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hyuk has a plots page now. hit me up here or on d*scord (wildsflower) if you see anything of interest!

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what do you like about the company?

👑: is this really what fuze are interested in? 👑: i don't have any problems with the company if you're worried about that 👑: as for what i like... 👑: the company gym

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hyuk hyung, it's my dream to be a model, but i keep getting denied by agencies. how can i impress them? i guess being 193cm isn't enough -_-;;

👑: the key is to keep trying. 👑: everything can be achieved through hard work and perseverance! 👑: there may be others you're competing with who are 193cm, so you have to be a standout in determination. 👑: if you keep working hard, things will eventually work out

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5. how would you rank your group members based on personality?

👑: i'm the one top of personality in phaze 👑: and isn't first place the only place that matters? 👑: ㅎㅎ 👑: we all have first place personalities. that's why we're phaze

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What does your dream comeback look like?

👑: dream comeback? 👑: honestly, every comeback we have is so good, i don't have to dream 👑: what if i said our next comeback is my dream comeback? 👑: 🤫

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"oppar... is there anyone in the industry that matches up to your visuals? 🥵🥵🥵🥵"

👑: ㅎㅎ 👑: fuze 👑: are you trying to... 👑: flirt with me? 👑: when you talk like that i have to reply 👑: ㅎㅎ 👑: there's a lot of pretty and handsome people 👑: but i don't give a public stamp of approval so easily 👑: they have to file an official application first ㅎ

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do you think you're more driven by passion or by pressure?

👑: being driven in the first place is more important than where it comes from 👑: but these days, for me, it's passion 👑: if you're really good, you can turn pressure into passion anyway

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25. what's your most prized possession?

👑: my most prized possession is... 👑: some fuze might know this already but 👑: there's a ring i wear a lot 👑: it used to be my grandfather's so it's not something i could just replace if i lost it

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ah really, how are we meant to settle for anyone else when you look so good in your pictures 😍😭 can you please tell us about your morning routine so i can share it with my boyfriend...

👑: do you guys flatter me so i'll respond now? 👑: ah but it worked 👑: should i make a video on my morning routine? 👑: but to be honest, with beauty and fashion, the same thing doesn't work for everyone. with life, too 👑: and some of it, you have to be born with 👑: i'll think about it

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i love everything abt hyuk-oppa, but what’s ur fav thing abt urself?!!!

👑: my favorite thing about myself? no but is it really fair i have to pick but you don't? 👑: if you choose, then i will 👑: deal?

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what’s a song you never get tired of performing?

👑: ㅎㅎ 👑: do i ever look tired? 👑: aren't all of our songs too good to get tired of?

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hi, idols! as an apology for the pause in operations on the main and the lack of monthly schedules, we come bearing gifts... an ask meme! this isn't the honesty hour that was mentioned a while back (as that will be used as part of our next event), but we think it'll still be lots of fun. check under the cut for all the details!

✩　[조태준] message is here!

our second ask meme will be in the form of interactions on hi-u, midas labels' very own artist-to-fan communication app, and girl talk, the exclusive communication app for girl code. the following questions, inspired by questions that idols are commonly asked by fans online and during fansigns, must be answered with your muse's public image in mind. your muse's answers do not have to be honest, but they must remain appropriate. if you do choose to have your muse respond inappropriately, there will be in-character consequences. if you're willing to take that risk, you may, but we recommend running any potential inappropriate answers by us to know what the companies' reactions would be. the goal of this meme is to explore your muses' public images a bit further, and let other muns see how they interact with their fans. you can send any of the below questions to any mun/muse that reblogs this post. you are more than welcome to send in your own custom questions, from the pov of that muse's fan (or an antifan). we do encourage avoiding sending any questions that could be deemed too inappropriate, but many idols do experience hate and inappropriate or intrusive questions on these platforms, so you're welcome to also send in questions in that vein (as long as the mun you are sending it to is okay with it).

would you rather have five [group member] or a five-year-old [group member]?

would you rather date [group member] or [group member]?

which member do you spend the most time with lately?

how would you rank your group members based on visuals?

how would you rank your group members based on personality?

what's your favorite thing about your group?

what do you like about the company?

what's your favorite thing about yourself?

who do you look up to the most?

do you have any friends in the industry?

what variety show would you like to go on the most?

what does your dream comeback look like?

how should i ask out the person i like?

can you recommend me a song?

can you recommend me a movie?

what app do you use the most lately?

do you have any new hobbies?

how do you destress?

where do you want to travel to next?

what's the first thing you think of when you think of your fans?

can you share your personal scent?

what do you want for your birthday?

if you could spend one day with your fans, what would you want to do?

what's the key to your heart?

what's your most prized possession?

what's your ideal type?

what's your favorite season and why?

today's TMI?

tell us something about your trainee days!

tell us a story from your childhood!

who's your [group name] bias?

what girl group do you like lately?

what boy group do you like lately?

✩　are you their manager?

nowadays, it's getting easier and easier to find an idol's manager or stylist on social media... and we know fans can be a bit intrusive! staff members may also reblog this post, and muns may send them any of the above questions (that are applicable, of course), a custom question of their own (whether a genuine question or an intrusive comment by a fan), and/or any of the below questions. we recommend that staff muses reply to these questions as if they're really replying to a fan on social media, but if your staff member would not have a public sns account, you may answer these honestly as if they were speaking to a friend.

what's the hardest thing about your job?

what's your favorite comeback from [artist/group]?

what's your favorite thing about [artist/group]?

do you get along with your artist(s)?

what do you wish more people knew about [artist/group]?

what's one thing you'd change about your artist's career?

what's one thing you'd change about the company's policies?

do you have any regrets about your career?

do you think you get paid enough for everything you do?

if you could work with any other artist, who would you work with?

if you didn't work in the industry, what other job would you like to have?

what advice would you give to someone who wants to work in this industry?

while we are not currently accepting submissions for voucher redemptions, we will be issuing out one standard item voucher for every 3 questions answered for a total of three standard item vouchers per muse, but you may answer as many questions as you'd like. make sure you send out questions to everyone who reblogged this post. if you have not sent out questions to at least 3 different muns, you will not be able to collect your item vouchers. make sure to take your answers with #midas:meme002, and we'll announce when our submit is back open. you may reblog this post and send questions as soon as this post hits the dash. this meme will run until may 1st. happy answering!

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HYUK (혁) is a member of South Korean boy group PHAZE under MIDAS LABELS. He made his official solo debut in January 2024 with the mini-album Rendezvous.

STAGE NAME: Hyuk BIRTH NAME: Park Hyukjae, but legally changed to Han Hyukjae ENGLISH NAME: James Han BIRTHDAY: November 15, 1995 BIRTHPLACE: Daegu, South Korea ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio EASTERN ZODIAC SIGN: Wood Pig HEIGHT: 187cm WEIGHT: 76kg BLOOD TYPE: AB POSITION: Visual, Lead Vocal REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI: 👑/🐺 INSTAGRAM: @/hyukfolio TIKTOK: @/hyuk

He studied abroad in Toronto, Canada, for six years. During his time there, he was on his school’s soccer and basketball teams.

He can speak Korean and English, as well as some French and Japanese.

He moved to Seoul at age 14.

Before his debut with Phaze, he worked as a print and runway model.

His hobbies include fashion, working out, rock climbing, boxing, and skateboarding.

One activity he'd like to try is motocross. He'd also like to learn to fly a plane.

He has an international driver's permit and a motorcycle license.

One of his first purchases after debuting in Phaze was a vintage Chanel handbag for his mom.

He has a mixed breed terrier named 벤지 (Benji) and a miniature poodle mix named 보미 (Bomi).

Fans call him Hyuk-cci (when he was a brand ambassador for Gucci) and Hyuk-chella (for going viral at both of Phaze's Coachella headlining sets).

He became an idol because he thought the members of Pyro were cool.

His favorite country he has visited is Italy.

When asked his favorite idol group, he said Phaze.

His favorite Phaze comebacks are "Work", "Sad Song", and "Ice on My Teeth."

IDEAL TYPE: Someone hard-working and good at their job, someone who never gets boring

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hi everyone! thanks for the welcomes. i'm elise (she/her) and i'm excited to bringing in han hyukjae (hyuk), phaze's lead vocal and visual, as my first muse in midas. bear with me on any typos because this got lengthy, but hyuk's info is below for your perusal. give this a like or shoot me a message (ims or discord) if you'd like to plot!

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background

hyukjae grew up decently well-off. his dad was a tech entrepreneur at the head of a quickly growing young company, so they lived in a nice apartment and baby hyuk got any new toy he wanted. they certainly weren't outrageously wealthy, but they lived very comfortably and often ran in circles with those significantly wealthier who invested in his dad's company.

his parents sent him to study in toronto for 6 years when he was 8 and he flourished there. he adapted quickly and was happy there despite rarely ever seeing his family. when he was 14. he was unceremoniously pulled out of school in canada and brought back to korea.

his dad had been caught embezzling and defrauding investors and hyukjae was thrown back into a family in disarray. if the shame wasn't bad enough, lawsuits drained their bank accounts and his dad ended up going to prison for a couple of years. in the wake of his arrest and imprisonment, hyukjae's family began to struggle financially for the first time.

to help support himself and his mom, hyuk started modeling for catalogs and online shopping malls to try to make extra money for his family. as he focused on that, he started to prioritize work over school. on top of poor attendance and grades, he was getting in trouble for fighting and smoking on school grounds. he managed to graduate (and legally change his surname to his mother's) and planned to try to go international with his modeling career, but someone in the modelling industry suggested he audition for midas (then cjs) and he did.

midas (cjs) saw something in him—probably a pretty face and natural charisma— and he changed paths to idol trainee. being an idol hadn't ever been a dream of his, but debuting under such a successful idol company was a much better guarantee for success and money than trying to hit big in modeling.

he adjusted well to idol training. harsh words and scrutiny toward his looks and skills weren't anything he hadn't gotten used to working as a model, and his willingness to do just about anything to succeed served him well in such a competitive environment. though not the most musically talented trainee, he got into a team on nu phase through sheer hard work (his visual potential certainly helped).

he debuted in phaze and got a little addicted to the headrush of their fame and success. he was almost immediately given the chance to use his modeling skills again in runway shows, magazines, and ad campaigns. in addition to being praised for his visuals from debut, he became a presence in the fashion scene and grew into a style icon.

when the attitude scandals hit phaze, hyuk's past 'iljin' behavior in high school came up alongside accusations of general rude backstage behavior such as arrogance and smoking indoors. midas worked their magic and it was pretty much forgotten.

a few years into phaze's career, hyukjae responded to his dad's attempts to contact him for the first time in years. he claimed to be in a desperate situation due to some "brief" "former" illegal gambling. in what he now considers a moment of weakness, hyuk met with his father and some of the people he owed money to assure them he'd help his dad pay back the debts. well, that money never made it from his dad's hands to the right people's, and they ratted out hyuk's dad and hyuk himself for illegal gambling and (more) fraud.

as you can imagine, the fraud and illegal gambling headlines didn't go over well. it was by the grace of god (midas) that the story got sugarcoated; hyuk claimed ignorance of any gambling but promised to pay back his father's debts. another miraculous save by midas pr.

he's doing well now. phaze is as successful as ever, he's made a solo debut, and everything keeps looking up. and what has he learned along the way? not much!

image

generally acknowledged for two things, his visuals and his style, and the second functions as an extension of the first. these combine under a kind of 'model' mythology in his image and fans love to exaggerate the success he had pre-debut to act as though he'd be a supermodel if he wasn't in phaze. (he wouldn't have; his looks lend themselves much more to idol visual than editorial model.)

some phrases to describe his image: effortlessly charismatic, it boy, luxury & wealth, cool, heartthrob

he's much more mysterious in image than parasocial. fans mostly project whatever personality they find sexiest or coolest onto him. he interacts with them exclusively through thirst traps. all is well.

from his narrative skeleton, he's considered the face of the group. his image progression has generally reflected the group from this. see phaze's change from more in-your-face to more luxurious and hyuk's change from gucci to dior as brand ambassador.

if a hyuk fan gets in a fanwar, they're going to be called a visual stan. they shoot back with a tiktok edit. they lose the war. (the hyuk tiktok edit economy goes craaaazy though... at least he's got that.)

personality

hyukjae lives by the work hard, play hard philosophy. he's a workaholic and will make work for himself if there isn't anything else. off-the-clock, you'll usually find him partying in one way or another. his clubbing is an open secret that really only his most delusional and puritanical fans deny.

also a bit of an adrenaline junkie. there's nothing like something that could kill him.

incredibly driven/ambitious, which is a side of him his fans aren't as familiar with. outsiders tend to see all of his schedules as jobs falling into his lap, which does happen to some extent thanks to his status via midas/phaze, but is also very much a product of how hard he works his ass off and his willingness to push himself to the breaking point for work.

in the same vein, he was not afraid to do what he had to do as a trainee to debut—he saw it as something he had to make happen. he's a lot less cutthroat now, especially with phaze members since he considers the group important to him, but he's willing to play dirty in high-pressure situations.

he's also very prideful. he sees his pride as rightfully earned and protected, but those less fond of him may call it arrogance (and they have).

as you can imagine, he has some daddy issues. he's determined to never be like his dad, but, honestly, in his mission to make a better name for his family and provide financial stability for himself and his mom, he's set himself up to walk in his father footsteps... obsession with power/fame, breaking the rules to get what he wants, floating by by constantly having his tracks covered. we'll see where that gets him.

he'll do anything for those he truly cares about and doesn't stop caring about someone all that easily (see: him still getting in a mess for a father he'd cut off). but he also holds grudges with a terrifying intensity.

possible connections

let me know if any of these could fit for you!

party friends. i imagine he has a wide casual social circle from all his partying, so this could be acquaintances that also party a lot or close friends he usually goes out with.

conversely, homebody friends he's willing to stay in and chill with despite it being very against his nature. these are more likely than not people he's close to since he can get restless staying in and won't do it for just anyone.

fellow workaholic friends that never seem to see each other because they're both always busy

one or two of his closest friends who were by his side during the scandal with his dad. he doesn't talk about it much, so having confided in them would have forged a strong bond in his eyes.

people who are also active in the fashion world that he knows and/or has become close to through running into each other frequently

gym/sports/active friends. they could work out at the gym together or be rock climbing, boxing, skateboarding, basketball, or running buddies.

or just people he walks his dogs with

maybe someone who wants to improve their modelling and asks him for pointers.

he's an only child, so sibling-like connections could be fun for him. he's among the older end of the age range at the moment, so probably younger muses he looks after, but any muses older than him who he looks up to are also welcome.

a childhood friend from daegu or toronto (or even elsewhere, but whose family ran in tech business circles for some reason) who knew him before everything changed and then they ran into each other years later. alternatively, someone who went to high school with him in seoul when he was skipping class, ending up in fights, and getting in trouble regularly who stills sees that in him (for better or for worse).

people he burned/made a bad impression on as a trainee or after he debuted. as mentioned, he's very prideful and willing to feed into a cutthroat environment and he has no doubt hurt people in the process, whether they've healed their relationship from that by now or not.

a former close friend who got exhausted of his intensity. they got along well at first because they found their differing personalities intriguing, but it's always full speed with him, from work to play to friendship and sometimes they needed him to be willing to slow down for whatever reason. he didn't take that well and saw it as a fault of theirs and they had a messy fallout as two people who needed different things from their friendship.

people who don't like him much because he seems arrogant. people he doesn't like because he thinks he sees some trait he doesn't like in them (unloyal to friends/family, lazy, overly stuck-up)

i really like the idea of an on-off romantic relationship where they're more together because they like the idea of each other and being together and what that symbolizes rather than true love between them. they may genuinely care for/be attracted to one another, but it really wouldn't have gone on (and off) this long without a sort of mental mythology they've created around themselves.

there's a lot of room for past hookups and flings*. ideas among those: they hooked up once and never spoke again; they hooked up and became good friends (either completely platonic or they still hook up on occasion); they hooked up and one of them caught feelings and it went down in flames; they hooked up years ago when he was a trainee and hyuk is pretty sure they did but not 100% and now they're having a conversation and he's too afraid to ask because that seems rude; a past relationship that burned hot but fast; a past relationship that ended because they liked hyuk more than he liked them; a past relationship that ended because hyuk liked them more than they liked him (devastating for him); a past relationship with unresolved feelings.

(*hyukjae's sexuality is self-unlabeled and self-uninterrogated but he sleeps and flirts with any gender, but he has probably only had serious relationships with women up to this point in his life)

he's a flirt; fun flirtationships that aren't really anything more.

he also has features open on his solo album, released january 2024, on ufo (female vocal), stay up (male rapper), and mia (female rapper & male vocal). this can be plotted independently or combined with anything.

he could also feature on others' songs. generally, he's most fitting for rnb, hip hop, or some pop songs with fun/sexy/flirty concepts. ballads or particularly sentimental songs don't fit his image, unfortunately.

or any other work connections. if he's a workaholic, it might as well pay off!

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“Golden child, Lion boy; Tell me what it’s like to conquer. Fearless child, Broken boy; Tell me what it’s like to burn.”

— oh darling, even rome fell // p.s.

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