We danced, cried, and ranted our way through August's musical landscape.

Ms. DJ Panic is recapping August's music highlights while Sarah is on hiatus. From diverse singles across Asian music to unforgettable concert experiences, this episode catches you up on everything you might have missed.

• Revisiting our "Five Singles, Five Worlds" episode featuring Eve, The Oral Cigarettes, HANA, Vaundy, and ONEUS
• Reliving Jin's RUNSEOKJIN_EP tour in Newark, NJ with standout moments from "Background" and "Spring Day"
• Discussing our reactions to Rolling Stone's BTS solo ranking
• Reflecting on the reported chaos at KCON LA
• Celebrating KAT-TUN's surprise reunion and MONSTA X's comeback album announcement

Tag me on social media with your favorite August track, your biggest fan moment, or what you want us to cover next month. Keep streaming, keep sharing, and keep loving the music that makes you feel something!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everybody, welcome back to Music Elixir.
It's just me.
Today, sarah is on hiatus again.
Things happen, I know, but Ijust want to say thank you very
much as of today, my soloepisode that I released, yeah,
this month, in September.
I have over now 100 downloads,so thank you very much for those

(00:21):
who are listening.
I was well, you know, becauseSarah is not here.
We're a duo, we meet, you know,when we're together, it's, it's
magic, it's dynamics, it'sdifferent.
You know the vibe when one ofthose, when she couldn't be here
anyways.
So it's me again.
So, thank you very much forthose who like the solo episode.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

(00:42):
And today I was.
I was thinking what am I gonnatalk about?
Because the last time, um, thatepisode was about graduating
idols in Japan from Japanese boygroups and girl groups when
they leave their group to pursuesomething different.
This month, or actually thisepisode, it will be the recap

(01:04):
for the month of August.
You know that you will thinkmaybe for the month of September
, but things happen, so likethings happen in August and I'm
like, let me like recap it forthose who are actually new to
the podcast.
So, thank you and welcome tothe podcast.
It's usually Sarah and I, butthings happen like I said.
So last month was just packedwith so much new songs, a big

(01:29):
concert experience and, yes, afew rants that you all love.
I know some of you do like whenwe do our rants and rambling.
If you missed an episode orjust want to relive the
highlights, this will catch youup.
This, this is the session, butyou can always go back to the
archive of the past episodes andjust check it out for yourself

(01:51):
and, as always, I want to hearfrom you while you are listening
.
Send me a dm or tag me on yoursocials with your favorite
august, august moment august,august, augusto.
You know, like a music drop ora concert, anything I might
shout out.
Whoever sends me a, you know adrop, a music drop or a concert,

(02:14):
anything Just I might shout youout when you're sharing with me
.
All right, that will be for thenext episode.
Let's see.
Let's start with one of myfavorite August episodes Five
singles, five worlds.
First, we started talking aboutEve's Ghost Avenue, the jazzy,
lo-fi, perfect late nightlistening, awesome for if you're

(02:37):
having a dinner party or justyou know or dinner.
Actually, I did play it duringhaving dinner with family and it
was cool vibes.
Did you check out that song?
Because usually when we do,when we talk about these songs,
we will like you to also listento them.
Did you listen to it?
Did it become one of yourfavorites?
Let me know, hit me up, let meknow.
Also, we talked about the oralcigarettes with the song Every

(03:02):
Ever Night, overnight, overnight, oh my God, overnight.
Pure rock energy.
I mean, I was headbanging to it.
Did you air guitar?
It's just like one of thosesongs that you need to air
guitar.
That was so awesome.
Be honest, come on, do you likethe J-Rock?
Or was this probably your firstJ-Rock song?
Let me know, because they'vebeen around for years and that

(03:23):
song's actually for an anime, soif you're an anime fan, you
probably already have heard thissong.
Then we talked about Hannah'sBlue Jeans.
Oh my goodness, such abeautiful story-driven song
showcasing their melodic voices.
Oh, my goodness, I love.
I mean I'm so.
We're sarah and I were obsessedwith this group.

(03:44):
We are obsessed with this group.
If you catch that episode, whatdid you felt like the
storytelling in in their voicesand the song.
Oh, I just, you know, that wassweet and comparing I'm not
gonna say much, because if youhave not heard our dedicated
episode on Hana, please do so.

(04:04):
We cover all the songs thatthey have out there now they
have.
Oh please, we are so obsessed,so please let me know.
Did you check that episode?
Are you a honey?
Hey, hi, honeys.
If you're a honey, please letme know.
We've been seeing you on ourMusic Elixir podcast.
You know ex-Twitter.
Oh, my goodness, thank you verymuch for your love and support,

(04:27):
but anyways.
So yes, we talked about Hannah'sblue jeans.
Please check it out on thatepisode.
Also, we talked about Vondie'sreunion.
It's a very dramatic, dramatic,emotional, just big soundtrack
vibes.
And finally, k-pop group wano'swe talked about on the song x.
This song had me dancing on mychair.

(04:48):
Love, love that.
As soon as the song gives methe dancing vibes, I'm gonna be
doing that, I'm gonna be moving,fidgeting, do whatever.
So have you checked?
So I would like to know haveyou checked any of those songs
from that episode, from fivesongs, five worlds?
Let us know.
Let me know.
How do you feel about it?
The episode like an episodelike that reminds me how much

(05:12):
range there is in Asian pop.
One playlist can take you fromlike chill jazz to headbanging,
rock, to a full dance party.
So also.
So, another episode that on inAugust.
Then we talked about one of ourfavorite moments of the summer.

(05:34):
Oh, jin's tour, ron Sok tour oh, we went to the one in New York
because it's the closest one tous.
It was so worth it, so worth it.
We were so lucky we were ableto see the two dates.
Oh, my goodness, if you werethere, message me.
I want to know what part of theshow was your favorite.

(05:55):
I know everything.
I know that it's going to behard, it's everything.
I know it's gonna be hard, it'severything.
I know it's gonna be everything.
But there's gonna be just likeone moment that you were like,
oh my god, it just living inyour head like rent free.
I would like to know.
I we shared everything, fromthe lining up outside the merch
hustle oh, that yeah, from thefirst night to the second night.

(06:21):
Please check that out.
But our shenanigans are likegreat, great and, of course, the
pre-show buzz.
And then when jinn hits thestage, oh my god, so magical.
Oh, I'm still reliving it.
He had us laughing when with theinteraction moments, the little
games that he was doing with us.
Then he got me crying when hestarted playing background and

(06:46):
and for sarah it was spring day,oh my goodness.
Of course, if I see somebodycrying, I'm crying background.
He always got my heart, fromthe first night, the second
night and also when we saw theuh, actually, when it was
streaming on the movie theaters,I was like, no, he's not gonna
get me again.
Yeah, no, he got me.

(07:06):
God, I love that song.
I know some of you told me youteared up as well just hearing
me recap it.
Honestly, come on, I'll be thesame.
I'm kidding, I'm here, I'mfeeling emotional again, but you
know, live music has this wayof making you feel you're part

(07:28):
of something, something bigger,right?
So if you have been to aconcert this year that have that
gave you the same goosebumps,that feeling, let us talk about
it.
Tag me on your social bestconcert.
How about that?
Tag me like best concert momentso far, because the year has

(07:52):
not ended yet and there's moreconcerts coming.
Then, of course, august wouldn'tbe complete without our Ransom
Rambling episode.
On our Ransom Rambling, we liketo like pick topics, especially
of what's going on in like thenews world.
Some article that we just cameupon, sarah came up on one from

(08:14):
Rolling Stone's BTS solo ranking.
We had thoughts.
Which ranking surprised you themost, if you actually came upon
that article, and also what youknow what we commented as well,
because we had you know.
Did you agree with us?
Did you disagree?
Let us know.
Then there was this cartoon onenight reunion news that happened

(08:38):
.
We were shocked.
Were you shocked?
Were you excited?
Or both?
I was was shocked becausesupposedly there's like no more.
It just you know cartoon said,uh, activities have halted, no
more back in march, and thenthat, and we were like whoa,
okay anyways.
And of course we couldn't ignorethe kcon la chaos, because kcon

(09:00):
, you know that has only been onla.
We went to one in new york andwe loved it, but apparently I
found this article for somebodywho a fan, who actually went and
did their own like concertexperience on kcon la.
It said it was chaos, therewere missing panels, there were
merch drama, were Were you atKCON?

(09:21):
I definitely want to hear yourstory, good or bad, but on that
episode at least we got to endthe episode with a high note,
with Monsta X announcing the X,oh my God, their comeback album.
What, oh, I love this group somuch.
I love this group so much, butdid you did you?
Did you stream?

(09:41):
You had a stream party.
I was streaming it as soon asit dropped and I'm still
streaming it.
Come on, our boys.
So that was august a month fullof music discoveries, live
experience experiences and justplenty of opinions.
If you miss any of thoseepisodes, go go back.
Go back and catch up.

(10:02):
They're perfect for like aweekend listen, long commute or
just chilling with your favoritebeverage and, like I said, keep
the conversation going.
It's an open conversation.
Tag me on your social media, inyour socials.
Let me tell me your favoriteAugust track, also your biggest
fangirl or fanboy moment, andeven what you want me to cover

(10:25):
next month.
So if you have any ideas, letme know.
Maybe another group that youwant Sarah and I to do a deep
dive.
Please let us know.
That's it, you know.
Thank you so much for hangingout with me on this August
Rewind.
I love hearing from you andjust building this community
together.
Yes, thank you, thank you,thank you.
So until next time, keepstreaming, keep sharing and keep

(10:50):
loving the music that makes youfeel something.
So until next time, bye-bye,johnny.