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Kpop Idols in BLs 

Ironically the first idol to appeal in a Korean BL role so far as I can tell is Japanese idol Terada Takuya (Cross Gene) who was ½ of the BL couple in 2015′s The Lover.

The first Korean idol to do so was Yoo Dong Kyun (Khan of ZPZG), who was in Tropical Night (2017). It v. sad.

Idols in BL Shows

2015 - Terada Takuya (formerly Takuya of CROSS GENE) The Lover

2017 - Yoo Dong Kyun (Khan of ZPZG, disbanded) in Tropical Night 

2020 - Cheon Seung Ho (Seungho of THE MAN BLK) in Mr. Heart

2020 - Kang In Soo (MYNAME, disbanded) in Wish You & Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (2021)

2020 - Lee Sang (IMFACT, inactive) in Wish You

2021 - Hur Hyun Jun (formerly Hwall of THE BOYZ) in Color Rush

2021 - Son Woo Hyun (Ghun of X-5, disbanded) in To My Star

2021 - Kim Yoo Hwan (SPEED, disbanded) in The Tasty Florida. I am gonna add that amazing body of his is well earned. He was one of SPEED’s acrobats and they had some of the greatest trick work EVER fielded in the industry (fight me). He’s the white shirt in this one (watch until the end, that swing flip I CAN’T EVEN. And he’s the ripped jeans + run dmc shirt in this one (yeah they’re fucking dancing in wheelies). 

2021 - Choe Chan Yi (formerly Chanyi of THE MAN BLK) in Light on Me (ACE did the song)

2022 - Park Bum Jun (Bumjun of band 2Z) in Behind Cut (2Z also appears in Ocean Likes Me)

2022 - Eom Se Ung (formerly Seung of THE MAN BLK) in Behind Cut

2022 - Park Jun Hee (Jun of A.C.E.) Tinted With You 

2022 - Han Sang Hyuk (Hyuk of VIXX) in Color Rush 2

2022 - Kim Ji Woong (INX, disbanded) in Kissable Lips & Roommates of Poongduck 304 

2022 - Park Seo Ham (formerly of KNK) in Semantic Error

2022 - Park Jae Chan (DKZ) in Semantic Error

2022 - Ok Jin Uk (trot group SUPERFIVE) in Cherry Blossoms After Winter

2022 - Holland in Ocean Likes Me (soloist, first out gay idol in a BL, also appears in Roommates of Poongduck 304)

2022 - Leo (VIXX) in Happy Ending Romance 

2022 - Karam (THE BOSS, inactive) in Happy Ending Romance 

2023 - JunQ (MYNAME, inactive) in Individual Circumstances 

2023 - Jaehan & Yechan (BOTH from OMEGA X) in A Shoulder to Cry On 

2023 - Gongchan (maknae of B1A4) in Unintentional Love Story 

2023 - Lee Dong Won (main rapper of KNK) in Happy Merry Ending 

2023 - Kim Kyu Jong (formerly of SS501, major stage musical actor) in Happy Merry Ending 

This has been a brief history of idols in BLs, Love in Spring not included. I’m sure I missed some and I’m sure there will be more. Comment with additions, please. 

I’m stopping now. Pretty much every new KBL has soem kinda idol in it from 2023 on. It’s actually stranger to see one without an idol now.

I did dither over THE MAN BLK legitimately counting for various reasons, but then decided Kpop-ness is not my judgement to make, and left them all in. 

Also it should be noted that Rowoon of SF9 does a killer job as a bisexual character in The King’s Affection, but that’s not BL. 

Kpop MV BLs:

K.will - Please don't... - unquestionably the most famous, this is a tragic BL and features two extremely famous Kdrama actors from almost a decade ago! 

Park Won - Fuxxxxx crazy - features Han Se Jin from Mr Heart and Lee Ki Hyun from Light On Me) 

Park Won - Fuxxxxx crazy - in English, vocal by 스텔라장, with additional sexy footage 

The Rose - Beauty and the Beast - 3 fairy stories, one of which is gay 

OnlyOneOf’s hit libitO also has BL themes. 

LOVE is RIGHT

There’s a lot more sensuality and queer context out there, so I’ll pass you along to this fun video on the subject with samples. 

The OnlyOneOf BL MV series 

YooJung (main dancer, visual) - begin - BL love story continued in... 

KB (lead rapper, visual) - be free - continuation and other side of above story 

JunJi (lead vocalist, lead dancer) - be mine - second BL couple story continued in... 

Rie (lead vocalist, lead dancer) - because - other side of above second couple, this one has the BL pool trope and is a break up MV 

Mill (main rapper) - beat - this is my favorite of the series it’s a “saving him from his bullies” romance, very cute, completed in... 

Nine 'beyOnd' (vocalist, mak) - beyond - other side of above third couple, bit of a bad boy trope 

Bonus: 'Fuxxxxx Crazy' MV Making Film 

Most of Holland’s stuff is hella gay, but not necessarily BL. 

Taiwanese Bl actor, Lin Yu (OuWen in Love is Science?) featured in a sad gay MV

MOAR? 

Takara & Amagi were both played by Jpop idols. Arata Sato is a member of IMPACTors, and Oriyama Nao of Shounen Ninja (both groups are managed by Johnny's Jr). I’m not going to track the Jpops in JBLs because challenges.

That said, 2022′s The Usual Night (Twitter account) from Japan is a 10-ep fake documentary series starring the members of Jpop group the Fantastics. It flew under everyone’s radars but apparently has a BL subplot featuring Yagi Yusei (My Beautiful Man) and Seguchi Leiya. This officially means they beat OnlyOneOf to the punch as the first inter-group BL pairing. Keito Kimura (Onoe from Candy Color Paradox) is also a member of Fantastics and in the show. Source reddit.

Follow up question: 

Do I think any MAJOR idols will do BL? 

I think it's pretty unlikely right now.

ACE's Jun is probubly the biggest idol to have done a BL so far (at the time, pre-BL, not post). I do think the Jaehyun (NCT) possibly doing a BL thing thing was a rumor. Boy do I neither care nor want to argue about this, please don't comment on the subject. He's cute, it'd be fun, *waves hand in air* go away NCTzens.

If it's a major idol currently active it'll be a non-Korean (contract allowing) or one of those 3rd Gen out-of-contracts we are about to see a lot more of. (You better believe everyone is watching GOT7 to see what they do and how they handle it, so...)

But I think BL will still only be able to tap second tear idols even then - so VIXX not GOT7, for example. No shade on VIXX, they’re amazing, but they don’t have the same numbers in any arena, literally and figuratively. Also those from defunked and fractured groups seem to be fair game. And it’ll still be mostly the shorter idols who want to break into acting. And/or the ones old enough not to give a shit about reputation anymore. (None of this applies to Japan, attitudes are way different there.) 

The personality of the idol really plays into this too. Like I could see Ten or Yuta (NCT) being all “fuck it, I’m doing a BL” (eventually) but not Mark (GOT7) for example. 

It's unlikely any studio would allow a highly active 4th gen do a BL. And yes, I do think it's studio controls in place, they’re very careful with their stable.

You don't let a triple crown racehorse do dressage no matter how popular dressage becomes. 

That said, if the racehorse doesn’t perform well but dressage can somehow help?

Kpop group DKZ’s prior album first week’s sales? 1,482. Comeback in April 2022? 107,965.

The reason for that 100x increase? Most likely Park Jae Chan’s appearance as SongWoo in Semantic Error.

Apparently he had to convince his company to let him do it. 

Do you feel drunk with power BL universe? I do. (info via KPOP Junkee)

In other news NuNew & Nat (Thai BL Cutie Pie) do a fun acoustic cover of Blackpink’s Lovesick Girls, which I find rather amusing for some reason. 

Other BL + Kpop crossover stuff from me: 

BLs as K-pop groups

K-pop Allegiance chart 

Match a Kpop song to that BL! 

GOT7 Jay B singing wet track 

10 Korean Male Beauty Ideals 

Top 10 Kpop Idol BL Fantasy Cast List

My Favorite BL OTSs

Okay so “sing your feelings” is one of my least favorite tropes but still I often get asked about my favorite OSTs (original sound tracks), if I gravitate to anything it’ll just be one OTS (theme song) here are some of mine in no particular order:

Dark Blue Kiss - I genuinely love the weird drama-llama intro music, but yeah, no singing 

Color Rush by Ryu Su Jeong and Finding You Kwon Soon Il- I like both theme songs enough to have actually purchased them 

Wish You’s Wish For You by Kang In Soo & Lee Sang (IMFACT)

I'll Be There by Johnny (To My Star) 

Light On Me’s Spark by A.C.E. 

Ocean Likes Me by Holland (for the BL of the same name)

My Oxygen sung by Nut (though I got tired of it fast) 

I Still by Leo (VIXX) for Happy Ending Romance (Leo’s voice is just...) 

Sunshower by Ayumu Imazu (for Eternal Yesterday) was my favorite of 2022, it’s still lives on my playlist in regular rotation, the BL on the other hand... 

Rainbow - the refrain, not the main theme song, for Love Tractor 

I’m probably missing a few, but I’ll add to this so long a Tumblr lets me. 

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13 K-pop Idols Who Admitted They Are Part of the LGBT Community 

Last updated Mid 2023. Not sure how much longer Tumblr will let me update this one, also it’s kinda turning into a Kpop right of passage. So I’ve officlally stopped tracking. 

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An entire list of idols/actors that I am a slut for (male version) this is for research purposes btw

Kpop idols:

VAV - all members

UNVS - all members

ENOi - all members

E’LAST - all members minus Yejun

Onlyoneof - KB, Mill, Nine, Junji and Yoojung

Teen Top - C.A.P and Niel

A.C.E - all members

2Z - all members

IZ - Hyunjun and Jihoo

N.Flying - Seunghyub, Chahun and Hweseung

TO1 (TOO) - Chanhyuk, Kyungho, J.You and Donggeon

Victon - all members

ATEEZ - Yunho, San, Wooyoung and Seonghwa (occasionally Hongjoong)

iKON - Junhoe, Bobby and Donghyuk

SF9 - Zuho, Hwiyoung, Taeyang, Jaeyoon, and Youngbin

ONF - Wyatt

Speed - Sejun and Taeha

History - all members

Cross Gene - Takuya

Black6ix - Ziki, Taeyoung, Yongseok and Jongwoon

Bigstar - Raehwan, Baram and Sunghak

Trusty - Haru and Chance

Kingdom - Muijin and Louis

Got7 - JB

Wei - Daehyeon, Yongha and Donghan

Be.A - Milly

The Boyz - Jacob, Juyeon, Sangyeon and Q

Myname - JunQ

UNIQ - all members

B.I.G - Gunmin and Heedo

N.Sonic - J.Heart, Sihoo, Byul and Zion

Noir - Seunghoon

Big Bang - Top and GD

Monsta-X - Changkyun and Wonho

Madtown - Buffy, Lee Geon and Daewon

Great Guys - Dongin, Hwalchan, Uiyeon, Horyeong and Baekgyeol

Dustin - Bel and Yoon

Spectrum - Minjae, Jaehan, Hwarang, Eunjun, Villain

Infinite - Dongwoo

Stray Kids - Hyunjin

2PM - Taecyeon and Wooyoung

BTOB - Minhyuk and Hyunsik

CIX - BX, Bae Jinyoung and Hyunsuk

Target - all members minus Boun

Vanner - all members minus Hyesung

Argon - all members

The Rose - all members

Block B - Zico and U-Kwon

N.Cus - Seungyong, Hojin, IF and Soon

LU:KUS - Jinwan

Mr.Mr - Tey, Changjae and Doyeon

Legend - Listen, Changsun, Lito, Jehyuk and

Topp Dogg/Xeno-T - Sangdo, Xero and Nakta

1TYM - Taebin

B.A.P - Yongguk and Jongup

MONT - Roda

Seven O’Clock - Vann

M.I.B - Kangnam and 5Zic

The Tasty Twins

Jay Park

Christian Yu

1Team - BC, Rubin, Jehyun and Jinwoo

SS501 - Kim Hyunjoong and Park Jungmin

Roh Ji Hoon

Penomeco

Click B - Minhyuk

H.O.T - Kangta

K.A.R.D - J.Seph

Map6 - Sign

Villian

Jinwoo

Gaho

ZPZG - Khan

JJCC - E.Co

Super Junior - Zhou Mi

Monster Woo

San.E

Rainz - Sunghyuk, Eunki and Ju Won Tak

Alphabat - Gamma

Hotshot - Jinhyuk and Hojung

My.st - Woojin

G-Most - all members

Cai Xukun

Z-Boys - Gai

One (from 1Punch)

Kim Jaejoong

IM/X1/Bae173 - Hangyul

NU’EST - Baekho

J.Jun

Xenex - Yuhyeong

Dalmation - Inati and Donglim

Dickpunks - Taehyun

BLK - Yao Ming Ming, Ilkyung, Inno, I, Taebin

The Man BLK - Jeongyou, Junwon, Chanyi, Woojin, Sungyong, Seung and Hyeongseok

UN - Choi Jongwon

UN - Kim Jeonghoon

D1CE - Woodam

IN2IT - Issac Voo, Inpyo

Checkmate - Yongseok

Ex member Youjin (KNK)

Ex member Hwall (the boyz)

Ex members Hyunwoong (2Z)

Ex members Cory and Daeil (24K)

Ex member Z-Uk (Bigflo)

Ex member Jungkyun (Bigflo)

Ex member Jiwon (Topp Dogg and Mr.Mr)

Ex member V.Hawk (Master One from Wonder Boyz)

Ex member Jeongguk (N-Sonic)

Korean actors:

Hong Jong Hyun

Lee Soo Hyuk

Kim Woobin

Nam Joo Hyuk

Park Bo Gum

Sung Joon

Park Hyoshin

Kim Young Kwang

Park Haejin

Song Jae Rim

Lee Junki

Seo In Guk

Kim Bum

Kim Soo Hyun

Jang Dong Yoon

Kim Jaewook

Japanese actors:

Takuya Uehara

Jpop/jrock idols:

The Rampage from Exile Tribe - Fujiwara Itsuki, Zin, Kawamura Kazuma, Hokuto Yoshino, Hasegawa Makoto, Goto Takuma, Riku, Kamiya Kenta, Takechi Kaisei

Ballistik Boyz - Miku Fukahori, Riki Matsui, Kanou Yoshiyuki, Masahiro Sunada

Sandaime J Soul Brothers - Imaichi Ryuji

Generations from Exile Tribe - Katayose Ryota

Arashi - Jun Matsumoto

The Gazzette - Aoi, Reita and Ruki

Golden Bomber - Kyan Yutaka

S.U.G - Takeru, Masato, Chiyu

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Park Jun Hee, also known by his stage name Jun, is a member of A.C.E. He stared in recent historical BL, Tinted With You. (Yes there’s boys kissing.) 

He’s not the first Idol to appear in a BL, but he’s certainly one of the most famous. 

Ironically the first idol to appeal in a Korean BL role is probubly Japanese idol Terada Takuya (who was 1/2 of the BL couple in 2015′s The Lover). 

The first Korean idol to do so was Khan (Yoo Dong Kyun) of ZPZG, who was in Tropical Night (2017). It sad. 

More Idols in BL?

Cheon Seung Ho (THE MAN BLK) in Mr. Heart

Kang In Soo (MYNAME) in Wish You & Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding 

Lee Sang (IMFACT) in Wish You 

Kim Yoo Hwan (SPEED) in The Tasty Florida 

Hur Hyun Jun (AKA Hwall of THE BOYZ) in Color Rush 

Son Woo Hyun (AKA Ghun of X-5) in To My Star 

Choe Chan Yi (THE MAN BLK) in Light on Me (ACE did the song)

Park Bum Jun (2Z) in Behind Cut 

Eom Se Ung (THE MAN BLK) in Behind Cut 

Han Sang Hyuk (Hyuk of VIXX) in Color Rush 2

Kim Ji Woong (INX) in Kissable Lips

Park Seo Ham (KNK) in Semantic Error

Park Jae Chan (DONGKIZ) in Semantic Error

This has been a brief history of idols in BLs, I’m sure I missed some and I’m sure there will be more. 

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Teen Vogue Interview with Jun

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Meet 2Z! The Kickass Kpop Rockband

Written by Joannie Betancourt

2Z is a Korean rock band currently under GoGo2020 . The group is made by 5 members: Bumjun, Hojin, Jiseob, Junghyun and Zunon. They first debuted with their EP We Tuzi : My 1st Hero. Currently they only have two EPs: We Tuzi and Nostrum which were released on 2020 and their single Let's Go For It in

 For now they do not have any official fan colors but they do have a fandom name! They call their fans From A. Cute isn’t it? Now let's meet the rockstars!  I suggest giving a follow to these amazing boys so you will be updating will all the cool things coming soon.  Social Medias:  Instagram: @2zband_official  Twitter: @Official2Z Facebok:  2Z 투지 Youtube: 2Z

Meet The Members: 

     1. Bumjun 

Bumjun’s birth name is Park Bum jun. He’s the leader and drummer of the group! His birthday is on February 3,1999 an awesome Aquarius if you ask me!

     2. Hojin  

Meet our second member Hojin. He’s currently the main vocalist for the band.  His birth name is Kim Ho Jin. And he’s a Cancer! He was born on July 3, 2001.

       3.Jiseob

  Meet Jiseob! His birth name is Jung Ji Seob and he is the vocalist and guitarist of the band. He was bored on November 11, 2001! 

     4.  Junghyun

Meet the maknae! Junghyun or Lee Jung Hyun being his birth name. He is the maknae, vocalist and bassist of the mand. Our little maknae is a taurus! He was born on May 20. 2002  

5. Zunon

And last but not least, we have our mysterious new member Zunon. Zunon, was presented in the group on August 1, 2020 with their digital single Let Go For it. For now there's not much information about this member but we currently know he is the pianist of the group. Welcome, Zunon! Hopefully, we will know and see more of you soon! 

With that being said, I am super excited to see what the future holds for this awesome group. cannot wait to see what's in store for 2Z! See you soon!

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This Week In BL

Dec 2021 Wk 2

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Bad Buddy (YouTube) Ep 7 - Secret boyfriends subverted the seme/uke dynamic using BL tropes (YES!), we had a possible GL really take off and general good times. I’m live blogging it here.

Paint with Love (Gaga) Ep 3 - I liked this better than the previous two, both characters seemed less abrasive plus I always appreciate a good makeover montage. Got tropes like baby is a floppy drunk and the dreaded sponge bath but executed in a very grown up way, (because this is a very grown up BL, and I’m still not sure how I feel about that). 

Loveless Society Ep 3 - hadn’t dropped by midday Friday so I’ll check tomorrow. I’m not fussed. 

Baker Boys (YouTube) Ep 5-6 (not a BL) - I’ve basically given up on this one. I’ll probably keep watching it but with no effort to stay current or report on it here. 

Love With Benefits Ep 5 fin - and that’s apparently the end. Okay? Anyway, got unexpectedly higher heat than I thought it would, which was nice, but I was still left with a terrible case of second lead syndrome (damn you, Best). This is why I loathe love triangles. 5/10 RECOMMENDED only if you have nothing better to do and don’t mind love triangles. 

Between Us (YouTube) special 5 - I can’t even with these two, they are actually trying to kill us with cute. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

My Type (Taiwan indie - hard to find) Ep 7 - lost my lead on this one so now I’m falling behind. 

Kieta Hatsukoi AKA My Love Mix Up (Japan - Viki/Netflix) Ep 9 - as was foretold the ep 9 that dropped and is floating around grey sites is a mix of recap + BTS footage. No one knows if there will be two more episodes or if this really was an actually ep 9, and the next ep will be billed and label as ep 10 and therefore our last one. But the latter seems more likely. There’s 2 more. 

Utsukushii Kare AKA My Beautiful Man (Japan - Gaga) Ep 4 - the college years begin. And how much do I love this profoundly warped little show? SO MUCH. Starting us off with just one of those dinner theater things where you accidentally introduce your new boyfriend to his semi-abusive ex who promptly tries to establish dominance and steal him back... in front of your brother. Good stuff. (Honestly, how many subby boys who don't like nice guys have I meet over the years? SO MANY.  Practically and archetype of the kink scene.) I don’t even have 2nd lead syndrome with this one, because we know Koyama doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell, because the boy likes hell far too much to even think about the snowball. You know what I like best about this show? No one but Japan could have made this. It’s just so... THEM. 

Mr Cinderella (Vietnam - YouTube maybe restricted) Ep 2 - it’s really very good, I love that the Khoa, the doctor character, is openly gay and I love the sulky tsundere with reason bad boy. The doctor flirting him into complete confusion is kinda adorable. Definitely the best BL out of Vietnam so far. ALSO cutest most poetic miss caption ever...

“This feeling sounds familiar.” - Mr Cinderella 

In Case You Missed It

Japanese BL Kieta Hatsukoi has rebooted its run on Viki (for most international audiences), so you can now watch it legally there as My Love Mix-Up! It’s fully eng subbed through Episode 8.

Thai BL Secret Crush on You (previously known as Stalker the series) Teaser trailer here. Starts Feb 11on Ch3Thailand and IDOLFACTORY’s YouTube channel international.

Another KBL announced: Love in Spring from WATCHA (Light On Me) a web drama that’s already started filming. Adaptation is based on the webtoon Spring of Crush by Noh Myung Hee. 

New KBL coming SOON; Behind Cut (Emotion Studio and ATA) starts Dec 28, 8 episode run. Stars Park Bum Jun (also a model and drummer in Kpop band 2Z, under stage name Bumjun), Eom Se Ung (formerly of Kpop group The Man BLK), and Choo Seok Young. Described as "a fashionable love story of Gi Jin, a stylist who chases his dreams, Lee Bin, a top model, and Young Woo, a man with no big dream.

Gossip

Vietnamese BL production house, AB Studios released its 2022 line up. Letters = melodramatic and dark (teaser), Melody In Me = classic uni-style BL from a country that’s never done it before, music and baking club, 2 soft boi pairing, (teaser - July 2022), Rin = unknown (Winter 2022).

New Chinese (supposedly) BL In Your Heart. Two boys kissing in the snow on the poster which means... THEY GONNA DIE! Eh, ya know how it goes. China does not allow out gays to end happily in a BL. Not anymore. Imma watch it, of course. But don’t you dare say you’ve not been warned. 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Remember Not Me, Kieta Hatsukoi, and Mr. Cinderella all air on Sunday! It’s like global BL appreciation day. 

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here. I keep a full record there of everything I announce.

This week’s best moments?

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Behind Cut

New Korean BL from Emotion Studio and ATA

Starts Dec 28, 8 episode run (not sure where). Stars Park Bum Jun (also a model and drummer in Kpop band 2Z, under stage name Bumjun), Eom Se Ung (formerly of Kpop group The Man BLK), and Choo Seok Young. Described as "a fashionable love story of Gi Jin, a stylist who chases his dreams, Lee Bin, a top model, and Young Woo, a man with no big dream.

More!!!

#BehindCut will be a series starring #ParkBumJun (member #2Z ), #EomSeUng (ex #TheManBLK ) and #ChooSeokYoung , with 8 episodes and will premiere on December 28, 2021.

#비하인드컷 #Korea (Stolen from twitter)

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Can't find info on the studio or a trailer on YouTube but there are some clips out there.