#korean band icons

[pink-horizon]

[aquarena]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🐂 𓇼 🔨

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🎹 𓇼 🫘

[wolfsung]

𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 🜲

[snoooze]

᯼ remember that you will die 💽 ࿐

[chronicalfangirl]

Last night was amazing omg😭🫶

[baenxietydad]

Bright sun, the new day I felt sick in a good way Felt the fever climb when you came down All the way across town And you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes

Sun fading overhead The sunset, bright red Your green eyes, your smooth walk Fresh tomato, celery stalk You cooked pari basmati rice I felt good, you looked nice You stood like Galatea over me You brought fried garlic and kimchi And you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes

[pink-horizon]

0.1 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗐𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅.

☆. 𓋼𓍊 🌱 𓍊𓋼𓍊 .☆

[aquarena]

͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🍨 𓇼 🥚

[wolfsung]

𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 🜲

[snoooze]

[forseokgyu]

[240817] theperfectmagazine IG Post Update:

Playing Glastonbury this summer confirmed Korean boy band Seventeen’s global mainstream appeal after nine years of K-pop fans. Now regular front-row appearances by band member Mingyu have established his Iconic status in fashion as well as music. Mingyu is Full-Hot in Perfect Issue 07.

[jooyeonsvape]

hello, jealousy: seungmin

genre: smut

w/c: 3.5k

pairings: female!reader, rough!seungmin

warnings: a lil fluff, jealousy, cursing, oral, rough sex, degradation

a/n: this is a request by my bestie @sug4r-latte, i hope you like it!! ily <3333 i made it extra long just for you!!

its your first day as a new trainee for the girl group jype created to showcase different cultures, and you were the french member. there was american, french, australian, canadian, and chinese.

you weren’t exactly sure where to go so you find a directory board, tapping your head in confusion. “are you one of the new trainees?” a voice behind you asked politely, noticing your guitar strapped to your back, and you turn around, bowing at the recognizable face.

oh seungmin, or o.de from one of your favorite krock bands is standing infront of you, waiting for a response but it didn’t feel like real life, so you just stared at his features. “i was told you spoke korean, let me go find the manager.”

when you realize you caused confusion and are inconveniencing seungmin, the day dream ends, snapping you back to reality. “im sorry, i do speak korean, im just a little overwhelmed. yes, i’m [Y/N], the new trainee.”

seungmin gives an awkward laugh and bows again, “i’m here to be your guide for the day, follow me to the practice room.” you nod and stay close to the tall man, wondering what the other girls will be like.

you walk past the iconic michael jackson wall and everything sits in as seungmin gives you information about what room is which, what time everything is open, but you unintentionally block him out.

“the rest of the members are in here as well, along with my band, and since we’re going to be sharing this space, we will be deciding on practice schedules so we don’t overlap with each other.”

you hum and nod, surprised you’re meeting all of xdinary heroes when you’ve only been in the building for 10 minutes.

when the both of you walk in, all of the members cheer and your face turns red, waving excitedly at everyone.

after introducing yourself to all of the members, you also greet the boys, telling them how big of a fan you are and they have noticeably blushing faces.

gunil concludes the meeting and hands all of your band members a set schedule on when you get the practice room, then the boys leave with polite bows.

your manager told the 5 of you, you didn’t have to start right away, and he urged you all to go to the new dorm room you’d be staying in, so you could unpack.

you told the girls to go without you and stayed for a bit, strumming on your guitar lazily, looking around the room at xdinary heroes instruments in awe.

after an hour of practicing the guitar, you pack up, and leave to the address your manager gave you. it was going to be your new home for the time being and the best part, you were sharing it with your band members.

you unlock the door to the apartment and walk in with a happy yell. “we’re officially trainees!” your smile dropped when you see hyeongjun eating cereal at the kitchen table, jooyeon and jiseok playing video games, and seungmin freshly showered with just a towel wrapped around his waist.

they all look at you with surprised expressions and you slap your hands over your eyes after seeing seungmin half naked, “i’m sorry, this is the address i was given!!”

you hear feet shuffling away fast, which you assumed to be seungmin, and you slowly move your hands, still keeping your eyes shut. “can i open now?”

jiseok was laughing from awkwardness, “yes, but i think they made a huge mistake, i’ll call and settle things.”

all of the boys including you were in the living room, waiting for jiseok to get off the phone and by the look of his face it wasn’t good. he hung up with a deep sigh, and puts his arms behind his head. “well..?” gunil speaks up after a few moments of awkward silence.

“jype rented the dorm to where only 4 people can live there, if someone else lives there they can all be kicked out with no where to live. the manager suggested finding a cheap one bedroom apartment around here but since they’re trainees, it can’t be a lot of money and seoul is pretty expensive.”

your mouth hung open as he spoke and you sigh, “i don’t want to live by myself…” you feel an arm wrap around your shoulders and see seungmin holding you. “then she’ll stay here, they probably sent her to us because we have a contract of 7 people in this apartment, but there’s only 6 of us. she’s new to the area and shouldn’t be alone.”

you smile brightly and look around the room at the rest of the boys to see if they agreed, which by their heads nodding, they did.

“she can sleep in my room, i’m the only one without a roommate, i don’t mind sleeping on the couch until we figure this out.” gunil raised his hand as he spoke and you felt guilty but you knew if you argued he’d dismiss it.

“thank you guys, i’ll go get my things and start unpacking, i’m sorry for the trouble.” you mumble and bow before you left.

it’s been 2 weeks since you started living with 6 boys and so far it hasn’t been bad. you ended up with the job of waking jooyeon up every morning because the other guys knew he wouldn’t yell at you, but it’s fun singing him awake.

today was an off day, along with seungmin and jungsu so you planned on hanging with them all day because you haven’t made any other friends at jype yet.

you begin noticing little things seungmin did for you; like when he ordered his morning coffee, he always got one for you as well and when the other members complain about him not getting them one, he comes back with a quick, “you have two feet right?”

or when he makes sure you’re always the first one to shower so you don’t end up with no hot water and it’s starting to cause questions in your head.

you’ve even heard the boys talking about how they think he likes you and without any thought, you knock on seungmin’s door. “come in.”

you open it slowly and give him an awkward smile, “want to hang out?” he looked you up and down without meaning to then clears his throat, “sure, what do you want to do?” you step fully in his room and shrug, “do you like video games?”

his head nods and you smile brightly, “i’ll be right back, i’m going to get my laptop!” you return a few moments later and sit on his bed, by his face you could tell he was surprised. “sorry, i have a habit of making myself at home.”

seungmin smiles and shakes his head, “it’s okay, you can stay, what shall we play?” your mind wonders out of the hundreds of games you know, then it hits you.

“we should play sims, i’ll make a sim of you, and you can make a sim of me.” seungmin hides his face in his pillow that was next to him and comes back up, laughing. “i need to get used to having a female roommate.”

after a few hours, you turn your screen to him and show the sim that looks exactly like him, but when he shows yours, your smile dropped. “you made me into an alien!” the both of you were laughing and you hold your stomach, falling onto his lap from laughter.

you open your eyes to see seungmin looking down at you from his lap, his adams apple bobbing from his hard swallow.

before you could sit up from this uncomfortable situation, seungmin leans down and leaves a peck on your lips. your eyes go wide and when he pulls away, you wrap an arm around his neck so he could kiss you again.

the makeout session was getting intense, hands were roaming around, and his breath enhanced. as soon as he got ahold of your breast and a moan left your mouth, he pulls away. “sorry, we can’t do this…”

with a mix of embarrassment, frustration, and anger, you get up from his bed, locking yourself in your room for the rest of the night.

a plan ensued the days to follow. you made sure not to drink the coffee he bought, and if he spoke to you, you only responded with nods or one word responses.

one day when seungmin, hyeongjun, and you were home alone, hyeongjun took an interest in learning french, so he was asking you questions.

seungmin was in the kitchen, listening to the both of you and gripped the dish he was washing tightly in his hand when he hears your overly loud flirty laugh. “junnie, you’re my favorite roommate!”

you see in your peripheral seungmin with a plate still clutched in his hand, “here’s my card, go out.” he growls to hyeongjun, throwing the card in his lap, staring you down the entire time.

he looks at the both of you in confusion, but slowly understood, and leaves you alone with mad seungmin. “bastard.” you whisper to yourself at jun for leaving.

“go to my room and lay on the bed, i’ll be there soon.” the demanding tone in his voice made your body shoot up and run to his room without question.

“what is he going to do? he’s not my boss, i should stand up and leave.. i’m mad at him anyway.”

your thoughts were disrupted by seungmin walking in his room and locking the door behind him. you gulp, this side of him is different from the friendly and funny man you know.

“i know you’re upset with me because of the other day, but i’ve noticed the more revealing clothes and flirting with the members infront of me. are you trying to get revenge then?” seungmin spoke clearly and you were the one finding it hard to speak.

“n-no, not reven-“ “shut up.” he aggressively spat, walking to his bed, taking off his shirt. “well, i’m about to get my revenge too.”

you gave another gulp, squeezing your legs together at the sight of his muscles. “get undressed.” he smirks, kneeling on his bed so he had a good view.

you nod rapidly, taking off your pink crop top and pajama shorts with haste. he chuckles at you not wearing underwear, admiring your body and thinking of all the things he wants to do to you.

“get on your knees.” seungmin commands and stands up from the bed to see you crawling towards him on the ground so you were eye level to his abdomen. “what are you waiting for?”

you slip his pajama shorts off quickly and watch his hard dick flop out, making your mouth water. you take him in your throat instantly, bobbing your head with a slow pace.

he grabs both sides of your head and pulls his dick out, slamming it back in, making you gag loud. he smirks at the sound and does it again, harder.

seungmin wanted you to suffer so he used your mouth like he would your pussy, banging it in and out rough. you knew he was about to cum by his twitching face and messy thrusts.

“you deserve to be treated like a whore since you act like one.” he groans, throwing his head back and not caring if you could breathe or not. he thrusts once again, harder this time and stays in the back of your throat longer.

before he could cum, he swiftly pulls out, saliva from your mouth and tears run down your face, making your makeup smear. “lay down, spread your legs.” he breathlessly tells you, climbing on the bed himself.

you follow his commands, laying on your back with your legs spread wide open. “pretty little cunt.” he smirks, trailing one of his fingers from your clit to your hole.

“how are you so wet? were you waiting for me?” he teases, spitting on your clit to get it wetter. you nod and whine, bucking your hips for more. “tell me what you want baby girl. my mouth? my fingers? both?”

“both please.” you whine again and he chuckles, kitty licking your clit to tease you, feeling your juices run down your pussy.

“please seungmin.” you pout, looking down at his evil eyes. he finally nods and takes your clit in his mouth, swirling his tongue around the nub with a hum.

the pleasure shoots up your body and you take both boobs in your hands, squeezing them hard. “lets see how many fingers your slutty pussy can take.” seungmin goes back to your clit, sliding one of his fingers in slow. “you’re already filled up baby, i don’t know how you’re going to take my cock.”

you moan loud at his finger and wrap one of your legs around his back so he could go deeper. he pulls away from your clit so he could focus on fingering you and adds another one.

the feeling of your hole stretching hurt but felt amazing at the same time. seungmin curls his fingers inside you, your walls tighten and he smirks, adding another one.

“if you cum without permission, i’ll make sure you won’t be able to sit tomorrow.” his tone was serious but you already felt like cumming so you hold back.

“i don’t think i can take any more fingers.” you whimper, your walls were stretched as wide as they could go and he nods, pumping his fingers fast.

sweat built on your forehead from the pleasure and your hand goes to his hair, pulling on it gently. he could tell you were close so he leans down to your hole and licks the top, with his nose brushing your clit.

“im about to-“ your voice was hoarse from his dick and moaning but he loved it. seungmin pulls his fingers out, kissing your pussy once more and flips you over. “ass out baby girl.”

you go to your shaking knees and turn your head back to see him jerking himself before slamming hard into your pussy from behind.

a loud moan escapes your mouth and he grabs the back of your hair, making you go face down. “i should cum inside of you right now and not let you cum, that would be great revenge.” seungmin growls, slapping one of your ass cheeks hard.

you yell and shoot your head up when he slaps your ass, you’ve never been slapped before but it felt so good. “then do it.” you say back, wanting to piss him off.

seungmin smirks and groans loud, slapping you again harder, already leaving a red mark from his strength. “i wouldn’t give me attitude right now baby, i dont have a problem with leaving you here filled with my cum.” he groans, throwing his head back.

you think of the worst thing you could possibly say and smirk to yourself. “if you don’t let me cum, i guess i’ll have to ask hyeongjun to do it, i see the way he stares at my ass, i’m sure he’d love to fill me up.”

seungmin stops his movements and flips you around, looking deep in your eyes with anger, gripping your throat. “only i can fuck you, got that?” you nod fast and he grabs both of your wrists, pinning them to the bed while pounding into your pussy again.

“say my name.” he commands, kissing the side of your neck with a groan, his thrusts never slowing down.

“seungmin, fuck me harder.” you whine and he groans, leaving a hickey on your collarbone while you scratch his back in pleasure when he lets your wrists go. “again.”

“seungmin!!” you scream again, his dick hitting perfectly on your gspot, making your body twitch. “im close seungmin.” he smirks down at you and kisses your lips roughly, his thrusts becoming sloppier, indicating he was close too.

“can i cum please?” you groan against him and bite his bottom lip, “yes baby girl, cum on me.” after two more strokes, you feel his warm cum shoot deep inside, and you whine, tightening around his dick, letting go as well.

he pulls out with a heavy breath and you giggle at the mess his cum made on his sheets. “worth it.” seungmin chuckles, even though he was a neat freak, he lays beside you and wraps an arm around you, leaving the mess.

“please tell me we’re going to do that more often?” you ask in a needy voice, kissing the side of his face gently. “oh yeah, you’re my fuck toy, and i said MY fuck toy, don’t even think about any of the other guys.”

you nod and giggle, “yes sir.”

[cdsmusicblog]

Why are boybands always big hits?

Boybands have been a thing for decades now, even if it’s been slowly declining over the years. Going from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys to One Direction and more recently BTS, boybands have always resulted in massive success, but why is that?

First of all, what is a boyband? It is a group of young boys, from late teenage years to early 20s, who sing songs written for them and who, most of the time, don’t play instruments.

I think The Beatles were a starting point in the history of boybands. They gained popularity in the 1960s and even if, by definition, they don’t really fit in this category, they really shaped the way boybands are marketed nowadays. With an enormous, mostly female-based fanbase coming from all over the world, The Beatles revolutionized the way fans interact with pop singers and especially boybands.

The 90s were the years of boybands, with iconic groups such as the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC who also amassed immense success and very large fanbases. After them came One Direction in the 2010s who really were in the right place at the right time with the rise of social media, making it the perfect period to create a band that could interact closely with their fans and be relatable. In the late 2010s came the korean band BTS who also blew up.

The key to their success comes down to one thing: their audiences. Being mostly marketed at teenage girls, with their catchy songs and handsome group members, we understand why they’re always so successful. Most of the time, the band members are characterized into “archetypes”, with all different personalities so that every fan can pick a favorite. Boybands member are also often marketed as the “perfect boyfriends” which is very appealing for teenage girls, but it also results in parasocial relationships between the fans and artists, which is something their record label profit from. Boybands interact a lot with their fanbase, with concerts, meet-and-greets etc… creating this kind of relationship, as if the fans know them and are close to them, something that is, again, very financially profitable.

Also, most of the time, boybands members are overworked and exploited by their companies. For example, Lou Pearlman, the manager of both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, stole roughly 500 million dollars from them over their career while some of the group members could barely afford rent. Some of the members of One direction also stated that they were overworked during tours and talked about eating disorders and problems of anxiety related to the impossible standards they had to meet for their record labels but also for the fans.

In conclusion, I think boybands are really fun to get into from the point of view of a young fan, but seeing it in its entirety, you realize they really just are industry plants created by the industry to make the most money possible by taking advantage of both young artists and a young and easily influenced fanbase.

[pink-horizon]

𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗌, 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌, 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌

[aquarena]

͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🌲 𓇼 🫑

[chosensailor]

yang hye-ji, lesbian, woman, she/her. ♡ now entering the apartment building is min soo-ji, a twenty-two year old who is currently a musician. netizens have said they seem cantankerous but others have said they’re virtuous ! gossip aside, we’re sure they’re bound to be a fan favorite !

Full name: Min Soo-ji

Alias/Preferred Name: Soo

Gender: Woman

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 22

Birthday: June 8th, 2002

Zodiac: Gemini

Sexuality: Lesbian

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Musician

Birthplace/Hometown: Seattle, Washington

About Soo:

Born in Seattle, Washington. Min Soo-ji is a second generation Korean-American who never had much of a connection to her heritage. 

From a very young age, she started to just go by Soo, not wanting to deal with her friends and classmates struggling with the foreign name. While her parents originally were against it, they eventually relented and also started to just call her Soo.

She was playing her fathers old guitar from as young as she could remember. In grade school however, the school band had too many guitarists and she was made to play bass instead. She didn’t mind and actually preferred it in many ways.

She was a big fan of popular pop-punk bands from an early age, and as she grew up she leant very hard into the punk, compared to the pop. She hung out with a lot of older punky students at her school, and they taught her how to live the lifestyle.

While her family tried their hardest to relate to her, Soo always felt like a black sheep. She started to falter in her school work, skipping large amounts of school. By high school it was more likely to find her smoking in the staff only parking lot compared to class.

By 16, while not legally, she had effectively dropped out of school. Her days consisted of washing dishes at a local dinner for money, going to shows in dingy basements, and sleeping. Rarely all three on the same day.

She drifted in and out of various bands around the area, none ever getting to the point of actually recording music, most having broken up from uncommitted bandmates. 

When she was 17 the love of her life met her, Ji-young, the hot guitarist who she would always see at the shows she went to, but never had the courage to talk to. Ji-young went up to Soo after a show one day, asked them out to dinner, and then they were moving in together within the week. 

Ji-young, compared to Soo, was proudly Korean. Their relationship helped Soo-ji associate with her own heritage. Soo-ji even took Korean classes so that she would be able to talk to Ji-young’s family in their language. 

Soo, Ji-young, and a mutual friend Tina all started their most iconic band yet, The Second Generations, named after the fact that all three of them are second generation Americans. 

This band, while not popular in the conventional sense, was the most popular band Soo had been in. They were able to be an opener for numerous bands passing through, and even had their own west coast tour. While the crowds never got over 500 people, it was still life changing for Soo. 

The Second Generations were able to record and release an album throughout covid, which got at its peak roughly 10,000 streams on Spotify. 

Soo was grateful to have this life, and was grateful to have Ji-young as such a supportive partner, until she walked in on Ji-young and Tina doing a little more than collaborating on a song, in her own bed.

Soo’s life fell down around her, needing to move back into her parents house, being without a band, and without a purpose. She eventually took her savings and moved to South Korea, the place that her and Ji-young had been planning on visiting weeks before their breakup. 

When she was there, she tried her hardest to forget about what had happened. However she couldn’t, she had no idea what to do with her life. That was until she saw an advertisement for seoulmates. Without anything else to do, she went ahead and applied.