A while back, YouTube shoved a trailer for KPOPPED onto my homepage and I was immediately intrigued because the thumbnail had Megan Thee Stallion and PSY posing together. Doctor Sister also mentioned the show to me a couple of weeks later (we're both casual Megan Thee Stallion fans).

According to Billboard, KPOPPED is going to pair different K-pop groups with Western artists and each K-pop group is tasked with reinterprating these Western artists’ most popular songs, turning them into a K-pop-esque track down to the flashy choreography.

Some of the performances are already up on Apple TV's official YouTube account and the speed at which I clicked the video for the ITZY and Spice Girls collab of "Wannabe" 😂

I was grinning throughout the entire performance and started bouncing in my seat once the drums started going hard at 2:04. As a 90s baby, I will always be fond of a lot of the Spice Girls' songs. I remember we had cassette tapes of Spice and Spiceworld, and a VHS of the Spice World movie. (And they're probably still around somewhere in the house!)

I jumped into the two other performances and was also grinning throughout both:

• Billlie and Megan Thee Stallion performing "Savage"
• ATEEZ and Kylie Minogue performing "Can't Get You Out of My Head"

I lost interest in the Saiyuki WIP I was poking at earlier this month and moved on to a different one last night. I only managed to get 163 words on the page, but considering how much writing has felt like pulling teeth lately, I'll take that as a win.

I feel like I haven't had enough time for everything I want/need to do these past couple of weeks. The family did another fun run last week (separate entry to follow) and there've been a bunch of get-togethers with cousins from both sides of the family. Combined with that work project I picked up for extra cash, I often find myself not really wanting to do much aside from play Magic Chess: Go Go during the remaining free time I have.

But there's light at the end of the tunnel! I'm aiming to wrap up that work project by next week and we haven't been invited to any new family events for September. Hopefully I'll have enough time again to work on hobby stuff like writing or cross stitch. (I still think finishing my current cross stitch project by the end of the year is doable, but I really need to pick up the pace.)

KPop Demon Hunters (8/10)

(I watched this more than a month ago but only got around to writing about it now 🫠)

Went into this not really expecting much—I wanted to watch something that I could enjoy without using too much brainpower—and ended up becoming more invested than expected. Which isn't as much as some corners of the internet, but I didn't expect that I'd end up yeeting the soundtrack into my Spotify liked albums and having it play at least once every other day.

The title sums up the premise pretty nicely; there's a K-pop group called Huntr/x (made up of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey) and they're also demon hunters. They're actually the latest in a long line of hunters and omg that opening montage? Where they showed all the different trios over the generations??? I want the lore! I want the lore so bad.

Thinking about it, I actually kind of want a prequel more than a sequel. What is the hunter selection process? What's hunter training like? Do you get scouted on your singing talent first and then trained in hunting, or is it vice versa? I have questions!!

( Cut for length and spoilers. )