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Lyon Pride Flag! based on the colors of OnlyOneOf undergrOund idOl 'be' series
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#onlyoneof#onlyoneof fanart#fanart#kpop fanart#kpop#lyon#onlyoneof begin#onlyoneof be free#onlyoneof be mine#onlyoneof because#onlyoneof beat#onlyoneof beyond#onlyoneof yoojung#onlyoneof kyubin#onlyoneof kb#onlyoneof junji#onlyoneof rie#onlyoneof mill#onlyoneof nine#onlyoneof lyon
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Hi, Peppertaemint! I was wondering if you wanted to talk more in depth about OnlyOneOf's Begin and Be Free music videos. It would be interesting to read your perspective on how both music videos follow a storyline, the stylistic means through which they portray the beginning of a potential relationship, but most importantly, the impact they must have on current K-Pop and its audience.
Hi Anon. Sorry it's taken me so long to answer this one. I wanted to wait until I could do it justice.
OnlyOneOf has released five music videos in the "be" series: YooJung's Begin, KB's Be Free, JunJi's Be Mine, Rie's Because, and Mill's Beat. Nine, the sixth member of OOO, has dropped the teaser for the final video in the "be" series, Bey0nd.
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These videos tell stories of LGBT+ romance. The first two, Begin and Be Free, follow a couple's hookup and more than allude to the physical side of that, while Be Mine and Because take things further with a couple's ups and downs, including attraction and desire. Beat focuses on school bullying, with a student crushing on a young man who then battles the bullies with him. The teaser for Bey0nd carries on from the last, showing the new couple playing music and celebrating together.
These works are undoubtedly LGBT+, not only in the narrative portrayal but in the messages posted with the videos themselves. Begin states this clearly with the beautiful passage posted under the MV on YouTube:
Among the countless lovers in the world, there are also lovers that couldn’t be blessed. For whatever reasons. Religious reasons, things like parents’ disapproval. I dedicate this song to all those lovers that couldn’t be blessed.
Each set of MVs focuses on a couple (the members "chop and change" to create different couples) and a stage in their relationship. Flirting, getting acquainted, intimacy, conflict, reunion, etc. Begin and Be Free focus on desire and a sense of the erotic in romance. I particularly like the fish tank scene that is reminiscent of the intoxicating party scene in Baz Lurhmann's Romeo+Juliet. Be Mine and Because are bolder, if less stylistically interesting, as they depict kisses and other physical encounters between their couple, including an underwater kiss. If we compare these to Holland's MVs, which were marked as "adult only" because of same-sex romantic content, OOO's videos are less raw and gritty and much more wholesome, constituting a kind of K-drama-esque homo-romance.
If I squint, I'm reminded of Jungkook and Jimin in the Dynamite Holiday Remix video, acting as the "Christmas couple" away from the other members. But there's one glaring difference here—homo-romance is not subtext for OnlyOneOf. It's the whole of the text and the message of the work.
When OOO released homoerotic/romantic work previously, many cried "queerbaiting" despite many of us pointing out how these videos weren't queerbaiting—they were LGBT+ stories being told with elements of eroticism and romance. What I notice now is how much warmer the response is. I think this has something to do with the theme being consistent so people understand it's not a stunt for views, but I also think it's because the erotic elements are lessened. Sadly, people still have strong, negative reactions to eroticism, especially if it's LGBT+. The history of fan service is partly a reason for this, though I still think fan service needs to be revisited and recontextualized (that's an opinion for a different day).
Nonetheless, I think these videos show how the young SK generation's attitude toward LGBT+ contrasts with older generations' attitudes. Polls show there is quite a difference in support for LGBT+ rights between generations, and I think the fact we're seeing more openly positive LGBT+ content coming out in SK is a product of this.
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It will be interesting to watch their trajectory over the coming years. K-pop is less popular in SK right now than it used to be, judging by comments from the general public, and the music industry in general is seeing the "silo-ing" of artists, meaning it's much harder for artists to become known and followed by many because styles and genres have become niche by default. Audiences have almost infinite choices in terms of who they follow and listen to, so much like we see on social media, fandoms are becoming their own complete subcultures where values and ideas are reinforced instead of challenged. And I mention this to say that although I'm sure OOO are having a positive impact on LGBT+ youth and artists in SK, the East, and beyond, I'm not sure just how wide the impact is given that we can now easily ignore what is outside of our sphere, culturally speaking.
Countering this, I'm reminded how important music shows like Inkigayo and Mnet are because they put this content in the living rooms of a diverse set of people. And that is one way older generations can be reached.
#OnlyOneOf#lgbt+ kpop#OOO#onlyoneof begin#onlyoneof be free#onlyoneof be mine#onlyoneof because#onlyoneof beat#onlyoneof beyOnd#yoojung begin
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HAPPY BEAT 1ST ANNIVERSARY
We don’t easily notice our hearts beating. Once in a blue moon, we feel our hearts beating when we actually put our hands on our hearts. But it’s not like we listen to the sound of our hearts on a regular basis. The thing is though, I genuinely felt my heart beating the moment I saw you.
#go stream beat yall#onlyoneof#onlyoneof mill#lee yongsoo#yongsoo#onlyoneof nine#jung wookjin#wookjin#millnine#ninemill#nine#mill
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yongsoo and wookjin filming bump up business!!
#there’s more pics and details in the source link!!#apparently this is gonna be submitted to a film festival thays happening at the end of june#much to think abt#i’m rly rly glad yongsoo is one of the leads he’s an excellent natural actor#i was hoping for taeyeob or sungho as the other lead as they also have the most acting potential#but wook is also a choice w a lot of potential#beat n beyond already shows how much chemistry they can have#and i believe in wook’s ability to learn n stuff#i’m still wary of bub bc of the plot of the webtoon and the web drama company’s history but#given they’re submitting to a film festival#maybe this one will be better#either way i’m excited to see the o’s act#onlyoneof#ooo#lee yongsoo#mill#jung wookjin#nine#ooo naver
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the entire essay I could write about the background vocals in terrible man. you don't understand
#onlyoneof#why do you think that first beat drop at the first chorus hits so hard. dude#that's the only spot in the song that I can find where the background vocals completely disappear#also the chorus is the only part of the song where the beat is completely clear and not muddy#there are 2 other spots in the verses that has a bit of the chorus beat too but it's not *as* clear as in the chorus#god when that motto motto tsunaide mou uso demo ii kara furetete HITS. it hits#this song is so insanely good and for no fucking reason I could write an essay about it. maybe I should#the intro has that . instrument that I can't name in it and then the verse has that too but with the beat from the chorus#and then the prechorus is all wahhhwoohohhf floaty. it's floaty airy breathy no clear beat#AND THEN THE. CHORUS HITS and man. uifkvfjvnfjjvjfjvbvfj yeah#also the way rie sings mimi kara karada kills me every time. unrelated to the discussion around instrumentals but#THE BACKGROUND VOCALS IN THE 2ND CHORUS BTW#the woaaahhh that continues into wooohooohh in the chorus...#the ohoohhh ohooooh#dude? listen to hidoi otoko by onlyoneof. that's what I'm saying here#really listen#put it on repeat all day and notice every little instrumental and background vocal detail in it. maybe then you'll be normal#cuz I sure am. so normal and regular about this song#GOD it's so good#sorry if you don't get it. I'm right#the only crime this song commits is being too short#the ohh woahh in the first prechorus. that part is different in the korean version of the song and that one little part is why I prefer the#japanese version of the song. literally just one woahh background vocal is what makes me heavily favor this version. lol#me when I'm so normal about my favorite background vocal parts of a song. is that even a thing it is now. it is to me
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guys n dudes
#beating same face syndrome fear with a lead pipe!!!#amen#my artzes#art#digital art#onlyoneof#onlyoneof fanart#kim junhyung#park jisung#lee sungho#lee yongsoo#jung wookjin#shin kyubin#lee taeyeob#fanart#character sheet#character design#sketch#digital sketch#illustration#digital illustration#artists on tumblr#art of tumblr
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Guess who's seeing OnlyOneOf again?!
And guess who's seeing them a week before their college graduation?!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#onlyoneof#kim junhyung#ooo mill#ooo nine#ooo junji#ooo rie#ooo yoojung#lee taeyeob#shin kyubin#good day#so excited#omg my heart is beating so fast#and i'm shaking i'm so excited omfg
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I've been mulling over some timeline thoughts and how "beat" does or doesn't fit in with be #1-4.
A lot of this hinges on: are Junji, Rie, and Yoojung fellow students (at all or at the same school)?
We see them in such a short glimpse it's hard for me to tell what they are wearing.
But Rie's outfit doesn't really look like the school uniform to me?
Junji's kind of does, but again, can't get a good look...
[EDIT: Having seen screencaps, it does look like they're all in school uniforms for the same school, Rie was just throwing me off by having a dark underlayer.]
First thought though, maybe the major change in color palette for "beat" teaser photos was an indication this is a different timeline entirely, so the relationships between members are not consistent.
If it is the same timeline, I would be kind of inclined to believe it is earlier in the timeline, especially if Junji, Rie, and Yoojung are supposed to be students. But that does leave a question about wait did Junji and Rie already know each other, and also was Yoojung a student where KB taught?
Some musings:
If say Mill and Nine are in their final year of high school and the other 3 aren't students anymore, they could be Nine's not too much older friends that he is skipping class to play basketball with or not staying later to study or something (why is Nine out there while Mill is still in the classroom?), and that could sort of work with the other members timelines though it would skew Yoojung younger than I thought his character was supposed to be
They are all still students and this is before the timeline of the others MVs: backstory possiblity for Junji and Rie - they were part of the same friend group in high school, fell out of touch but Junji had an enormous crush or they both had crushes, when they run into each other again at Yoojung's work several years down the line Junji chases Rie because this is his chance and he doesn't want to miss it (actually I could vibe with this one because Junji chasing down a cute complete stranger was a little baffling to me).
In that same concept, if KB is a new teacher when Nine transfers in, and Yoojung, Junji, and Rie are seniors to Nine and Mill at school, it's pretty feasible that KB never had Yoojung as a student. When they run into each other a few years later when Yoojung has the restaurant job, that makes it less weird, though possibly some of KB's uncertainty would be around knowing he's several years older if he recognizes Yoojung. [EDIT: leaning towards this if it's the same timeline.]
On the other hand, if it looking to me like Rie isn't wearing a school uniform is indication that the trio playing basketball with Nine aren't also students...
Nine has older queer friends? I'm already starting to form a pet theory that part of why Nine transferred is that his parents kicked him out, so maybe he's even staying with one of them, that could be a fun connection
This could work if the MV timelines happen in short succession. We could have young teacher KB (who has a nice apartment because he inherited it or something), out of high school but not for that long Rie, Yoojung, Junji and still in high school Mill and Nine.
All that I am hoping is that we are not setting up a universe where KB is concurrently a teacher with Yoojung being a high school students and Yoojung never having been KB's direct student (Rie, Yoojung, Junji don't seem to be in the same classroom as Mill and Nine, so this is very feasible at least).
I would love to hear your timeline and connections thoughts!
[EDIT: Leaving the rest in because framework and also some of it could work either way.]
#OnlyOneOf#beat MV speculations#to be clear if it wasn't obvious this is about the characters#that they are showing in these stories#I want to hear other people's#thoughts on this
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I started listening to onlyoneof and boygroups in general... I love men
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#undergrOund_idOl_5
#underground idol#underground idol 5#mill beat#be#onlyoneof fanart#onlyoneof nine#onlyoneof wookjin#kpop#kpop fanart#onlyoneof kpop#beat mv#beat music video#artists on tumblr#artist on tumblr#andrhomeda#sketch#doodle#digital art#digital drawing
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nah but they really went "alright we'll all be students...except kyubin. he's too old. nobody will believe that. teacher."
#what does he even have that book thing for#he can't even read#(or do maths)#it's giving pe teacher#:'D#onlyoneof#underground idol#beat#mill#kyubin
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mill - “beat” (be #5)
#onlyoneof#mill#underground idol#beat#be 5#i'm so in love with this group i can't even tell you#please watch the be mvs if you haven't already#they're masterpieces#and also very gay#i would totally love to see all the stories as dramas#speaking of which#i still can't believe that onlyoneof will actually star in a bl drama#i hope they give them a good story#they deserve everything#gif
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MILL — 'beat' (2022)
[id: 7 gifs from mill from kpop group onlyoneof’s ‘beat’ mv of mill and nine as students. 1. nine walks between mill and a bully, leading mill away by hand. 2. mill stands by a phone booth at night, breathing on his hands to warm them. 3. mill sits by an easel as he looks up in surprise. 4. a close-up of their hands as mill hands nine a lolipop. 5. mill by the easle as nine stands next to him, tapping his shoulder and pointing to the easel. 6. the two lean against a brick wall, smiling at each other. 7. a bloodied nine collapsing into mill's arms by the phone booth. the colored captions reads: mill — 'beat' 2022 /end id]
#i get kyu in the behind teaser saying he needs to know what happens next#they did so well their acting was better than i expected it would be#and beat is such a cool song#that bridge?? incredible <33#no coloring consistency here but also it's 5am and im doing this in the dark so u know how it is#onlyoneof#ooo#lee yongsoo#mill#jung wookjin#nine#ennuigif#lyonet#malegroupsnet#kpopco#kflops
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OnlyOneOf | Mill “Beat” (Be #5)
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not to be feral but... beat performance live...
#onlyoneof#mill went fucking OFF#i loved the song but it wasnt as much to my taste as the other solos#but his ///performance///#shaking screaming crying throwing up immaculate#i will forever remember how hype every got during beat#ooo mill
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