yeah, there are definitely some concert streams where the backtrack is a lot more noticeable! it feels really hit or miss to me, like there have been some streams that have been reasonable, but others where they're obviously singing their hearts out but the sound mixing online is totally off, or there are clips from inside the venue where you can hear them more clearly.... irl, it's generally obvious when there isn't a backtrack, or they're singing over it, or if they've chosen not to sing a certain part! when they're singing, the sound is a lot fuller(?). I also feel like they typically don't try to hide when they're not singing (they don't lip sync to impossible sections LMAO). there will be more of a backtrack for songs with complicated choreo ofc..... even though I've seen them a bunch of times, the isytt clips have been really eye opening 😭 I would have expected at least an echo of the backtrack during a song so close to the end of the concert, but now that I've started rewatching some of my own concert videos, I can hear the little differences from the studio version.

tubatu's dedication to live singing is one of my favorite things about them :] there's nothing like the full body shivers that come from listening to taehyun in 0x1

I miss haw too 😖😖😖 let's say it's been a year since their first trip... and they've definitely gone on another! they have to scale it back a bit from the first one, of course.... I'm thinking they either go on a couple day trips, or just another short one around kai's birthday again (since yj basically funded the trip last time, but now he's funding the 3choi apartment). no feelings realizations quite yet, but lots of veiled homoeroticism.... yeonjun gets a little too emotional and handsy when he has more than one beer in him (impressive considering how emotional and handsy he is already).... taehyun's crushes wax and wane.... soobin asks too many questions about tyunning's sex life....... kai is enjoying being their emotional safe space.... beomgyu has realized that his heart has a room for a lot of love, even if he isn't quite sure what kind of love he wants yet..........

tbh my post-haw headcanon is that beomgyu continues school for one more year, then takes a gap year, then finishes his degree. his mental health is much better since he moved out of his father's apartment, but he's still recovering and decides that it's better to take care of himself before he ends up in that state again.... so this second trip is a break for them all, but specifically the start is a new chapter in beomgyu's healing :]

they take many smaller trips over the years and begin to explore other destinations, but their next loooooooooong trip is four years later, after taegyukai graduate together. that's when the magic starts to happen..................