Hi, Taehyung-ah 😊🤗 How are you today? I hope that you have rested well last night. It’s that season for MAMA nominations, again, right? Woah, that feels so exhilarating. This year, you have such a beautiful, meaningful, brilliant album and everything about it – from your vocals, visuals, stage performances, and the album’s concept, lyrics, melody, and a lot more – is just super praiseworthy. I hope you’ll be blessed with so many things at MAMA and other Korean year-end awarding shows as you highly deserve them, Taehyung-ah.
Congratulations, once again, to your Layover album’s long list of achievements. Yesterday, it has charted at #3 on Portugal top Albums, spending 4 consecutive weeks on the chart and counting. 🥳🎉👏🙌
I’ve also read a post about a Japanese calligrapher, Yoshimi Aoki, who prepared V calligraphy cards for her exhibition in Paris. Woah, I’m very enamored by how she’s integrating two cultures, Japanese and Korean, and acknowledging your well-known artistry and massive influence in France.
It’s also amazing, too, how I’ve already seen or heard a lot of foreigners making covers of singles from Layover, such as your Love Me Again and Rainy Days that were recently adopted to Spanish by two singer/songwriters. I think there have also been a number of K-pop idols covering your songs, like the members of Newsjeans who previously made a cover of your Rainy Days and Slow Dancing.
For me, I’m still feeling feverish from your Christmas Tree and I constantly remember how it has also been a favorite Korean song by foreign musicians to cover.
There was also a review recently released that praised your solo debut, and truly, your next moves are highly anticipated after that thoughtful and meaningful album and performances. I’m quite amused by the reviewer saying your Slow Dancing is “perfect for each person to dance slowly in a quiet place without people’s eyes in the cool weather”. Yeah, I can agree with that, but you know what, there are really some aspects of the song that I wish you could have done better because it turns out it’s not a romantic song. You look so happy whenever you’re performing it though. Just to let you know, Love Me Again is my favorite (but I super love all the songs in the album).
I really love you a lot, and I super love that paining about “Innocent is a kind of insanity” for a variety of reasons – personal, philosophical, political, historical, socio-cultural… Woah, it’s like giving me a motivation to let all of my dreams explode, bring out my ideas, and make change in the real world (though ironically, the quote should mean shifting from innocence to caution). I wonder why that’s the feeling drawn out from me. Still, I love everything about it.
Someday, when we’re able to discover more and see the bigger picture – that which is beyond just myself (in my case) or yourself (in your case) or the opposition (in the case of haters) – we can take not only a just or fairer course of action, but also the one that is safer, more effective, and more long-lasting. Let’s take this journey together, Taehyung-ah, okay?
Don’t worry, I’ll continue to cover your Layover, and all your artistry, music, and work.🤗🤗🤗
I love you so much, Taehyung-ah. I, and so many of your armys, love you so much. Always remember that. May we always be your friends to make you comfortable. May we be among your many sources of strength and vitality so that you can go beyond and be successful in any endeavor you’ll take this year. We’ll support you through thick and thin. Please take good care of yourself. Eat and sleep properly and keep a healthy lifestyle and optimistic mindset. May your days always be filled with happiness, graces, and blessings. May all your dreams come true and may you be happy, successful, and peaceful in 2023. 👼😘 Borahae, Saranghae, Taehyung-ah. 💜💜💜💚💚💚❤️❤️❤️