#rkseongmin

[danielxrk]

✞ JUNE EVALUATION * COLLABORATION ; SOUR CANDY with @rkseungjoon​ and @rkseongmin​ june 30th, 2020

maybe it’s a strange song choice.

he orchestrates the performance-- runs into seongmin, who is happy to join him, and also happy to bring along another trainee from trc. strangely, daniel knows him, but only from an unfortunate incident last year where his dog ate seungjoon’s ice cream cone. 

there’s no deeper meaning to it. sour candy by lady gaga doesn’t exactly speak to his soul, but then again, egotistic didn’t really either. april was a tragedy, may hurt, and he’s determined for june to be better, so he decides he’ll try something fun. this song choice fits that bill, and he’s happy to work with the two boys joining him. (it’s a little funny that they’re all boys covering a song entirely by female vocalists, but he kind of likes the irony, too.)

the instructors made a point to test their chemistry, as they said at the beginning of the month, and he thinks they do well enough. there are no snags in their communication outside of seongmin trying to give over some lines to him and seungjoon only for daniel to insist he was the best fit to perform them and make the strongest performance. he thinks they do well, and he thinks it’ll translate well to performance day.

it’s a little bit of a shame that they’ll only be performing in the comfort of a practice room this month. after standing on stage for may’s evaluation, he got a little greedy for it. maybe it’s the remnants of cameo in him that wants to be seen-- that wants to perform this unconventional choice for everyone to see. maybe it’s better this way; maybe on the day of, he’d be too embarrassed and his nerves would get the best of him like they did for april’s evaluation.

yeah, this is probably for the best. god knows what he’s doing, so daniel doesn’t doubt it for long.

(it’s fun working with seongmin too, who follows him around most of the month. he hasn’t seen him in too long, and it’s all fun, so he doesn’t mind it at all.)

that’s the word he would use to describe the song choice, and their month of practice: fun. as always, practice takes his mind off of any of his troubles, but more than that, it makes june more enjoyable. he wonders, a lot lighter, if he’s already done mourning all of the recent loss in his life.

(when he’s home by himself, all of the busyness of practice and school finished with nothing left to do but sleep, he still stares at his ceiling and overthinks, even in all his exhaustion. it’s always about his friends, and the distance, and his loneliness.)

returning to seocho to work on their performance always pushes it all away, and when evaluation day comes, it’s all so far in the back of his mind that he doesn’t even know it’s there.

it’s not exactly nerves that surface when they stand in that practice room to perform, but more a little embarrassment. will the instructors think it’s weird? will they be able to pull it off? he pushes that from his mind too, and focuses on fun. more than that, he searches himself for that little extra spark he carried with him for empty enigma shows: cameo. cameo would eat this up, and daniel could use a little bit of that power and confidence now.

thankfully, there’s no dancing. the vocals aren’t too complicated, so the main thing is to encompass the right vibe: playful, and for lack of a better word, sassy.

he does the honors of opening the song, and there’s a lot riding on him. he sets the mood for the entire song, and with the power of cameo vested in him, he knows he can do well. 

he doesn’t really have time to analyze if he does or not once they start, more lyrics to deliver.

the performance keeps up the energy of the rest of the month: fun. 

he pulls it off-- he’s sure of it, and in these moments, he wonders why he ever doubted himself and his love for performing. it took him so long to believe he had any place on stage, let alone that he belonged there. empty enigma helped him to love it-- helped him warm up to eyes on him and music pumping through speakers and the electricity he only feels when performing. it’s not the same; he isn’t with his band, alongside his best friends, but seongmin and seungjoon are still good company. there’s no audience, and even if it’s just barely, he feels a little of that electricity too.

when the performance is over, it brings a familiar sort of emptiness-- a sadness that it’s over, an already budding greed to perform again. he used to feel it with empty enigma shows too, building up over time the more he grew used to the stage and the more he saw his place there. he hasn’t felt it in a few months. maybe it’s the cameo effect, or maybe it’s a sign that he’s getting better. he hopes it’s on all fronts.

[rkjordan]

❛ missing you

@rkseongmin

jordan still didn’t really know what to think of this evaluation. the fact it was just a vocal performance was a little worrying as he didn’t have incredibly strong vocals, but the fact this was supposed to be some battle of the companies was something else. now he was competitive person and would be lying if he said he wasn’t vying for that first place. being named the best group would no doubt be a nice achievement to pin to their chests. 

“so, hope you have as much motivation to win this as i do,” he offered to the youngest of the team with a wide smile, “we’re obviously going to prove that we are all super talented.” and jordan didn’t have a doubt that the others around him were talented. it was just himself he was a little worried about in the long run. but he hoped the talent around him would help disguise his maybe weaker vocals. it also helped that he had offered not to have that many lines as well to allow others to shine instead. 

[rkpcy]

* in harmony ,

@rkseongmin

compared to most people, chanyeol wouldn’t say he was an awful singer. he’s average on his best days, barely passable on others. admittedly, it’s not a skill he focuses on too heavily, whether it’s during training, or during his free time, but he thinks he’s good enough to sing a line or two if it were needed. luckily, he doesn’t have to rely on it too often, and when he has had to show what little vocal chops he did have, he only had to rely on his own abilities without having to worry about a group dynamic. unfortunately, time has run out for him on that front. sure, he doesn’t have any solo singing lines in the song, and for that, he’s thankful, given a competitive edge on the line in addition to a group effort, but there are harmonies in the song that require a precision that he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to nail. if he doesn’t hit the right notes, he runs the risk of completely ruining the sound, and he doesn’t want to let the others down. he may not have a competitive bone in his body, but he knows at least one of them does, and the others may even be hiding that edge behind their smiles.

it’s why he’s hunting down one of his group mates now, hoping he hasn’t got anything planned even though the normal hours for training has ended. he spots seongmin fairly quickly, and he’s bounding toward the younger with that same spring in his step, puppy dog eyes at the ready. “hey, seongmin,” he greets the younger, smile wide, even if he feels bad considering how young he is and how late training usually ends. “are you headed home? i was wondering if you’d go through a few runs of our evaluation song with me.”

[rkseongmin]

as you will have noticed with the url change , i have fc changed rkdoyum to rkseongmin ( jeon doyum to ahn seongmin from cravity) the main reason being that 1the9 contract ended and it’s uncertain when, if, play m boys will debut. on top of the fact i’ve been kind of mia on this muse and need a fresh change on him to get going again as life kind of slows down for me. so yeah!

his name is ahn seongmin now and literally nothing else changed because im going to keep his birthday and height the same as it has been. thank you! 

another small note is that i’ll be dropping all old threads on here due to them all being very out of date and just again needing to freshen up. 

[rkcheri]

A GUIDE TO SON CHERI’S PUBLIC & PRIVATE INFORMATION .

❪  2013   ›   2019  ❫

TW   ›   DRUG ABUSE

˟ PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE   、 

❪ BASICS ❫

information that wouldn’t be hard to dig up, probably some of the first things that pop up on google if you search her name

legal name   son naeun

stagename  cheri

age  twenty-four ( twenty-six 、kr )

birthdate  december 12, 1994

place of birth  busan, south korea

company  royal entertainment

group & position  luxe, leader and main vocal, goddess of the moon

height & weight 169cm, 45kg

social media handles  @mooncheri ❪ ig ❫ @oliji  ❪ youtube ❫ @luxecheri  ❪ twitter ❫

languages spoken fluently  english & korean

❪ TO THE PUBLIC EYE ❫

among royal’s more famous trainees, is also one of royal’s longest-trained trainees, has a long laundry list of appearances under royal’s name and her legal name, naeun.

is best friends with eclipse’s @rkariel​ and @rkxblue​, is close friends with eclipse’s @haseulrk​ whom she met on mga:1.

is best and childhood friends with nova’s @rkmiya​.

is best friends with convex’s @rkjinkis and @yienrk, is childhood friends with @rkhyun and is a close friend of @kibumrk and @rkromeo, is fine acquaintances with convex’s @rkjinwook and @rkzyx.

is close friends with royal’s @rksoohyun.

she loves food, skincare and picture books.

she has a dog named, domo. he’s a white pomeranian. ( he used to featured extensively on her twitter before she moved into the dorms ; now he stays with one of her cousins )

actually knew @rkxayah​ before they were on royal survival together, were friends before the show.

mcdonald’s is her favorite place to eat.

❪ TRAINEE INFORMATION ❫

was a contestant on the mnet global audition: season 1, contestant #007, in the end was scouted by royal entertainment along with several other finalists during the finale, became an official trainee on january 8th, 2014. 

caught in a minor scandal with fellow trainee, jung daehyun ( @/rkdaehyun ), it was quick to die.

participated as a public trainee in a royal q&a session.

auditioned and was casted on october 21, 2014 as ha sohyun in the television drama, dream high, as well as engaged in the promotion and concert.

performed as a dancer in a company performance and as a back-up singer with fellow trainee, @/rkdaehyun, for kim taewoo at sbs gayo daejun held on december 29, 2015 at the coex mall.

auditioned for a part as one of the ‘coaches’ on the mnet global audition: season 3, and was casted and revealed as royal’s sole coach during the third episode. in the final episode, team naeun finished in third place.

appeared in the samsung galaxy a7 commercials: team #be balanced.

cast as a contestant on royal survival, was placed on the minor team in the first episode. as the season progressed, she made it to the major team during the third episode and eventually, finished the show as one of the finalists slotted to debut in the new royal group, luxe.

performed ‘to my boyfriend’ and ‘be my baby’ with royal girls, and ‘santa’s coming for us’ with @rkxeve​, @haseulrk​, @rkness​ and @rkwendy​ at the seoul plaza festival.

❪ IDOL INFORMATION ❫

the last member of luxe to be revealed through a teaser on royal’s official youtube channel. in the teaser, it depicts a sleepy cheri trying to wake up only to fall back to sleep with an instrumental track of ’luv me’ playing in the background.

on july 30, 2018, luxe officially debuted; their album, ’luv game’ was also simultaneously released that same day.

performed at the seoul bubble festival 2018.

v-live streaming with @rkxayah​.

appeared in ‘i feel good’ dance practice video.

appeared on dreaming radio with @rkyena​ and @rkella​.

v-live streaming with luxe on halloween.

performed at the samsung jeju new year special in jeju with luxe.

made a cameo appearance on the television drama, my love from another star.

came back with with their second mini-album, ‘fantasy’; and their song ‘confused’.

appeared as a special mc on kbs music bank on the day of their first comeback.

came back with their repackaged single, ‘every night’.

˟ PRIVATE INFORMATION   、 

❪ UNDER THE SURFACE ❫

information that has not been officially disclosed to the public, usually close friends or those who are around her often know this ; with light digging, though, someone can find this out.

preferred name  naeun

english name  olivia son

hometown  manhattan, new york, usa

blood type  b

actual height & weight 168cm, 45kg

languages also spoken  basic conversational mandarin

instruments learned  piano, guitar, bass ( with rk achievements in the first two )

education   professional performing arts high school in new york, graduated as valedictorian ( due to extracurricular achievements and her julliard scholarship, not because of her gpa )

financial situation  ridiculously wealthy

family  daughter to retired broadway starlet and philanthropist, georgiana son ( she also used to be an actress back in the late 80′s in korea ), and lawyer, christopher son ; she is the youngest of three children ( she has an older sister, gwen, and an older brother, louis ).

she’s cousins with @rkseongmin, @rklnaeun, @/rkyura, @/rktaehyng, and @/rksungkyung.

lived in the united states, specifically new york, for ten years ( 2002 - 2012 ).

was known as royal’s camellia when she was a trainee.

had the reputation of being rather motherly towards the royal trainees but was horrible with faces and names.

was closest to @rksoohyun​, @rkbyunbaek​, and @rkseonho​ ( and @rkxnarong before she became a member of luxe ) as a trainee, and @kibumrk and @yienrk before they moved companies.

is close friends with royal’s @rkkangjoon​.

after royal survival, grew closer to @rkrose.

she’s not very good at taking pictures.

is close friends with nova’s @rkhuidong​, @hyunark​, and @rkyngsun​.

is currently roommates with @rkella back at luxe’s dorm.

designated person who wakes up late and sleeps late. 

hidden talents include hand magic, fitting things into her mouth, and being extra.

was known to be one of royal’s worst dancers for a long time -- she’s gotten a lot better since 2014 but definitely is not main dancer material.

one of her notable accessories, and naeun doesn’t wear many: @rkromeo gifted her a necklace the shape of a crescent moon when he confessed to her and naeun has worn it ever since, sometimes across her neck, mostly looped around her wrist.

❪ DIG DEEPER ❫

not really skeletons in her closet but things that are extremely undisclosed to the public and things they would not know unless they’ve got cash to shell out or connections to ... connect

is the granddaughter of the owners of kmart ( a supermarket company chain modeled after hmart, lmfao ) ; part of a chaebol heritage that extended from busan to new york due to her mother’s familial influence.

back when she was in new york, she was charged with a dui when she crashed her car near central park ; her father got the records sealed.

signed an exclusive six year contract with royal entertainment for luxe, making her contract in january null as this contract signs her and exclusively binds her to luxe for six years as of july 18, 2018 ; ( end date: 2024 ).

knows trc’s @rkjxy​ because she dated her cousin.

country hopped after she graduated in 2012, somehow landed in australia and met @rkromeo​

is a loud and proud bisexual.

was in a relationship with @/rkjiho to which she broke off rather suddenly

was in a relationship with @/rkjessica for a couple of months before they broke off, suddenly, too

was in a some / fwb relationship with @/rkolltii that broke off without a word since.

has currently in a relationship with @rkromeo​ for the past three years ( going on four, this year! )

was medicated during some of her trainee years and prescribed, under the influence of a company coach and by the company physician, some uppers under the pretense of exhaustion but the situation escalated and she got addicted, quite easily, but has since quit.

she has 7 piercings / has a navel piercing, right ear: one cartilage/helix piercing, a snug, and a lobe piercing; left ear: a tragus; and two lobe piercings.

used to have an apartment in dongdaemun-gu, seoul, south korea.

used to be @yienrk​‘s neighbor along with @rkxblue and @/rkjinah.

a very lightweight drinker, a touchy and happy drunk, at that ; she, @/rkjinah and @rkxblue​ were cute drinking buddies.

has a group of friends she and @rkariel​ call the ‘hbc’: includes hyemin, jaewon, daewoong, and jooheon ; and their usual place of meeting was hyemin’s bakery.

her uncle, @rkhyunjoon‘s dad, died in november, 2018.

was gifted a cat by @rkseongmin​ for her birthday, whom she named joonjoon, but since pets aren’t allowed in the dorm, he’s being taken care of by her cousin in the meantime.  

◆ MAY ADD MORE IF I REMEMBER .

[rkjordan]

bae jinyoung’s may ‘20 eval singing to 2ne1 GLOBAL ICON - Missing You as covered by WINNER B1A4 trc boys 1: @rkseongmin, @rkxjongsuk, @rkseunghun, @rkpcy line distribution

this evaluation had been easier than he thought it was going to be

sure, it was still a daunting idea to know that he was going to have to perform with his group in front of the company ceo’s and the other groups as well. but he supposed he could pull of a completely serious audition with a ukulele and sunglasses in front of tiger jk, then he could bloody well do this as well. and it helped that he was in a group with some talented guys. jordan was always more than happy to say that they were far more talented than he was. which was why he certainly wasn’t complaining with how little lines he had ended up with. enough to prove himself, but not enough that the more talented vocalists didn’t get enough limelight. 

they even had a secret weapon: chanyeol with a guitar. 

jordan had been more than tempted to write out some ukulele tabs as well and bring it along, but he had decided against it in the end. that was probably be a stupid idea. instead he was just going to bringing along to this evaluation a winning smile and his voice. not that it was an incredible voice or anything, but it would be enough. hopefully enough to win as well and prove that trc was on top. 

he wasn’t worried about going up the sphere boys, he was confident in their own abilities to beat them. and as he stood there with the rest of his team being watched by each of the ceo’s he just found himself smiling. maybe doing this for a living wasn’t such a bad idea. it was not really what he had been planning on doing with his life, sure, but standing on a stage with people watching was a nice feeling. he was an entertainer at heart and while this was not the normal entertainment he provided on youtube, it was still good. enjoyable, even. 

and when they started singing and putting on their performance he just found himself smiling even more. he had people counting on him, but he could also rely on them as well. it was a two way street, much different from sitting behind a camera and only having to worry about himself. 

he had a part to play in this song and he was making sure to play it to the best of his ability, giving the few lines he did have his best effort. if they wanted to win this rivalry then he would have to give his all. there was no point in settling for something half-assed just because it might be easier. jordan wasn’t willing to make it easy. so he sung his heart out while he could, trying to prove that maybe he could be a serious performer and not just a crackhead 100% of the time. (not that he would ever give up being a part-time crackhead). 

and when the performance was finally over, jordan found himself standing up just a little bit straighter than before. they had done well, worked as a team and he was quietly confident that they had all gotten to show off their voices. and sure, he might not be the best vocalist, but he could most certainly sing when he wanted to. 

[danielxrk]

june evaluations

hi!! for evaluations, daniel wants to do sour candy by blackpink and lady gaga. no dancing, just singing and whatever lady gaga does in the song. since jisoo gets few lines and lady gaga has a lot, lines are totally subject to change to be more balanced, so don’t feel completely tied to whoever you choose for your muse! both boys and girls are welcome. as always, if there’s not any interest in this i’ll probably toss daniel into another group no problem! without further ado:

jennie: daniel lady gaga: rose: @rkseungjoon​ lisa: @rkseongmin​ jisoo:

[rkpcy]

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he’s actually been looking forward to this all month.

after the abysmal showing he'd made in the previous month's evaluations, he's glad that he's getting a chance to redeem himself with this one. sure, it may not be a dance redemption, but it's still an opportunity to show that he has some semblance of talent, in a category that he has actual confidence in. not only that, but he gets to perform along with a whole group of his fellow trc trainees, something he realizes he doesn't do quite often. the fact that dancing is not only not required, but also even discouraged, is just an added bonus.

guitar in hand, he takes his place on stage among the row of stools and microphones, a simple setup because it is, essentially, a simple performance. the coaches had made it clear that they wanted their vocals to be the focal point of the stage, and so they were providing no distractions from their voices than needed be, making it a total acoustic performance with him playing on his guitar as the backing track.

once they're given the go ahead, he starts the count off and the performance starts smoothly with seongmin's rap. it's a melancholic yet smooth start to their song that carries out well throughout the rest of their performance, building up more and more as lines are rapped and sung, his own included, spat with precision and perfect timing, a pure display of the skills he's cultivated throughout the years and the confidence that comes with it.

and it keeps building, all the way up to what he considers the climax of the song: the bridge. it's this part of the song that he'd had the most apprehensions about, simply because, in the whole spane of his entire life, he has never done an acoustic harmonization in front of any type of audience, let alone in front of the coaches who have trained him for almost three whole years now. not only that, the harmonies sounding good is dependent on each individual singing their parts well and in tune, and chanyeol isn't a singer by any means.

luckily, though, he has group mates who were more than kind enough to stay behind after practice hours to help him out when he needed it, and though he lacks confidence as a singer in general, in this particular instance, he can at least say that he's done his part adequately well, to the point only the most trained of ears could tell he was lacking just an iota of confidence.

the song is over more quickly than he realizes, and it marks yet another month gone by on this long journey of his toward his dreams. how many more months, years, does he have to go until his dream is realized? he can never be certain, but he knows he's never going to give up until he achieves it.