ARTIST REACTS TO KISS OF LIFE (키스오브라이프) 'Sticky' Official Music Video (ISS OF LIFE REACTION)

[@JxJxo_]

Kiof (short form of Kiss of Life) girls are extremely talented please check out more from them !! They are from S2 ent, always sing live & are currently striving to become fully self produced. They have participated in writing, composing & choreography for their songs. Also their creative director is former idol, Lee Haein. Some info about them : Julie(orange hair) 24yo, Korean from Hawaii. - She is the leader, main rapper, lead dancer. - Though she is the rapper she has very sweet & soft vocals. - She was a former Black label trainee. - She used to do ballet when she was younger then switched to hip hop before training as an idol so she is very skilled in dance. - She was featured in Nayeons newest album on the song ‘Magic’ - She is mc of her own show on Musinsa Tv youtube channel Natty(black bob) 22yo, Thai. - She is the main dancer all rounder. - She trained at SM for a short period then joined JYP & participated on survival shows sixteen & idol school. - She debuted as a soloist for a bit & then re-debuted with kiof. - She is highly praised by top dancers & choreographers for her dance skills. - She earned the nickname 'Little Lee Hyori' because of her potential to become 5th gen it girl, rnb vocals & her solo song 'Sugercoat' which went viral. - She recently released a collab with Jay Park called ‘Taxi Blurr’ - Has her own show with Jenny Park (model) & Harimu (popular dancer) called Star of star girls Belle(brunette ponytail) 20yo,Korean from Seattle. - She is the main vocal, songwriter & composer. - She is an award winning composer who’s written for Miyeon, Le sserafim, Kid milli & more. - She also worked with SM providing the vocals on NCT Marks song “Child”. - Shes known as 'belliana grande' because of her incredible vocals & love for Ariana. - She has an ost for the show My sweet mobster called ’See the light’ - Has a show with Julie called 'The JB show' on Hup! youtube channel Haneul(long black hair) 19yo, is Korean born & raised in Suwon, South Korea. - She is the lead vocal maknae. - She trained for about a year & was chosen as the last member by the other girls. - She has very stable powerful vocals & great dance skills. - She is known as a concept chameleon for her model like looks she can pull off any concept from cute to classy.

[@CHANELLE_MY_LOVE]

Kiss of Life is my ULT GROUP!!!! Natty is my bias but Julie be making me 🫠. Julie is 24 so yeah she can do whateva she wants, she’s hot and she’s knows she’s hot

[@hehenah4308]

Something about 4 member ggs man they just always knock it outta the park !!!

[@blinkploryflover8816]

In interviews KISS OF LIFE (aka KIOF) are often called Hot Girls of Kpop. Fans agree. They're bringing sexy back to Kpop like SISTAR, EXID, AOA, 4MINUTE, GIRL'S DAY, MISS A in 2nd gen. Hopefully STICKY will make KIOF the 2024 Summer Queens like previous title holders SISTAR, RED VELVET and FROMIS_9 (gorgeous Pledis / Hybe group who released best full album of 2023). KIOF are famous for live vocals with Seattle born Belle, sounding like a Korean Ariana Grande hitting those high dolphin notes and great ad libs. She also chose their fandom name KISSY 키씨 Dancers Julie and Natty ('Jultty') are 2 of the sexiest Kpop idols these days appearing on lots of Korean youtube channels, Belle also, underrated vocalist Haneul has less appearances probably. After watching their STICKY mv, I highly recommend watching the Studio Choom video (a dance performance with close-ups) and the M2 relay dance to see more of the hot choreography. KISS OF LIFE (aka KIOF) has gotten much praise for their live vocals and especially for their series of much talked about award show performances in December and January starting with Bad News performance w/ new rap on the 2023 MMAs, even more impressive considering their limited prep time. They won several Rookie of the Year type awards at the time. Thai all-rounder Natty, 22, competed on Sixteen to be in TWICE but was only 14 back then. Also competed on Idol School to be in FROMIS_9 but eliminated despite vocal coach singling her out for praise. Great dancer and probably my 2nd favorite Thai idol after Lisa. Hawaiian born Leader / main rapper Julie, 24, trained at YG / THEBLACKLABEL. My bias. Haneul, 19 maknae, the only Korean born member is the only one not fluent in English. Belle 20 main vocal was previously a songwriter for Kpop artists, including 2nd verse of Lesserafim's Unforgiven. Her father was a famous Korean singer in the 90s Shim Shin. After their MVs check out their [KI-OFF] mini album and single album Recording Behind session videos for 'Kiss Of Life' (BYE MY NEVERLAND and SHHH), 'Born to be XX' (BAD NEWS and NOBODY KNOWS), MIDAS TOUCH and NOTHING to see what a pro Belle is, suggesting and trying out different ad libs and stuff (I believe 'stuff' is the proper technical music jargon, but I didn't major in music theory). Hopefully we'll get studio session vids for new songs STICKY and TE QUIERO (English b-side written by Belle which hopefully will get a performance video soon too). KIOF just celebrated their 1st anniversary and have already released 16 songs, only 1 of which I didn't care for (Haneul's solo on their debut, but Coach might like the Take Me Out to the Ball Game melody used by its American writer/ producer). Like their name is meant to imply, fans agree they are breathing fresh life into Kpop. With STICKY pushing lowkey risque choreo further than NOBODY KNOWS (see dance practices) they are being thanked for bringing 2nd gen sexy back to Kpop. Previous Releases in reverse order: 3rd release single alb MIDAS TOUCH mv (early 90s vibes like Britney but with great vocals). The b-side NOTHING (a great English R&B ballad breakup song) has a Media Showcase performance video on their yt channel. 2nd release mini album has 2 connected music videos, watch BAD NEWS and NOBODY KNOWS back to back in that order. 1st music video in story seems to show these 4 violent girls, but 2nd video provides context to what really happened. There are 4 more b-sides. Their impressive mini album Debut last July was an ambitious project of 6 music videos completing a storyline. Watch the 2 main mvs together. You can watch the solos before or after. BYE MY NEVERLAND ends on an interesting note and SHHH 쉿 picks up right where the story left off and shows these 4 characters coming together as a group. The SHHH mv ends with slightly shortened performance video at the end of story. These 2 mvs were preceded by 4 members' solo mvs that introduced the members with backstories for the characters: SUGARCOAT (Natty solo, a much talked about Kpop R&B song last year, choreographed by her) COUNTDOWN (Belle solo, written by her) KITTY CAT (Julie solo, edgy mv for Kpop, the dance practice moving ver. video was um yeah...) PLAY LOVE GAMES (Haneul solo, IMO too much maknae energy for 18yo idol at the time) It makes more sense if you watch these 4 solo mvs first before BYE MY NEVERLAND and SHHH 쉿 but I didn't because I made mistake of waiting for official debut and watched the 2 group videos first. One year after debut, KISS OF LIFE the awards winning monster rookie girl group of 2023 is making waves in the Kpop world (and making a splash with STICKY and other songs at Korea's supersoaker Waterbomb festival concerts). Their previous release MIDAS TOUCH got them top 25 on K charts (Instiz combined streaming services data) and could be heard all over Korea according to Kpop tourists. STICKY also made #18 on Instiz weekly and at least top 21 on Melon top 100. KIOF were out charting BABYMONS7ER new song Forever when I checked yesterday wasn't in the top 46 of Instiz and stoll isn't on Melon Top 100 daily (Sheesh is now #25 though). Previous KIOF song MIDAS TOUCH is currently #54 and STICKY has now risen to #21. As much as some fans complained about Teddy Park recycling his music, he debuted previous YG girl groups BLACKPINK and 2NE1 with iconic songs which did well in Korea while BABYMONS7ER haven't charted so great with locals. Each of their 3 title tracks has been an improvement but Like That written by Charlie Puth is BM best song so far. 5th gen talent conversation is dominated by KISS OF LIFE and BABYMONS7ER, but so far KIOF has the stronger more consistent discography bringing fresh life to Kpop and despite a noticeably smaller company KIOF has been promoted with interviews on lots of youtube channels in addition to the usual radio shows and variety shows. Name another group who debuted with 6 music videos for all songs on their mini album within less than 2 weeks. S2 Entertainment seems to be taking a IDGAF attitude with their concepts, from Julie drinking and dancing on table at a party and swimming in bikini top in her solo mv to their 1st comeback mvs BAD NEWS / NOBODY KNOWS that makes the members seem like possible bullies with a week inbetween before releasing the followup mv clearing up that they were defending others (never mind the unalive recently defenestrated guy in that dumpster scene). It's pretty ballsy for Kpop. .

[@mmyzzii]

please you need to check out their hits, i mean all of their songs are great but check Nobody knows stages/live next and then their recording sessions.

[@karenannguarino4372]

The youngest is 18 turning 19 (the blue one)

[@cymieer2409]

She's been 19 months ago

[@blinkploryflover8816]

KISSY since debut, watched member teasers but avoided prerelease solos til official debut. Suprised you don't know this group yet, Midas Touch really helped catapult them to attention. End of video easter egg is Sugarcoat era Natty from the group's debut solo songs. Teaser for next release as this group plans ahead making references to future releases in current mvs. The only thing making Lesserafim vaguely similar to KISS OF LIFE (abbrev KIOF) is they both released an Afrobeats song this year, this isn't KIOF usual sound and I mostly associate Lesserafim with the standard noisy mediocre 4th gen downgraded girl crush sound that permeates the K charts the past couple years, though I like maybe 5 of that Hybe group's songs to varying degrees including UNFORGIVEN which was cowritten by KISS OF LIFE main vocal Belle (2nd verse specifically, think it was mention in Belle & Julie interview w/ pH-1 where Belle went into details about songwriting minutiae as she got her start there before becoming an idol, she'd already won a songwriting award by age 19, crazy). Another massive difference is Lesserafim has been criticized for their live singing (particularly at Coachella a stage KIOF wants to perform where they'd kill it) while KIOF gets lots of praise for their live vocals, though some other KIOF performances have been more dance focused. KIOF has some retro vibes like 90s, early 2000s Britney (MIDAS TOUCH), early Christina Aguilera, retro R&B and hiphop, even a new English b-side with Spanish title written by Belle with Spanish guitar vibes (knowing KIOF we'll probably see a performance video of TE QUIERO on their channel or maybe Montbest 몽벳트 or Sound Bomb 360 or HUP!). S2 Entertainment is a smaller company but doing a great job. Creative director Lee Haein is former idol trainee who appeared on Idol School with Natty but neither made it into FROMIS_9, which now seems to have been all for the best as I love KIOF and FROMIS_9 as they are (I just want more releases for fromis_9, but Pledis / Hybe kinda sucks).

[@ZEROCARTOO]

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