#pureum is the cutest i swear

[drewsworkplace-blog]

Pureum: *after dance practice* everything hurts...

Areum: bitch me too

Pureum: what’s a bitch? is it bad?

Areum: ...

Areum: It’s an endearing and loving term for a close friend or family member

Pureum: oh, thank you unnie! I also think you’re a bitch, Areum

Areum: *trying not to laugh* thank you Pureum, that means a lot

[Pureum gets up to leave]

Areum: where are you going?

Pureum: I’m going to tell Chae-ha unnie that’s she the biggest bitch I’ve ever met!

Areum: *starting to cry from laughter* you go do that. She’ll love that

[beautifulmessesofchaos]

Introduction to CHAOS: Just Right Era

(I am 110% Dae came up with the title for this mini album when she saw her new bandmembers, don’t fight me on this, I will win)

Hello Messes! It’s me, the number #1 CHAOS fan (jk we all are the #1 who am I kidding.) A quick pause between the introduction of the members, I will start a new series for each CHAOS Era thus far for both entertainment. For old Messes: let’s read this and think of all the good time when we first met CHAOS and for the new Messes: I hope this helps you understand the fam a little better.

Let’s go!

So, CHAOS debuted on the 7th of July 2020 (just two months after BTS can you imagine the stress we all had.) On that day they also released they’re first (mini) album, Pretty Woman. The album had 7 songs, three music videos and also 7 dance practices (they are called queens of fanservice for a reason.) It’s their first of three mini albums before their first big album and world tour.

Their song As If It’s Your Last got promoted as its lead single and was the first mv and performance CHAOS ever did. The tracks “Rookie” and “Just Right” were also promoted. Let me just say what a risk the band and BigHit took with having three promoted singles but boy did it work. Tbh I really think it helped become CHAOS so popular in such a short time.

However. They also made some... regrettable decisions in their first work on which we will get back soon enough. It’s not as bad as BTS’ first stuff, I don’t think Chae and Ryung would have let that happen, but still a great source for great memes.

Leading up to their debut BigHit the band posted a lot of videos and messages on their twitter and website, as well as that of BigHit itself. They are very cute and I highly recommend you watch them bc especially the maknaes were so tiny. 

Also they released a countdown clock that started on May 22nd and in between that and the actual debut, also a (teaser) trailer for the album. 

In the videos I mentioned before we see the group prepare for their debut and also introducing themselves to us. It is here that we meet the final members of the group and discover they are a 7, not 5, member group, as Pureum and Areum (the two maknaes) were added at the last second. Literally still one of the best decisions ever bc really how is CHAOS without LM and A-. I mean how. Kudos for Papa Bang.

Around that time also the concept photos were released and the track list for the album too. 

With that all said and done, let us now turn to the three music videos which represent actual CHAOS. Let me tell you at first their concept. They were going, and later it turned out this was not CHAOS’ decision but that of BigHit, for a very traditional kpop girl cute concept. 

They had three themes inside this concept and has photoshoots for them. These photoshoots are actually iconic and to this day one of the greatest thing that exist. The themes were classy cute, quirky cute and cuddly cute and just ugh, my babies.

So the As If It’s Your Last music video doesn’t really have that much of a storyline, as does their mv for Rookie. It’s mostly the band being themselves but dressed up and made-up faces in pretty, aesthetically pleasing places. But even though the mv is decent but not all that spectacular, let me just say that these girls did such an amazing job at their debut show bc damn, I think that’s where they hooked and took most of the fans they still have today. Bless them.

Rookie was just an overall gem but I don’t think anybody knew what the heck was going on there. But the mv as much as some of the band members reactions are the best and most memeful thing that happened. Especially Dae and Ryung, or DYU and RY, had a lot of problems with Rookie. Unlike their other songs, this was the only one completely written for them and I think they felt really uncomfortable with the overall very stereotypically girly feel of it. Tbh I think only Pureum and Myung really liked this song, and Dae a little later when she was told they would be flying in space aircrafts. That girl was not meant to be human, who stole this alien. But also Ryungs salt over that entire song is the only thing that keeps me alive sometimes, bless my salty child. 

The mv for Just Right, which is now also the name for that era and also was chosen as fan favourite song of the album, was released about two weeks after Rookie and about a month after their debut. 

And now let us please discuss what the hell these children are doing in that clip because honestly, I don’t even think they know. First of all, Areum in that drawer. If you stop the video as she is wiggling her legs, you can put her in the Titanic scene of “draw me like one of your French girls” and no one would notice. This child honestly. This music fit in very well with their cuddly photoshoots and chestnut haired Areum is one of the best Areums don’t argue with me. It makes her skin even paler and I think I might have a thing for people who look like corpses (looks at Min Yoongi and Park Pureum.) Plus that scene where Areum licks that yoghurt and then does that dance move is just so her: inappropriate and random. 

I am also one hundred percent convinced that Bae Ryung is the only one who can still be cool whilst sitting on a clock rapping. Like the only one. This is science, a simple fact. Even in this cute concept I think we were all quick to notice that Ryung is the only one in that entire group who is actually, none-ironically cool. 

Myung is just goals. I wish I had her as sister or as mother because I think she would be so good at it. Also her vocals are just amazing and she pulls it off to be in such a weird video without it being weird. If a tiny Myung were to walk across my desk I wouldn’t question it. 

And then we have Chae. Chae-ha who is so pretty I don’t know if I want to be her or be with her because literally I’m so confused. BigHit was very, very, very right to make her visual. I know all the girls are really, exceptionally good looking, but tbh Chae is just otherworldly. Also I just love how they gave mother Chae who, sorry Ha-ha, wasn’t that good a dancer back then, the main dancing part. 

I also think the entirety of Dae’s personality can be summed up in this one video. She lays in food, likes weird dances way too much, smiles so brightly her cheeks become too little suns and makes a mess of her sisters room. OMG I FORGOT TO SAY

THE GIRL IN THE JUST RIGHT MV IS DAE’S YOUNGER SISTER, NAYA. THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS MV ARE JUST THE BEST BECAUSE THE BAE SISTERS ARE ICONIC BUT THE YU SISTERS ARE JUST AMAZING. 

Also Naya, who is still a trainee, thanking her sister and the band for letting her in the mv is the cutest thing ever I love this child she did not deserve that band she was put in and tbh I love her even more as solo artist.

But also I love Dae in this mv bc her associations with food but mainly because her of facial expressions during both dance practice and music video because I swear there is something so wrong with her face that is so right.

MOVING ON. I HAVE NOW MADE IT A LIFE GOAL TO GET MY NOSE BOPPED BY PARK PUREUM AS SHE SITS ON A HORSE. Speaking off personalities summed up, that dance she does in the car behind Chae (who looks wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too good riding that Barbie car) is so her I have been laughing for about 4 years now. 

Little Lea is so cute in this with all her oversized clothes in makes her even tinier. Also the fact she takes away that Barbie doll all sneaky is gay activity and I’m like 500% sure she did to make Dae laugh. This band is so gay Korea wasn’t ready.

But now, the first category. Style.

They kept it very very simple in this and wore a lot of blouses and sweaters (except for the two sleeveless tops Lyung and Dae wore, who do I thank?) They also kept their make-up and accessories to a very minimal. I personally think Myung and Chae played a very big part in this because they had already been idolized once before in this other girl group called “Rookie” (coincidence, I think not) and they knew how to make decisions they didn’t regret. 

Most of the members didn’t even have radical hair colours or even changed their hair colour during the duration of this album and promotion. Only Lyung, Ryung and Dae had hair changes. Lyung already had it short before debut (as had Dae) and had the same colours in As If It’s Your Last and Just Right, but had it a little darker brown in Rookie. Ryung went from silver to a light orange to a pure white between all the mvs and shows. Idk, I just think they felt like changing her hair a lot. Tbh I think the orange looked the best on her. And Dae went from a chestnut brown, to a silvery brown to a very dark brown. The styles of their hair didn’t change much either. 

Only Lyung and Dea kept it shorter and the latter was immediately exposed as having curly hair which was just very cute especially bc she was so young at that time. 

Then the second category: their personalities

This was their first era so we first got to meet CHAOS here and let me just say what babies they still were here. 

Let’s start off with our main unnie Chae-ha.Chae was quite serious in this era, always pushing the girls to do more, do better. But she also showed her insecure side sometimes because she wasn’t a very good dancer back then, but had received a couple of main dancing parts which I think really stressed her out. Also I think she took care of the band in her own very special way by protecting them from potential haters and annoying people. 

There are a couple of videos that really show her protective side and just ugh… can she be my mum. But tbh I really think Chae was under a lot of pressure to take care of this chaos of girls as the oldest and because she had some real kpop experience. 

Myung was very quiet in this era but I think it suited her very well too. Her concept is very cute so she owned in a very natural way. She was also such a responsible sister in this era, helping Chae out so much by getting these girls ready. This is also the era where we see her bond with Ryung very much, who was having a lot of trouble getting adjusted to the attention and lifestyle and I swear their relationship is just goals. 

But Myung is such a sweetie and I honeslty can’t imagine anybody ever being mad or upset at her. She also told the fans that she was so happy to be in a group with people she could finally call friends and feel safe around because I think she felt very out of place during her “Rookie” days. Overall just such a sweet person I can’t. 

Lyung and Dae were the first members of the sunshine squad and really they resemble over excited puppies ever since, because that really hasn’t changed. It is clear immediately that Lyung, stagename: Lea, is a very down to earth person, very different than her sister, and a very supportive person. She is actually also very vocal of how hard the trainee time is and how lucky she is to share it with her sister. 

Also her doing some her old songs with Dae from their “Hyped” days can literally resurrect people. But she is also one of the sole reasons the band worked from the beginning because she had rules and schedules from day one bc tbh I think the band might have fallen apart without her, I mean they are a literal chaos. 

Her sister Ryung is the opposite and also nicknamed the Salt of the group. A lot of people dislike her for being quite negative over the group and the other members and their work but tbh I really just think she wanted to prove to everyone she could be successful and was very hard on herself because she wanted to succeed to desperately. 

In like behind the scenes you might get the wrong impression of her but I assure you that when you watch some of their vlogs and videos of the CHAOS household it will change your mind. She is such a cuddly and soft person really she just has trouble showing it. 

As much as I love BigHit and Mr. Bang for all they have done for both CHAOS and BTS, I really just want to know who the hell came up with the plan to make Dae the leader of the group as she is one of the maknaes. But tbh I think Dae was very brave these first few months because she immediately came out and took all the hate like a pro and also kudos for the other members for supporting her so much. 

But really I just like her humour and especially her cheeks because they are so round and full and she’s just such an overall squishy person. Let me also add that now I am so glad Dae is the leader because she’s doing such a good job at it.

Areum is the oldest of the maknae and can, still, go from being very very deep and mysterious to very very dirty. She’s such a meme honestly and I love her both during the late night videos of her questioning everything and everyone but also as the one who makes so many jokes with Dae about their lengths or about the lengths of the other, shorter, members. 

She is very much a member that if I think Lyung and Chae wouldn’t have been around, she wouldn’t have made it because she really needs structure and clarity and I’m just glad she had five amazing unnies to guide her because I love her so much in this band. 

Baby Pureum, or Little Monster as she is also called, is really the baby of the group. On camera she is a very good dancer, like amazing is an understatement, and makes inappropriate jokes and tries to really fit in with the older unnies, off camera and especially without the other members, she was a very shy and insecure person who really was the youngest member. 

She was our bias is so many things in the beginning I think it was a lot for her to handle, but she did and I’m so proud of her. Also let me just say that if Ryung and Myung were the first ship to sail in this fandom, they are closely, closely, followed by the Pureum and Dae ship because honestly these two are so shippable there were so many rumours they were dating it was unreal.

Category three, memorable moments

- The CHAOS household where there was one golden rule: WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSEHOLDING, YOU LISTEN TO BAE LYUNG.

- Pureum and Dae sharing a bed and the first time Lyung found them in the same bed

- “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY DID IN THAT BED!”

- Chae cooking for her children

- Myung baking cookies for her children

- Those times where Myung and Dae were stuck in the studio writing and the others waited for them with re-heated dinner in their pyjama’s

- Ryung always near Myung

- Areum and Dae always having a shorter member lean on them when doing anything tbh

- Baby pureum commanding the others to drink and eat enough, literally splashing water in their face when they don’t do it with a plant spray

- “I have thirsty” when she finally needs a sip of water herself

- Dae’s coming out + all the supportive things the members said

- “Is she gay? I mean, maybe you’re gay? Huh, maybe you’re gay and you don’t want anyone to know so you’re asking Dae but we’ve figuring you out. Check and mate.”

- The birth of ryung’s eyerolls

- Chae’s panic face whenever dealing with the girls

And that was that for this era. See you in the next!