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HEARTS2HEARTS - THE CHASE | SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS 2025
youtu.be/EcrYwfWU4eg?si=dA95Ad

One of my niche within niche pastimes is saving YouTube videos of my favourite Kpop groups performing when dressed in black, so this video went down as the 119th on the dedicated playlist.

Nevertheless, I have to admit that some of these outfits do not have the most lovely silhouettes. What a shame! SM styling is hit and miss.

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Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in Kpop and pick out a music video or performance that I have particularly liked. This week I have chosen Hearts2Hearts -- Style.

Although it's quite different from "The Chase", which I recently noted as my favourite song of the year so far, "Style" won me over instantly with its joyous Kpop sound, bridge,and outro. I love their vocals!

These outfits have appealed to me the most, their simplicity complementing the synchronization of the dance.

My guess is that H2H will appeal to audiences in Japan and other parts of Asia; I'm less sure that this appeal will carry over to the west with the exception of niche fans like me. Oh well...

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Hearts2Hearts in Indonesia enjoying local food
youtu.be/p6usOMIf8zg?si=hf19Co

I don't usually watch much Kpop content beyond the MVs and stages, but I do want to learn the names of the members of Hearts2Hearts, so I played this video and ended up quite enjoying it.

To repeat a comment I made on a VIVIZ video: Kpop idols are amongst the very few who can look pretty being filmed in close up eating.

Clearly, SM are doing their best to swell their Indonesian following. As usually happens when Indonesia is mentioned, I am struck by how small a place this populous country occupies in the minds of most British and Americans.

Anyway, the video includes helpful name captioning and shows the members being very Kpop idol - much hand clapping with excitement as new dishes are brought to the table, covering of mouth with the hand when laughing, and cheerful back and forth amongst the girls. A cynical voice in one ear wonders how they get along when the cameras aren't on, but I also hear myself being prompted to trust the veracity of the display of fun and friendliness. Am I being gullible in inclining to that second voice? The food does look so delicious too!

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Since we are are about half way through 2025, I'm posting my favourite Kpop song of the year so far:

Hearts2Hearts --The Chase
youtu.be/d-dt9ouxT38?si=6GSevp

Over the weeks since its release, I've come to fall deeply in love with the vocal tones and harmonies, the matching of instruments like the glockenspiel with the "sparkle sparkle" of the lyrics, and the bass's immersion of the listener into the dreamscape.

I chose this Inkigayo stage because the black and white outfits work so well with the tightly synchronized choreography. The visual and performance aspects of Kpop matter to me, and in this case are part of the reason for my finding the Hearts2Hearts version of '"The Chase" more enchanting than that of FLO.

Although "The Chase" is not a flashy debut, we sense at its conclusion that we have experienced something of romance and adventure which we cannot put into words yet which is full of power and meaning.

The Kpop industry produces so much
that I could all too easily become blasé. Then I watch this and feel that I am witness to a miracle.

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Hearts2Hearts -- Jiwoo

I have really enjoyed Hearts2Hearts "The Chase " and "Butterflies", so I am at once excited but also a little anxious about their comeback which is supposed to be in June.

I don't need to explain my excitement, but I should say that my anxiety springs from the disappointment that all too often follows an eagerly awaited comeback. We'll just have to see.

I did read that the comeback is rumoured to be a cover of ....