#keystory

[gaykey]

yeah, we know...

[gaykey]

yea the helium performance with the pink triangles went viral on queer korean twitter many tweets saying kibum should be recognized for queer performance

yeeeees see, exactly

it truly was a moment - keystory if you will

and he should be recognised for queer performance, for a lot of his performances

bound?!

we all moved on from bound too quickly

chemicals.

like?

HAIR + JUDAS ?

ah, i have made so many posts about all this, but it never feels like enough or like i can get all my thoughts across correctly but, these moments are so important.

for kibum as an artist, and in terms of like, queer rep in the industry as a whole

[gaykey]

hi im a new shawol and i was wondering if you know where i can watch the episode where key and minho went water skiing together (not in i live alone, it was quite a long time ago). im pretty sure its where key took the picture of minho drowning in the water lol twitter: /onlyoneloislane/status/1604907629272190977/photo/1

ah yes, that iconic minkey moment.

it's actually from the criminally underrated and often forgotten show, key's know-how.

it's a super fun little vlog style show he filmed back in 2015, and it features little snippets of key's life, and also, him giving beauty and lifestyle tips to straight dudes 😂

the waterskiing/minho drowning is in episode five, but give the whole show a watch when you can, it's so fun, and full of keystoric moments.

this gif for example,

and this outfit when he went to a festival, performed, and then drunk danced the night away

oh also, it gave us the jonghyun falling over in the dressing room after doing his krump dance from their ramen cf moment jdhdisjsksksks

but yeah, a great watch, and a rite of passage for a babywol, for sure.

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HE'S GIVING US EVERYTHIIIIIIIING. KING CUNT RIGHT HERE

[gaykey]

the smirk.

this is the face of a man who has many hot dudes hitting up his dms

[gaykey]

it’s always “you think that bc of his personality” with them and them conveniently ignoring the multiple times he’s aligned himself with the community, showed his interest in lgbt media, and just has surrounded himself with lgbt people in his professional and daily life. but okay it’s just bc of his personality ig.

no because it really annoys me when people say that

i thought the 'just because he's sassy/flamboyant/feminine-' argument had died off years ago, but apparently not

i have made sooo many posts about the things kibum talks about, and is inspired by, and enjoys. the people he associates with, the things he says, how he presents himself, and how he continues to do so in a particular way, so unwaveringly. his approach to art. music, fashion, film. how he addresses people. fans. himself.

everything about himself, that is sooo telling, that doesn't just boil down to surface level elements of his personality (though, they tok, are all a part of his preferred persona.) are so so queer.

there's no way about it.

it's in nearly everything he does.

i'mma tag all my relevant tags where i talk about some of these things, just because

[gaykey]

which kibum songs in your opinion radiate the greatest amounts of gay excellence and why?

ooooh, anon yes good question!

kibum's music style is very much, gay club on pride night vibes?? like, he's really good at that fun dancey poppy electronica, and i love it. so most of the songs i've selected fit that sound, and also the 'can you vogue to it?' criteria, so here we are....

i kinda just let my brain run on autopilot for this, so enjoy bcjdhdjdjsms

helium is like a free bingo square. we all know the absolute vibes of helium. 'hey love what up? with your friends? so what.' like, need we say more??

chemicals - i have ranted about the vibes of chemicals a few times, but ugh, it's the whole thing, the lyrics, the performance, the choreo. again, it gives us that poppy, clubby, electronica vibe excellence. but like, kibum falling into the arms of his muscular dancers singing lyrics like this??

when you spread all over my body

mess me up as much as you please, to your heart’s satisfaction

everything i’m feeling right now

swallow me at once, swallow my all

👀👀👀👀👀👀 like????

good good - have you seen the live stages of good good?? i don't know what else to say. just watch a live stage of good good, and try to tell me its not gay excellence. you can't.

i wanna be - anytime key says girl in a song, makes it 100 times gayer especially when it's like tacked on at the end of a sentence like an afterthought. that, plus again, the dance pop, the electronicaaaa. that beat! mwah! imagine straight people dancing to this? you can't. it's not right. it's against the order of the universe.

easy to love - what straight person would sing a song that rhymes 'dangerous' with 'strangerous'?????

imagine - key's english songs have a very special extra something to the vibe? idk, i think when the lyricists hear the style of song, they just?? get the assignment? they know what they're writing for. i don't know what i'm saying here. but i feel magic.

saturday night - a dj called zachary & a bartender called stacy???? helloooo. this song is literally set in the club. and like, you're not hearing this song in przym on a saturday night that's for sure. this plays at g.a.y late just before close when your half passed out on the seat in the corner and you have to try and find your friend and wrangle him away from some dude that's giving off potential stalker energy so you can make your way to the bus stop because sunday service is a bitch, and you wanna get home before it hits 10 am pls. y'know???

hologram - it's just kibum's signature viiiibe and style??? the fun and flirtyness of this! 'girl you're lookin' so hot'. and again, the choreo. he's giving me musical theatre with this one.

edit:

city girl - enough said. gay. excellence.

[gaykey]

asher, since your taste has been proven Impeccable, what is your ranking of key covers?

and i hope you’re feeling better today hun 💕

hello anon! i'm feeling ok today, thank yooouu. i think i'm on the mend <3 💞

now, writing this has made me realise just how many covers he's done, aaand, these are all off the top of my head, so i may have forgotten one or two!

but, from not as fave to fave (and this doesn't mean i don't like any of them, they're all amazing imo):

...wait this is hard actually-

take a bow - the fact that this is ranked last, shows how much hard this was. like, i love this cover. i was talking recently about how much i love it. angsty teenager key, hellloooo.

every teardrop is a waterfall - this makes me emotional. he looked beautiful, sounded beautiful, and was absolutely glowing on that stage.

lookbook - key + boa's music + a bunch of dudes wearing t shirts with his most popular instagram posts on them? yes.

my first kiss - iconic. the taekey subunit agenda continues.

we are golden - oh yeah, from here on we're getting hit right in the elgeebeetee's. key covering mika and shouting out 'we are golden guys!' is actually something that can be so personal.

juice - and we all collectively lost our minds. 'somebody come get this man, i think he got lost in my dms.' keystory. (i mean these are all keystory but you get it)

judas - nothing to say really. key's judas was a cultural reset.

tik tok - so, this has a special place in my heart because i saw this live, and to this day, i don't think i've ever screamed as loud as i did when i heard the opening bars of this.

hair - yep. 10 years later and this still hits different. 'i just wanna be myself and i want you to love me for who i am' ah, i get choked up every time. this cover means so much to me, and you can tell it meant a lot to him too. it'll always be my fave i think <3