Okay, so when I first heard about the F.T Island/f(x) special stage (and I had no idea what they were going to sing—original reports said they were going to sing
Pinocchio), I had no idea what to feel. At least I didn't feel automatic disdain, LMAO, but I wasn't particularly excited either?
And then when people on my twitter timeline started live-tweeting about OMG FTISLAND AND F(X) OMG PUSSYCAT DOLLS COVER?!?! etc etc., and talking about Hongki singing DON'T YOU WISH YOUR BOYFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME, I got automatic secondhand embarrassment, BECAUSE What the Actual Fuck.
Um.
It actually wasn't as bad as I imagined though. It's somewhere in the middle of bland and funny. I really want to get a pair of scissors and chop most of Hongki's hair, but that isn't something unique to this performance. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while. His eyebags are so bad though, his face looks old and tired, which isn't surprising considering they've been constantly flying back and forth between Korea and Japan recently, not to mention they played three consecutive concerts from the 23rd to the 25th, and now these year end shows.
And nothing new, but the other boys needed more screen time. I don't think I remember seeing Minhwan
at all.
I haven't really seen the other performances yet, apart from the
Run The World special stage with Jiyeon (and Ga-in, Sunhwa, Fei, Hyuna, Hyorin, IDK did I forget anyone else THE ONLY POINT IS
JIYEON ANYWAY). The whole show is queued up in my torrent list, and it's sort of become a tradition for me and my little brother to marathon as many year-end kpop music festivals as we can on new year's eve when we're off at our father's hometown, and without internet, so I probably wouldn't properly watch 'til then. (Will def check out the special stage with Mir in a few though,
duh.)