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Hello again !! tysm for the selfie ship, would i be able to get a personality/written ship for skz, wayv, nct 127 monsta x and exo? <3
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In Stray Kids I ship you with... Jisung!
Jisung is WHIPPED. He is so in love with you being you. He loves your confidence, especially when you make a new outfit. Everyone feels your energy and it's so radiant and brilliant. You two are definitely head turners. Anytime someone asks him about you, he has a folder on his phone full of his favorite photos of you. When out in public he's always holding your hand, gently rubbing his thumb on the back of your hand. It's grounding for him, knowing you're there, but he knows how much you love it also.
In WayV I ship you with... Ten!
Ten is constantly sending you outfit inspo pics. Not only for you, but him as well. He loves your style and loves experimenting with his own woredrobe. Ten loves learning cooking tips from you also. On nights you suprise him with a home cooked dinner, he ropes you in the biggest hug possible. Your cooking makes him so happy. While eating he's asking how you did it and is constantly hyping up the meal. He loves nights like that, him coming home late after work and being greated with the different scents of spices and aromas from your cooking. After dinner he pulls up a new movie he heard about to watch with you.
In Monsta X I ship you with... Jooheon!
Jooheon is the Playlist maker. He knows you have a ride range of music taste so anytime he hears a song that makes him think of you, he adds it to a list. He has Playlists based on different vibes. His favorite is "days as beautiful as you." Cheesy as if may be, whenever he listens to it he feels lighted because every song is about you. When he takes you on a ride around town, or walking listening to music together, he gets all giddy when you say you like the Playlist. He usually pushes down the little kid excitements, and instead tries to cooly put his arm around you. Definitely a "She even asked me for the time" moment
In NCT127 I ship you with... Taeyong!
Taeyong always makes sure to bring you flowers every Friday. On his walk home from work he passes a small flower shop so its quite perfect. The owners have gotten to know him pretty well over time from him coming in. They make sure to always give the freshest and fullest bouquets on hand for him to give you. When the flowers begin to die, you guys spend the evening pressing a few petals to preserve. He came up with the idea of saving them and hanging them up in picture frames and creating a scrap book of them. He always includes a photo he took of you two and the fun things that happened that week. He gets excited when he thinks about looking back on it in the future.
In Ateez I ship you with... Mingi!
Mingi is almost always glued to your hip. Not in an annoying over bearing boyfriend way, but a "this reminded me of you." Or "I missed you today, let's play games tonight." Way. He loves loves loves your fashion. During date outings he tries to match his outfit to yours. One day, he sees a beautiful set of earrings. You notice them too and even compliment them. They're a cool silver with chains and small crystal Bats hanging on the ends. He takes a mental note so he can buy them for you tomorrow.
In Exo I ship you with... Sehun!
Sehun is the guy to do everything for you. Opening doors, doing dishes after you cook dinner, making sure you're staying hydrated by bringing your water bottle, giving you a message after a long day, etc. He loves helping you in any way he can and also loves buying you new dresses and accessories. When you give Sehun a little fashion show and spin to show the dresses flow, his heart skips a beat every time. He smiles like a big cheesy goober but he will never admit that. He'll take your hand and spin you around just to keep seeing you giggle. It's his absolute favorite thing.
Thank you so much for your patience ♡ I hope it was worth it
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Unprompted HC rambling covering:
- How popular Trickster / No Spin really was.
- What Inspiration/Generation they're based on.
To give context, this was prompted when I looked over Adam's outfit description:
Now, I always HC'd NoSpin to be a 2.5-3rd generation (It was the golden age of Kpop). This solidifies that for sure, because of the venue itself. {But also if you look at the light sticks for both YunJin, and NoSpin, they're very 'dated'. NoSpin's notoriously reminds me of NCT, EXO, or 2PM which had the name on the stick and likely doesn't change color. YunJin's reminds me of BigBang's [and a few others]}
This is a large stadium...so large that not many k-pop groups perform at this venue, simply because it's not ideal. Unless a large k-pop event with multiple acts is hosted, there are not too many groups that have performed here (Despite having tons of cool features to a LOT screens, lighting, and the like). I found an interesting website I'll source here while researching, but I'll copy and paste share the snippets. {Remember this was written in 2016 so it may have changed, but for the time period i think it lines up}.
The two (three counting BigBang, which I think Inspired "NoSpin") major groups that performed here are BTS (which makes sense since they used a producer from BTS to inspire All-Kill), and EXO. (I personally think Oh Sehun is the closest Face-claim for Trickster I could find, and one I was quiet on outside of streams. {I know people say San from Ateez, but comparatively... Sehun matches a lot more with the interestingly unique and sharp visual features that Trickster has. Exo ALSO has some of the best vocals in all of K-pop. They're filled with legendary singers that have an amazing range.}
Now both these groups are huge! Albeit, BTS of course the much larger, but I refuse to believe NoSpin was that big. (BTS just had a lot of things going for it that I don't think NoSpin would have, especially given that Ji-Woon was so dissatisfied. {the gimmicky era of 'figuring out sound' though does tie in.} They did have to be quite perfect though as role models and most def felt the pressure which I think was inspo.)
With all that being said, I definitely do think NoSpin was quite the popular group! If they could pull in so many fans, especially after their death, I'm sure plenty of people wanted to support Ji-Woon. A macabre headline like that would definitely bring in morbid curiosity and make a memorable impression. From the concerts in NoSpin's memory to Trickster's (re)birth, I'm sure South Korean media was following this man's career closely, which could have caused a bit of pressure and disdain for still living in NoSpin's shadow. (And push him to make a unique sound to make him stand out.)
Now I don't think any group is a 1-to-1 inspiration. I definitely use a lot of Block B influence because it hits a lot of the "outlier sound" group dynamic, which was so different from other K-pop at the time; held up against BTS when they shared a stage/"battled" for an award show; and had some minor controversies (Thailand incident that the press held some fault for, along with bad management/company, and backlash at some songs being too insensitive {Song: LOL *one of my favorites. I mean come on they were inspired by Eminem, is it a surprise they were a dark horse?} ); and produced one of the more successful solo artists, Zico, who went through his own 'demons'; either public upset with 'controversies', inside criticisms and 'pressured' times. (There's a reason he formed his own agency.) -- I just think from a social/psych study, they make great information as an inside look at a k-pop music industry environment, and how it can have upsets.
I don't really have a way to wrap this up, other than man's got issues and I could go on forever. But anyway Found this out and wanted to comment on it somewhere. It might be repeated in some asks if I get around to them, so act surprised if you see it. But I wanted to drop it here before I forget.
ALSO ADAM. He may not have stanned Trickster before, but I can say, after going to specifically a k-pop concert; you absolutely leave there being a fan. If anyone's gone to one (which I had the pleasure of), you probably know what I'm talking about. You really do feel the artist's energy, along with the crowd. It's certainly very memorable. I'm just saying maybe Adam had a Trickster Bias for a little bit.
#OOC#Headcanons#Trickster#Ji-Woon Hak#LONG POST#Text heavy#K-pop heavy#NoSpin chatter#but also baseball fit when bhvr#sorry this was a lot of typing so it may be a bit wonky to read#this doesn't even touch SHINee#but I full believe they are inspo too
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SeHun Lookbook - 1 Billion Views Outfit
CC LIST - SeHun EXO (SC) Lookbook
CC - HAIR
Hair - @antosims
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CC - CLOTHES
Top - @bergdorfverse
Top MESH - @margeh75
Pants - @bergdorfverse
Shoes - @madlensims
CC - ACCESSORIES
Earrings - @mochachiiii
Rings - @leahlillith
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Brutally Analyzing EPEX’s Stage Presence Archetypes
Another typical day of scrolling videos on Youtube. One video I came across was from the username "everglow-up." I knew the clickbait-y title would lure me into her channel, but boy did I find the video interesting and informative.
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This video was particularly talking about Billlie's Stage Presence Archetypes based on the following:
Aura (Feminine vs Masculine)
Energy Type (Overt vs Covert)
Energy Type (Overt vs Covert)
Presence Type (Dominant vs Charismatic vs Sensual)
If you'd like a deep dive into those concepts, go ahead and check out the video I have linked above, or check out this video of hers as well.
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I have also seen her do an analysis of other groups like EXO and Red Velvet, but I haven't seen her do EPEX or NCT (which I might make a blog on in the future).
I will mainly focus on EPEX's Stage Presence Archetypes using those concepts.
Disclaimer: This is not to determine whether a member's presence is good or bad, but I will point out some of their weak points. I am not writing this to hate on any member nor will sugarcoat any of my takes. If you disagree with any of these, it's okay—just don't be a jerk about it. If you want to, then don't read this.
Ayden
Masculine Overt Charismatic
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As a performer, Ayden seems underappreciated. He has one of the best stage presence in the group. Similar to Keum, he also has the perfect balance of almost everything. He tends to maintain great consistency and energy level throughout every performance. His strong facial expressions and body language are in perfect harmony.
At the same time, those facial expressions are appropriate for each concept. When he needs to exhibit the cutesy "Noona's Cat," he becomes this little dancing ball of fur, especially with his fluffy platinum-blonde hair. Oh, man!! It was such a joy to watch. When he needs to exude a dark "Rebellious Wolf," he turns a 180. He would give you passion and hardcore. In other words, he is a versatile performer. His fancams are never tiring to watch.
Overall, the issue with his stage presence would be his face looks too aggressive sometimes. But it's not bothersome enough to ruin his performances.
Keum
Masculine Overt Dominant-Charismatic
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The first thing that I thought when I saw Keum's stage presence was, "I love it!" From facial expressions to body language, he has the perfect balance in almost any aspect. He knows what facial expressions are suitable for each concept and do these effortlessly without seeming too intense.
I've seen his performances in Produce X 101, and they were crème de la crème. His Dominant side started to manifest during Believer, and integrating it with his Charismatic facial expressions was just on point. As for Super Special Girl, it showed how he can smoothly adapt to a wide range of concepts.
Under normal circumstances, performers look dead when they stop moving their faces. But with Keum, he manages to capture my attention regardless.
On the other hand, his stage presence comes with extraneous factors despite carrying out consistently good performances. His wardrobe styling and hair color choices could be the leading contributors to this. While everyone else had hair and outfits with vivid colors, he stuck to the monotonous palette during Do 4 Me era. This made him visually overshadowed by (for lack of a better word) more multicolored members like Baekseung or Ayden. I wish he had a more striking hair color other than blond with brighter concepts.
Wish
Masculine Overt Charismatic-Sensual
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Wish is like the Overt version of EXO Xiumin. He has both strong facial expressions and body language whenever he performs. He tends to move in an "in your face" manner with a hint of such subtlety.
The performance that really showcased his Sensual side is Lone Wolf. That song was totally made for him. He had pink hair at the time they performed it on music shows, but the fact that he had black hair during their Seoul concert was such a cherry on top. It really helped in strengthening his overall stage presence.
However, the issue with Wish's stage presence is consistency. They tend to be what I call "all or nothing." One minute, he outperforms everyone, and then the next, his facial expressions are almost nonexistent. This happens when the camera pans away from him. He also seems to struggle with versatility, which becomes apparent when the song does not suit his stage presence archetype. He was quite too seductive in cute songs like Do 4 Me because he doesn’t have the right facial expressions, and was boring to watch on Hymn to Love because he didn’t have any.
Baekseung
Masculine Covert Charismatic
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Baekseung possesses strong facial expressions. But unlike other Charismatic performers, his body language does not come across as “in your face.” Hence, I classify him as a Covert performer.
Despite his passive energy type, he was able to attract enough attention from the audience through his looks and hair color. This case was most evident with his long pink hair during Do 4 Me era. Apart from the fact that it makes him look like a real-life AI, it is one of the contributing factors to accentuating his naturally Charismatic stage presence.
Although Baekseung managed to maintain the same energy level throughout performances, versatility is something that he needs to work on. He made the facial expressions work for each performance, but he has been doing the exact same set for songs with totally different vibes. For instance, he winks and sticks his tongue out during AOTS (a dark hardcore song) the way he does with Do 4 Me (a light funky one).
Jeff
Masculine Overt Dominant-Charismatic
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Jeff manages to balance both his Dominant side and Charismatic side. I was confused about classifying him as either one of the two at first. His facial expression is either too strong for a Dominant performer or too subtle for a Charismatic performer. Thus, I came to the conclusion that he is both.
He relies a lot on body language without having to become as expressive as other Charismatic performers. Even if he becomes as expressive, he does it with great timing. But for the most part, he furrows his brows and intensely stares into the camera for the entirety of each performance, which I'd like to call the "Squinty Eyebrows."
In that sense, it's both a pro and a con. It's a pro because even if he doesn't do much with his face, he doesn't come across as boring. Similar to Baekseung, it's a con because THAT'S IT. That's all he does whenever he performs. He may do a little aegyo or the double squinty brows and all that jazz. But other than that, he's bringing nothing new to the table.
A-Min
Feminine Covert Dominant-Sensual
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Being the only Feminine performer in the group, one thing I like about A-Min is that he has great chemistry with a group full of masculine performers. Despite the difference in stage presence aura, he blends in so well since he is a Covert performer. There are three other Covert performers in the group, making him not seem entirely invisible in performances.
A-Min doesn't do much with his face but projects it through his body language instead. He has both loud and subtle movements without making it seem "in your face," which I think is still interesting to watch. This, in turn, makes him both a Dominant and a Sensual performer. Lone Wolf is THAT performance that he absolutely nailed along with Wish, another Sensual performer. Whoever thought of making them do a dance duet in the intro is such a genius. It really displayed their sensual sides so well.
However, I thought A-Min would show off his cuter side in songs with lighter concepts. But nah...he remained constant. He manages to keep a stable level of energy but lacks versatility. He does the same thing as he usually does with more serious concepts, making him less fascinating to watch. This is quite a shame because he has the potential to be more cutesy in a more Dominant performer way.
Yewang
Masculine Covert Dominant
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Like other Dominant performers, Yewang relies more on body movements. His facial expression would sometimes complement his overall stage presence (Not to be confused with Charismatic performers. They treat facial expressions as the main course of their stage presence, while Yewang's is a side dish).
However, he would come across as aloof (even more than MU) whenever he missed the right timing for the expressions. Either he stares at the camera and does the "squinty brows" the way Jeff does, or he looks straight-up dead.
He managed to improve some of these aspects in just a year. Just look at his fancams in No Questions compared to Hymn to Love. He was a bit dull and boring on the former, but he had a better grasp of what to do on the latter. He had better timing for using his face and toned his gaze down a bit, and it's not boring at all. He still needs to work on his longevity and consistency. He sometimes struggles to retain the same energy in the long run.
MU
Masculine Covert Dominant
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MU, like Yewang, tends to use facial expressions to complement his stage presence. Except, it doesn't work at all. In other words, he is a Dominant performer trying hard to exude Charisma. This is why watching his fancams often felt like watching a triangle trying to fit into a round hole (particularly during the AOTS era). He emphasized his facial expressions so much that they came across as unnatural. While it is supposed to aid his stage presence, it just looks so funny and awkward on him.
I get that he wants to go for the vibe of each concept, but I don't think he needs a loud face to do just that. He could just stand there and still be entertaining to watch. All he has to do is rely more on body language. He was able to attain this with his performance during Breathtaking, and it was...breathtaking. It was pleasant to watch, as he did a fantastic job utilizing his stage presence.
On a side note, he still struggles to fit in his Dominant side in EPEX's Dark and Charismatic-heavy concepts, which makes him more aloof than he actually is. He is not a bad performer, just a confused one. He hasn't explored himself as a performer enough to find the right stage presence type. He has a long way to go.
Group Chemistry
EPEX overall has yet to fully establish their chemistry on stage. Despite this, they have a perfect balance of Overt and Covert performers. While they have a balanced number of Dominant, Charismatic, and Sensual performers, there's no doubt that their performances cater to the Charismatic performers. The songs and choreographies are Charismatic-heavy, so it makes sense that members with this archetype stand out the most. It does not help that most of them are Overt performers. Heck, even Baekseung stood out among them. While he is a Covert performer, he is also a Charismatic one.
This does not imply that non-Charismatic performers live in their shadows, as there are Charismatic members who also have another archetype. Keum and Jeff are both Charismatic and Dominant, while Wish is both Charismatic and Sensual. That does not disorient them from Dominant performers, especially A-Min, who is also a Sensual performer.
It would have been better if they had more concepts or choreographies that show their Dominant side, especially when the non-Charismatic Dominant performers are all Covert.
Subjective Takes
I know—it seems like I have written Keum as the one with the best stage presence, but Ayden takes the lead on who is more interesting to watch. Apart from the hair color choice, he tends to bring more charm and color to every concept in comparison. I realized this when I tried to watch another member's fancam (I think it was a Baekseung one). I accidentally saw Keum and Ayden next to each other, but the latter happened to captivate my attention more.
As for the rest, they are great performers. Maybe they're not as excellent as you want them to be now, but there is always room for improvement.
I believe EPEX as a group has so much potential, especially Wish. They are the group whose growth and development would totally look forward to.
After all, it has only been a year since they debuted, and they have six more years to learn and perform better. STAN EPEX!!
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Okay hello I’m back with another request but this time for my man Kim Junmyeon 😁. Okay so can I request something we’re suho is out shopping with you and your friends and they get jealous and start to call you spoiled and saying that your his sugar baby because every time you try to pay he already handed his credit card to the cashier not letting you pay and they even go as far as to flirt with him to get him to pay for them too but he sassily tells them he only pays for you. And you can make up the end -🫰🏻🫰🏻 (sorry for my bad spelling)
Welcome back!!! Uuuuh exciting! That's my first for Suho! Also don't apologise, your spelling is absolutely fine!! I hope you like what I created : )
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Pairing: Kim Junmyeon/Suho (EXO) x GN!Reader; Genre: Friends to lovers, fluff; Rating: sfw, PG-15; Warnings: mentions of the reader being nervous, mentions of a revealing outfit, the term sugar baby, friends teasing the reader, a friend approaching junmyeon in only their underwear, friends not being good friends in general.... aand kisses; Wordcount: 1.260
Summary: You're out on a shopping trip with your friends and Junmyeon. What started as a nice get together quickly turned into an unpleasant experience or did it?
A/N: Please enjoy this request and tell me what you think!
To say you were irritated was an understatement. You could feel your eyelid twitch every now and then as well as an obnoxious prickle at the base of your neck.
When your friends asked you to join a shopping spree you were excited, happy to see them and spend some time with them again. You got even giddier for the day after they agreed Junmyeon could join the trip.
Everything went well at first. Junmyeon arrived at your place in the morning and the both of you ate breakfast together that you had prepared. Afterwards he drove you into town where you met your friends. You were delighted to see that everyone included him in their chatting as much as possible.
The experience went south once you entered the first store. All of you spread around the aisles, agreeing to meet at the changing rooms after around ten minutes.
Junmyeon accompanied you, checking some of the clothes and even recommending a few to you. He complimented your choices or reassured you when you weren’t too sure, thinking it was too revealing.
You arrived first at the changing rooms and decided to start trying the clothes on instead of waiting for your friends.
Junmyeon sat down on a stool opposite of the room you chose, looking at the curtain every now and then when he wasn’t reading stuff on his phone.
Soon enough you heard your friends appear, greeting Junmyeon before they vanished into a room as well. You called out to them, asking what they found. You listened intently to their answers while wriggling yourself into the new clothes.
“What about you?” One of your friends called and you stilled. You stared at the rather revealing outfit and then at your reflection in the mirror, gnawing at your lower lip.
“Just some shirts and a few pants”, you answered, hoping they wouldn’t catch on the nervous lilt in your voice.
Thankfully they didn’t and continued chatting about all the opportunities to wear the new clothes.
You peaked out of the curtain, eyes quickly scanning the area before they locked onto Junmyeon. You waved your hand to grab his attention, almost sighing in relief when he looked up. You quietly mouthed at him to come into the changing room with you.
With an raised eyebrow, Junmyeon pushed himself up from the stool and walked over to the curtain separating the both of you. He was about to ask you what was wrong, when you grabbed his arm and pulled him inside.
“What do you think?” You stepped back in the limited space and presented the outfit you were wearing, once again gnawing at your lower lip nervously.
“It looks good”, Junmyeon answered in a whisper, copying your choice of volume. He eyed your form once again, nodding while doing so. “I like it.”
“I don’t think I can show it to the others though.”
“Why not?”
You shrugged with your shoulders. “I don’t know. It’s not what I’m usually wearing.”
“If you’re not comfortable wearing this you don’t have to buy it.”
“No, it’s not that”, you quickly assured Junmyeon, “It’s just that I already know they’re going to tease me about it.”
Junmyeon tilted his head with curiosity. “Why would they do that? I’m not teasing you despite seeing you in it.”
You grimaced before shaking your head. “It’s different”, you simply stated and motioned for him to leave the changing room again. When he opened the curtain to step out, you only caught a glimpse of one of your friends. Though that glimpse was more than enough for them to see your outfit and Junmyeon leaving your room.
You immediately wished the ground would swallow you whole but sadly it didn’t happen. So you decided to play it off, changing back into your outfit and pretending like nothing ever happened.
The situation got worse when you got to the register. Even though you didn’t want to buy that revealing outfit you still fell in love with some of the shirts you had found. All your friends had paid so far and when you stepped to the cashier, about to pay for your cute shirts, Junmyeon stepped in and handed the cashier his credit card.
Once again you brushed it off, thanking Junmyeon and thinking it was a one time thing.
After the third store you came to the conclusion it wasn’t. When you quietly asked him why he was paying for you, he only smiled and shrugged his shoulders, never giving you an explicit answer.
After the fifth store your friends started teasing you about it.
“Now I understand why you wanted him to join.”
“Must be nice to have someone pay for you.”
“Are you his sugar baby?”
“What kind of things are you doing for him to pay for all these clothes?”
“Letting him into the changing room”, your friend laughed and elbowed you, “giving him exclusive shows with outfits we’re not supposed to see.”
Immediately all of them squealed and giggled, ignoring your desperate tries to explain that you were simply friends. The irritation slowly bubbling inside of you when all your explanations fell on deaf ears.
At the seventh store your friends started flirting with Junmyeon.
“You can come into my changing room if you like.”
“I’ll give you a private show too.”
“You can choose some underwear if you want to.”
Every time they attempted to flirt with him, Junmyeon declined politely, keeping his distance from your friends. If he didn’t feel uncomfortable, you most certainly did. Your last thread of patience snapped when one of your friends came out of a changing room in nothing but underwear, clinging onto Junmyeon and asking him if he liked it.
“It seems to suit you”, he answered shortly, averting his eyes.
“Would you buy it for me?”
You were about to explode when Junmyeon spoke up again. “No.” With that he pushed your friend gently but firmly away from him and walked over to you. He grabbed your hands and squeezed them gently, before he looked over his shoulder to your friends, who either stood outside the changing rooms or peaked their heads through the curtains. “I only pay for Y/N.” He smirks at their flabbergasted expressions and turns to look back at you. “Because I want to spend everything I have on you.”
Your eyes widened in surprise, never having even imagined to hear such a confession from your best friend. You never dared to even dream of this, too afraid to ruin the friendship the both of you shared.
“This might be a little over the top”, Junmyeon mumbled, scratching the back of his neck with a nervous chuckle, “but are you willing to spend the rest of your life with me? As your boyfriend and lover for now?”
“And my fiancé and husband later on?” Even after you asked him, your mouth stayed agape as you were totally in awe. Never before had someone said something this romantic to you. Never before did you feel the butterflies do somersaults inside your stomach this strongly. And all you could do was nod over and over again, your lips stretching into a wide smile.
Your friends were forgotten the moment Junmyeon snaked his arms around your middle and pulled you against his body, kissing you deeply. You couldn’t care less though, after all you spent more than enough time with them for today.
Now you simply wanted to spend your time with Junmyeon, igniting the love for him with every kiss you two shared.
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Boys Planet Ep 2, recap Part 2.
Here’s the second half of my recap of Boys Planet, Episode 2. We dive into the jerseys, the signal song test, and the new star levels.
Anyway, here it is! Enjoy.
We pick up at 49:35 in, where we are treated to a snowy drone view of the Boys Planet dorm buildings, and yeah, they’re pretty unremarkable red brick and glass boxes. I mean, it’s no shiny cube in the middle of a forest.
The boys, just getting out of their auditions, are brought to some large space and I assume that as they come in a staff-nim makes hand gestures to indicate that they have to be super surprised and delighted by what they find. They exclaim over and over about how everything is so yeppeun (pretty). EVERYTHING. Even these hideous shirts.
They’re color coded -- a color for the sleeve area indicates their star level, and the chest is either blue to indicate K-group or pink to indicate G-group.As you can see in the picture, from worst to best, it goes gray, then yellow, then gree., then orange -- not shown here, the 4 stars have purple sleeves. They’re all ugly but I think the one star/G-group is the worst.
The all-stars get their shirts last, and they have extra shiny stars on their sleeves. Kim Gyuvin, who you may recall from Kick It (he was the one who did New Thangs! right into the camera), interviews that he loves the shirt so much that it is “the meaning of life.” He has his purple All-Star shirt on over his audition outfit, and he looks like he could fall asleep while talking.
The four male judges come in and tell them that their level will be reassigned in a week. This makes the 0-3 level trainees, like Han Yu Seop from team GBTB and Mirotic’s Kim Ji Woo, determined to improve, and makes the 4-stars, like Han Seo Bin from the unaired Freak, scared that they’ll lose their status. The test that will determine their level is the Signal Song test -- they have to learn the choreography for the great big giant group number. Just like in previous seasons, the top ranked trainees will be performing on the top of a big pyramid, and the lowest ranked trainees will barely get to participate. Bak Do Ha, from the Blue House, says he doesn’t want to dance on the floor, and Takuto says he’ll have to work harder. The judges go on to say that whichever group has more stars after the reassigned star levels will get more screentime during that performance, which appears to be a big deal to them.
Side note: I never understand why they worry that much about whether they’re the center in the performance or not. I mean, it’s about how MNET edits you -- do they show you at all? If so, do they show you in a good light, a pathetic light, or an evil light? And that honestly seems to be luck of the draw. Whether you’re in the center or the bottom, you will get votes based on how much the audience falls in love with you, as evidenced by the fairly high ranking of Bak Do Ha -- 27th.
Anyway. The judges reveal the title of the Signal Song, “Here I am” (but I’m the real translation is more like “I shine”) The boys go absolutely wild for just the title, the pd-nim nods and says we can use that take. The judges tease that the’re going to play the song, but first they have to kick out the Global trainees, who lost the competition. Once the despised foreigners are gone, the song gets played, and it’s no “Pick Me,” but nothing is.
Seo Won from Attention/NINE.i likes it, pretty boy wacker Sung Han Bin thinks he can do it well, and talented Lee YeDam from Gambler thinks it’s amazing. Han Bin muses to Seo Won that “it’s really important to stay fit,” which is probably good advice for someone planning to go on this show. The boys are worried about singing it live, and yeah, the song was deliberately written to be impossible to sing live.
There’s a story that the guys in SHINee used to sing while running on a treadmill in order to build breath control so they could sing while they dance. They probably taught that trick to their hoobaes in EXO and NCT. Being an idol is a seriously physical endeavor -- like some sort of hybrid between an actor and an athlete.
55:32 Hanging Out
The boys are moving in to their dorms, and getting to know their new roomates. We see some of the rooms -- they have bunkbeds and a tall wardrobe/locker, as well as a humidifier and an alarm clock. We see that they are given roommates on the same team, K or G, but regardless of star-rank. That makes sense, because they easily could have to move in a week and that would be a lot of moving around.
Looks like the G-group rooms were assigned regardless of home country, so we see the trainees using Korean as a lingua franca. (It does seem that a lot of these trainees speak a lot more Korean than did the Japanese girls on Produce 48.) I won’t go into every detail, but they get to know each other and are silly. In some rooms, they can’t think of what to say to one another! So fun! In other rooms, they’re having a loud laughing party for the cameras! They’re making friends and being good hyungs (older brother-types). Mr. Sexy Kim Ji Woong sleeps with a facial mask on! It’s all cute stuff.
59:00 Learning the Signal Song
The boys meet to practice singing. It’s way too high for basically any of them to sing, because not everyone is a trained tenor or a highly trained baritone. (Click here for my rant on this if you haven’t seen it.) They ask for a volunteer to try singing it, and little boxer Takuto (0 stars) tries. Solji says, “Takuto, you don’t know how to sing,” which like, wow.
But, I mean, true.
Lee Da Eul, who was one of the two boys who walked in first, tries next. Then Zhang Hao, leader of the G-group Kick It team, tries, and nails it, of course. Nation’s sweetheart Sung Han Bin interviews sweetly that he was intimidated.
Now it’s time for the dance instruction. They’re given five minutes to memorize it (?) and then asked to perform it. Sexy Jellyfish Park Gun Wook (GBTB) gets called out for his lack of focus, and Canada’s Pride/Xiumin Impersonator Seok Matthew gets praised.
The zero stars try and knock things over and bump into each other and stuff. Red-House Jung Min Gyu promises to practice a lot.
The four stars try next, and Han Yu Jin - the 15-year-old phenom from the Korean Kick It team is struggling a lot, as is Hui. One of the interchangeably cruel dance teachers asks Han Yu Jin, you know, a sophomore in high school who is probably away from home for the first time, why he hasn’t mastered the choreography already. Was what they saw already just a fluke? Yeah, asshole, Yujin must just not care about this. Yell at him some more. Try saying, “Why are you dancing bad? I told you to dance good!!!” That will help.
In his interview, he looks dazed and sickly, his eyes half closed, his hair stuck in clumps to his forehead. Is he sick? Han Yu Jin-ny! Come to noona. I’ll give you some aspirin and hot cocoa and make you lie down for a bit. You guys see it too, right? I’m not crazy? He’s sick? Someone take care of that child!
The dance judges berate the 4 stars some more, because they’re psychopaths.
Wait, why is Na Kamden (he was the other American who auditioned with Jay) wearing a pearl necklace?
I went back and checked, and he wore it during his audition and every other time we’ve seen him so far. Hey, I love a guy with style -- it just seems like it would be uncomfortable to wear 24/7. It also feels like there’s a story here. Anyone know?
1:04:25 The Zero Stars have a Singing Lesson
There are a lot of relatively unknown trainees in this room, so here’s a list of our zero stars, along with their audition song and current rank.
K-Group
Jeon Woo Seok Criminal (barefoot) 60
Jung Se Yun Damdadi 68
Jang Min Seo Damdadi withdrawn
Bak Do Ha My House (blue) 27
Jung Min Gyu My House (red) 50
G-group
Yuki Crown 36
Wang Yan Hong Hot 79
Yang Jun Hot 84
Takuto Instead Of... 20
Nice Kokobop 71
Cai Jin Xin Reveal 42
Itsuki Shine 65
Ouju Shine 67
Yutaka n/a 57
Hyo n/a 62
Toui n/a 85
Yutaka has(light brown hair in a bowl cut and Hyo has a blonde ruff in the front. Yutaka, Hyo, and Toui all were supposed to perform Shine with the others, but were sick, and thus were automatically assigned no stars.
The vocal teacher asks if they feel confident, and Yuki interviews, in Japanese, “I’ve never taken dancing or singing lessons. I’m afraid the’d think I’m bad.” And we see that on his intake form, he filled in that his training period is 0 months. Awww. I feel especially bad for Japanese contestants on these shows, because they are nearly always completely untrained. Takuto says he’s trained for 9 months -- nine whole months? -- but knows that’s not enough.
Left to right: Jang Min Seo, Bak Do Ha, Yutaka, Itsuki, Hyo, Nice, and Yang Jun.
Oh man, I translated that caption and then they translated it too. Well, I was pretty close.
Left to right: Jeon Woo Seok (who is doing some kind of vocal warmup, I think), Jung Se Yun, Jung Min Gyu, ?, Takuto, Ouju, ?, ? (the ?s are Yuki, Wang Yan Hong, and Cai Jin Xin, in some order, I think. Maybe one is Toui? Sorry, I can’t see their name tags.)
They get started singing. Min Seo sounds very strange and pinched, and his voice cracks a lot. It’s no better for any of the others. Nice continues his habit of not ever looking up. Then Jung Min Gyu goes, and he’s straining hard but he’s on key, actually. Good for him! The judge explains that they need to conserve their breath to sing, and shows them how as they sing they shouldn’t ruffle a piece of paper in front of their mouths. It makes me so happy when someone actually teaches them instead of just yelling at them to DO BETTER! BE GOOD AT THIS! Yang Jun interviews that it helped a lot, and like, yeah, imagine that.
Bak Do Ha, from the blue house, tries to sing, and he really can’t. The vocal trainer, not unkindly, wonders why he wants to be an idol instead of an actor, since he’s handsome and cannot sing at all. Do Ha says he wants to be an idol, and the trainer sighs, like, ok, I’ll do my best, I guess. But Do Ha can’t repeat a note that he hears. I think he’s tone deaf. You’d think maybe his agency could have noticed this in time to not send him here?
He cries in the confessional. Aww.
1:08:30 All Star Lessons
We know most of these guys, so let’s get straight to it. They’re having a vocal lesson with Solji, and after they sing together one time through, Solji wants to figure out where the discordant notes are coming from. We focus on my little cousin Kum Jeon Hyun (from Nu Nu Na Na), he of the triumphant shouts, for a bit as he tries to sing, and it’s obviously a strain. He says he has a bad throat today, and the editing blames that on his shouting.
Haruto says that he’s “tone deaf,” and Solji laughs out right, but later on he explains that he just made a mistake with his Korean. Aww, Haruto, your Korean is mostly really great! He meant to say that he has a low range voice, ie, is a bass or maybe a baritone. We still don't see or hear him singing. MNET is sort of... hiding that from us.
Keita does great and Solji praises him. Another trainee, Kim Min Seoung (also from Nu Nu Na Na) notes that even though Keita auditioned primarily as a rapper (in Conduct Zero), his singing voice is good too. You’d expect that this would be the standard for a debuted idol like Keita (he’s in Ciipher) but maybe not always.
Kim Gyu Bin has been hiding in the back. (He was from the Kick It-K team). His singing (both notes and pronunciation) causes Solji to make this face:
She asks him if he lived abroad, his pronunciation is so bad.
Han Yu Jin looks wavery and blinky, and he’s barely making sounds. Instead of asking if the swaying sophomore might be sick, Solji berates him soundly.
The 4-stars go to dance lessons, and the MNET editors remind us that Yujin did great at the audition and has a lot to live up to. But he doesn’t do that well in his dance class, and again, he gets yelled at. Does anyone look after these children? Are there like, RAs or something?
The dance master/psychopath points out that the members of the Kick It team are all struggling and asks if they just practiced Kick It for their whole lives. (In the translation on Viki, they call it Hero, which is the translation of the song’s Korean title.) While they’re getting berated, their Chinese fellow Yuehua trainee, Zhang Hao, looks on with an expression I can’t quite read. I think he’s angry and concerned. He interviews that Yuehua doesn’t really provide training -- at least, I think that’s what this means:
Team Yuehaw! Giddyup!
He’s worried that his younger teammates will have trouble memorizing the choreography.
1:14:30 3 Stars Dance Lesson
The psycho dance master tells the 3 stars that they’re all doing great. Sexy Jellyfish Park Gunwook shows off, as do Canada’s pride Seok Matthew and pretty waacker Sung Hanbin.
Lee Hwanhee, the main vocalist from Up10tion who did Who as his audition in the red jacket, interviews that K-group is really tight, and points out some of the same trainees. Then we have a little dance off between various K-group trainees and G-group trainees.
Wang Zi Hao, ranked 29th, a 21-year old whose unaired audition was to Lay’s Veil and who apparently specializes in krumping, faces off against Sexy Jellyfish Park GunWook, ranked 15th. They’re both great, and I don’t think a winner is declared.
Then, I assume a producer whispers something off camera to the dance teacher, and the dance teacher asks best friends Matthew and Hanbin go against each other. Yoon Jong Woo, who sort of kissed Kim Ji Woong before their performance of Mirotic, interviews that they’re very similar, and I guess I’ll take their word for it. I don’t perceive them to be particularly similar in their dancing styles but I’m glad that they’re friends, and it seems that their gentle rivalry is affectionate. It seems obvious to me that Hanbin is better at dancing, but the teacher gives it to Matthew, so what do I know? Nothing, I guess.
1:18:53 Two Stars Dance Practice
The editors want us to be worried about Lee Da Eul, who came in first and did the silly hammy dancing at the end of his audition. His 2-star classmates don’t have interesting storylines, I guess, even though there are 24 trainees in this group, making it the largest group.
Choi Ji Ho interviews that he’s worried about Lee Da Eul, I was like, wait, who the heck is Choi Ji Ho? Turns out I actually missed his audition to Kai’s Mmmh so I’ll have to edit my post on the unaired auditions -- sorry, team, this is a huge undertaking. My quick take is that at 18, he’s a good young dancer, and Kai’s Mmmph was too sensual and adult of a song for him. I think he wrote his own rap, so that’s good. He looks up to GD from Big Bang and Jimin from BTS, so seems like rapping and dancing are his things, not vocals, and he’s currently ranked 55th. Ok, back to the Lee Da Eul storyline, which I’m sure everyone here is more interested in, right?
After Choi Ji Ho, we hear from Jang Ji Ho, a member of NINE.i who auditioned with Attention, who is also worried about Lee Da Eul. Da Eul was confident in his star test, but now he’s lost his confidence and feels like he doesn’t belong in two stars -- I mean, he doesn’t, poor kid. Da Eul has a star sparkle to him for sure, but he has only enough training to know the difference between good and bad singing and dancing, and to know that what he’s doing is more on the bad end of the spectrum, and that’s an awful place to be in your training if you’re on a show like this.
Da Eul himself interviews that everyone else is doing well. Haru, who auditioned to Maniac in a green shirt, gets praised; then Lee Dong Yeol, a debuted idol in Up10tion, gets told that he has improved a lot; then Wumuti, the distinctive looking trainee who sang UN Village for his audition, is told he could be an All Star.
Lee Seung Hwan, who we met during his performance of Mirotic and who was a member of project group 1THE9 and a backup dancer for Oneus, also is worried about Da Eul because he hides in the back. So he kindly brings Da Eul to the middle so that he’ll have an easier view of himself in the mirror. Da Eul is touched by the kindly hyung’s attention.
Now that we spent about 90 seconds on that, let’s move on to…
1:20:16 Zero Stars Dance Practice
The G-group are rehearsing with charming Ouju at the helm. You might remember Ouju from his audition performance of Shine. Ouju is a weak singer, but a fairly decent dancer. Hyo (who didn’t audition) interviews (in Japanese) that Ouju has had a year of dance training, which contradicts what the show said earlier, but that’s ok.
The trainees are copying his movements, which the MNET editors indicate kind of cutely.
Cai Jin Xin also interviews (in Chinese) that Ouju is helpful -- we met Jin Xin in his performance of Reveal with all the tall trainees. Then Yang Jun from the infamous Hot performance gives Ouju the thumbs up.
Things like this are why I watch shows like this. I love watching a leader emerge to lead the low ranking teams. I love the camaraderie. I love this stuff. I bet Ouju will rise in the rankings because I think a lot of people feel the way I do. He’s currently 67 -- let’s see where he ends up!
Gotta say, Takuto looks cute in a backwards hat! I think he’ll grow up to be handsome. By the way, notice Nice in the background, still looking down? He’s always looking down, you guys.
And that’s enough checking in with the trainees during their practice! We never check in with the 1 stars at all. That’s 16 trainees, all but 4 of whom are Global.
Side note, because I was curious:
There are 17 Japanese trainees and 18 Chinese Trainees (I don’t include Taipei). The Japanese trainees have 22 stars among them, so 1.29 stars per trainee, while the Chinese trainees have 29 among them, so 1.61 stars per trainee. The 45 Korean trainees have 114 stars among them, so 2.53 stars per trainee. Also, a total of 194 stars were given to the 93 trainees, which is 2.08 stars per trainee, so the Japanese trainees have star levels that are about half of the average, while the Chinese star levels are about two thirds of the average. I don’t have a point to make. I just felt like doing math and thought I’d tell you what I found out. I love spreadsheets a lot. Ok, let’s continue.
1:21:28 Phone Home Montage
Aww, it’s time to watch the trainees call home and possibly cry! Get your tissues handy, folx. I’ll mention people’s ages here because I think it sheds light on this kind of thing.
Jay (21) greets his mom (in English, of course).
Park Gwan Young (22) who I thought was the best of the Lullaby group, calls his mom.
Pretty Sung Han Bin (21) has a funny convo with his mother, who begins to tell a story and then asks if it’s being recorded. She has a funny, breathless voice that I find super charming. Han Bin Oh-ma, fighting!
Next we see Qiu Sheng Yeng, 21, the blonde guy from the Taipei team who did Tiger Inside, with super flexible stick wielding Chen Kuan Jui as their leader. He tears up as he talks to his mom.
Next is 17-year-old Lim Jun Seo, who was one of those first two boys who came in, the ones who performed in Replay, who is also clearly crying.
Then Yuto, 18, one of the “short” Conduct Zero team, whose face is squinched up from trying to hold in the tears. Awwww. He insists that he’s “daijobu” (ok) but he can barely get the word out.
Meanwhile, dance phenom/ sick baby Han Yujin tries to call his mother, but she doesn’t answer. He doesn’t look quite as sick as he did in his previous confessionals, so hopefully he’s alright. The staff member sounds genuinely concerned and offers to pass along a message, so Yujin says to tell his mom that he’s working hard.
Next is Jang Min Gyu, 23, from the red house. He struggles to get his mom to understand that he’s on camera right now, and it turns out she’s kind of drunk. Hoo boy.
My little cousin / noted screamer Kum Jun Hyeon, 19, gets a “this number does not exist” message. Oh no!
Next is Jang Yeo Jun, 17, from the GBTB Jellyfish team, who doesn’t seem too emotional at first, until his mother talks about how much she misses him and then he breaks down completely. We learn in a flashback that he doesn’t go to school right now because he’s focused on his training. Similarly, noted all-star Haruto left Japan to come to Korea for this, and a lot of people don’t understand why.
The tender piano music kicks in as we get a montage of the boys talking about how important this is to them. Vietnamese trainee Dang Hong Hai interviews, in Korean, that every moment he gets to perform is so precious, and auburn-haired All Star Zhang Hao says he’ll never give up. We see the boys practicing at night in their rooms, in the dark.
1:25:03 Signal Song Test Day
The boys are gathered into two large rooms, one for K and one for G, and arranged on middle-school-chorus-style risers by their star level. Seeing them all together, it really strikes you again how different the distribution of the star levels is between the two groups.
(I love Bak Do Ha, from the blue house) meditating, top right.
The trainees are informed via closed-circuit tv that they’ll be brought, one at a time, into a small room with three judges who will determine their final star level based on their performance of the Signal Song. Meanwhile, their teammates will be watching their audition via closed circuit TV as well.
For the most part, the boys are scared. Mingyu (red house) interviews that he’s nervous to perform right in front of the judges. Lee Dong Gun (who is only 17, performed Criminal wearing shoes [the other guy was barefoot], and who I think danced very well and sang much better than he was given credit) feels the same way. Wumuti is shocked too.
Then the trainees are told that whoever has the most stars at the end of this test will get some other benefit, but it’s a pretty minor one -- that group’s All Stars and Center will get more camera time in the Signal Song performance. Honestly, it doesn’t probably impact them much.
Sexy Jellyfish Park Gunwook thinks K will win by a landslide, because he has a command of basic math and knows that K is currently winning by a 3:2 ratio and that this is unlikely to change. Thai NINE.i member Winnie thinks G-group is solid, but I notice that he doesn’t say he thinks they’ll win. Nation’s sweetheart Sung Han Bin and Canada’s pride Seok Matthew are sure they’ll get all stars this time.
Noted all-star Haruto mutters to himself in Korean (not his native tongue, Japanese), which is very charming. He’s worried, of course, that G-group can’t possibly win with all those 0-stars. Let’s put it this way: Assume that K-group doesn’t gain or lose any stars, and then assume that half of the 0, 1, 2, and 3 star G-group members advance one level and that no G-group members drop a level, EVEN THEN, G group would lose. There would basically have to be a miracle.
The judging panel for the G-group is made up of Solji, one of the psycho dance masters, and the rarely seen Rap Master. The judging panel for K-group is Lip J, the other psycho dance master, and the male vocal trainer. Seems… weird, but ok.
Zero stars:
Yang Jun from Hot
He does poorly -- he’s shaky on both the dance and the lyrics and sort of gives up partway through. Oh no. The judges actually laugh at him and he stays in zero stars.
Yutaka -- one of the ones who didn’t audition because he was sick. Makes up his own choreo.
Wang Yan Hong from Hot: Randomly stops singing
Nice from Kokobop: Sings poorly, and LOOKS DOWN
Ouju from Shine, the dance teacher of zero stars G group, a personal fave: Clearly has a very sore throat and should have been resting it but has been pushing through and singing anyway. Someone put this boy on vocal rest and give him some slippery elm lozenges, stat.
The judges are overwhelmed with the awfulness. The dance master wonders aloud if there is something below zero stars, and Solji quips, “aren’t the houses below zero stars?” I kind of love that they’re known as “the houses” but also oh god, I hope their mental health is ok.
Now to the K-group zero stars. Lee Jeong Hyeon, a 3-star trainee who wore the white short sleeved jacked in The Real, interviews that he’s really impressed by Jang Min Gyu, the red house, because Mingyu is just now learning to dance, and Jeong Hyeon is impressed by how hard Mingyu is working. We see Mingyu hanging out in the hallway and asking anyone who will help him how the choreo goes. Many of the trainees weigh in to say similar things. It’s sweet to see, but we are theoretically looking for someone who is ready to debut now, right?
By the end of the montage though, I’m thinking -- he does look a lot better. His performance is spliced in with other trainees saying he’s doing well, and it really does look kind of ok. I would have given him 1 star -- that’s my rating for someone who shows signs of vague improvement. He comes back to K-group and everyone is shocked when he sits back in 0-stars. I am too, honestly. I wish I could see a sample of what the judges consider 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 stars here.
After the red house, it’s time for the Blue House. Bak Do Ha (sometimes the subtitles transliterate his family name as Park) has been trying his best and really wants a 1-star. He is sort of on key at start, and then it goes off the rails totally. Poor guy. He tries to the end, but zero stars for him. At 1:34:41, nation’s sweetheart Han Bin goes over to Doha to offer him a hug, and Doha ends up just collapsing into tears as his hyung holds him. Awww. Sometimes you just can’t hold it in when someone is nice to you, it just sort of opens the flood gates. Doha, you’re not ready to debut, and I hope you do just go into acting because I don’t think you ever will be ready to debut, but you seem like a decent fellow.
Next is Takuto. He throws in a wink at a specific point, which the judges think is clever and shows signs of “natural star personality.” His vocals are not remotely accurate, but the judges find him charming anyway, and he gets 1 star, and he collapses into tears of stress and relief. That doesn’t quite seem fair to red house Jang Min Gyu, but it is kind of sweet.
Next, the 1-stars.
Dong Dong from the Taipei team who did Tiger Inside.
Zhang Shuai Bo, my favorite from the tall Reveal team.
Chen Jian Yu from the Call Me Baby team.
Wen Ye Chen also from the Call Me Baby team (their main vocalist).
Xuan Hao, the blonde member of God’s Menu, who I thought deserved 2 stars. He must think so too, because when he’s done with his audition, he rolls down his sleeve to show that he has star stickers stuck to his arm. Cute! But no dice with the judges.
Wen Ye Chen drops down to no stars, and the others stay in 1 stars.
Up next is Cong from Vietnam, who auditioned with SHINee’s View. I said at the time that his 1 star was cruelly low and his singing was pretty decent -- that it seems like they dinged him mostly for pronunciation, when maybe staying on key should be more relevant. The editing agrees, and we see flashbacks of him working hard on his pronunciation. His fellow trainees are impressed with him, and rightfully so. He’s still a bit flat here and there on those highest notes, but it’s really close, and the dancing looks good to me too. The judges actually agree -- he moves up to 3 stars! Charming Ouju, the pride of the zero stars, interviews in Japanese that Cong’s performance outshined the All Stars’. Aww. You guys, Ouju is winning me over hardcore. I don’t want him in the final line up, but I want good things to happen for him.
Next is Lee Seung Hwan, who pulls together his jersey to make it look more like a 4-star shirt, and the insane editors color it purple so that the people at home have no idea what is going on. For a second I was like, “is he doing some sort of magic trick?” but no, it was just editing. I mean, to be fair, cannabis is legal where I live, just sayin’, but I’m sure I’m not the only one who was confused?
We’ve met Lee Seung Hwan before during his performance of Mirotic. He’s the one who used to be in project group 1THE9 and also was a backup dancer for Oneus. He also was the one who worried about Lee Da Eul and brought him to the middle of the 2-star dance practice. He does great -- good facial expressions -- though his singing was a bit strained. He gets promoted to 3 stars!
Next is Lee Da Eul, who got so much story focus earlier in the episode. He smiles like he’s confident at the beginning, but things go off the rails. He almost wants to give up, but pushes through. When he’s done, he sets his jaw firmly to not cry. The judges send him down to No stars.
1:43:24 The three stars audition
First up is Mr Sexy himself, Kim Ji Woong from Mirotic and BL dramas. The judges call him “the only sexy character on Boys Planet” -- don’t they know about Park Gunwook? He dances so sexily that his hair turns into a heart!
The male vocal judge says, “You can sense that he’s trying to accomplish something. For people like that, they have a lot of potential.” But he stays at 3 levels, because his dancing and singing are both a little too sexy.
Seo Won, from NINE.i / Attention, interviews that it’s going to be tough to be an All Star.
Lee Jeong Hyeon from The Real tries next, then Park Hyunbeen from GBTB, then Anthonny from Glitch Mode, then Na Kamden, the American who auditioned with Jay. The judges say their dancing is three stars, but their singing is lacking. All remain 3 stars.
Next up is one of my faves, Kim Tae Rae, the floppy haired one with the great voice in The Real. He keeps up that charming smile as he performs. The judges say his singing is All Star Level, but his dancing is lacking, so he stays in 3 stars.
Back in the waiting area, Oh Sung Min from Bloom Bloom is talking about whether K or G will win, and Kim Min Hyuk from Lullaby says that they’re at a disadvantage because they have so many high scorers, that they have more to lose, and that it will be easier for the G group to advance. Yeah, maybe, but the competition isn’t who can gain the most stars; the competition is who will have the most stars. I really think these boys don’t understand how math works.
Up next is Sexy Jellyfish Park Gunwook, who brings charisma and power to his audition performance. He cracks a few notes but really does well overall. He comes back in and his fellow trainees ask for his score, and we find out that judges have decided to reserve judgment for right now. Speaking of how math works, I came back to edit this in: If you can’t stand to wait to find out how many stars he gets, solve this simple equation, and the answer will be his star rating. 7x - 3 = 25 Otherwise, you’ll find out shortly into the third episode.
Up next is nation’s sweetheart, Sung Han Bin, who declares himself a candidate for center position of the Signal Song. We see almost his whole audition, and of course, he does great and is given 4 stars.
Naturally, Canada’s pride Seok Matthew is next. The judges are still considering Park Gunwook, and they say that Seok Matthew’s vocals are better than Gunwook’s, but that even though Matthew’s dancing had “groove,” he messed up the choreo a bit. They keep Matthew in 3 stars. Matthew cries a little and says in English that he was nervous, and Jay and others console him in English, saying that he didn’t look nervous.
1:53:25 Four Stars
First, they pretend that Hui is going to audition right now. Instead, we get a 2 minute flashback montage, set to tense music, showing Hui getting negative feedback about his dancing and having to ask younger trainees for help. Blue-haired Park Hanbin from The Real interviews that he didn’t think he himself would be able to handle going from artist to trainee*, and my little cousin Kum Jun Hyeon, he of the notable yelling, says (off camera), “The way he would humble himself before guys much younger than him was cool, but as a fan, it hurt to see it,” and yeah, that’s where I’m at, cuz. Han Seo Bin, one of the animated rappers from Freak, says that he thought that Hui was amazing. Hui himself says, “I’m fine. I believe that if you’re lacking, you should learn.”
*More on the “artist” thing. Notice that Hanbin used the English word “artist” to describe Hui, and that actually really matters. In the Korean musical landscape, a distinction is drawn between artists and idols. For example, people generally consider IU an artist, and I’m pretty sure Bibi would be considered one as well. But the members of say, Blackpink or BTS, despite their skill and talent and all that, are considered idols. Using the word “artist” elevates what Hui is capable of -- he’s not just a pretty face who endorses brands; he makes real music. It was a big compliment, and one I would agree with.
The song test starts, but oh no, guys. Hui forgets the lyrics and then can’t find the key to sing. He keeps going, and of course his voice sounds great, but yeah. They put him in three stars.
Mun Jung Hyun, the cool raspy rapper from The Real (watch the full performance on Youtube!!), interviews that he’s worried that Group G will win. Then, I assume, he goes off camera and eats the special treat the staff dangled in front of him to get him to say that, because no way he actually believes that.
Meanwhile, Zhang Hao, the auburn haired Yuehua leader, takes his level test and does great, holding on to 4 stars for his group.
He’s pretty happy about it.
Up next is Jay, and we’re reminded how great he is and how everyone likes him. He apparently had a lot of trouble learning the choreography. We see a flashback of him in the training room, crying in frustrations, and we see kindly Keita helping him. As Jay explains in halting Korean, he feels bad that Keita took time from his own practice to help him. If I were Jay, I’d mention that in the audition room. In any case, he keeps his all star level, and Keita says he knew it would happen. Keita seems like a good egg.
At 2:01:30, it’s golden maknae Han Yujin’s turn, and OH MY GOD I WAS RIGHT. It turns out he was really sick! All his Yuehua teammates were worried about him, especially charming mophaired Kim Gyu Vin. Jesus, the show is admitting that they let this 15 year old with a high fever work himself half to death? Honestly, fuck this show sometimes.
Feel free to skip to next episode at 2:02:00 or so.
Here’s the live voting results. Anyone who made a change of more than 15 spots will be in bold.
Biggest Riser: Na Kamden, up 45!
Biggest Faller: Park Gwan Young, who auditioned with Lullaby, down 29
Ouju hasn't risen yet, but I still think he will by next episode. But I guess we'll see.
Nation’s sweetheart Sung Hanbin ⇔
Sickly little baby Han Yujin ⇑1
Sexy BL actor Kim Ji Woong ⇓1
Charming mop-haired Kim Gyu Vin ⇑1
Canada’s pride Seok Matthew ⇑27
Some guy named Lee Hoe Taek ⇔
Auburn haired leader Zhang Hao ⇔
Jay ⇑22
Early entrant Lee Da Eul ⇓5
Sexy Jellyfish Park Gun Wook ⇑5
Cutie pie Anthonny ⇓3
Floppy haired excellent singer Kim Tae Rae ⇓3
Mysterious blonde Ricky ⇓1
Sweetheart talent Keita ⇔
Hiroto from Conduct Zero ⇓4
1the9/backup dancer/Mirotic Lee Seung Hwan ⇓3
Former T01 Cha Woong Ki ⇓7
Overalls Ollie ⇑5
Little Takuto ⇑1
Charming all star Haruto ⇑19
The other early entrant, Lim Jun Seo ⇓2
Seo Won from NINE.i and Attention ⇓4
Distinctive looking Krystian from Call Me Baby ⇓2
Oh Sung Min - was Jerome in T01⇓7
Bak Do Ha - blue house ⇑2
Yoo Seung Eon -“titanium voice” singer on Kick It -K, who we haven’t seen this whole damn episode ⇑18
Ma Jin Xing, the handsomest one of the tall guys who did Reveal ⇓11
Canada’s joy, Brian ⇑9
Dang Hong Hai, the blonde vietnamese trainee ⇓5
Chen Kuan Jui - the super flexible guy ⇑24
Kum Jun Hyeon - my little cousin and noted yeller ⇔
Zhang Shuai Bo - my favorite from Reveal ⇓10
Lee Dong Yeol from Up10tion ⇓7
Chen Jian Yu - on Call Me Baby team ⇓6
Mun Jung Hyun the raspy rapper from The Real ⇓11
Park Han Bin - blue haired ⇓2
Na Kamden - the other American ⇑45
Wang Zi Hao - Krumper from Veil ⇓9
Jung Min Gyu - red House ⇑11
Yuki - lighter haired “Crown” by TXT performer ⇓4
Xuan Hao - blonde member of Team God’s Menu ⇓8
Lee Hwan Hee - the good singer from Up10tion ⇓4
Lee Jeong Hyeon - was in The Real ⇓8
Lee Dong Gun - performed Criminal in shoes ⇓1
Cai Jin Xin - from Reveal, a zero star ⇓3
Choi Woo Jin - from NuNu NaNa ⇓5
Lee Yedam - that amazing Gambler solo audition ⇓2
Cong - brown haired Vietnamese trainee from View ⇑18
Park Ji Hoo - “I just got here,” Freak, leather jacket ⇓2
Park Hyun Been - rapper from GBTB ⇓10
Wumuti - UN Village singer ⇓2
Choi Seung Hun child actor, absolute youngest, Love Scenario ⇓6
Ji Yun Seo the leader of Yuehua’s Kick it (K) group ⇑27
Yutaka One of the no-auditioners; seen a few times in zero-stars class ⇑3
Jeong I Chan Mirotic, also he was on I-LAND (as Jaeboem) ⇓3
Chen Ren You Tiger Inside ⇑3
Wen Ye Chen - main vocal on Call Me Baby team ⇓1
Choi Ji Ho - did Kai’s Mmmph ⇓3
Dong Dong - from Team Tiger Inside ⇑32
Jang Yeo Jun - on team GBTB ⇓9
Chen Liang - on God’s Menu ⇑22
Ichika - tallest member of Team Shine ⇓4
Nice - the shy no-eye contact Thai guy ⇑8
Haru - wore Green jacket in Maniac ⇓9
Min - Thai member of Glitch Mode ⇑15
Han Seo Bin - the other guy from Freak ⇑4
Yoon Jong Woo - guy who pretended to kiss Ji Woo ⇑6
Jung Ho Jin from Lullaby ⇓20
Osuke - on team Crown by TXT ⇓6
Qiu Sheng Yang - blonde member of team Tiger Inside ⇑18
Han Yu Seop - from GBTB ⇑3
Jeon Woo Seok - barefoot Criminal performer ⇓12
Winnie - Thai guy, turned down university; he’s in NINE.i. ⇑4
Yang Jun - on team HOT by SVT ⇑10
Jang Ji Ho he debuted in NINE.i ⇓3
Chen Yu Geng/Crayon - blonde member of Call Me Baby ⇓1
Wang Yan Hong - on team HOT by SVT ⇑2
Ouju - zero stars dance teacher, Shine ⇓11
Kim Min Seong In NuNu NaNa ⇓1
Jeon Ho Young from Love Scenario ⇑1
Itsuki - wore the hat in Shine ⇓16
Kim Min Hyuk in Lullaby ⇑8
Kei In Conduct Zero ⇓7
Park Min Seok- In The Real ⇓20
Jung Se Yun - the short haired member of team Damdadi ⇓17
Yuto - In Conduct Zero, cried on phone with mom ⇓17
Hong Keon Hee from NuNu NaNa ⇔
Riku - last place last week ⇑5
Feng Jun Lan - dark haired member of God’s Menu ⇓3
Hyo - Didn’t audition, blonde ruff of hair in front ⇓28
Lin Shi Yuan - red haired member of God’s Menu ⇓2
Park Gwan Young - from Lullaby ⇓ 29
Toui I think might still be sick??? ⇓8
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i know here we talk about every kpop group that has ever existed but i want to know more about you specifically! what are your favorite groups and fave members from them? not based on any criteria like outfits or mvs or whatever just the ones u really like!!
who, lil ol' me?? tbh most of the groups that i reblog ARE the ones that i really like! shinee, ateez, purple kiss, oneus, onewe, victon, mx, got7, dalmation, nu'est, boyfriend, myname, tvxq, teen top, toppdogg, bap, knk, onlyoneof, exo, red velvet, snsd, xg, nct, dkz, dkb, aespa, nine.i, blitzers, trendz, tan, a.c.e, vanner, cix, golcha, onf, ghost9, highlight, cignature, billlie, superm, ox, brave girls, sistar..............
#is that enough groups? i can keep going#my top listened artists for this month on spotify are jinki aespa woodz superm nct 127 oneus victon qb and tvxq#for all time currently its shinee nct 127 mx taemin key glen check nu'est ooo + purple kiss#i listen to SO much music. i dont really do fave/ult groups/biases like most kpop fans bc i dont....really care like that#i'm really just here to watch the mvs and listen to the music and like. enjoy the scene i guess#i tune into groups where i like what i've seen before. whether it be music or styling or an mv#i have spotify playlists linked somewhere on my blog where you can see the full extent of how MUCH i listen to#anyways. name a group and i've either heard of them or listen to them semi regularly 🤷#addy called me a flop encyclopedia and they were not wrong#text#answers#media recs
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3, 6, 9 [for cogito] and 4, 7, 9 [for azya] :-)
For Cogito-4:
3. If this oc could change anything about their life (or lack thereof), what would it be, and would you change that?
Well, he'd probably like to bring back his mentor. Or, at very least, accept it if he realizes he can't. But aside from that he probably knows that he's incapable of staying in one place for too long, even tho he tried it a few times. And yeah, he kinda moves with Destiny's seasonal content so it's convinient for me. Or well. He will return to moving with seasonal content when I return to sesonal content.
6. What was the inspiration for their story/ lore?
Well, a bunch of things - his backstory really evolved over time, as did his character. I really like Eliksnii, exo lore and guardians lore so these are the elements I used the most. And Master Ryba was created after I've listened to a really edgy song about mentor's death.
9. What is your favorite part of having this oc?
It's fun to imagine what your player character would say to what happens in seasonal content. Especially to go "He wouldn't be there, he wouldn't say that" every time. Also dressing him in little gay outfits, Also - drawing robots is fun.
For Azya:
4. How was this oc named? Is there any specific reason or meaning behind it?
Ok, so there is this book called "With fire and sword" which I like a lot and has a character who is named that. And I mean, he really sucks but also, his name sounds cool. It's kinda gender neutral also and all Ajidialian names are so it fits. It quite literally means "Asia" but in universe it has no meaning (beacause Asia doesn't exist) (unless I come up with some meaning in the language; I have quite a lot of it). And Zaavim is very vaguely based on one sylabe of my own surname. Also, it's read as Za-avim.
7. Have you made any alternate universes for this oc? if not, what kind of au would you make of them?
Ok, so to start - he, as my compleatly original character, is a sort of AU alredy - he was originally my NationStates leader but then I started to come up with compleatly original universe for him. Also his character changed a lot, so basically they only share a name now.
If I were to make an AU... Modern Earth/human AU, oblivously, if I wanted him to interact with other people's human OC wihout unpacking that he's not a human first. Apocalypse AU would be fun, tho he is very much a guy who would die first (depents of what genre tho I suppose). Or I could trap him in Groundhog Day AU. Or turn him into krasnoludek (borrower), he would make a fun krasonuldek. Honestly, he's kinda flexible.
9. What is your favorite part of having this oc?
One, putting him in cute outfits; two, imagining him splattered in blood; three, I also like imagining him happy with his husband. Sappy, I know, but that's me. I should draw them together one day.
Bonus, because I thought about it:
1. Would this oc fight you if they could?
He would never fight anyone (unless. unless). If I hit him in the face he would immiedatly cry and run away.
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10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 also I'll brb with some hyunho pics <333
Hi fe! <33
10. do you play video games? if so, what games?
Answered here
11. do you prefer to color with colored pencils, crayons, or markers?
colored pencils. I feel like I have much control with them, I can play it better with shadows and stuff ^^
12. what other fandoms are you in?
besides being a stay I'm a carat, atiny, moa, midzy, exo-l, byulharang... and I ton of other groups but I keep up more with just skz, svt, ateez ^^
13. do you have a signature in your style/everyday outfits?
black clothes and converse kk am I bang chan? maybe kfjbdshs
14. do you have any pets? if not, do you want some in the future?
no :(( but I do really want a cat (3 cats to be exactly because I've already thought of their names) and a corgi hehe
15. do you give objects you own a name? (car, house, plants, etc)
not often but my family's car name is Kevin kk and we just call it by that kk like we won't say "where's the car" we will say "where is kevin?" kk
16. do you like the weather where you live?
I do actually because since I live in the south is not that hot and although I live in a tropical country I still can experience some cold haha
17. if you could wear one color for the rest of your life, what would it be?
based on the other question I think you can guess kk Black
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ok i saw some girl on tiktok setting gifts to herself for when she gets to her gw so i want to too!!!!
gw1: smartwatch!! >:3 i kinda need it anyways heh
gw2: alcohol based markers!!
gw3: heart boots!! or butterfly boots if i find them
gw4: outfit!!!
uw: latest txt/exo/shinee album!! depends on who made the latest comeback by the time i reach it!
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The K-Pop Scene Starting from Seoul, South Korea
We all have heard of the country, South Korea, as well as its capital, Seoul. Seoul is a city with vibrant districts and incredible street food, but most importantly to us, the birthplace of the K-pop music scene. If you don’t know what K-pop is, K-pop means Korean pop music, so it is mainstream music in South Korea, but since the 1990s, due to what is called the Hallyu Wave, or the Korean Wave, K-pop started to become popular all over the world.
Some of the first K-pop groups to pioneer the genre include the group “Seo Taiji and the Boys” who performed on TV for the first time on April 11 of 1992. They were the first group to introduce rap into K-pop, which became a staple in K-pop groups and songs. In fact, there are positions in K-pop groups specifically just for rapping parts of their songs. “Seo Taiji and the Boys” influence led to the formation of the now notoriously top 3 K-pop entertainment companies, SM Entertainment (in 1995), JYP Entertainment (in 1997), and YG Entertainment (in 1998) - all based in Seoul. These 3 companies have been dominating the K-pop entertainment market for the past 2 decades and are recognized by any and every person in South Korea and just any global K-pop fan.
However interestingly enough, “Seo Taiji and the Boys” would not even be really considered the first K-pop group established. The place holder of that title would be “H.O.T”, which debuted in 1996. Their song “Candy” is a well-known hit that truly started what K-pop culture is today, and as you will see while watching their performance, how different it seems to be from the performance of “Seo Taiji and the Boys”.
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It is more childlike, upbeat, and just overall light-hearted, giving off “pretty boy” vibes, while the former gave off more “bad boy” vibes. We can compare this to popular K-pop hits like “Gee” by SNSD, “Call Me Baby" by EXO, and “TT" by Twice.
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These 3 groups all debuted and made music in different years, and they are listed in chronological order from their debuts. So from watching these, it must be obvious that there is an apparent consistent pattern of an upbeat, energetic vibe to K-pop. Some distinctive features of K-pop are the rigorous and perfectly in-sync choreographies and the typically bright-colored, eye-catching outfits in their music videos and performances. Like I had also previously mentioned, there are designated roles in K-pop groups such as the rapper, the lead singer, the lead dancer, etc.
Although I have been talking about the upbeat, bright, and cheerful side of K-pop that every fan would know and love, there is definitely a dark side to the K-pop scene as well. As it is well known, nothing is perfect. And although these K-pop groups are made to look perfect with their in-sync choreographies and lovely vocals all while giving a great big smile, there is an entirely toxic culture behind these performances. These K-pop stars are constantly on strict schedules practicing their performances for hours daily with very little free time for their friends and family, are on a strict diet constantly watching their weight, and they also have to face harsh scrutiny from the general public. This does a lot to their mental health, and in fact, K-pop artist Jonghyun from group SHINEE had committed suicide in 2017, and 2 famous female K-pop artists, Sulli from group F(x) and Goo Hara from KARA had also committed suicide in 2019 due to their mental health issues.
A Korean culture critic, Kim Heon-Sik, commented on these issues saying, “Since then, people started perceiving those struggles, especially regarding mental pain from hate comments, as a real issue and vocalizing a public dialogue. Another factor is that the level of workload and stress that K-pop idols face today is much more intense than before. Now they have to entertain fans not only in Korea but all around the world. Due to the development of social media, there's even platforms that offer one-on-one chatroom services with idol stars. That's a large load of emotional labor.” These idols are put under a lot of pressure to maintain a certain image, which is specifically a happy friendly image, which can definitely be unnatural at times to constantly put on, because as humans our emotions simply do not work like that and we will have good days and bad days.
However I think that if we are put under constant surveillance and the slightest mistake can ruin your career, which constantly happens. For example, a female member, Jennie, from the K-pop group “BlackPink” was discovered to be dating a member, Kai from K-pop group “Exo”, and dating scandals are a big no-no to the general public, so this had a lot of backlash toward the two K-pop stars and definitely would not have benefited their mental health. Thankfully, because this was a more recent scandal in 2019, the times have changed and the general public has seemed to become more understanding toward K-pop stars, as an article from Koreaboo (K-pop news website) states, "A lot of fans also expressed their concern about haters that could give Jennie and Kai a hard time." This is referring to the hate that some hardcore "fans" will display toward their K-pop idols for doing something out of their "image" and they lose members of their fanbase because of that, which is unfair because obviously, they are just people.
Overall, the K-pop scene has greatly evolved in such a short span of time, only dating back to the 1990s, and it has created such an impact on the world and continues to do so. We can see such a prominent example from K-pop group “BTS”, who is well-known everywhere by people who don’t even know a single thing about K-pop. It is very interesting because South Korea itself is such a small country and doesn’t even physically take up its entirety of the country (since it shares half with North Korea), and the capital itself, Seoul is small in size compared to NYC and Los Angeles, but it is such a bustling city with so much going on, producing so much music. I am also happy to see how the K-pop culture has evolved in a more positive light with regards to mental health because we are shedding more light on how difficult it is performing in the K-pop genre for the performers. I am looking forward to seeing only progress in the future for the K-pop scene with its constantly growing global audience.
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Appreciation~
#exo#exo fanart#exosnet#artists on tumblr#baekhyun fanart#baekhyun#kpop fanart#digital fanart#my fanart#don't repost or edit btw#please and thank you#after a thousand years I've finally drawn him again lol#this is based off when exo performed at the Seoul Music Awards#back in like 2017#I've always loved his outfit there and finally got a chance to draw him in it ^^
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Baekhyun as Dimitri from Anastasia from @baekhyunbitz‘s Disney Prince moodboard
#baekhyun#exo#byun baekhyun#back again with my basic as bkg#hope u like it#i based the outfit from the animation :''#my art#requested#baekhyunbitz#exo fan art#fan art#digital art#creations
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Who wears it better?
#gw2#guild wars 2#asura#gw2 asura#inquito#sjoti#inquito wouldn't like the outfit at all as her name is already being mixed up as an inquest#inquest exo-suit outfit#i had to get it even though i don't have any rats that are inquest-based#i'm still cackling at the thought that sjoti's so buff unlike his sister#he's a mesmer... and she's a warrior#My ocs
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