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The Killa Choreography: Commentary and Analysis

So, the day has arrived where we finally know what The Killa looks like on stage! It was Yeonjun and Soobin's first time performing this unit song, and we all knew it would be something sexy when it was released last month. If you don't know the song, well, you don't even need to take a glance at the lyrics to catch the vibe. But in case you're curious, there's lines like "tame me and fill me up with you" and "you're dominating me" so…you can imagine what sort of attention this track got and the anticipatory hype leading up to the concert. It seemed every fan had one question on their mind, namely What would this performance look like? 

What I find interesting about this stage is that it easily could have been a track paired with sensual choreography for the audience - you know, your standard kpop fan service platter full of the Sexy Boyfriend fantasy where fans are meant to believe their idols are singing about wanting them. And yet it took a surprisingly creative direction by yes, clearly having a sensual dance with your typical kpop fan service elements, but (contrary to my expectations!) communicating first and foremost a sensual story through the choreography. Let's take a look.

The choreo starts with Soobin and Yeonjun approaching each other from opposite ends of the stage, wearing opposite colored clothing (black and white). More on that in a moment. First, I'd like to direct your attention to the screen behind them, which depicts large mirrors encasing their walk on the stage.

The utilization of mirrors as a visual design feature is really cool for a track containing this much lust because mirrors, while symbolically serving many purposes, tend to represent the duality of self: we check the mirror to assure that who we see in the reflection is an acceptable version of us who we can present to the world; that nothing noticeably flawed or unsatisfactory comes beneath the surface. As such, mirrors force us to acknowledge our duality and assuage our two opposing sides (light and dark). There's a quote I really love by Michelle Arch that captures this sentiment well: "Through mirrors we see our cognizant, social, 'better' self and the natural world in which we live, while also glimpsing, and sometimes succumbing to, the darker, depraved image of our subconscious 'second' self and the frightening, otherworldly realm in which it resides". 

Given that this song relies heavily on communicating lust and our narrator's obsessive desire to be controlled - what one would consider the dark and depraved subconcious - the use of mirrors alongside the clothing color contrast was an excellent creative choice! While color theory suggests that white is a typical color for innocence, and black is characteristic for, well, all things dark and corrupt, I think this color choice was used more strongly to represent the opposite push and pull energy we're about to witness between them, as well as the aforementioned duality they exhibit.

Once they reach each other on stage, Soobin gently reaches out and rests his hand below Yeonjun's chin. Then, in sync with the beat, he gracefully glides his hand away while singing "Tame me, please", as Yeonjun's gaze follows his hand.

This moment intrigued me not just because it's that typical txt homoeroticism coming through lol but because it sets up a story. A fan on Twitter made an exciting point, namely that Yeonjun, by hypnotically following Soobin's hand, is the character in this performance who is initially being tamed. And so starts a cat and mouse chase of each character confessing their desire and tantalizingly pushing and pulling away from each other.

They break away from each other but Yeonjun keeps his eyes on Soobin as his body is sliding away. He sings: "I'm craving it more and more, you know I want you bad, show me mercy"

Right before we transition to Soobin's part, they point at each other and say "The moment that we found each other in our eyes".

I thought the pointing at each other was significant because this easily could have been turned into a kpop fan service thing where they point at the audience while saying those lines, but instead this motion acknowledges that they're referring to each other, further emphasizing that this is a performance between two impassioned characters who are seeking each other. Soobin says right after this "Want you to tame me now [...] I'll serve you." It's clear now that this is a conversation.

They slowly move towards one another and I absoluteoy love the detail of Yeonjun grabbing the hem of his shirt as if he's being involuntarily pulled towards Soobin.

When they are within reach of each other, Yeonjun glides his hand across Soobin's chest and they both delve into the chorus choreography.

The chorus part feels more fan servicey to me because rather than facing each other, they are side by side hip thrusting while facing the audience. Perhaps it would've gotten a touch too erotic if they went there lol (after all wasn't the age requirement for his conert 9 and up or something??).

They transition out of the chorus by circling one another and sizing each other up.

Then they whip out the finger guns at each other once again while the lyrics center again on wanting to be dominated and it's "only you". If that weren't enough, they point at each other AGAIN repeatedly during the series of "you, you, you"s playing in the song.

I'm also a little in love with the detail of Soobin placing his hand on Yeonjun's shoulder as Yeonjun sings "Yes, I belong to you". I'm reaching my image limit so I'm just going to include a nice mirroring detail towards the end where Yeonjun rests his hand on Soobin's shoulder, an apparent callback to earlier. Perhaps a confirmation that these characters affirm they now belong to each other?

In conclusion, this performance surprised me more than I expected (and I know they'll get a bit more bold for this stage once they hit their US tour stops). I know that some could argue that placing two members into a sensual choreography with each other is a form of fan service and I agree to an extent, but I'd also counter by saying that that perspective disregards the creativity and craft put into the choreography. This isn't sexy for the sake of being sexy. It's sexy because it's intertwining the song's overt sensuality with characters embodying that lust.

Overall, I'd say the choreography has shifted my perspective of the song. I used to see it as one voice communicating wanting one abstract idea of a person but now I see Soobin and Yeonjun's verses as two separate conversations that their characters are having with each other. Everyone thank our little freak Taehyun for contributing to the songwriting on this. Gonna have to find out who to thank for the choregraphy. In the meantime, did you notice anything in the performance that I didn't touch on that you wated to discuss? How about screaming into the void with me? Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to day 2 already!

#tomorrow x together #txt analysis #txt choreography #media analysis #yeonjun #soobin #the killa #txt act promise #moasource #txtnetwork

[wayvtual]

i’m obsessed

#i loveee when hair is part of the choreography it’s so fun #this song/performance video was worth the 2 yr wait like new levels of slaying the house down have been reached #she’s a pop icon ur honor #.txt

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OH MY FUCKING GOD?????????????????????

#THIS IS INSANE PLEASE WATCH THIS #0.txt #cyno #hoyofair #the animation the designs the fight choreography AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[ivyppoison]

this kpop group performed in britains got talent AND THEY WERE SO FUCKING GOOD WHAT !???

#txt. #the choreography went hard af

[ackee]

o my god i refound the song i wanted to animate a magical girl transformation to when i was 16...,... 🥺🥹

#i remember the choreography perfectly now #SAVING... FOR LATER.... #txt

[diamondnokouzai]

wind breaker really is the battle tournament manga of all time. theres no adults. the only thing the characters do is hit each other. the good guy always wins. the fights look fantastic. theres a canonically transgender character. you cant hate any of the characters. despite everyone being a high schooler the uniform policy seems to be 'fuck off'. theres no ecchi or fanservice. the main characters hair is half black and half white. his eyes are also two different colors. all the fighting cliques have custom uniforms somehow.

#.din #.txt #wind breaker #im seriously recommending this if you like action anything this is phenomenal fight choreography. #turn your brain off for the plot but on for the fight scenes

[tbytxt]

#투모로우바이투게더 #tomorrow by together #txt #kpop #tomorrow x together #studio choom #chasing that feeling #vid #vids #youtube #yt #choreo #choreography #choom #views: 677 #Youtube

[235uranium]

it's bp complaining hours. how the fuck does yg continously fumble genuinely talented idols. it's so obvious they put zero effort into giving bp anything to work with and just coast on name recognition. "they don't even try!" lisa is known to be one of the hardest working idols and yet yg can't give her a fucking comeback. don't get me started on their choreography. what the fuck is going on there. it's worse than how all their songs are now just "teddy and bekah boom"

#☢️.txt #I DONT EVEN DISLIKE TEDDY AND BEKAH BOOM. I JUST WANT TO SEE THEM GET SOMETHING WITH THOUGHT #yg can we PLEASE have an actual concept. some thought. can we go back to lovesick girls that was so fucking good #but also the choreography is. they do not give them anything to work with. combined with 3 out of 4 preferring to focus on vocals #lisa always gives her all in dancing but the others??? rose clearly wants to lean into that ''indie'' vibe + jisoo has always focused on #her vocals. and jennie just... i cant stop thinking of her miss korea performance #she seems so GENUINELY happy during that performance. and it actually kinda adds up seeing as shes the other rapper in bp #and if shes decided shes more interested in being a live vocalist but yg is being yg about it. #the thing is i know it sounds absurd bc bp is INSANELY famous and on their own powerful #but i still think of 2ne1 and how yg outright fucked them over #again. how the fuck did yg fumble CL so badly?????? #(i know how they did. they thought she was ugly)

[tomorrowxtogether]

230202 TXT (투모로우바이투게더) 'Sugar Rush Ride' Official MV (Choreography ver.)

#youtube #txt #tomorrow x together #230202 #soobin #yeonjun #beomgyu #taehyun #hueningkai #Sugar Rush Ride #Choreography

[cherubxkisses]

if you see gangnam style on my spotify listening history i don’t want to hear a word

#this reminds me #when i was like 8 me and my brothers did a whole choreography to this song and my dad posted it to his facebook #i need to find it now….. #.txt

[starburstfloat]

sugar rush ride choreo is super intriguing! I've watched their comeback stage a few times and here are some highlights/takeaways I got from it

first off, there's a strong emphasis on hands. they've put a lot of attention to detail in the way they are always seemingly reaching for a member, fingers tantalizing and flexed

I also LOVE this part after the first chorus when taehyun is being dragged on the floor by yeonjun, supposedly now the devil figure leading taehyun into temptation.

There's a moment where he breaks free and tries to escape but all the members suddenly turn and reach for him. tbh it's kinda creepy if we think of it as like a hive mind it gave me body snatchers vibes haha

I'm also loving the way they play with long sharp lines like their bodies are already so tall and lean and I feel like the choreographers placed an emphasis on accentuating that

and there's no way I can ignore yeonjun's borderline biblical move where he splays across the members and struggles to fight off temptation. It's all rather suggestive, the way his hand reaches for his lower body, then whips up and chokes himself while soobin caresses towards his midline I mean--

This is the kind of homoerotic subtext I want and we got it???!

in any case...the choreo very much lines up with the lyrics and the thematic overtones of the album so I'm super satisfied and impressed by it

#tomorrow x together #txtnetwork #moasource #txt choreography #yeonjun #beomgyu #soobin #taehyun #heuningkai #txt sugar rush ride #txt comeback stage

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#0.txt #4.0 spoilers #bro the choreography of the fight cutscenes keeps getting better seriously #super interested in finding out what the deal with childe is. i've seen some vague theories that already make my brain do fun flips #and like they could not make neuvillette's identity more obvious LMAOOOO #anyways. i love that neuvillette really is just a polite old dude. i really thought he was gonna be the super stern type #he literally is just zhongli in different font tho #i think their main difference is like. zhongli gets people. he gets humans. granted he also needed like thousands of years of his own #character development to get there. but like the entire events of the liyue archon quest wouldn't have happened if zhongli didn't get it #meanwhile neuvillette clearly struggles with it like that's obviously gonna be his whole character arc/story quest whatever #anyways i want them to meet they'd be such good friends #also the whole thing with neuvillette and rain I WANNA GIVE HIM A HUG

[17yearcicada]

big fan of sydney waltokov's gay little hug on the "comrade! buddy!" line

#i love the choreography for sydney let's work together. i know what you are #.txt

[000png]

okay watched the super mv too, i think i saw someone mention earlier they pretty much put their entire budget into the backup dancers bc like yeah lol that was a performance video not really a traditional mv.

and like i might just be talking out of my ass bc idk anything about choreography or dancing but like... to me it doesn't feel like svt, a group that's really been known for their unique choreographies, has actually been. doing that. you know. making really unique choreographies. and i know it's hard with such a large discography but idk this choreography just somehow feels very samesy as the last few titles, like they use kind of similar. formulas? in their formations and how they break out and come back in and stuff. im not articulating this well but basically it just kinda feels like stuff we've seen before already. and it's really noticeable when it's all in a row like this too

#0.txt #like home; run was fun #left & right were fun #but like. hot and rock with you and ready to love? i can't even remember their choreos very well #maybe i just don't like this genre of their choreos or something idk man #edit: kinda forgot _world existed. quickly looking at the choreo ig its fine #wasn't paying much attention to that era admittedly jalsdfkjasdf #i also really liked the bss choreography. starting to think maybe i just prefer choreos where they can be expressive #but idk there's also ones like 24h and fallin flower and fear that are more serious and have smth very memorable abt them #honestly it could also just be i'm just older now and not enamored by everything put in front of me jaskldfjdas

[kpopmultifan]

TXT (Tomorrow x Together) has released the choreography MV for “Sugar Rush Ride,” the title track of their 5th mini-album “The Name Chapter: Temptation.”  

[Apple Music/iTunes] [Spotify] [YouTube Music]

#txt #tomorrow x together #choreography mv #txt: choreography mv #txt: sugar rush ride #txt: the name chapter temptation

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Bpp I love how you talk about rhythm, music, stage presence and dance! I think the Big 3 companies and HYBE all have characteristic themes to their dances. For example, SM is standard idol dance, JYP is more feeling the beat, YG is more groovy and swag, and HYBE is POWER INTENSE POWER INTENSE. Who are your best dancers in the kpop industry?

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Hi Anon,

I believe the way you think about the different agencies' dance styles are more or less true, in very loose terms. I mean, all agencies/groups have some form of 'standard' idol dancing, synchronization, grooviness, and intensity.

But the thing that even a lot k-pop stans agreed on about BTS (before BTS broke out), and then later HYBE (before 2022... long story), was that their choreography was different and that it always, without fail, elevated the music and performance.

There's a reason Jimin's Lie choreography caught on like wildfire. Yes Jimin's ability in itself was noteworthy, but although other idols had done Contemporary-style interpretative dancing before, nobody had done anything that looked even remotely like Lie.

I'm not sure it makes sense to describe HYBE's choreo style as one thing given HYBE is really just a group of agencies with their own identities (though there's sometimes overlap), but one thing I believe everyone can agree on, is that every group has strong dance and performance cred. And for BigHit in particular, there's a distinct hiphop influence. I'll list a few examples from some groups:

Fallin' Flower - Seventeen

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Under The Skin - &TEAM

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Fun - Fromis_9

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No Rules - TXT

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Ditto - NewJeans

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Fever - Enhypen

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Impurities - Le Sserafim

(the camerawork on the DP is shit, so I just had to go with the MV that's filmed more like a performance video anyway)

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IDOL - BTS

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Fake Love - BTS

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My favourite dancers change depending on what I'm into at the time, but right now, it's:

Beomgyu (TXT)

Haerin (NewJeans)

Hoshi (SVT)

J-Hope (BTS)

Jimin (BTS)

Jung Kook (BTS)

Niki (Enhypen) - honestly, all of Enhypen. They're one of the strongest dance groups. Period.

Taemin (Shinee/Super M)

Ten (NCT/Super M/Way V)

Yuma (&TEAM)

#music asks #bts #hybe #dance #bts 3j #seventeen #fromis 9 #newjeans #txt #enhypen #&team #le sserafim #kpop #choreography