THE GROUP
Very few coed groups can touch IDOLMAKER in fame, concept ambition and of course, number! Set under the managment of MBN Entertainment and japanese game developing studio FURTA since their conception in 2016, IDOLMAKER is a franchise like no other, setting their ever expanding roster of K-Pop Idols to voice act playable chracters in their sci-fi asymmetrical multiplayer survival game, Crewmaker Battle Universe. If that doesn't already make them unique enough, the group functions under a voting system, meaning comeback lineups and asthetics get voted on by their fans, MAXIs, via their official website.
IDOLMAKER, often shortned to IDMK, defies all odds and rumors of there being no such thing as healthy competition: united like a true dream team, with some people having ties going deeper then blood amongst them, they know that while stuck inside of a trancherous money empire like MBN, all they can really do is watch each other's backs and pray for the worse won't get them.
THE MEMBERS.
1st Gen - i. Yoo Eunhyuk. / ii. Jung Eunyoung. / iii. Hong Seunggi. / iv. Baek Yoojin; 2nd Gen - v. Yuthakon 'Ring' Chaiprasit. / vi. Lee Gayoung. / vii. Yang Taehyeon. / viii. Grace Elizabeth Lao; 3rd Gen - ix. Kim Hosung. / x. Kwon Dabin. / xi. Jeon Jeonghun. / xii. Cho Yejung. / 4th Gen - xiii. Im Daewon. / xiv. Yoneno Tomomi. / xv. Chuya Yuzuriha. / xvi. Nakashima Kina; 5th Gen - xvii. Kim Ilseong. / xviii. Julia Lee, Lee Haseon. / xix. Jang Wookjin. / xx. Tabitha Choi.
THE CONNECTIONS
LOOPiN - Colleges: While the bubblying romance between Seungsoo and Gayoung is what brings the two groups together, the friendship and music exchange between LOOPiN and IDMK is what keeps them all together. Seeing Dylan's growing necessity for friends outside of his band, Ring and Tabitha attempt to take him under their partying set of wings, not without it's fair share of complications. In order to get back on the good graces of his fleeting, long distance situationship with former Boy Of The Week member Kohei, Daewon attempts to reunite him with Haruki, his good pre-debut friend, as well as get to the bottom of who sabotaged him out of the project back on the day, and why.
NIGHT CHILD / NTCD - Rivals: With IDOLMAKER's company being a subsidiary of MBN, they've had one too many sour encounters with NTCD. Yongho has the nasty habit of never letting Seunggi, IDMK's main rapper and his once boyfriend, take a step without his consent now that they're reunited; Hyunbin's obsession on pursing Tomomi has tired her and every single one for her members beyond cooling down; Josh's rising influence over the innerworkings of the company reminds Hosung too much of his deceased and despised brother.
MBN'S GOLDEN AGE SENIORS (EXTENTH & SUNDATE) - Rivals: A misguided game of 'Senior Romance Speedrun' with the founding groups of MBN, EXTENTH and SUNDATE, has left the majority of the IDOLMAKER members heartbroken, embarrassed and more importantly, pissed off. Still, Julia ignores the years of historical battles between the two as she finds herself in the middle of an office affair with SUNDATE's golden girl, Park Suhyun - a desperate attempt to subside her intese feelings for her icon, Yoojin. Little does she knows, she's not the only IDMK member that she's secretly trailing along. Recently discharged from the military, Grace's never forgotten first love and ex-boyfriend, EXTENTH's Changmin, asks her once for her hand in marriage, as well as for Grace to retire from daunting Idol life with him.
[REDCATED] - ???: After [REDACTED], a private country club in center Seoul -- one that deems itself as a 'place for connection between former child stars' -- gets a grip hold of Taehyeon, suspicion of their members real intensions, motivations and face of leadership rises in Eunyoung and Yuzuriha. A spiralling Hosung takes dangerous inspiration in [REDACTED]'s 'detachment' and 'healing' methods, to Dabin and Jeonghun's utter horror.
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↶*ೃ✧˚. RAINBOW Ent at MAMA 2023
❃ ↷ ˊ- Nominations !
While no Rainbow acts won any awards at this year’s MAMA, the company had a total of 8 nominations, with Neverland being the most recognized.
Neverland
Album of the Year ; Seventh Heaven
Worldwide Icon of the Year
Best Male Group
Best Dance Performance – Male Group ; Sugar Rush
LUCID!
Best Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Female Group ; TOO SPICY!
Anya
Best Female Artist
Best Music Video ; Flower
❃ ↷ ˊ- Performances !
Both Neverland and LUCID! Had their own performance stages, with Blue participating in a collaboration stage with Le Sserafim’s Yunjin, Kep1er’s Xiaoting, Bada Lee, and Monika.
Sugar Rush + Days Gone By (ROCK VER) ; “Escape from Dilemma”
from left to right; youngho, mako, dabin, dae, jun, howie, woosung
Neverland performed on day 1 towards the end of the broadcast. They performed segments of both of their 2023 releases, Sugar Rush and Days Gone By. The performance began with a dance break to a rock instrumental of Sugar Rush, focusing on three units of the group. Youngho and Howie were first, then Jun, Dabin, and Woosung, then Dae and Mako, before they all converged together in the middle of the stage to perform a rock version of Days Gone By. Lost loved their performance, although many wondered why they didn’t focus more on Sugar Rush, the song that earned them their nominations.
Blue of LUCID! ; CHESHIRE! (MAMA version) ; “Goddess Awakened”
Blue performed with Yunjin, Xiaoting, Bada, and Monika in the collaboration stage on day 2, representing the Sphinx. She performed an intense and largely instrumental version of CHESHIRE! prepared especially for MAMA. She first began with a lyrical performance to a monologue over the speakers, before taking her place on a golden throne surrounded by dancers, as CHESHIRE! (MAMA version) began to play. Her dance solo to the song followed the style of the others before her, sharp, angled, and powerful. After she finished her own solo, she began the transition into the group performance, strutting down the stage to an eerie musical tone to join the rest of the women in formation. All five women performed a strong and powerful dance to MAGO by LIM KIM to finish off their collaboration. Blue received a lot of praise for her performance online, having one of the most technically difficult solos out of the group. Her power as a dancer remains unchallenged.
LIKE THIS! + TOO SPICY! ; “WHAT A DAZE!”
from left to right; blue, minji, chaehee, suyin, summer
LUCID! performed as a group towards the end of day 2’s broadcast. Their performance began with LIKE THIS!, focusing on a small solo performance by each member. Each member had a unique bit of choreography for their piece, consisting of only a few lines, until converging to the middle to finish the song as a full unit. The song then transitioned into TOO SPICY!, marking the first ever ot5 performance of the song. They seemed to be having a fun time on stage, hyping up the crowd, and grinning widely. Towards the end of the song, they broke from their choreography to run around the stage as confetti rained down, encouraging the audience to cheer and sing along with them. The focus of the stage was to emphasize LUCID!’s fun and carefree personality and concept. Multiple clips of other groups smiling and clapping along to their performance gained traction, a clip of Vernon from Seventeen dancing along and grinning going the most viral.
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