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THE APRIL 2024 WATCHLIST | Please read below!
🕑 Added 2024-03-24 08:11:09 +0000 UTCWhat's good, Patreon family! (and prospective Patrons! ๐)
Today's update is pretty important not just because it outlines our stuff for April, but also there are some specifics I think that are worth being across so people don't misunderstand. The reading comprehension devil strikes everyone eventually though, so any questions, leave them below! ๐
Alright!
THE FOCUS
Welcome to the new-and-improved Lok takes care of himself timeline, where ๐ฅ๐ฅconsistency ๐ฅ๐ฅ is the focus, and not MAXIMUM OUTPUT FULL THROTTLE CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT.
Finally! I'm finding some semblance of this thing they call 'balance'. Me finding balance is not for everyone though, so please read to the end if possible just so you're across what's good.
Part 1 - General notes
This month is a big cut-back for me. Frankly, I've been a bit worried about it for some time just because I know that inevitably, this will drive some people away because I don't post their favourite artists or frequency isn't what people want it to be or whatever, but some massive restructuring has been going on in my brain, and I'm so appreciative of those of you guys who are here to support.
At the end of the day, as much as I have to / want to focus on Patreon, I need to rest as well, be able to read and go outside, and also be able to focus on the YouTube channel too. I've been able to do none of that consistently for ages, and no amount of pre-filming or scheduling helps you if the workload simply has you drowning haha.
So, this watchlist is mainly for me to tell myself to chill the fuck out, and more than anything, give you quality vibes on a consistent basis with videos you can look forward to and that we can enjoy together as opposed to just spamming this that and the other because that's what people are used to. I figured out that most people honestly just value consistency even if frequency is smaller as opposed to just absolute quantity SPAM.
I asked a lot of you guys about language learning vibes over here too and the response was insane. This is something I've wanted to do forever as well too just to...advance my BRAIN and my language skills, but I've been on this deathloop of just thinking about how much content I can shit out each month before it burns me out.
I'm not getting ahead of myself on any of that, but just know that here I'm lowering my baseline as much as possible so my balance can be prioritised first, and if we happen to drop extra stuff then you guys are cheering. Not the other way around where things are coming out mega late, I'm on catch-up duty, and you guys can't look forward to when something is going to drop.
As somewhat of a final reminder, I'd just like to say again - I am NO LONGER a K-Pop only creator and have not been for a while. Does this mean K-Pop is disappearing? God no. It does mean though that I'm going to try and be creative with how I do things over here, and also factor in realistically what I can do with what I really want to do. SO-
Part 2 - K-Pop content
As you'll notice, LENIVERSE and Jeongwaja have been scrubbed just for the moment. I-Land 2 is happening, and honestly I've been waiting for this for YEARS. It's a huge potentially 2 hour timeslot just for one show each week, and you know that with me it's always longer because...well...๐ฃ๏ธ๐คฃ I want to enjoy that as much as possible, but also know that these longer shows are draining.
On Mondays, I'll be uploading those above album listens sporadically, but those SPECIFIC album listens are guaranteed to be out in the month of April on Mondays. Purple Kiss, Young Posse, and also Wendy will be posted before the end of March. Any other comebacks that happen we'll just take it as it comes.
The live stage marathon will cover the following artists (at least): ๐งจ Purple Kiss, YooA, Chungha, Twice, LE SSERAFIM, TXT, Babymonster, I.M, ARTMS, Loossemble, NCT Dream (and whoever else announces in April that I'm interested in) ๐งจ
tripleS remains weekly on Fridays with SIGNALs (how we feelin' out there, WAVs?), and I-Land 2 will start from the 18th. I'll be watching and posting teasers / performances prior to the beginning of April, just in case anyone was wondering.
As far content I'm interested in - I'd love to know if people are still down to watch Earth Arcade. I've been wanting to chuck it back on for a bit, and I'd love to see if anyone is still down to finish that off together. For BTOB, I'm just gathering some new content right now, but we'll have Hyunsik's album listen in April regardless. Knowing Bros Ep. 321 ft. BTOB might be next month. Have yet to see how it fits, but its on my radar! Eunchae's Star Diary ft. Nayeon x Wendy x ChungHa I also want to get to eventually, and of course back to LENIVERSE. Monsta X content, BTS and TXT is still on the radar too. I just don't want to overload, and certainly don't want to overpromise.
Part 3 - K-Drama content
As you guys can see - we have 3 dramas currently up! I ran a poll, and no matter what, somehow people get the wrong ideas with them sometimes so there's not a "winner" from last poll, but rather just an interest check on what people are down to watch.
In line with not stressing myself and also just being as transparent with you guys as possible, I'm simply just not going to commit certain days / frequency to two of the dramas at least for April while I go back to the drawing board.
Marry My Husband and Twinkling Watermelon are PRIORITY dramas for me (which means YES I am going to be posting them and keep watching them), but doing it at an unspecified pace just gives me so much more room to post as frequently as I want to whether that be a little more or a little less - just as long as drama content goes up, which it always does.
So we'll have It's Okay To Not Be Okay on an episode a week, and Marry My Husband / Twinkling Watermelon dropping ๐ซ sporadically. ๐ซ This means it could be once a week if I can manage for each, or it might be once one week, then a 2 week break and then you get 3 eps in one drop another week - just as an example.
I'm just going to watch, film, and drop those at the pace that works. Thanks for your understanding in advance, y'all!
Part 4 - Anime content
First and foremost y'all, THE LIVE ANIMES ARE FINISHED ๐ฎโ๐จ๐ฎโ๐จ They were INCREDIBLE but please for the love of god don't let me follow 6-7 animes (3 of which are the big 3????) again at the same time LMAO. It was way harder for the last 6-ish months than I'd thought, but the output for anime was at maximum overdrive for so long I thought I was going to die in March.
Don't get me wrong, I've loved every second of the shows we've watched, but I figured out my maximum limits pretty quickly.
SO!
This month, we'll be back to just the big 3 (One Piece, Naruto, Bleach) and Hunter x Hunter.
๐งโ๐พ Hunter x Hunter will just be one drop again whilst I just reset a bit, and then from May I'll start assessing where it fits in the overall scheme of things. It might be like 2 episodes a week or something eventually, but I'm sure most of you guys would just be happy with anything - even this arrangement we have now, so thank you for that!
๐ For Bleach...THOUSAND YEAR BLOOD WAR STARTS NOW BABY!- and that means that Bleach goes from 5 episodes a week down to 2 episodes. This shouldn't be new information to you guys as I've talked about it EVERY OPPORTUNITY I GET on the videos lmao but basically Bleach: 5 episodes โก๏ธ 2 episodes.
๐ฅท๐ป๐ดโโ ๏ธFor Naruto Shippuden and One Piece - this might sound kind of crazy, and maybe I've blown it up way too much in my head at least, but I'll be reducing the episode counts from 5 episodes a week...to 4 episodes a week ๐คฃ
I know it seems kind of pointless, but the grand scheme of things makes a massive difference.
3 live animes - 3 eps / week x 4 = (12 eps) +
Bleach (normally 5 episodes) down to 2 eps a month = 3 ep diff x 4 weeks = (12 eps) +
One Piece & Naruto - 1 episode / week each = 2 x 4 (8 eps)...
Total: I'm scrubbing off 32 episodes of anime this month alone and it gives me so much time to either rest or get ahead it's not funny. This is my aim, and this is what we've been doing in excess for the last 2-3 months lmao.
Final notes
Big update y'all, and glad you read it if you did!
Lastly, regarding Twitch, in an effort to make things more efficient and also to just preserve that energy / take regular breaks, etc., I'm going to be taking most content off of Twitch.
Sorry for those of you guys who frequent the livestreams, but the constant hyper-awareness of spoilers for animes we're watching / matching my sleep with timezones on the opposite side of the world for viewership / general awareness of chat / inability to take breaks for extended periods / dead chats sometimes affecting my own energy, I've just decided that I'd go back to pulling up and filming whenever I want during the day off stream, and I'll share some K-Pop stuff like the live stage marathons and probably tripleS SIGNALs over there.
I'll pull up and do gaming streams and general chatting streams and stuff each week, but they'll be scheduled eventually, and won't be focussed on content. I've streamed 164 out of the last 180 days for at least 6 hours on average, and it's safe to say, I'm dead lmao.
I'll be taking more care and just pulling up for vibes and to chat / just enjoy your company, so I hope some of you can still come through. i always worried my Patreon was inaccessible as well too, so did EVERYTHING through stream first, but I think we had a solid time doing that, and now we're back.
So there it is! Any thoughts or questions, let me know below, but also if you read to the end, claim your yellow strawberries by letting me know in the comments below! ๐๐
Love ya, and let's kill this month!
~ Lok โค๏ธ
Comments
BH
I just joined b/c I heard a rumor that you're restarting Earth Arcade ๐
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Hi Tom, as stated in a previous post about a week ago, these will be done in due time but before the next scheduled upload. Thanks!
Thomas Hollenstein
Hi, I was wondering if the Hunter x Hunter episodes from march are still commig or if the next upload is going to be on April 23th
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Hey man, hope the same for you. Maybe! Canโt say when exactly, but keep an eye out in case / if we can get to it ๐
Chris Chan
Hope all is well. Will you be covering Knowing Bros with Babymonster once it's subbed? Thanks.
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
No worries man! Yeah for sure - I think I just fell off Day 6's sound a little early but the nose dive into Onewe and Lucy was crazy hahaha I still listen to them like every other day at this point
Tystant
Oh, thanks for the quick update. Cheers bro! Its great you still listen to other Kbands.
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
I stopped listening to Day 6 actively a looooooooooooong time ago just because I got into ONEWE and LUCY. I checked out their recent MV on the Skip or Playlist Ep. 2 which will be uploaded soon, but yeah I haven't listened to them for like 3 years.
Tystant
Why is no more day6 content? I found your channel with them.
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Hi, I mentioned this quite a bit awhile ago, but they've been discontinued as I was no longer interested in watching the show!
Alliana Kelley
Hi, I was wondering what happened to the Castaway Diva reactions?
Lea
Yellow strawberry's๐๐! Anime only here I'm glad you have a schedule that finally lets you rest & have more time you deserve it! ..... Can't wait to see your reactions to Bleach Tybw & more Hunter x Hunter here & there but I'm more interested in you seeing more of Naruto Shippuden for rn lol ๐น :-)
myles pavitt
Your health is the most important thing, so you do whatever works for you and I'll be happy with it no matter what the scheduling is ๐
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
That's honestly totally understandable! If GP999 was like 100% hype then I'm like...65% right now but we'll see! Haha. Thanks so much for the love on the drama tier and I hope you enjoy those bangers coming too!! :D
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
This means the world as always brother! Thanks so much for the love and support <3 Get back to that vacation! Yellow strawberries: claimed, Earth Arcade: NOTED MHMMMMM
fimmiestan
I am absolutely fine with the new frequency of releases. As a newish Patreon subscriber, I have sooooo much content to catch up on already. As far as pre-recording stuff at your previous pace, you weren't really saving yourself work, because you were constantly pre- recording for the next thing, so not really saving yourself any work. For the twitch streams, I really enjoy just hanging out with the chill vibes and having conversations with you and the other viewers... once you start recording, I generally dip out, mainly because I am not caught up with whatever is being watched, so your proposed change for twitch is 100% fimmiestan approved lmao. Okay... back to enjoying my vacation... peace out!! *cough* yellowstrawberry*cough* P.s. yes earth angel!!!!
stylesniklaus
i canโt bring myself to watch iland2 ๐ญ๐ญ wakeone will never see me again after kepiโฆ Iโm only in the kdrama tier right now but i canโt wait to see your reaction to this line up!!
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Yessir Koneko! Thanks so much for the love and for watching with me all this time!
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Let's go man! ๐๐
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Thanks heaps always Aly! Big love to you man! <3
koneko1110
Can't wait for the TYBW to start! :) All the best!
alesha feisal
always down for anything !! - ๐๐
Aly A.
Looking forward on everything, Lok! Also, don't worry about cutting down streams and contents, we understand! Take care of yourself. bro!
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
That's some good yellow strawberries bro ๐คฉ ๐๐
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Let's goooo man! ๐ฅ๐ฅ
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Love you most bro
Mason
Love you too loksmith
socks
The drama trio is such a good selection, I'm hyped either way! Let's go, Lok!! ๐ฅ๐ฅ
RisingSunbebe
Here, you need to be fed ๐๐... although I already knew all this hahahaha โค๏ธ
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Thanks so much for letting me know man! I actually wanted to chuck it on this month but I'm not confident I'd be able to get to it consistently haha. If I can manage an episode if we have more time than I expect, then it'll be here! But until then, just know I'm still thinking about it and haven't ever not wanted to continue haha. Appreciate it bro! โค๏ธ
Angus L
Hope earth arcade will be back soon, been waiting of you to keep reacting to it for soooo loooonnggg๐๐๐. Especially S2๐.
LKTV ๋กํฌ ใญใใญใผ
Thanks always Para <3 Appreciate it heaps man! I know not everyone will vibe change or whatever but if it means I can keep being here and post fun videos on the YouTube those people might like PLUS rest too? I'll take it!
Parawolf89
As a Kstar only sub for now. It doesnโt bother me on the frequency u post content I enjoy. Because at the end of the day I want you to be healthy and happy mentally/physically. And also have time to spend w ur partner as well. I am excited for Iland 2. Canโt wait whenever u do drop the Langauge videos! Appreciate you and thanks for the update! ๐- wonโt let me change it to yellow ๐
