I don't remember how fresh this information is because I don't know if I've mentioned it enough and in detail in this blog, but Jiahang was actually an YG trainee from age 14 to 16. He spend most of that time under KPlus, their model division, learning absolutely nothing because he's really hard to teach anything music related, God bless his heart. He got transferred last minute to active trainee because his millionaire dad paid the Hell out of everyone in charge to get him into the possible lineup for the at the time rumored YG Treasure Box. As a response to that, this man got BULLIED TO SHREDS by EVERYONE AROUND, and I'm talking SOUTH KOREAN ACCURATE BULLYING. Like, there's a reason why when he joined Boy Of The Week, a whole year after quitting YG, mind you!, that he had the shortest hair he ever had in his life and was desperate to not stand out.
But! Let's imagine a world in which he endured all that or some sort of interference happened so things didn't escalate to the point they had. If he never quitted YG, he would be put on Treasure Box, receive the most majestic and appealing cut in the history of reality television, and make it at the 11th to 13th cut, max. Debuting would make him the first chinese Idol under YG Entertainment, and although that would possibly skyrocket his fanbase in mainland China and a lot of SEA countries - specially because he lived in the Philippines! His tagalog is atrocious but hey! - it would also put an immense target on his back over How That Happened, despite the involvement of his father being very minimal in this canon compared to how tangled he had to get with New Wave Music to give Jiahang a spot in LOOPiN.
Really, I don't think he would stay long as a Treasure member by an infinity of reasons, in fact, I see him exiting the group alongside Mashiho and Yedam in late 2022, or maybe even earlier. I think he could make himself into an Idol archetype that worked for him in Treasure, but without anyone putting on the Produce Line pants and actually training him and making him drop the non ambitious act, as happened here, Idol life would get very boring and unfulfilling to Jiahang very fast.
After quitting Treasure, he would definely go back to the mainland, or maybe Taiwan or Hong Kong if he felt more like depending on his dad's influence, and stablish himself there. Do a ton of CFs, act a bit, model a little, regret back to ulzzang mostly, release one song once in a blue moon... And that's that!
ATEEZ's MINWOO.
Oh boy... So, Minwoo was the second ever trainee under KQ Entertainment, arriving at the company right after Hongjoong, and was immediately cut into the debut team. That ended up not lasting because of his constant fights with superiors and trainers, his push to be made the head of a fully self producing group - sounds familiar? Lmao -, as well as the fact that he couldn't get along with the forming trainee team in any way. Like, the Ateez members in LOOPiN canon hate him, just absolutely hate him, and they only had to deal with him for 8 months. Yet they have great reasons for that because MINWOO USED TO SUCK ASS!
That hatred would not digress all that much if he ended up debuting in Ateez, because he would debut extremely unsatisfied. There's also no reality in which he stays in the group longer than 2 years before getting the boot. Minwoo is not an Idol that can function anywhere outside of LOOPiN with all its particularities and the power that he was granted inside New Wave Music, that is like, almost unheard of for a trainee - the one thing I can compare it to, if I'm not mistaken, would be Bang Chan with Stray Kids, kind of, or Kahi with Afterschool, but even they didn't get that producer-ish status until they were already a) under the company for ages or b) already debuted and successful.
After being excused from Ateez, I don't think he would go down quietly; he would probably Say Too Much and tarnish his reputation in the process, making coming back in a group or even a soloist very hard, close to impossible, I would even say. That wouldn't discourage him from making music, and he would stay in the industry as a music producer, and maybe find career redemption there. And he would be extremely unhappy in a lifetime like that, by the way! Forever bitter his Idol dream didn't work! When I say Minwoo without LOOPiN would have turned out a miserable person, I mean it.
OOO's HANJAE.
Enough with the failures! Let's talk something that would work! Before being added to LOOPiN next minute to fill in Dongwook getting the chop, Hanjae was already under BBC and he was training with the guys that ended up becoming OnlyOneOf. If he hadn't made it as a replacement, he would get integrated into the lineup with ease, and get transferred to 8D with everyone and eventually debut in OOO.
I honestly think there's a lot of room for success for Hanjae in this version of canon, and much like will happen to him in LOOPiN eventually duo to both group's acting heavy concept - a concept that I find it so hard for Hanjae to execute without combusting, but I digress! - I see him getting a Rowoon/Eunwoo sort of deal and reaching popular actor status, as he's always intended to reach, and excel at it. Maybe because of OOO's nuguness, if you will, it would take him longer to get the sort of roles he's gotten up until now, but that would not frustrate Hanjae. He's definely someone that can be happy with moderate success, and that wouldn't fully succumb to the actor disease and ever leave the group - which might limited him more, too... But he isn't in it for glory and recognition, and honestly? That's a good mentality to have.
The only big loss I see in this version is his producing talents going by undiscovered, but he can live without them.
CRAVITY's HAEGON.
Okay, hear me out, I always had a clear vision of Cravity's Haegon. Just picture this: Kim Haegon, who spent most of his formative years as a Pledis trainee up until his favorite hyung Beomseok was dismissed from the company for 'being too old', which Haegon didn't take well back when he was 16, given their growing codependent sibling-ish deal. Now, if Beomseok had been firmer with him at that point in time and abandoned him for good - LIKE HE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, ANYWAYS! BUT ANYWAYS! - instead of going along with his plan to hunt a place for them to debut and landing in Boy Of The Week, everything would be so different for him.
Would Haegon go apeshit then? Yes. In the same way he's gone apeshit at 22 when Beomseok left the group without discussing it with him? No. It would be so much healthier for them to have gone their separate ways when Haegon was still a teenager. Like, his way of getting 'revenge' at Beomseok would be to get into his former company, Starship Entertainment - the one that really fucked him up - and grind his way to debut there no matter what, literally, no matter what, because he still had a bigger goal. LOOPiN Haegon in 2022 had all his dreams 'fulfilled', in his perspective, and had nothing else to focus his energy on except for the fact that Beomseok was missing - and that Gyujin was taking his place.
A lot of things would happen to him as consequence of him going to Starship, like A LOT, too many to get into here, but most of them would be good development things. I also think his bound with the Cravity members would be way less chaotic than with LOOPiN, that was fucked by Beomseok being his ultimate priority - unless Cravity has members creating vicious circles of codependency between each other and I'm not familiar with that!
Anyways, he would SHINE in Cravity after debut, but I honestly think a Haegon that got separated from Beomseok much earlier and had responsible enough people around him would shine anywhere. Suck that's not his canon, though! It actually really sucks that's not who he is or will ever be, now! It hurts me! It really does!
AND THE OTHERS...?
Without LOOPiN on their way, Taesong, Seungsoo, Haruki, Dylan, O.z and Gyujin would all end up as regular citizens, or at the very least non Idol celebrities! But that would be a whole other post...
as i mentioned on the things to know on my masterlist i only write for enhypen and txt so if you would like to request smth it has to be those two groups:)
18+ — mature
s — suggestive
f — fluff
a — angst
h — horror
y — yandere
m — mystery
d — drabbles
enhypen
lee heeseung
fish tank (a) (f) (coming soon)
the black arts (m) (a) (coming soon)
anything you want (f)
yang jungwon
coming soon!
park jongseong
coming soon!
sim jaeyun
it ends with tears (a) (coming soon)
shampoo (f) (coming soon)
playlist at night (f) (coming soon)
park sunghoon
tiramisu (f)
4:02am (18+) (coming soon)
kim sunoo
coming soon!
riki nishimura
tokyo drift (coming soon)
headcanons
enhypen as trimordial greek gods
enhypen as the olympians (coming soon)
enhypen as the seven deadly sins (coming soon)
enhypen as money heist characters (coming soon)
reactions
enhypen’s reaction to s/o in a dress (coming soon)
enhypen’s reaction to them getting their s/o pregnant as teens (coming soon)
series
border: carnival series (coming soon)
dimension: dilemma (coming soon)
dimension: answer (coming soon)
pop series (coming soon)
the neighbourhood series (coming soon)
txt
choi yeonjun
coming soon!
choi soobin
angel who one day appeared to me (m) (f) (coming soon)
take me away to your hometown (part 2 to ^^^) (m) (f) (coming soon)
choi beomgyu
벼랑 끝에서 너의 빛이 나를 이끌어 (on the edge of a cliff your light leads me) (a) (coming soon)
coming soon!
kang taehyun
time to say goodbye to tears (a) (f) (coming soon)
Here's a recap of my favorite korean releases of 2023, in order: albums, songs, and dramas... if you want to do something similar but are worried about no one caring please know that I do, that you should tag me and that i’ll even add everything to my lists if I haven't listened to smth/watched smth!!
My top 10 korean albums released in 2023:
1.Soojin -Agassy (all)
2.Red Velvet-Chill Kill (all)
3.Kwon Jin-ah -The Flag (all)
4.Zior Park -Where Does Sasquatch Live? Part 1 (6/7)
5.B.I -To Die For (7/9)
6.Kard -Icky (4/5)
7.IVE -I’ve IVE (7/11)
8.Aespa -My World (4/6)
9.XG -New DNA (4/6)
10.Jessica -Beep Beep (4/6)
Honorable mention absolutely worth mentioning: Yebit and her maxi single "Been"... it's only 3 songs, so not enough to qualify, but it's been released 5 days ago, and I feel it in my guts that it will carry me until March comes around!!
My top 20 korean songs released in 2023 (none from the albums above):
1.Primary, Tablo & Kriz -Black Knight
2.Penomeco -X
3.Cooing -Even So
4.Heo Hoy Kyung -Buried
5.Seventeen -Monster
6.Shinee -Identity
7.Yugyeom ft.LeeHi -Say Nothing
8.Yukika -A bit more
9.Jo Yuri -Bruise
10.B.I -Loved
11.Purple Kiss -Sweet Juice (Intro:Savior best intro of 2023)
i’m so thankful for you being in my life every single day and time. being able just to call you my lovely boyfriend puts the biggest smile on my pretty face.. i am so gladly, i get to spend the whole life with you, babe. i hopes a lot your birthday is everything you want it to be, and so much more. god has blessed me with so many things in life but the most beautiful blessing has been you, my perfect boyfriend. the love and care you have given me all these months is something that can only be compared with heaven. happiest levelled up, love. you mean more to me than you will ever know. you deserved nothing more that the bestest of all that life has to offer, and that’s my wish for you as you add another year. hope you have the blast day of your life, i love you endlessly and always. <3
Happy birthday, Bang Yedam. You're already 20 years old this year. I will continue to support like this. I will continue to follow your work and will continue to follow you like this. You will always be a good mentor to us. Have a lot of happiness, God Yedam.
Why don't yedam just leave treasure???? His ugly-looking face makes the group go low. He better stay away his ugly-looking trash fish face away from my guy jihoon and haruto. Yedam?? Disgusting. I always feel throwing up when seeing his face.
I respect every opinion but yours is just invalid👍🏻 anyways go cry in the corner about it and stop talking trash about Yedam or the boys😙
Just been listening to Bang Yedam’s ‘Wayo’ and his Treasure bros’ group version and I swear to fucking god YG if you don’t treat these little babies right I am fucking coming for you 😞
this, my friends, is bang yedam aka god yedam. yg’s been keeping him in the basement for the past 7 years and finally FINALLY the world has heard his vocals. he came in superstar k and he’s part of yg’s new boy group that are debuting next month !! their group name is treasure and it would mean the world if you would check him and his group out!!
his vocals are so unique i honestly don’t think i’ve heard anyone with his tone it’s really unique and it just sticks with you <3