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starrz-ombie · 9 months ago

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okay, hi! soo, i'm finally here to talk about the concert. sorry for not posting about how it went earlier, my arms have been too sore to write a big post 😭 but holy shitt, genuinely had the time of my life. seriously, nothing can compare. this was my first even concert and i'm so fucking glad. i screamed, i cried, i had the best time ever. the venue wasn't too crowded, unfortunately i couldn't see 100% of it, but i did see pretty well, just missed some parts closer to the floor and stuff, (take for example, couldn't see the part where they're like thrusting their hips up in skinz, but managed to see the nine and junji crotch grab by moving around slightly.) it felt so... i guess, real? like.. actually seeing them in person, not just on a screen. and, my god i love them so fucking much. it was genuinely so fucking fun. from kb introducing himself as hot armpit guy and nine as wookie pookie to jumping around during angel. god, it was so great. genuinely could start crying just thinking about it. i don't think i've ever had that much fun, i don't think i've ever screamed so much or felt so much excitement. it's honestly really funny, i was recording when they first came on stage and you can hear me just.. yelp because it was just so... so much. to see a group that became my ult group within less than a night and then became my biggest, and hell, maybe only or at least most prominent hyperfixation for MONTHS, in person. in real life. i got into onlyoneof around june of 2023. it was the middle of the night, and i think i just saw something about them, i think something about their queer concept, if that makes any sense and i just felt such an extreme urge to become a fan. and i'm so fucking glad i did. i swear, i got instinct part 2 and undergrOund idol #2 probably less than a week after. i looked into everything i could about them. i made sure to be able to recognize every single member and watch every single music video immediately. and i immediately knew yoojung was my bias. onlyoneof was the first, and maybe only, time where i've downloaded THOUSANDS upon thousands of photos of idols. not just saving them into pinterest boards but downloading them into my camera roll and everything. they seriously caused such an effect on me. it's pretty stupid, but i feel like they made me so much happier. things i cant say lOve was my first album comeback with them and i'm so grateful that i was able to go to their concert. i really don't think i'll ever be able to forget any of it. i'll probably make a lot more posts with little details about it, maybe a photo or two, i dunno. no videos, though, because you can hear me screaming my heart out in all of them and it's honestly embarrassing to share so publicly 😭 it was seriously so great, though. i felt so in the moment for i'd say the first time ever, really. the energy was so great, from both onlyoneof and lyons. from the really energetic songs like angel, where they encouraged us to jump around and stuff and they threw water on the crowd to the calmer ones like gravity where we were waving the lightsticks to the side all slowly (with the encouragement of kb of course) it was all so fun. and of course i have to mention the merch. as far as i remember, they had shirts, pins, popsockets, pins and little keyrings of each member. i got a shirt, 3 pins and a yoojung key right of course which is the cutest thing ever and matches the pc holder i have on my yoojung light stick photocard which is cute. seriously, best experience in the entire world and i truly hope i get to go again next year, and the year after that, and the year after that, so on. thank you onlyoneof and lyon for such a magical and unforgettable night.

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qazastra · 11 months ago

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saw a video of yoojung pouring some water on his eyes after nine started crying so that it’d look like he was too 😭😭 and kb went into the audience to cheer for junji and rie’s dance… unserious group i appreciate that so so much

#m #ooo

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emeraldbabygirl · 3 months ago

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Gurl sometimes you see a male idol with long hair and they either look so unreal and magical with it or they’ve had it for literally forever that when they cut it it’s just like “wHo aRE YOu???” and “how daRE You!” Like omg I’m loving keigo and genta’s long hair and seonghwa’s too so much and I rember when Wonnie and Minnie had longer hair and then they cut it and I cried a lil same with kb and Yoojung and then when Junji and cnu and jungshin all cut their hair I was like ‘BODY SNATCHER’ like that’s not them. Fr cnu’s evolution needs to be studied cause he was just a lanky hottie with glasses and bunny teeth and and long hair and now he’s buff and idk if he got eye surgery and he cut his hair I miss debut era cnu :( ANYWAY CRAZY THAT A HAIRCUT OR LONG HAIR CAN MAKE SOMEONE LOOK SO HOT OR SO DIFFERENT

Also completely unrelated but why do I find Yechan more attractive than Keeho like ??? His lil waist and I seen some videos he’s so sassy and cunty ANYWHO WHEN GENTA AND KEIGO CUT THEIR HAIR OH I WISH THEY’D KEEP IT LONG THEY LOOK SO HOT I CAN’T GET OVER GENTA OMG I WANT HIM AND HE’S NOT EVEN MY FAV AHHHHH

AND HIKARU AND REN WITH LONG HAIR 🤤🤤🤤🤤 AND RYU FROM THE RAMPAGE HEHEHEH AND RIKU 🤭✨

#travis japan #snow man #the rampage from exile tribe #onlyoneof #e’last #e last #jo1 #cnblue #b1a4 #ateez #p1harmony #82major

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married-2-the-music · 1 year ago

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K-pop Discography Deep Dives: Only One Of (Supplemental)

A Disclaimer: I was planning, when I first started Tumblr, to be a lurker, but then I began an office job and needed something to listen to to keep myself occupied. And then, I started going through entire K-pop groups’ repertoires, album by album, and jotting down my thoughts. And then, I stumbled into K-pop tumblr and decided, you know what, there’s at least four people on this hell site who would read in depth rants about these discographies and at least five who wouldn’t read it and then get mad because it’s kind of our job as K-pop fans. My lukewarm takes should be taken with an entire silo of salt and the knowledge that this is completely for fun and occupying my very bored, very neurodivergent brain. All this to say, for the love of god, I’m a sleep-deprived student and I don’t have time for internet hate, so don’t kill me. With that being said, enjoy!

So, since I’ll probably be tackling some groups with large discographies, both now and in the future, I thought it’d be good to shine lights on some smaller groups and soloists who either aren’t as popular and/or have much smaller repertoires, so that’s what we’re doing today! These are going to be a lot more chill than my deep dives because they’re really more of a fun break than anything else.

Here are my credentials: I’d already been a fan of SHINee for a while before, but it was actually OnlyOneOf that helped me realize that I wasn’t just a girl group stan and SHINee weren’t just a one-off. I’m mainly a fan of their Underground Idol solos series so I’m looking forward to hearing more of their other titles and b-sides. Let’s do this!

OnlyOneOf debuted in 2019 with seven members: Love, Nine, Yoojung, Rie, KB, Junji, and Mill (Love left in 2021). They’re most known for their…concept in a way? Basically, for basing their music around queerness, while not stating their actual orientations. This is thorny territory, as k-pop is infamous for its shipping and fanservice-heavy culture, which we could argue about until we’re so blue in the face that we’d be mistaken for smurfs. Is it queerbaiting? Is it representation? I know what I believe, but is that “right”? I don’t know. Either way, it’s important to keep in mind (even as I’m going to praise them for the good work they’ve done) that what they’re doing is, at the end of the day, proving profitable.

We start off with Savanna, which has one hell of a music video intro. The song is more subdued than I’m used to from their later singles, but with a similar subject matter. It gives me Taemin vibes with its self-assured sexuality, but speaking of sexuality, what would later make them famous is basically non-existent here. I do like this song, especially the slowed-down reverb and distortion, but it’s not especially unique, and it didn’t have a lot of staying power with me. I love the drama of the visuals though—I’m a sucker for cathartically lighting things on fire. (For the FBI agents reading this, I promise that that was a joke.)

From the Dot Point Jump single, I enjoyed the chill soft-rock of Time Leap, which absolutely did have staying power for me and I added it to my playlist. I really liked that chorus, and by the end of the first one, I was in. I think their voices both blend better and feel more unique in this one than in the title, which is probably another reason I liked it so much. Blossom I enjoyed less but it reminded me more of what I’m used to from them.

Sage is up next, and again we have a really odd MV intro. A lot has changed since Savanna—now, the song has much more sing-talk, feels more disjointed in terms of when the tempo changes, and it has a greater focus on the cyberpunk citypop vibes than before. It also adds a greater sense of drama with the slight strings and the control in the voices. It took me a few listens but I like this one too, more than Savanna, and I can see how the singles are slowly shifting to become the OnlyOneOf they are today.

Line Sun Goodness is a pretty solid EP, and I enjoyed the whistling hook in Boss, the chill guitar in Desert, and the breathy layers of vocals in Only One Of Me (which was my favorite). However, the songs, despite the few quirks I mentioned before, sound very similar to each other. None of them are bad, but none of them stick out either.

Dora Maar goes even further in the direction that Sage began, with its harsh background clanging, its heavy use of percussion, and reliance on more intentional frying in the vocals. I wasn’t as big a fan of this one as Sage, to be honest, because I felt like it went from the calmer (yet still fried) parts to the harsher ones, and I got a bit of whiplash.

Angel was a song that I’d heard before, but I actually had no idea that it was by OnlyOneOf. It’s catchy from the outset, and has a self-aware humor that I could get behind. It’s also softer than their usual titles, and that little bit of vulnerability is a good balance for the flashier parts of their discography. That repeating rap in the pre-choruses caught me off-guard every time, I have to say, and by the time I’d gotten used to the new tempo, we were back to the usual. I have no idea why it's there, because it really didn’t have to be. I really liked Heartbreak Theatre from the single, because I love some drama and that piano was perfect.

A Song Of Ice & Fire pulses with a great energy, and I was nodding my head through the first verse. I was worried they’d go with the dreaded anti-drop chorus and they kind of did in the second half, but thankfully the rest of the chorus is quite strong. I liked this one, but I actually have the opposite comment I have on the rest of their songs, which is that I wish it carried through that great build up through the chorus, because they were almost there…but no. I didn’t have a hidden gem for this single.

Libido is the song that I think most people know from OnlyOneOf, and it’s obvious why: unlike many of their singles, it’s pretty unique. I was surprised that what they’re so known for started here and not before though. Between the choreo, the lyrics, and the music video, it definitely breaks the boundaries of what’s normal in k-pop. It’s a song I appreciate more than enjoy, I’ll be honest, but I do like the pre-choruses. I know the whole point is that the chorus comes out of nowhere, but it’s not for me. I admit though, the “girl I just wanna know” makes me cackle every time, because what girl? Where? There is not a girl within a 10 kilometer radius, folks. If we’re aiming for plausible deniability, that train left the station halfway through the first verse with whatever the hell Nine’s character was doing watching Love take a bath.

From Instinct (Part 1), my favorite was Instinct, because it has good drive and its vocals match perfectly with that distorted guitar instrumental in the background. It’s definitely not a combination I’ve heard before, but it works quite well. The other songs are similar to other b-sides from earlier, in my opinion.

Coy is calmer and more subdued than their usual singles as well, while still keeping the smooth sexuality that defines much of their work. I think it needs more of a show stopping moment, personally, but this isn’t a song for me. I don’t have a hidden gem from this single, but I did like Night Flight.

Skinz gave me a jumpscare right away, I admit it, with that scratching noise grating on my ears. It continues the queer themes from Libido. Unlike a lot of their other work, it doesn’t have enough of a balance between the harsh distortion and the gentler moments, because there really aren’t enough gentler moments for that to happen. It’s just not a pleasant experience on my ears, and not one I want to repeat either. OnlyOneOf has a lot of charisma but none of it carries through enough for this one, and quite frankly, I don’t like it. From the single, I think that Suit Dance would’ve made a better single with its well-flowing vocals and jazzier beat and I also liked Ultimate Bliss.

It’s nothing new for idols to release solo music while still part of a band, but Only One Of’s “Underground Idol” series is absolutely unique. The members were divided back into their branded pairs for this, and each pair told the story of a couple from two different perspectives. Yoojung and KB were the first in Begin and Be Free, Junji and Rie were the second in Be Mine and Because, and Mill and Nine were the last in Beat and Beyond. This series is both where I found them and where, at least to me, a discography that could have been seen as queerbaiting-for-profit becomes something that genuinely means so much to so many queer people, myself included.

Begin, fittingly, begins the solo series, and expertly captures the feeling of boredom expressed in the music video until, of course, we get the meet-cute and literal crash into each other that begins the relationship too. The song is a gentle, breathy city pop sound, and feels both hopeful and resigned (“when you’re free from prejudice, freedom will begin”), reaching a catharsis in its understated bridge (“It’s time, and I know it.”) as Yoojung’s character takes care of KB’s when he’s drunk. Never has a k-pop song title so fit a song, because it’s about so many different beginnings: the relationship, the freedom, and even the journey of coming out itself. I like this one.

Be Free is Begin’s other side, and starts where it left off. As befits the title and its character’s personality, it’s far more open from the beginning and knows what it wants right out of the gate (“Hey guess what?”), while also embracing a funkier, brighter sound that feels more joyful. The relationship continues, and the characters bond deeply in the space of a night (a very queer thing in and of itself), before they end up waking up together, shirtless. Genuinely, the first time I watched this, I was shocked that they were so open about it, despite the fact that nothing is shown, and it was this that began to change my mind on the subject of queerbaiting. The story shown here is given an open ending—we have no idea what happens after that one day—but the final line (“You never know, baby. One more time could make it right.”) seems to hint that it won’t end here. I like this one more than Begin, but it’s not my favorite.

Be Mine starts the second of the three stories, and, again fittingly to the title, feels softer and more romantic with its gentle piano as Junji’s character runs after Rie’s. This duo shows an established relationship between its characters as they have a summer romance that involves dancing, listening to music, cooking, and just spending time together. Its slow and settled melody isn’t for me, personally, and neither is its seemingly out-of-nowhere rap verse, but on the whole, the song is very sweet.

Because was actually the first song I’d heard by OnlyOneOf, since it was recommended to me about a week after it came out, and, as previously stated, changed my mind that I was only a girl group stan. I was surprised by it right out of the gate, and was soon won over by the quite convincing intimacy between its two characters, its quiet folding of paper cranes, and overall bluntness of its subject matter. The song is nostalgic and feels lived in, waffling between comforting and melancholy as the characters have a fight and go their separate ways while all their best memories replay, then reconnect many months later (though it’s left open whether they get back together). It’s genuinely quite touching; I wince when Junji’s character smacks the paper cranes off of the table and I hurt for Rie’s when he’s heartbroken. It was my favorite of their songs when I first watched it and it’s stayed that way since.

Beat marks the start of the third and last series, and sticks out from the rest of the songs in the solos with its harsh beat and most of the song is either sing-talk or outright rapping. Mill is the group’s rapper, so I do get it, but this one is just too grating for me. The video shows two students falling in love with each other while facing hinted-to-be-homophobically-motivated bullying and dealing with both the fear and the excitement of that love. The song does fit the video, I’ll give it that, perfectly connecting with the insecurity and genuine danger the characters face (“wanna tell them to beat it, beat up, beat out”), and the video ends with Nine’s character falling into Mill’s arms after getting beaten up.

Beyond is the last of the Underground Idol series, and rather than match the harshness of Beat, it goes the exact opposite way, and is quite an understated slow burn mixed with citypop that makes the most of Nine’s smooth and soothing vocals, meaning that I enjoyed this one much more. Its lyrics are quite lovely with how they mix floral imagery (“perhaps it’s withered; my heart is dried up, but you take root”), and openness (“Baby, I wanna make you mine”), and captures the head-over-heels feeling of first love quite well. These two videos don’t push boundaries in the same way as the first two sets do, only because they tell what is a quite well-trodden story rather than breaking new ground, but seeing the characters take care of each other is very sweet. The quiet, mutual moment of realization at the end where they’re lying next to each other and move to kiss feels very comfortable and honest.

The description box written for Beyond on their official YouTube channel states: “How did our music reach you, who are far away? How did our small melody crafted in Korea reach you, who are on the other side of the world? To all those lovers who do not feel like they’ve been given the blessing, we hope our music will comfort you and cheer you up. We hope you’ll dream the same dream as us.” Is it a little cheesy? Perhaps. But does it make me emotional? Absolutely. Does it still matter? Hell yes.

The thing that really felt meaningful to me was the mundanity with which the characters live their lives; they may face internalized or external homophobia, but what the solo series gets across so well is how normal and everyday these people are, no matter who they love. The best way I can explain it, as a queer person myself, is that it feels like another queer person wrote and planned these six songs. They feel very honest and self-reflective, and don’t try to tiptoe around their subject matter, which I really appreciate. Look, I’m not going to speculate on whether any of the members of OnlyOneOf are queer themselves, because I frankly can’t stress enough that unless one of them bursts through my window at 2 am with a megaphone and tells me to share it with the world, it was and remains none of my fucking business.

Seoul Drift is their latest comeback, and similarly to many of their other full-group singles, it’s not that fun to listen to. It follows Skinz; there isn’t really a break in the song, which normally I’d be a fan of, but here it just makes it feel overwhelming and unnecessarily harsh. I like the idea of it—the lyrics are pretty good and the whole idea of loneliness and the intensely fast pace of life in Seoul in the MV intrigues me—but the execution just doesn’t win me over.

From the album, Seoul Collection, Blue Blue Seoul stuck out to me. It’s breathy and soft, and it moves along with an inviting, almost warm feeling. It feels a lot like a song from their Underground Idol series, which is probably why I like it. I love the way the voices are layered and how the minimalistic background gives them a chance to grow.

OnlyOneOf have gained attention yet again this year, not only for their earlier comeback but for their participation in Bump Up Business, a short drama adaptation of a BL webtoon that stars Mill and Nine as two k-pop idols forced to do a “business gay partnership” (basically, act like they’re in a gay relationship with each other), who actually end up falling in love. You can see why this is causing a stir, when their whole concept already has people declaring it queerbaiting.

Personally, I honestly don’t know where I stand, because I do think that they do genuinely important, boundary-breaking work, but they also play into the queerbaiting and the lines between characters they play and the idols themselves are intentionally made smaller. I applaud them for acting in this and having the guts to actually kiss on screen, and despite how toothless the show is, I did watch it and go “aww” at several points.

I’m glad I did this! Even if I didn’t end up becoming a Lyon or a fan, I did still have fun with this, especially watching the series and the solos, and a couple interviews (which gave me some good laughs, so thanks guys). I also learned that Nine and KB are very involved with the writing and composing of OnlyOneOf’s music, which is something I really appreciate that happens to be quite rare in k-pop.

My top 5 songs from Only One Of are Because, Time Leap, Heartbreak Theatre, Be Free, and Beyond, with Only One Of Me as an honorable mention. Only One Of gets a 7.75 / 10 from me. To be honest, I’ve found that besides their Underground Idol series and a few odd b-sides, their music is mostly not for me. I do really appreciate the self-production, the important messages, and the experimental quality of a lot of their work, but at the end of the day, this is my blog and it comes down to personal preference.

Next time, we’ll be doing part two of the Red Velvet deep-dive and next week we’re restarting the one-group-a-week schedule with a boy group. Tschüss!

#onlyoneof #k-pop #review #k-pop deep dive #k pop boy groups #yoojung #kb #rie #junji #nine #wookjin #mill #love #be free #underground idol #bump up business #Spotify

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marginalias · 2 years ago

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post concert thought collection

lol studio pav

dear wlw couples at the concert your energy was so lovely!!

stage presence off the charts UGH

happy/devastated to report that the “sungho is more handsome in person” legends are true

and nine’s smile is so :( :(:( and MILL 8(

kb is such an unhinged mc. he’s been given too much power

yoojung we will see begin choreo at some point PLEASE

junji is my fella. he’s just some guy and i love him for that

the music sounds so much better live and it already sounded great in the studio!!

first time i’ve listened to time leap all the way through since international lyon mourning day 2021

came around on angel too (shameful secret)

stop making me listen to dora maar eng ver I refuse to know her. villain count your days

some people in the crowd misbehaving!! but everyone else drowned them out :) even the girls screaming next to me disapproved of that chant!

ooo can do your fave’s sound better

asoiaf my beloved i did not think i would get to see her

also i have 2 bracelets left (be mine & daisy) if anyone wants them! just dm and i’ll mail them to you at no cost~

#onlyoneof #m #also the pride flag screaming crying throwing up etc

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jinhogwarts · 2 years ago

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Replacement group ask though I'm not sure if you're into them because again brain not all here yet: OnlyOneOf?

i do like them but idk them well enough yet, too lazy to really get into them properly. so this is my bias order so far but it might change if/when i get to know the members more:

1. yoojung

2. mill

3. kb

4. junji

5. rie / nine (idk either of them well enough to choose)

favorite song currently is probably dora maar, and also my fave solo was begin 💖

#kpop game #onlyoneof #tbh i mostly love yoojung because i was SO obsessed with begin + he's bffs with kino and seungyoun

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booskwan · 1 year ago

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arirang radio highlights!

when junji picked up the camera for greetings nine goes “oh scary”

(the mc mentioned it’s been about 3 years since they last went on and asked if they’ve been doing well)

n: we haven’t been well

host: why why why?

n: we missed you! of course we haven’t been doing well we missed you!

jj: i don’t know if i can say this but

n: then don’t

jj: bc it’s kind of awkward. [something about his back being bad]

host: wow you already feel that (at your age)?

jj: so i think i should work out/exercise a bit

kb said in his heart [only] he’s still in his teens

host: [eng] i remember this actually ooo has no leader right? [kor] you don’t have a leader right? -*he probably brought this up bc it’s kind of unusual for groups to not have a leader but it does feel a bit….

kb: we do

yj: [we didn’t] but we have a new one!

m: while we were preparing for this comeback a new leader appeared

host: ah while preparing for this comeback? then…who is it

(yoojung and mill both ask who he thinks it is)

host: oh this is kinda difficult they’re all well spoken

m: go by feeling

host: by feeling…the way i see it….(looking at yoojung nine and rie’s side)ah!

jj: it seems like you’re excluding us (from the options)

n: *laughing* he didn’t look over there

m: please look at us too

host: oh i immediately went over to this (yj, n, rie) side! ah is the leader over here (jj, m, kb)?

n: no, no

kb: pls include us as candidates

n: [eng] choose one, choose one

host: honestly i was thinking it might be kyubin. he kind of has that pose

kb: did you see my age by any chance

host: oh no no no

(i think nine said something about kyubin’s hair going grey or him losing hair)

host: he’s kind of calm when he talks so [i thought it was him]

(everyone goes ahh)

host: oh was i right?

kb: it’s not me

n: rie please explain (who the leader is)

(kb and nine saying rie wanted to do it but-)

rie: i gave the chance up. our nine has a strong sense of responsibility and he already kind of took the position and said he wanted to try it and he’s well-behaved so i gave [the position] up.

host: ahh

rie: so now nine is the leader

host: [eng] nine is the leader! [kor] nine why did you want to do it?

n: [eng] ah because we want a leader [kor] we thought we needed a leader [eng] so i [kor] stepped up. i stepped up

host: [eng] i think he’s gonna be fantastic [kor] i think he’ll be a good leader!

(everyone agrees)

jj: i think he’s a leader who does his best

junji said with the stephanie situation mill was beside him and goes “hyung it’s stephanie, it’s stephanie”

yj: sungho said this to me “you kind of look young for your age.” i think that too

(he said that he hears it a lot)

yj: and the people around me when they hear kyubin’s actual age say that he looks young for his age

rie: what about junji

jj: unfortunately people dont tell me that. mom, dad. i love you

n: it’s like that for me too. when i go out [people say] i look older than kyubin

host: how do you feel when that happens?

n: how do i feel? i ask “are you sure?” with a scary gaze

(what is your dopamine lately)

m: for me of course the one that always is beside us, with an angel-like existence,

yj: me?

n: kyubinie?

m: lyons

host: i also thought you were gonna say kyubin. when do you feel dopamine most from fans?

m: this comeback lyons have been giving us so much love and we can always really feel it

kb: by any chance have you thought about repaying that love

m: i’m repaying it a lot. i’ll work hard. i’ll do well!

after the dopamine performance kb said he forgot the words for the first time

(nine is complaining again about mill not pursing his lips during the beyond kiss scene)

host: what did you do about it?

n: i went in like a gastroscrope and tried to find them (mill’s lips)

host: this is the first time i’ve heard something like this. seriously i’ve done this for 10 years and this is the first time i’ve heard people talk about a kiss scene. mill why did you do it like that? it’s a scene yk

m: i was so shy

n: [eng] so shy

host: ah it can be a little cute

n: [eng] so cute

host: if you have to do it again,

m&n: we did do it again

n: we shot a drama, called bump up business, and we had a kiss scene

host: before you do a kiss scene, do you have something you need to prepare?

n: ah of course i have it with me now

host: what is it?

yj: breath spray

n: *pulls out spray and uses it* [eng] and, kiss them