Reacting to KPOP | (G)I-DLE & Aespa | Queencard, NXDE, Live My Life, Supernova

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Okay babes, I want to get into more KPOP because these women ATE and left no crumbs😱 what recommendations do y'all have? Love both of these groups so much🩵

[@pubsapass1214]

For (G)I-Dle, they produced almost all of their songs, and Soyeon change of concept and style at each album. You can check their classics, like 'Oh My God', 'Tomboy', 'Hwaa', 'Lion' or even 'Is This Bad B**** Number'. But even with those main tracks it shows only few sides of I-Dle. They have some awesome B-Side...

[@hailsy04209]

I'm gonna shoot off some groups I love and you can see what peaks your interest. NMIXX ITZY BILLLIE IVE LE SSERAFIM RED VELVET KISS OF LIFE All of these groups are different from the other but each also have great discographies and MVs. Enjoy your kpop journey!! I love G-Idle so much as well

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@pubsapass1214oooh I cant wait to watch more of their videos. THEY GAGGED ME

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@hailsy04209thanks for the recommendations! Will definitely react to some of them on the channel!💜😊

[@Jneedstostopobssessing]

()i-dle write and produce pretty much all their own music - the title tracks are all by Soyeon. Soyeon often makes a statement with her lyrics - there's a lot of female empowerment in many of the songs, though sometimes they'll just write something fun or that pushes the boundaries of what's expected. They are involved in every aspect of their work, and it really shows.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I love that! It’s super cool to see a kpop group who is so involved with their art. It seems like that is not too typical from what I’ve heard!

[@harplixx]

Allergy was before Queencard and was the surgery part of the storyline. That's why you were confused ❤❤

[@toolertotmusicbox]

thanks for the clarification. I definitely need to watch some interviews so I can understand more!

[@pubsapass1214]

Everything in Queencard are references from Allergy track (same album : "I Feel"). You should check the Allergy M/V

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I need to watch to connect dots!!!

[@dkwtdwbp]

Also you need to listen to the gay anthem "oh my god" by gidle when you get the chance :)

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Oh lord..do you think I can handle that??🤣might pass out on the channel😳

[@dkwtdwbp]

@@toolertotmusicbox I think you'll love it. The themes are subtle, but you'll get it ;)

[@PoojaSingh-ww4xe]

ohh my favourite idle , i love them so much specially soyeon she is so inspiring like she is writer, producer, rapper and she she also creates all these iconic concepts like i love love her

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I loved their vibes! I was so surprised at how different they are from any other group I’ve seen🥰

[@babette5918]

In part 1 (The MV for "allergy"), she doesn't like the way she looks so she goes to get plastic surgery. Part 2 (Queencard): While under anesthesia she understands that real beaty comes from loving yourself as you are. She wakes up and leaves before the surgery. Her new confidence makes her beautiful to herself and everyone else also.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

That’s the vibe I got!!! Definitely super cool that it ties into the previous music video. I loved it😍beauty is within

[@drrhsjo]

As a huge (G)I-DLE fan, I'm gonna help you out with some info. General info: They are a self-produced group wit Soyeon being their main producer, but Minnie and Yuqi produce as well. This is really rare for women in kpop and Soyeon had to fight a lot of prejudices. They are known for female empowerment and constantly pushing boundaries. Queencard: They released their single called "Allergy" first and released Queencard shortly after it (both on their "i feel" EP). The music videos are connected like a two part story, so you just saw the second half. Allergy is about feeling insecure and the video ends with Soyeon wanting to get surgery to look as pretty as the other members. Queencard is Allergy's counterpart. It's about being confident and the video ends with Soyeon realizing that she doesn't need surgery, because all she needs is to be confident. She already is a Queencard aka a confident girl, a queen. (Also since you asked: Minnie started the song, she starts a lot of their songs). Nxde: Is about the oversexualization of women and how it's assumed that pretty women are dumb. Soyeon was inspired by Marilyn Monroe since her image and who she really was don't match. People just saw her as a sex symbol, but she was actually quite intelligent. The last line is literally "I was born nude, the pervert is you" and I think that says it all. The girls and their music are incredible. Here's an overview of the members from oldest to youngest: 1. Miyeon: Main Vocalist, Visual, 27 years old, Korean 2. Minnie: Main Vocalist, 26 years old, Thai 3. Soojin: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Sub Rapper, 26 years old, Korean (got kicked out of the group in 2021 due to accusations that she bullied someone back in school. It was proven false, but now her and the group are not even allowed to mention each other. She started a solo career last year. She was very close with the members and it was an unfair situation) 4. Soyeon: Leader, Main Rapper, Sub Vocalist, 25 years old, Korean 5. Yuqi: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Sub Rapper (was lead dancer, sub vocalist and sub rapper before Soojin left), 24 years old, Chinese 6. Shuhua: Sub Vocalist, Visual, 24 years old, Taiwanese What's always helpful are fanmade guide videos on youtube. You should react to one. They are for new fans and the guide reactions always get a lot of views. I wrote way too much already. I'm so sorry, but thanks for chekcing out our girls. Feel free to ask me any question about them

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Omg! Thanks for all the info so much. That’s really sad what happened with Soojin😭 so are they under a label gidle? I’m kinda confused if they have record label and who that is. Or are they an independent kpop group?

[@sabrinas7275]

@@toolertotmusicbox they’re under Cube Ent. Their contracts are actually coming up to end sometime soon after 7 years and it’s still speculated whether they will renew with cube or go somewhere else (or start their own. Lots of people are hoping soyeon opens her own company).

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@sabrinas7275 ooh okay thanks!! I wanted to know🥰

[@drrhsjo]

@@toolertotmusicbox I just saw your reply, sorry. So here's another way too long answer since I love to overshare about (G)i-dle: They are under a label called Cube Entertainment. Like all idols they auditioned for a company (here Cube) and then became trainees there and then got their debut. It's not one of the big labels though, Cube is actually kinda poor. It's a very shitty company in a lot of ways. I really could tell you some wild stories. Yuqi just revealed in an interview that back then Cube thought the girls weigh too much, so they put an info with their weight in the main corridor of the building for everybody else in the company to see until they would reach the weight Cube wanted them to have. Yuqi said she was so embarrassed that she didn't eat for three days so that she would loose weight quickly and Cube would finally put her weight down. It was also Cube that made the decision to kick Soojin out. The only good thing about Cube is that they give the girls a lot of creative freedom, but that's it. And even for that they have to fight. Soyeon had to argue with the label everytime she wrote a song to convince them to release it as a single, especially in their earlier years. The girls also constantly make fun of the label in interviews themselves. But I feel like the company would go broke without them so they can kinda say what they want without having to fear big consequences. That's the interesting part. Kpop groups always get a seven year contract with their label and in May 2025 Gidles contract with Cube ends. They are now in discussions for either renewing the contract or leaving the label. It's hard to say what they will do, because if they leave they probably can't continue as Gidle as Cube owns the name (They could continue under a new name though). But staying seems unlikely too since they are mistreated there, Cube is bad at promoting them and also kinda overworks them. Otherwise Cube needs them for money, so I feel like the girls kinda have the upper hand in the renewal and maybe can now change the contract to their advantage. We'll have to wait and see

[@dt910189]

(G)I-DLE omg yassss🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@toolertotmusicbox]

They are amazing, such a fun watch🥰

[@darrj]

the member soyeon is also there producer

[@toolertotmusicbox]

What!!! One of the members produces?? THATS DOPE😎

[@SFJAras]

​@@toolertotmusicbox 3 out of the 5 produce for them. Soyeon is their main producer and is known as one of the best female rappers in K-pop.

[@blankdextr]

@@toolertotmusicbox 3/5 members are writers, composers and producers, technically 4/5 members are writers cause miyeon has like 3 writing credits.

[@ribonichigo]

idk if you struggle watching music videos with subtitles, but GIDLE does have translation subtitles for all their music videos!

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@ribonichigo I actually watch shows and movies with subtitles🤣I assumed the translation wouldn’t be right so I didn’t look but now I know for next time🥰

[@Daldalhanbada]

You should watch ‘an unhelpful guide to gidle’ to know more about them

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Omfg I thought you were kidding with “unhelpful” but I just looked it up and that’s actually what it’s called😭🤣 watching now!!!

[@Daldalhanbada]

@@toolertotmusicbox will there be a reaction video for it?

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@Daldalhanbada oh I already watched without reacting😭but I will definitely react to some more song/MVs🥰 from gidle

[@Daldalhanbada]

@@toolertotmusicbox oh okay~

[@Alicest.]

How fitting to not wear makeup for a Gidle reaction ♡ They're very much a girls' girls group Queencard's MV is the protagonist (girl with big glasses, Soyeon) imagining what it would be like to be a "queencard" (basically, a popular girl) while under the effects of anesthesia for a plastic surgery because she thinks she needs to look a certain way and have certain body parts to be a queencard. By the end, she realises being a queencard is about being confident in yourself, wakes up and cancels the surgery It's a much needed message in the kpop industry

[@toolertotmusicbox]

The song slaps so hard and the music video!!! I agree, I don’t know much about the kpop industry but the music industry in general is so beauty focused😭

[@Pookasoul]

If you turn on CC's, they usually put in official english lyrics with their Music Videos. Those are usually better than the ones you pull out on the internet. You really only need to do that, if the CC's are auto generated, which only happens rarely.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thanks so much! Tbh I assumed they were gonna be auto-generated I didn’t even try to check before watching. Now I know🥰

[@Pookasoul]

@@toolertotmusicbox yes, that's what I thought happend! 😊 But yes, the lyrics included in the official Video translation make usually way more sense than those lyrics websites😂 I hope you keep having fun on your channel, and thank you for bearing with us 🥰

[@lok_1412]

Gidle 🔥🔥🔥

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@lok_1412 😎🎧

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

Nude is inspired by Marilyn Monroe.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I love the music videos, girls ATE

[@dkwtdwbp]

GIDLE is actually pronounced as "idol". The g is silent. The name just means a group of female idols :)

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thank you for the pronunciation! I was lost at first😭💜

[@MyTran-nj3kg]

No idle in Korean means children. That’s why their fandom name is Neverland with the meaning they will forever have a child soul

[@a_mystical_potato4325]

that is not true lmao, the name (여자)아이들 or (yeoja) aideul translates to (female) children. The name itself is a play on words, making it sound like "idol" when you say in english. If it was (female) idol, it would be spelled like (여자)아이돌, or (yeoja) aidol.

[@dkwtdwbp]

@@a_mystical_potato4325 please look it up. I am not wrong. I did forget about the children part tho.

[@arden.0098]

you should try listening to viviz ! their latest song "maniac" was viral, and their song "untie" was choreographed by beyonce's choreographer !

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Ooh I bet the dancing goes so hard in that one!!💃🏼

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

I've been a Kpopper since 2015. I'm excited for this.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Dude I’m just getting started omfg🫣

[@katayola-hb7lk]

gidle💛

[@toolertotmusicbox]

💜✨

[@makaylarobinson7342]

IDLE ❤ talent Queens 😭😭😭

[@toolertotmusicbox]

So talented!!!

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

Too Cool is a bop! Tess Queen Of Camp Rock.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I love camp rock. It was my fav movie growing up, I was obsessed with demi lmfao

[@jourvicious1900]

Girl you should try listening to Mamamoo they are a 4 member girl group with astonishing vocals. Some recommendations: Egotistic, HIP, and Gogobebe. Also they have a medley of songs on a show called killing voice where you can hear them live.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Ooh thank you for the recommendation😌❤️ so many good groups to check out!

[@MissYellowCat]

BTW you can turn on closed captions, it's that cc button on youtube videos, on most K-pop mvs and it will have English subtitles. Do NOT turn on closed captions if it says "english auto generated" that means it hasn't been translated and google is trying to guess what they are saying which is 99% not accurate at all.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I usually don't turned of CCs when I watched videos in other languages because most of the time they are auto-generated like you mentioned and the translation is indeed so off!!!

[@MissYellowCat]

@@toolertotmusicbox lots of kpop companies do actual translations for their videos, its honestly pretty rare for videos to not have offical translations

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@MissYellowCat oooh okay I’ll have to check some out next time I do a kop reaction and see!

[@adrleo]

There's actually a song named "Queen of Hearts" by TWICE. Being Korea's National Girl Group you may wanna add them to your check-out list too. The song MV has 24M views and I believe it's well worth watching. Welcome to the world of Kpop and love your reaction videos too~~

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@adrleo thanks for watching! I’ve seen twices MV set me free and I loved it😍

[@Илона-ф5ц]

Hey,please react to woke up by xg Also u can check out super lady or lion by (g)i-dle Thank u for reaction🫶🏻

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thank you for the recommendation🎉 thanks for vibing with me!

[@Jneedstostopobssessing]

​@toolertotmusicbox Is also add "Tomboy" or "Oh My God"

[@gchild7085]

YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ARMAGEDDON AND DRAMA BY AESPA!!

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Yass thanks I can’t wait to watch more of their videos!!!

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

Aespa has a lore. The lyrics on their songs sometimes relate to their lore. You should watch mv theories of kpop

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

I recommend apple MV theory. Apple from GFriend.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Oooh I can’t wait to watch later! Thanks for the recommendation🥹

[@RottenMangosBiss]

Check the lyrics on the mvs it’s more accurate and official

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thanks, will do🥰

[@blankdextr]

btw the nxde translation was correct, in nxde they are talking about how they are "bare", but not in the sexual way. they are opening themselves, showing their true forms. they are saying " think outside the box, you are prejudiced". nudity was made sexual by people, but we are born nude, we are born pure. why make bodies sexual? that's the message of the song, sexualization of bodies, people and especially women by men

[@toolertotmusicbox]

I love the message of this song so much!!!😍

[@blankdextr]

@@toolertotmusicbox such a lyrical masterpiece, and the references in the mv are cheffs kiss ✨

[@chesiresays]

Check out New Jeans Supernatural MV if you havent already

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@chesiresays thanks! I have not watched any new jeans mvs!

[@Vogelkinder]

Welcome to Neverland. =)

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@Vogelkinder so happy to be here🥰💅🏼

[@simonaelena5011]

"Nxde" is about the people's view on women, obectifying and oversexualizing them. The lyrics are trying to say that you should't think dirty when you hear aor see nude and in the chorus they say "yes, i'm nude" (without the "a" nude) which they refer that they are themself and don't care what people think about them. They are also saying that women are more than just a pretty face. There are also a lot of details in the music video that are important (the newspaper and the comments for example), they like to put a lot of details in everything (sometimes even the outfits have a meaning). If you want to understand more their lyrics there's a channel that explains them very well. It's called "woo". I recomend you checking him out.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Yes! It’s so hard to get all the lyrics when I listen at first because the videos are so beautiful and creative😍I love the message of this song!

[@darrj]

gidle have a lesbian coded song called oh my god 😜

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Imma pass out if I react to that one 🥵

[@f.w503]

Gidle - Tomboy reaction please

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Yes I need to watch!!!

[@Pxing_naminion]

If you are looking for songs in English from a girl group, you can try XG 😊

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thanks for dropping the recommendation! I actually do not mind songs in other languages at all😌 I just like to read English translations so I can understand the lyrics and appreciate the songs more! I'll have to check out XG!

[@mathhenri-xy5fh]

You should look at the lyrics on Kpop lyrics channel like Random_K, Jaeguchi, etc.

[@toolertotmusicbox]

Thank you!!!

[@Lersi00]

Please react to aespa 에스파 'Armageddon' MV

[@toolertotmusicbox]

@@Lersi00 ooh I’ll need to check it out!!