i think the idea of "selling out" itself is what bothers me the most, and the implications that come with it, because whenever people use that phrase in conjunction with ANYTHING it's invariably associated with the idea that the creative output is now more mainstream/appeals to a wider audience than it did before. which like—wow, there's a reason popular things are popular. i hate music elitists/hipsters who are like oh pop and hip hop isn't ~real music~, because um yeah they are, just because more people like it doesn't mean it's somehow cheaper than anything else. what are they supposed to do, purposely produce music that DOESN'T appeal to a wide audience/sounds bad??? that's so counterintuitive! and like no one exists in a vacuum therefore everything is inspired by other stuff/everything is derivative, so i really don't get it.

obviously experimenting with different sounds and new styles is to be lauded, especially when the product comes out sounding great, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with creating something that a lot of people will find fun and can jam out to :| NOTHING!!! SORRY LMAO i just have a lot of feelings about this ~__~

ugh anyway--the last question they were asked at the taiwan presscon was about other members' solo projects and gd mentioned that yb and daesung were working on stuff for release but THERE WAS NO MENTION OF TOP ASIDE FROM HIM STILL WORKING ON ALUMNUS and he also talked about seungri continuing japan stuff so i'm like WHERE IS TOP'S SOLO ALBUM???? WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR LIKE THREE YEARS AT LEAST can't we have something :'(((

and yes ugh i loooove watching them on stage so much. energy and chemistry and they're all so fluid and comfortable w/ each other and ugh. babies *__* ugh i hope you somehow find a way to go to london and see them!!!