This is not your abuela's Asian funk!

xikers - BREATHE
cw: flashing, supernatural elements (dokkaebi magic), unsteady cam, guns

OT10 back to slay. After a few more watches since this first came out, it feels like the dokkaebi are still figuring out what all they can do with their powers. And making chaos along the way, because of course they are. 😅

You know my health has been horrid when not even ATEEZ was able to bring me back to this series, but Halloween is almost upon us and I really, really wanted to get back into this series. And even better, xikers released two new spooky videos last month, Witch and Bittersweet.

Song: Bittersweet
Artist: xikers
Release: September 2024
Genre: Kpop, dance rock
cw: supernatural elements (magic, powers), flashing lights, implied monster spider-creature, eyeballs, an anatomically correct heart

[note: official English translation available in CC]

I went back and forth on this a few times, and if we're very lucky, I might come back to do a special post on WITCH soon, but in the end I went with Bittersweet as the less intensely horror/creepy of the two. Yes, even with all those content warnings, this is the lower horror level video. XD

( full review under here )

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