NMA 2022 Votes: Soloist of the Year
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My Vote: Yena
Public Service Announcement: Yena won pop-rock, so you all can go home now! (Or go back to house music. Please please please do; I love house music.) I dare say she also made quite the effort to win pop, and I couldn't be more grateful that it brought us "Lemon-Aid"! Her albums this year aren't actually that far removed from the chirpy pop of IZ*ONE, but the smoothed-out production and willingness to embrace guitar make all the difference for me. Rather than a feeling I consciously developed, my love for "Smiley" was a projectile missile that hit me, and, despite deciding I "wasn't like other gays" and didn't like "Lxxk 2 U", well... she won me over yet again. Smartphone, her next release, took the same ideas from Smiley and pepped them up even more--the best way to describe the album might just be "cheerleader with a sugar rush"-- which was all I needed to love it on first listen. Yena really knows her strengths, and, in her most exciting songs, it's difficult to remember her weaknesses, so her 2022 was really just high to high to high.
My Nomination: Max Changmin
Okay so--I looked everywhere and didn't see any rules about not including men, so, even though all of the original nominations are ggs and female soloists, I decided to include Changmin anyway! He didn't have the most exciting year, only releasing one solo album, but its two promotional singles won me over completely, to the point where I would choose him over even this year's awesome Mamamoo solos (though you'll see one of them show up later in this series).
You've already heard about "Devil", my number one Song of the School Year this past year and easily my favorite from the album, so I'll only add that it has aged beautifully. "Maniac", the other promoted track, reminds me of glittery old-school rock like "Bat Out of Hell" by Meatloaf, a song I have a history of replaying obsessively, and the lyrics create a hypnotizing palette of sounds backed by a powerful vocal performance (and THEN, as if I wasn't already hooked, the choral accompaniment appeals directly to my personal obsession with harmony). These tracks are so stylistically different, and yet, through the brute force of just two vocal performances, Changmin created a musical identity that has kept me fascinated all year. (Now I just wish I liked "Chocolate". Oh well...)
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Looking for mutuals!
Hello, my name is Emmalynn and I am looking for mutuals!
I’m 20, and have autism, adhd, and ocd! I also am in Ed recovery! My pronouns are she/her! My special interests are Disney, fairytales, mermaids, fairies, the neverending story, and kpop! I am omnisexual & onmiromantic and currently am training to become a domestic violence & sexual assault advocate for work!
Some of my hobbies include: reading, writing, editing, baking, cooking, watching movies, listening to music; and kpop overall!
Triggers: walruses, people wearing antlers, cheating
Please content warn: flashing lights, loud sounds
Stan list
Ults: Tempest, Enhypen, twice, wjsn, red velvet, loona, justb, fromis_9, Nmixx
Semi ults: Kep1er, stayc, billlie, cherry bullet, gfriend, lesserafim, the boyz, txt, onewe, a.c.e, jwiiver, day6, gwsn
Stan & enjoy: IVE, weeekly, kingdom, ab6ix, bae173, Alice, (g)idle, april, gugudan, Weki meki, aespa, snsd, dia, everglow, pixy, I.O.I, iz*one, I’chillin, niziu, apink, momoland, brave girls, btob, P1harmony, Cix,
Soloists: taeyeon, Somi, Alexa, adora, heize, baek Yerin, yuju, yukika, miyeon, nayeon, natty, Gaho, Chanyeol, dean, suho, IU, Moonbyul, Chungha, woodz, Eunbi, yuri, hyewon, yena, Sunmi, ailee, Eric nam, hyolyn
Tiktok: Rosiehyo
Discord: Rosiehyo #8058
that’s all I have for now! I can’t wait until I start interacting with you all!
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a b o u t m e !
hello! i’m Tenshi (天使) !
i write abt Saebyeok bc i luv her sm
my pronouns are she/her
requests are open !
i LUV kpop & kdramas
groups i stan are : twice (ult), itzy, loona, red velvet, aespa, stayc, blackpink, gidle, mamamoo, momoland, skz, billlie, ive, nmixx, got the beat (girls on top), txt, red velvet irene & seulgi !
my biases are : jeongyeon (ult), ryujin, yves, joy, ningning, yoon, lisa, minnie & soyeon, wheein & moonbyul, ahin, lee know & felix, moon sua, yujin, jinni, karina & hyoyeon, soobin & yeonjun, both
my fav soloists are : sunmi (fav), iu, yukika, chungha, taeyeon, hyuna, boa, bibi, sulli, seori, somi, eyedi, hyolyn, alexa, cl, hyo, jo yuri, nayeon, kwon eun bi, natty, yena, adora
casual listener : fromis, izone, oh my girl, rolling quartz, cherry bullet, everglow, dreamcatcher, girls generation / snsd, weki meki, wjsn / cosmic girls, dia, clc, weeekly, gfriend, alice / elris, purple kiss, kep1er, gwsn, 2ne1, 3ye, secret number, girls day, aoa, exid, kard, lightsum, niziU, saturday, wonder girls, woo!ah!, le sserafim, Apink, fx, p1harmony, brave girls, pixy, dalshabet, enhypen, i.o.i, limesoda, rocket punch, blackswan, class:y, pinkfantasy, april, bugAboo, 4minute, dreamnote, miss a, sistar, t-ara, seventeen, ateez, xg, brown eyed girls, xdinary heros, viviz, new jeans, ily:1, exo
my biases : chaeyoung, yena, mimi, arem, jiwon, aisha, siyeon, sunny, hyoyeon, seohyun, lua, seola, jueun, eunbin, monday, eunha, yuju, ej, ireh, youngeun, miya, cl, haeun, jinny, yura, hyeri, seolhyun, le, jiwoo, chowon, sangah, ayaka, mayuka, haneul, ot4, lucy, chaewon, yunjin, chorong, ot5, keeho, yujeong, ot5, jiyul, subin, jake, chung ha, jangmi, sohee, fatou, seonyou, yechan, chaekyung, zin, jiyoon, sumin, fei, bora, hyorin, jiyeon, dino, mingi, maya, gain, jooyeon, sinB, hyein, ara, baekyun
i luv cats & pigs !
basically i luv all animals💀
but cats r my fav
my ult bias is Jeongyeon
my fav color is pink
my aesthetic is basically anything w/ pink in it💀
my fav kdrama is Hotel Del Luna
i also luv animes
my fav anime is Sailor Moon
i’m a dancer !
my hobbies are : dancing, listening 2 music & fangirling over Saebyeok even tho she’s a fictional character-
luv u xx <33
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