#experience_post

[asgardling]

Okay, okay so here are some fun little details and my thoughts from Kaj's gig at the Radio Nova festival on Friday 13.6.

Long post ahead

First of all, THEY SPOKE FINNISH!! I am so happy that I got to hear them speak in my native language and I loved to hear them speak the Vörå dialect too. I find it interesting how they are Finns but I wouldn't understand their Vörå dialect even if I spoke Swedish.

Jakob asked how many people could speak Finnish there and most of the crowd cheered. Jakob was surprised and said "everyone here speaks swedish?" Then Axel threw in "pakkoruotsi kannatti", which translates to "it was worth it to study swedish". That is not translated from word to word because there is no direct translation for "pakkoruotsi" in english. But basically it means that in Finnish schools it is mandatory to study Swedish about 6 years or so.

It was satisfying to see Axel's dance moves live, they were so smooth and it was just a joy to watch him. And when they sang Vems pojk e do? and Kevin was singing, Jakob and Axel were twirling around in the back!! It was so cute to watch the two of them have fun!

I also enjoyed their choreography a lot during all these songs, they have clearly planned it so the song's story goes smoothly and every song have their own style and vibe.

Omg I just remembered that during one song (I can't remember which one) when Jakob was singing, Kevin and Axel both went to sit down to the "saunalauteet", the wooden benches on the side, Kevin was flirting with the crowd, smiling and raising his eyebrows and having this almost a smug expression on his face, you know the one Kevin does when he poses for the camera? And Axel was posing too, running his hand through his hair, just letting his sexiness radiate from him.

There were these sweet moments between Jakob and Axel. When Kevin sang his solos, Axel walked up to Jakob with his bass and they danced together and, listen to me when I say this, every time Jakob noticed that Axel had come to him his face lit up immediately and they both had these wide smiles on their faces it was so sweet and adorable and aaaaahhhh

A great surprise to me was when they sang the Dågar åt böndrin. I didn't expect it at all but it was sooo gooood!!! The way Jakob sings the song is just a pure dopamine boost, and the way he danced with singing so fluidly made me forget all my problems and just live in this complete happiness. It was one of my favourites from there. Another favourite was Firmans man, with the powerful bass and the amazing light show and their voices together I almost cried.

ANd Oh my god the wAY I GOT TO SCREAM PA TO TA NA KAKO LIKE CRAZY!!! And sing 'om to tar myttjy kako kanski to tar påtår tå me' along with kaj, I've never been happier in my life before.

Sorry for the long post but I could yap about this for hours :')

Overall I am very pleased with this experience, they have huge talent and know how to make the crowd wild. Also it was so difficult to decide who of the three to watch!! My eyes were switching between them all the time! And now that I think about it, I feel like I missed a lot of the concert because there are so many things left unseen when looking the other way.

I'm sad that I can't share these moments with you all visually but only in text, however I took two short videos from there and will post them soon!!!

I planned to record the daisy part during the yolo song but I missed it... :(

[asgardling]

Okay here's something more from the boat that made the experience as KAJ filled as possible.

So, one of the things that I will be forever remembering from that cruise is this.

I didn't know that one could have this much fun in tax fee... Not only did the comically large 8–packet Kex Choklad make me grin like an idiot when I saw it, but there was something else, that when my eyes landed onto it, I just knew that that was coming home with me. One of the best highlights from that trip (PUN INTENDED!!), was there, on the shelf. The familiar shade of blue of a Trip juice box. BUT. This is not all. It was in a package that held many Trip juices.

I immediately went out to figure the price of it. I just had to get it. I didn't see a price tag for it (which implies that it's not even sold often like that?) so I went to ask for it from a worker. He asked if I was sure I wanted the whole package. I couldn't help but just smile and nod while trying to stay sane. I needed to get it, no matter the cost. In my heart I knew that that was the right desicion to do (it was. I know I would have been sad if I hadn't gotten it).

The worker seemed baffled that I really wanted all of it. And when I went to the registery, the man who scanned it was smiling so much. I could hear amusement in his voice when he lightheartedly asked me, "Do you like these?"

*gulp*

Haha y–yes I I do uhh like these, it's, it's because of a, a character... that I like.... al a lot and and that's why..... I got these...

I, in my Trip–filled mind, couldn't do anything but say, "yes", while trying to hold my laughter and excitement. After that I walked so proudly out of the tax free, with holding my heavy package of Trip in my hands. I felt so happy. Nothing else mattered at that point. How much happiness this brings me baffled me back then, and it baffles me now.

There's so many Trip right now. Can you guess how many? Can you guess how many Trips there are in that package?

The answer is twenty four Trip juices. In a single cardboard package. That might sound quite a small amount, but do you realize how many Trip juices that actually is for the Freppa Fridays? That freaking box holds six month's worth of Trip juice! Six months!! The nex time I have to buy Trip for Freppa Friday is on December. This is unbelievable. I am so happy. Can you believe this??

And when I walked out of the boat, everyone around me was carrying alcohol packages with the carts, and I had my Trip. My Trip juices <3

And the funniest thing here is, that to a normal person it might seem weird. But you KAJ fans, you get it, right? The KAJ fans I've seen, have drank a Trip juice too, and it's like a norm to us now. Wherever we go, the sales for Trip juices increase. I love that we all have our mutual references, these small things that bring us so much joy. I talked with someone there how even a small mention to KAJ can cheer us up for hours. And I'm so glad that they agree and that I can see other KAJ fans having such a strong attachment to them as I do.

Oh I'm gonna cry. The feeling of getting to talk to a KAJ fan in person is the best feeling ever. There is so much stuff to talk about, but so little time. So many topics and opinions and concerts/performances/interviews in the past, present and future. So many songs to talk about, their styles, the lyrics, the beat, the time they were written at. And the stories in the songs, the characters and the ships. How one got into KAJ, how other fans have met, how KAJ has affected their life, how much joy it brings them. Their whole experience as a KAJ fan.

And I love it so much that we get each other the way a non–KAJ fan wouldn't. We get it if we see a reference to denim, disco ball, construction sites, tv head, gambling, birds, volvos, blueberries, leather vests, toscakaka, tacos and literally everything we can connect to KAJ and how much it can cheer one up so much.

After the gig I went to cool down a little and also to write down the experience post. I knew that I should go back there, that there might be other KAJ fans that I'd love to talk to. But I was anxious about it, it felt awkward to go back alone after an hour the gig had ended. It felt scary, and I might have prolonged it more than necessary...

But I'm so proud of myself for going there after all, because I ended up finding two amazing cosplayers, and we clicked so well and talked until four into the morning with a few more fans and I loved it so much. I felt included. They were my people. I had never imagined a future for myself where I could actually want to seek company like this and feel so happy afterwards. I'm gonna cry, everyone was so nice.

And speAKING OF BEING NICE. LOOK WHAT ONE OF THEM GAVE MEEEE AJSNDCJNSKV

(I'm a little bit insecure about this picture, so please treat this nice thank you)

I didn't have any peonies or pink bows, so I used some of my dried rose petals (!!!!!) to put around him instead.

I think I'm slowly losing my mind. If I haven't already, that is. And in the best way possible, too. I wish that you all can experience this same kind of joy from KAJ, in your own way and time. That with them you get to experience as much as your heart desires.

Someone shake me so that I know this is all true. Can life actually be this good? With all bad in the world, there is this small source for light?