Please do not edit, crop, or re-upload my videos TWICE WORLD TOUR 2019 In Seoul TWICELIGHTS unit special stage NAJEONGMICHAE-BORN THIS WAY CR: LOGO ENTERTAINMENT ONLY
Just… The fact that Nayeon said the words gay, straight, bi, lesbian, transgender.. the fact that Mina sad black, white and beige.. saying we deserve equality, self-love, and pride for ourselves and our culture all while smiling so brightly… even that makes me tear up. I’ve known about Kpop for a while, and every single thing I’ve seen reminds me of how hard this must have been. Asia is conservative in every way. And although I know Koreas getting better at this (at least that’s what I’ve heard) my home country Pakistan, my Pakistani family, other desi people in my community… they would never accept me for who I am. I don’t DARE tell them. They despise the music, the colors, the people, the shows, media… All of it. They feel disgusted by. It’s just not their way of living. And I know that and it’s something I have to accept in my life, something I’m bound to live with. Yet I’m still afraid.… But, *Twice* … they weren’t afraid. Chaeyoung, FOUGHT to preform this. They BELTED these lyrics out, they clapped along, they hollered, they PREFORMED as hard as they could because that’s just the message they WANT to convey. Love yourself. Have the courage to love yourself. I don’t know if they received backlash, from the community or their own company.. but either way it was fucking BRAVE to say the least. I mean.. they’re not even (presumably) in the community, (at least to the public’s eye) and THEY are telling the world how proud you should be. Why can’t I do that? Why can’t my brother? Why can’t so many? We should be PROUD. Everyone be PROUD. Twice wants you to be. I want you to be. You must for the condition of the rest of your LIFE, be proud. That’s possibly only 70-100 summers total, 70-100 birthdays, 25,550-36,500 DAYS, some of which are already spent, to live a life you can be proud of. To live a life you can feel comfortable in. Despite the condition of the laws in your country. Despite the difficulties with family that may occur, be proud. If you can’t express it openly, express it inwardly at the very least. Twice (and Dreamcatcher for me haha) are like a safe pair of arms to rush into. They’re the four walls that keep it warm inside. They love unconditionally. And as a side note, I hope they LOVE THEMSELVES unconditionally as well. I hope they feel comfortable until their sweet lives pass. Life has its ups and downs, it’s inevitable, so I hope they can always get through it. With each other, staff, family.. whoever it is that makes them feel good. Life has its ups and downs but at least we have Twice, Once’s. And for the Somnies, and least we have Dreamcatcher. My end message is Please. Always, only love. “Just love. Just love. I want you to love bravely” -Yeh Shuhua(gidle)
