#onlyoneof readings

[skinzchoerim]

If I had a nickel for every time TXT released teaser pictures that were so libidO-coded I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[sehnisweet]

Wookjin saw my fox boy art 🥹🥹

[cyanidecravings]

「OnlyOneOf」の魅力に直撃 ! KOARI Exclusive Interview !

[anotherdescentintomadness]

Worried about WookJin, so I thought painting him might help me focus some good energy 🩵

[pastelshroomsbasement]

doodled some strangers from hell stuff because Im stressed with thesis paperwork 💖💖💖💖

[winxys]

© love_yOOOu_jung

[psychicreadsgirl]

Hey there if you read for ideal types can I asl for OnlyOneOf’s Yoojung and Rie’s ideal type. 🥹 thanks!

Yoojung's Ideal Type

-Tall

-Athletic

-Good body proportions like long legs

-Broad back/shoulders

-Soothing voice

-Calm

-Mature

-Confident

-Has a slightly dominating/domineering side

-Powerful kisser like the type to aggressively kiss

-Financially stable

-Generous and will gift him luxurious goods/food and take him to fancy restaurants

-Sleek for fashion -> dresses clean/well (doesn't have to be latest trends but knows how to dress their body)

-Cool

-Calm generally but when it comes to physical affection they're very fiery and affectionate

-Funny

Rie

-Confident

-Cool

-Sexy

-Slender

-Fashionable

-Clean

-Organized

-Good at flirting

-Honest

-Dependable/reliable

-Responsible

-Financially stable

-Loyal

-Thoughtful

-Observant and careful

-Generous

-Kind

-Forgiving

-Has a big heart

-Around his height or taller than him

-Sensitive

-Understands him

-Able to cheer him up/encourage him/listen to him; a good listener

[qazastra]

<- girls when they finally get around to watching that damn video essay

[skinzchoerim]

The unsettling longing of OnlyOneOf's nabi

This post is partially a repetition of what I said in my seOul cOllectiOn video a few months back, but as I haven't gotten much feedback on this beyond one person who read the song the same way I did, I want to present my theory about the song's content and message again.

To be clear, I don't believe there is a correct or incorrect interpretation, and I don't know what the songwriters intended. I just want to shed light on one of the possible ways to view it.

On the surface, nothing about nabi is sinister. Be it the music, the vocals or the lyrics, everything paints a lonesome, tender, earnest picture. It's a personal story of the narrator who misses his lover, and believes these feelings to be pure. We aren't given any hints as to why the relationship ended and what led to him having to wake up alone. By contrast, the two other b-sides from this album that talk about a parting, mirage and blueblueseOul, both reflect on the past and what led to the relationship's end. If there is a larger story in nabi, it sneakily hid itself in the references.

It strikes me that a song like nabi, seemingly so simple and delicate, makes references to not one, not two, but three songs about relationships that aren't very loving and wholesome: chrOme hearts, byredO and picassO. Coincidentally, all three of these songs seem to be from the perspective of artists. Considering that the English version of dOra maar follows nabi on the album, I'll be treating nabi as if it was the next installment in the art pop series.

"If you feel me just call my name" is a line that nabi shares with chrOme hearts where the narrator says his love is unbreakable, and even though they keep trying to get away from each other, the relationship keeps replaying in front of their eyes again and again. "She left the perfume from the moment" - is there anyone who didn't immediately think of byredO, the song described as being about a love that becomes an unhealthy obsession? And in picassO, there's a line "Baby, I'll brush up on your wings". In nabi, the lines about wings, and simultaneously the two lines most crucial to my reading are: "I'm drunk on the color of your wings, come to me, don't ever change this color," and "Please don't spread your wings and stay still, don't fly away."

I find it interesting that dOra maar, while from the perspective of the abuser, doesn't try to hide how toxic the relationship it portrays is. You hear the lines "You're just my grieving model" and "You're just a weeping woman," and you understand there's something bad going on there. In my opinion, this comes from the fact that the narrator of picassO and dOra maar is a narcissist. He doesn't realise the things he says are cruel, he thinks he's doing her a favor by reminding her of who she really is. To paraphrase his intentions: "I like you the way you are and I want you to be yourself around me, but the way you are right now isn't actually you, so I don't like it. I know your true colors better than you know yourself, because I have the ability to see and draw your inside."

Both picassO and dOra maar are filtered through picassO's perspective, and what this results in is a picture of a toxic relationship obvious to the listener. We sit in the same room as dOra and picassO as he paints her, we see his creative process, his self-centered pursuit of inspiration, his lack of self-reflection over how he views his lover, what words he uses to describe her to her face, and we understand she's being mistreated. Once he's left alone though, all we have is a singular perspective of one half of the couple who isn't self-aware enough to realise why this happened. He's just missing the times that passed and wishes to go back.

nabi doesn't contain any of the roughness exhibited by the other songs. The narrator doesn't use any harsh words towards his lover, he's not angry at her for leaving, but rather quietly desperate for her to come back. He's neither taking the blame for what led to the breakup nor blaming his lover. To contrast that once again, mirage and blueblueseOul show that the narrators acknowledge their own flaws and actions contributed to their loneliness. The narrator of nabi doesn't seem to realise he's the reason for his own loneliness.

What nabi shows us is a fantasy of a peaceful morning with his lover after the narrator woke up from a dream in which they were flying together like flower petals. He's laying in bed, appreciating the sunlight coming in through his window, imagining she's there to tell him that the view looks dreamy. The song shows his gentle artistic soul, his ability to appreciate the little things in life, and that he holds his lover in his memory as a butterfly with beautifully colored wings. These are the wings he painted with a brush, adding whatever color he wanted to reflect his perception of her and create a masterpiece. It was the masterpiece which received all of his love and affection, leaving none for the person behind the canvas. Now that the subject of the painting realised she can find the color of her wings on her own, she spread them and flew to freedom, and he misses the times when she was contained in his vision.

He doesn't reflect on the fact that he continues to be dismissive of her emotions and self-expression, and he has no regard for how she might be feeling now that she's finally free. He feels like his hands are tied in this new, scary reality, so he's waiting for her to reach out and fall asleep by his side again. At the same time though, he says he feels like he's blooming on his own. He's sad, a little discouraged, but for the first time since picassO he's calm, gentle, and he's finding his inner peace. Rather than come to the conclusion that he was miserable in the relationship and that he could create happiness for himself once he pushes through this initial period of sadness, he just wants her to call his name again so they can return to what's familiar.

And who's to say she won't come back if he just continues to patiently wait? For all that we know, her side of the story could be something like hidOi OtOkO - once they take a break from each other and he starts to soften, once again embodying his utmost romantic self, she lets herself hope this time will be different. And, inevitably, everything will replay in front of their eyes again.

[ededoesstuff]

i wanna talk about the zurui onna / hidoi otoko combo wombo single album because i find it really cool. idk how much it’s been discussed before but,

the songs are opposites in many ways but they compliment each other beautifully. zurui onna is an old song from the 90s they made their own version of, hidoi otoko is a completely new song by them. zurui onna is about a woman, hidoi otoko is about a man. zurui onna is about deciding to let go of a partner who doesn’t treat you right, even if it hurts to do so, while hidoi otoko is about refusing to let go of a partner even though you know they no longer love you, and wanting to stay with them even if it hurts and it’s all lies. they’re both break up/heart break songs, but with different flavors.

ooo’s songs instinct pt. 2 and after have been gender neutral excluding these two. zurui onna is one of their straightest songs, literally having woman in the title, so i find it really silly goofy interesting they decided to pair it with a song explicitly about a man, also their only song like that. (very bisexual of them this move) having songs that interact not by telling the same continuous story but by complimenting each other and/or being two sides of the same coin is something i love seeing and the execution of it here was phenomenal, amazing and very iconic.

this brought to you by my scuffed japanese and endless love for hidoi otoko <3

[outsidereveries]

Hello! 🥹 I hope your day is going well. Could I request an ideal type reading for OnlyOneOf’s KB? Thank you

— kb (onlyoneof)’s ideal type

disclaimer: i know nothing about him. my readings might be inaccurate because of changing energies and misinterpretation.

five of pentacles rx: someone who's persistent when they have to.

devil: someone who thinks only about him and nothing else.

page of cups: someone who's dreamy, possibly introvert, romantic.. maybe naive.. these words.

[bottom: the empress] someone who appreciate the femimine side of themselves.

.. hope you are satisfied ... /gen

[faceglitchsworld]

Here's me trying to understand the storyline and the characters on the beat/beyOnd MVs

Author's note: idk if I just wrote the most obvious things or not. I needed to leave out all my emotions after watching the beyOnd MV. Also, there's some speculation about the background of both Mill and Nine's characters, I would be very happy if you'll reblog this post and add your thoughts on it. Or just using the replies. Also no timeline/multiple universe theory here, I'm not that great at those kinds of stuff. The post might be confusing too.

And that's it. The OOO's undergrOund idOl series has come to an end. What a great way to start 2023. We got a bombastic song and a cool remix and, honestly, I think both the songs will brainrott me for a while. But you're not here for the songs am I right? You're here for me trying to analyze the MVs and see if I've understood the story or not. Well, let's see if I did it, shall we?

What I always loved about the OOO' undergrOund idOl series is the relationships' slow building. Everything is always natural thanks to it. And here we didn't get disappointed at all. We got a very well-made Friends to Lovers story and I'll show you how we got it.

Let's start with the beat MV for a second so we can talk about the entire story as a whole.

So, when I saw Nine on the MV, the first thing that came into my mind was the ending of the book Kanohomo by Naoto Asahara. In this book, Jun, the main protagonist, tries to accept his sexuality while trying to stick into society. Throughout the story, tho, Jun experiences some very heavy stuff and understands that he can't keep being himself and trying to be someone who's not him at the same time. That's why in the end he decides to move into a new city and attend a new school where he can finally be himself without caring about what others will think of him. And, believe me, Nine reminded me a lot about Jun (I was literally screaming "AH, FINALLY I'VE GOT THE KANOHOMO'S SEQUEL" while watching the MV). Of course at the time I immediately projected Jun's story to Nine and I must admit that I was a little reckless in doing this. From what we have known Nine could have just been a happy queer teenager that lives a happy life and his family supports him every time. But then the beyOnd MV happened and...let's say that some of my projections might be true. Maybe.

We see how Mill and Nine's relationship starts as a simple friendship thanks to the lollipop scene. And I admit that when I saw this scene without the beyOnd MV I was a little, um, confused. It looked like everything was going too much faster for me (actually the entire MV seemed faster than beyOnd). Of course, Nine could have just been that friendly, extrovert classmate who wants to be friends with everyone but the lollipop scene happens after Nine takes Mill away from the bullies and this is not something that a simple friendly classmate would do. Unless you didn't experience the same thing and you don't want another one getting hurt in the same way.

The art class scene is how Mill sees his new friend. He's a model, a muse for him. He wants to be like him: extrovert, good in sports, more secure of himself and probably with better hobbies than his.

I admit in this last statement that I'm projecting a little from my own personal experience in middle school, where making art in general (drawing, playing music etc.) would have made you like a freak or a loser but seeing how Mill reacts in the beyOnd MV before knowing Nine makes me think that he's mocked especially for this reason (I mean, he's afraid to show his drawings to anyone. ANYONE). Or maybe it's just me who projected my younger self on him :P

Mill starts to have a crush when Nine enters the art class and decides to pose for him and spend time with him. Probably it's the first time where he sees a friend getting interested in something that he loves. And that might be the reason why he starts to have feelings for him. It might sound off, but he's a teenager after all and probably it's the first time he falls in love with someone. Founding someone that shares the same interests as you can be the reason why you start feeling the love at that age.

In my opinion, the kind of love Mill has for Nine is the idealized one. Now, this kind of love is pretty normal if you're a teenager and you experience love for the first time. You still don't know exactly how a relationship works. Not to mention the fact that Mill has seen Nine only when he "shines". He sees him with his friends, when he protects him from the bullies, when he shares time with him. He never saw him at his lows. Put all of this in the mix and you get your ideological love.

Now, the "problem" with those kinds of relationships is the fact that they immediately fall apart at the exact moment the couple meets their first obstacle. Again, it's pretty normal that this kind of thing happens since teenagers don't know how and what must work in a relationship. They're not mature yet for understanding everything.

That's why the last scene on the beat MV is so powerful to me. Not only for the cliffhanger at the end but also because Mill sees for the first time someone who taught being always invincible and strong getting hurt. That's why he gets scared and worried, he didn't expect to see him in that state. And this is why I got scared and tough that the beyOnd MV would have given us the tragic ending. We're were left at the end with a big question: what he's gonna do now? What will happen to them and their relationship? And I thought for a while that Mill could have abandoned Nine and just broken up everything because of this event.

Ok, enough with the beat analysis, let's talk about the elephant in the room: the beyOnd MV.

Now, the MV confirmed in part what I thought about Nine's character. He surely had some bad experiences at his previous school so he sees this new environment as a new opportunity for him. A fresh new start where he wants to show his true self. Or well, only the parts he wants to show to everyone. Because he likes playing music but strangely he doesn't show this trait to anyone. Anyone except Mill of course.

In the beyOnd MV we have what might be the first actual encounter between Mill and Nine when they clash with each other and Mill's drawings fall on the floor. I think the lollipop scene happens the day after this one scene in particular since we get an actual encounter between them and not just a simple sight.

And I must admit that I projected even more that Nine might have gone through some terrible experience before attending the new school. Probably he also experienced bullying in his old school and when he asked for help no one helped him and abandoned him instead. I think Mill reminded a little of his old self and he decided to talk to and befriend him as a way to help. This is a very nice way to start a friendship if you ask me.

The beyOnd MV seems to confirm that a bunch of scenes happened in the beat MV are set during the beginning of their story and this might confirm that the first one who fell in love is Mill. Nine on the other hand seems to take more time and, again, his past might have played a major role in his attitude. After the first scene where Nine saves from the bullies (which is also one of the last scenes in the beat MV), Nine takes him into what looks like a storage room and they made it into their refuge where they can do whatever they want.

And here we get some scenes where we actually see Nine and Mill's friendship developing. Take the ping pong scene for example, where Nine teaches Mill how to play and, by doing this, Mill starts to become more confident. Or the scenes where Nine watches Mill's drawings and he compliments him for his works. Not to mention the piano scene, my favourite one.

I think it's one of the few moments where Nine decides to show a side of himself that he doesn't show at school. He trusts Mill so much that he knows that he will not betray him. I think this scene is also the one where Nine starts to have a crush on Mill. The reason? Watch the art class scene on the beat MV and you might notice some nice parallels like Nine and Mill laying their head on their partner's shoulder for example.

And when does Nine develop his crush on Mill into something more exactly? During the cake scene for me. I highly doubt that scene happens immediately after the piano one. Maybe we got a sort of timeskip where they're celebrating something (a year since they met and they've become friends? There's only one candle on the cake after all and I doubt they were celebrating a birthday) and, thanks to Wookjin's acting skills, we can clearly see how he loves Mill and wants to kiss him on that occasion. But he hesitates. Maybe it wasn't the best time for that. And that's why we got the final scenes.

I don't know Korean but I think Nine's note was probably about him asking Mill to come to the phone booth that night. And, well, we know what would have happened if Nine didn't meet the bullies, right?

We would have gotten a confession! :D

And a kiss.

Of course we could have gotten the kiss. They love each other at this point, I can see all the other OOO members singing Kiss the girl from the Little Mermaid in the background (lyrics obviously changed to Kiss the boy).

But the bullying scene happened and we got Nine injured. And a continuation of the beat MV. And honestly, I'm so happy that we didn't get any sad ending but a sweet one.

Now, I admit that seeing Mill taking care of Nine made my heart melt, since I crave the hurt/comfort scenes, especially if we talk about well-made scenes. And oh boy, those scenes are well made for sure. The only thing that confuses me is the setting tho. I think it's their refuge where they spent time together but I don't know if it's exactly that, the director was too focused on giving us some symbolism with the light on Mill and Nine (and I'm sure there is but I'm not that much into colour theory sadly). But despite that, I honestly felt how sweet the entire moment was, especially when Mill lays down next to Nine to make sure he's ok.

And by watching this scene I think their relationship and characters evolved so much. Mill didn't just "return the favour" by taking care of Nine for once, he also sees him in another light. He doesn't see him in an idealogical light anymore but in an equal one. He understands that Nine isn't always invincible and that there are times when he'll need his help. And he will be for him no matter what.

Nine on the other hand has finally found someone who didn't abandon him, someone who can trust and give all the love he wants.

The kiss scene at the end marks what will be a new beginning for both of them. They have each other and they'll overcome this stage of their life together as lovers. And I was grossly crying while watching that scene but that is another story.

Oh yeah, I was almost forgetting that here we didn't see the origami birds at all (or maybe they were on some corner and I didn't notice) D:

In my opinion, I think we didn't see them because their love story has just begun in the end. While both begin/be free and because/be mine's storyline talk about love stories that start during their MVs and have some development later on, the beat/beyOnd storyline is much more focused on the beginning of the love story. Sure Nine and Mill have a crush and develop some feelings for each other but they don't become an actual couple until the end. So, since the origami birds are a representation of how the love story and the couple are developing, they would have appeared if both of them have become a couple much earlier. But by doing this probably we wouldn't have gotten the entire build-up so, well, let's hope to see them again if OOO will make undergrOund idOl 2 and they'll decide to bring the storylines once again :D

And that's it, this is my (somehow) analysis of this story. I tried to remember everything but probably I might have messed up or forget something soooooo, add your thoughts on it if you want :D

[ravenbloodshot]

Is OnlyOneOf comfortable with their BL concept???

Rie- Hes okay with the concept but he wants it to just remain a concept and not the group's identity. Hes wishing for the concept to change at some point. Honestly, he needs the money that comes in from this concept so he doesn't mind as long as hes paid well, he thinks the concept is for the female gaze and pleases the female fans, so he does it.

Kyubin- This guy opinion isn't very clear, but I do see that he loves his idol job and the members, hes quite open minded as well so the concept doesn't completely bother him, but he may not like how the concept is executed or wishes songs/lyrics were more thought out and done better.

Yoojung- Hes quite surprised at the direction the group has gone in and even more surprised at the money rolling in for doing BL concepts. But I dont think he particularly likes this. I wonder if he thinks if their leader, Love, stayed with them, they wouldn't have done such a concept. He misses the leader and his leadership qualities that kept from facing the dark aspects of making money in the kpop industry, he feels like the concept symbolizes a great lose for temporary gain

Junji- Not really, hes an open minded guy but he may want the group to move on from this concept, he wishes for it to end soon. But, he is enjoying the financial gain from doing this concept, ultimately hes not comfortable with continuing the concept

Mill- he will soon be uncomfortable with the concept if it continues on for too long but he is enjoying the concept for rn, he sees it as the guys just being playful with each other and having fun. But he does seek change as well

Nine- YES, he is comfortable with this concept, he likes the attention/noteterity he gets from doing such a concept, especially likes the female attention and being pampered or even babied ( although I do see his personality is quite masculine way more than his image may show)

The ranking of most to least comfortable:

Nine

Kyubin

Mill

Rie

Junji

Yoojung

[vampirebiter]

my one other iwtv hot take for the night is that i think lestat would be a kpoppie. he likes pretty people and music. hed love it.

[psychicreadsgirl]

Could you do a ideal type reading for Nine of OnlyOneOf?

playful, sweet, funny, outgoing, extroverted, innocent/naive, dresses properly for every occasion - prefers fashion that's not super casual like sweatpants/hoodies, patient, draws people in, popular, happy, doesn't complain a lot, listens to him, lets him make the final decisions, not confrontational, good listener, good communicator, doesn't outshine him, not too smart, kind

[neomuni]

am I crazy or were the hanlim boys reminiscing about their school days when they suddenly started talking about how much they liked woong’s cute butt