a safety net that he has created so that if and when it gets to a point that he can no longer do this, he still has the resources and the connections and the networking and the relationships with people in these massive major companies that can allow him to continue the philanthropy he is extremely passionate about focused on doing.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:05

I'm gonna say, I'm gonna repeat something I said the last time we had this conversation. You don't have to like any of the guys, you don't have to like Felix, but by fucking god, you better respect the man for what he's doing. Okay, because yeah, because you don't think he wants like it's people think being an ambassador is like the easiest thing since sliced bread. No, it's not all the extra meetings and this and travel and photos and it it takes its toll scheduling and just all right. Like so this man is working his ass off for many reasons. One of them being to give back, and the second reason to uh help his future, yeah, because he's not gonna be able to do this forever. Let's hope he can, but I don't think that's this that may be a sad thing down the road. Yeah, he's being realistic.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:08

Yep, but but at the same time, but at the same time, he is also still he he's also still adhering to the exact reason why he chose to go down this path.

SPEAKER_01 1:22:19

Absolutely, oh a hundred percent, and you could tell that with the well, let's talk about this with the UNICEF. Didn't the UNICEF who who was it that spoke? The Cold CFO, the CEO, the CO?

SPEAKER_02 1:22:32

Hold on, I did I took a screenshot because I I knew I wasn't gonna remember what what her position was. Hold on one second, little moment though, what for what so the Secretary General and Executive Director of the Korean Committee for UNICEF posted about posted about Felix on Instagram today. Basically talking, like literally glazing that man backwards and forwards, and deservedly so, deservedly so. Um but she was she was just basically talking about the fact how like having talked to him and met him and whatnot, how she can genuinely feel that this is somebody that actually cares. He bites like he barks. And um, you know, that's that when you've got literally the the woman that is in that position that's basically coming out and saying, Yes, this is like what you see, what you're seeing is what you're getting. Um there's that aspect of things that's huge. Then you take into account the fact that because of his interactions with both UNICEF and Louis Vuitton, he's now got Louis Vuitton. Yeah, Louis Vuitton. Some of some of Lou of Louis Vuitton's philanthropic philanthropic um actions and whatnot now are directed towards UNICEF. Yeah, and that's Felix. Yep. Again, that's that networking aspect of things coming into play.

SPEAKER_01 1:24:00

He designed this bracelet that I'm wearing. This gives back, this gives a hundred dollars back to UNICEF from his design.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:07

Um, and again, to add to it, we're we're we're most likely gonna get a 16th ambassadorship upcoming because he he also ended up teasing the Automars P uh the Automars PK Pika. PJ is PJ or Pika?

SPEAKER_01 1:24:23

I think it's PJ, I think it's PJ, I think. Pigeet.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:26

Um whatever, it's it's Automars, which is one is which is one of the holy trinity of watch companies in the like yeah, like you do you you these the these these are pieces that you buy as investment pieces, and then you literally pass them down as heirlooms because it's not even you buy, you have to be invited.

SPEAKER_01 1:24:43

There's only 50,000 made, like Rolex. Let me just put this up. Rolex does a million, yeah. Rolex does a million, but Rolex, you need to have a certain like GDP for yourself to be able to, and you have to work with somebody who's like a dealer to be able to get in to get that watch, like you have to work them for a while. Brand new have to be of a prestige, right? Brand new. You could get like, yeah, you could get uh used uh you know, Rolexes for and and work with with a broker, but it's not as bad. But you have to like there's a whole thing involved, so this is like a step more up from that. And the fact that he has a piece already to me means yeah, that he's like he's in like Flynn, but that's besides oh, yeah, that's a TV, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:29

Um, so so but again, that all goes back to the fact that I'm just gonna be curious to see when it gets announced because right, especially especially with the tour coming up. I'll be curious to see when it gets announced. Though I do find it horribly funny. This is some somewhat schizous, yeah. We we get that we get his like teaser about this watch ambassadorship. The same week we got Henry Cavill causing an issue with the longness. I saw that yes, yes. I was like, okay, here's my two worlds colliding. Thank you very much. Um, I've already gotten Witcher Chan. Now I'm getting now I'm getting this. Like Witcher Chan, I love it. Can I just can I yeah, um, yeah, so uh what where else is Felix on this list? He um the the um then hold on along along the lines of the whole Felix thing, um Crunchyroll. Oh yes, yes, everyone knows what everyone knows what crunchy roll is, right? If you don't know what crunchy roll is, crunchy roll, number one, it started it off as a pirating website for anime back in the day, which that's um we're we're gonna we're gonna come back around to that in just a second. Um, but they they're now they now they are now no longer a pirated application, they are actually you know bona fide, verified, anime all things anime, yes, they have their own awards show, which which Hannah just recently was co-hosting some of. So that's which kudos to her for that. Um I love watching her stuff with that because she was so excited. Um but Crunchyroll, I I don't remember who started it, but I think Crunchyroll said something about something Felix did.

SPEAKER_01 1:27:07

Crunchyroll said, Yeah, something about since debut. I've or no, Crunchyroll commented on the thing and said something about yeah, you love you, you know, sort of thing. He's like, I've I've watched you since like 2020.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:22

Which 2008 would have been when they were still a pirated anime community, right? Exactly. It was his equivalent to Blindwire, essentially. It's just for anime. Yes. Um, so yeah, so so they're going and then Crunchyroll, the Crunchyroll admins freaked the fuck out that Felix actually replied to them, um, which I thought was goddamn hilarious. But then in addition to that, they also put out something to Chan, telling Chan that he needs to reach out to them. Right. I saw that. I saw that. Um, so to have some sort of conversation about something. So I don't know what they're planning on doing with the bang siblings.

SPEAKER_01 1:28:00

But that's cute though.

SPEAKER_02 1:28:02

I just it's only it reminded me.

SPEAKER_01 1:28:04

It reminded me of the live when MTV UK was in the live and like Felix responded to like something about oh MTV UK and they like kicking and screaming their legs and he's like, oh nice or cute or whatever he said to them and it was just like it's that same type of reaction.

SPEAKER_02 1:28:20

Or even or even or even MLB with Sungman, but then it was like the other way where Sungman got all sorts of flusters.

SPEAKER_01 1:28:30

Is it actually the official MLV? But you know what though to I have to say, as somebody who has been in Felix's point of view, so to speak, it does feel awfully magical. There's like a moment you're like, are you looking at me? Is that been perceived? Is that the reason? I loved Allie though. Allie was the best. She comes over to me, she goes, or no, no, no, Emmy. Emmy was behind me. She's like, Are you okay? I'm like, I I don't know. And she's like, I saw it. It happened. That was the cutest about it. I saw it. It happened. I'm like, okay, as long as I'm not the only one living in my Dululu fantasy right here, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 1:29:11

And then and then to finally wrap up with Felix, yeah, um, it was I I saw today that El Korea, El Korea apparently does time capsules, yes, of all their uh of their stuff. Um, and the cover of uh the the 2024 cover of El Korea that featured Felix is being placed into their time capsule correct for 2024 as one of their most memorable covers. Yes. Am I still here? Am I still you're still here? You're just kind of going in and out like did I lose audio or anything, or did I just lose video?

SPEAKER_01 1:29:49

You just lost video. I can still hear you. Can you still hear me?

SPEAKER_02 1:29:53

Great, I'm a ghost. Yay! Can you hear me? I'm a ghost.

SPEAKER_01 1:29:57

Yes, I can still hear you. We're good there. All right, I we can see you.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:00

You just fine. Okay. The question.

SPEAKER_01 1:30:06

You're just freezing when you do it. That's all. I can see you. Sorry.

SPEAKER_03 1:30:12

Wait, wait, wait, I'm in the fire finding. We need to get out of the box. Wait, I won't do it.

SPEAKER_01 1:30:25

Wait, I'm pulling him back to the and capsule. It's in the LV one where he looks like the very elfin prince, like you know, with the LV dress, I think it was.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:41

Yes, that's that's the cover, just if you were just um and to circle back around to the skiz code, along with that, that the that skiz code is actually an official um part of something that stuff straight has been announced to be a part of, um, which is um bias, which is the be in artists scenes through the Korean tourism organization. So, this whole episode of Skiz Code Amazon, and now I got black screen on you. Can everybody hear me just fine? Am I okay? I I'm still here. No, can you hear me? Maybe you're back, you're fine. Am I back? Am I here? Yes, I can hear you. And you're like, this is freaking if this is the way it's gonna be for the next six weeks. Um, but yeah, so they're they're they are part this whole series in Busan of them in Busan for the hundredth episode and whatnot is also part of the Be and Artist Scenes, which is part of the Korean tourism organization. Um, they are one of the groups that is participating. There will be other groups participating as well, um, but they're kind of kicking it off with this. Um, and July 19th is supposed to be like the official, like the official launch for everything, every thing. So this tie ties into that um in some way, shape, or form. So yeah, frozen again. The the the tech gods do not want this to, you know, the tech gods do not want this to work right now, no whatever reason. But we have not gotten to the feral agenda yet, god damn it.

SPEAKER_01 1:32:16

And I yeah, we're talking about the feral agenda. Wait, what else is on the list? Choo choo.

SPEAKER_02 1:32:25

Only chance, which feral agenda. Um, okay, something else that's feral agenda. The only other thing that would not qualify as feral agenda was Ian's bubble posts this morning talking about the fact that he's actually the one that created Dweki first, and then he might need to get copyright on Dweki because he created Dweki when he was in the fourth grade. And I'm sorry, but that was fucking adorable.

SPEAKER_01 1:32:53

I just I you have to show show people that didn't see it because there's some people that don't have IN's bubble. Can you show it?

SPEAKER_02 1:33:01

Yeah, hold on, let me glitch.

SPEAKER_01 1:33:03

Um Lizzie's saying there's no sound.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:10

Can you hear us now? You froze there for a second. Okay, okay, okay, can you hear me now?

SPEAKER_01 1:33:16

Can you hear me now? I feel like the Verizon commercial. Hey, I have the glasses like the guy. Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Are we good?

SPEAKER_02 1:33:25

Can somebody can somebody tell us if we're okay?

SPEAKER_01 1:33:29

I know there's a delay, but there is a delay, but we're in our we're in our own, we're stuck, we're stuck in the box.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:47

So so this was part of an English assignment that this that this man did. Oops, and fourth. Yeah, I love I love the it it it has two feet, it has two legs. Yeah, it lives on the land. Um, and it's I I'm sorry, but it it that that does indeed look like a duekie.

SPEAKER_01 1:34:10

I mean it looks like a duekie with bat legs, but it's still a and and and duck feet, but hey, you know, at this point, it it could be a schizoo of its own, but it is a but the but the body of it is duckie.

SPEAKER_02 1:34:21

Um, and so yeah, so so with that, the only things we have left on this particular list, realistically speaking, are two things that apply for the feral agenda, which is the only chance, the the next chapter of only chance that we got this week, which was shoulder press, which was which I was like 55 pound per hand shoulder press that that man did which can I just say it in with all due respect and and and this is very respectful saying this fuck you chan man should let me tell you something about shoulders okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:34:54

I have this one is injured, so it's like I can do this, but it hurts. So I could do press I was doing presses with 30, and that was that was when I was in my prime. Now I can do 20 because I don't want to re-injure the shoulder, but 55 pounds dumbbells for shoulder press. You're just showing the fuck off, man. Because that's like that's that's that's that's yeah, like god damn is right, yeah. Kate Kimmy goes, God damn, yeah, goddamn is right.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:26

He's getting close enough that he can shoulder press me. Like 55.

SPEAKER_01 1:35:31

Oh, well, could yeah, when yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:33

55 55 in a channel, that's 110. Right? He only he only needs about 40 more pounds, and he could shoulder press me.

SPEAKER_03 1:35:39

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:41

Like I like, come on now.

SPEAKER_01 1:35:44

I yeah, I don't I I I had to the Raven, I actually like paused it because it actually says on the dumbbell both the kilogram both the kilograms and the pounds, and I was like, Well, thank god I don't have to go look up there, but yeah, shoulders are not like even like even even my trainer doesn't do shoulders like it's I mean he goes heavier on some stuff and press he can, but like you gotta be like shoulders are some serious damn fucking business, man.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:07

But let me tell you beyond that, beyond that, what had those people freaking out wasn't the fact that that man was shoulder pressing 110 pounds. No, no, no, no, no. What was freaking people out was the fact that he had his natural brown hair peeking out from under that hat.

SPEAKER_01 1:36:25

Oh, but it's his roots coming in. So if he's got it short and they cut it off, it the blonde's gonna be gone. See, guys, this is what happens when your roots come in.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:34

So if you wear a hat, but you you had people were like, was this taken earlier? Was this how recent was that? I know with with that man, that was probably done like yesterday or like earlier that day. Who knows? I was thinking maybe an hour before who'd have who knows? He probably no, he was probably still sitting in the freaking gym laughing and kicking his. How many times did he watch that?

SPEAKER_01 1:36:57

Right here, put this on Instagram and I'm still on the freaking treadmill.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:00

Here, let's let's put this up now. But the um the the a number one, it was his natural hair. It wasn't because people like, oh my god, he he's there were people that were freaking out thinking his hair was black. Oh, he died. It wasn't black, that was his natural hair color. Number one, number two, you could actually see a little bit of a blonde tip peeking out from there, so he still has blonde, yeah. Right now, he's still technically has frosted tips at this point, but now you got a bunch of 90s boy band nunas freaking out about the fact that we might have frosted tipped chan running around.

SPEAKER_01 1:37:34

We're gonna have Lance Bass Chan.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:37

And just that's for you, Kimmy! And it's like therefore, it's I I swear to God, it was just like okay. Um, and but like and granted, that was one of the first um at first, the first thing I noticed was the weight and just how that man was pressing the weight. The second thing that I noticed was the dark hair. I was like, okay, and then I went online, and of course, watching everybody freak out about the dark hair was just hilariously funny to me. Um, but the other thing, since we're running really late, but again, it's Friday, and we had a lot to talk about because we have to make up our lots. We'll go to nine. Um, the other so something something else that came up with the with with the uh with the feral Friday, and this is kind of even more Feral Fridays. I don't know how many of you out there play Love and Deep Space. Oh, yes, say this one yes. I haven't I've I've played it here and there I haven't touched it in forever. System, system, if you fuck on me, I am gonna throw the laptop across the goddamn room. But um, yeah, so Love and Deep Space this week released a new character, which they've had five characters for the longest period of time, but they have decided to now release a new character. Um, and the new character's name is Valco, and uh Valko is exceptionally chan-coded because not only are there literally images of that character from the game that look like they pulled it straight from the five-star uh intro video with the mask, the mask. We all know the mask, right? Okay, not only is it that, but the character's a freaking werewolf on top of it, and the CEO of a company. Who in their fanfic loving mind is a stay on the love in deep space creative team? Yes, that's what I want to know. Because literally when you hold on, I let me try to find it. Let me try to find it. Let me see if I can find a picture of this character for anybody that may not be aware that is still here. I need to spell, I need to spell correctly.

SPEAKER_01 1:40:03

Thank you, Lizzie, for talking in the chat.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:05

Hold on. This is the character. Pull it back a little bit.

SPEAKER_01 1:40:11

And he don't just pull it back. Yeah, there we go. Nice.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:17

Yeah, okay. Got it. Um that's one that's one image of him. Um wait a minute. Whatever. Okay, wait a minute. But then in addition to that, he is literally a werewolf. He is a wolf. So I don't know who on their creative team is a stay. Um, you know, in addition to the fact that they probably need to do a League of Legends team up at some point in time and probably a Genshin team up at some point in time. I'm thinking there needs to be a Love and Deep Space team up at some point in time, because I not that JYP would ever go for that, I'm sure, based on what Love in Deep Space actually is, but I think it's hilarious and just like cross-section of fandoms, just kind of going crazy. So um, but yeah, other than that, we got we we were we were also those images from the other night are just freaking.

SPEAKER_01 1:41:25

Hold on, okay, thank you, Kimmy! She texted me, she's like, We can hear and see you. I just saw it now. See, my text messages are yeah, whatever. They're they're what they are. Um, hold on. This picture, this picture, I uh I'm going to say this. I'm gonna start the fural gender with this picture.

SPEAKER_00 1:41:51

Yeah, the hand placement, the drippy mask, the the the the mouth, the makeup, the the the the the unkempt hair, the um well, obviously this honey picture.

SPEAKER_01 1:42:09

Yeah. Umpopular opinion. I like the pictures of hunjun on the bike now that I know it's a bike.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:20

Why did why didn't you why why are you saying now that you know it's a bike?

SPEAKER_01 1:42:25

Because I didn't know what it was. I just thought it was like I I don't know that the first the last picture where he's like leaning back. I I it looked, I don't know, it just looked funny. But I do like this picture of Hyunjin. Don't ask me why. Don't I'm not don't compare it to the Saja boys because I'm gonna scream. I understand that people are gonna look at that and see that, but it's a very traditional Korean gat, and it's beautiful. And his hand placement in his face is gorgeous.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:51

It's the compos it's the composition of the picture with like the red background and then the the contrast with with his face and his hand and then everything else, and it's it's yeah, it's it's it's art.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:01

I'm sorry, this one does it for me. Look up. I can I be a fan. That that that that one, yeah, there you yeah, you can. That one, and I love this, I love that this one.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:17

I also I like thinking I'm standing on the chair too, but that's yes, I do too. And also, if he continues to sit like that in every single photo shoot, I'm gonna have to have words. This Lena.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:31

Yes, and Benny. Let's just have a conversation about Benny.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:43

Because this one between the video, between the video and these pictures.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:49

Man, Benny's Binny's Binny's Benny's about to move up to a lot of people's freaking records. I'll tell you that right now.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:55

Or at least bias line.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:56

And I'm sorry, I don't know why the shot. I don't know why. It's the way it's composed or something. I don't know why. It's just like I I love this shot. And Minnie. Oh Minnie. Oh, Minnie. Sitting back looking like a prince.

SPEAKER_02 1:44:20

Okay, hold on a second. Hold hold on a second, because I forgot who pointed it out, but somebody pointed it out. Was it Pixie? Was it Pixie that was pointing out? No, it wasn't. It was, I think it was Sadie Sung. But somebody, somebody was pointing out the fact that that that man's literally got the the the Chan lean back because he's doing the whole thing. Which again, if that man continues to sit like that, I'm gonna have words at some point in time. Fan meet, I don't know. I'm gonna have words, but the um him sitting back like that with a hand placed exactly where he has that hand placed, like he don't know what he's doing. Yeah, just say, just say, and then and then and then the kitsuni crumpet who needs to just stay outside because the the Danny earlier, Danny, I love you, but Danny earlier decided to send me pictures, and she decided to send me pictures, not just a chan, but she decided to throw in the kitsuni along with it, because why not? Because it yeah, because uh that one, yeah. Not to mention his pictures from that, from the from the teaser drops. And again, guys, this is just the concept for the tour. This is just the tour promotion. This isn't even anything with the actual, like the the I mean, obviously it's connected to the album because it's the tour for the album, but it's it's it's this isn't even the concepts for the tour yet. This is just or this isn't even the concepts for the yeah, for uh for the for the album. This is just the tour, the Asian portion of the tour. Yes, exactly. That's and it also is kind of what informs the merchandise for said portion of the tour. Correct.

SPEAKER_01 1:46:10

Hold on, there was another picture I wanted to show you. Hold on, let me get there. Well, any looking just with the gat, too. The one where he's like, this one.

SPEAKER_02 1:46:23

Hold on, there's another picture I wanted to. The fox can stay outside.

SPEAKER_01 1:46:28

Yeah, I have enough of my hands full of the box. Somebody took a still from the video to the bread box, yeah, his face, and it's his natural skin tone, and it's all his freckles, and it's the little bit of diamond in his eyes, and in the way his hair. Yeah, I'm sunk. Like, look at that, like, look.

SPEAKER_02 1:46:54

I I understand. I I understand, I get it. I I do. I should trust me. Hold on, I got and look at Minnie's neck. That that that that shot from the bit like just that his face and the the the pride, like I'm sorry, the the the the the pride and the stoicism and everything in that shot, just uh hello Ben.

SPEAKER_01 1:47:21

Yeah, hello Benny, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:24

Danny, what's it this one?

SPEAKER_01 1:47:26

No, this one of Lean.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:28

Look, yeah. Well that whole the whole composition of that scene was just was just lovely, beautiful. Well, and this one of Chan. I mean I'm sorry. I said I said it, I think I said I think think I texted it to you like two seconds after the video. As soon as, as soon as, as soon as as soon as that man popped up on the screen, I specifically said that he looks like Captain America Winter Soldier. Yes, he does.

SPEAKER_01 1:47:52

Yeah, and that's absolutely true.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:54

And I've only heard one other person say that, and the only other person that has said that has been Bree from and Yes, I saw that. I saw that, yeah. She she mentioned that he the the reminded she he reminded her of Winter Soldier in that particular scene. And I'm like, huh, okay, good. It wasn't just me. I wasn't the only person that saw it, but it was very much a very much a Captain America or Captain Captain Australia winter soldier. So he is Australia's ass. Well, I mean, if if Chris Evans is America's ass, then why can't Christopher Bunn be Australia's ass?

SPEAKER_01 1:48:26

It works. Yeah, because you know what I'm gonna say? I'm gonna say I'm if you're gonna go with the whole Aussie thing with with Captain America, with Captain Australia, then Felix really is the winter soldier. Felix is his winter soldier, and I could see Felix being the winter soldier. Like all like he's like Bucky Burr is nice and defensive, and then when he goes to the other side, he's he's yeah, just however, I do want to know.

SPEAKER_02 1:48:50

I do want to there was one that there was one thing I noticed with the video that I'm like I'm kind of curious about because A, dancing in that jacket, and obviously they kept the jacket open because of that that glorious shirt underneath it. Um but the dancing with that jacket, that jacket's got two very big buckles on it, one at the top and one at the bottom, to actually close it um with a with an open. That's why I call it the cine the Cinnabite jacket to me because it looks like somebody's been flayed. Um Cinnabite jacket.

SPEAKER_00 1:49:18

No, I knew what you meant.

SPEAKER_02 1:49:19

But but if he's if if he's dancing around in that thing with a big ass buckle right here, how many times did that thing hit him in the face? Like, I just I just know from like a you know the the the costuming getting in the way type thing, like how there's that, and then Hyunjin had little metal pieces in his hair that were literally like coming down to his eyes. So the and uh the whole like the third or fourth time I was watching that video, I was watching that that part of the his solo and that part, and I'm like, those things they're hitting him in the face. Like done that beauty is beauty is pain, my dear. Come on, I know, I know, but I was just I thought the things I think about. While I'm wild, I watch the video, I watch the video, I freak out. I watch the video again, I freak out a little less. Then I start watching the video to actually try to pay attention to the details. And then these are the details that my brain picks up on.

SPEAKER_01 1:50:12

I agree with Chris. I agree with Chrissy. This might be the fake my favorite photo shoot since Stray Kids found me. It's one of them. I really did like the one on the beach in the black with like kind of looking like witchy. The do it, yeah. The do it. The do it. I I that's really one of my favorites, and and the party scene picks. So, but I'm I want to see what this and that comes up with because this and that can go this and that and everywhere, you know what I mean? So we'll see. If this is the tour, we better buckle up.

SPEAKER_02 1:50:40

If if this is what if this is what we're getting for teasers, I'm really gonna I'm really interested in teasers and that music video. I am really gonna be interested in seeing what the additional with the what the additional concepts and and some of us got the some of us got the spoiler.

SPEAKER_01 1:50:56

I didn't get it. You sent it to me, the spoiler for this this and that, the song. I I didn't get it either. That was just somebody posted it online. Well, regardless, and then I heard it was pirated, so I don't know if that, but people said they got it off of Spotify.

SPEAKER_02 1:51:08

So I think if it came from Spotify, some somebody actually had like the the the Spotify thing in its yeah, yeah. Yeah. Um, so which which again that's that's completely new. Look at look at JYP using new features. Oh my god. Um, but the uh the but again, whether it is bank, Rebecca. Um but regardless, regardless, um, I'm gonna be curious to see what the rest of the what the rest of the aesthetic is for this release. My it is definitely top three with both the do the the do-it dark and then the um play with your wings. Yeah from the from the the shears fan kit. Um but yeah, it was it's just we've had we've had a lot this week that that yes I uh and it went I but raise yourself, take a seat, baby stays, because it's only getting started.

SPEAKER_01 1:52:14

Yeah, it's like a game of tennis.

SPEAKER_02 1:52:15

It's like it's only getting started. But yeah, so um, all right, why don't we I'm in danger very much so um so with that being said, we'll have just couple couple minutes left um just to wrap up. Is there anything else that anybody would like to add to the feral agenda? And or like watch me completely lose it. I've actually behaved myself this evening, so you have we both have.

SPEAKER_01 1:52:43

I mean I I thought we would be more feral, but you know what? It's I think because the day, the day, the day, technical difficulties, Mercury, it's Mercury's fault. It's Mercury's. It's Mercury's fault.

SPEAKER_02 1:52:54

It is Mercury's fault.

SPEAKER_01 1:52:55

So Mercury's in the microwave, what can I say?

SPEAKER_02 1:53:00

So um, yeah, so that's it's it's it it it in Bueller. That's all right, we'll be back on Monday. Bueller. Oh, okay, then let's let's let's let's finish up with that. We have some housekeeping that we need to do because this is going to be the last Friday show. Um, I know we had originally talked about next Friday, the third being the last Friday, um, but stuff came up um that changed scheduling and whatnot family-wise. So that being said, tonight is the last Friday show just for the summer. The summer. Correct. This is temporary. It is purely a seasonal shift. That's right. Correct. Um, so uh Monday, are we gonna do usual on Monday or are we just gonna do Tiki Toki on Monday?

SPEAKER_01 1:53:46

Um we could do, we could we're gonna do regular, we'll do a regular show, but we're gonna keep it around an hour-ish.

SPEAKER_02 1:53:53

Yes, okay, that's right. Um, so yeah, so we'll do the we'll do the normal 15-minute pre-show on Monday. And then this show, this portion will only be an hour. Um, and then instead of doing shows on Friday next week, our next our our our Thirsty Thursday. Thursday. Because everybody else is doing Thursday, Thursday. We're gonna do third, we're gonna do it the other way. We're gonna do Thirsty Thursday, um, is gonna be on the second. So it'll be the night before my birthday. So we'll just celebrate my birthday a little early. Um, but the uh we are so we will do show on Monday. The Monday shows are pretty much gonna stay the same, just a little shorter. And then the Friday shows are going to move to Thursday for the summer. Just for the summer, right? For the summer. Same skiz time, same skiz channel. Same skiz channel. Yep, just different day. Um, so we can't do Thursday, Kim, because Cairo's using that. So he's using Thursday Thursdays. Um, so I'm not gonna step on his feet there. I know Thursday has been on threads for forever, so it's not like anybody can necessarily claim it. Um, but that man has a much larger following than we do, and uh understandably so because he's fucking hilarious. I'm sorry. The whole he's the whole I he's like, I'm not gay. I'm not gay. I might be skis sexual, but I'm not gay. Like yeah, exactly. Um, so yes, you are. So you are definitely schiz sexual. That doesn't necessarily make you gay, but you are definitely skis sexual. Um so yes, um, so that's how that that that is our housekeeping closure for the evening. So is there anything we want anything we want to end the show on? The note we want to end the show on, because otherwise I will just end it here and we will see you on Monday. I'll give it a couple of seconds for the delay to catch up with me because that's always the case with these things. I wish I could get the delay shorter. I don't know why I can't get the delight. I know we'll we'll fix it. I have tried, I know, I know tried and then some. So I'm okay. If that's the case, I think I think I have given sufficient time for something to come rolling through. So go on once. Go on once. Sorry, go on three times. I think we've Brandon, I think we pretty much covered everything. We just weren't nearly as third as we thought. We love you too. So, with that being said, guys, we are gonna end the show here for the evening. Um, we did miss you. We are glad that you are back and you you came back to see us. We will, as stated, we will see you on Monday for our regularly planned Monday night show, which will be at 6.15 p.m. EDT, 7.15 a.m. KST over on TikTok for the pre-show. That'll land us here on the main stages of YouTube and Twitch at 6.30 p.m. EDT, 7:30 a.m. KST uh for the show itself. We hope that you have a wonderful and amazing weekend. Be safe, just stay hydrated. It is really freaking warm out there, no matter where you are. So please make sure you take care of yourselves. Um, again, have a great time. We appreciate you all being here. I'm gonna end the show the way I end each and every show, which is now let's get out there and be the best damn fandom that straight kids deserve and make our guys proud as hell. We will see you on Monday, guys. Otherwise, have a good weekend. Love you bye. Bye, goodbye. Where's my my mouse? There it is, like technical difficulties. Thank you guys.