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sope-and-shine · 4 years ago

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Lost and Found

-> Namjoon x Reader -> Soulmate!AU // Fluff -> 6.2k (This fic was at 6,199 before post, and I couldn’t let that happen) -> Summary: In a world full of soulmates and soul marks, you just had to get stuck with the dynamic duo. -> Warning(s): none // maybe just fluff

A/N: I suggested the name to Belle as I was drafting the post, and she said she’d sue me if I didn’t use it.

ALSO! A BIG BIG BIG THANK YOU TO BOTH @multycoloredtaco and @purpletigertaetae for reading this and giving me some really good feedback! I love you both SO MUCH!

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Soulmates have always come in several different shapes and sizes. They’ve always appeared to each other in various ways. Your mother and father met by their own personal song that only the two knew of, one that played when they spared a thought to the other. Your aunt had found your uncle with a timer on her wrist, and your grandpa had the unfortunate fate of meeting your grandmother while catcalling her. According to him, it was a very eventful day, but at least her words to him finally made sense. Everyone in your family - besides your great aunt who hasn’t aged since the late 1890s - has had the amazing luck of finding their soulmate. Not everyone gets the luxury of being with their soulmate how they planned to. You’re actually friends with a shop owner who lost his soulmate about a year ago and hasn’t seen any color since. You honestly couldn’t imagine the pain he’s been through. Thankfully, your soulmate mark was not as painful.

It was just extremely annoying.

As a child, you never questioned the items that would appear in your room, thinking of them as odd gifts that your parents or your brother would leave for you. You were no stranger to finding a single sock under your bed, the occasional candy bar tucked away in your backpack, or the odd action figure that you would take to your brother thinking it was his. It wasn’t until the first homework assignment with ‘Kim Namjoon’ scrawled at the top that you began to think something wasn’t right. And that was only the beginning of what was to come.

As the years went by, more and more random items began appearing in your room at your parents house, your dorm in college, and finally your very own apartment. Each item you placed in boxes under your bed as a way to keep a piece of him with you until you could find him. However, you never imagined how forgetful and chaotic your soulmate could really be. You have everything! Clothing items, more homework assignments, various books, glasses, baby photos, and you even have a random girl’s phone number! You were tempted to call her when you first found it, but you figured that would be too weird. Instead, you continued to organize everything under your bed in hopes of giving it all back to him when you would finally meet.

Of course, you were a victim to your soulmate mark as well. Many jewelry items had disappeared from your room without a trace as a result. Hoodies, stuffed animals, and even a bra that you could’ve sworn you put in your gym bag - part of you hoped he’d hide it away because not only was it a cute bra, it was also expensive. Recently though, you’ve both been a lot more responsible. You haven’t seen any new items appear in your apartment for almost a month, and with your soulmates track record of losing 11 items in one day, a month was a huge record on his part. But you were starting to miss the gifts that would give you clues to him.

After you found out what your soulmate mark really was, you started looking forward to what would be left in your room next. Of course, it wasn’t always a win on your part, and sometimes what he lost was very questionable, but it always made you laugh when another item appeared in your room. At first, it was weird to think about someone else’s stuff appearing in your room with no prior warning, but it made you feel special to know that he was ultimately giving you pieces of himself every time he let something out of his sight. They made your long days more bearable. It makes you wonder if he’s the type of person to shower you with gifts when you feel upset or just to show his affection when he felt it was necessary. Especially on a rough day like today.

There was nothing wrong with your job, you loved everything about it! Life as a lead optician was actually a very rewarding job in the end. Helping others choose the best glasses for their face and individual personalities was one of your favorite parts, you loved watching little old ladies try on vibrant, colorful frames to feel youthful. They’re always very excited to see clearly again. Then there are all the little kids who would sit down with you to get glasses for the first time, and the look on their faces when they finally got to see the world clearly was heartwarming. Their soft smiles and wide eyes filled with amazement always made you feel a little softer inside. However, not everyday was a good day, and today was really not a good day.

Everything was going perfectly fine until the 3:30 appointment showed up at 5:00 after the doctor had already left for the day and demanded to be seen. The doctor’s technician was so scared trying to explain to the patient that they’d have to reschedule their appointment, and the poor thing was just trying not to cry over the one person who couldn’t understand how society works. Obviously, as the lead optician on duty you took over, but this patient was one of the most inconsiderate people you’d ever had to deal with. Demanding to be seen, demanding to buy glasses with an old prescription, demanding to speak to a manager - which at this point was actually you, so done and done - and just cursing up a storm at you and your fellow coworkers who all tried to help explain. The whole ordeal just took way longer than it ever should have to deal with, and it probably took at least 25 years off of your life.

“Why do people feel that they need to be rude to get what they want?” Soohyun had asked you, “Do they think it’ll just magically fix everything?��

You had agreed, “It’s like they think you’re really just messing with them. Like, “Oh no, sir! You’re correct! I apologize for the inconvenience, let me pull that out of my ass for you!” Though maybe not appropriate for the work environment, you’d at least made her day just a little better with your humor.

On days like today, a nice warm shower and a cuddle pile with all of the pillows and plushies that cover your bed made everything much better when nothing new appeared in your room. If the odd gifts the universe left from your soulmate couldn’t cheer you up, then you’d do it yourself. And that you did. Nothing felt better than the warm water washing away the day’s pain and suffering, the delicate fragrance of the coconut shampoo you splurged on easing your worries down the drain. The floral body lotion and leave-in-conditioner you’d bought on the same shopping excursion also help your body relax, their scents so intoxicating to you, that you almost topple over onto the tiled floor of your bathroom from the instant pleasure they pull from you. Instead, you make your way to your bed, adorned in your comfiest PJs and fluffiest socks.

However, you weren’t expecting to land on something so hard and uncomfortable when you plopped face first onto your sheets.

“What the heck?” Pushing yourself onto your knees and pulling back the covers, you find a small, golden trophy resting comfortably in the warmth of your sheets. On all sides it reads, ‘MNET Asian Music Awards’ with a small plaque reading, ‘2017 MNET Asian Music Awards: Artist of the Year’ at the bottom of one side. It takes you a moment to understand fully what you hold in your hands before it actually hits you.

Your soulmate is an idol.

A forgetful idol if he lost such an important award, but at least this gave you a lead as to who your soulmate is besides one of the most common surnames and a few measly pairs of mismatched socks.

Setting the award to the side, you grab your phone from your nightstand and unlock it, clicking on your browser and typing away. You look up the artist of the year from 2017 and find the top result to be a boy band called BTS. According to Google’s nice little summary and AllKPOP’s top article, they seemed to be pretty famous. Of course, you’ve heard of them before, and if you heard one of their songs then there was a good chance you’d probably recognize it! But you’ve never really been one for boy bands. You were more into kdramas if you were to be completely honest, they’re definitely your guilty pleasure and way more your speed than handsome young men dancing on stage in front of screaming girls trying to get in their pants. Could you really blame them? No. Not at all. Given the chance, you’d take it, but it wouldn’t be anything special if it wasn’t your soulmate.

Your soulmate.

Namjoon.

Changing your question, you search for ‘Kim Namjoon BTS’. If he actually pops up, then that would mean you actually know who he is.

Finding the nerve to press search, you are bombarded with three pictures above a description of him right off the bat - You hate to admit it, but soulmate or not, he’s definitely handsome. You click on a random site you hope will give you some useful information about the man who’s most likely your soulmate and are immediately redirected to something called K-Profiles. The site itself starts off with a group picture of all the members, followed by their names below it, and their social media handles under that. You’d have to look them up later.

The first member you come across is your soulmate himself. He has his blonde head resting on top of his arms with a soft, dimpled smile as he stares right back at the camera. Eyes locked onto his through the screen, you can feel your heart speeding up just from looking at him. You can’t help but smile back at him as if he can actually see you. As if he were right there ready to come out and say ‘hi’.

He’s absolutely breathtaking, and it isn’t even him.

You continue your hunting, scrolling further down to learn as much as you can about him. How old he is, when he was born, where he was born, what his favorite color is, you want to know it all! You learn that he’s the leader of the group, that he used to be known as Rap Monster before he changed it - that USB in the box under your bed made a lot more sense now. You learn that he has a sister, and that he and his band members are advocates for UNICEF, and that this man was so incredibly intelligent yet also known as the ‘god of destruction’ to those around him. But also listed on his profile is his soulmate mark.

“As said in a V-Live where RM explained a stuffed animal he kept on his desk, anything RM loses will appear with his soulmate and vice-versa. He has yet to meet his soulmate.” You read. You’ve lost quite a few stuffed animals to Namjoon, hopefully, it wasn’t an embarrassing one that would haunt you later.

You come to the end of his profile and to the top of another handsome man, yet you don’t scroll down. You haven’t learned enough. You need to know more about him, about how you can meet him. You have to know more! And that’s how you find yourself still up at 5am the next morning still wide awake watching yet another video interview of your soulmate just to hear his voice. A part of you is embarrassed for staying awake all night for some guy, but another part of you can’t let it go when you’re so deep already.

* * *

You called into work after your late night-early morning escapade, telling them you caught something from one of your friends and wouldn’t be in for the next few days. There was no way you were going anywhere with the sleep you just got, and it wouldn’t be fixed in one day either. Even after sleeping the morning away you were still tired from your late night-early morning endeavor. It’s not like you really cared though, you had just found out who your soulmate was. And unlike a lot of other people in the world, you had an entire collection of videos dedicated to just your soulmate and his passion.

It didn’t take long for you to dig your nose back into the screen of your phone just to watch him make that gorgeous, dimpled smile. There were so many videos where he talked about you, sharing some of the items you had lost with his fans like they were his best friends. He looked so proud to be showing off your things, and the look in his eyes when he’d get lost in his own thoughts just looking at them made your heart melt.

You’d heard your mom and dad talk about how happy they were to have a special song just for the two of them. Your mom used to tell you all about the day your father tracked her all the way from the grocery store, pushing through the crowd like a love interest in a kdrama because he heard her humming their song to herself. At a young age you always thought it was sweet and wanted to meet your soulmate just like your mom had, but you eventually realized as you got older that a strange person following you home is not something you want. However, now you kinda wished it could work like that, seeing that your soulmate was practically untouchable.

Of all the people in the world, you just had to get stuck with a celebrity with millions of girls from all over the world fawning over him. Getting chased in the streets must be on this guy’s workout regimen by now! How were you supposed to get anywhere near him without spending over $1,000 just to look at his face?

“How much are those fan-meet things?” You ask yourself aloud. Innocent enough, but nothing could’ve prepared you for the entire process that came with going to just one fansign. This wasn’t something you could just buy a ticket for. No. You had specific steps that you had to follow or you wouldn’t even stand a chance. There were so many steps that you were tempted to just find his company and blast music until security came to take you away. Maybe you’d at least get to meet him when they filed a restraining order.

No. You HAD to meet him. You haven’t saved all of his lost things just for you to chicken out now.

So, you made a fancafe account and waited for their next promotion to purchase an album, you waited for the lottery winners to be announced, and you almost doubled over when you saw your name on the list from the store. You thought 3 months was long enough, but the 24 hours before the event were the longest hours of your life. So long that you couldn’t even sleep!

That’s where the wrench comes in.

You hadn’t meant to stay up so late at all, but you were really excited to finally meet the man that’s been losing everything he touches - especially now that he’s started losing air pods under your bed. So, when you woke up at 10:30am for the fansign that started at 11, you knew you’d messed up.

You messed up bad.

Of all the irresponsible things you could’ve done, staying up late was not the one you should’ve chosen to do. Now, you’d have to wait even longer to see him. Maybe the universe was right to give you both the worst soulmate mark known to man.

It wasn’t like waiting for the next fansign was bad, but it wasn’t the best either. Everyday that passed was another day that you had to watch him through a screen. Seeing his dimpled cheeks smile at the camera - at you - making your heart race. He was so close to you, but he was so out of reach. When the next fansign did come around, you had to make sure you made it on time so you could see it in person for yourself.

That’s what you told yourself.

To your credit, you almost did do that! But you had no idea there would be so much traffic. Not only that, but you’d tripped and dropped the box of things to return to him on the street and had to pick it up before anyone saw what it was you were holding. Because of those small issues, you made it to the venue five minutes after they had closed the doors.

“Please, I’m only five minutes late!” You beg, breathing heavy and labored. You stare at the worker just doing her job with high hopes that she would have some sort of empathy for you, but her face showed no remorse.

“If you wanted to be let in, then you should have been on time.” She scolds, closing the doors on you and leaving you outside to wallow in self pity once more.

At least the first time you’d messed up you were in the comfort of your own home where you could cry over your failure. Now, you were left in the open for everyone to see your mistake. You were so close too. He was just behind the doors. Waiting to see the adoring faces of his fans that you should be a part of.

Yet you’re on the streets.

* * *

“Don’t you think you’re going a little overboard?”

“What makes you say that?” You turn to your friend from your seat on the ground outside of the shop you’d purchased your album from, dressed in a light hoodie with a coffee in your hand. The light of day just peaking through the cracks between the buildings as the street lamps turn off for a new day.

At this point in your journey to meet your soulmate, you weren’t going to take any more chances. The store didn’t open for another 3 hours, and the event started an hour and a half after that, but you were going to be sure you had your ticket and made it to the venue on time. You didn’t care how early you were, you were going to see Namjoon if it was the last thing you did.

The poor, tired woman seemed to pick up on your indifference to your change in behavior and sighs, “Nothing in particular. I’m just concerned that maybe you’re taking this to the extreme now.”

“I’ve tried and failed three times already, Bomi. I cannot miss another chance to meet them!” You explain, taking a sip from your warm cup.

“Maybe the universe is trying to tell you that they’re just a boy band and you shouldn’t get so excited over them. They all have soulmates anyways.” Of course she didn’t know that you were going because one of them was your soulmate, but you couldn’t risk anyone finding out and telling your soulmate before you could tell him.

“I know that, but it’s worth it!” All the hours you’d spent waiting, watching their new content, reading their tweets and various posts from other social media wishing you could see him in person for just a moment. This was the fourth attempt, and you didn’t want to continue this cycle of hit and miss. “I’m not missing it this time.”

“Well, waiting outside of this shop so early just to get a ticket that’s already yours is absurd!”

“You didn’t have to come with me.” You grumble. It wasn’t like you didn’t know that. You were very much aware of the fact that it was insane. It was something you thought about every time you failed to make it into the venue! Having her reiterate what you already knew did not make it any easier.

However, your acquaintance wasn’t having your response, “I did. You blackmailed me into coming with you so you’d actually do it right, remember?”

The vague memory of sending her an embarrassing picture you had as a way to convince her to come flashes through your mind. So maybe your methods were unconventional, but they worked. “That’s not important!”

You both continue to wait by the store’s entrance, making light conversation as more people begin to show up for their own tickets. Of course, you knew they’d be here, that’s why you left extra early to be there first. It was a good thing you did too, because as the time ticked on and the line grew longer, it became obvious a lot of fans had purchased their albums from the same store you had. Even as the store owner arrived to start their day, not at all surprised by the line that had formed for them, there were still fans lining up for their tickets.

But in the end, you were first to arrive and receive your ticket, and that made you one of the first to the venue.

“Alright, we made it. This is where I leave you.” Bomi hikes her bag further onto her shoulder and turns to face you one last time before she leaves, “Don’t make a fool of yourself in there. And do not show them your airpod collection!”

‘Oh, I’m returning the airpod collection…’ You think to yourself, sending a quick wave goodbye to her.

Waiting for the doors to the venue to open didn’t take as long as you’d thought it would - security check taking even less time. You found your seat pretty easily as well, being placed on the left side of the empty table in the middle of the sea of chairs. Taking the time you have while everyone finds their seats, you take a peek inside of the box you’d brought to grab your album and just look at everything you’d brought to begin their return to Namjoon. You made sure to bring every pair of air pods you had found - and hadn’t sold on eBbay - a few old homework assignments, USB’s, pictures he’d taken through his pre-debut, and the trophy he’d misplaced that lead to your discovery.

Hopefully his band members wouldn’t be too upset with him.

You’d learned a lot about each of them over the two years you’ve spent trying to meet with Namjoon. So many times you’d been tempted to put yourself on the fan page or DM them on Twitter, but you were too afraid of being drowned out by other ARMYs or one of the other boys blocking you before Namjoon could see. No doubt they each probably had hardships of their own trying dodge fans claiming to be their soulmate. Watching as they each come to the stage individually, you could see why anyone would lie to call them theirs. You couldn’t deny how handsome they all were - you’d be lying to yourself if you said you thought they weren’t handsome - but no one could compare to your Namjoon.

If you get the opportunity to meet his stylist, then you’re going to give her the biggest hug for making him look this amazing! It was just a plain white, button down shirt tucked into a black pair of dress pants, but the top two buttons of his shirt undone and the grey, satin suit jacket with the addition of black, square glasses and his brown hair neatly parted to the left make him look like a god - should they exist. He takes your breath away, even if you’ve seen every picture and fancam you were able to find. The universe really said, “this one deserves the best” and threw you the biggest catch out there. You could only hope he enjoyed the simple pair of jeans and pastel yellow sweater you’d thrown on for the occasion.

It takes a while before they begin the meet and greet part, the boys introducing themselves and asking questions, letting their fan sites take pictures before they turn their attention to the individual fans as they pass them. With every moment that passes by, every row you watch stand and enter the line to the stage, you become more and more nervous. Of course, you knew your soulmate was truly Namjoon, but you were still terrified to reveal that truth in front of everyone. You’d seen a few announcements regarding the boys and their soulmates, talking about how their respective soulmate would be treated like another one of the boys and would be protected by BigHit as soon as they were found. You knew you’d at least have his company behind you, but…

What about his fans?

You can’t help but fester in your own thoughts, letting them consume you even as you make your way into the line with your box. You try your best to muster up the courage you need, but the looming presence of the table getting closer and closer makes your breathing harder. All you need to do is remain calm. They were just people.

The people who’ve spent almost 7 years with your soulmate.

And your soulmate himself.

No biggie.

“Ma’am.” The voice of the staff keeping the line interrupts your internal panic, pulling you back to reality. He points to the table where an excited Taehyung smiles eagerly at you with an empty space in front of him. “You’re next.”

“Yes! Thank you.” Reeling from embarrassment, you quickly kneel down to the space in front of the table. You give a small bow and hand over your album to the boxy-smiled boy in front of you, your hands shaking from how nervous you are. All you had to do was make it through 5 more boys and you’d meet your soulmate.

5 more people....

...and you’d meet your soulmate.

A hand lands on top of your own, “There’s no need to be nervous!” Taehyung is bright and happy, calmly running a thumb over the back of your hand as he uses the other to sign your album. His eyes shift from you to the paper and back to you, “You’re doing great~”

You felt a little bad for probably ignoring him. He must’ve been trying to introduce himself when he’d noticed you’d spaced out yet again. Yet here he was, acting as though it wasn’t even that big of a deal. Of course, he still had about 50 more people or so to have a minute conversation with, but he genuinely seemed to care. It made you feel more confident.

“Thank you.” You say, a smile gracing your lips. You were still nervous, but at least now you felt calm and somewhat collected to at least make it through the other members. You move onto Yoongi, then to Jeongguk, to Jin, to Jimin, and then to Hoseok. Once again, you’re feeling a little guilty about the time you spend with him. It wasn’t like you weren’t excited to be in front of him, but your soulmate was less than 2 feet away from you looking like he walked out of a Vogue photo shoot with a happy little smile on his face. Hopefully, if all goes well you can apologize to him for being distracted.

The staff moves everyone along and your time finally comes. You bid Hoseok a quick thank you and goodbye and move yourself in front of Namjoon, his box tucked close to your body as a way to keep you grounded.

Namjoon takes your album from Hoseok before he turns his full attention to you, his dimples that you’d been obsessed with since you’d first seen them making an appearance. His dark brown eyes stare into your own, “Hi, what’s your name?”

You’re so entranced by the man in front of you that you almost don’t respond. You manage a quiet, “(Y/n)...” But you’re so stunned and breathless that you think about repeating it just to make sure he hears it.

“Really?” He asks. His eyes widen for just a moment, and you know he recognizes it from a homework assignment or a book you’d probably lost with your name in it. You watch his shoulders as they tense and then relax as if they’d never lifted in the first place. “I really like that name. It’s one of my favorites.”

You watch him turn to the album in front of him, looking for the page you’d like him to sign. Being in front of him now, you feel your confidence grow. You can’t help yourself, “Really? Is there a reason?”

“I’ve just always liked the name.” He says, looking up momentarily with a tight smile. He probably didn’t want to be too obvious about his soulmate - well, you - so fans wouldn’t go looking for you. That must be the one downside to the life of an idol. You watch him carefully, taking in the way he handles your album with care. You watch him flip through pages, his smile slipping for a confused frown. He looks at you, “You don’t have a question for me?”

You jump at the sudden realization that you hadn’t given him the box yet, “No! I do…” This was it. You look from him to the box you’ve clung onto for two years, “It’s inside the box.”

Carefully, you slide the box forward, feeling the nerves you’ve been feeling all day spring to life. He takes it from you with a grateful smile, probably expecting a bear or something you’d made yourself just for him. But judging by the look on his face, you can tell he wasn’t expecting to find the objects in front of him. His shocked face makes you chuckle.

“I’ve always wondered how one person can lose so many things. I understand homework and socks, the airpods, but an entire trophy, Namjoon? How do you lose a trophy?” You ask. You wait for an answer, but he looks as if he’s completely shut down. His jaw hangs open ever so slightly, and his eyes are wide in disbelief. You see a glisten in his eyes and your amusement turns to worry, “Are you okay?”

The leader turns to you, glistening eyes staring into your own. His mouth opens and closes and it looks like he’s trying to find the right words to say, “I-...I don-...oh my god, you’re actually here.”

You watch as the shine in his eyes turn to tears that slowly roll down his cheeks, his mouth struggling to decide if he wants to frown or smile. You’re more worried than anything, “Wah-! Don’t cry! Why are you crying?!” You reach for his hands that still rest on the sides of the box, mimicking what Taehyung had done for you when you first stepped up to the table. “Please don’t cry.”

“I can’t believe you’re here.” He says softly, his voice cracking ever so slightly. You’re still confused if he himself is happy or not, trying to make sense of why he’s crying when he just met you. You watch his eyes drift over you with an unclear expression. Was he happy? Was he sad? Were you supposed to be reacting the same way?

“You’re beautiful…” He says, teary eyes meeting your own.

“So are you.” You respond. It’s only after the words fall from your mouth that you realize what you said and you try to correct yourself, “Handsome! I meant to say you’re handsome! You’re very attractive in a very masculine way, but that’s not to say you don’t express femininity well when you choose to and you look good all the time and-” Amidst your struggle for the correct words, he’d begun to laugh at your own expense. Not how you imagined this meeting to go, you shrink back to your side of the table, “I’ll just stop talking.”

“No! Please, keep talking.” He begs, moving forward to come closer to you. He pulls on your hands that still connect across the table, squeezing to reassure you that he still wanted you to be near him. It felt so nice to have him hold your hands, so nice and comforting, that you must’ve missed the glistening in your own eyes, “Now you’re crying!”

Your hands pull from his to hide your face, “No I’m not, it’s just raining inside!”

As you try to wipe away your tears, you hear the voice of Jimin call over the speakers just off to the side of the table, “You’re not supposed to make the fans cry!”

“I didn’t mean to!” Namjoon defends. In all fairness, you did make him cry first, so this was probably fair.

Hoseok claps his hands together, his voice just subtly coming through the speakers as well, “This is so sweet! We’re all witnessing two soulmates meet for the first time!”

“It’s like a movie, but without the flower petals.” Taehyung adds, having a mic of his own on his side as well.

“Miss.” Another staff member appears next to you, only this time they’re offering a hand and a smile, “Could I have you come with me?”

You’re nervous at first, not sure if going with this staff member would be the best idea. However, the presence of Namjoon’s hand on your own once more draws your attention to his heartwarming smile, “It’s okay.”

You nod and stand, allowing the staff to lead you behind the table and into the hallway to a waiting area. They have you sit on the couch, assuring you that Namjoon and the others would be there to see you soon. This at least gave you a moment to collect your thoughts and come to the realization that you really just met your soulmate after so much hard work to get there. You’d thought plenty of times that you’d regret trying to meet him this way, but now you couldn’t be more elated that you actually got to speak to him and hold his hands. You made him cry - what were hopefully - tears of joy! Even as their manager sits down to make small talk with you while you wait for the end of the fanmeet, you can’t help but to feel as if you’re on cloud 9.

It’s not too long until you hear that the meeting has come to an end, making your heart rate speed up. Once again, you take a deep breath in and let it out, preparing yourself to face Namjoon again. Only when he does come in, you both just stare at one another. Him from the doorway with his members waiting behind him and you from your spot on the couch. You’d already met, you’d already held hands, but this...he was right there.

“Well, are you going to talk to her or just look at her?” Jin asks, a mischievous smirk gracing his features as he stares at the younger.

It would seem that the small jab at the leader was all he needed to push himself forward, legs moving swiftly across the room in long strides just so he can reach you. You stand, intending to meet him halfway, but he’s already pulling you into a much needed embrace before you even get the chance. His arms wrap over your shoulders, caging you close to his chest as he leans down to rest his head on your own. He smells so nice, and his embrace is so warm, they almost distract you from the wetness you feel on top of your head.

“Namjoon…?” You ask, worried you might make him cry more by asking.

The man himself pulls back, quickly moving to wipe his tears as if he hadn’t already cried in front of you already, “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I’m so emotional right now.”

“Don’t apologize. I think it’s cute.” You assure him. You look down, feeling a bit embarrassed yourself, “Much cuter than showing up to your fansign with a bunch of your things.”

“How long have you known?” He asks.

“2 long and painful years.” You sigh. Thinking back on everything you’ve done since discovering who and where he was, you can’t help but be thankful it worked out this time around, “I’ve tried coming to a fan sign 3 times before this.”

“Couldn’t win a ticket?” Jeongguk asks from the side, a bottle of water in his hands.

Your sheepish smile turns into a strained one, “Yeah...we’ll go with that.”

Yoongi seems to pick up on your change in attitude, “Don’t tell me…”

“No wonder the universe put them together, they’re a match made in heaven!” Jin laughs, the sound being much more entertaining in person. The other members of BTS continue to talk amongst themselves, discussing the scene before them as well as how exciting the day had been. But Namjoon, instead, focuses all of his attention on you.

“Please tell me you’re free for the rest of the day.”

For once, you were more than happy to use your holiday time, “I’m free for the rest of the weekend.”

“Good.” He says, giving you another look at his beautiful, dimpled smile.

“Good...”

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“So, what’s in the box?”

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sanstropfremir · 4 years ago

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episode 9 baby!!! dear lord that was a lot!!

frankly, i'm still in shock that i full on manifested an opera stage, AND it was a rock opera stage at that! plus i got a jazz stage AND a taemin stage??? if they’re pulling out all my favourites now then what on earth are they gonna do in the finale??? this was a very overwhelming crop of stages, i thought i was going to be prepared, but oh no i was not prepared. i'm just going to get right into it because this one is gonna be long and i have many words. i'll discuss in airing order first, and then put my personal rankings for this round at the end.

btob

costume

changsub, you absolute king. spectacular. stunning. incredible. zoot suit riot playing in my brain on repeat. will i finally get the zoot suit revival of my fucking dreams instead of this current drab ill-fitting suit trend? for those who are wondering why in the fuck changsub is dressed like that and what on earth i’m talking about, the specific cut of suit that he’s wearing is called a zoot suit, which were popular in mexican, black and italian american communities in the 30s and 40s, until they were outlawed by the united states war production board as a fabric rationing method as part of the war effort in 1942. there was a huge amount of mob violence surrrounding the wearing of them (there were actual zoot suit riots) as they were direct counter culture fashion to the predominant drab trends of white americans at the time. i'm actually very impressed they got a proper (modernized) cut of zoot suit instead of just putting him in an oversized one; there are actually specific structural differences. the pegged trouser legs, large should pads, and knee length single breasted jacket are key features, and they were often in much more flashy fabrics than a pinstripe, but they get points for effort. i wish they had put all of them in zoot suits but he’s playing the ‘lead’ actor so i will begrudgingly forgive them.

eunkwang those are the stupidest sleeve garters ive ever seen i love them never take them off. they’re like someone decided to repurpose a suspender in the worst way. excellent. i do love that they’ve got three of them in oxford saddle shoes, another great touch.

love the three piece and the fedora* on peniel. it's also in a relatively close period cut; waistcoasts (vests) were generally cut much higher in the neck pre-war, we only start seeing the neckline slide down in the 60s (i think? i don’t remember when exactly). also love to see a proper sleeve and jacket length, it's good practice to have at least a finger’s width of sleeve cuff visible ahead of the jacket sleeve when hanging at rest. also looks like there’s french cuffs on everyone, which is also great.

minhyuk in his slutty lowneck shirt....thank you. in addition to the zoot suit revival i would also like a revival of those ultra low necklines on mens’ shirts from like 2010-2011. i don’t think those are the same boots from the backdoor stage but those are some beautifully cut boots. i also loved the little details of his crewmember look, especially the chunky watch and the string bracelets; those are super realistic, i know so many crew with them and i had several for many years. and who doesn’t love a visible button fly?

none of any of the other costumes are period in any way shape or form but i’m forgiving it because there’s several layers of meta in this stage, and they explicitly based it on la la land, even though we don’t respect la la land in this house. do i wish they had gone more strictly period with at least the jazz club ‘actors’ a little more? absolutely, but i'm not mad about it.

set

again we’ve got a good delineation of the two different ‘stages,’ there’s the club itself in the smaller stage and the soundstage set in the larger space. you can pretty clearly see all the ‘pieces’ of the set on the soundstage, especially the obvious set painting techniques on false prosc frame and the window facade from that first little scene. also the you can see the castors (wheels) on all the setpieces too, which is another nice little versimilitudinous** (triple word score!) touch, as old hollywood movies were made still using theatre stagecraft techniques.

i love how the visual shorthand for ‘this is a set wink wonk’ is just...leaving a ladder on stage. i see it all the time and it's so funny. it doesn’t always make sense because as soon as there’s actors on set the ladders are the first thing cleared because actors cannot be trusted, but yes there are always ladders, so. also psa ladder safety is no joke, please be careful on ladders.

nice streamline of the mnet deco into the club. i’m consistently surprised at how well the designers have been able to mask it or use it to their advantage, because in the normal kingdom stage lighting it is SO obvious and stylistic that it always sticks out.

i'm going to ignore the fact that they implied changsub and miyeon were drinking wine out of martini glasses.

lighting

no complaints, it does its job. everything is visible and super clear. love that the ‘scene’ changes are made through the lighting, it's a really simple and effective device to change atmosphere. purple/blue/amber are the most flattering colours on human skin and that’s why you see it so commonly in stage lighting. also blue/lavendar is the best way to show nighttime/moonlight.

really nice and subtle projection work, especially with the billboard bit and the blue moon sign in the club. despite being obviously meta/’world breaking’ it’s actually very seamless and fits well into the flow of the stage.

sound

i love love love the big band feel in the intro, combined with the piano lead. very duke ellington, as all things should be.

no complaints. i love big band. i love eunkwang’s voice. i have nothing else to say.

staging

i LOVE this movie within a movie within a performance meta nonsense! it's such a fun concept and it is exactly what i wanted ikon’s first round stage to be! i also love to see btob consistently coming up with concepts that are inventive and fun and allow them to showcase their technical performance skills without the aerobics the younger groups are putting themselves through. it provides a really lovely variety and it just goes to show that you can make impressive, dramatic stages without having to be serious or ‘dark.’

i do wish they had leaned into the band director/lead singer with eunkwang a bit more; this could have been a really excellent place for a tap number a la the nicholas brothers or an homage to cab calloway. i know i know this was meant to be la la land themed but la la land is a cheap and whitewashed version of jazz and look me right in the eyes and tell me this isn’t the greatest tap routine of all time. i know i’ve typed this out somewhere before but la la land is just a conglomeration of old hollywood tropes and so stylistically cheap that this would have such a better visual core if they had actually looked back at the real old hollywood musicals like stormy weather. even singing in the rain and an american in paris have such phenomenal visuals and are really beautiful examples of the scope you can pull off with a limited technical capacity and sticking to these old techniques.

now that i'm thinking about it, oh my GOD i would DIE for a lindy hop routine in kpop PLEASE. i know it would never happen because kpop doesn’t like partner dancing and not a single kpop boy has the chops but oh you think fourth gen has too many acrobatics?

this got off track but i think you see my point.

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ateez

costume

these are really sharply cut suits. and the detail work on the beading??? so beautiful. i'm disappointed that they gave me a rock opera stage without the true ridiculousness of rock opera costuming, because they could have pushed this a lot farther if they really wanted. a tragic lack of gay little outfits, seonghwa’s lace choker is just not enough! two favourite suits: hongjoong’s and yunho’s.

that being said i do actually really like these. this stage is actually very modern opera with a kpop twist and i'm a little surprised by that? i continue to be impressed by the ateez team who are clearly doing their research.

i'm absolutely not going back through their stages to check all the choreography but i wonder if you can track all the ‘wound’ placements to places they’ve been ‘hit.’ i wouldn’t put it past them to have put that thought in but also i’m not expecting that much either.

who is this white grim reaper bdsm executioner chain arm man. where did he come from. i have no idea and i love it.

why is honjoong blindfolded. it was such a fast beat, if youre gonna blindfold someone give it a little longer and some more obvious narrative weight!

seonghwa does that quickchange, runs across that massive stage to the smaller set, and gets into places in like 45 seconds. it's not the hardest quickchange in the world but still, under a minute is fast for any quickchange, especially when there’s travel time involved. i think the fastest, most complex quickchange i ever did was in university which was a 50s cocktail dress into a flannel and culottes with a shoe, hair, and jewelry change in 35 seconds. and that took three dressers. quickchanges are always impressive. the added bonus of this review being later is that i can specifically reference that you can see him book it the fuck off stage in the full cam!

cute moment with the backup dancers dressed in costumes from the previous stages. i'm assuming this is a time travel reference? i'll get more into my thoughts on this in the staging section. regardless, love to see that iconic seonghwa moment again.

set

this is such a restricted space! they really pared down their dancing space with those staircases and ....arms? honestly i have NO clue what these are supposed to be. the only thing i can maybe think of is flying buttresses??? but why?? i mean, i'm 90% sure theyre just there for drama and i agree but i do still have questions.

there’s a lot of moving parts in this set? the buttresses, and the upstage centre staircase. i don’t think the staircase is totally automated because i spotted some dancers securing it in place, but it’s still a moving part. i do really like that we get that expanding upwards energy, because it's really tough to get functional level movement in this kind of a performance, mostly because of its length and because it moves so quickly. so seeing the downward vertical movement and then the upward movement was actually a really nice visual contrast that made use of how tall those fucking ceilings are, and the fact that they had less horizontal space. in sort of similar way to sf9’s jealousy stage, using long, narrow vertical lines really makes it feel like a castle space. the interiors of castles, especially the really old ones, are a lot smaller than you think they would be.

i’ve actually seen that type of small house/tent/thing several times in various types of performances before, but i think this is the first time i’ve seen it used as a time travel device (other than in the say my name mv). aesthetically it's a bit incongruent but i dont really mind because i'm used to watching rock operas that look a lot weirder than this.

lighting

there is so much happening. i have NO clue what the projections are doing. i dont hate it though, so that’s a plus? there’s a clear-ish colour arc even if it does get a bit funky in the middle, which is why the projections dont feel as insanely distracting as some of the other stages we’ve seen.

the climax is a perfect example of how to light a busy stage with primarily red but still maintain clarity on the performers. a little bit of red goes a long way; the spark stage from last week would have looked so much better if they had done what the ateez designers did here.

sound

i know it's only ode to joy, but answer already gets my motor running and then i get so gassed by the guitars and then by the time those vocals come in i'm inconsolable. i don’t know why i wasn’t expecting a rock opera stage but i'm so glad i got that surprise because i genuinely love rock operas so much. it's two of the most dramatic genres in music, what more could you possibly want?

staging

the choreo for answer is so goofy that I'm kinda glad this was mostly terrible mnet boom shots. i love it, but you can't deny that it's goofy. i spotted a couple of moves from their other choreos as well?

choreographing dance fights is just as difficult as choreographing real fights and i think they did a fairly good job here. i think it was a solid mix of dance and conflict that erred on the side of dramatic rather than accurate and i prefer that over trying to be ‘realistic.’ i’ve only ever seen one truly realistic fight scene on stage and that was for a deeply naturalist play (boring and a waste of the medium), but the best fight scene i’ve ever seen was in the prague national ballet’s adaptation of kafka’s the trial where three ballet dancers beat the absolute snot out of the main character with the most beautiful leg extensions. that whole show was probably one of the best pieces of dance i’ve ever seen, holy fuck it was so good.

despite how insane the music and the visuals were going, i actually really liked how sedate this was, on the part of ateez’s performance. there was a really sophisticated and resigned energy from them that is very different from what we’ve previously seen and i think that was a pretty admirable risk to take. reaching the top and then throwing away the crown? especially in a competition where every other stage has involved stealing crowns or royalty and there’s a group competing that got here through that very concept? that shows a real maturity, peace of mind, and foresight that i did not at all expect from a bunch of 22 year olds.

here we come to a very interesting comparison. both ateez and tbz are very heavily leaning on previously established group lore. we all know my thoughts on why it isn’t working for tbz, but here’s why i think it is working for ateez: it's because it doesn’t matter to the audience’s understanding of the stage. i had absolutely no fucking clue what was going on the first time i watched this, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying the music and all the weird shit they were doing. i totally believed that they understood what was going on. there’s a loose enough established conflict right at the beginning that draws us in, and really it doesn’t matter who they're fighting because they win in the end. the key here is that they’re so earnest. they believe 100% in every move they make on that stage. there’s no winks to camera, there’s not a drop of irony. they really deeply care about the ridiculousness of it all and that’s what makes it work. i sure as fuck dont know what’s going on, but i can see that they do, and i trust that. this is what i meant when i talked about convincing the audience you belong on stage in my stage presence post. i’ve never once believed that juyeon was anything other than an idol. he’s talented and very beautiful and he may occasionally stand on that stage like he owns it but it's always as juyeon. as an idol. but when hongjoong flaps around in that gigantic fur coat i 100% believe he’s a pirate captain. I believe he’s a punk rebel leader. i believe him a resigned king. there’s always a level of irony you have to fight as a performer because we all start from a place of disbelief. acting is not just lying to the audience, it's lying to yourself too. and if you succeed in convincing yourself? well, you’re already halfway to convincing us.

i checked it out because i wanted to see if they did the blindfold how i expected them to and was genuinely surprised by hongjoong’s fancam. the boy is EMOTING even when he knew the camera wasn’t on him; that’s a real dedication to craft.

ok i'm finished talking about this stage, this is over two pages in my document, there’s so many things i have not covered here but that’s fine, i'm quite sure any further thoughts will end up out there at some point.

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sf9

costume

let’s get it out of the way......crop top. crop top? crop top. crop top.

ok, besides the crop top, i think i might actually like the backup dancer outfits more...? i find mannequin adjacent looks really fascinating and i thought there was a lot more they could have done here in connecting the two thematically. i actually think a change of costume on the boys would have been very interesting, especially because there was a lot of inference and direct reference to changes of colour.

ALL the backup dancers are wearing the same wig and i LOVE that.

special mention zuho’s.....jacket? the right idea but it absolutely should have been one of those extreme french cut bodysuits, you COWARDS. don’t come at me with this ‘male version of venus’ if you don’t have your whole torso out! come on!

set

not sure if this is meant to be a department store, a factory, or a white cube gallery. honestly you could make the case that they’re all the same place anyways. more on this later.

i loved the movator and wish they had used it more! that sequence was so good and they could have done some more interesting repetition sequences to further highlight the ‘sameness’/the breaking of that sameness.

i feel like the set could have been used more as a whole? i would have loved to see some mannequin interactions with those boxes, because all they did was dump colour everywhere.

....why did they feel the need to include the rain bit? i know it's likely because it's in the mv and at the 2018 dream concert taemin does perform move in the rain, but with the standing still and the box walls with the words it just looks like a department store ad. which i...dont think is what they were intending?

lighting

nothing really to say here. it has a similar feel to the mayfly rap stage, which is fine because the lighting for that was good. i could tell what was going on all the time and that’s the most important part. notable standouts are the lips sequence, that's fun use of pop iconography and very effective, and the scanning lasers at the beginning.

the repeating sequence in the edm dance break is actually done pretty simply, it's just what happens when you point a camera that’s livestreaming to a monitor directly at that monitor. it's a very cool effect and it was neat to see it used intentionally, especially with the handheld leds.

actually i also really liked the lightbox tables, those were cool.

sound

the remix was fine for the most part, it was about what i expected it to sound like. i did however greatly dislike that unnecessary edm break in the middle. what was the point of that? it didn’t add anything to the overall sound or arc of the stage because it was SO out of place. there was no connective tissue around it.

oh i was also not a fan of the effect on zuho’s mic. no one else had a discernible vocal effect so it felt a little out of place. also for some reason his cadence and tone right at the end made me think of some of the voices that bo burnam uses for his vocal masque sketches/songs, especially repeat stuff, weirdly? took me right the fuck out of it. i listened to it again after i slept and i’m still getting it, so maybe i’m just going insane so best ignore this part.

staging

loved the mannequin tree, not a clue why it was there.

do actually think this is a successful cover because it does what i was hoping it would, which is take move completely out of the taemin context and put it into an entirely new one. however, i’m really struggling to figure out what exactly that new context is? and what theyre trying to say with it?

obviously they went for a ‘show your own colours/individuality’ vibe, like i said in the set section, where exactly is this supposed to be? from the start i get factory/mechanized environment, which is fine and grand because mannequins and making repetitive motions and products and all that, makes sense. but then there’s stacked shelving type units happening and curtains and that combined with the mannequins give me pretty big department store vibes, which is also fine, because that’s still a comment on commercialization and the mass production of product. but then we get to the movator and the repetitive movements of the dancers say pretty clearly factory, but the lighting and projections are very pop art referential, plus combining that with the white set, just makes me think of an art gallery. so now is this a comment on the commercialization and commidification of contemporary art? are they making a statement about being ‘real’ artists among the others who have lost the critical understanding of why pop art was even a thing in the first place? and then the rain bit at the end literally looks like a department store ad, so are they then making another statement that they still are that packaged product? maybe the episode has more clarity in it but i’m genuinely a bit baffled by what the underlying statement is here.

i suspect it is not as deep as i'm making it, but i did say that i was likely to be hyper critical of this stage AND i am a grad student, so here we are.

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tbz

costume

ok of all the ‘fourth gen’ style costumes we’ve seen, i actually like these ones more than most. i'm not entirely clear on the theme but i'm assuming it's meant to be post apocalyptic, and i'll take that.

backup dancers in black!!! we’re beyond this!!!

this will be a running theme with this stage, but i’m disappointed these don’t have more depth.

set

compared to every other stage, the set here seems especially plain. there’s so little set dec that it's disappointing. i do like the movement of the pieces themselves combined with the blocking; that first slide underneath the arches was slick and i would have liked to have seen more of that.

yea ok the big snake was cool and also a fairly complex build, but the transitions around it were a bit awkward for my tastes. especially the turn around, why did they even show that at all? you have control over what the audience sees, you can totally not show scenic transitions. skz were super smart about hiding theirs in last week’s episode.

also if you have a bigass puppet like that, i wanna see some more movement from it! it doesn’t have to be complex, we literally just saw a kraken balloon arm wave around aimlessly, but at least there was movement! that snake had a long ass body, why didn’t they at least take a pseudo dragon dance movement with it, that would have been such fun to watch with the iridescent scales. there was a lot of opportunity here!

lighting

i don’t hate it but also.... not a lot to say about it on the whole.

there were two really smart ideas here, the first being the front projection section, which i was SO glad to see! i explained in a previous review, but the projections in kingdom are not actually projections per se, because they’re actually massive led screens. there are two common types of projections in performance, rear projection and front projection. rear projection is when the projector is behind the screen, and front projection is ‘normal’ projection. rear projection can produce a crisper image because you have full control of the light values, because the projector is in a separate room from the performance space. but the downsides are that the projector has to be in a separate room from the performance space. so if you’re short on real estate, it's not ideal. front projection is much more common, because the tech is a lot cheaper and easier to access, especially now, and it requires less real estate because you can ceiling mount about the audience (you can move a projector wherever, this is just the most common spot in commercial theatres). but! in order to get an actually crisp image, you have to be really careful with your light bounce. it’s exactly the same principle as how you kinda can't see a projected screen when you have all the lights turned on, but when you turn them off it's a lot clearer. front projection works best in pitch dark, so when you use it in a theatre you gotta be smart about it. i use front projection a lot in my personal art practice as a singular light source, and that’s what tbz did here in that traveling/snake intro sequence. it’s a really fun technique that they used as a good gimmick because it’s not something we’ve seen before, and you get some great shadow effects because the projector is throwing light directionally at the performers (they have it set up close to the floor, it’s probably on a wheeled cart of some kind). however i did not like the snake intro. a bit too cheesy and out of place, especially because the asset quality didn’t match the rest of landscapes that we have been seeing.

the second smart idea, which is partially also a set and blocking thing but whatever, was that final image of the eclipse within the circle architecture with all the members standing in front of it. it was a great shot and a great ending pose, but it felt like a concept photo. like someone had that image as the idea that they then built the stage around, instead of a narrative first and then imagery after.

sound

this remix had SO much promise! those first two minutes were SO GOOD. i love that dirty discordant strings bit, it's gross and right up my alley. but it really fell off in the back half and i'm sad about that.

staging

i'm sorry tbz but.....what did you actually do differently than exo here? with the exception of the continual game of thrones references? nothing here felt transcendentally different from the original monster. and especially coming RIGHT after sf9’s move, which did go beyond its original context. this feels more like an awards show stage cover than a stage at the level of the others we’ve seen just this episode.

again like with the skz stage, there’s no conflict here. no tension. yes they do a great job covering the dance but it just isn’t enough! this is obviously personal preference and i'm sure lots of people liked the fact that it was uncomplicated, but even just a hint of narrative tension could have pushed this into more engaging territory. and if they didn’t want to do that, i would have loved to see them make up for that with extra visual spectacle. this is the no limits round! ikon is putting a full jungle on stage and these are grey cubes!

i think this is a perfect example of what i talked about at the end of my tbz section in my episode four review; this is a good performance, there are good elements at play and good ideas at their genesis, but the core of the issue is that nothing about this is transformative. all of the ideas here are just exaggerations of the original song. fuck, the snake was even IN the mv! and they didn’t even include the best part which is the lip chains! ive said before and i'll say it again; being a good artist has two steps, the first is understanding the material and its context, and the second is elevating the material from that context and synthesizing something new. tbz are really good at the first step, but terrible at the second.

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ranking

btob - the cleanest and the most fun of the round. everything i wanted.

sf9 - fun and a good cover, despite being conceptually baffling.

ateez - very extra dramatic nonsense with an unexpected dose of sincerity. and it’s rock opera, of course i love it.

skz - fun, with some good thematic devices but generally lacking in arc. also australian accents, that’s an automatic ding.

tbz - honestly the first two minutes of the remix and the costume are holding this above 6th. it just wasn’t fully formed.

ikon - aesthetically this is a great set design and although i do love the opening and closing moments, everything else scrapes me the wrong way. super personal preference here, i’m not expecting anyone else to agree with me.

i feel like my rankings were probably pretty easy to guess if you’ve been around reading the reviews for long enough. i do have very specific tastes after all. i know sf9 ranked first in the episode but i have no idea what the other slots are. i’ll find out when i watch the episode in a couple of days, but i think yea a first for sf9 is fair. i do think its mostly because it’s a taemin song and you have to do something horrendous in order to fuck up a taemin song, but there is a lot of thought and work that went into that stage.

ok i'm done now, sorry this was later than usual, but i was busier and there were four stages that i had to review. also technical difficulties because tumblr is a garbage platform and nothing works properly. comments/questions/opinions always welcome, i know i didn't expand on a couple of points that i could have so hopefully y'all have some thoughts too!

* the type of hat that ~society~ has told you is a fedora is actually a trilby. what peniel is wearing is a real fedora, i felt the need to correct this unjust hat malignment.

** meaning ‘the appearance of being true or real.’ you do sometimes hear it used by normal people, but it’s more commonly used as a descriptor in film and theatre. it’s also one of the five rules of neoclassical theatre, which are: versimilitude, purity of form, five act structure, decorum, and purpose. the most prominent playwrights from that era are moliere and racine if youre interested in what those look like in an actual text.

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mjohnso · 3 years ago

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Why Do J-Pop Artists Appear on M! Countdown?

While j-pop artists have never been in the habit of appearing on any of Korea’s weekly music shows, this is not to say they have never done so. They both have and do, appearing almost exclusively one one show—Mnet’s M! Countdown. Since the premiere of the show’s first episode on July 29, 2004, the show has hosted at least seven j-pop artists:

The boy group KAT-TUN performed "The D-Motion" on the July 1, 2010 episode of M! Countdown.

Tomohisa Yamashita of the boy group NEWS performed "Party Don't Stop" the February 24, 2011 episode of M! Countdown

The girl group DOMINO performed their debut song "GO GiRL" on the July 14, 2011 episode of M! Countdown

The girl group E-Girls performed "One Two Three" on Mnet's April 26, 2012 special M! Countdown! Hello Japan.

The boy group J Soul Brothers performed on Mnet's April 26, 2012 special M! Countdown! Hello Japan

The band Sekai no Owari performed "Anti-Hero" on the July 21, 2016 episode of M! Countdown.

The boy group JO1 performed "Shine a Light" on the February 28, 2021 episode of M! Countdown.

The timing of these performances was not happenstance; most served as the opening act for another, larger event.1 For example, Tomohisa Yamashita and DOMINO’s stages both preceded album releases in Korea, that the media described as “Korea debuts.”2 KAT-TUN’s performance was followed by their first Korean concert and stop on their KAT-TUN World Big Tour, while Sekai no Owari, post M! Countdown, performed at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Korea.3And in the case of JO1, their performance was not so much their opener as their second act. It followed their virtual concert “JO1 Live Streaming Concert Starlight Deluxe,” streamed from Korea, but was before their appearance at KCON:TACT.

Similarly, that all of these artists appeared on M! Countdown over any of the other music shows was no coincidence, but a matter of business. Mnet, much like SM Entertainment who distributed Avex’s artists in Korea, was licensing, distributing and, if some media reports are to be believed, managing j-pop groups in Korea.

Before I go any further, some clarification is in order. When I referred to Mnet above, I was not referring to Mnet-as-cable-channel, but the label behind it. Mnet-as-cable-channel (originally known as Music Network) founded in 1995 by Mediopia Technology Co. Mediaopia, in addition to operating their channel, would eventually become involved in artist management, distribution and production.

In 2006, Mediaopia would be acquired by CJ Group, and subsequently re-branded Mnet Media. Despite their new owner and name though, the label not only remained in the same business, but, in 2008, began to distribute Japanese artists, including GACKT, Morning Musume, Kumaki Anri, KAT-TUN, and Yamashita Tomohisa.4

To bring this back to the original point, many of the artists that appeared on M! Countdown did so due to this connection to Mnet-as label. Moreover by Mnet-as-label having those they distributed, and in some cases managed, perform on Mnet-as-channel’s show a secondary benefit of promoting the artists and hyping up other events.

This set-up holds true, even after Mnet Media technically ceased to exist following the 2011 restructuring on the part of their parent company, CJ E&M. Mnet, as both cable channel and label (no longer Mnet Media, but a label all the same) continued to show an interest in promoting artists from Japan, as well as, JO1 and IZ*ONE indicate, creating their own. Indeed, JO1 may be the pinnacle of what Mnet Media was trying to do all along. In licensing their own Produce show, co-managing the final group, and then promoting them to Korean audiences, on their own shows like M! Countdown, they profit on nearly every level. In Mnet’s eyes, this was certainly a win.5

Notes

Another angle, which I did not cover in this post, but from which to consider all of this is the censorship of Japanese media, including music, in Korea, as well as the gradual lifting of these restrictions. In this case, Japanese singers were not permitted to appear on Korean programs until January 1, 2004.

Stages for KAT-TUN, Domino and Tomohisa Yamashita and their timing, mirror the contemporaneous advance of k-pop groups (especially, girl groups) in Japan.

I am still trying to tease out the connection between Jisan Valley Rock Festival and Mnet, although this 2016 Korea Times article, “Jisan Valley Rock Festival kicks off Friday,” describes CJ E&M as a festival organizer.

Mnet’s relationship with Morning Musume would eventually evolve from one of mere distributor and distribute, to a more active partnership as I detailed in a post about the Mnet x Tsunku survival show. Much as with Produce and Girls Planet participants, the survival show’s participants also performed on an episode presumably to promote the show.

For the record, I am against all survival shows. Yes, all of them.

#kpop #mnet #jpop-in-korea

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Schedule 2020

GENNAIO

11 - Superband Top 3 Concert - Suwon Convention Center

21 - 2° Anniversario del rilascio di “Last Winter”

FEBBRAIO

4 - Youngso registra la versione 2020 della canzone “If You're Gonna Be Like This” insieme a Ivy

6 - Cellist Hong Jinho Recital - Seongnam, TLi Art Center, 20:00 KST (12:00 🇮🇹) [CANCELLED]

7 - Youngso - Cerimonia di diploma dalla Hanlim Art School

16 - Concerto di Youngso per il 25° anniversario di Rolling Hall (vol.15) - Rlling Hall, 17:00 (9:00 🇮🇹)

23 - 100 giorni dal debutto degli Hoppipolla

MARZO

2 - Registrazione dell’intervista e delle clip con Shinsegae International

8 - Messa in onda di King of Masked Singer con I’ll - MBC TV, 18:20 KST (10:20 🇮🇹)

10 - Messa in onda dell’episodio di Music Hall con gli Hoppipolla - Mnet, 18:00 KST (10:00 🇮🇹)

14 - 2° Anniversario dal rilascio di “To My Dear”

15 - Primo concerto degli Hoppipolla [POSTPONED] // Messa in onda di King of Masked Singer con I’ll - MBC TV, 18:20 KST (10:20 🇮🇹)

16 - Rilascio del singolo di “You and Me” di I’ll - 12pm KST (4:00 🇮🇹)

21 - Jinho recital, Seoul Civic Orchestra 3rd Regular Concert 'Meeting with Dvorak' - Yeouido KBS Hall, 17:00 KST (9:00 🇮🇹) [CANCELLED]

28 - Passaggio all’ora legale (la loro mezzanotte corrisponde alle nostre 17:00)

21 - Registrazione KBS Open Concert

APRILE

5 - 4songs2 Live Clip Teaser - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

7 - I’ll sarà una guest di Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' - KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹) // Preview Live Clip Shinsegae International x Hoppipolla - Canale youtube 449tv // Rilascio della cover di "I'm so Tired" [4songs2] - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

8 - Diretta di Jinho per Credia meet the Artist LIVE! in L’Escape - Credia TV youtube channel, alle ore 22:00 KST (15:00 🇮🇹)

9 - Rilascio MV della cover “Today, I” per [Movie-ginAgain] Shinsegae International x Hoppipolla - Canale youtube 449tv, 15:00 KST (8:00 🇮🇹)

12 - Messa in onda del KBS Open Concert con gli Hoppipolla - KBS1, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // 4songs2 Live Clip Teaser - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // 1 anno dall’inizio di Superband

14 - I’ll sarà una guest di Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' - KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹) // Rilascio cover di "Before You Go" [4songs2] - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Behind MV [Movie-ginAgain] Shinsegae International x Hoppipolla - Canale youtube 449tv, 15:00 KST (8:00 🇮🇹)

19 - 4songs2 Live Clip Teaser - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

20 - Compleanno di Jinho

21 - Jinho sostituisce I’ll come guest di Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' - KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 KST (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹) // Registrazione di I’ll della puntata di King Of Masked Singer come giudice

22 - Rilascio canzone originale degli Hoppipolla [4songs2] - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Hoppipolla 1st Mini Album “Spring To Spring” Release - 6pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Registrazione privata per All that Music TV

24 - Gli Hoppipolla saranno guest di Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' - KBS Cool FM, 23:00 KST (16:00 🇮🇹)

26 - 4songs2 Live Clip Teaser - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

27 - Gli Hoppipolla saranno guest del programma radiofonico “Before 6:05” - Naver NOW - 17:55 KST (10:55 🇮🇹)

28 - I’ll sarà una guest di Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' - KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹) // Rilascio canzone originale degli Hoppipolla [4songs2] - Golden Brother Music, 18.00 pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

MAGGIO

03 - Messa in onda di King of Masked Singer (I’ll partecipa come giudice) - MBC TV, 18:20 KST (10:20 🇮🇹)

05 - I’ll partecipa come guest a Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' (Play Room)- KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹)

10 - Gli Hoppipolla saranno ospiti del programma radiofonico "Jeong Sewoon's Listen" - EBS RADIO, 19:00~21:00 KST (12:00~14:00 🇮🇹)

12 - I’ll partecipa come guest a Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' (Play Room)- KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹)

14 - Messa in onda dell’episodio di All That Music - KBS1, alle 11:40PM KST (4:00 🇮🇹)

15 - I’ll sarà ospite di GITV dei GIFT - Canel Youtube GIFT, alle 7PM KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

16 - Cellist Hong Jinho's Fanmeeting <Prelude> - Yonsei University Centennial Hall, 17:00 (10:00 🇮🇹) [CANCELLATO] | “Prelude” Live - Credia TV (youtube), 17:00 (10:00 🇮🇹)

19 - I’ll partecipa come guest a Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' (Play Room)- KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹)

26 - I’ll partecipa come guest a Park Won's 'Kiss the Radio' (Play Room)- KBS Cool FM, 23:00 - 24:00 (16:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹) // Kbs Open Concert recording, KBS studios

27 - Concerto 2020 Chuncheon Cultural Foundation 'A Cultural Day' - KT&G Sangsang Madang Outdooor Concert Hall, 19:30 KST (12:30 🇮🇹)

29 - Aperte le prevendite per il 2° EP di Hyunsang “The Edge” - 15:00 KST (8:00 🇮🇹)

GIUGNO

2 - 200 giorni dal debutto

3 - I'll sarà ospite di "Wonkira's Family Week - Song for You" - KBS Cool FM, 22:00 - 24:00 (15:00 - 17:00 🇮🇹)

4 - Photoshoot di I’ll per Hi Air (di cui è testimonial)

5 - Primo Concerto “Spring to Spring” - Blue Square iMarket Hall, 8pm KST (13:00 🇮🇹) [POSTPONED]

6 - Primo Concerto “Spring to Spring” - Blue Square iMarket Hall, 6pm (11:00 🇮🇹) [POSTPONED]

7 - Messa in onda di KSB Open Concert registrato il 26/05 - KBS1, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Online Busking di Hyunsang - Canale youtube di Hyunsang, 17:00 KST (10:00 🇮🇹)

8 - Rilascio del 2° EP “The Edge” di Ha Hyunsang - Portali Musicale, 12:00 KST (5:00 🇮🇹)

11 - Hyunsang @ MCountdown ep 669 - Mnet, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

12 - Online fansign // Rilascio del video per 3x6=LIVE, 6pm KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang @ Simply kpop ep 418, 13:00 KST (6:00 🇮🇹 )

13 - Hyunsang @ Music Core - MBC, 15:30 KST (8:30 🇮🇹)

14 - Hyunsang @ Inkigayo, ep 1051 - SBS 15:50 KST (8:50 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang Online Busking #2, 19:00 KST (12:00 🇮🇹)

15 - Rilascio dell’album "part 01 안부" di Lee Sunhee (Youngso ha partecipato alla canzone 청춘(Youth)) - 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

16 - Hyunsang @ SBS MTV The Show, ep 228, 18:00 (11:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang ospite di VIP Access" di Music Access di Arirang Radio, dalle 2pm alle 4pm KST (7:00 - 9:00 🇮🇹)

17 - Hyunsang registra un’esibizione per All That Music | Hong Jinho diretta su youtube, 21:00 KST (14:00 🇮🇹)

18 - Hyunsang @ MCountdown, ep 670 - Mnet, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

19 - Hyunsang @ Simply K-pop ep 419, 13:00 KST (6:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang @ Music Bank, 17:00 (10:00 🇮🇹) // Online Fansign di Hyunsang, 20:00 KST (14:00 🇮🇹) // Rilascio del singolo “From Paris With Love ” di Melody Garsot a cui ha partecipato JInho

21 - Hyunsang al programma radiofonico “Cultwoshow" di SBS Power FM, dalle 14:00 alle 16:00 KST (7:00 - 9:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang Online Busking #3, 20:00 (13:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang @ Inkigayo ep 1052 - SBS 15:50 KST (8:50 🇮🇹)

22 - Hyunsang al programma radiofonoco “Jukjae's Midnight Workroom” di Naver Now, 24:00, (17:00 🇮🇹)

23 - Hyunsang @ SBS MTV The Show, ep 229, 18:00 (11:00 🇮🇹)

24 - Hyunsang @ Show Champion ep 359 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang al programma riadiofonico This Beautiful Morning con Kim Changwan SBS PowerFM, alle 9:00 KST (2:00 🇮🇹)

25 - Hyunsang registra per il Nanjang Concert // Messa in onda del documentario per la Guerra Coreana del 25/06 - MBC, 22:05 KST (15:05 🇮🇹 ) // Messa in onda di All That Music con Hyunsang registrato il 17/06

26 - Scelta del nome del fandom (Fandom birthday Party vlive)

LUGLIO

1 - Prima diretta “Centro di Counseling di Hyunsang” - Vapp, 22:00 (15:00 🇮🇹)

4 - Hyunsang ospite di Volume UP Radio di - KBS CoolFM, dalle 20:00 alle 22:00 KST (13:00 - 15:00 🇮🇹) // Hyunsang sarà guest di GITV della band GIFT - GIFT youtube channel, 19:00 KST (12:00 🇮🇹)

6 - I'll sarà ospite del programma radiofonico Ravi's Question Mark di Naver Now, alle 19:00 KST (12:00 🇮🇹)

7 - Hyunsang @ The Show, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

8 - Hyunsang @ Show Champion, 18:00 KST (11:00 🇮🇹)

9 - Messa in onda dell’episodio di All That Music - KBS1 TV, alle 24:10PM KST (5:10🇮🇹)

9 - Hyunsang @ MCountdown, 18:00 KST, (11:00 🇮🇹)

10 - Hyunsang @ All That Music, alle 12:10 (5:10 🇮🇹) // @ Simply K-Pop, 13:00 KST alle 6:00 🇮🇹) // Online Fansign Event alle 20:00 (13:00 🇮🇹)

12 - Hyunsang @ Inkigayo, 15:50 KST (8:50🇮🇹)

14 - Hyunsang sarà ospite del programma radiofonico Idol Radio - Vlive, alle 21:00 KST (14:00🇮🇹)

15 - Hyunsang @ Show Champion alle 11:00

17 - Hyunsang @ Simply K-pop alle 6:00

18 - Music Core alle 8:30 // Online Fansign alle 13:00

19 - Messa in onda dell’episodio 7 di Begin Again con Jinho- JTBC, alle 23:00 (16:00 🇮🇹)

26 - Hyunsang partecipa al K-Music Livetrip per il K-Culture Festival - canale youtube The Kpop - canale youtubbe THE KPOP, 16.00 - 17:00 // 19:00 - 20:00 (9:00 - 10:00 // 12:00 - 13:00 🇮🇹)

AGOSTO

16 - Summer Breeze - Hong Jinho solo concert, Lotte Concert Hall, 17:00 (10:00)

21 - Concerto “For Ludwig van Beethoven” - Perigee Hall, 19:30 KST (12:30 🇮🇹) (Jinho) [CANCELLATO]

22 - FunFun Festival - Yonsei University Outdoor Theater, 15:10 - 15:50 KST (8:10 - 8:50 🇮🇹)

OTTOBRE

13 - Chamber Music Festival “Night of Piazzolla - Vamos Tango!” - Seongnam, TLi Art Center, 20:00 KST (13:00 🇮🇹)

La schedule può essere soggetta a modifiche in qualsiasi momento.

#schedule #schedule 2020 #hoppipolla

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mimitxtghost · 6 years ago

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[TRANS] TXT PROFILES

SOOBIN

2000.12.05

185 CM 69 KG

A Blood Type

One older brother and 1 older sister and he is the youngest out of the 2

Nickname is Sloth

Hobbies&specialty: Reading, Listening to music, spacing out

bread lover: loves eating, but on a diet. Easily swollen face. Tallest in the group. Chubby chin

mochi skin checks

comments every day, loves snowy days leader. homebody. Lovely dimple. Minus hands. Sweats a lot. loves BTS Jin

leader. homebody. Lovely dimple. Minus hands. Sweats a lot. loves BTS Jin

HUENING KAI

2002.08.14

181.5 CM

61 KG

Blood Type is A

2 brothers and 1 sister (Actually he has 2 sisters but the mnet show said he has 1)

Nickname: Hyuka, NingNing

Hobbies&Specialties: Playing Instruments

uwu: usually triple eyelids. But when tired, they can be SIXFOLDs

crazy about jelly snacks

glued at the hip to Soobin: loves skinship. Especially loves to touch one's belly (*alert for Soobin)

DRAWS Hangeul instead of writing it

TAEHYUN

2002.02.05

177 CM

53 KG Blood

Type is A

Youngest of 1 brother and 1 sister

Hobby/Specialty: Football, Swimming

Nickname is loveable/adorable

noes, eyes, lips: well-defined features. Who wants to take a slide on his nose?

uwu: little toe of his right foot usually doesn't reach the ground. delicate hands

coffee-beginner: he's an <iced caramel machiato> stan

loves pop songs

BEOMGYU

2001.03.13

179 CM

55 KG Blood

Type is AB

Youngest of 2 brothers

Nickname is Beomgyu, Bamgyu, Cookie

Hobby/Specialty: Playing guitar - passed audition through playing guitar

master of cuteness

uses Daegu dialect (His hometown. Unique accents)

favorite food: rice cake with honey and stir-fried beef tripe from Daegu

<hair band>: his must-have item. Has bulging head

owner of a parrot name "TOTO"

YEONJUN

1999.09.13

181.5CM 65KG

Blood Type A

An only son

Uniqueness is non-double eyelids

Hobbies&Specialties: Dancing, riding s-board, eating food

a.k.a. Dented Ball: left part of head bone is dented.

Members love to press that bump.

Loves: fashion & hip-hop

sentimental boy: once he did cry reading a poem

loves old man joke

the only member who can cook, but only Alio-olio is available (he can only make alio-olio pasta: oil pasta with garlic)

Cr TRANS TXTranslations

#txt #tomorrow x together #tomorrowxtogether #soobin #beomgyu #hueningkai #yeonjun #taehyun #bighit #kpop #txt trans #txt profiles #profile

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spicy-ahjumma · 6 years ago

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ONEWE Fun Facts! ✨

Okay guys, it's almost time! They are officially re-debuting on May 13th and I am screaming!

So, of course, I'm hitting you with some facts!

-ONEWE are a 5-man band, currently under RBW Ent. (the same company as MAMAMOO).

-Unlike a lot of other active bands, ONEWE were not manufactured by a company. Instead, they are all old friends from school who formed a band together!

-The members are:

~CyA- Bassist, main rapper & maknae

~Dongmyeong- Keyboard, lead vocal, visual

~Kanghyun- Guitarist (occasionally backing vocal)

~Harin - Drummer

~Yonghoon - Leader, main vocal (sometimes guitar & keyboard)

-They originally only had 4 members, with the first 3 being Cya, Harin & Kanghyun (Dongmyeong was added pretty quickly!) but decided to add another vocalist (Yonghoon) later-on to make their performances stronger!

-If you're a fan of MAMAMOO, chances are, you've already seen ONEWE before! They have performed together several times, with the most recent being Hwasa's solo QUEEN medley during the New Year end show. All of the ONEWE members (except Yonghoon!) performed live with her!

-They are the twin group of ONEUS, a new idol group who debuted in January 2019 with the song 'Valkyrie'.

-ONEWE and ONEUS have a very close bond; Firstly- there are literally twins in the groups; Dongmyeong is a member of ONEWE and his twin brother, Dongju (Xion), is a member of ONEUS.

-They also share a pre-debut show called 'I Will Debut!' Which was uploaded on the RBW YouTube channel, so feel free to check it out if you haven't already!

-They also share a lot of concerts and showcases with eachother. It's pretty much guaranteed that, where you see one group, you'll probably see the other.

-ONEWE have already previously debuted in August 2015 under the name MAS/MAS 0094, under Modern Music. However, after they entered RBW, they were rebranded as ONEWE in June 2018, in order to match their new twin group.

-They have an album released as MAS 0094, called 'Make Some Noise'! It contains every song they created under that name!

-If you think the name MAS seems familiar, it's because it probably is! All 5 members took part in KBS' survival show 'THE UNIT', with Dongmyeong making it all the way to 16th place.

-MAS had one of the most compelling stories on the show, being a failing unknown band whom had no training as idols. Yet, they were able to learn how to dance, and Dongmyeong in particular did very well in all of the challenges.

-Dongmyeong also previously took part in Mnet's 'Produce 101' Season Two, finishing in 68th place! So you can see there was a huge improvement between P101 and THE UNIT!

-Their official re-debut date is May 13th 2019!

-In the time between being rebranded as ONEWE and re-debuting, ONEWE have been busking and performing small shows at lots of small venues in Korea and also Japan!

-Harin, Kanghyun, Dongmyeong and Cya were in Solar’s MV for “Its Been a Long Time”!

-Cya and Dongmyeong are best friends, and have been since before the band was formed. Their friendship is really adorable.

-Cya worked with Donghyun of BOYFRIEND to create a song called 'Promise' for The Miracle's OST.

-Cya also wrote & produced the song 'Crazy & Crazy' (ㅁㅊㄷㅁㅊㅇ) for ONEUS' debut album. He also featured on the song!

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girlbosscannibalism · 11 months ago

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doing what has to be done

#why is there no info on it #i added photos there are none #and the plot is of a different show so i added a plot #mnet band of brothers #band of brothers

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yahos-remade · 5 years ago

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im interested in stanning onewe WHERE DO I START

if you’re like me:

watch all their mvs (reminisce about all, ring on my ears, 0&4, regulus, + last song (predebut song they did w/ their brother group oneus))

coincidentally get into them right when they perform their hip cover on mnet and watch that about 20 times in one day

fall in love with yonghoon’s voice and go on a fancam watching spree and realize that maybe billie eilish isnt that bad bc her music gave you this cover

basically just watch a bunch of fancams n vids of their covers (latata, something just like this, 삐삐 + my first kiss, kissing strangers)

get fixated on 191229 dongmyeong bc smth abt that day just made him act insanely twink-esque and it’s a bit embarrassing but the drama of it all is captivating

remember that onewe started off as an independent band called m.a.s. 0094 and go watch the 2 mvs that they have under that name (feeling good, starlight)

ignore the existence of any fan guides bc u think their editing is annoying and dumb and you’d rather find out very basic information about the members 3 months after u started stanning

watch this compilation of kanghyun’s guitar solos even if you’ve already seen it before

check out cya’s soundcloud + the song he produced for oneus

uhm. thats all i got. im really bad at getting into groups coherently i just kinda watch random vids, spam rb a bunch of audio posts, and exist in my own bubble. obviously u can find their social media pretty easily and get to know their personalities n stuff thru that as well. also i recommend following @ oneweworldwide on twitter for eng/fr translations/updates if u need them!!!

#i hope this is somewhat comprehensible and helpful #u can kinda tell but i really only follow them via their music n occasional tweets/fanpics....#i dont think theyve really done a lot of variety/reality tv esque content outside of probably a few vids w/ oneus so yea #also the bolded words r all the links i just did that so its easier to see them #ask

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rkdaehwi · 5 years ago

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DUOS PERFORMANCE PART II : INTERVIEW

MGA5 contestant #5042 Sohn Youngjae Mentioning: @rkdaniel, @rkyq, @rkpjy, @rkkyg, @rkxsnh, @rksihyeon Gif credit { Outfit in gif }

“ I’m having fun. I’m being myself. I’m doing what I love. That’s all that matters ”

Another week had come and gone and with it another performance. And (by now to no one’s surprise) afterwards came the interview that worked as a status update on other’s thoughts of each other and, of course, the drama creator. Admittedly he had been surprised when he watched last week’s episode as he had been quoted pretty much word for word on all the negative stuff he said about Daniel, and while he couldn’t deny the fact that he had both said and meant it he also felt incredibly bad because it left him no way of explaining himself and his sentiment towards the older male who might have got hurt by him. Was this what his brother meant when he said that he wasn’t subtle? It was all so hard to figure out.

But dwelling by it wasn’t going to bring him anywhere. He could only move forward from here on -- well technically there was also the option of going back home and get eliminated but he tried not to think about that -- and if mnet wanted to put emphasis on him bringing others down in the process then so be it. Eric liked to think himself a pretty decent guy and he was sure that if he just talked to Daniel everything would get sorted out and be all good and there would be no problems anymore. Little did he realise that other people (namely the band mates) had also heard his comment and felt offended by it. Hopefully he wouldn’t step on anyone’s toes today. Hopefully.

What did you think of the results last week?

“I was surprised honestly,” he admitted even though he honestly didn’t have any strong feelings like he did when Jisung and Moonbok were eliminated. “To think that Yuqi noona was eliminated even though she’s been praised so much... It really made me think that no one is safe.” In a sense he couldn’t help but feel happy that it wasn’t him who had been eliminated, but he at the same time he had also wanted the attention of being a top contestant. Maybe just once. To have someone look at him and say that he was their favourite or at least one of them. But that wasn’t going to be as simple as to just make a wish and then it’d happen.

Which pair among the eliminated do you think will make it back?

“Hmm...” Eric fell into thought for a moment as he weighed the options. “I would lie if I didn’t say that I hope Yuqi noona comes back,” he admitted after a bit. “She’s a really interesting dancer after all so justice for Yuqi noona!” As he spoke with enthusiasm he pumped his fist into the air, but quickly returned to a neutral position and tone of voice. “Yugyeom hyung kept talking about this Jinyoung hyung fella though so I guess I have to support him too right? But I can’t have both Yuqi noona and Jinyoung hyung back, hmm, this is troublesome!” Resting thumb and index finger on his chin, Eric fell into thought on how to solve this dilemma, but eventually realised that there was no way to make it work. He sighed. “Oh well, I guess I’ll give Yugyeom hyung this one and root for Park Jinyoung and -- what’s his name? oh right -- Wang Jackson.”

How was it to work with Kim Yugyeom?

“Yugyeom hyung, he’s... aah...” Surprisingly a sigh was what left Eric at the question. “I mean he’s totally cool and an absolutely amazing dancer, but hyung! Please stop doting on me already! I’m not a little kid!” As he spoke he filled up his cheeks with air into a very exaggerated pout and crossed his arms before his chest. A subconscious gesture that didn’t at all serve to emphasise Eric’s statement, but he failed to notice that. “Anyway! I’m really glad hyung was all open for my ideas and stuff, and like, even though I wanted to do some things that wasn’t part of his comfort zone in dancing he was still totally up for it and learning it! Respect. Mad respect.” Nodding satisfied he continued.

“I think there’s a huge differences in working with Olivia noona last week who could dance but wasn’t focused on it and then going to someone like Yugyeom hyung who is a dancer. You can really feel that he moves in a different way! It’s totally cool! Like his aura as well. There’s just that dancer’s aura you know! Like pow!”

Like pow yeah. Where there any performances you enjoyed today?

“Is it bad if I say my own?” he asked, genuinely curious. “I don’t think that I’m so much better than everyone else or something like that, but today’s performance... It was just so much fun. I really think we did something great here and if nothing else then I at least had an absolute blast doing it! Out of everything I’ve done so far I’ve liked this one the most I think. So I really enjoyed it!” He clasped his hands together with a big smile on his face. “But my favourite I think is Kim Sia and Shin Ryujin! I think I fell for Sia noona~!”Giving a chuckle he made such a bold confession with no hesitation whatsoever.

Thank you, that’s all.

#ch: Solo #rkmga5 #rkmga5duos2 #Placeholder image while I fight my internet #It's supposed to be the same gif as before but my internet is being stupid

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oldshinee · 3 years ago

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081213 - mnet band of brothers

#shinee #taemin #lee taemin #era: replay #081213

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danielxrk · 5 years ago

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// ( ✞ ) MGA SEASON 5: ENTRY APPLICATION FORM

FULL NAME: kang daniel BIRTH DATE: 98 - 12 - 10 GENDER: male HEIGHT: 180 cm WEIGHT: 68 kg BIRTHPLACE: busan, south korea CITY OF RESIDENCE: seochu-gu, seoul

PREVIOUS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE:

singing in church for entire life

6 years experience playing bass guitar

3 years experience playing guitar

bassist of metalcore band “empty enigma” (since dec ‘17)

> several live shows over the past year and a half, one album

mnet global auditions (season 4 - eliminated episode 7)

private nova audition (nov ‘18)

trc triple threat challenge

FAMILY RELATIONS:-

father - kang jaesuk - 56 - samsung engineer

mother - kim eunbi - 51 - secretary

brother - kang jaebeom - 29 - lawyer

sister - kang mina - 18

MAIN SKILL: still instruments!! but my singing is better now

OTHER TALENTS:

bass guitar

normal guitar

lyric writing and composition

fluent english (lived in vancouver, british columbia, canada for years)

self-taught rapping

can read (some) greek

good at following rules

time management

i can (still) balance a checkbook!

can fit any concept (see: metalcore band vs mga4 performances)

decent cook

boxing

can still live as a functional human being on three hours of sleep

FAVORITE MUSICIAN/INSPIRATION:

jesus, tobymac, casting crowns, needtobreathe, relient k, metallica, aerosmith, switchfoot, queen, nirvana, garbage, no doubt, paramore, fall out boy, panic! at the disco, lady gaga, hozier, the lumineers, death cab for cutie, nell, royal pirates, n.flying, cherry filter, epik high, katie lee, per_se, ha sungwoon!!!

IMAGE PROFILE: ( ✞ )

DREAM COMPANY: ( NOVA )

2ND DREAM COMPANY: ( Royal )

( ✗ ) 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.

#rkmga5 #mga5profile #( * ah shit here we go again #going [airplane emoji] full empty enigma mgas )

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choisjongho · 6 years ago

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So, since our boys debuted, I’m doing this for eventual new stans! Welcome to the fandom, I hope this guide will be helpful 🧡

If anyone thinks there’s something more to add, just tell me! Feel free to add it on a reblog too. Also, let me know if any links are not working!

ATEEZ? Who are they?

ATEEZ is a group under KQ Entertainment, once knew as KQ Fellaz. They debuted on October 24th (2018) and have 8 members: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho.

Here is their debut MV, Treasure:

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Did it get your attention? So here’s some info for you...

ABOUT THE BAND

Before debuting, they fed us well. Here are some of their performance videos:

1. Their very first video

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2. Growl (yes, from EXO!) performance

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3. From, their pre-debut song

Notes: ~ the song was produced by Hongjoong! ~ at first, ATEEZ was supposed to have nine members, so in this video you can see Junyoung (third rapper), the trainee who didn’t debut with them.

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4. Performance video on their debut, for the title track Pirate King!

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And there’s more! (Here, here and here, + pre-debut Pirate King performance + stage debut)

They also had two reality shows on YouTube before debut!

The first one has 12 episodes, and it’s about their training at USA and the production of From. (Honestly, this was what made me fall in love for them! 😍 All eps are subbed and their duration is about 3/4 minutes.)

The second one, called Code Name is ATEEZ, was a Mnet one where they had to complete missions to be able to debut! (Original series on Youtube aren’t subbed, so here’s a link for a masterlist that will help you to find and watch subbed eps.)

Their debut album is called TREASURE EP.1: All to Zero! You can find it on iTunes and Spotify. Support them by streaming their songs and buying their album! (These boys deserve it, believe me.)

Our fandom still doesn’t have a lightstick or any merch at all aside their album, but soon these are coming!

Fandom’s name is ATINY! A mix of ATEEZ + destiny (us).

Here's where you can find them:

Instagram: @ateez_official_

Twitter: @ateezofficial

V LIVE: KQ

V LIVE: ATEEZ

Facebook: ATEEZofficial

MEMBERS

Hongjoong

Full name: Kim Hongjoong

Birth date: 07/11/1998

Leader, rapper, songwritter and producer

Was a contestant on MIXNINE

Has very good vocals (you can’t fight me on this)

Has too many songs composed by him on his laptop (about 400!!!), which was once stolen and formatted (but returned back) during their training on USA, so he had to produce “From” all over again

Kinda the mom of the group (he’s the one who “disciplines” the members)

Barely went to high school because he already worked and was always in the studio

Members are like family to him

ᴋᴏʀᴇᴀɴ ʙɪɢ ᴍɪɴɪᴏɴ

Always stays up too late (usually working)

Studies chinese

sᴍᴏʟ (please also check this)

ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇʟʏ ɢᴏʀɢᴇᴏᴜꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴍᴜʟʟᴇᴛ

Seonghwa

Full name: Park Seonghwa

Birth date: 03/04/1998

Vocalist, eldest

My handsome and ꜱᴇxʏ bias

He auditioned for MIXNINE but didn’t pass

Mom of the group² (comforts members a lot)

Is always the one cleaning the dorms

Good at cooking

He’s learning japanese

His name means “to be a star”

His nickname is Mars, because hwaseong = korean for mars

Some korean fans started calling him “the starry prince/prince of the stars”

Meanwhile, Wooyoung calls him

Loves fashion and likes to go shopping

Members discribed him as a quiet guy, but also as someone to want to be like

ᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟɪꜱᴛ ᴀᴛ ɢɪʀʟ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ'ꜱ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱ (u coward)

Yunho

Full name: Jeong Yunho

Birth date: 23/03/1999

Dancer, vocalist

Featured in Millennium Dance Studio’s video

Attended to Seungri’s (BIG BANG) Dance Academy

ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛᴀʟʟ ʙᴏʏ (about 184 cm/6’0″)

Energizer of the group

Doesn’t like reading

Harry Potter fan who owns a Voldemort wand (ᴡɪɴɢᴀʀᴅɪᴜᴍ ʟᴇᴠɪᴏsᴀ)

He likes games

Yeosang

Full name: Kang Yeosang

Birth date: 15/06/1999

Vocalist, visual

Audiotioned for MIXNINE but didn’t pass as well

Former Big Hit trainee

Has a beautiful birthmark on his left eye (but now it’s always covered by makeup 😢)

Likes videogames, likes reading and to stay home

Has a lot of different kinds of drones in various sizes

He says he’s good at concentrating at one thing for a long time

He studies chinese with Hongjoong and calls him “Gēgē” (brother in chinese, similar to “hyung”)

According to some fans, he’s a bit shy at fan meetings

San

Full name: Choi San

Birth date: 10/07/1999

Vocalist

Auditioned for MIXNINE but didn’t pass³

He collects plushies and has a very special one called Shiber

Sᴀɴsʜɪɴᴇ

Can speak japanese (studies with Seonghwa)

One Piece fan

When he was growing up, his grandparents spent more time with him than his parents did

He says he’s more like the maknae than the actual maknae himself

Mood maker

ᴅᴅᴜ-ᴅᴜ ᴅᴅᴜ-ᴅᴜ

So good at whistling

Mingi

Full name: Song Mingi

Birth date: 09/08/1999

Rapper, dancer

Also was a contestant on MIXNINE

Former Maroo Entertainment trainee

Used to attend Seungri’s Dance Academy²

Poor baby has a back issue

ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴀss ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ

ᴛᴀʟʟ ʙᴏʏ² (about 183 cm/6′0′’)

Get’s loud when excited

ꜱᴄᴀʀᴇᴅʏ ᴄᴀᴛ

Likes anime

Dances to express himself (like when he’s happy uwu)

ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ʙᴀʙʏ ʙᴏʏ

Wooyoung

Full name: Jung Wooyoung

Date of birth: 26/11/1999

Vocalist, dancer

Former Big Hit trainee

One of his role models is BTS’ Jimin (they have the same habit of hair swiping, I cry)

Was a MIXNINE contestant³

He teaches their choreographies for the members

Also has back issues :(

ᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ʜɪꜱ ɴᴏꜱᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏɴɢᴜᴇ

ᴄᴜᴛᴇsᴛ ʟᴀᴜɢʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ

Seems to have a very good sense of smell

Also a One Piece and Harry Potter fan (his favorite fantasy movie is Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix and his favorite character is Sirius Black, what an intellectual I stan)

sᴇxʏ

Jongho

Full name: Choi Jongho

Birth date: 12/10/2000

Main vocalist (a vocal king tbh), maknae

Was a contestant on MIXNINE as well

His role model is BTS’ Jungkook (and he even got a Cooky headband from a fan at a fansign, how cute is this)

Lɪᴋᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ Wᴏᴏʏᴏᴜɴɢ ʟɪᴇs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɪʀᴘʟᴀɴᴇs

Likes to listen to ballad tracks in the shower

He is left-handed

sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ʙᴏʏ

He was going to be an athlete, he’s a very good soccer player

Sometimes he talks in his sleep

Doesn’t like bugs

Can play guitar

If you want to know even more about these precious boys, here’s some stuff...

Charming 1-MIN Introduction Videos: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, Jongho. (Here’s a Twitter thread with english subs!)

ASMR Videos: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, Jongho. (Watch to learn more about them!)

Here’s some good active ATEEZ blogs to follow...

@ateezdata @dailyateez @parkseonghwa @hongjoongie @sans-plushie @yeosng @a-teez @choishiber @hongjoongs @kqteez @shiiber @bteez @gayteez @officialchoisan @sonqmingi

And here’s two networks: @ateeztreasures @kqfellaznetwork

These boys aren’t just cute and funny, they’re very talented, hardworking and dedicated! They’re very good at what they do and they just started, so ATEEZ deserves lots of support. They can grow and turn into even better artists, give them a chance!

So, that’s it! At first I just wanted it to make a quick guide for new stans, but I ended up making this enourmous post... I hope it was helpful! If you want more information about these boys, I highly suggest you to visit the recommended blogs above. Unfortunately, there isn’t much content on Google if you don’t know where to look, but our fandom is growing and we’re welcoming new stans with all our love uwu

STAN ATEEZ, STAN TALENT!

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