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Phichit+chu: Congrats!!!
Christophe-gc: Seriously?
Phichit+chu: Yes?
Phichit+chu: You’re a kickass musician, you deserved the win
Christophe-gc: I mean you’re pretty kickass yourself, cher
Phichit+chu: Yeah well I’ll beat you next year
Phichit+chu: So don’t get too comfortable
Christophe-gc: Ok but here’s the real question
Christophe-gc: On a scale of one to ten how mad would you be
Phichit+chu: 13
Christophe-gc: Shut up
Christophe-gc: How mad would you be if I skipped the Tripple Threat new years party to watch drag race reruns?
V-nikiforov: Congrats on Backbeat! New Years Bash is on new years eve (obviously). It’ll be at my suite in nyc, I’ll get you the address when you rsvp. ;) You do have a plus one if you want one, but you don’t need one. Keep me posted and say hi to Leo de la Iglesia for me!
Christophe-gc: Will do!
Christophe-gc: Also I have a weird and not entirely hypothetical question about that plus one
Mini @kenjstan: Petition for @christophe_gc to wear the smhyb outfit to new years lrt if you agree.
@phichit+chu: For all of you asking about my response to @christophe-gc, it’s here ! Makeup tutorial for this look should also be up later this week!
[IMG: A standard Phichit Chulanont mirror selfie featuring dramatic red lipstick and sharp eyeliner. Black pumps can be seen sitting on the edge of the counter.]
@peachteababy: He should’ve won backbeat just saying
@giacomettea: @peachteababy let it go, smhyb was gold
@haschulavistababy: The death drop tho
@ttthreattt: Ok but is that @christophe-gc’s lipstick?
@chulalala: @ttthreattt NO
@smackbeat: @ttthreattt it’s actually really close
@nikbitch: @ttthreattt @smackbeat you don’t say…
Christophe Giacometti @christophe_gc: To all of you who seem to think I shipped off my lipstick to Phichit Chulanont in a cardboard box- I’d never. However, I did give him the product name when he asked.
All the reasons to stan Phi’s Toxic video
By moi, of course, motheriglesia
So. I’ve received at least fifteen anons in the past few days asking me why I’ve been posting so many Phichit Chulanont gifs on this blog, after all, I’m a Leo de la Iglesia blog, and I never stray from the holy god of backbeat. Anyways, instead of answering a ton of asks individually, I’m making a master post.
So. First of all. From a vocal standpoint, his rendition is pretty incredible. Like I don’t know if all y’all green beans remember the early days, but Phi started out doing cute uke covers. And they were adorable. But this is on a whole new level, especially for him. Just listen to the falsetto at 2:35. Listen to it.
Second point. This video is also strangely out of character for Phi. It’s edgy, it’s raunchy. It’s not typical of Phichit “Sunshine Child” Chulanont. And some of y’all aren’t happy about that. But seriously, this is him breaking out of his shell. He’s progressing, redefining his image, adding more depth to himself and that’s gutsy, but also really important.
Third main point. It’s petty as hell. Seriously. This guy drops a youtube video, rips off like twenty of Chris’s signature moves, tags him in the Insta post, and acknowledges him in the fucking credits . Like honestly what an icon. Not to mention the fact that he’s wearing the same lipstick as Chris in smhyb, confirmed by Giacometti himself. I aspire to be this petty.
Fourth and finally the Toxic video is fucking gold and anyone who says otherwise can fight me.
Leo de la Iglesia @leodelabackbeat: Backbeat’s exclusive interview with @christophe_gc drops tonight at midnight featuring the questions you asked and games with @guanghongji of course!
The video started simply- the Backbeat logo popped up on screen followed by a wide shot of the studio stage. The theme song played. The audience roared. And Leo de la Iglesia walked confidently into the frame. He waved at the audience, laughing a little as the music faded out.
“Good evening, good evening,” he said as things quieted. “And welcome to the studio! I’m Leo de la Iglesia with Backbeat Music, and I, probably much like you, am not anywhere near prepared for what’s about to happen in this studio.”
The audience clapped at that and Leo just laughed.
“I tried to dress for it,” he said. “I had to ask Ji for advice. He told me to push my sleeves up and wear tight pants. This is his vest, actually, which is why it’s so tight.”
The audience laughed, Leo nodding in agreement.
“Anyways,” he said. “This is a very special interview with a very special someone- someone who just won Backbeat’s Cover Artist of the Year award. Flying in all the way from Chicago, the one and only Christophe Giacometti!”
The audience roared as Chris entered, swinging his hips ever so slightly as he walks. He shook Leo’s hand, pulled the man into a hug, and dipped him ballroom style before taking his seat on a barstool.
“New pants Leo?” he asked. “They look great, though I can think of a few places they’d look better.”
A handful of distinct wolf whistles could be heard from the crowd as Leo sat down.
“I’ve heard that one before,” he said with a smirk. “Is that really the best you could come up with?”
Chris just laughed. “Oh, darling, we have a whole interview.”
The interview flew by. Leo, of course, had plenty of questions ranging from music to relationship advice and everything in between. He asked about makeup, about inspirations, about burlesque. Chris responded to at least five of his questions with pick up lines, though most of his answers were loaded with innuendo regardless.
About forty-five minutes into the interview, Leo had somehow lost his vest, one of his shoes, and pulled his hair up into a poofy man bun.
That was when he decided it was time for games with Ji.
The audience cheered as the small Chinese man practically bounced onto the stage.
“Ji!” Leo said enthusiastically. “What do we have in store for game night tonight?”
The other man just laughed. “So I polled the internet,” he said. “And I was expecting a few things- truth or dare, maybe, some sort of sexy rendition of never have I ever.”
“I’d lose,” Leo deadpanned.
“Good thing we aren’t playing. We also are not playing seven minutes in heaven with members of the audience, but kudos to twitter user mettagia for the most creative response anyone’s ever sent me.”
Chris, along with most of the audience, laughed a little too hard.
“Anyways,” Guang Hong continued. “The internet decided on a good old-fashioned game of hot or not, and I even let them submit a few contestants.”
The audience roared as Ji motioned to the screen behind them. On his cue, a picture of a man popped up- a Hollywood actor that Chris didn’t seem to recognize.
“I don’t know who that is,” he said with a smirk. “But he has good cheekbones, I’d definitely sleep with him.”
Ji’s game quickly determined that Christophe Giacometti would sleep with most people, including all three members of Tripple Threat, most of the cast of Grey’s Anatomy, and one Twitter user’s brother whose picture was lucky (or unlucky) enough to get pulled from the submissions pile.
“Last one,” Ji said, gesturing to the screen one more time.
The image appeared, and for a minute, Chris just laughed.
“Is that Phichit Chulanont? Like a really old picture? I think that’s Phichit Chulanont. Damn, my dear internet children, you can do better than this, right? At least get a picture with the eyeliner.”
“Technically,” Guang Hong said with a smirk, “that’s not an answer.”
Chris looked confused for a second before he realized it.
“Oh,” he said simply. “Who wouldn’t sleep with Phichit Chulanont?”
Yuri Plisetsky @y_plisetsky: @christophe_gc i wouldn’t, just saying.