#stan up10tion

[incorrectplanet]

gunwook: i’m so tough. i don’t cry about anything.

hwanhee: just the other day you were crying about snakes.

gunwook: they don’t have any arms!!

[junseoing]

recap of bitto call <3

saying hi

i was holding my cat so he said the cat was cute <3 he asked how old he was and i said 1-2 years old and his name is Sunny

he asked what time it was (since it was obviously dark outside) ...and i said 2am. he asked where i am and i said the US. he asked me if i had work in the morning and i said no but i have church

at this point i actually saw the time lol and i hurried to show him my drawing. he copied the pose of the drawing it was cute <3

and then time ran out lmao. i didnt even get to say goodbye or ask a question or say "ive loved you since candyland era-" HELP.

but he was very sweet. it felt like talking to a new friend! 10/10 would call again

[ablueboombox-be]

looking for mutuals of multiple fandoms

hello people, I am looking for more content on my tl, so if u like any of these like or rb !!

EXO

NCT (U, 127, Dream + WayV)

Stray Kids

Blackpink

SF9

Seventeen

The Boyz

ITZY

Golden Child

UP10TION

Somi

CIX

TXT

Treasure

..............

I also love Harry Potter, Marvel and 5 Seconds Of Summer , Outer Banks, FRIENDS, Stranger Things and much more !! + I have a get to know me post if u wanna know more :p my dm’s are open if u wanna talk !

check out my other social media accs (where i tend to be even more active :p): twitter | instagram | youtube

I’m gonna rb this again cuz I’m always looking for new content on my tl, and ofc my DM’s are always open !

Like or Reblog if u wanna follow eacholder or post about these things !

[beenzin0]

ALL HONEY10S ARE CRAZY

[boysplanetrecaps]

Build Up Episode 0: Getting to Know the Boys Part 4: Team Unique

Hey, friends! This is the fourth and final post in my “episode zero” series of my MNET’s Build Up recaps. I’m giving you some basic background info on each of the boys, including where you may have seen them before, the group they’re in normally if applicable, and my opinion/analysis of their teaser performance. In the previous post, I covered Team Power. This will wrap things up with Team Unique. Woot!

Kang Hayoon

Hayoon is 20, and before this, he went on LOUD and Kookmin Singer. He may have met Jung Soomin (the kid from Chicago) on the show Loud, and he may have met Kwon Euibin on Kookmin Singer.

He was V07, and his teaser song is One and Only by Adele. He has a genuinely unique singing style that doesn’t at all match the way he dresses and looks. It’s a very specific vocal color that might not appeal to everyone -- deliberately somewhat nasal, but in a controlled way. It sounds retro-modern, the way that a lot of Western artists sing these days. He’s obviously a genuine talent, but I can almost feel his throat closing up as he sings. He needs a bit of training to really use that amazing instrument he has. I hope he gets it, and that it doesn’t destroy his natural color. 

Jeon Woong

Hair-stylist Unnies, what the fuck? Seriously.

Much better, thank you.

Woong is 26 years old, and was V11, performing Bad by Christopher. He sings the song almost exactly the way the original performer does, even down to the little purposeful vocal kicks. I would have liked to hear a bit more of his interpretation of the song instead of karaoke version. He uses falsetto to hit some of the high notes, but that’s ok, they’re very high notes and he sounds good. I like his singing in an instinctive way, but I’m not sure how well trained he is.  

Woong is in AB6IX, a four member group (used to be five) from Brandnew music. Like CIX, this is post-Wanna One group; Daehwi, a former member of Wanna One, is the center and face of AB6IX. Woong, meanwhile, is the main vocal. AB6IX started off doing pretty well, but one of their members, Youngmin, had a DUI arrest and had to leave the group in disgrace. It hurt the group pretty badly, and they haven’t really bounced back. Hopefully, going on this show will draw some good attention to the group, who I’ve always liked but thus far haven’t stanned. The song of theirs that I like best (of the ones I’ve heard -- there are lot of kpop songs, you guys, I don’t always keep up) is Close. 

And if you want to hear more of Woong’s voice, here’s his solo song, Moondance.  

Sunyoul

Sunyoul is 27 and a member of Up10tion. 

He has been on a few shows before this, including two reality shows devoted to trot, a uniquely Korean style of music, and a stint on King of Mask Singer in 2016 where he managed to convince everyone that he was a female trot singer. People were pretty surprised when they found out who he was! Seriously, check out his performance -- I don’t think I’d guess in a million years that this was a man.

For his teaser performance, he was V04, and did a song called Twenty Five Twenty One. He had some shaky moments, but showed his strong lower register and some serious vocal agility, moving from low to high notes almost effortlessly. I think he’s one to watch. 

Let me talk briefly about Up10tion. They debuted as a 10 member group in 2015, and didn’t really catch the world on fire. Several members went on ProduceX101 and two members did well enough that they basically started solo careers afterward instead of really bringing the fame home to the group. (I’m not criticizing them -- that was mismanagement on the agency’s part, not their fault.) Three members have left the group, and two members went on Boys Planet (Hwanhee and Xiao). Several members have left the agency, including Hwanhee and Sunyoul, and the future of Up10tion is really dubious at this point.  

Meanwhile, I’ve liked a few songs of Up10tion over the years, so it’s a bummer that they never really worked out. I think the first song of theirs that I liked was Blue Rose. Also, What if Love is great, especially the chorus, even if it sounds like they’re saying “ready for love” instead of “what if love”. In my opinion, a lot of Up10tion songs have weird intros and kind of mid verses and then awesome choruses held down by Hwanhee’s marquee vocals and Sunyoul’s sweet higher register. So if you listen to the first 30 seconds and you’re like “meh?” give the whole song a listen. Also, their song Spin Off was one of the best songs of 2021 and lives forever on my playlists. It’s one of those full-on kpop songs that isn’t really any genre, just sort of pop that makes you feel happy. 

Wumuti

Wumuti is 24 and is from China, though he’s actually an ethnic Uyghur, a Turkic ethnic group that is an officially recognized ethnic minority in China. If you read my Boys Planet recaps, you know that I have a soft spot for him. He just wants this so bad. Plus, and I don’t want to bum you out too much, but the Uyghurs are facing some pretty serious problems, including forced sterilization and labor camps and it’s really really bad. So I can’t help but always cheer for Wumuti, you know? 

He also seems like a really sweet, genuine, and hard working person. He seems pretty fluent in Korean and has been on all the Korean reality shows: Road to Star, The Dance & The Voice, Super Idol, Under Nineteen and Boys Planet. So this makes the third survival show in a row that Wumuti and Jay will be on together! (The other two were Under 19 and Boys Planet.)

Here’s one of my favorite Wumuti performances, gross lollipop aside. (He’s the one in the white hat.) Oh, now I miss Boys Planet!

Then there’s his cover of Antifragile, which he released shortly after getting kicked off Boys Planet. 

Ok, as for his teaser song, he was V12, performing Seven by Jungkook. He sounds fine, though I wouldn’t say at all his voice belongs in Unique. I think I’d call it Allround -- I couldn’t promise that I’d know his voice just from hearing it the way I would with, say, Hwanhee or Jay. Also, the rapping is a little cringe, but TBH it’s cringe even in the original version of the song. 

I think he was hoping to get people’s attention by singing a super popular song in English. His end game isn’t to make the top 4 of this show -- he wants to launch a solo career. I mean, that’s what I assume, anyway. I’m not sure if that will work out for him, but I hope it does. 

Lee Gwangseok, aka, Lee Kwangseok

Gwangseok is kind of a question mark overall -- I know nothing about him, not even his age. We actually learn on the first episode that he has no training at all and works as a model (!). So he has never been on any other show and he’s definitely not in an existing group. 

He’s V19 in the teaser song, showing off a unique, smokey, extremely thick kind of voice. I enjoy his performance, even though he’s singing a ballad, so that says a lot, though I know that some people may not personally like this distinctive style. I wouldn’t necessarily have guessed that he has no training. Maybe he just has good instincts, or maybe he had some light vocal training, like in high school chorus or something like that, because he can hit some fairly high notes in his chest voice. And some singers are charming without training -- Joni Mitchell comes to mind as someone like that. They sing the way they sing, and people can like it or not.

I’ll be really interested in see more of Gwangseok. I don’t know if he’s right for a vocal group based on harmonies, because his voice is so distinctive. However, he’s apparently quite handsome* and that combined with genuine vocal talent and his sort of self-effacing charm could give him a decent solo career.

*Those of you who regularly read my recaps know that I have no idea who is and who isn’t “handsome” or “pretty” in the kpop world. I often pick out the member who everyone thinks is the “ugly one” in a group and choose them as the one who’s best looking! So I have no idea. But the other guys on the show react in such a way as to indicate that he’s really handsome, and he works as a model, so I guess he’s handsome. 

Hong Sungwon

He’s a musical actor, and that’s about all I know. 

He was V21, doing Desperado by the Eagles. He sings it with a slight country twang, which is wild for a non-native speaker. (I assume he’s a non-native speaker? Maybe I’m wrong.) He has a rich, warm tone and impeccable pitch. I don’t love all his weird rhythmic choices in the song, but he’s trying to show that he’s fully singing live. It’s hard to critique a voice like this -- it’s just really good without necessarily really being all that unique. I like it a lot, don’t get me wrong. It’ll be nice to hear him sing more on this show. 

Neon

He’s listed as a solo singer, but I can’t figure out much more about him. There’s another Korean singer in this world named Neon Bunny (check out her song It’s You, one of my all-time favorites -- she’s not a kpop singer, she’s an indie artist and the song is amazing) and another Kpop performer named Neon who is a band called About U, so it’s hard to find out info about this particular guy with the same/similar name. I do know that he’s 28 years old -- that’s about it!

He was V33, doing Rush Hour by Crush. He has clean, nice vocals -- not particular unique, despite his category. He’s just really nice to listen to. Good pitch, good breath control, good power, all the good stuff. In fact, I think I would have put him in the Power category. You can see him in his silhouette performance standing quite a distance from the microphone, still singing loud enough to be heard clearly.  I’m looking forward to hearing more from him.

Kim Seohyung

Soehyung is a musical actor and has a similar singing style to Kim Seongjeong and Choi Haram. So it’s just not going to appeal to me, as much as I can respect his skill. His teaser song was V18, Me After You by Paul Kim. He did falter a little on one of the high notes, but I mean, it was just 90 seconds of singing one song, and mistakes happen. I think he belongs in the Power category, not the Unique category, but that’s just me.

A fan of his made this “Kim Seohyung cut” of episode 1 -- all 90 seconds that we got to see of him in episode one. MNET really doesn’t care much about Seohyung! 

Lee Hwanhee

Hwanhee is from Up10tion, but you might recall him from Boys Planet as the guy who ended up on General Gunwook’s team for Kill this Love. (Performance) You might also remember that he had to withdraw from the show midway due to his health issues. 

He is V38, performing Tomboy by G-Idle. He did the song justice, I thought, putting enough snap and sass into it. There were some backup prerecorded vocals that make it tough to tell how much he’s singing live. But I’ve heard enough of his vocals to know that he’s capable of some excellent singing.

I never got the sense that many of my 3-4 readers liked Hwanhee much, but I think he’s a really good vocalist. I like his distinctive, Baekhyun-esque vocal color, which adds nicely to Up10tion songs. However, he might be a tad outclassed by some of the other guys on this show, who have more training than he does. I think sometimes he wears out his voice and kind of runs out of steam while he sings. 

I think I would have put him in the Power category, but maybe I don’t really understand what the categories are about. 

Kwon Euibin

I can’t get over this official picture. Imagine being like, “Yes, this represents me. This is my brand. I’m going for that, like, pissed off substitute teacher vibe.” I mean. IDK.

He really likes beige sweaters over white shirts, I guess. 

Ok, so Euibin is only 25 years old, and my scouting tells me he’s a trainee going for the idol life. He went on two other shows: The Idol Band: Boy's Battle and Kookmin Singer. On the latter show, he may have met Kang Hayoon, the one who sang the Adele song for his intro clip.

He was V35, another fecking ballad, but his voice was unexpectedly sweet and pretty compared to his serious countenance.  He strained a little on some of the higher notes and the whole thing felt a little uneven, occasionally kind of shouty. It’s nice to listen to despite all that. I’m not quite sure what to make of him so far, so I’ll reserve judgment for now.  But again, not sure he’s “unique.”

Taewoo

Taewoo is 26 and my sleuthing tells me he’s a songwriter who appeared on a few other shows I haven’t heard of, Sing Again 2 and Vocal Play 2. 

He’s V28, Thought of You by John Park. I really like his voice. It’s slightly gravely, in a good way -- it has character. Finally, a unique singer who is actually unique. It’s hard to say how trained he is based on this clip but I know I want to hear more of him!

And that’s it! Gang, we did it. We made it through all 40! Now, I’ll move on to the recap at last. 

See you then and there! 

[the-strange-world]

Since a lot of fans have been concerned about groups having very young members, here’s a list of bgs where all members were born before 2005 for you to stan/support & what years the oldest and youngest members were born in

*I’m not very familiar with all of these groups

Seventeen (95 - 99)

THE BOYZ (96 - 00)

TEMPEST (98 -02)

TXT (99 - 02)

E’LAST (96 - 02)

DKZ (00 - 04)

JUST B (01 - 02)

NINE.i (98 - 04)

OnlyOneOf (92 - 99)

Xdinary Heroes (98 - 02)

CRAVITY (99 - 03)

XEED (92 - 96)

UP10TION (95 - 98)

TAN (96 - 04)

CIX (98 - 01)

PENTAGON (92 - 98)

VICTON (94 - 99)

MIRAE (98 - 04)

ONEUS (96 - 00)

ONEWE (94 - 00)

BAE173 (99 - 04)

GHOST9 (00 - 04)

DRIPPIN (99 - 04)

LUCY (92 - 97)

KINGDOM (97 - 02)

NewKidd (94 - 03)

Golden Child (93 - 00)

ASTRO (94 - 00)

MONSTA X (92 - 96)

VIXX (90 - 95)

ATBO (03 - 04)

A.C.E (93 - 97)

SHINee (89 - 93)

Ciipher (96 - 03)

LUMINOUS (98 - 00)

VAV (91 - 97)

VANNER (94 - 97)

JWiiver (97 - 02)

BLITZERS (01 - 04)

ATEEZ (98 - 00)

Stray Kids (97 - 01)

BLANK2Y (98 - 04)

MCND (99 - 04)

ONF (94 - 99)

The Rose (93 - 94)

2Z (96 - 02)

AIMERS (98 - 03)

BXB (00 - 03)

BDC (99 - 01)

VERIVERY (95 - 03)

AB6IX (97 - 01)

SF9 (93 - 00)

Balming Tiger (94 - 00)

DKB (97 - 04)

YOUNITE (01 - 04)

WEi (97 - 01)

withus (98 - 02)

Please let me know if there’s any other lists you’d like me to make, if you want any more info on these groups, recs from them, or anything! I’ll be making some post highlighting underrated groups soon 💜

[ipunches]

user stan list - music artists ᓚᘏᗢ

★ ults - solo !

lexie liu, justin timberlake, ariana grande, woodz, chappell roan

idols currently in groups: onew, han, taeyong, sunhye, riwoo. sohee, j-hope, doyoung, changbin, jungsu

★ ults - group !

NCT, shinee, arctic monkeys, balming tiger, riize, onlyoneof, xdinary heroes, queen, young posse, aespa, boynextdoor, bts

★ stan !

enhypen, hikaru utada, red velvet, lucy, doja cat, ive, timbaland, flo, newjeans, panic! at the disco, nmixx, demian, exo, charlie xcx, soojin, måneskin, dpr ian, kiss of life, gaho, tripleS, ten, frank ocean, n*sync, stray kids, fromis_9, the boyz, victoria monét, loona + all post loona, day6, babymonster, lil uzi vert, &team, tinashe, onf, destiny’s child, boA, hongjoong, sza, one ok rock, jaehyun

★ casual enjoyer !

the weeknd, tomorrow x together, psychic fever, my chemical romance, beyoncé, AOA, blackpink, no guidnce, bruno mars, joji, bigbang, daniel caesar, xikers, p1harmony, f(x), chris brown, olivia rodrigo, josh levi, lloyiso, monsta x, sara james, rihanna, twice, c-clown, stayc, zerobaseone, g idle, dreamcatcher, zico, twenty one pilots, the 1975, tate mcrae, just b, oneus, tyla, a.c.e, troye sivan, megan thee stallion, seventeen, illit, katseye, usher, brittany spears, depeche mode

★ interested in / in the process of stanning !

kehlani, infinite, all(h)ours, rina sawayama, btob, bae173, park ji hoon, oneus, great guys, evnne, heize, dkz, pH-1, kwon eunbi, brown eyed girls, iu, n.flying, epex, pow, blitzers, dkb, vcha, keyshia cole, yena, nelly, bb girls, lolo zouaÏ, adya, musiq soulchild, alice, sik-k, SB19, amaarae, rescene, 8turn, up10tion, jo yuri, n.ssign, CIX, purple kiss

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[dive-into-u]

✨ boy group stan list ✨

ult | main bias | bias/wrecker

⋆ faves ⋆

Ateez | Jongho, Wooyoung, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Yunho, Hongjoong P1Harmony | Jiung, Intak, Keeho Xdinary Heroes | Jungsu, Jooyeon, Junhan NCT Dream | Chenle, Haechan, Jaemin, Renjun Onewe | Kanghyun SF9 | Inseong, Zuho, Jaeyoon WayV | Hendery, Xiaojun Golden Child | Tag, Jibeom Got7 | Yugyeom, Youngjae, Jinyoung &Team | Taki Enhypen | Sunghoon, Jay Oneus | Keonhee, Hwanwoong, Leedo

⋆ other groups I like ⋆

B.A.P | Jongup CNBlue | Jungshin Mirae | Lien NCT 127 | Haechan, Yuta N.Flying | Hweseung Pentagon | Hui Shinee | Onew The Boyz | Juyeon, Sangyeon TXT | Taehyun, Hueningkai Up10tion | Bitto Victon | Hanse

[nugu-heaven]

Welcome to my blog!

🩷 You may call me Tory! I've been a K-pop stan for 7 years and I've finally decided to make a sideblog just for this.

🩷 I'm in my 20s and bisexual af

🩷 Who I stan:

Pretty much every girl group under the sun (Ults: EXID, Twice, IVE, Dreamcatcher and Mamamoo)

Ult boy groups: B.A.P, Block B, A.C.E, Monsta X, iKON, Ateez and Up10tion

KARD

Chungha

Sunmi

Alexa

Wonho (Ultimate bias)

B.I

DPR Ian

Want to get into: a lot of nugu/underrated boy groups (ONF, Onlyoneof, Verivery, The KingDom, Cravity, Xikers, WEi, Ghost9, AB6IX...)

🩷 I had an era of making Kpop edits/lockscreens/moodboards/icons and really want to get back into it! So if you'd like me to make one for you, shoot me an ask! Something about the pretty people in pretty colors seems to really activate my brain chemistry for some reason.

🩷 Everyone is welcome to talk to me! (Barring homophobes, transphobes, misogynists, racists, Seungri/Hyuna stans... You know the drill)

Hope you enjoy your stay here!

[rinaforstars]

can i *technically* create a notes document with all the groups i stan? yes. but this is more fun. this is in alphabetical order.

ace

ab6ix

akmu

alexa (she slays)

ateez

bap

b1a4

bae173

btob

the boyz

exo

cravity

day6 (rip)

demian

drippin

enha

gaho (ult)

golden child

holland

hoppípolla (ults)

ikon

iz

jbj & jbj95

leewoo (ult)

lucy (ults)

monsta x

n.flying

nct

newkidd

omega x

oneus

onewe

onf

pentagon

the rose (ults)

red velvet

svt

sf9

shinee

skz

txt

treasure

twice

unb

up10tion

vav

verivery

victon (ults)

vixx

w24

wanna one

wayv

winner

x1

in progress:

bdc

cix

dkz/dongkiz

everglow

knk

wei

[changbeens]

Wow, thank you so much for explaining the situation to me! I don’t even know how to feel knowing that both of the memebers want to go back to their groups but their company won’t let them... and I can’t even imagine how fans of up10tion feel :/

Anyways thank you so much for answering me, I hope you have a good day! ( ◠‿◠ )

its no problem and i’m glad you asked! i would hate people to start stanning him not knowing that he didnt just appear from nowhere or get lucky on pdx, he had a whole career before he went on the damn show. he gave up so much for up10tion and its all being ignored by his akgaes. half of them probably dont even realise he was mc on the show for a year or that he had a whole ass stage name (so did jinhyuk but his akgaes dont care about that either)

you should definitely check out up10tion if you havent already!

[sleeptalkinglove]

friendly reminder

dont forget that when up10tion went on tour while wooseok and wei were on pdx101, xiao had an ot10 photo as his lockscreen background

[sichengforthewinwin]

Renjun: i’m sorry i hurt your feelings when i called you stupid.

Chenle: it’s alrigh-

Renjun: i genuinely thought you already knew.

[mestizalectora]

. °✧·.  . Needles ㅡ Xiao (UP10TION) scenario.

Prompts: 47.

« Hold my hand until it’s over? »

Genre: fluff.

Word count: 624.

Warnings: no.

Requested by anonymous.

You hated needles, with your whole soul. You remember those terrible days at school when nurses came in order to have the students vaccinated against some diseases and, especially, you remember how you used to faint or nearly faint each time.

So, when your head doctor told you that you had to go through a blood analysis you almost started crying in her consulting room. 

Xiao, your boyfriend, wasn’t much of a help when you told him your worries (after a lot of whining from his side, because you didn’t really wanted to tell him that you were scared of needles since a lot of people would make fun of you when they found out). He laughed for about five good minutes until he saw the sad face that you gave him, that was the moment when he realised that you were really scared, and that it wasn’t something he should joke about.

“I’m sorry.” he said, still with the ghost of a smile on his face, not taking too much time to go to your side, his arms slowing wrapping around your waist, as if he was asking you permission to do so. Xiao might be quite a tease most of the time, but he didn’t really mean to hurt your feelings. He was really expecting you to not let him touch you after that, but the moment he realised that you were responsive to his actions he moved closer to you and kindly guide you to put your head in his shoulder, even giving you a tender kiss on your forehead.

“I’ll go with you, okay? I’ll be right there by your side, i’ll even fight that needle if that’s what you want and protect you from those horrible nurses!” he said, lighting up the mood with his dramatic response and the gestures he made, joking around while imitating a prince ready to save her princess. You couldn’t help laughing at all of this, which obviously made Xiao smile widely and go on with his performance.

Even though that evening with your boyfriend definitely help you to not worry about your blood analysis for some time, when the moment of the truth came you were feeling totally anxious and uneasy. Xiao was at your side, just as he promised, caressing your waist with his hand as the line of people ahead of you got closer and closer, rapidly.

You nearly missed your name when the nurse called you, so Xiao was the one who guide you to the chair. You gulped as you sat down, trying to reciprocate the smile the worker gave you, but it was more of a fail. The nurse started telling you how much blood they were going to extract for the analysis, at which you nervously nod with your head, unable to say a word. When the nurse took the needle and you got a peek of it, breathing suddenly became a really tough task. 

Xiao, who was right behind you with his hands on your shoulders in an attempt to calm you, seem to notice this. He moved a little bit, so you could see him without moving in your place.

“Keep looking at me” he told you and, after hesitating for a second, he extended his hand in your direction. “Hold my hand until it’s over?” he offered, at which you gave him a little smile. You nodded your head, locking your fingers with his within a second, really appreciating what he was doing for you. You could swear that you were falling for him one more time when he gave you one last smile, everything else fading away.

You didn’t even notice that the nurse had finished and you were able to leave already.

[hell0stu-p-i-d]

My boys have done it again🥺💛

[thtroyaldawn]

👏🏻This needs more views👏🏻

THIS BOY IS AN AMAZING SINGER!!

Up10tion

This is sung in its original key 👌🏻