February 19, 2025 I won't update this site for the time being, not only because I am working under different pseudonyms, but mainly due to preparing to transition into full AI integration, and it is very obvious that this is already an archive. I am "opening" the year with my very last html input for this version of the website featuring Just Dance extremes from previous years. After acquiring the military discipline that comes with k-pop, I'm finally confident to tackle these more difficult routines from the game. They're filmed in late 2024, 2025 and the subsequent ones are already on the wordpress version of this site, where I write almost daily. I'm also really happy to work with lyrics I understand and can relate to. I start with the epic Sushi Extreme by Mark & Kremont. Since all these years (I think it came out in 2017), it is the first time I had the opportunity to clean it up.
K-pop is still on the menu, but I decided that in 2025, life doesn't have to be a constant chore. Next, I take on Despacito Extreme up to chorus (twice). Not crazy about the chorus moves. During editing, I realized that at moments I'm off doing my own thing in there, so I'll have to get to the bottom of that. I've mega-starred both these extremes several times in the past, but only after filming have I been able to see exactly what I'm doing. So the work continues.
You're On My Mind by Imposs ft. J.Perry is one of my favorite songs in the game and the dance, while not extreme, combines several different moves from other very popular routines which makes the choreo so endearing. The difficulty is to transition from one map to another between coaches.
ShutDown is an intrapolation of Niccolò Paganini's 'III. Rondo à La Clochette'. It was intended for my experimental blog due to vfx mimicking system shutdown. The reason I film so much dance now is mainly because camera scoring is gone from video games since 2022 and I find it too risky to work without camera. Without camera feedback, it is impossible to properly learn moves. You get points, you think you're alright, but there is a tendency to "faux plis" that may lead to injuries. However, on camera, you see problems right away. With gaming, I noticed there is a huge disconnect between what you think you look like and what you really look like. Unless you're a professional dancer, there is a tendency to get wrong moves while having a distorted (too positive) perception of onself.
December 1, 2024. I tried to hate Christmas, but gave up. For some reason I am sensing hints and pixels of a 2014 Christmas vibe setting on early and lasting into late winter next year. There is something about that time of innocence, naiveté and optimism from 10 years ago that appears to be quietly returning. It is a very counter-intuitive vibe (in light of everything that is going on) but it appears to show up independently from whatever is happening.
This also means that 11 years ago, it was just as independent from world events as it is now, but we used to attribute our bright feelings to the blind trust we had in our world leaders, our institutions, our elect-representatives, and our justice systems. Although literally everything in the realm of trust has collapsed since then, the non specific vibing mood appears to be seeping back on. Lightness of being is remarkably more bearable than the other version.
These are from my kpop dance practice series. I am heavily influenced by Kpop both in music and dance. These choreographies are usually performed in typical combat boots (which I love btw). Not today. Here, I'm doing the chorus of Chk Chk Boom by Stray Kids twice at 100%, the chorus of Untouchable by Itzy, once at 90% and 3 x the chorus of Miovv by Miovv at 100%. These songs were all released in 2024 and dance practice videos of the full songs are always available online.
Dance happens to be the only thing AI can't do at all, so humans continue having a significant advantage in that regard. Kpop is, in that specific window of relevance, likely, solving the greatest existential crisis we've ever faced as human beings. If you can follow the moves of a kpop chorus, first in your head, then with your body, you can convince yourself with certainty that you are not a bot. If anyone ever accuses you of being a bot, respond with a kpop chorus routine.