Sorry I'm also a baby Shawol and I just wonder if the footage the other anon referred to (the one about Taemin showing videocall with Minho) and you said that Taemin talked about it with teary eye. Are those snippets strictly in the XTM concert DVD or can they be found online? I tried googling to see if I could find them on youtube but failed :(
Hello Baby Shawol(s)! I'm thinking there's more than just a few of you passing through. So here are some cute things you might not know about.
The clip you asked for is here. It's thought that Minho video called a lot because there are references to it at different times.
Minho in the audience at Taemin's concert and the two being super dramatic sending hearts, 2019.
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Another angle here.
A smug Taemin bragging about marine Minho calling him.
From @iheart2Min on twt:
minho called taemin when he was doing smtown alone; minho called taemin during taemin’s japanese solo concert; minho called and commented when taemin did 12 anni live alone and when he made his comeback; minho contacted taemin after his first stage, saying it’s lee taemin over ggs—
View-era 2Min getting called out from underneath the stage by Onew. 🤭
This is from 2023 but cute and really has no context or explanation.
Baby 2Min being cute and playful & Playful, grown 2Min.
And you should see the videos of Minho's discharge.
Do you think when it comes to foreign members sm treat them equally with k members??
Yes.
Naturally, there are ought to be xenophobic staff members, who are probably mean and microagressive in daily life, however, the company itself gives the same opportunities.
Don't listen to the buzz fans produce. Look at the history and the facts.
Yuta was the first Japanese trainee. He was debuted as a Rookie earlier and he was pushed alongside Jaehyun and Taeyong. He was a pannelist on a TV show, he was a guest MC, he had cameos prior to debut. Here he is in an EXO's MV together with Jae. Yuta is allowed to make his own image (the hairstyles, the rock vibe of recent). And let's not pretend it was Yuta's idea to launch himself in Japan with "the Japanese with most IG subscribers". Or that he personally contacted all Japanese magazines to get a pictorial.
Shotaro was debuted after a few months in the company and got a lot of brand deals, magazine covers, was established as a dancer (ConNextion), films a lot of pre-debut promotional material for the Japanese market (the roadshow with Yuta, what is NCT with Sungchan).
Ten debuted in t7s, got 2 solo songs before Taeyong, is in SuperM. Is getting a solo album ahead of all 127 vocalists this year. Together with Jisung he attended tap-dance classes in SM.
Xiaojun is pushed as a vocalist a lot. A song with SM's DJ, covers, guesting on Korean TV shows where he sings live, KunXiao duo, now he is a music show MC. He also acted in a Chinese tv-series.
WinWin never put much effort in learning Korean or hip-hop based idol dances, and yet noone mistreated him for it.
LSM first took Lay who was exiled for bad behaviour from SM back and later gave Lay a whole company in China. NingNing gets a lot of spotlight in aespa's MVs.
Chenle, Renjun, Kun - all were hosts of a Chinese language radio show. Yuta got a radio show in Japanese as well. Renjun will soon have more covers on YT than Doyoung put out.
It's Koreans who hate on foreign members, and Korean TV companies that don't have enough opportunities to offer (although it seems to change).
Yuta doesn't get many lines because he is not the strongest vocalist in 127. On the other hand, Renjun gets a lot of highlight moments in Dream songs because he is a lead vocal.
"Zoo" got its own stage for SMtown. And 3 out of 5 unit members are non-Koreans (Giselle is half-Korean, half-Japanese, but Korean public doesn't accept her easily).
It's an idol's responsibility to have NingNing's (and Xiaojun's) attitude and better oneself constantly to trample all "company's attempts" at getting in their way.
Ask yourself, why both Hendery and Xiaojun are Chinese, and yet it is the "more hateful" mainlander who is on Korean TV.
230104 YoonA x Junho - #KingTheLand new year greetings!
YoonA: In year 2023
Together with '#KingTheLand' 🖤
Always be healthy and happy ˙ᵕ˙
-Cheon Sarang-
Junho: 2023, year of the black rabbit🖤
I hope you will have a great start this year & achieve everything you want and wish for♡
Please look forward to 'King The Land' ♡
HQ: Link
+ 230104 YoonA x Junho - #KingTheLand new year greetings from jtbcdrama's IG