Rod Kim

🎵Songwriter, YouTuber, 90s Nostalgia Junkie🎶 (he/him)

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Complete playlists (now with more 🍎!) available here!👉 https://t.co/pcSqcl2EoE

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"Don't care as much." - @rodkim's songwriting advice to his younger self 🔥

Watch the full #SoundAdvice on Youtube: https://t.co/gZ8QRjceaD

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There is a literal baby at this @tpain concert 😂

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Thank you @nikizefanya and thank you @88rising for this awesome 45! And LOVE the new single🙏🙏🙌🙌 #aapi #APAHM #aapimusic #songwriter #niki #88rising #everysummertime #shangchi #toomuchofagoodthing

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There will be professional press photos of me at this red carpet on the internet soon. As usual, I had no idea what I was doing 🤓 #backtoblack #youtube #youtubemusic #youtubeshorts

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Let fat boy Friday commence 🥳

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When I was about 10-years-old, I saw an Asian-American superhero on TV for the very first time: she was just a couple years older than me, loved arcades like me and liked chili fries at the mall like me. I didn’t process it at the time, but that was probably the first time I realized it was possible for faces like mine to be cool without being a kung fu master, broken English comic relief or sidekick that was a whiz with technology.

Jubilee’s superpowers weren’t some cosmic variation on karate chops, she spoke with fluency and she broke things…she was figuring out her place between worlds, she was messy AND SHE WAS SO COOL. She was meant to be the audience’s perspective into the action packed world of the X-Men, and she totally was, but it also felt like my actual, specific perspective.

At the time, none of my friends knew it though. It was the 90s and so Jubilation Lee wasn’t animated to show her ethnicity and she wasn’t voiced by an Asian American actress. Still, it was nice to have baby steps. Fast forward three decades and X-Men: The Animated Series has a revival announced with the original cast returning…but the ICONIC voice actress of the original Jubilee, Alyson Court, actively steps down from the role and rallies for accurate representation.

Today I had the privilege of meeting the MEGA TALENTED @holycowhollych, who it turns out was just as much of an X-Men Animated Series fan (see last slide, I’m with you on Storm girl!), and is now the life, soul and literal breath of Jubilee. I know a lot of people who don’t relate to the experiences described above will just shrug it off as “So what? It’s just woke, it’s no big deal” but if we’ve ever been friends, trust me…it’s a very big deal to kids like me that watched that pilot episode of X-Men and saw themselves for the first time.

Also this show is f**king INSANE and INCREDIBLE. Should you watch it? Does a Mall Babe Eat Chili Fries?

#xmen97 #aapi

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For being such a low key and chill song, “You Gotta Be” by Des’ree was one of the most hype-up anthems of the 90s and beyond. #desree #yougottabe #desreeyougottabe #90s #90smusic #90ssong #90ssongs #90sthrowback #90sthrowbacks #90sthrowbacksong #90sthrowbacksongs #90skid #90skids

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X-Men ‘97 is literally giving me everything I ever wanted.

Re: Ep6

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This song made me feel so many strong emotions for being so young. “If You’re Not the One” by Daniel Bedingfield is such a heartbreak anthem but so hard to sing! #danielbedingfield #ifyourenottheone #2000s #2000smusic #2000ssong #2000ssongs #2000sthrowback #2000sthrowbacks

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Once a hit 90s song literally had the lyrics “choo choo train”. You could count on “C’mon and Ride It (The Train)” by Quad City DJs to happen at least once at every high school dance, if not more! #quadcitydjs #cmonridethetrain #tootseeroll #90s #90smusic #90ssong #90ssongs

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How to have a 90s kid-tastic Sunday night, step 1:

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The blue album by Collective Soul is one of my favorite albums of all time and one of its best highlights is “The World I Know”. It still holds up today and is arguably more relevant now than ever. #collectivesoul #theworldiknow #90s #90smusic #90ssong #90ssongs #90sthrowback

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Watch me bring chaos to RoomieOfficial’s top 100 most successful artists reaction🤪👉 https://t.co/aN86PtS5Pg

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Maybe it’s because one of my closest friends is getting married today, but I’m pretty sentimental right now and “By Your Side” by Sade is a perfect love song and super romantic. #sade #byyourside #sadebyyourside #2000s #2000smusic #2000ssong #2000ssongs #2000sthrowback

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1900s?!😭🫠

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The theme song for a movie called “Up Close and Personal” was the massive hit “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion…and even though I never saw the movie, this song was inescapable. #celinedion #becauseyoulovedme #90s #90smusic #90ssong #90ssongs #90sthrowback

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This song made so many huge promises but I still loved “Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden. This was basically fantasy wedding vows set to music. #savagegarden #savagegardentrullymadlydeeply #trulymadlydeeply #90s #90smusic #90ssong #90ssongs #90sthrowback

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Beyoncé was introduced to hs through Destiny’s Child and I think “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” might be my favorite song from that era. #destinyschild #jumpinjumpin #beyonce #2000s #2000smusic #2000ssong #2000ssongs #2000sthrowback #2000sthrowbacks #2000sthrowbacksong #2000sthrowbacksongs