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Given-Taken MV

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Hello and welcome to Mourning Cloak’s K-pop flight!!  I am Mourning Cloak and I am glad you could join me!  Here's the podcast that relates to this Flight -  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3d3kBeNpE5Ciun3kTRcbS2   Below are some of the highlights from the podcast including the Bible verses in case I read where they were from too quickly,  links to what I discussed in the podcast, and some visuals that cannot be provided in a podcast setting. For this flight, I covered the music video and theories related to it and their connections Biblically.   Here's a link to the YouTube playlist.  In includes songs previously discussed, the songs mentioned in the podcast, and a video from each of the two theorists I mentioned throughout the podcast.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9wwD-_4K3T1nXY6cMUp-RX4X4qWZOiW Theorists You can also find Bookish Theories on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPUwP3N8qkgKCcOQw7tDRQ and Laina S...

Flight through Border: Day One "Given-Taken"

Hello and welcome to Mourning Cloak’s K-pop flight!!  I am Mourning Cloak and I am glad you could join me!  Here's the podcast that relates to this Flight -  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WVWeqJfkHgRBX2D58keco   Below are some of the highlights from the podcast including the Bible verses in case I read where they were from too quickly,  links to what I discussed in the podcast, and some visuals that cannot be provided in a podcast setting. For this flight, I read the lyrics from Border: Day One "Given-Taken".  I'll have a second podcast covering the music video and theories related it and their connections with Christianity. For Enhypen, here's a link to an article discussing that 6 tested positive for COVID-19.   https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/09/08/six-members-from-k-pop-boy-band-enhypen-test-positive-for-covid-19 I've heard nothing additional about any other positive results, so I'm assuming Sunoo escaped without ge...

Flight through Border: Day One "Intro: Walk the Line"

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Hello and welcome to Mourning Cloak’s K-pop flight!!  I am Mourning Cloak and I am glad you could join me!  Here's the podcast that relates to this Flight -  https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j2UQMxCf203AxecfeOGnJ Below are some of the highlights from the podcast, links to what I discussed in the podcast, and some visuals that cannot be provided in a podcast setting. In the world of Enhypen this week, we’ve learned there’s a comeback happening soon. In K-pop a comeback is when a new album drops.  Right now there is no official word on the date but @hyphenating ( https://twitter.com/hypenating ) is predicting 9/20!!!  So what’s that mean for us??  Nothing yet. I’d love to post once a week, God willing, but sometimes life gets in the way. Or my ADHD 😂 Definitely not getting through their first two albums before the third comes but that means more music to love and reflect on is headed our way. For today, we will start with their first album Border: Day One a...

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Hello and welcome to Mourning Cloak’s K-pop flight!!  I am Mourning Cloak and I am glad you could join me today! I am looking forward to exploring K-pop through the lens of Christianity, looking at themes, symbols, and history that may present itself in the music and music videos.  My podcast hosted on Spotify through Anchor will delve into these things and I will plan to use this blog to provide links to things I reference within the podcast as well as to create a place for listeners to provide feedback directly on the podcast.   For my introduction on my podcast, I mentioned my friend\"s blog.  Here\"s the link to go check out the theories she and another friend of ours are working on related to Enhyphen!   http://hypenating.com For more information on mourning cloaks, check out this article from iNaturalist.   https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/365828 I’m hoping our butterfly effect on this flight together will help to make the world better for all o...