#Get to know Pledis Girlz

[buddha-nayoung]

GET TO KNOW PRISTIN

Get to know Pristin - 4/10  Jung EunWoo

another bae

she’s actually a meme queen

1 2 3 4 5 (my beautiful avatar <3)

now that I think about it she may actually be on the top of my bias list

born 1/7/1998

also took part in Produce 101, actually get up to the final episode, but got eliminated at #21 place :((

some of her performances: Into The New World, Call Me Baby, When The Cherry Blossoms Fade, Crush, Fingertips

was on Voice Kids - 1 2

if you’re a Carat, you may also knwo her as a ‘slap girl’ from Seventeen’s ‘Mansae’ MV 

she also sang in Vernon’s song ‘Sickness’

she’s a self-proclaimed beagle

has cute nickname for Nayoung (NaNa/NyaNya), reversly (NuNu/NyuNyu) - they say it different ways depending on their moods lmao

she’s a queen

even if you don’t stan Eunwoo, you stan her

sang NU’EST ‘Overcome’ Queen ver. with Minkyeong 

shippable with everyone

I mean, seriously

she’s a big snsd fangirl

ot9 stan

Jessica’s fangirl to be exact

I meaaan - FLY

they have really similar voices -  1 2

TALKING ABOUT HER VOCALS

Listen to me! She sings so beautifully! 

Fly, Gravity, Call Me Baby,  독하게, My Everything

and now look how cute she is

and here

stan her guuyyssss

[wonwoosthetic]

HYBE & Pledis || Minnie

Masterlist

Requests and taglist are open! :)

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‧₊˚✧ BTS

∷ Good friends with all of them

∷ Minnie used to have a crush on Jin, but pshh only Mingyu knows about that

∷ Sometimes tags along when the ‘97 liners group chat goes out

∷ Sees J-Hope as a person she truly looks up to for his dance skills, as well as his positivity

∷ Loves Taehyung’a style and steals some of them sometimes (#Taecore)

∷ Listened to Butter religiously

∷ got to facetime Halsey, thanks to them

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‧₊˚✧ TXT

∷ They are WHIPPED for her omg

∷ All of them think she’s like the coolest but also sweetest person ever

∷ Beomgyu’s favourite sunbaenim (she doesn’t want to admit that but he’s also kind of her favourite, although she truly does love all of them)

∷ Minnie’s does not only love them as people but also the group and the music they make

∷ She often puts on TXT in the back of her Vlives

∷ Sends them flowers and a cake for every comeback they have

∷ Tries to avoid standing right next to them because they’re HUGE

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‧₊˚✧ Enhypen

∷ Jay’s and Heesung’s #1 crush

∷ First met when the performance unit was on I-Land

∷ She knew everything about them because she had been following the show

∷ Loves Jungwon maybe a bit too much and will protect him at all cost

∷ It scares her how fast he can switch from a smiling face to a serious one

∷ Minnie’s extremely proud of how far they’ve come and reminds them of it every time she sees them

∷ She promoted their collab with TAYO more then any children channel ever could and had the songs on repeat

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‧₊˚✧ Zico

∷ a big Block B and Fanxy Child fan is under the same label as him…

∷ she was really nervous about meeting him for the first time, but Mino and Bobby did most of the talking

∷ Minnie actually managed to keep her cool but her heart was POUNDING

∷ he does find her cute and attractive… maybe a little too much… maybe there’s a little crush…

∷ Zico definitely wants to make a song with her once he has finished his military service

∷ she’s not nervous around him anymore because she found out that he’s actually nice

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‧₊˚✧ GFRIEND

∷ very close friends

∷ Minnie was and still is the biggest “Mago” fan

∷ meet up occasionally, whenever each has time

∷ used to be together backstage of music shows & award shows a lot

∷ especially close with Yuju (thanks to DK)

∷ before and after “Mago” Minnie and Yuju took pole dancing classes together

∷ Eunha, Yuju, and Minnie are in a friend group with some fromis_9 members

∷ BIG VIVIZ SUPPORTER

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‧₊˚✧ NU’EST

∷ some of her favourite sunbaenims

∷ She’s a huge fan of their music and loves how different they are from other K-Pop groups

∷ Minnie has a LOT of respect for them

∷ Although she now loves them, she definitely was terrified about meeting them for the first time

∷ she’s closest to Minhyun and Baekho

∷ did cosplay with Ren a few times for fun

∷ They make sure to keep an extra eye out for her

∷ She’s sad that NU’EST don’t get the recognition they deserve

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‧₊˚✧ Pristin

∷ met during their pre-debut years

∷ Nayoung wanted to take care of Minnie as soon as she saw that Minnie was going to train with the guys, but the language barrier was a big problem and the fact that they didn’t see each other every day

∷ isn’t too close with the ‘97 Liners

∷ Rena and Minnie got pretty close due to the fact that they spoke the same language and liked screenwriting

∷ Rena, Sungyeon, and Minnie were very very close during their pre-debut years, but Sungyeon was sadly only in Korea during the summer

∷ Minnie still remembers the second hand embarrassment she has suffered because of the Seventeen members whenever they did something with the “Pledis Girlz”

∷ she wouldn't admit it, but she definitely was jealous of them sometimes, since they were all girls and could talk to each other about girl things, whereas she only had guys around her

∷ but she blames herself because she could’ve started becoming close friends with all of them, but she never even dared to do so

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‧₊˚✧ fromis_9

∷ ngl, when she found out Pledis would be signing fromis_9 she got excited and nervous

∷ excited because: finally another girl group under the same company

∷ nervous because: Pledis and girl groups🥴 + Saerom is, in her opinion, one of the most beautiful women ever

∷ now the ‘97 Line and her are close and they’re in group chat with the other ‘97s from GFriend - they fit very well and share the same vibe

∷ whenever she hangs out with them, she finds out that she still has to get used to mostly being called “Unnie” as most of the fromis_9 members are younger than her

∷ Minnie and Hayoung have been doing Yoga together for quite some time now because Hayoung has a Yoga Instructor license

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[district2001]

Debuting with 13 boys?

Seventeen AU: 14th member

Jangmi x Seventeen (mainly Coups)

Recap: When Jangmi officially gets asked to debut with Seventeen feat. a very annoying Pledis CEO

Words: 1.2k

Requests are OPEN: Please please please send me what you want to see from Jangmi. I’m also open to feedback :)

Jangmi’s Masterlist

“Sorry sir, with all due respect, are you sure you don’t want be to be apart of the girlgroup debut team? You know the one with Nayoung Unnie and Sungyeon Unnie.”

The most awkward silence Jangmi had ever experience followed, causing her to once again open her mouth and start blabbering.

“Not that I don’t trust your vision… You’re a great CEO and I believe you know what you’re doing with each of your trainees. It’s just…uh… They’re a boy group. And I don’t mean there’s anything wrong with boy groups, I love One Direction. I spent the last few years wanting to marry Niall. It’s just… um… there’s a lot of them… won’t it be quite hard and weird if there’s one random girl there. Especially since their debut project has finished filming. Didn’t they promote themselves all over the country? Won’t everyone think I’m a last minute edition.”

She was met with blank stares on all the management teams faces, and a hint of annoyance from some random guy in the back.

“No. No. I don’t mean to say that you are including me in Seventeen because you need another member. I’m sure you have thought about this very carefully. No way am I mocking or judging you about this, it’s just-”

The manager in charge of all the female trainees motioned for her to be quiet.

“You’re quite an energetic one aren’t you.” The CEO chuckled to himself. His other employees agreeing behind him.

“I’m sorry sir. I didn’t mean to talk that much. I-”

“How about you let me finish explaining what’s going to happen.”

Jangmi nodded, tightening her lips together.

The CEO signed. “I’m going to be honest with you. We need more buzz for Seventeen. They had their tv show and a few people recognise them, but ‘Shining Diamond,’ didn’t create any hype. We can’t afford to debut them unless we are certain that the public will give them attention.”

The vice CEO then began to speak. “The best way to get their attention is to do something outrages. Nothing too crazy to make them hate Seventeen, but enough to keep them wanting more. And our marketing team found that there’s barely any mixed member groups.”

“But usually these groups aren’t well received by the public, as by the time they’ve got the public attention they start dating each other and it becomes a whole mess. But I’m sure that won’t happen to you” The CEO quickly interjected, before signalling back to the Vice CEO to continue.

“That’s why we were thinking of adding you to the group. Stick around for the first few comebacks, until Seventeen make a name for themselves, then we can move you to the girlgroup, or you can go solo, or you could be an actress

Jangmi waited for a few seconds, before it was clear that the floor was hers.

“I understand that. And I’m very thankful for the opportunity. But I don’t think my parents would say yes. They wouldn’t be keen on me living with 13 boys. But they would be happy if I was in a girlgroup.” She replied, stressing the idea of her debuting with Pledis Girlz.

“Who said you’d be living with them?” The CEO interjected.

Her eyes went wide open. Had she been reading this entire situation wrong. “I’m so sorry, I thought I would have to stay with them. Isn’t that how the KPOP industry works.”

“You can stay with me.” Hyelim Unnie replied, from behind all the staff. Jangmi was so nervous when Kyla told her their CEO was wanting to meet with her, that she didn’t even notice her dance instructor in the room.

“Think of it as after hours dance classes. You need to be up to par with the rest of the dance line” She continued, with a wink.

“Dance line!” Jangmi yelled, before quickly realizing how loud she had been. She quickly stood up and bowed down to the CEO.

The CEO started speaking again. “The rap line in Seventeen is, how can I put this, very masculine and it’d be quite strange having a little girl there with all these tall boys. The performance team is a lot more versatile, and they have wide range of dancing styles between them. Having you there will allow you to do partner dances as well. Plus the current maknae Chan is there, so your short height won’t be too noticeable.”

The vice CEO swiftly stood up from his chair, and walked over to Jangmi. “I know this is very different and very new. But wasn’t your goal when you left Australia to become a performer. You’re getting an opportunity to make it happen.”

“Plus, if you don’t accept this, there won’t be many other chances. There are barely any halfies in this industry, especially ethnic ones. We’re quite progressive but not everyone is.”

Rolling her eyes inside her head, Jangmi knew what the CEO was saying was true. Even if he worded it very poorly. She understood from the very beginning that she’d have to work 10x harder than every other trainee, since she wasn’t the stereotypical idol. And throwing this opportunity away would do more damage than good.

She stood up once again, putting her right hand out for the vice CEO to shake. She liked him more than their CEO anyway, especially after that last comment. “If you think this is what’s best for me, I’m-“

The door to the office slowly opened, causing Jangmi to stop talking midsentence.

“Ahh Seungcheol! Or should I say S.Coups” Of course their CEO was nicer to boys than girls, Jangmi thought. Sexist asshole. “Just the person I was going to find. Jangmi said yes to joining Seventeen.”

Jangmi’s eyes widen. She hadn’t accepted anything yet. How dare he assume she would join-

“Hello! I’m glad you’re going to be joining us. I’m Seventeen’s general leader Seungcheol, but my stage name is S.Coups,” greeted the boy, shaking Jangmi’s hand which she then realised that she had yet to put down.

“I’m Rydel, but you can call me by my Korean name Jisoo since it’s easier to pronounce.” She wiped her hands on her skirt. Seungcheols’ hands were quite sweaty. She guessed he had come from rehearsals, the sweat dripping down his forehead being a big giveaway.

“She’ll be going as Jangmi, so make sure you call her that. None of this Jisoo nonsense.” Their CEO chirped in, Jisoo Jangmi held back the urge to roll her eyes. Instead, she turned and faced the CEO and bowed again in apology.

Sensing her discomfort, Seungcheol patted her back and smiled. “It’s a pretty name. Plus we can bully Shua since his Korean name is also Jisoo.”

The vice CEO came and placed his hands on both their shoulders, pushing them closer together. “Why don’t you go introduce Jangmi to the others. We’ll get everything else sorted, as well as telling your parents.” The last part of his sentence directed at the Jangmi.

With his arms around their shoulders, he quickly pushed them out of the room. “Don’t scare her away.” He yelled.

Jangmi smiled at Seungcheol, who she then realised had already started walking back to where Jangmi presumed the rest of her new group would be. She quickly speed walked to catch up to him. She didn’t exactly know what was going to happen, but she had a good feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Next: First Official Meeting

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Thank you so much for reading Xx I hope you enjoyed it. Please send me requests or feedback or just write me a message saying hey!

[simusagi]

                                                [ＮＨＡＩ ＴＥＡＭ] ❀ We - Pledis Girlz 

The same old day is starting and I’m opening my eyes without fail A new tomorrow still feels so far away I don’t think it’ll change, each day is the same I’m sick of it, I’m getting tired already

But we know That we believe in each other We’re holding hands as we’re walking

If we’re together, it’ll always be alright, today and tomorrow Let’s have strength together, always If we’re together, it’ll always be alright, let’s start A new tomorrow is waiting for us

                                             ― CC List  ― ● School Uniforms (Male & Female) by Gguya ❥ Thanks to all cc creators (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤ ______________________________________________________________

*I did this photoshoot to honor Nhai Team’s friendship, we are a group of Vietnamese simmers that love to do all kinds of different stuffs in The Sims 4.

A little bit of introduction: 

We have 4 talented builders: Alious Duy,

@gashibeolala

, @pinvalerie-hiddenplace, Thao Nguyen, an ultimate class president who can do all sort of things in TS4

@anambersoul

, 2 photographers: me and

@minataphy

, and last but not least an amazing storyteller

@themercenaryslade

(but he not included in these pics lol, I will retake another photoshoot with his simself in the future soon lol). 

All of us knew each other thru a community group for Vietnamese simmers, even tho we never had a chance to meet in real life (because all of us live in different cities and countries) but we are very closed, so I decided to set up a meeting for the team in The Sims 4 with a highschool vibe lol. Those 8 sims are our simselfs hehe* ♡〜٩(^▿^)۶〜♡♡〜٩(^▿^)۶〜♡♡〜٩(^▿^)۶〜♡

[wongki]

Song Game

@jbumholic tagged me. Thank you gorgeous! 🧡 This was super fun! Hope you like at least one of the songs I mentioned. I added videos so you can listen to the songs! :)

Rules: You can only repeat one artist and only one time, so we can all kind of spread new music to the people we tag! Try to listen to at least one of the songs people rec here! Music is fun!

ONE SONG THAT YOU LOVED THE FIRST TIME YOU LISTENED TO IT? Wannabe - Itzy 

ONE SONG YOU CRY EVERY TIME YOU LISTEN TO OR MAKES YOU EMOTIONAL? She’s in the Rain - The Rose 

ONE SONG THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU HAPPY/SMILE? Clap - Seventeen

ONE SONG THAT YOU WOULD DEDICATE TO YOUR BEST FRIEND AND/OR YOUR FAMILY? Mikrokosmos - BTS

ONE SONG WITH A PRODUCTION (THE SOUNDS, THE BEAT, THE MOOD) YOU LOVE? A Song Written Easily - Oneus

ONE SONG WITH PERFECT, AMAZING, OUTSTANDING LYRICS? Lavender - Stray Kids (I also love the eng. version)

ONE SONG THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE? How R U Today? - N.flying

ONE SONG YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU LIKE SO MUCH BUT YOU DO ANYWAY? Cat & Dog - Tomorrow X Togther

ONE SONG THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE IN GENERAL WOULDN’T LIKE BUT YOU DO? Don’t - Hwasa, Loco

ONE SONG PEOPLE NORMALLY LIKE AND YOU DON’T LIKE OR HATE?  (Even if I Die) It’s You - V

ONE SONG YOU WOULD CALL A MASTERPIECE? From Zero - Monsta X (check out the instrument mv its cute!)

ONE SONG YOU RECENTLY (LAST 30 DAYS MAX) DISCOVERED AND REALLY LIKED IT? Sickness - Vernon, Pledis Girlz 

ONE SONG YOU LISTEN TO GET PUMPED LIKE YOU WANNA TEAR DOWN THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT OR SOMETHING?   Kick It - NCT 127

Tell me if you like, dislike, love, or hate any of the mentioned songs. That would be cool to know. (But not required for you to answer. lol)

Tagging: @d4ebak 🌅 @atiny-squirrel 🌅 @lauraisafangirl 🌅 @theyoungflexer 🌅 @igotx99 🌅 @mondbebe 🌅

Feel free not to do this if you don’t want to. And if you’ve done this already you can ignore this post. (also if you don’t want me to tag you let me know. ^^)

[siyeon]

PLEDIS: an acrostic poem by jenna

P lease

L et

E veryone

D ebut

I n

S ome reasonable amount of time you shady ass company

[trashier-trash]

PRISTIN edit (10/10): 🌊Yuha🌊 [COOL]

[yuhaholic]

“Everyone, I'm not quite sure what to say

Maybe it's because I only want you to hear good news and good words

but writing a message like this just makes me upset

From PLEDIS Girlz to PRISTIN's Rena, I was really happy to be able to share many memories with many people.

I may not be continuing this path with Pledis

but as Kang Yaebin, and as everyone's pride, I will work hard to stand in front of everyone firmly

So please don't hurt too much.

I will do everything, so it would be nice if you could only think good thoughts and wait for me

I really love you.”

“Of course, life has its ups and downs

but I promise to you, that we can overcome this.

Everyone and I, we can overcome this.

I don't know when, or how

but it's like that. Things will get better soon.

And I promise it to you. This is my oath.”

yaebin via kakaotalk c

[theofficialdramallama]

21 Questions Ask Game

21 questions

Thank you @livehorses for tagging me! <3

Rules: answer twenty-one questions and tag twenty-one people

I’m going to invite anyone who reads this to try this out~

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Nicknames: My name is Louise, so I’ve had everything from LouLou, Lou, Louisianna, to Wezzie (blame my uncle) <3

Zodiac: Gemini

Height: I’m 5 foot 1 inch xD

Hogwarts house: Don’t have a clue xD

Last thing I googled: Literary-inspired web series <3 If you are a fan of classic literature, definitely check them out on YouTube <3

Fave musicians: Not sure if groups count, but Backstreet Boys (finally got to see them live in Dublin in June - life goal achieved!), Britney Spears, Westlife, SS501, Dreamcatcher, DAY6, Oh My Girl, GFriend, Keyakizaka46, BoA and so many more~

Song stuck in your head: I’ve been on a Britney Spears nostalgia trip recently, and just found this Britney megamix here which is perfect <3 I highly recommend it <3

Following: 1258 blogs, the majority are based around the countless fandoms I love <3

Followers: 275 blogs (porn blogs! *shakes fist* xD)

Do you get asks: Rarely, so it’s lovely to get tagged like this <3

Amount of sleep: I always try to get 8 hours, but life xD

Lucky number: Always liked 7 xD

What are you wearing: T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms (for doing nothing xD)

Dream jobs: Would love something in TV/film or music <3 A writer would be great <3

Instruments: Nothing xD

Languages: English, Irish, some French, very basic Japanese and Korean (thank you K/J-dramas~)

Favourite songs: Ahhh! I can’t pick!

~ Bang! | After School (CC button for Eng subs) (link) (Cover by Pledis Girlz/Pristin (CC button for Eng subs) | (link))

~ Perfect Man | Shinhwa (link) (Cover by BTS | (link))

~ Fukyouwaon | Keyakizaka46 (link)

~ Shape Of My Heart | Backstreet Boys (link)

~ Love Ya | SS501 (CC button for Eng subs) (link)

~ Valenti (Japanese version) | BoA (link)

~ Dreaming of You | Selena Quintanilla (link)

~ Insane | BTOB (link)

~ Error | VIXX (link)

Random fact: I now know how to swim!

Aesthetic: Candles, rain, warm fire, cup of tea, a new book, background music.

[taeyeeons]

pledis girlz - catch me if you can

[yvqis]

kpop memory

The rules are simple; pick a handful of your most favorite K-Pop groups and write a memory you attach to them. Then tag some other people to do it. Enjoy!

I was tagged by the angel @n4yeons (ily, thank you!!!) 

BTOB: okay tbh this isn’t a specific memory but btob helped me get through a lot, i used to cry whenever i listened to it’s okay because their vocals actually touched me so much and that song is so good? the lyrics meant a lot to me (especially when the song first came out cuz that’s when i was going through a lot mental health wise and just hearing “i believe in you” was like DAMN)

CLC: i remember i found clc when their debut teasers started coming out because of btob and somehow i fell so in love with them that they ended my existence as a boy group stan and i have been a girl group stan ever since??? i don’t have any specific memory that comes to mind but whenever i think of them i remember how after they debuted i got so much happier like overall as a person

Dreamcatcher: honestly this isn’t a specific thing but whenever i think of dreamcatcher i think about how i need a new song from them like every day?? in the summer literally the day after fly high came out i asked my friend when their next comeback was gonna be... i’m messy

I.O.I: (does this count? I still support all the girls in their respective groups) i remember i was streaming the finale of produce 101 and tbh i had given up on yeonjung getting into the group but then they said yeonjung was 11th and i literally cried so hard like i was sobbing because that was my #1 girl making it into the group despite getting so much hate and she made it in because of her talent and then she ended up being an angel so what do you know? justice wins in the end

Pristin: OKAY so i very specifically remember the day that they announced kyla was part of pledis girlz (and somehow i got the url kylamassie .... literally how) i think pristin is another group where there aren’t many specific things for... like i can remember a lot of things but most of all i just love them? 

Twice: i have so many memories about twice but i think one of the biggest things that they will always remind me of is how they brought me and my best friend closer together! we watched sixteen together and tbh we were already close but i just will always have fond memories of twice helping bring us closer. also i was so mad when momo got eliminated but the gods smiled upon us all and she was added back xo

WJSN: secret came out while i was in an airport on my way to school (i go to school pretty far from home) and even tho i have a limited data plan i remember refreshing youtube until they posted it and i just sat in an airport and felt my life change as i listened to what is still one of my top 5 girl group songs of all time, thank you wjsn

okay sorry y’all these are a mess! but i tag: @hani-x @princesselkie @day69 @k0ntz and @yeonjwng ! and anyone else that wants to!! (if i tagged u no pressure also, u can just ignore this if u want!) 

[buddha-nayoung]

GET TO KNOW PRISTIN

Get to know Pristin - 5/10  Kang Yebin 

born 19/10/1998

oh she has birthday two days after me

also joined Produce 101 and placed #29 

she got recognised for her great rap skills and being good in every area - 1 2 3 4

she’s a great dancer - Mannequin (the one in red), Call Me Maybe

Check out her ‘Tik Tok’ cover

has been a Pledis trainee since 2012

was in Show Me The Money 4 but was eliminated in round 2, so shhhh, we’re not talking about that

was also in Seventeen’s ‘Mansae’ music video

even if you don’t ship Minkyung and Yebin together, you ship them

I mean, MinBin is everything

I MEAAAAAAAAN

and now watch it (hottess overload)

and this

she’s so smol, help her

and here, look how hot she is

okay I should stop calling her hot BUT SHE ISSSSS

okay but just this one more

okay and maybe that one

but seriously, talent=KANG YEBIN and please, stan her

[wonwoosthetic]

i genuinely love predebut seventeen especially that video where they were with pledis girls and the girls introduced themselves ! Was minnie ever friends with anyone of the girls?

I feel so bad for never including them but they disbanded before I really got to know them. So sorry, I will include them on a separate list with like former idols of Pledis/HYBE :)

And I will get more into Minnie’s predebut years once I start writing her into 17TV and such, but for now:

Minnie was never one to approach people first and didn’t understand why people born in the same year were supposed to be so much closer with each other, so that never mattered much to her.

Rena, Sungyeon, and Minnie got closer because they could speak the language that Minnie was most comfortable in. The fact that all three of them LOVED writing, made it really easy for them to find things to talk about. She would never admit it but at times, she was definitely slightly jealous of the girls being on their own and being a proper girl group and being able to do girl things. Minnie was very happy with Seventeen of course, but anyone would get a bit jealous watching the Pledis Girlz have fun and be close, you know? S.Coups tried to push her to become friends with them since they were the only other girls in the company, but since she could sort of tell that they had formed a tight bond, she didn’t want to be the odd one out and just start hanging out with them. Sometimes she curses herself for not having gone out of her shell during her younger years.

She doesn’t get to see Rena as much anymore as she signed with a new label, but she still sees Sungyeon. It’s been a while since they’ve hung out but they’d definitely do it again and reminisce about old times.

Minnie never got too close with the ‘97 Liners but wouldn’t be opposed to meeting up with them, they just wouldn’t call each other “friends”. Back then their height also intimated Minnie slightly as she used to be smaller.

During the time both groups were active, she of course got to know all of them better, but she stayed closest with Sungyeon and Rena.

[haruheartshallyu]

WANNA ONE: ‘Burn it up’ vs ‘Energetic’

Ladies and gents... the voting of WANNA ONE’s (promotion) debut song is over, but we still don’t know the results. Kinda sucks, right? 

Luckily, YMC will reveal both complete MVs... but WANNA ONE’s only going to do proper promotions with one of them. However, we international Wannables couldn’t vote anyway. Sucks even more, right? 

Still, there were countless discussions on the world wide web about which song would suit better as their final debut track.

And since some of you seem to really enjoy my Produce 101 articles (I’ll put links of them at the end of this post), I thought I will let you know what I think about ‘Burn it up’ and ‘Energetic’... or at least what I’ve heard and seen so far of both songs and MVs. 

Yeah, I know I mention this every single time, but this is just my opinion – not yours... or maybe yours. Don’t know... don’t care. I just wanna write my thoughts down. 

Time for a pause... take a deep breath... and let’s go...

This whole BiUvsE-ride started with a teaser – and that one almost killed me. I was always a huge fan of NU’EST. Of course I am! I’m a Play Girl – and if you are or were (we don’t really know if After School still exists) one of us Play Girlz, you should support Pledis’ first boy group. 

Anyway, the first teaser started with Pledis’ Hwang Minhyun, and – HOLY SHIT – this man is without any doubt extremely good looking (not that I hadn’t known before, but such a sweet reminder always gets appreciated by my naughty self).

I felt like I was in trance while watching this perfect human being arranging food, licking his own finger, rubbing his ears – you trying to kill me, Mnet... yeah? 

And then, suddenly ‘Burn it Up’s drop happened, and I was like – GOD DAMMIT! THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME! A few seconds later the sound-teaser of ‘Energetic’ appeared – and I am sorry to say this, but I was unimpressed. How can you put the teaser of a hype-song before a teaser of something more – let’s say – gentle?!

Right after watching Minhyun’s video, I was so sure that almost everyone might agree with me. GUESS WHO WAS SO FUCKING WRONG?!

I’ve looked through hundreds of comments, and besides all those Minhyun-visual-god-praises, most people – and with most I mean more than 9 out of 10 – said that ‘Energetic’ sounds better.

I know, I know... music is always something that depends on a certain taste. But it was not their taste in music that bothered me. It was their argumentation! (We will talk about this in a few seconds.)

Well, one after one teaser appeared. It doesn’t matter if it was Jihoon’s shoe fetish, Jaehwan’s guitar playing, Guanlin’s adorable English, Daewhi’s puppy face, Jinyoung’s fresh style, Jisung’s unbelievable sexiness (who would have thought that, nya?), Woojin’s dance skills, Seongwu’s perfect self (yeah, even in that outfit!), Sungwoon’s mature and handsome appearance or Kang Daniel’s... well, fuck... it’s Kang Daniel (it doesn’t really matter what he does or did or seems to do) – everything was so incredibly visually pleasing! (The only thing that bothered me was the ridiculous amount of pink lip stain and skin softener... Just stop that, Mnet/YMC! JUST STOP!)

But under every single teaser, I found (almost) only comments of ‘Energetic’ supporters. 

Most of these supporters said that ‘Energetic’ would suit WANNA ONE’s image better. Well, if you look at all those over-softened beautiful teaser videos – yeah, I have to agree. But if you look at their Produce 101 evaluation performances – I have to disagree. 

Seriously, it seems like Mnet wants people to vote for ‘Energetic’. With the teasers, the (so-far revealed) magazine pictures, the group’s colors – everything cries for something more soft and gentle... talking ‘Energetic’.

Don’t get me wrong – it is okay to already reveal a concept. And ‘Energetic’ doesn’t sound bad at all! It seems like a wonderful song. 

However, most ‘Energetic’ supporters said something that made me – well, kind of furious. 

There’s a reason why I turned my back on K-Pop for almost two years. This reason was first of all the over-used innocent girl group concept that made me sick after some time (and it still hasn’t stopped), and second was the boring and generic music. But I returned, and all thanks to groups like 24K and BTS who brought hype back to K-Pop.

While looking through all those ‘Energetic’ supporters’ comments, I’ve realized that most called ‘Burn it up’ generic. Why? I don’t understand this at all. WHY?

I personally think it is the exact opposite. ‘Energetic’ sounds like every single boy group track that was released within the last few months (of course there are exceptions). 

Last week, SNUPER released a song called ‘Shooting Star’ – looks and sounds pretty much like ‘Energetic’. Even HOTSHOT’s ‘Jelly’ has literally no similarities with ‘Burn it up’. Four days ago, Starship uploaded MONSTA X’s ‘Newton’, and the concept and music video look a lot like ‘Energetic’. Need more? Then check out MYTEEN’s ‘Amazing’ or VAV ‘ABC’ which all got released within the last few weeks. Oh come on... even EXO’s ‘Ko Ko Bop’ would fit into 'Energetic’s concept (except for the dope drop – I LOVE THAT DROP). So... ‘Burn it up’ sounds generic? WHAT THE HELL?! REALLY?!

‘Burn it up’ is quite obviously a hype-song, and there are literally no hype songs in K-Pop right now. The only group that makes proper hype-songs is BTS. Even 24K stopped doing such kind of music. (Look at 24K’s ‘Only You’.) Funny thing is... some actually said that ‘Burn it up’ sounds like an iKON song. Well, I guess you haven’t heard much of iKON’s music so far.

But I have to agree that ‘Burn it up’ sounds like a BTS song... because it’s fucking HYPE! Hype songs are songs that make your heart race and shout and dance and they produce WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING-moments. 

This is the music I prefer to listen to. I admit it. I am a hype-junkie! Since I used to be a dancer, I love hype more than anything else. However, I hate nothing more than anything else than people who say that hype sounds like BTS... BECAUSE BTS SOUNDS LIKE HYPE. Not vice versa. 

Unfortunately, most people within the Hallyu community think BTS=K-Pop which I understand. BTS are probably the most successful boy group of all time, and the reason is not because they are from a popular label. The reason is their fantastic music (plus their crazy fandom). And guess what... their fantastic music contains mostly out of hype songs. And that’s why they are so popular. Even my ex and his friends – who don’t like K-pop at all – listen to BTS (and 4MINUTE) because their music is dope. Hype entertains everyone! Not only people who are into K-Pop – it gets everyone! My mom who only listens to classical music likes BTS’s ‘Not Today’ because it blows her mind! THINK ABOUT IT!

Anyway, people say WANNA ONE’s ‘Burn it up’ sounds generic because it seems like a BTS song, right? To all those who think the same: Get some proper K-Pop education! We need more boy groups who produce hype songs to get international recognition. It’s not a cute and gentle song that attracts attention... it’s powerful music that blows everyone away!

Okay, okay... I will stop my rant for now, and tell you why I prefer ‘Burn it up’ without mentioning the so important hype factor.

WANNA ONE’s members couldn’t be more different. A fact is that four out of eleven members took part in Produce 101′s dance evaluation (yeah, I know six were in the vocal evaluation, and only one in rap). And those four performed the fantastic stage of ‘Get Ugly’... just a reminder. 

Don’t you want something similar? Don’t you want something that makes you lose your shit? Not because of amazing vocals (with Sungwoon’s and Jaehwan’s voices we get that anyway), but because of a dance performance that will make you scream and fangirl like a lunatic?!

Last week, the MV teasers of both song’s were uploaded, and many commented that ‘Burn it up’s MV looks – well – better. But it’s not only the music video: we got to see a tiny glimpse of the choreography while – during ‘Energetic’s teaser – we saw something that looked like a male version of TWICE’s ‘Signal’. DON’T GET ME WRONG! ‘Energetic’ looks good – without any doubt (Sungwoon with those glasses and the bubblegum? HELL YEAH!). But come on... ‘Burn it up’ looks AND SOUNDS fucking dope. I want them to perform this live – as long as they can.

TL;DR ... ‘Energetic’ sounds really good, but it still seems like a track that every single other boy group would produce these days. ‘Burn it up’ is a typical hype song which we have only seen during BTS promotions within the past few years. And just because BTS makes similar music doesn’t make this kind of music generic or over-used.

After the first Produce 101 season, I loved most of the girls that got into IOI (my bias didn’t make it, but Kim Jonghyun didn’t make it this year as well – so yes, fuck it). But their debut song was shit – literally shit. ‘Dream Girls’ still makes me cringe AF. 

I just want WANNA ONE’s debut song to be a song that gains international attention. I want a song that makes my family want to watch Produce 101 season 2 with me together. I want a song that makes me want to learn the choreography. And as nice and sweet ‘Energetic’ sounds – I don’t think any of this will happen with this song as final debut track. 

(Short explanation: I am from a super small country in middle Europe. I have only seen a few K-Pop groups live because I’ve traveled far far away. And international recognition means A LOT to me. So all those bitches out there who are able to attend KCON LA... fuck you! I AM SO JEALOUS!)

But we all know that ‘Burn it up’ won’t make it, right? It seems like powerful songs will die out in South Korea. It doesn’t matter if this goes for girl groups or boy groups – power and passion are dead. All what leads to success are visuals and a successful label (with a few exceptions of course). 

I am just happy that YMC and Mnet will reveal the MV to ‘Energetic’ as well as the MV to ‘Burn it up’. Even though WANNA ONE won’t do any proper promotions with my favorite debut track, at least I can always watch it online, right?

Just in case you don’t know. I drank a whole bottle of wine while writing this... because I am so scared that most of you might hate me for what I’ve said. But I just want to mention – no matter which song gets chosen – I will always love my eleven babies of WANNA ONE, and I will support their debut... no matter what.

Kang Daniel is center anyway – SO FUCK THIS SHIT AND SHOW ME MA BAE!

*EDIT* I forgot to mention that I caught myself singing 'Burn it up' ... multiple times... even though I only know this one line of the song... while I can't even remember how 'Engertic' sounds.

PRODUCE101 – 10 MOMENTS THAT MADE ME COMPLETELY LOSE MY SHIT

PRODUCE101 FINAL – THOUGHTS AND OVERWHELMING EMOTIONS

PRODUCE101 – HOW THE PERFECT BOY GROUP WOULD LOOK LIKE

TOP5 SEXIEST PRODUCE101 TRAINEES: #5 – #4 – #3 – #2 – #1

PRODUCE101 EPISODE 10 – FEELINGS, FRUSTRATION AND FEAR

[minyeodan]

[trans] Ize Magazine: JR

October 21, 2016

How do you pass the time these days? JR: We had promotion activities up until this week, so I’ve been doing music show broadcasts and practicing a new song’s dance in preparation for our Japanese concert. But here and there we have breaks, so during those times I play games and watch anime.

What kind of games do you play? JR: Like RPG and FPS games, and sometimes I play Playstation games. I think I learn faster than other people. Also, lately I watch things like internet broadcasts to gain knowledge on the games. I want to try “Overwatch” but since I have to buy it to play, I’m trying to get the members to come with me to a PC bang (t/n: internet cafe).

On a V-app broadcast, you introduced a manga cafe. It seems you really like manga. JR: I like anime, but since normally a lot of anime is based on manga, I read a lot of manga books. I’m not picky about genres. I’m the type to watch 1, 2 episodes to see if it’s really fun. Because of our activities, for a while now I haven’t been able to watch, but recently I’ve been watching “Shokugeki no Soma” and it’s really fun. When I watch it, I get really hungry.

Nu’est’s nickname is “Cartoon-dols.” Do you ever reference manga? JR: I’ve seen around 200 animes, so I guess I think about the feeling or atmosphere they have. Anime itself feels a lot like fantasy. But the things in manga compared to real life are pretty different. The characters’ appearances are different, and just looking at the kind of gestures they make, I know I can’t do those. (laughs)

This album gives a dreamlike feeling. You also dyed your hair blue. JR: Since I have dark skin, honestly at first I was worried that a bright color wouldn’t suit me. It felt awkward for a while, but after it week it turned out okay. For four weeks I did activities like that, and then I dyed it black, but again, the hair color felt awkward for a week before turning out okay. My pillowcase is white but now it has blue and black stains. Also, during practice I wear a hat, but since I sweat a lot, even the hat got stained.

One of the songs in the album, “Daybreak,” is a duet with Minhyun. How did that come about? JR: We arranged the songs in order by the time of day, and the song for the break of day happened to really suit Minhyun. If I didn’t take part, it would have been a solo for Minhyun, but since we were given the opportunity, we wrote the lyrics and had fun together. Kim Minkyung from Pledis Girlz appeared in the music video, but Minhyun was really awkward with her for their scenes together, so I took a picture of it and teased him, saying “Do it properly!” But when it was my turn, I ended up being being really awkward too. There’s a scene where Miss Minkyung whispers in my ear while I’m lying down sleeping, but she whispered “Are you alright?” so I burst out laughing.

All the members are the same age and play around, but you have to act as leader, too. Was it ever hard? JR: To be honest, if I was the oldest, I could probably just do it. But because we are all the same age with one older hyung, I take the direction of talking to them in a natural way and asking them questions. In the 3 years since our debut, we’ve had several issues, and at that time after thinking about it and deciding a solution by myself, I told them to do it my way. Doing it forcefully that way will get something done, but for the members following me, it was hard on them, and for the current me, it’s also hard on me. That’s why now I’ve started to ask questions like “What do you guys think?” and “Do you think it’d be okay if we did it this way?” Of course I’m going to believe that my own opinion is right, but I could be wrong, so now I ask the other members what they think and we go by majority vote.

You have a mature personality. JR: Lately I think, “I’m 22, but why do I feel like I’m 28?” (laughs) I see my other friends, who are thinking like and having fun as 22-year-olds, but I feel like I can’t have fun in the same way. Maybe it’s because I have more experience. When my friends want to do something they will have a consultation with me. I had a friend who wanted to start a hair salon, so I told that person things like, “A hair salon is difficult work, so you have to endure it well.”

As the leader, what do you think is absolutely necessary for Nu’est? JR: This is something we must constantly work on, but I want to say that team work is the most important. Teamwork is actually extremely difficult to do. We say “Our teamwork is really strong!” but to be honest, the five of us lived in different places and know different people, so figuring out how we can best work together is an ongoing project.

You’re now a group that’s been active for 5 years. What activity do you absolutely want to do in the future? JR: A Melon Music Award or the MAMA award ceremony? It would be great to receive an award, but even just standing on the stage would be good. At the end of the year, when we’re watching an award ceremony together, we say things like, “Next year, we’ll definitely stand on stage.” We’ll work hard so that it can happen.

source: http://ize.co.kr/articleView.html?no=2016101619257248184

[siyeon]

i wanna start stanning pristin, but idk where to start lol

*cracks my knuckles* HERE WE GO

First off, I am so glad that you’re interested in PRISTIN! I love them a lot, so I love when other people want to love them too! I tried to be as comprehensive as possible with this post without being too… extra eheheh…

The links/lists are under a read more since I wrote a lot ~ I utilized hyperlinks for neatness and clarity ~ I apologize for any mistakes or anything I missed! I tried to put this together quickly before I leave for my two week trip with my family!!! I hope this helps!!!!

BASIC INFORMATION:

The Members:   Nayoung (née Im Nayoung), the leader. ‘95 line   Roa (née Kim Minkyung). ‘97 line   Yuha (née Kang Kyungwon). '97 line   Eunwoo (née Jung Eunwoo). '98 line   Rena (née Kang Yebin). '98 line   Kyulkyung (née Zhou Jieqiong). '98 line   Yehana (née Kim Yewon). '99 line   Sungyeon (née Shannon/Sungyeon Bae). '99 line   Xiyeon (née Park Siyeon). '00 line   Kyla (née Kyla Solhee Massie). '01 line

Debut date: 2017 March 21 with Hi! Pristin. Title track: WEE WOO.

Group name meaning: PRISmatic, meaning bright and clear; and elasTIN, meaning flawless strength.

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvGVXlK9h9vLWpbVOzm_4Q

Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/PRST_OFFICIAL_

Member Twitter: https://twitter.com/10_PRISTIN

PRE-DEBUT: PD101 and PLEDIS GIRLZ

Nayoung, Minkyung, Kyungwon, Kyulkyung, Eunwoo, Yebin, and Siyeon auditioned for PD101 S1. Nayoung and Kyulkyung made it into the final group, IOI. The members who competed did not yet use their stage names.

Under the name PLEDIS GIRLZ, the ten members now in PRISTIN, made an unofficial debut in order for Sungyeon (then, Shannon) to appear on JTBC’s Girl Spirit! Here is one of her performances! They also released the track WE, initially under the name PLEDIS GIRLZ.Eunwoo was also featured on the track Sickness with SEVENTEEN's 

Each member had individual cover videos, which can be found on the pledisartist YouTube channel. 

Both before and after their official name reveal, they released a debut cover project. All videos can be found on the pledisartist YouTube Channel as well!

PLEDIS GIRLZ had several concerts prior to debut. Videos of their concerts can be found in this lovely playlist I found on YouTube!This playlist also includes their predebut individual covers as well as post-debut videos!

The BYE & HI concert was their final pre-PRISTIN concert, and the day which they revealed their name! You can watch this here.

V APP, HICAM (HI&HIGH), and CHANNEL:P

V APP is honestly one of the best ways to get to know any k-pop group! I suggest watching PRISTIN’s V APPs, both as PLEDIS GIRLZ and PRISTIN. They’re cute and fun! Here’s their channel.

2. HICAMs are little behind the scenes clips of the girls, both as PLEDIS GIRLZ and as PRISTIN! Here is a playlist of them.I love HICAM’s, and I think they’re a great way to get to know the girls a little better!

CHANNEL:P is the successor to HICAMs! They can be found on PRISTIN’s YouTube channel. They do not yet have a playlist as they are on-going!

DEBUT: WEE WOO ERA and beyond!

PRISTIN debuted with the mini album, Hi! Pristin. The title track was WEE WOO, and the performed B-side track on music shows was Black Widow! The full tracklist is:    1) Be the Star   2) WEE WOO   3) Black Widow   4) Running   5) Over n Over   6) WEWEE WOO: MV Black Widow: dance practiceHi! Pristin: full (Please download on iTunes or stream on Spotify if possible!)Running is the re-named pre-debut song 하지마.WE is the 10 member version - previously, IOI members Nayoung and Kyulkyung were not on it!

PRISTIN will be having their first comeback on 2017 August 23! Teaser photos of members can be found on the official twitter as well as PRISTIN blogs on tumblr! I also have them reblogged ~A few of my favorite PRISTIN info blogs are: @fypristin , @ladyteenintl , and @pristingirlz10

VARIETY SHOWS:

Kyulkyung and Xiyeon appeared on Hello Counselor shortly after debut! Here is the full episode from KBS! There are English subtitles available ~ 

For the show We Like Zines!, Kim Heechul decided to write about girlgroups! For part of it, he met with Pristin! Here is the clip from KBS ~ 

Kyulkyung can also be found on MBC’s Oppa Thinking! 

PRISTIN was featured on KBS’s Guesthouse Daughters! 

PRISTIN will be on a PLEDIS family Weekly Idol, with Raina, NU'EST W, and Han Dong Geun! They have filmed, but it is to be aired at on an undetermined date. ~ Please look forward to it!

I hope this was a rather extensive list of things to get you started on your journey to know more about PRISTIN! If you have any other questions, feel free to message me! I love talking about PRISTIN!