#zpzg

[saifahname]

This trend of guys from ol' kpop groups I used to be a fan of playing in BLs needs to get to Boys Republic and ZPZG.

Oh wait, it already did got to ZPZG. I think Khan was one of the firsts (former) kpop idols to have a queer role.

[miuimusic]

ZPZG

[kpopmylive]

Grupos quê acabaram

00z (One-time collaboration group)

100%

100% V

14U

1TEAM

1THE9

1TYM

2Shai

5URPRISE

75.Street

9800 (One-time collaboration group)

A

AA

A-JAX

A-Prince

A6P

AFOS

A.FACT * Disbanded pre-debut

Airplane

AKZ (Atomic Kiz)

AllDayz (Ballad group)

Argon

ASTIN

ASTORY Boys* Disbanded pre-debut

ATEEN

ATK

Attack

B

B2ST

B.HEART

BAIKAL

B.A.P

Be on new * Disbanded pre-debut

Be.A

BEAT4 (Rock band)

BEATWIN

BeBlossom (Rock band)

BECZ

Big Byung (Temporarily project boy group; Parody group)

BIGSTAR

B.I.T

BLACK6IX

Blackleaf (Rock band)

BLANC7

BLAST

BLK

Block Chain *indefinite in hiatus

BNF

B.O.I (Best Of Idols)

B.o.M

Boycat (Rock band)

Boys Republic

Brick Five * Disbanded pre-debut

Brit (One-man band)

BTL

BUILD UP

BY9 * Disbanded pre-debut

C

C-CLOWN

Challenger

ChAOS

CICI

CRAXILVER (Rock band, Temporary band formed for Superband 2)

D

D-CRUNCH

Daily H Boys * Disbanded pre-debut

Dawg’loo

Demion

Dirty Eyed Girls (Collaborative group; Parody group)

Dongnae Oppa

Drug Restaurant (Rock band)

DUSTIN-On (Dustin sub-unit)

E

E7

Electroboyz

Elvin Crew

ENOi

F

FameUs

F.CUZ

F.I.X

FLORET * Disbanded pre-debut

G

Gidongdae

Got2B

H

Halo

HeartB

HIDDEN

HIGH4

HISTORY

HNB (Project group that formed D1CE)

HONEYST

H.O.T.

Hot Blood Youth

HOTSHOT

HwangTaeJi

I

I-REX

IM66

IMFACT

INX

IT’S ONE (iKON x SF9 x THE BOYZ collaboration for KINGDOM)

J

JBJ

JN Entertainment Boy Group * Disbanded pre-debut

JUO (Rock band)

K

K’POP (K’POPULATION)

L

LC9

Lean On Me (Wanna One sub-unit)

LedApple

LedT

Life and Time (Rock band)

LISO (Kid group)

LUCENTE

M

M.Crown

M.I.B

MASC

MADTOWN

MAGNUM (YG Treasure Box 2nd Group) * Became one group with TREASURE

MARS (Fictional boy group for the drama “Idol: The Coup“)

MASC

MAXXAM

MBLAQ

MOBB

MYTEEN

MY.s.t

N

N-SONIC

No. 1 (Wanna One sub-unit)

Nolza

NOM (No Other Man)

Novadox (Rock band)

NPI

NRG

NTB

NUBOYZ

NU’EST

O

Off the Cuff

ONE A DAY * Disbanded pre-debut

P

Phon (Phone)

Phonebooth (Rock band)

PLATINUM78 / P.L.T78

Pure

PURPLE RAIN (Rock band)

R

RAINZ

Road Boyz

S

SAVE

Seven O’Clock

Say Yes (Rock band)

Seo Taiji and The Boys

SIGNAL

Silver Boys * Disbanded pre-debut

Sister’s Barbershop (Rock band)

SHU-I

SPEED

SPECTRUM

T

T-Max

Taesaja

TEEN TEEN

Tempest

T.E.N

TEN X

The Heal (Wanna One sub-unit)

The Legend

TheEastLight

TO.1 (Top of One)

TOUCH

TraxX (Rock band)

TRCNG

TREASURE (YG Treasure Box 1st Group) * Became one group with MAGNUM

TREI

Tri:al

Triple Position (Wanna One sub-unit)

TRUSTY

Twi-Light

U

U.SSO Boy (Kid group)

UNB

Unit Black

V

VALO Team (Rock band – formed for Superband2)

VARSITY

Vermuda

VOISPER

W

WANNA ONE

WE IN THE ZONE

White Ocean (Fictional boy group for the drama “Her Private Life“)

Wonder Boyz (One time collaboration group)

X

X1

XENO-T

Z

ZPZG

[absolutebl]

Kpop Idols in BLs 

Ironically the first idol to appeal in a Korean BL role so far as I can tell is Japanese idol Terada Takuya (Cross Gene) who was ½ of the BL couple in 2015′s The Lover.

The first Korean idol to do so was Yoo Dong Kyun (Khan of ZPZG), who was in Tropical Night (2017). It v. sad.

Idols in BL Shows

2015 - Terada Takuya (formerly Takuya of CROSS GENE) The Lover

2017 - Yoo Dong Kyun (Khan of ZPZG, disbanded) in Tropical Night 

2020 - Cheon Seung Ho (Seungho of THE MAN BLK) in Mr. Heart

2020 - Kang In Soo (MYNAME, disbanded) in Wish You & Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (2021)

2020 - Lee Sang (IMFACT, inactive) in Wish You

2021 - Hur Hyun Jun (formerly Hwall of THE BOYZ) in Color Rush

2021 - Son Woo Hyun (Ghun of X-5, disbanded) in To My Star

2021 - Kim Yoo Hwan (SPEED, disbanded) in The Tasty Florida. I am gonna add that amazing body of his is well earned. He was one of SPEED’s acrobats and they had some of the greatest trick work EVER fielded in the industry (fight me). He’s the white shirt in this one (watch until the end, that swing flip I CAN’T EVEN. And he’s the ripped jeans + run dmc shirt in this one (yeah they’re fucking dancing in wheelies). 

2021 - Choe Chan Yi (formerly Chanyi of THE MAN BLK) in Light on Me (ACE did the song)

2022 - Park Bum Jun (Bumjun of band 2Z) in Behind Cut (2Z also appears in Ocean Likes Me)

2022 - Eom Se Ung (formerly Seung of THE MAN BLK) in Behind Cut

2022 - Park Jun Hee (Jun of A.C.E.) Tinted With You 

2022 - Han Sang Hyuk (Hyuk of VIXX) in Color Rush 2

2022 - Kim Ji Woong (INX, disbanded) in Kissable Lips & Roommates of Poongduck 304 

2022 - Park Seo Ham (formerly of KNK) in Semantic Error

2022 - Park Jae Chan (DKZ) in Semantic Error

2022 - Ok Jin Uk (trot group SUPERFIVE) in Cherry Blossoms After Winter

2022 - Holland in Ocean Likes Me (soloist, first out gay idol in a BL, also appears in Roommates of Poongduck 304)

2022 - Leo (VIXX) in Happy Ending Romance 

2022 - Karam (THE BOSS, inactive) in Happy Ending Romance 

2023 - JunQ (MYNAME, inactive) in Individual Circumstances 

2023 - Jaehan & Yechan (BOTH from OMEGA X) in A Shoulder to Cry On 

2023 - Gongchan (maknae of B1A4) in Unintentional Love Story 

2023 - Lee Dong Won (main rapper of KNK) in Happy Merry Ending 

2023 - Kim Kyu Jong (formerly of SS501, major stage musical actor) in Happy Merry Ending 

This has been a brief history of idols in BLs, Love in Spring not included. I’m sure I missed some and I’m sure there will be more. Comment with additions, please. 

I’m stopping now. Pretty much every new KBL has soem kinda idol in it from 2023 on. It’s actually stranger to see one without an idol now.

I did dither over THE MAN BLK legitimately counting for various reasons, but then decided Kpop-ness is not my judgement to make, and left them all in. 

Also it should be noted that Rowoon of SF9 does a killer job as a bisexual character in The King’s Affection, but that’s not BL. 

Kpop MV BLs:

K.will - Please don't... - unquestionably the most famous, this is a tragic BL and features two extremely famous Kdrama actors from almost a decade ago! 

Park Won - Fuxxxxx crazy - features Han Se Jin from Mr Heart and Lee Ki Hyun from Light On Me) 

Park Won - Fuxxxxx crazy - in English, vocal by 스텔라장, with additional sexy footage 

The Rose - Beauty and the Beast - 3 fairy stories, one of which is gay 

OnlyOneOf’s hit libitO also has BL themes. 

LOVE is RIGHT

There’s a lot more sensuality and queer context out there, so I’ll pass you along to this fun video on the subject with samples. 

The OnlyOneOf BL MV series 

YooJung (main dancer, visual) - begin - BL love story continued in... 

KB (lead rapper, visual) - be free - continuation and other side of above story 

JunJi (lead vocalist, lead dancer) - be mine - second BL couple story continued in... 

Rie (lead vocalist, lead dancer) - because - other side of above second couple, this one has the BL pool trope and is a break up MV 

Mill (main rapper) - beat - this is my favorite of the series it’s a “saving him from his bullies” romance, very cute, completed in... 

Nine 'beyOnd' (vocalist, mak) - beyond - other side of above third couple, bit of a bad boy trope 

Bonus: 'Fuxxxxx Crazy' MV Making Film 

Most of Holland’s stuff is hella gay, but not necessarily BL. 

Taiwanese Bl actor, Lin Yu (OuWen in Love is Science?) featured in a sad gay MV

MOAR? 

Takara & Amagi were both played by Jpop idols. Arata Sato is a member of IMPACTors, and Oriyama Nao of Shounen Ninja (both groups are managed by Johnny's Jr). I’m not going to track the Jpops in JBLs because challenges.

That said, 2022′s The Usual Night (Twitter account) from Japan is a 10-ep fake documentary series starring the members of Jpop group the Fantastics. It flew under everyone’s radars but apparently has a BL subplot featuring Yagi Yusei (My Beautiful Man) and Seguchi Leiya. This officially means they beat OnlyOneOf to the punch as the first inter-group BL pairing. Keito Kimura (Onoe from Candy Color Paradox) is also a member of Fantastics and in the show. Source reddit.

Follow up question: 

Do I think any MAJOR idols will do BL? 

I think it's pretty unlikely right now.

ACE's Jun is probubly the biggest idol to have done a BL so far (at the time, pre-BL, not post). I do think the Jaehyun (NCT) possibly doing a BL thing thing was a rumor. Boy do I neither care nor want to argue about this, please don't comment on the subject. He's cute, it'd be fun, *waves hand in air* go away NCTzens.

If it's a major idol currently active it'll be a non-Korean (contract allowing) or one of those 3rd Gen out-of-contracts we are about to see a lot more of. (You better believe everyone is watching GOT7 to see what they do and how they handle it, so...)

But I think BL will still only be able to tap second tear idols even then - so VIXX not GOT7, for example. No shade on VIXX, they’re amazing, but they don’t have the same numbers in any arena, literally and figuratively. Also those from defunked and fractured groups seem to be fair game. And it’ll still be mostly the shorter idols who want to break into acting. And/or the ones old enough not to give a shit about reputation anymore. (None of this applies to Japan, attitudes are way different there.) 

The personality of the idol really plays into this too. Like I could see Ten or Yuta (NCT) being all “fuck it, I’m doing a BL” (eventually) but not Mark (GOT7) for example. 

It's unlikely any studio would allow a highly active 4th gen do a BL. And yes, I do think it's studio controls in place, they’re very careful with their stable.

You don't let a triple crown racehorse do dressage no matter how popular dressage becomes. 

That said, if the racehorse doesn’t perform well but dressage can somehow help?

Kpop group DKZ’s prior album first week’s sales? 1,482. Comeback in April 2022? 107,965.

The reason for that 100x increase? Most likely Park Jae Chan’s appearance as SongWoo in Semantic Error.

Apparently he had to convince his company to let him do it. 

Do you feel drunk with power BL universe? I do. (info via KPOP Junkee)

In other news NuNew & Nat (Thai BL Cutie Pie) do a fun acoustic cover of Blackpink’s Lovesick Girls, which I find rather amusing for some reason. 

Other BL + Kpop crossover stuff from me: 

BLs as K-pop groups

K-pop Allegiance chart 

Match a Kpop song to that BL! 

GOT7 Jay B singing wet track 

10 Korean Male Beauty Ideals 

Top 10 Kpop Idol BL Fantasy Cast List

My Favorite BL OTSs

Okay so “sing your feelings” is one of my least favorite tropes but still I often get asked about my favorite OSTs (original sound tracks), if I gravitate to anything it’ll just be one OTS (theme song) here are some of mine in no particular order:

Dark Blue Kiss - I genuinely love the weird drama-llama intro music, but yeah, no singing 

Color Rush by Ryu Su Jeong and Finding You Kwon Soon Il- I like both theme songs enough to have actually purchased them 

Wish You’s Wish For You by Kang In Soo & Lee Sang (IMFACT)

I'll Be There by Johnny (To My Star) 

Light On Me’s Spark by A.C.E. 

Ocean Likes Me by Holland (for the BL of the same name)

My Oxygen sung by Nut (though I got tired of it fast) 

I Still by Leo (VIXX) for Happy Ending Romance (Leo’s voice is just...) 

Sunshower by Ayumu Imazu (for Eternal Yesterday) was my favorite of 2022, it’s still lives on my playlist in regular rotation, the BL on the other hand... 

Rainbow - the refrain, not the main theme song, for Love Tractor 

I’m probably missing a few, but I’ll add to this so long a Tumblr lets me. 

(source)

13 K-pop Idols Who Admitted They Are Part of the LGBT Community 

Last updated Mid 2023. Not sure how much longer Tumblr will let me update this one, also it’s kinda turning into a Kpop right of passage. So I’ve officlally stopped tracking. 

[kpopmultifan]

Reformed 3rd gen group ZPZG has released a set of profile images featuring their entirely new line-up ahead of what is believed to be their upcoming re-debut.

[fy-underratedgroups]

ZPZG (공식 트위터) has re-debuted under J Star with 5 members. They officially disbanded on March 3, 2016 but they have appeared again promoting in Japan. From left to right, the members are Hwi, Hyosung, Jihoon, Wonjun, and Taehwang. Jihoon was one of the original members before their disbandment. 

[amerah-7]

[absolutebl]

Park Jun Hee, also known by his stage name Jun, is a member of A.C.E. He stared in recent historical BL, Tinted With You. (Yes there’s boys kissing.) 

He’s not the first Idol to appear in a BL, but he’s certainly one of the most famous. 

Ironically the first idol to appeal in a Korean BL role is probubly Japanese idol Terada Takuya (who was 1/2 of the BL couple in 2015′s The Lover). 

The first Korean idol to do so was Khan (Yoo Dong Kyun) of ZPZG, who was in Tropical Night (2017). It sad. 

More Idols in BL?

Cheon Seung Ho (THE MAN BLK) in Mr. Heart

Kang In Soo (MYNAME) in Wish You & Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding 

Lee Sang (IMFACT) in Wish You 

Kim Yoo Hwan (SPEED) in The Tasty Florida 

Hur Hyun Jun (AKA Hwall of THE BOYZ) in Color Rush 

Son Woo Hyun (AKA Ghun of X-5) in To My Star 

Choe Chan Yi (THE MAN BLK) in Light on Me (ACE did the song)

Park Bum Jun (2Z) in Behind Cut 

Eom Se Ung (THE MAN BLK) in Behind Cut 

Han Sang Hyuk (Hyuk of VIXX) in Color Rush 2

Kim Ji Woong (INX) in Kissable Lips

Park Seo Ham (KNK) in Semantic Error

Park Jae Chan (DONGKIZ) in Semantic Error

This has been a brief history of idols in BLs, I’m sure I missed some and I’m sure there will be more. 

(source)

Teen Vogue Interview with Jun

[kprofiles-official]

ZPZG Members Profile

http://kprofiles.com/zpzg-members-profile/

[monsta-ali]

K-POP BOY GROUPS

100%

14U

24 K

2PM

5URPRISE

A.C.E

A.Cian

A-JAX

ASTRO

B1A4

B2ST

B.A.P

Be.A

BgA

B.I.G

Big Bang

Bigflo

BIGSTAR

BLACK6IX

BLANC7

BLK

Block B

Boyfriend

Boys Republic

BSS

BTOB

BTS

CNBLUE

Cross Gene

Day6

Epik High

EXO

FT Island

Golden Child

GOT7

Halo

HIGH4

Highlight

HISTORY

HONEYST

H.O.T.

Hot Blood Youth

HOTSHOT

iKon

IM

Imfact

IN2IT

Infinite

INX

IZ

JBJ

JJCC

JYJ

KNK

M.Fact

MADTOWN

MAP6

MASC

MBLAQ

MONSTA X

MVP

MYNAME

MYTEEN 

N.Flying

NCT

NRG

NU’EST

OG School Project

ONF 

Pentagon

RAINZ

Romeo

Sechskies 

Seven O’Clock

Seventeen

SF9

SHINee

Shinhwa

SNUPER

Stray Kids

Super Junior

TARGET

Teen Top

TheEastLight.

The Boyz

The Rose

Top Dogg

TopSecret

TRCNG

TVXQ

U-Kiss

UNB

UNIQ

UP10TION

VARSITY

VAV

Vermuda

VICTON

VIXX

Vromance

WANNA ONE

WINNER

ZE:A

ZPZG

[sanhatation]

♫ -sunny♥

Without You - nct u 

The Greatest Show - the greatest showman

Go Crazy - ZPZG

Beautiful Accident - chen & suho

Sugar Baby - oh my girl

[idolstylekpop]

Summary of official disbanded in 2022:

April from  August 24, 2015 to  January 28, 2022. Ariaz from October 24, 2019, to April 10, 2022. Aweek from  November 19, 2019 to December 31, 2022. BlingBling, from November 17, 2020, to July 25, 2022. Blue Fox from October 12, 2018 to  September 5, 2022. Botopass from August 26, 2020 to August 25, 2022. BugAboo from  October 25, 2021 to December 8, 2022. Bvndit from April 10, 2019 to November 11, 2022. Cheatcode from October 10, 2021 to January 16, 2022. CLC from March 19, 2015 to May 20, 2022. D-Crunch from  August 6, 2018 to November 9, 2022. Fainit from June 13, 2022 to July 8, 2022. G-reyish, from  June 1, 2017, to  May 31, 2022. Girlkind from  January 17, 2018 to August 13, 2022. HINT from March 31, 2017, to September 27, 2022. Hot Issue from April 28, 2021 to April 22, 2022. H!bana from October 11, 2020 to January 2022. I.C.E from  November 16, 2015, to July 20, 2022. Kairos from September 1, 2021 to 2022. Kamisama from November 21, 2021 to February 25, 2022. LST from October 12, 2018 to March 29, 2022. Lunarsolar from September 2, 2020 to May 22, 2022. Mamadol from January 28, 2022 to February 4, 2022. MVP from  March 13, 2017 to February 16, 2022. NU'EST from March 15, 2012 to March 14, 2022. QODES from February1, 2021 to 2022. Redsquare from May 19, 2020 to June 10, 2022. The Whales from January 1, 2022 to September 15, 2022 TRCNG from October 10, 2017 to March 28, 2022. WeGirls from August 31, 2018 to March 2022. XRO from July 16th, 2020 to April 17, 2022. ZPZG from September 25, 2014 to March 3, 2016, and from October 31, 2019 to June 17, 2022.

[emeraldbabygirl]

Update: bubble only has stray kids even tho it says jyp? but I just played along and there’s something called a yes24? and I have no idea what that is so I said fuck it. They got rid of onewe on pocketdols :( but I found great guys and vanner and hyeonsu which is great. I’m keeping it this time cause I wanna look around and stuff. It has new groups too, some I’ve heard of like f.able and black level and some I haven’t like trigger? And I actually was surprised to see ZPZG cause I thought they disbanded a long time ago? I’m kinda confused on that.

Weverse has some good groups like blitzers and kingdom Baekho is there 😍 and I joined b.i.g and mirae um I went to look at the other artists that aren’t kpop which I think is weird but I kinda hate that you can’t just browse channels like vlive. You have to join first. Haven’t checked out fromm yet but I’m just looking around and seeing how it works cause idk how it works.

I was looking into apps like bubble, fromm, fantrie and weverse and skskskssk no I read some of the App Store reviews and I’m laughing everyone hates the app so much and after reading some of the things that are allowed to be posted on there yikes! It looks like me and my sister aren’t the only ones that want vlive back. Vlive was just so good and wonderful it’s such a shame bigshit ruined it :( I’m interested in seeing what idols are on the apps tho. I do like pocket dolls and I’m thinking about redownloading that app cause there was a funny moment with Cya and Harin, one of them called weves wives and the other called them weaves but I think it was just a translation typo but I thought it was hilarious. Idk I still don’t exactly know how to work pocket dolls but I’d be more comfortable with it than weverse for sure.

[wakeupfreanz]

⏱Soon to come⏱

There will be no times or dates because it just be like that lol.

1. Cravity, middle of 2021

2. Drippin, success 2021

3. B1A4, success 2021

4. Purple Kiss, success 2021

5. MAJORS, success 2021

6. PIXY, success 2021

7. 3YE, success 2021

8. NATURE, success 2021

9. Purplebeck, success 2021

10. BAE173, success 2021

11. AESPA, success 2021

12. ENHYPEN, success 2021

13. MAP6, disbandment

14. NOIR, success 2021

15. Eternity, success 2021

16. HOT ISSUE, success 2021

17. MAGICAL GIRL, success 2021

18. 2Z, success 2021

19. Rumble.G, success 2021

20. XIDENT, success 2021

21. WOW, debut success 2021

22. Big Dipper, debut success 2021

23. Sea Park, success 2021

24. MAXIMUM, debut success 2021

25. EPEX, debut success 2021

26. JN ENT boys, debut success 2021

27. LUMINOUS, debut success 2021

28. MONT, success 2021

29. NTX, success 2021

30. ARGON, success 2021

31. OMEGA X, debut success 2021

32. LAM, success 2021

33. DUSTIN, disbandment

34. JUSTB, debut success

35. 2PM, success 2021

36. ASTRO, success 2021

37. SF9, success 2021

38. GHOST9, success 2021

39. LUNARSOLAR, success 2021

40. WM BOYS, debut prediction

41. UNVS, success 2021

42. MY.st, success 2021

43. VANNER, success 2021

44. BXK, success 2021

45. N.CUS, success 2021

46. XENEX, success 2021

47. D,COY, success 2021

48. BLACK6IX, disbandment

49. 7OC, disbandment

50. TRCNG, checkup

51. CIGNATURE, success 2021

52. 24k, reform success 2021

53. SNUPER, what’s next 2021

54. D1CE, success 2021

55. SIGNAL, success 2021

56. ZPZG, disbandment

57. ZPZG, changes for the future

58. F.ABLE, success 2021

[kpopmultifan]

Disbanded boy group ZPZG (who debuted in September 2014 & disbanded in March 2016) has announced their return to activities with a new lineup.

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