Chapter 7: Play Anywhere but Home by Kang Seulgi <3

Chapter 3: Woa. It’s kinda embarrassing that i connect to this Seulgi so much. 😅

Chapter 8: well that was a good read. thank you so much for this author. i admire your writing so :’)

Chapter 6: i think im starting to understand how joohyun’s mind works. she says she wants to leave her current life yet she hesitates when it all comes down to it. ultimately, she loves the idea of joohyun but afraid to grasp the idea of actually being joohyun, and i think that’s her character’s biggest flaw. she wants to be joohyun, just joohyun, but irene’s hold on her is too tight. her identity is drowning in a dilemma. her wants and her words negate her actions and reasons…. what an interesting character.

Chapter 8: this is is so cute 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

Chapter 8: I love this.. thank you!

Chapter 8: Still crying

Chapter 5: Omfg I'm crying

Chapter 8: Well damn, you just don't miss, do you :D

The first thing I have to mention about this one is the vibe. It's hard for me to describe what I mean by that specifically, but just the overall vibe felt so amazing. The late-night / early-morning setting, the street lamps, the neon lights, the car drives, the gas station, Seulgi, Joohyun, Yeri's diner... Everything fits so well together. I have to say, as a night owl and night > day kind of person myself, this was an absolute joy to read.
Also, I have to say, these cars you introduce... I'll have to write Lamborghini Countach just under Ferrari Testarossa in the list of dream cars I'll never have haha.

Then the characters. Wow. I said it in my Star Girl comment and I'll repeat myself here as well. The way you write your characters so relatable (well, at least to me I guess), is just... incredible, honestly. The way I saw myself in Seulgi was crazy. I mean I said something similar about Irene from Star Girl, but then again they definitely feel super similar to each other. But I wrote enough about this in my Star Girl comment so I'll cut myself short and spare you the personal details ^^'.

As I mentioned I was really curious about how you went about translating the song into the story and I have to say, even beyond all of the lyric references scattered throughout (especially in chapter 5 and of course the final chapter) you managed to incorporate it super well. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Joohyun was written to be similar to The Weeknd himself. The blinding lights being The Weeknd's and Joohyun's fame, which follows them during the day, them seeking a respite in the calmness of the night, without anyone to judge them. Joohyun mentioning she sometimes just wants to leave everything behind her and just hit the road.
But at the same time, you managed to spin it to fit Seulgi's point of view as well. The ending of chapter 5 was when it hit me the most. "...and Seulgi, there alone and broken, blinded by the lights." The blinding lights representing once again Joohyun's fame, something Seulgi could never be the part of. Something that, at the time, felt like a wall in the path of her and Joohyun's relationship, flashing so bright it made her lose her way.
So yeah overall I'd say you did one hell of a job and very much did the song justice!

I also have to briefly mention a part that I'm absolutely in love with from the end of chapter 1: "...The night time is perfect for those things. In the dark only the shadows remain. Secrets are spilt and friendships formed and loves born and the world turns. Turns and it turns. And when the morning comes all that remains is memories, the lucid aftermath of a time better spent, a momentary wanderlust in the hectic nature of all things." A beautiful description of night, and one of the many reasons I love it.

Lastly, I have to agree with what you said in the author's note in chapter 4 and in your reply on Star Girl, how Blinding Lights shares themes with Star Girl and is basically a more fleshed out and better written Star Girl 2.0. (Although I still like Star Girl, don't get me wrong). It really shows your improvement, both in writing and in conveying the messages and emotions. Honestly speaking I was ready to spontaneously combust around episode 4, just because of the sheer volume of emotions I was feeling while reading. It was a really enjoyable ride once again.
Really groovy ;D

PS: While the soundtrack you chose for this story was amazing by itself, there is one more song that feels like it would fit incredibly well: FM-84 (ft. Ollie Wride) - Running In The Night. It's one of my favorite songs, and you know it as well judging by the fact you added it into your SCV playlist ^^. It came up in my playlist while I was reading and I felt like it was made for the story.

Chapter 6: Drunk irene is cute sksksksksks