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i wanna adopt them

mark and haechan as sosuke and ponyo 🌊🪸🌤

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🌲 Haechan & Ballet: Fluidity and Shapes

Personally, I think ballet is the most prominent dance form in Haechan's dance style. It's evident in his fluid and graceful movements, his extensions, his form and technique, as well as his awareness of shapes and imageries.

"Ballet Dancer Analyzes: NCT HAECHAN - Why Efficiency is Elegant"

This is Episode 1 of @shakyraindrop's series on "Anatomy of a Dancer" where they analyzed Haechan's dancing. They're a professional ballet dancer, so their analysis is very detailed and informative. It's one of my favorite videos made about Haechan, and I urge you to watch it, too!

🪴 Elements of Ballet

🌿 Five positions: the basic positions of the feet and arms through which most ballet skills move through

The cutest thing about Ballerino Haechan is how his feet are always in a basic ballet position at the most random times. He can be standing idly in their Youtube content or spontaneously posing for photos but bet he will stand like he's just waiting for the music to play.

🪶 Haechan being a ballet dancer by lhcsunace

It's no surprise that he carries this in his dancing, as well.

It gets even more evident next to others.

🌿 Well-maintained posture, extension, and precision

The easiest way to explain Haechan's posture, extension, and precision is using this specific "Superhuman" fancam. Not only is he alone in the video, but he's also wearing black and well-fitting clothes that highlights the shapes he creates with his body.

Observe how tall and long he looks. This is possible because of the extended movements of his limbs, and the way the moves follow through until his fingertips.

He leans backward at 2:20 to extend his body. His awareness of shapes enables him to add an illusion of more length to his neck, arms, and legs.

🌿 Body alignment: the rotation of the legs from the hip so that the feet are facing outward (known as "turnout"), correctly placed arms, and centered upper-body

The 'Sticker' dance practice video shows Haechan's application of techniques in ballet such as préparationis and spotting, correct arm and foot placements, and having a centered axis when doing pirouettes, among others.

🪶 Haechan being compared to ballerinas by xu9yu

🪶 Haechna doing ballet in the Sticker dance practice by sugar2runes

🌿 Complicated patterns of dance moves, challenging steps such as leaps and turns

There are a lot of Haechan spins, leaps, twirls, and turns seen in their choreographies. There is a Twitter thread featuring these linked below:

🪶 Haechan being the "Spin King" by sfwithfs

Haechan incorporates the techniques mentioned above like spotting and having a centered upper body whenever he does his spins, and it's so satisfying to watch.

Here's a Haechan spin moment that is my personal favorite:

🌿 Graceful athleticism: muscular, toned physique combined with elegant, fluid motions

🪶 A ballet dancer's analysis on 'Love Sign' by haechu

To end this long ramble on Haechan and his ballerino tendencies in dancing, here's 'Love Sign' and its dance break that he choreographed himself.

It's filled with various elements of ballet (as well as other dance forms he learned), and it's a very accurate culmination of all the aforementioned observations.

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📸 Haechan and NCT Dream for DAZED Magazine - October 2017

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Things to note about Haechan's 221130 IG Live

Not only can Haechan sing, dance, rap, compose, and choreograph, but he is also good at directing the camera. In fact, the camera directions for the ANL and LISGO live clips were his idea. (It was also his idea to have live clips for their B-side tracks!)

He has a really good grasp of Tiktok. He knows what will fit the vibe and attract the audience. He even made a Tiktok-worthy clip on the spot based on the Kick It dance break where he was center.

The Tiktok challenge in question in case Sunflowers want to recreate it! (He got shy and apologized after 😭) 🎶 NCT 127 - Kick It

Haechan is very particular about his dancing. We already know this, but he takes time to understand the choreography before adding his own flare to it.

He can roughly tell when the fancam was shot based on his facial expressions and the nuances of his dancing. He really watches his fancams, and it makes sense why he constantly improves and changes things up every performance!

He realized he fits R&B more and he's listening more to the genre. We're all seated for R&B HOLO.

New unisex perfume!

A lot of Baekhyun and EXO short covers, plus he sang some parts of their songs.

Not to be a Sunflower, but it's really fun to watch Haechan's solo lives because he's interesting. No exaggeration but I can listen to him talk all day about any topic under the sun (😉), but especially when it's about his craft.

Hearing him last night dissecting his recording process, vocal parts in different songs, his thought process on their choreographies, watching his fancams, singing short covers, and sharing bits and pieces of his life is very endearing to me. Looking good bare-faced and in his comfy clothes is a plus!

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📸 HAECHAN and NCT 127 for "The Transience Issue" of Flaunt Magazine - November 2018

🌿 Flaunt Film | NCT 127

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📸 HAECHAN and NCT Dream for chicteen Magazine China - October 2019

🌿 Behind-the-Scenes

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🎶 N.Y.C.T.

Here's the 2nd out of the 3 songs that Haechan made with Taeil and Deez! Even when they only sang a snippet of it, I kinda get why it's his favorite.

🎶 Haechan & Taeil - N.Y.C.T. Released: 23 October 2022 for NCT 127's NeoCity: The Link+

🌿 Why It's Haechan's Favorite

Refer to 26:07 on MUSIC SPACE: The OST Trio's Live Clip & Our Music Journey

Haechan: "To tell you briefly, among the songs that I, Taeil-hyung, and Deez-hyung wrote together, there's a song that I like more than "Love Sign". I'm not sure if I can play that song, but I want to if I get a chance. It feels like a computer has generated my favorite song. It is my style itself."

Note: They left "N.Y.C.T." unreleased on purpose, with "Love Sign" being featured on The Link concerts instead since it's a song made as a concert piece.

I'm glad that he got to show a snippet of his favorite self-written song. Haechan's always happy to share his craft with the fans, and I am just in awe listening to it and watching him perform. He's grooving to it so playfully, too. The laid-back vibe of the song makes me bounce to it, but damn is it a difficult song. The high notes are insane! Needless to say, I want to hear the full version.

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🎶 Good Person (2022)

March 5, 2022, the release date of Good Person (2022) - Haechan's first solo activity outside NCT and first OST ever - also known as the only peaceful day in sunflower history💆‍♀️

Not gonna lie, I'm already attached to Choi Hyoju's face. She was the profile picture on Haechan's Spotify page for so long 😭

🌿 The Announcement

No exaggeration, we lost our minds. Before Good Person (2022), Haechan has 0 solo activities to his name. Six years and nothing! You can only imagine how this announcement from Playlist Korea shook sunflowers. We have been praying for a Haechan solo activity for so long, to the point that we don't even care what's it going to be: a solo magazine shoot, a variety show guesting, or even a short interview somewhere. To be honest, it's sad to see all the members except Haechan have at least one solo activity in 2021. It's unfair that his schedule is so packed that he can't even fit one solo schedule in between. So, we hoped that 2022 is a more generous year for him, and it is. It's more than whatever first solo activity we hoped for. It's an OST! A main vocalist having his long-awaited first solo activity outside the NCT brand and it's an OST! We were feeling over the moon (or the sun 😉).

🌿 Good Person (2022)

It is the OST for the drama PLY FRIENDS: Seo Yeon University Class of 22 released by Playlist Korea. Good Person (2022) is the latest rendition among the various remakes of Toy’s “Good Person” released in 2001.

Haechan's Good Person was supposed to be released on the 6th of March, but the company in charge decided to move it a day earlier due to the positive response and excitement from fans.

🌿Achievements

Indeed, Haechan's first OST was well-received by the fans and the public.

Compiled by haechancharts on Twitter

Haechan was also chosen by the TTA as the Best Artist of K-Drama OST among Malaysian fans for Good Person (2022).

🌿On the Recording Process

Of course, none of this will be possible without Haechan's hard work. In Music Space with Taeil and Doyoung where he also sang "Good Person (2022)" live for the first time, he shared his thought process regarding the song's recording, and some specific details that he had to do for this endeavor.

Refer to 19:42 on MUSIC SPACE: The OST Trio's Live Clip & Our Music Journey

Haechan: "While recording the song "Good Person", one of the hardest parts about it is that I wasn't telling my own story, but I was telling a story of the main character of the drama through the song."

On the technical aspect of recording "Good Person (2022)" The pronunciation which I worked on, or other habits that I had, I got rid of all of them. The director also asked me to make it sound as natural as possible. As you know, I don't sing like I talk. I can't sound like this when I normally sing, but I tried hard to sing like I was talking as much as possible. It was hard, but it was still worth trying. So, that was a bit different. In a group, I can do what I want to do. When my part comes out, it's nice if it's impactful. But for this, I have to do the entire development by myself, so I had to sing accordingly.

🌿 Fan Reception

Being a sunflower is hard, but once in a while, you get a Haechan OST, and it becomes your anthem.

Personally, Haechan's "Good Person (2022)" is really meaningful to me. I had to repeat it so many times when it came out and I had goosebumps just listening to the instrumentals, waiting for Haechan's voice. I cried when it did. Legit. I used to get confused at people who have "comfort songs" or whatever they call it but middle finger to the younger me because comfort songs are real and to present me, it's Good Person. Sure, we're not all in an unrequited love like the character in Haechan's OST, but I know for sure that Haechan's voice brings all of us comfort, and I think that's enough to keep listening to it.

I just want to add that if you're playing "Good Person (2022)" nonstop as well, don't fret. You're not the only one. In fact, we have an idol fanboy in our midst who even sang a cover of it on a radio show. He also reacts to the song the same way we do. This is DRIPPIN's Joo Changuk who is among the growing number of 4th gen idols who look up to Haechan. He's the original idol sunflower so check out Changuk and Drippin's music, as well!

🌿 Good Person (2022) on Music Platforms

Listen to Good Person (2022) for a bright Fullsun day! 🎶 Melon ➫ https://t.co/hLri4hmhPV 🎶 Genie ➫ https://t.co/rrewctQZPq 🎶 FLO ➫ https://t.co/QsHcV8DAg2 🎶 Bugs ➫ https://t.co/AK4ALTkDYI 🎶 VIBE ➫ https://t.co/n0y26Yz2Di 🎶 Spotify:

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🎶 a Haechan mini R&B album

Haechan's voice and style suits R&B so much and sometimes NCT songs feel like they came straight out of LHC1.

1. NCT Dream's Irreplaceable

2. Haechan and Taeil's Love Sign

3. Haechan and Taeil's NYCT

4. NCT Dream's Better Than Gold

5. NCT 127's Love Song

6. NCT U's Faded in My Last Song

Honorable Mentions:

7. NCT 127's Crash Landing

8. NCT 127's Gold Dust

9. NCT Dream's Teddy Bear

10. NCT 127's Magic Carpet Ride

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A whole bunch of adorable veggie friends for you! Don’t worry about not being able to eat healthy anymore, my Grunlings aren’t actual food!

They are gentle spirits of nature and if someone is lucky enough to see or even befriend a Grunling, they can become incredibly supportive with gardening. ;) 🌱

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🎶 NCT Dream - Trigger the Fever Released: 08 May 2017

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Haechan really put his whole being into producing and performing Love Sign

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Haechan really shines differently on stage...

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🪴 fave Haechan dance moments

📷: Touch | NCT 127 | Untouchable Tiktok fanedit 📷: Bring the Noize | NCT 127 | yuum606_ Fancam

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love the imagery of vampires bathing in blood. like girl you’re not elizabeth bathory. that’s your fucking protein shake you’re soaking in.

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📝 sf rant #2

🍃 On Fansigns/Fancalls and Asking for/about HOLO

Let me preface this by saying some things. I understand that the fans paid for the calls with their money, so they can do whatever the hell they want. I am not claiming that I know better how to spend the few minutes they have with the idols, but I just hope that some of these fans are more conscientious when interacting with them.

Since I haven't had the opportunity to get into fansigns or fancalls with idols (specifically Haechan), I can only form my opinion from the video recordings that pass through my Twitter timeline.

For context, these online fansigns last only for a few minutes. I think the longest I heard of was 8 minutes, but most are 2-3 minutes. That's a really short time for the amount of money spent to get a slot, but perhaps for most of the fans, a few minutes of interaction once (or a couple of times) with their favorite idol is worth the price.

That said, I have seen a lot of fellow fans who secured a fansign slot asking their mutuals or people from their subfandom what to do during those 2-3 minutes. I appreciate this kind of fans so much.

I've seen this a lot among sunflowers, and I'm glad that most of us are on the same page: congratulating Haechan, mentioning some of his achievements that he may not be informed of yet, talking about his music, some random Haechan-related stuff, and showing pets among others.

Of course, there are some that do things that I personally won't do, hence this rant, but again, it's their money.

Since I entered the fandom during the pandemic, I've only seen a few face-to-face fansigns. I'm more familiar with online fansigns but it doesn't mean that I am unaware of what happens during the face-to-face ones.

I know of that NCT 127 fansign where someone attended wearing a bridal dress and Doyoung looked disgusted surprised. This actually happened to Haechan on an online fansign where he was made to pretend as a groom, marrying the fan in a bridal dress and white veil. I know I'm not the only one who found this weird, and Haechan also looked awkward.

I wonder if the Neos talk about their weird fans after the fansigns like those that make them act like animals, the ones who command them to call themselves stupid or whatnot, those that force them to take selcas using their personal phones, etc.

I'm not shaming gf stans on fansigns. You do you, I guess. Plus Haechan usually indulges most of them and he likes teasing people. He gets shy on some occasions (when he's hit with a cheesy pick-up line or when he's caught off-guard /pos) which is always a treat for everyone because the boy is super confident and rarely gets shy.

Sure, fan service is a part of the idol industry, but idols are still humans. This goes without saying, but they also deserve to be treated with respect. I just hope that fans on these online calls stop making them do stuff that they are not comfortable with.

(Always ask if they're okay with it. Also, some idols, like Haechan, will mostly agree with whatever for fans, so learn to read body language. Anyway, just be a decent person.)

Moreover, we are still fans. There is still a boundary between idols and fans. At the end of the day, they are still strangers to us, and we are much more of a stranger to them. So, boundaries.

One more thing about fansigns that give me the ick are shippers who forward their shipping agenda to the idols. I'm pretty sure some, if not most, of these idols are aware of ships among their group members, but that is not a warrant to be so shameless about it on fansigns.

[I still wonder how fans can still insert shipping in a 2-minute fancall because I'd run out of time praising Haechan alone.]

There's already a whole debate on shipping, rpf/rps, so I don't want to delve deeper into that. I'm not one to stop people with their shipping agenda. Again, you do you. Just remember that you have avenues to do that. That's why there's a whole rps/rpf community on social media platforms (on Tumblr!!!) where you breathe life into your headcanons.

So, boundaries.

I don't know how idols deal with the knowledge that people ship them with their bandmates. I guess they are just chill about it, but you know, if we can be mindful (and perhaps not create an awkward atmosphere among the members being shipped), let's do that. Or I don't know. If you can't keep it to yourself, be subtle? 😭

This is also related to shipping, but it rubs me wrong when a fan who is on a fansign with an idol is talking mostly about another idol. Uhm, you should've just attended the other idol's fansign? Some idols may be fine with that, but personally, If I were an idol, I'd feel disrespected.

Now, onto the more positive things, before I talk about something that I feel conflicted about, and I'll just enumerate since there is no explanation needed.

Haechan praise: (he gets really shy sometimes and he doesn't know what to respond, that's when we know the fan has got him) complimenting how he's doing so far for the promotions, his vocals and dance, or really anything worth-mentioning that he did recently

Talks on Haechan's music: future music plans, genres of music he wants to do, songs he currently loves, musical inspirations

When fans request him to sing something

Talking about his hobbies, food preferences, pets (and showing him fans' pets)

Showing him video edits of sunflowers' messages for him, link to a compilation of fan letters

Mentioning stuff about him that he may not be aware of yet: how he has a lot of kpop idol fanboys, celebrity fans, my personal favorite is when one of the people i follow informed him that she mentioned him to Michael Jackson's nephew

Joking with him, and trying to make him laugh

I'm not really a fan of the Tiktok challenges that they make him do, but he really looks adorable trying the challenges in some, and I'm also glad someone showed him his viral Untouchable Tiktok edit

So, this is the thing I'm conflicted about. Recently, Haechan has been sending messages on Bubble about how fans will not regret supporting him. He's also said this to a fansign. I only saw one video but I'm not sure if there are more. He's telling us to wait a bit more. It seems unspoken but it's like a request to keep holding on to him? Am I the only one who feels that way (and my friend, too)?

We think that he probably feels burdened whenever people ask him about solo activities, dance covers, song covers, solo albums, new music, etc.

I cannot blame sunflowers for talking about solo stuff and asking him, because honestly, I'd do it, too. He was so excited talking about solo stuff prior to the release of Love Sign. Then, we figured after the release that maybe he was so giddy in his seat because he was gonna surprise the fans with a song he wrote. To us, that translated to "he likes it when we talk about his solo stuff and when we ask him about his solo career plans".

Besides, for the lack of solo stuff in the past 6 years, we all feel like he deserves to have more activities and more opportunities to grow individually at this point. For someone that talented, he can do it and he will succeed.

However, thinking about it these past few days, I feel conflicted. Haechan's just 22 years old and honestly, he has a lot on his plate as an idol and a member of three active NCT units. His schedule is so tight that he barely has any rest in between. The way SM's making him work is unhealthy, unethical even. Also, sure, we can blame it on SM's capitalist mindset but I cannot help but feel for Haechan since he's the one we're asking for schedules from. Not directly SM. So yeah, he carries that burden alone.

It's not like Haechan doesn't want to release his own music. That's his dream: to be a singer-songwriter. I bet he's itching to do it, too. However, no matter how talented or how big his fanbase is, the decision to release a solo does not rely solely on his hands. There are a lot of aspects to consider: the company, the budget, the staff, the time that will be spent on his activities which is equivalent to his time out of the units he's in.

There's also the factor that Haechan's a good team player. I think he feels the responsibility, as a vital member of the units he's in, to think about the group first (which is sad since I really think it's high time for him to focus on himself).

We're such in a fucked up position, especially Haechan, that it makes me think that even if I want the world to know Soloist Haechan as soon as possible, I don't want him to feel like I'm disappointed in him for asking and asking when he cannot do anything about it. I don't want to pressure him, especially at a time where more than the pressure of releasing something (which is such a drain on an artist's creative juices), he needs to know that people support him and are willing to wait for him.

So, parting words, since this has been such a long rant, if you're ever on a fansign with Haechan, please reassure him that we can wait and that we will always want the best for him. If that's going at his own pace and focusing on the group more, no matter how if we agree or disagree, it's his career anyway.

The recent bubbles and fansign conversations just bothered me really and made me rethink this with a friend. I don't want him to feel like he's gonna lose fans because he's not powerful (?) enough or that he's not greedy (?) enough to demand that he be given something for himself and halt other activities for him or whatever.

Please let him know that we won't get tired, and that we will stay to support him until the time comes when he can already focus on himself. We all know that day will be worth it.