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Barom Yu interview with hellokpop.com!

Pre C-Clown Debut

Uploaded: Nov 16, 2011

Article: http://www.hellokpop.com/2011/11/17/n...

hellokpop had the opportunity to catch up with Barom Yu in Sydney, from an upcoming idol group set to debut under Yedang Entertainment (Rania, ChiChi and Kim Ah Jong).

Having appeared on Dream Team with Super Junior, Barom has captured the interest of many fans already. Special thanks to our friends at Aus2One.com for their assistance in conducting the interview. Make sure you follow them for upcoming events in Australia!

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It's MY BIRTHDAY (bboybyu ep.3)

[ROMECCLOWN] Instagram Video

September 6, 2013

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Christian Yu @DPRIAN_ ( @RoME_Cclown ) It's MY BIRTHDAY (bboybyu ep.3) #rome #romecclown #romesbirthday #birthday #bboy #cclown http://instagram.com/p/d6WtChCtWs/ 1:15 AM · Sep 6, 2013

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February 21, 2016

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Over time the barom yu gif that's my mobile header has gradually increased in speed and i don't know why but it's gotta be a sign

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// ( ★ ) MGAS SEASON 5: ENTRY APPLICATION FORM 

FULL NAME: Choi, Minho [ Mason ] 최민호  BIRTHDATE: 950906, Sept. 6th, 1995  GENDER: Male HEIGHT: 181cm WEIGHT: 60kg  give or take  BIRTHPLACE: Sydney, Australia  CITY OF RESIDENCE: Sindang-gu, Seoul, South Korea 

PREVIOUS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE: 

▰▰▰ OFFICIALLY ▰▰▰  MGA Season 2 Finalist Nova Trainee — 150429 to 170503  [ includes reveal as a public trainee in #rksupernova, Nova Ent MV “Love Wishes” ] TOP 5 of Hongdae Talent show  Sphere Trainee — 171017 to 181028 Debuted in Convex, main rapper / rap unit leader — 171028 to 190123  ▰▰▰ UNOFFICIALLY ▰▰▰ SYnDication [former] Leader and Founder Member of the Kill.U.Strate crew —group that specializes in what they call KillStyle and ExpresStyle Choreography Assistant for Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Drama Department and community theater Well-known Youtuber [bboybyu], famous for toprock tutorials and freestyle dance covers Member of a hired performance group in Sydney Invited to events such as the Chelles Battle Pro, R16 Korea, and the World B-Boy Classic; Attended the Red Bull BC One in 2010 as an alternate

FAMILY RELATIONS: 

Yu Seungri [ 유승리 ] / Rick Yu — Architect

Yu Jung Jiyu [ 유지유 ]  / Jane Yu — Photographer

Yu Jaehwa [ 유재화 ]  / Jacob Yu — News Station Production Director

Yu Haneul [ 유하늘 ]  / Hannah Yu — Club Promoter/Investor

Yu Hyunshik [ 유현식 ]  / Chris Yu — University Student, currently deferring a year 

MAIN SKILL: Rapping 

[ IN ORDER: Charisma, Rapping, Dancing, Singing, Creativity ] 

OTHER TALENTS: 

Taking pictures with a kangaroo in the background

Bboying and stunts [one-handed push-ups/frog push-ups, etc.]

Pick-up lines

Beat-boxing

Guitar and piano

Native speaker of English [Australian, accent included] and Korean

Dance styles: Krumping, Breakdancing, Freestyle

Video editing

Broad shoulders

Hide n Seek trickster

Pretending to sleepwalk

FAVORITE MUSICIAN/INSPIRATION: 

▰▰▰ DANCING ▰▰▰ Bam Martin, Jawn Ha, Brian Puspos, Koosung Jung, Venum, Ryuji, Bboybyu

▰▰▰ RAPPING / SINGING ▰▰▰ Tiger JK, Drake, J.Cole, Frank Ocean, Jason Derulo, Kendrick Lamar, Changmo, Sik K 

IMAGE PROFILE: IMG_ATTACHMENT.PNG 

DREAM COMPANY: TRC ENT 

2ND DREAM COMPANY: ROYAL ENT 

( ✗ )  Move the symbol between the parentheses if you agree to the terms listed by the audition guidelines and also agree to be present during the official dates of the MGAs Season 5.

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bboybyu                                                            2 min

bboybyu feelin’ #VERY_GOOD, how ‘bout you? [⭯ APR. 30TH, 2019 ]

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     ▰▰▰▰▰▰ MNET GLOBAL AUDITIONS, SEASON 5 ˟ SECOND SKILL ▰▰▰▰▰▰

to him, dancing is what got him so far the first time. dancing is how he got into his high school, how he got into nova, how he won the talent show, how he got into sphere, and convex, but it’s also what got him through life. a cathartic release he forgot to utilize the more he went down this road to becoming an idol. for someone who loved dancing so much he used to schedule his entire life around it, he stopped doing it with as much passion probablyyears ago. it comes back every once in a while, that passion, that yearning, but it ends the same way— he’s not dancing as much as he used to. even now, he feels like his rapping is acknowledged more than his dancing. that, he definitely does owe to nova and sphere.

he rapped for the first part because of what he wanted to say, because he wanted to use his voice, and because he wants to start pushing himself out of his comfort zone more. right now, it’s not about that. right now, he’s diving right back into his comfort zone and he’s the most confident he’s felt all day. his heart feels the lightest now because he gets to dance again and it’s going back to his roots, back to what got him attention three seasons ago, to being bboybyu.

improvisation, they say, and he’s grinning because that’s how he does it best. no routine, no sets to follow, just moves that flow into each other the only way he knows how, the way he did for years. that’s how long it takes too, if anyone were to ask him about it— it takes years of practice and hours of developing enough strength, enough control to make it look effortless.

“i’m choi minho, #2020 from season two coming back at ya. instead of helping ya see with perfect 20/20 vision, we’re going with an amusement park vibe tonight. let’s get spinning.”

[1:30 to 2:00]

the old shoulder injury he had before feels like another thing he’s leaving behind, letting go of, and he feels the change in his body the more he spins, with the speed he gains. everythingcenters in and he feels more grounded than ever despite being upside down. when it comes to his life, this is when he best takes control even when he looks like it could be taken from him at any second. it’s short, but the truth is, if he keeps going, he might not stop.

PROFILE / SKILLS / ARRIVAL / 1ST SKILL / INTERVIEW / BONUS SKILL / 2ND SKILL

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   ▰▰▰▰▰▰ TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HATE ME, LET ME SAY GOODBYE ˟                                                 (     LET IT GO, I DON’T CARE ‘BOUT NOTHING, SO WHAT     ) ▰▰▰▰▰▰ 

“your father was right. your studio is a mess.” 

hands thrown up in the air, he shakes his head. this is what happens whenever he lets anyone from his family take a look, he guesses. he left seoul after the first few comeback performances of confused with his father and came back just in time for every night with his mother. she’s the one most willing to make jokes at his expense. jokes like “hey good choice” while gesturing at the stage during their performance or “she sings so much better than you” when listening to the album would hurt a helluva lot more comin’ from anyone else but his ma. 

“i’m surprised you have anything resembling books in here.” 

okay, this time he has to say “ma” which only gets him a mocking echo of his tone and a shake of her shoulders. but he does feel the need to look into what she’s talking about and he finds remnants from the years, half-used notepads and scraps of paper tossed into a corner of the studio for ‘sorting when he had the time’ which translated to ‘never gonna happen.’ 

finding the original napkin he started writing statue on is surreal when he’s finally finished it by now, finally sang it for mijoo months ago even if it was only a recording. his mom snatches it from his hand and he groans as she reads it off, the words of the initial draft too embarrassing for him to handle. covering his ears with his hands, he yells over her, a childish la la la la la can’t hear you loud enough to echo throughout the whole warehouse if not for the immaculate design of the built-in room. pays off having an architect father, really does. 

it’s only later than he goes through the rest of the scraps, having gathered them into a box. his mother is off meeting up with some old friends because she’s quote ‘gotten tired of seeing her least favorite idol son [ to which he reminds her that he is the only one and an ex-idol, which aha is what she wanted him to say judging by the smug, amused look on her face— gee, thanks ma, no holding back there ] unquote, so he’s free to look at them all. 

that’s when a few texts come in and he’s distracted for better or worse. 

< ✉ : adonis johnson  >

» hey hey have you heard about the trc triple threat competition » i’m not saying you should join but » pretty sure you can sing, dance, and rap 🙌

it’s a lofty suggestion considering his situation, is he even allowed to do that kind of shit? he didn’t think to ask sphere when he left and the companies are under the same umbrella company. would they bother with him?  who cares about a washed-up idol that got kicked out within months of debut? 

but he can’t say that to chanyeol, least of all him when he’s sunshine and rainbows in a giant human form. it’d be nice to debut together, their entire friend dream had this same kind of lofty dream too. now yien and yixing are in convex without him, chanyeol is in trc, bobby is off doing his own thing, and rome can’t make up his mind from left and right. trying to come off as a triple threat? yeah, sure he was definitely a threat to convex with his scandal. 

'course he knows better than to think it’ll end there and he hears all about it from dabin too. the difference being, dabin is going to do it. “you can decide if you’re waiting in line with me or watching me from the crowd.” he almost punches dabin’s arm for deliberately saying it in a way that’ll remind him of what baek jiyoung said to him before. is he willing to be a face in the crowd again? is that really his destiny? does he give up here or not? 

truth is, he’s made his choice before coming back from australia. because he could’ve stayed, could’ve gone on that trip with chris, could’ve gone back to uni. he left behind a list of could’a, should’a, wouldn’t, and it’s about more than coming back to seoul for mijoo. it was about him loving dance and whether he follows through on opening his own dance studio, working in someone else’s, or helping the guys produce and edit videos, this can’t be it for him. 

“i don’t have a song to use, man. i’ve got nothing.” 

“you’ve got me,” the cheeky grin chanyeol gives him makes him laugh and he’s shaking his head. but it’s what chanyeol says next that’s got him. “you’ve got excuses.” 

dabin is quick to add in that of all the things rome’s done and said, he’s never had nothing. 

so he’s back in front of that damned box, digging through for inspiration and he says this is it, if he can’t find anything, he’ll see it as good reason to keep working hard ‘til he’s ready instead of forcing it. 

what he does find is something he wrote as a whim, something he never finished before. the idea came to him once and he was going to work on it with yerim years ago but plans fell to the wayside. his idea got lost, buried under everything, and when he reads the start again, the rework of the melody plays in his mind. yeah, this is it. 

his studio becomes messier once he gets to work and instead of complaining or making fun of him, his mom brings him food on one of the nights he’s working past 4am to finish in time. it has to sound just right and while he knows it can’t sound complete without the entire group he has in mind for the performance, he can make it work for this one in particular. “my hard working little princess,” his mom teases when he tells her the song he’s remixing and he laughs harder when the reaction chanyeol gives him is “WTF” via text. the final reveal is only for the day of and he’s endured all the new jokes for this moment, jokes of should he wear a blue tiara, a cape, or even a sparkly blue dress. every time, he said it’s okay, he’d just take it off so he can “let it go��� anyway. 

even though he said all that, dabin shakes an icy looking tiara in his face on the day of, lining up with him, and rome yells ya whenever dabin tries to put it on his head until he gets tired of it, giving in and letting it rest there to the point that he forgets when it’s his turn. the laughs and giggles from the crowd tips him off when he gets onstage and he’s chuckling as he holds it in place when he bows. might as well go with it, right? why the hell not? 

“the name’s yu barom. i go by bboybyu or rome. romeo’s good too if you like tragedies,” he jokes, both about the shakespearean tale and what happened. “i’m here ‘cause, aw man, i just can’t hold it back anymore.” he’d asked the staff with a number of “please” and “thank you” to start the music when he said aw man, and he’s tossing the tiara to the side as he sings, let it go let it go. 

00:06 to 01:14 

like the last performance he’d felt so into, the last performance that was entirely his own, his own stage, one of the last evaluations they did for convex before going into the debut album preparation, he sings first, trying to throw off the judges who probably expect him to shy away from it. lord knows, he thought he would too but what’s a cover of let it go without singing even a little? 

the wall people built to lock me up  pretending to be okay because of people’s eyes on me i learned while falling have you ever had a feeling like everyday, you’re walking on thin ice 

the first time he wrote the lyrics, it’d been who he was in high school, how he felt after the mgas, how he felt in nova, and now it’s about how he feels after leaving convex and sphere. his father had a point, he does act like he’s okay but really he’s walking on thin ice, faking it until he tricks even himself into believing. 

oh i want to get away from the things that bother me oh let it go, let it be me  become alive and breathe in this freedom look closely at how far i will go to the people that hate me,  let me say goodbye 

he almost decided to run away from everything. it would’ve been easy, go back to sydney like nothing happened, but this can’t be it. every time he thinks it could be, he keeps going. 

don’t let them in don’t let them see be the good boy you always have to be conceal, don’t feel don’t let them know well now they know

TURN UP let it go, let it let it go  let it go, let it let it go I DON’T CARE ‘BOUT NOTHING SO WHAT

this is where he really shines, his true element. this is what his father really spoke of, how rome doesn’t let anything hold him back in the long run and he has to let it go. this time, this is how he does it. this is how he moves on.  

“let’s switch it up!”

00:07 to 00:45

the lyrics are changed to be more public-audience friendly but the connection to frozen is why he chose it but the main reason? it’s fun. most of it he made up on whim in a few hours, freestyle that gave way to a choreography. the power behind his movements aren’t his top priority the way his style used to be but it’s about fluidity, about his transitions, and how he ends it with a grin. yeah, he let it go. 

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         ▰▰▰▰▰▰ MNET GLOBAL AUDITIONS, SEASON 5 ˟ INTERVIEW ▰▰▰▰▰▰

it’s only been months since he had make-up applied like this and it feels weirder than it used to. but he thinks he could easily narrow down the reason: he was more familiar with the sphere make-up artists. if only he got to say something before he left. minho says thank you and talks to them (until he’s scolded not to for the sake of proper application) as he normally does but it’s another situation where he thinks he could’ve done more, said more. so now he takes that chance, understands how much more he needs to treasure every interaction with someone, smiling more. compliments and small talk, a longer bow than he usually does, anything he can do to mind his manners and hopefully make them smile.

this is when he manages to catch up to dabin, who’s fitting in naturally and when he does spot minho, he’s the one that feels strangely out-of-place. he’s had his chances, gotten his opportunities, but dabin? dabin’s younger, just starting out. the excitement and energy is vibrant on his face to the point that it could be blinding. it gets him to wondering, what doeshe look like?

listening to dabin talk on and on about how the day’s been going, how he met someone from the same hometown as him and seik, how he thinks his song went over well, and how he’s worrying over the questions, he realizes he’s been here before. literally too, as if he didn’t realize it. he takes the role seik normally has for the both of them and maybe that’s it— because seik isn’t there and there’s a moment of clarity, a moment of “ah this must be how they felt when i wasn’t around either.” calming dabin down, he laughs as he gives his friend an idea of what’ll come up. the standard they might ask this or they might ask that and when he’s about to talk about random things that could come up, his name is called first.

his mind goes blank and it feels like he’s been jolted into auto-pilot mode when he bows again and introduces himself with a bright grin. “choi minho. you might know me as bboybyu. this is bboybyu telling you to be you.” there’s a few questions he should’ve been worried about himself and he hopes they don’t come. he ends up feeling safe when the first question is—

why do you want to become an idol?

it’s easy. it’s the same thing he wrote baek jiyoung years ago— that he wants to give people hope that they can do more. that dancing, performing isn’t a hopeless dream to have.

“i didn’t always have my father’s support to be an idol… not a lot of people know this and i didn’t talk about it in the past because it… y’no it’s a little sad, every kid wants to make their parent proud, right? that’s one reason i do anything. at the end of the day, i’d love to make my ma and pa proud. but for the other kids who don’t have a support system, for kids that doubt themselves because people don’t think being an idol is a serious career or anything in the arts, like painting, writing— i want ‘em to see someone like me making it and think ‘hey if he can, so can i.’ that’s why i want to be an idol.”

PROFILE / SKILLS / ARRIVAL / 1ST SKILL / INTERVIEW / BONUS SKILL / 2ND SKILL

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  ▰▰▰▰▰▰ MNET GLOBAL AUDITIONS, SEASON 5 ˟ STRONGEST SKILL ▰▰▰▰▰▰

minho doesn’t miss the occasional looks, the hushed whispers, the judgmental looks, and while there’s some support— questionable as it is because he thinks of how he hasn’t once confirmed that he left because of a girlfriend, because of protecting a girlfriend, he doesn’t want that to follow him. he doesn’t want to carry that weight because it won’t bring him down, it’ll bring mijoo down. she gave him her support, he knows this, she always has, but does he want to put her through this again? he’s moved on from one fight to another now and he’s glad he’s still going. there’s no knockout quite yet.

maybe he should be knocked out for making such a rush decision. again. fingers run through recently bleached locks and he wonders if they’ll kick him out just for not matching the picture he sent in of himself. can’t be helped, right? woke up and decided, sorry ma guess i’m going super saiyan again. all he can do now is thank the heavens his head isn’t burning, that his hair isn’t falling out, it doesn’t feel as dry as straw, and that it looks pretty good if he does say so himself.

hey, at least it’ll match well for his plans for later.

his palms are sweaty— great, now he’s thinking of eminem and 8 mile, not exactly the best timing for it— and he’s taking deep breaths as he waits his turn. anything could happen right now, this is mnet. from what he’s seen and what he’s heard of the last two seasons since he participated, since he knew what his friends went through, the editing is purely for entertainment. even the season he was on… the hype over the last finalist… back then, he was too focused on the fact that his partner didn’t get an offer to process everything else.

anything could happen… there’s stages of this and he doesn’t remember things being so intense years ago. the timeline has changed, the format, the style, the sheer amount of people here. he swears there’s as many people in his group right now as there was in the first round with him. that’s how it feels anyway.

‘a face in the crowd,’ different words haunt him now and he can’t remember a time when he let the past work him up like this. he’s anxious but riled up, nervous but exhilarated to be on camera again, to hopefully feel the same rush one more time. eyes closing, he wills himself to focus on different words, on the lyrics he wrote, and the incomplete song that it is. there’s still a few things missing but this is what he wants to say, this is the message he wants heard.

the truth is, it might not make it to the people he wants it to reach. it might not make it past the cutting room floor. he could get cut off for even daring. short of posting the song himself, this is the best way he can think of, this is one more way he can let go, that he can hope others will let go too— the fans that said they don’t want to support sphere or convex orboth, to the fans that it upset, to the convex members who were hurt by this too. if there was a way for him to take that weight off of them too, he would do it. for mijoo.

no matter what’s happened, he’s thankful. no matter what, he’s at least a better person than he once was. when it comes to whether or not he’s a better performer this time around— guess it’s time to find out.

time is tickin’ time is tickin’ times have changed, streets have changed time is tickin’ time is tickin’ times have changed—

“my name is choi minho. thank you for giving me this opportunity,” he makes his words quick and bows before he can see if there’s recognition in anyone’s eyes. instead, he saves eye contact for when he lifts his head and grins, “i’ll get right to it, time is tickin, right?”

he changed his mind about the song so many times he was starting to get whiplash or maybe it’s the nerves again keeping the back of his neck tense. probably that, he knows, but when he thinks of the ripped pages, the spilled ink, and the long nights, he thinks… how long has it been since he did this? it should be common now, the norm, but he doesn’t give nearly enough effort at all times and he wants to change that.

the first step was letting go, now the second is to change. [1:40 to 2:30]

i forgot about the yesterday i ruined, ripped up the calendar my dream was to be a leader, not a follower changing my mind, finally coming at ya i don’t want to be the winner, my goal is to defeat myself winning is in me, no (in) everything, no (in) the world

it was his choice, his decision, and he can’t think of a single reason why he wouldn’t own up to it one day— but he does have a few reasons for not holding on anymore. because he can’t go back, because he can’t fix what’s already happened. [time travel is too messy anyway, every movie says so] he did certain things because it was expected of him, followed certain paths because he thought it was the right one, the only one, but if life’s taught him anything, it’s that he can keep going. minds change, song choices change, group lineups change, but all he needs to do is keep going and things will happen.

he doesn’t have to win, that’s not what this is about. no, instead what he’s here for is what he says next.

yeah, i had all the gold and jewels, i had good opportunities* i ended good relationships and i still have good people around me shout out to yall, shout out to mnet, shout out to nova, hyun bin shout out to convex, sphere, baek jiyoung, uh shout out to my family, shout out to you

for years, he’s been stagnant. for years, he’s still been lucky. opportunities here and there when he could’ve hustled harder for them, could’ve done more, and so he’s thankful. relationships that have fallen because of him, he still wants them to know he knows what he’s been given. the words he was told on his last day in sphere, as a convex member, this time, it’s those words that come to mind but he’s not haunted. instead, he hopes that guy is watching— that he hears the honesty in his voice, the sincerity in his tone.

without them, i wouldn’t have become the person i am today probably bboybyu would be walking the streets as choi minho, bringing shame to my parents and if that were me, where would i go, thanks for y’all

the choi minho before he moved to seoul— that choi minho wouldn’t be here today. no, that guy would’ve run, avoided responsibility and hid away until all was clear. but this one? this is the choi minho he’s become. the “fine young man” he’s still surprised his father thinks he is. this is a guy who is still struggling to light the fire inside him on his own but he’ll be damned if anyone can’t tell he’s at least trying.

this isn’t his usual style. the rapping is a different technique, a different rhythm, and he’s still finding his voice as he does his best to use it. even if this doesn’t air, he tried. he’s trying. he’ll try again. he’ll change his method even if the messages stay the same, at least for this song:

of course my fans, my friends, the people around me are my inspiration this will never change, no matter what

in the end, when he bows one more time and lifts his head, what’s changed is him and the smile on his face, gentle, softer, a little more sad. if only he could perform this for a few certain people too.

PROFILE / SKILLS / ARRIVAL / 1ST SKILL / INTERVIEW / BONUS SKILL / 2ND SKILL

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bboybyu                                                            2 min

bboybyu stay listening to good music every night  [⭯ APR. 9TH, 2019 ]

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bboybyu                                                            2 min

bboybyu getting back into old habits #keepgrinding