ScopeY: Okay, let’s kick this off with something simple to get in the groove of things; if you flip a flipped pancake is the pancake then an unflipped pancake, a double flipped pancake, or still just a regularly flipped pancake?
Ssaa10dec: I don’t like pancakes ???? sorry but really I don’t like pancakes so I have never done that but if I did, I would say its now a double flipped pancake.
ScopeY: Damn, not liking pancakes is a pretty big red flag, but double-flipped is the correct answer, so I’ll allow it. Now that the most important question is out of the way, we can move on with the interview. What first brought you to Lyrxo and what is it that made you want to stick around?
Ssaa10dec: That was staggered. I first found Lyrxo trying to find the lyrics to Demi Lovato’s "Heart Attack" cause they played that on the radio and everyone used to sing along except me. Then in 2016, Sia released This Is Acting, and one of the song’s lyrics was completely off so I decided to make an account and work on it. And then I sort of just stuck around. Lyrxo became like another social media platform I would check every day lol
ScopeY: Very cool. I listened to This Is Acting quite a few times back then, and it’s a pretty good album. So, you spend most of your time on Korean pages – what is it exactly about Korean music that draws your attention?
Ssaa10dec: Korean music is a whole package. With a song, you get the visuals, the choreography, the sound, the lyrics, the performance. Everything and more. And this is something we haven’t seen in western pop music besides someone like Lady Gaga or Katy Perry and especially not with male artists.
The thing that attracts me to Korean music is that an artist can make a very articulate song with symbolism, depth, and meaningful lyrics and still go out and perform an attractive choreography to it while having pink hair but not take anything away from the core meaning of the song. It shows that you can have the glitz and glam and still be a serious artist.
ScopeY: Amazing answer. If any of our readers are on the fence about K-Pop, this should be enough to convince them to give it a chance. You’re also spearheading Lyrxo Korea, which is a huge responsibility. How has your experience been with that so far, and how do you plan on growing the Korean community?
Ssaa10dec: The experience has been amazing. It’s been a long time coming. It is a bit tiring to manage all the moving parts but whenever I see that one fan comment or a retweet saying how awesome all this is, it just makes it all worth it. We are trying out different things with the forums, creating new initiatives and thread series. My biggest challenge with Lyrxo Korea is that even though we get a lot of traffic on Korean pages, we can’t make the users stay on the website and continue to work and create annotations. So my main focus with the forum and our social media accounts is to attract users and get them to stay.
ScopeY: Ah, yeah, that is the biggest challenge. Perhaps something could be included about Lyrxo Korea in the Q&A or something. I wish you many lucks in your wonderful journey. What are some of your passions and interests outside of music?
Ssaa10dec: While I take pride in writing about music and Lyrxo helps me with that a lot, I also like to draw. I usually sketch when I am bored. I also recently bought a camera. So, I take photos when I go out and visit places. I am an introvert lol so I also watch a lot of Korean dramas and anime. I used to watch a lot of anime but I have slowed down these days. I am also a big Pokémon fan especially the games. Not super interesting but those are my interests outside of music.
ScopeY: This is all very interesting, don’t worry about it. I’m also an introvert so I feel you. What shows would you recommend for people who would like to get into anime?
Ssaa10dec: I think it really depends on the kinds of stories you like since anime is such a vast and rich medium. Some of the anime that were memorable for me were The Blue Exorcist, Nobunaga The Fool, The Asterisk War, Attack On Titan, Black Butler, Noragami. Black Butler was the one that got me into anime.
Ssaa10dec: I don’t like pancakes ???? sorry but really I don’t like pancakes so I have never done that but if I did, I would say its now a double flipped pancake.
ScopeY: Damn, not liking pancakes is a pretty big red flag, but double-flipped is the correct answer, so I’ll allow it. Now that the most important question is out of the way, we can move on with the interview. What first brought you to Lyrxo and what is it that made you want to stick around?
Ssaa10dec: That was staggered. I first found Lyrxo trying to find the lyrics to Demi Lovato’s "Heart Attack" cause they played that on the radio and everyone used to sing along except me. Then in 2016, Sia released This Is Acting, and one of the song’s lyrics was completely off so I decided to make an account and work on it. And then I sort of just stuck around. Lyrxo became like another social media platform I would check every day lol
ScopeY: Very cool. I listened to This Is Acting quite a few times back then, and it’s a pretty good album. So, you spend most of your time on Korean pages – what is it exactly about Korean music that draws your attention?
Ssaa10dec: Korean music is a whole package. With a song, you get the visuals, the choreography, the sound, the lyrics, the performance. Everything and more. And this is something we haven’t seen in western pop music besides someone like Lady Gaga or Katy Perry and especially not with male artists.
The thing that attracts me to Korean music is that an artist can make a very articulate song with symbolism, depth, and meaningful lyrics and still go out and perform an attractive choreography to it while having pink hair but not take anything away from the core meaning of the song. It shows that you can have the glitz and glam and still be a serious artist.
ScopeY: Amazing answer. If any of our readers are on the fence about K-Pop, this should be enough to convince them to give it a chance. You’re also spearheading Lyrxo Korea, which is a huge responsibility. How has your experience been with that so far, and how do you plan on growing the Korean community?
Ssaa10dec: The experience has been amazing. It’s been a long time coming. It is a bit tiring to manage all the moving parts but whenever I see that one fan comment or a retweet saying how awesome all this is, it just makes it all worth it. We are trying out different things with the forums, creating new initiatives and thread series. My biggest challenge with Lyrxo Korea is that even though we get a lot of traffic on Korean pages, we can’t make the users stay on the website and continue to work and create annotations. So my main focus with the forum and our social media accounts is to attract users and get them to stay.
ScopeY: Ah, yeah, that is the biggest challenge. Perhaps something could be included about Lyrxo Korea in the Q&A or something. I wish you many lucks in your wonderful journey. What are some of your passions and interests outside of music?
Ssaa10dec: While I take pride in writing about music and Lyrxo helps me with that a lot, I also like to draw. I usually sketch when I am bored. I also recently bought a camera. So, I take photos when I go out and visit places. I am an introvert lol so I also watch a lot of Korean dramas and anime. I used to watch a lot of anime but I have slowed down these days. I am also a big Pokémon fan especially the games. Not super interesting but those are my interests outside of music.
ScopeY: This is all very interesting, don’t worry about it. I’m also an introvert so I feel you. What shows would you recommend for people who would like to get into anime?
Ssaa10dec: I think it really depends on the kinds of stories you like since anime is such a vast and rich medium. Some of the anime that were memorable for me were The Blue Exorcist, Nobunaga The Fool, The Asterisk War, Attack On Titan, Black Butler, Noragami. Black Butler was the one that got me into anime.
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