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- Hey everyone, it's Amanda.
Welcome back to my channel.
Guys, today is finally the day.
I'm doing it.
I'm doing a K-pop journaling video.
This has probably been one of the most requested things
for me to do on my channel for the longest time.
I swear, in every single video
and in my comments, and my DMs,
I get hundreds of messages from you guys
asking me to do this.
I was putting it off for a while
mostly because I honestly just didn't know
exactly what K-pop journaling was.
I mean, obviously I've seen some spreads on Instagram
that were like K-pop related,
but I didn't know whether like
K-pop journaling spreads had rules,
or like certain things that you had to do or incorporate.
But, as I've seen more and more on Instagram
and on Pinterest and stuff,
I've just realized that there's no rules
and it's mostly just a fun thing to do,
especially if you're a K-pop fan like me.
I'm sure you guys want to get right into
all of the K-pop fun
and we definitely will in just a second,
but I have a very exciting announcement to make
for any of you L.A. little doodles.
I am gonna be having my very first ever official meet up
slash meet in greet in L.A.
So I'm so excited.
It's going to be on August 20th
from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bopomofo Cafe.
The theme is kind of like a bubble tea
and doodle party.
There's gonna be free stationary for you guys.
We can take you pictures.
We can doodle together and there's also going to be
free bubble tea for the first 50 people in line.
So, if anything you can come for the free bubble tea.
But yeah, if you're from L.A. and you can come,
I would love to see you guys and hang out.
Please come.
My worst nightmare is for me to show up
and there's like no one there.
I'm actually going to be in L.A.
for KCON L.A. as well.
So, if you are going to KCON, I will also be there.
I'm going to be at both days of the concert
and I'll probably be walking around the convention as well.
It's my first time going to KCON.
Some of my all time favorite groups are performing.
So it'll be a lot of fun.
If you see me around the convention,
be sure to say, "Hi."
I can't wait to meet you guys whether it be at KCON
or at my meet up, hopefully.
So, yes that is my exciting announcement.
I am looking forward to giving you guys big hugs.
But, without further ado lets get right into this video.
Let's K-pop journal.
I decided to start a brand new notebook specifically for
K-pop journaling and the one that I'm using
is by Midori.
It has dark grids on the inside and cream pages,
but what I liked is that the front is completely plain,
so maybe in the future I can decorate it
or add stickers to it and stuff.
But, anyways for the very first spread,
I thought I would start off with something
that was within my wheelhouse and my comfort zone.
I've done these in my monthly bullet journal videos before
and it's just a playlist spread.
Except obviously this one is K-pop specific.
So I have all of my current favorite K-pop songs
and I decided to make the spread
look like it's playing on a phone.
I've done this sort of lay out before,
but again K-pop specific.
Oh yeah, and I decided to add the headphones all around it
just to add a nice little touch.
I did actually print out all of the album covers
for each song that I was featuring on this playlist,
and I made to print them out very small
so that they would fit within the iPhone.
And I was able to fit around ten songs I believe,
which, I think that's pretty decent.
Obviously, there's a countless number of songs that I love,
but these are just my current favorites.
And I stuck them on with my glue tape adhesive.
By the way all of the materials that I used
are as usual gonna be in the description box below.
But some of the songs on this playlist include,
Lights by BTS, Focus on Me by Jus2,
Highway to Heaven by NCT 127,
Boom by NCT Dream.
What else to we have?
Oh, Everglow, we also have Hays, Chonga,
Snapping is the ultimate bop.
We have Uh-Oh Itsy, their new song Icy
as well as G-friend.
Okay, so for the next spread,
the very first group specific spread.
I feel like its no surprise that I have to start off with
my one true love BTS.
They are truly the ultimate group for me
and they're honestly the group that started me
on this whole K-pop stan life (laughs).
In terms of the actually spread, I wanted to make sure
that this whole spread, both pages complimented each other.
So I made sure to keep the right side of the page
really pastel, and airy, and light.
Just like the playlist spread on the left side of the page.
And on it I just included some pictures,
there's actually a Polaroid from when I went to
the MetLife concert of me and my friend who I went with.
I have a group picture of them
as well as pictures of my biases.
(laughs) Yes, I have two biases,
don't make choose between JK and June because I refuse too.
And I also included these cute stickers
that I got from BT21.
I actually have a lot of fresh new BT21 stationary,
so let me know if you guys want me to do
an updated BT21 stationary video.
I know I've done one in the past,
but they've recently come out with a lot of new stuff
so I can definitely do that for you.
Around it I just put some other fun stuff,
like washi tapes, I even used stamps
to jazz it up a little.
And I also printed out some cool aesthetic pictures
like that pink picture behind the Polaroid
is just some pink clouds.
Pinterest is really great for that
if you're looking for any sort of like background texture
stuff to print out.
And then, in terms of like what I'm writing,
I'm just writing like my biases and my favorite songs.
For the first spreads, like for this first video,
as I mentioned I'm just gonna be getting the hang of it,
seeing what my style is for this whole K-pop journal thing.
So the spreads are pretty basic in terms of,
I just wanted to have my favorite groups,
boy groups specifically.
This video is only my favorite boy groups,
'cause I had to narrow it down a little bit.
What was I saying (laughs)?
But yeah, I was saying that all of these spreads
that you're gonna see in this video
are just general spreads for my top favorite boy groups.
And maybe in the future I can do some other spreads
for specific members, or specific songs,
or my favorite girl groups, or solo artists or what not.
Just 'cause, there's just too much.
There's too many people, and groups, and artists
that I love.
So, I thought I would start it off pretty basic,
and I always get a lot of questions about
which groups are my favorite,
and who my biases are.
So I thought this would be a good way
to answer all of those questions.
Anyway, moving onto the next spread.
As you can see, this one is dedicated
to another one of my favorite groups, Stray Kids.
I love them so much.
My bias is Felix, but honestly I feel like
I have four biases in Stray Kids,
because they're all just so, so talented.
You can see the top three pictures there.
I have Jae Seung, Chan and I.N.
And then on the left side,
I'm actually playing around with some lettering.
I really liked the lettering that they used in,
I am You, so I tried to mimic that.
I also put a couple of my favorite songs.
Oh, and I also recreated the lettering for Miroh as well.
So, yeah I just thought it was,
the lettering that they use is pretty cool
in terms of like the graphic design
and it really inspired me to kind of recreate it
on the spread.
But anyway, I mentioned at the beginning of the video
that I am going to KCON LA,
and Stray Kids are actually gonna be there.
So, I am so excited to see them perform live.
I've heard they're incredible performers.
So, we shall see.
Maybe I'll be bias erect by someone.
I don't know what I'm saying right now guys.
It is currently 1:00 a.m.,
so if I sound like I'm saying a whole lot of nonsense
it's because I probably am (laughs).
I finished it off with some washi tape
that matched the whole blue theme I had going on,
and we are done with Stray Kids.
Now moving on to NCT 127.
Now I definitely could have done their current era,
which I love.
I love Super Human, it's so good,
but I honestly really love all of the photos
and the concepts from the Cherry Bomb era.
I think the videos so cool,
and the way they used art within the video,
and on the album covers and stuff is so cool.
So, I wanted to do that,
especially because I loved the bright pink color
and obviously the neon green
is their signature color.
So I had to include that.
I figured the pink and the green
would go really well together.
I didn't realize this till now,
but it does kind of look like watermelon colors,
but I'm not mad at that.
In case anyone is wondering, my bias is Jaehyun,
and my favorite songs are Highway to Heaven,
Cherry Bomb, Regular, Comeback.
Actually I wrote them all down
so you can zoom in on the video and check it out.
But I also included a bunch of pictures
of cherries that I found on Pinterest.
I even found this neon sign that literally says,
"Cherry Bomb" which was perfect.
But all in all, I really like how this spread turned out.
I feel like by this point,
I kinda got the hang of what I liked in spreads,
and I was able to have a little bit more fun
with printing out pictures and cutting them out,
and I really like the whole graphic look.
I feel like it just suits NCT 127 perfectly.
Moving on to another one of my favorite groups.
I mean their technically a band,
but their actually the band that I got into
the most recently, and it is Day 6.
And I don't know what I've been doing sleeping on Day 6,
because they are so, so talented.
Their most recent comeback was so good.
If you guys haven't listened to Book of Us, Gravity,
I highly recommend it.
There's truly not a bad song on the album.
I love every single track,
which is not typical for me.
Usually there will be a couple songs on an album
that I will not be a fan of,
but with every single Day 6 song
I just love all of it.
So, yes, highly recommend.
They deserve way more recognition I think.
In terms of my spread,
I decided to go for an earthier more rustic feel,
because the concept photos did have a lot of browns in it,
especially the one of Young K,
who is my bias by the way.
So I did include a lot of craft paper,
and ripped out pages of books.
I didn't actually rip out pages,
I printed out (laughs) pictures of text,
and I ripped them out.
Which I thought was perfect,
because in the title track, Time of Our Life,
they always say, "This is our page."
And the whole album's concept is books and stuff.
So, I thought it was a nice little nod to the album concept.
I feel like I'm not able to talk about
each individual group, and what I love about them as much,
but yes stan Day 6, Jay is hilarious,
such a meme, and their great.
Moving onto the last spread,
This is one that is dedicated to The Boys.
I love The Boys.
I feel like it's no surprise that my bias from The Boys
is Kevin Moon.
First of all, he is Canadian.
Second of all, we're the same age I believe.
And third of all, he is actually an artist,
and in the past he's posted videos of him doing calligraphy,
and lettering and stuff,
and their called his moon scribbles,
which you know, sounds a little familiar.
You know, moon scribbles, little doodles,
I think it's just perfect that he is my bias.
So anyways, I decided to go for the No Air concept photos,
because this era was my favorite for The Boys.
No Air is still a bop,
and I listen to it almost daily.
And since the No Air photos were really light and airy,
there's a lot of light colors,
and light gray, and light blue.
I decided to print out a bunch of photos of the clouds,
and the sky just to go with the vibe,
and I did use a lot of my light blue markers
and washi tapes.
Actually this, the whole K-pop journaling thing
was a great way for me to use the washi tapes
that I wouldn't normally use in my bullet journal.
So, I will have to you know keep experimenting
so that I can use up all of my excess stationary.
Finally, I finished it off
with a couple little doodles all around it,
and this spread is complete.
Actually, all of the spreads are complete.
But anyway, here is the flip through of my K-pop journal.
Again, this is the very, very beginning.
If you guys do want to see more videos like this,
I can definitely do so.
I was kind of experimenting and still figuring out my style,
and how I wanted this to end up,
but I'm really happy with the spreads.
And again, these are only a couple of the groups
that I love.
There are so, so many,
and honestly it was really hard for me to narrow down
and to choose which ones to make a spread for.
So in the future we can definitely do
a lot of other artists.
Don't you guys worry.
All right everyone,
so that was it for my very first venture
into the world of K-pop journaling.
I hope you guys enjoyed it.
I mean, it was a long time coming,
and you guys have been asking for this for awhile.
Hopefully it lived up to your expectations.
If you guys do want to see more videos like this,
be sure to let me know.
I mean, there is definitely no shortage of K-pop songs,
and artists, and groups that I love.
So, I'm sure we can figure out other things
to fill up my little K-pop journal with.
Again, all the details for my L.A. meetup
are gonna be the description box below.
I hope to see some of your faces there,
and we can drink bubble tea and doodle.
It'll be a lot of fun.
Otherwise, if you're gonna be at KCON L.A.,
be sure to say, "Hi" if you see my around.
But I think that's pretty much it for me.
The question of the day actually is
in the comments below.
Leave your all time favorite K-pop group,
your bias from that group,
as well as your favorite song.
I'm gonna look through them all,
and I'm sure I'll find some new people to stan.
And while you're down there,
be sure to click that bell button down below
so you never miss when I post a new video.
I hope you guys have an awesome day.
Keep doodling, and I will talk to you in the next one.
Bye everyone.
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