#monsta x first win

[minnieminshi]

Sporteen Masterlist

Welcome to what I call my chronic brainrot and where I start to accept the fact that I might actually like watching sports even tho I spent most of my childhood saying I hate sports lol 

This is the first series I’ve done and I’m also a first year uni student so I make no promises on how frequent I can update this but I do wanna try to get them done at least by when my semester ends in like April

Also some of the stories are linked as since some of the guys are on the same team/sport

Choi Seungcheol: Pucking Chemistry

Summary: You never should’ve agreed to tutor the captain of the hockey team. Who shows up a full hour after the agreed meeting time? Choi Seungcheol, apparently as you’ve come to learn. And now you’re stuck tutoring him because for some reason, you're his last hope to pass chemistry so he’s eligible to play in an upcoming tournament. 

Warnings: cursing because I can’t help myself lol, mentions of your father abandoning the family 

Extra info: high school setting, Cheol uses the term "princess" a lot and I'm a sucker for calling people by their last name, mentions of Monsta X’s I.M (aka Changkyun) and Kard’s Somin (but she gets mentioned like once lol), your little brother’s name never gets mentioned but you do call him Frosty lol, and my knowledge of hockey is limited to watching Dr. Mike on yt talk about hockey injuries so there’s not a whole lot of hockey action in this fic lmao. On a personal note, this fic made my realize my little brother is turning 13 this year and I can’t handle that because what do you mean he’s a teen now he literally turned one the other day and I think that shows in this fic lol

Release: 2/24 Read Here

Word count: 9.9K

Yoon Jeonghan:  Maybe Romeo and Juliet Were Onto Something

Summary: When you agreed to help your dad with coaching his soccer team, you expected to help with writing down prs and handing out water bottles in return for free tickets and an excuse to be out of your dorm. What you didn’t expect to happen was falling for the charming co-captain of his soccer team. So do you take your shot with co-captain or do you heed your dad’s one and only rule of absolutely no dating his players? 

Warnings: cursing since that’s gonna be pretty much a staple in my writing lol, arguments with a parent 

Extra info: uni setting, so originally Jeonghan was gonna be a basketball player but then I remembered I hate basketball due to getting hit in the face and breaking my glasses on my birthday during practice… Plus I saw a tiktok of svt playing sports and Jeonghan was playing soccer and the gears started turning in my head lol 

Release: TBA

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Hong (Jisoo) Joshua:  It’s a Win-Win! Right?

Summary: Agreeing to fake date your best friend definitely wasn’t on your schedule when you dropped by after Joshua’s swim practice after your student council meeting had ended. But with his oddly passionate fangirls, you suppose this was more for his comfort than anything else. And hey, you could also use this to get your vice president to stop hitting on you as well, so it's a win-win for everyone. Plus it’s not like you’d be met with the realization that you might be in love with your best friend, that’s crazy…

Warnings: cursing because I can’t help myself lol, and crazy fangirls 

Extra info: high school setting, I got a confession… I don’t actually know how to swim lmaoo I just never learned so I apologize for the lack of actual swimming lol and Joshua is definitely inspired by Oikawa from Haikyuu in the sense of his fangirls lol and I guarantee there’s at least 50 fake dating Oikawa fics so here’s my spin on that with Joshua lol. I was also half tempted to make Joshua like one of my friends, who, for some reason decided our senior year to join our school’s swim team that I didn’t even know we had lol while he was on the varsity soccer team but I decided against it for simplicity lmao 

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Wen Junhui: Racing Hearts and Skating to Love

Summary: Getting the chance to perform at an end of year celebration? Amazing! Having to perform a paired performance with Wen Junhui? Not amazing! Don’t get it twisted! You don’t hate Junhui, in fact it’s the opposite. You’ve been silently crushing on your fellow skater for months, and now you’re going to have to create and perform a paired program with him. Which of course meant having to spend weeks with him, and getting close to him to actually practice. But you can do this, it’s only for a few weeks, your heart can handle it. Hopefully it can, at least.

Warnings: cursing because I can’t help myself lol

Extra info: it’s never mentioned but it’s a uni au lol, reader wears contacts and glasses because I do too and I love Wen Junhui so next question lol and literally all my knowledge of ice skating comes from the time I was obsessed with Yuzuru Hanyu like a year or two ago so I apologize for the inaccuracies of the sport lol

Release: TBA

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Kwon Soonyoung:  Goal- Wait Watch Out!

Summary: Meet cute except it’s not cute and you probably have a concussion from the rogue soccer ball to the head. All you were trying to do was drop off your roommate's lunch since she forgot in the morning and now you’re being carried by a concerned goalie and your roommate treating you like one of her athletes. At least the goalie carrying you is cute? 

Warnings: cursing since I can’t help myself, and of course injuries (a concussion) since that’s the plot lol 

Extra info: uni setting, my knowledge is very limited on soccer and all that I do know comes from when my librarian would let me stay in the library while the cup was going on last year instead of making me go do errands for the teachers during my student aide period lol and putting Hoshi as goalie is most definitely brought on by Jeonghan’s monthly meeting pics of him as the goalie lol

Release: TBA

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Jeon Wonwoo: Scheming Love 

Summary: When your coach told your team that you guys would play a skirmish against the boys volleyball team for fun, you felt your heart freeze. Now you weren’t scared of the boys team, you believe your team is fully capable of beating them in a game. No, what scares you is the fact that it means you have to play against Jeon Wonwoo, one of the middle blockers on the team. And your longtime crush. Normally you’re confident as a libero, doing your best to make sure your team’s defense’s on top and making sure the ball doesn’t touch the ground, but with Wonwoo on the court at the same time? Maybe you should start apologizing to your team now. Wait, why did they have a team huddle while you were helping the manager bring the water bottles? And why are they smiling at you like they’ve just made the greatest plan in the history of the world? 

Warnings: cursing as usual, and threatening to strangle someone (as a joke lol) 

Extra info: high school setting, reader wears glasses because I do too and I love Wonwoo lol. One of two fics that are fueled by my Haikyuu brainrot that’s coming back thanks to the movies and the new content that’s been coming out recently. Wonwoo as a middle blocker is brought on by this twitter artist that’s drawn Tsukishima in some Wonwoo stage outfits and that has caused me great pain I eat it up every time and reader being a libero is because that’s my favorite position lol 

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Lee Jihoon: Wait Where Are You Going? Come Back!

Summary: You really didn’t plan to watch your university’s baseball team play today, especially since it was so hot out and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky to provide some shade to hide under. But alas, your best friend insisted on dragging you along, wanting to watch her boyfriend play. Sure that’s fine and dandy, but why drag you along? At least the catcher’s cute, or what you can see of him on account of his mask. Wow, he's really muscular and is he giving Seokmin signs on how to pitch- wait why is your best friend and her boyfriend pushing the two of you after the game is over? And why are they running away? Oh, she’s gonna pay for this once you get through his conversation with the cute catcher. 

Warnings: cursing as usual, and betrayal from your best friend and Seokmin lol 

Extra info: uni setting, I’m like 85% sure Woozi said he used to play as catcher when he played baseball so that’s why he has this position. I don’t know anything about baseball besides one man named Shohei Ohtani and that getting hit with the ball hurts like hell (and all the injuries Dr. Mike on yt covered lol) 

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Lee Seokmin: Breaking News! Falling in Love is Scary!  

Summary: Being part of your university’s blog and radio show is great, until you’re being forced out of the studio/office and out in the open to go interview the baseball team after a recent winning streak. Normally this job would get assigned to another team member, but after a recent bout of frat flu ravaging your crew, the interview is left up to you. Whatever, just get the answers to the prewritten questions you have and the sooner you can go back to the studio/office to work on other things. Or that was the plan before the pitcher, Lee Seokmin, took an interest in you and suddenly seemed to pop up everywhere around campus. Or aka, grumpy reporter x sunshine baseball player. 

Warnings: cursing as per usual, and you being a hater for no reason lol 

Extra info: uni setting, I don’t know much about baseball other than the fact that I would kill to see DK in a baseball uniform 

Release: TBA

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Kim Mingyu: Red Bandage of Fate  

Summary: When you joined the athletic team as a student trainer and got assigned to the university’s soccer team, you wondered if the team’s number 06, Kim Mingyu, the ace of the team and top scorer, was the same Kim Mingyu who basically lived in the training center, constantly in need of treatment for his never ending list of injuries. And please, slow down with the injuries, the center’s almost out of athletic tape and bandages, you’re begging him to please be more careful out on the field. 

Warnings: cursing because I can’t help myself, and very obviously injuries (I’ll come back to be more specific with the injuries lol) 

Extra info: uni setting, I’m taking an intro to athletic training class this sem so I know some stuff about treating athletes but again it’s intro class so beware if some things aren’t super accurate lol 

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Xu Minghao: Filmed Lovestory  

Summary: When you agreed to help film your friend’s practice for an upcoming competition, you didn’t think much of it. You’ve done it thousands of times. Put on your skates, a couple of extra layers so you won’t freeze, use her phone to record her, and follow her out on the ice. It’s simple, really, and a great way to spend Saturdays while also getting some exercise in between your tiring uni life. What you didn’t expect is somehow to agree to film the practices of one of her skating friends. Her very handsome skating friend, you might add. So now your weekends are fully booked for the ice, but watching Minghao skate on the ice, it’s not so bad. 

Warnings: cursing as per usual 

Extra info: uni setting, as I mentioned with my Jun fic, all of my figure skating knowledge comes from the time I was obsessed with Yuzuru Hanyu like a year or two ago so again I apologize for the inaccuracies of the sport

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Boo Seungkwan: Tangerines, Confessions and a Supply Closet  

Summary: When you agreed to be the boys volleyball team’s manager, you didn’t think you’d spend your high school career taking care of the team. Yet, here you are, in your senior year and the only reason some of your players are even here (and why some of them are passing their classes, seriously signing up as a manager became a lot more than just handing out water bottles!). The only reason you’ve been able to stick around as long as you have is because of the team’s setter, Boo Seungkwan, who makes your job of wrangling the team a little easier. Now if only you could get the team off your back about confessing to him before the two of you graduate, that really would be great. 

Warnings: cursing as per usual, threats to kill an entire volleyball team (all jokes), and getting locked in a supply closet 

Extra info: high school setting, this is the second fic that is 100% fueled by my Haikyuu phase that is slowly coming back due to the movies and the new content that’s been coming out recently. And out of all the sports, this is the one I’m most knowledgeable in since I actually watch matches (shout out to Lim Sungjin and Heo Subong). Also I had such a hard time giving Seungkwan a sport since he does so much I decided on volleyball because the thought of him playing makes me want to bark so there’s that 

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Chwe (Vernon) Hansol: Quick, He’s Not Watching! 

Summary: When your older brother told you to wait for him in the bleachers, promising to give you a ride after your night class, you didn’t think much of it. If you’re lucky, you’d be able to take a nap in the bleachers waiting for him. What you didn’t expect was to somehow catch the attention of one of the midfielders, Vernon. As you come around more and more often, you find the midfielder always making an effort to say hey to you, and even stealing some of the team’s snacks for you. Now you just wonder if he’ll make a move before your brother notices the two of you getting closer with each other.

Warnings: uni setting, cursing as per usual, and older protective brother that means well but doesn’t go about it the right way 

Extra info: I deadass looked up what the positions in soccer are because I have no idea what goes on in the sport even though one of my friend’s played our entire high school career 

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Lee Chan: You’re Not Too Bad 

Summary: You didn’t think that showing up to your best friend’s, Seokmin’s, baseball practices would make one of the players hate you, but here you are and apparently Lee Chan hates you. Or so you think at least. The rest of the team loves you, especially since you always bring them plenty of food to feed them throughout practice (it pays to be a nutrition major) and always try to help out even though you’re not an official manager. But it’s no biggie, it’s not like Chan hating you bothers you, nope, not at all. But maybe you’d skip out on stopping by Seokmin’s practice for the week… Yeah that sounds like a good idea. 

Warnings: cursing as per usual, Chan being a bit of an asshole but it gets resolved don’t worry 

Extra info: uni setting, Dino being assigned baseball is all because of the 231105 fansign where he was given a baseball jersey and glove, and I still don’t know how baseball works

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[jae-bummer]

The Intervention

Prompt: Hi ✨ I just found your blog and I'm reading through My Idol s2 after finishing s1. It's so much fun! Can I request prompt #16 with Monsta X?

16) Going out to dinner with your bias group and it is growing increasingly obvious that someone at the table has a crush.

Pairing: Monsta X SURPRISE x Reader

Genre: Fluff

Song rec as you read: Got My Number - Monsta X

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"Y/N," Hyungwon said solemnly, guiding you toward a seat. "I didn't want to be the one to say this, but-"

"I'll say it," Changkyun gasped. "We hate your boyfriend. This is an intervention."

"I-" you paused, your mouth falling open as you actually took in Changkyun's words. "You what?"

Hyungwon pushed you into the chair and patted you lightly on the shoulder. "Let's get you a drink."

"Hold on," you said furrowing your brows. "What do you mean you hate Jun? You said you liked Jun!"

"We lied," Kihyun said shortly, shoving a complimentary chip covered in salsa into his mouth. "Next question."

"So...you brought me...to a restaurant...to tell me you hate my boyfriend?" you hissed, trying to tap down your annoyance.

"We thought it was best to pick a public place," Jooheon nodded. "So there wouldn't be a scene."

"This isn't real," you grumbled. "You ambushed me."

"They'll have a strawberry margarita," Minhyuk confirmed from your left as the waiter reappeared. "Sugar instead of salt, probably best if you make it a double."

"And a water," Kihyun piped in. "You should stay hydrated."

"Thanks," you managed, teeth barred. "So considerate of you."

"I thought so," Kihyun hummed with an award winning smile. "Salsa?"

Shaking your head, you heaved a sigh. "What exactly do you not like?"

"Oh, ripping the band-aid right off then, okay," Changkyun said, straightening. "Well, first off, he's fucking weird."

"Oh, if that's not the pot calling the kettle black," you muttered.

"No, I'm weird in a quirky, artistic way," Changkyun insisted. "He's weird in a, I wonder if there's a woman being held captive in his basement, type of way."

Your eyes widened. "What is that even supposed to mean?"

"I thought it was fairly clear," Changkyun huffed.

"Shownu," Minhyuk said, poking the leader of their small gang of bullies. "Are you going to contribute anything?"

Shownu looked up from the menu, a bit lost. "Have you noticed that he smells mildly like kimchi? But like...not in a good way?"

"Okay, I'm leaving," you snapped, slowly sliding your chair away from the table, only for Hyungwon to catch the back and hold you in place.

"Nope," he said, shaking his head. "You're not allowed to leave until you hear our solution."

"Before there is any type of solution," you hissed. "I'm going to need some valid reasons for why I should not be dating him."

The silence around you grew heavy. It seemed like none of them wanted to break the news to you.

Taking a deep breath, Minhyuk took your hands into his. "Y/N, love, you don't even like him."

You opened your mouth only to close it again. He wasn't entirely wrong. Jun was not the easiest person to be with and he was a bit odd. In general, you had fun with him, but there wasn't a whole lot past that surface level.

"I'm happy!" you found yourself arguing nonetheless. "I'm totally happy!"

Minhyuk quirked a brow.

"It's fine," you grimaced. "Totally could get better in time."

"I know you've only been dating for like five minutes," Kihyun sighed, crossing his arms. "But it may be best to cut your losses."

"Why do you guys care?" you groaned. "You haven't interfered before!"

"That you know of," Hyungwon muttered. Spinning around in the opposite direction, you eyed him.

"Don't look at me!" he gasped, shooting a look toward Changkyun.

You directed your gaze toward the youngest man.

Making a point to look away, he cleared his throat. "There may have been that one time."

"Changkyun," you whispered, using his name as a warning.

"It was for the greater good!" he gasped. "I promise."

"And what exactly is this greater good? And who was it?!"

"Well, if you insist on getting the truth today," he muttered, crossing his arms. "One of us-"

"We just want to see you happy," Jooheon cut in, giving his fellow rapper an elbow to the side.

You furrowed your brows. "But-"

"Which brings us to our solution!" Hyungwon chirped happily. "Minhyuk, if you will?"

"So our solution," Minhyuk said, radiating excitement about their master plan.

"You date one of us," Changkyun interrupted, nodded proudly.

"What?" you croaked.

Looking to each boy in turn, they all wore proud expressions, as if this was the best possible idea you could be presented with.

"I'm sorry," you groaned. "I think I just hallucinated."

"Kihyun was the first to volunteer," Minhyuk nodded. "But honestly, a few of us are willing to step up."

Your focus switched over to the boy in question, the tips of his ears a bright red.

"Not in any kind of permanent sense," Jooheon rushed out. "Just enough to create the ruse of a love triangle and give you reason to break up with the guy."

"I dunno," Shownu managed around a mouth full of food. "I think Kihyun thought it was in a permanent sense."

"No," Kihyun chirped. "I mean - If it were - I mean - I"

"I also volunteered," Changkyun nodded. "But so did Hyungwon and if you want to really make a guy feel bad about himself, you should leave him for Hyungwon."

"He is the ideal physical specimen," Minhyuk nodded solemnly.

"And I'm not?!" Kihyun gasped, a hand on his chest. "I think I'm incredibly easy on the eyes."

"Obviously you're good looking and approachable enough to become an idol, but -"

"End the sentence there please," Kihyun snapped.

You sat in stunned silence.

"Y/N?" Kihyun asked, unfurrowing his brows as he looked to you. His eyes softened. "Are you okay?"

"I'm not fake dating one of you," you snapped. "That's-"

"Then real date one of us," Jooheon said simply.

Maybe you were slow on the uptake. "Huh?"

"Real date one of us," Minhyuk repeated. His eyes swept from Hyungwon to Kihyun and then finally landed on Changkyun.

"You say that like it's the easiest thing in the world," you exhaled.

"Isn't it?" Changkyun said quietly, avoiding eye contact. "I know...one of us..."

The room suddenly felt much too small and the air much too thick. You could tell that the guys were speaking to you, but you couldn't hear a word.

Okay, so maybe you were on board with breaking up with Jun. You recognized that if it took this small of an argument for you to consider it, it likely wasn't meant to be in the first place, but...

Date one of them? One of your best friends? Changkyun alluded to someone in the group having a crush on you for some time, so how did you not see it? Did you just ignore the signs all of these years?

How could you date one of the monstas without the fear of something going wrong and messing up the whole group dynamic? No, it was much safer being totally platonic.

"I can't," you broke through your thoughts. "I'm...I'm sorry guys."

Before anyone could stop you, you pushed away from the table and slid around Hyungwon. His narrow frame attempted to block your exit, but you managed to sidestep away. While heading toward the door, you couldn't ignore the sound of breaking glass behind you.

The waiter had finally returned with your drink...just when the boys had surged forward to follow you.

Well, shit.

Unsure if you were going to laugh or cry, you made the safe choice to continue outside in case it was the latter. Turning the corner, you nestled yourself in an alley between the restaurant and the shop next door. Heaving in deep breaths as if you had been drowning, you leaned against the cool brick building. The cold cut through the thin fabric of your top, causing you to shiver.

"Y/N!" you heard several voices call. "Y/N?"

Closing your eyes, you tried to focus on your breathing. They would find you and then what?

"Y/N," a familiar voice huffed, relief evident in its tone.

Peeking out of one eye, then the other, you slowly tilted your face up to address a margarita-red and dripping Kihyun.

"Hey," you said softly, feeling a smirk tug at the corner of your lips. He looked ridiculous.

"You can laugh," he grinned. "Our waiter has exquisite timing."

"Apparently," you chuckled, shaking your head. This whole thing was insanity.

"Y/N," he sighed, the grin on his face replaced with a stern expression. "None of us wanted to pressure you. Usually when we bring up an idea you don't like, you shut us down, tell us we're idiots, and we all go about our day. Why was this any different?"

"Because this wasn't a plan to skydive in our underwear," you muttered. "This was me DATING one of you."

Kihyun winced. "Well, when you put it like that."

"Yeah," you grumbled. "See where I'm coming from?"

After a few moments of silence, Kihyun pursed his lips. "You could've said you don't have feelings for me. It would have sucked, but I would've been able to take it."

Your attention shot back to his face. "I'm sorry, did I miss a chapter?"

"I...I thought," he trailed, tilting his head as his brow furrowed. "I thought Changkyun and Shownu's comments made it pretty obvious-"

"No!" you gasped. "At no time during that lunch did I assume it was you, Ki."

"Oh," he chirped, his face turning a nice shade of pink. "Well...uh...in that case...um...disregard all of that?"

It was Kihyun. Kihyun had a crush on you, and you had never seen it...

You tried to go into your brain's way back machine and think back to any intimate moments the two of you had shared. Sure, you had cuddled a time or two on a movie night, but which of them hadn't you cuddled at this point? He teased you, he made sure you were taken care of, and he cooked for you constantly. You thought he was just being nice.

Glancing toward Kihyun, you considered him - like, really, considered him. He was absolutely adorable, you had always known that. It was the way the tips of his ears turned red when he was embarrassed. Or the way when he smiled, his cheeks dented a little bit with unique laugh lines you had never seen before. Or maybe it was his smile itself that was so refreshing. Earning a smile from him was better than any compliment you could receive.

It was more than possible to fall in love with him and the fact that it had snuck up on you like this...was terrifying.

"Okay," you said quietly, nodding more to yourself than to him.

"Okay?" he asked. "We're good?"

"Yes," you hummed, still trying to parse out your thoughts. "I mean no, I mean...yes we are good, but no, not in that way."

He crossed his arms. "Explain."

"Okay," you said simply. "Let's do this."

"Do what...exactly?"

"Date," you nodded. "But if you mess this up Yoo Kihyun, you do not get our friends in the breakup."

"Guess we just won't break up then." he said, a smile now fighting to overtake his lips. "But Y/N...just one thing?"

"Hm?"

"You should probably break up with your boyfriend first."

[sohnkissed]

⟨230120⟩ congratulations on beautiful liar’s first win, monsta x! 🐇

[sunshineseung]

assume it’s a smut oneshot if there’s no fluff/series indicator :) 

this won’t get updated often sorry x

Bang Chan 🐺🦘

Yardwork - The boy next door, Chris, can’t help but notice your eyes on him, and he decides to lend you a hand... and more. Vacation - Your two boyfriends fullfill your needs while you’re on your long awaited vacation (threesome w/ Monsta X’s Shownu). Day 1 - 100 days of smut Mirror - You love making Chan watch himself fall apart. Brats - You and Jeongin get in trouble with your dom, Chan (threesome w/ Jeongin). Interrogation - You get caught by the feds and the detective getting you to crack is too hot to handle... aka your boyfriend wants you to roleplay with him. Overdue - Of all the people to have a crush on you, it had to be the sweetest, most innocent boy in your class, didn’t it? Voice Messages - Your boyfriend just can’t control himself, even when he’s away. #nsfwtwt - one of your moots is a perv lol

Lee Minho 🐱🐰

I’m yours, sir - Your superior just can’t keep his hands off of you, and who are you to deny him?  Royalty - The prince is requesting your attendance to his ball(s).  Day 2 - 100 days of smut Where you Belong - You go to your church to worship God, but you soon find out who you should really be on your knees for. You Tried - When you tie down Minho while he was sleeping, he’s absolutely furious, but there’s nothing he can do about it. You’re the one in control now… right? Voice Messages - Tour is going on for too long and your boyfriend can’t wait to see you! He literally cannot wait.

Seo Changbin 🐖🐇

Keep Me Warm - Changbin finds a creative way to heat you up in the dead of Winter. Experimental - Your boyfriend, Felix, requests an... interesting birthday gift, but you give in because both of you agree that Changbin is irresistible. (threesome w/ Felix) Bully - this one sucks im sorry Day 3 - 100 days of smut Little Secret - Series - Changbin is your brother’s best friend. He comes over all the time, and you practically grew up together. If only you hadn’t gotten a crush on him. If only he knew how hard you had fallen for him. Boobs - tits. Teacher’s Pet - You gotta get your grades up somehow.  Chastity + Sounding - He’s begging to be unlocked, but he doesn’t expect the punishment.

Hwang Hyunjin 🦙🥟

Goodboy - If he wants praise, Hyunjin needs to earn it. Day 4 - 100 days of smut Psycho - Your crazy ex can’t get enough of you. Paperwork - The new CEO of the company you work for needs a companion, and you need a raise. Seems like a win-win.  Voice Messages - The memories of you get Jinnie hot and bothered while you’re away.

Han Jisung 🐹🐿️

Punch Drunk Love - Hooking up with a cute boy in your backseat isn’t uncommon for you, but it is for Jisung.  Movie Night - You... just... can’t... keep... still! Day 5 - 100 days of smut Pathetic - He’s such a loser. You can’t help but step on him.  Sexting - needy Jisung needs his needy girlfriend

Lee Felix 🐥☀️

Dirty Thoughts - He has a crush on you, and he just can’t help having... you get it. Experimental - Your boyfriend, Felix, requests an... interesting birthday gift, but you give in because both of you agree that Changbin is irresistible. (threesome w/ Changbin) Day 6 - 100 days of smut Sinner - part one / part two - You corrupt everyone’s favorite church boy. Lollipop - You need something sweet, and no one is sweeter than Felix. Pegging drabble - felix loves butt stuff Voice Messages - he’s so desperate! please hurry home!

Kim Seungmin 🐶🍒

Anniversary - First smut! - You and your boyfriend prefer carnal gifts over sentimental gifts. Kitten - Everyone thinks he’s a puppy, but you know his true nature. First Kiss - Fluff - A silly accident leads to you confessing to your crush. Day 7 - 100 days of smut Practice - He doesn’t care if you can get caught. He needs you now. Gag Gift - Merry Christmas! Seungmin gets you the gift of being gagged. Caught on Camera - Seungmin wants to preserve the memory of you falling apart in his backseat.  Alone Together - You and your boyfriend, Seungmin, are always busy, but you find the time. Voice Messages - A slight argument turns into many heated voicemails.

Yang Jeongin 🦊🍞

Fuckboy - The worst lab partner ever turns into one you can mildly tollerate. Brats - You and Jeongin get in trouble with your dom, Chan (threesome w/ Chan). Day 8 - 100 days of smut Journal - Series - Yang Jeongin babysits your two children, and he’s always been the most polite boy you’ve ever met. Unfortunately for him, he leaves his secret journal at your house one evening, and your curiosity got the better of you. Morning Dew - Soft morning cuddles turns into soft morning sex. #nsfwtwt - your moot is too horny for his own good

OT8/Multiple Members 🧭🌏

Ideal Dates - Fluff - self explanatory rlly Caught - variations of skz finding you naked What they wear - what skz wear in bed What you wear - what skz like you to wear in bed Submissive Skz - self explanatory Dominant Skz - self explanatory Skz Onlyfans - self explanatory Little things you do - things you do during sex that drive them crazy Levels of Stray Kids - Series - skz as soft/hard dom, switches, and soft/dom sub How they sound - the many, many sounds skz make in bed Skz in feminine underwear - Mini Series - their favorite underwear that might be yours Threesomes w/ bf!Chan - Chan invites one of his members to a threesome with you. How does it go? 

[monsta-x-news]

Congratulations Shownu x Hyungwon for winning daesang at the 2024 Korea First Brand Awards in the unit category.

This is Shownu x Hyungwon's first daesang and the second daesang Monsta X has won (including units/solos).

[lattexalmond]

Song Shuffle Tag Game

Song Shuffle Tag Game

Rules: put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

I was tagged by @wanderlust-in-my-soul Sorry this took me forever lmao. Totally forgot about it

I couldn't shuffle my entire library, but I did my crazy wild mix playlist so let's see what happens. (I might cheat) 😬

Okay. I only skipped 2 songs lol. Didn't cheat that bad. If I were doing it from my top listening now it would look like this.

1.Nighty Night -EVERGLOW 2. Be My Next - RIIZE 3. Count It - Nayeon 4. Impossible - RIIZE 5. Blue Spring - Tomorrow x Together

Well that was fun!!! I wonder what song will win 😱🧐

I am tagging @puppy-phum @gunsatthaphan @mosbanks @mrsandypants @musicalgrl @pharawee @taeminie no pressure though.

[seratuyo]

2023 recap (kinda?)

I know it's been less than 3 weeks of me being on this corner of Tumblr, but seeing everyone's posts made me want to look back on the year as well. I also might be wine tipsy as I'm writing this but shhhh

To be honest, I'm really happy that 2023 is coming to an end. I felt like it saw me at my worst seasonal depression, multiple personality crises. Just trying to find my way around these things. One thing I consider a win this year is that it's the first full year since 2020 that I had absolutely no contact with my ex. Other happy moments including some of the best concerts I had a chance to attend: keshi, The HU, Lizzo, Arctic Monkeys, SZA, Rina Sawayama, One Republic, Kaleo, Kep1er, (G)I-DLE and Monsta X, and I already have few lined up for 2024 that I'm super excited for!

As for Tumblr, I've been here on and off for probably 14 years almost? The exact date is blurry but I do remember times when there was no infinite scrolling and you could get to the end of every hashtag. I have another blog here that's more themed, but at one point I missed having a place here for everything that makes me, me. It was "let me" and "use me" by @swiftispunk (I need to reread those and your other works as well!) and "i'll be home by christmas" by @punkshort that gave me the push I needed and I'm happy I did it. A lot of how I feel, I wrote in my Christmas post but yeah, I absolutely adore the Pedroverse side of Tumblr <3

OH AND ALSO... At one point I realised that I did a typo with my username, in "Tuyo" from Narcos it goes Y tuyo será, y tuyo será and I did it in fucking reverse by accident lmao. I was (and still sometimes am) thinking of fixing it, but part of me thinks it's Dieter coded to do something like that sooo........

Lastly (as I rambled on for too much already lmao) I just wanted to send some love to all the lovely souls here @chronically-ghosted @not-a-unique-snowflake-blog @agentjackdaniels @morallyinept @sp00kymulderr @midnightraain @nerdieforpedro @jennaispunk @katiexpunk @elvinaa @angelofsmalldeath-codeine @maggiemayhemnj @sinpathyforthedevilish @stylesispunkk

[flurrys-creativity]

Effervescent

effervescent - Bubbly

Pairing: Hyungwon (Monsta X) x Fem!Reader; Genre: fwb to lovers, romance, SMUT, jackson wang party; Rating: MDNI, nsfw, 18+; Warnings: typical house party stuff > drinking alcohol, loud music, body shots, jealousy, possessive, SMUT > masturbating, kissing, unprotected sex, voyeurism, exhibitionism, breast play, slight fingering, use of petnames (princess), slight degradation, being watched while doing it; Wordcount: 3.478; Collab: Project X

Summary: Initially Hyungwon didn't plan on going to the party. But his own jealousy forced him to go after he heard someone flirt with you in one of your dozen voice messages. This time he didn't want to stand by. This time he wanted to win your heart.

A/N: The second of three entries is here! Also the entry by @mingsolo is out too! Some time in the future you'll also get to read stories by @daemour @sanjoongie and @hongcherry Look for the easter eggs all of us have dropped in each story to connect them! Have fun reading!

Hyungwon sighed deeply, feeling the continuous vibrations of his mobile phone on his desk. He pushed himself away from his desk and pulled his headphones down. There was no way he could concentrate on mixing music when someone spammed him with messages.

That someone being you. 

He grabbed his phone and leaned back in his office chair, opening the messages app. A smirk played over his lips while he felt his ego being stroked. 

You had gone to a party - the biggest party of the year according to you - and you had begged him to join you but Hyungwon didn’t feel like going, deciding to rather stay back at his apartment. 

So knowing you were texting him instead of actually enjoying the party gave himself a huge confidence push - not that he needed it in the first place.

You stood in the corner of a room, nursing a red solo cup in one hand and holding your phone in the other. The screen illuminated your face while your thumb flew over the letters. You knew Hyungwon read your messages, the little check marks telling you he did, yet he didn’t answer a single message of yours.

Hyungwon brushed his fingers through his hair, silently chuckling to himself as he read your messages. He could picture you perfectly. He could even hear your tone of voice when he read your messages. 

“Hyunnie”, you whined in a voice message. Barely louder than the music playing in the background. “Please come over!”

Hyungwon closed his eyes and tilted his head back, playing your message again while he imagined you in front of him. His free hand wandered down to his jogging pants, cupping his slowly growing erection. He loved it when your voice was like this, begging for him. 

You saw the colour of the voice message turning and squinted your eyes. You waited a little but Hyungwon didn’t reply again, making you scoff. Feeling slightly irritated you raised the phone to your lips again, pressing the button for yet another voice message. “Don’t do this to me! Please! Please, please, please, please come over! I want you here with me.”

Hyungwon groaned softly, his hand sliding under his pants and boxers. He pumped himself leisurely, picturing you jerking him off instead.

“Hyunnie!” You whined even louder now. “I know you’re listening to my messages! Please!” 

“Hey Y/N! Didn’t think you’d be alone here.”

Hyungwon’s eyes shot open, his gaze immediately dropping to his phone. He paused your voice message and pulled the controller a few seconds back. His arousal was now forgotten when he heard another male voice in your message.

You looked up from your phone, meeting eyes with San, who had one hand against the wall right beside your body and somewhat cut you off from the rest of the room. He eyed you slowly and licked over his lips, making you giggle and grin at him. 

You knew San as the biggest party flirt in existence. “Sannie”, you squealed in delight and hugged him, forgetting you had your voice message still running. “It’s good to see you here.”

“Same to you”, he chuckled lowly and leaned closer against you. He whispered into your ear, making you giggle again. 

“No, he didn’t want to come”, was the last thing Hyungwon heard on your voice message before the audio stopped. He had stopped touching himself, feeling nauseous hearing you giggle at the words of another man. 

Surely Hyungwon had no right to feel this way as you two were nothing more than friends with benefits. Still, a dark pit formed inside his stomach while irritation was written all over his face.

His thumbs flew over his screen, typing that he was on his way to you as fast as possible. Hyungwon nearly slammed his phone down on the desk as he pushed himself up - the chair rolling back by the force until it hit the wall. He rushed over to his closet, searching through his stuff to find an adequate outfit. After all, he wanted to show you he should be the only man allowed to flirt with you or touch you. That probably wouldn’t be as effective with a simple black shirt and some sweatpants.

While Hyungwon changed his clothes, you had pushed your mobile phone back into your little bag and concentrated on the conversation with San. Flirting came almost naturally to you as it had become your default mode whenever you were with Hyungwon. Now you simply switched it on like a machine. 

One of your fingers trailed along San’s chest while he talked to you. Your attention was barely on his words as your finger wandered lower and lower until you hooked it around his waistband, pulling it shortly with a knowing smirk.

“I can see why Hyungwon is so smitten with you”, he rasped, eyes briefly cast down at your hand. 

You shrugged your shoulders, trying to overplay the sudden weight you felt inside your chest. “Apparently not enough to be here as well”, you murmured more to yourself than to San. Before he could notice your shift of emotions though, you grinned back up at him. “How about a few more drinks. I need the extra kick with the slight buzz from the alcohol.”

You didn’t even wait for his answer nor did you look over your shoulder to check whether he followed you after you made your way towards the kitchen.

Once you reached the kitchen you grabbed the first bottle of alcohol and poured a generous amount of it into your solo cup and downed several large gulps of it, feeling the burn down your throat. If Hyungwon didn’t want to party with you, you would make it joyful yourself.

Hyungwon had a few struggles with his outfit, hissing when the cool chains hit his upper body. Usually he would ask you to close them behind his back but this time he had to twist his arms to get the job done. Thankfully this was the only part of his outfit that gave him trouble. The simple black jeans and mesh shirt he chose highlighted the chains. He quickly brushed his fingers through his hair with a little gel, styling it casually and out of his face.

After one final look into the mirror Hyungwon put on his black boots, grabbed his leather jacket and his keys for the bike. He skipped a few steps down the stairs, hurrying to the garage as quickly as possible.

The engine howled loudly when Hyungwon started the machine. He placed the helmet on his head, shutting the visor and letting the engine howl again. With screeching tires Hyungwon dashed out of the garage and onto the streets.

He slalomed around other cars, clicking with his tongue when it felt he didn’t get to the party fast enough. His annoyance tenfold as soon as he turned the corner into the street where the party was held. “That’s what she meant with the biggest party”, he grumbled, seeing dozens of people having the time of their lives on the street and lawn.

The sound of his engine slowly drowned out the closer he came to the heart of the party. Hyungwon placed his feet on the ground and scanned the area, hoping to see a familiar figure. He recognised a few faces but none of them were you. 

Disgruntled Hyungwon parked his motorcycle next to the fence of the house where people went in and out like busy bees. He pulled his helmet off and hung it over the brakes. Even without the helmet he couldn’t see you anywhere.

Hyungwon got off of his bike and walked over the lawn, pushing drunk girls who basically threw themselves at him away with disgust written all over his face. One of them seemed especially clingy and Hyungwon almost had to fight her off. He didn’t want to be touched by anybody but you and even then preferably somewhere private.

While Hyungwon searched for you and asked other party goers whether they might have seen you, you had found yourself a fun little quest. You noticed a girl in the kitchen, who every now and then glanced at Hongjoong - one of the most hardworking students you knew from campus.

Without any hesitation you shouted ‘bodyshots’ loudly, raising a liquor bottle into the air. As soon as you got everyone’s attention within the room you pointed at Hongjoong with the bottle, a mischievous smirk on your lips. “And you’re taking the shots.”

A look of surprise washed over his features before he giggled softly and agreed. He cleared a table together with his friends and waited for you to make the next move.

You walked over to the girl, still grinning like a cheshire cat as you grabbed her hand and pulled her along to the table. You winked at her, wiggling your eyebrows knowingly before the both of you sat down on the table.

Both of you tried to hold in your laughter when you pushed your tops up, revealing your bare stomachs. You lied down, giggling once you felt the cold of the table against your skin, and grabbed the hand of the girl again. You two looked at each other and burst into another fit of giggles while one of Hongjoong’s friends poured the liquor into your belly buttons.

You felt some of the cold liquid running down your side, letting you arch your back immediately.

Hongjoong stepped closer to the table, eyes roaming over you two. He quickly leaned down and drank the shot out of your belly button, getting hyped up by the crowd.

The moment Hongjoong turned his attention to the girl, his friend poured another shot into your belly button, making you squeal. Though instead of letting Hongjoong take the shot again, he placed the bottle on the table and leaned over you, slurping the liquid through his lips. 

His tongue darted out, running circles around your belly button. He even followed the trail of liquor that had run down your side.

Hyungwon stormed into the kitchen, having heard from Minhyuk that you wanted to drink something the last time he had seen you. Hyungwon’s eyes jumped around the area. He didn’t see you and was about to leave the room again when he heard your squealing. His head snapped towards that direction, seeing you on a table and some other guy hovering above you.

You gasped in surprise when the guy got pushed away and you got pulled up harshly, making your head spin for a second. Once your eyes focused on the person before you, you nearly crashed into him while wrapping your arms around his neck. “Hyunnie!”

Hyungwon pulled you close against his side and basically dragged you out of the kitchen with a prominent scowl on his face.

You somewhat clumsily stumbled along with him, oblivious to his frustration. Instead you giggled in delight and wrapped your arms around his middle. “You came! I’m so happy you’re here now!”

“We’re leaving though.”

“What? Why?” You pulled on his clothes as you whined, trying to ignore how incredibly hot he looked. “I don’t wanna go now!”

Hyungwon stopped in front of his bike. He grabbed you by your shoulders and pulled you in front of him, staring down at you. “I really don’t have the patience arguing with you now.”

You pouted and looked up at him through your eyelashes. Without even thinking your hands wandered to his chest, playing with the chains and running over the mesh shirt. “You don’t have to argue with me”, you told him seductively, “just stay with me here and have some fun.” One of your hands wandered lower and over his stomach.

You hummed in want when you felt his prominent bulge. Your fingers followed the outline of his dick, wishing you could simply wrap them around his shaft and pump him. Heat pooled in your lower regions and your desire for this man clouded your mind.

Hyungwon grabbed your wrist and halted your ministrations, already breathing heavily from the few touches. “You need to stop or I won’t be able to control myself.”

A sly grin played over your lips. “That’s what a party is for, losing control.”

He groaned and closed his eyes, leaning his forehead against your own. “You’re testing me, y/n.”

You tilted your head and pecked his plush lips. “I just want you.”

Another groan left his lips. As if a switch got turned on, Hyungwon suddenly grabbed the back of your neck and slammed his mouth on yours, kissing you with a hunger you’ve never felt before. His other hand wandered down your sides and to your ass. He slid it under the skirt you wore to grab a handful.

You had your hands in his hair and simultaneously pushed your body into his. Under the guidance of his hand on your ass you rolled your hips against his bulge, becoming a moaning mess. Soon enough your own hands travelled down his body and fumbled around with his pants. You needed them open or preferably off so you could feel Hyungwon’s dick.

“You do know we’re surrounded by dozens of other people, right?” Hyungwon whispered into your ear, nibbling at your earlobe and kissing a trail down your neck.

“I don’t care”, you breathed out, “they’re all drunk anyway!”

“Does it turn you on? The thought of me fucking you in front of all these people? Are you that desperate for my dick that you can’t even wait to get somewhere a little more private?”

“Fuck, yes”, you mewled, his little ministrations turning not just your legs into puddy. “I want you so bad.”

Hyungwon moved his other hand to your ass as well, groping it and pressing your front against his hard on in the process. “You really are something else, sweetheart.” 

“Please, Hyunnie, please, I need you!”

As much as Hyungwon wanted to simply cave in, he decided to torture you a little longer. He nosed along your jawline and inhaled your sweet scent. “Are you absolutely sure you want to do it here?” For a second Hyungwon let his gaze wander around the front lawn, seeing people dancing, making out, chilling or drinking some more. He also noticed how a few guys already stared at you, bringing out his possessive side again.

“I won’t hold back, princess”, he growled and placed his hands on your hips, spinning you around and pressing your ass against his dick.

The sudden movement almost left you dizzy but you braced your hands on the saddle of his motorbike, your nails slowly scraping over the leather. You pushed even harder against his front, even swaying your hips to rail him up some more. “I don’t want you to hold back.”

Hyungwon chuckled and leaned over your back as his hands wandered over your body. “The second you change your mind, you have to tell me. Otherwise I won’t stop until I’m satisfied.” He grinned upon feeling the shiver running through your body. His hands snaked under your top and cupped your breasts. “No bra, huh? My naughty little princess.” He pinched your nipple, making you moan out.

“I’m not wearing panties either, only the fishnet tights.”

Hyungwon exhaled loudly, cursing under his breath. “You’re such a little slut, princess.” He kissed your shoulder before he grabbed the front of your top and pulled it upwards, exposing your breasts. “And a slut wants to be seen. Open up.” 

You opened your mouth immediately, letting Hyungwon push the fabric of your top into your mouth. You closed your mouth again after he commanded you to. The excitement and nervousness vibrating through your body. You moaned when Hyungwon fumbled with your breasts again, driving your need up through the roof.

Once your nipples were hard and perky, Hyungwon moved his hands down to your hips again. He grabbed the fabric of your skirt and pushed it upwards, revealing your ass to his eyes. His cock twitched upon realising you said the truth about not wearing any panties.

You squealed and slightly jumped in surprise upon hearing and feeling how your tights got ripped, making you somehow feel even more exposed. Hyungwon was awfully quiet and you worried whether he liked what he saw.

Hyungwon moved one hand between your legs and used the other on your hip to hold you in place. The slick out of your pussy already dripped down your legs. “Fuck”, he cursed and ran his fingers through your folds, “you’re super turned on right now, aren’t you princess?”

You nodded quickly, whining and moaning through the fabric in your mouth. His fingers already felt so good without even properly touching you.

Hyungwon continued to rub his fingers through your folds as he leaned forward and grabbed the fabric of your top, pulling the front over your head and letting it sit behind your neck. Like that you were still exposed, breasts already jiggling from the minimal vibrations running through your body, and able to voice everything.

He placed his hand back on your hip and pulled his fingers away from your core, holding them in front of your mouth instead. Hyungwon didn’t even need to say a word. You instantly opened your mouth and wrapped your lips around his digits, licking your own arousal off of them.

“You’re so good for me, princess”, Hyungwon hummed and pulled his fingers out of your mouth, needing them to open his pants. “I want you to let everyone know who you belong to.” He glared towards the men watching you hungrily. “Let them know who’s the only one allowed to touch you, to fuck you.”

“It’s you! It’s you Hyunnie!” You were so desperate for him, every fibre of your body begged for his dick to be inside of you.

Thankfully you finally felt his thick cock between your legs, rubbing along your folds and getting covered with your wetness. You gasped for air when Hyungwon pushed into your hole with one hard thrust. “Oh fuck, Hyun-”

You couldn’t finish your sentence as Hyungwon started a relentless pace and fucked into you from behind like a mad man. You basically clawed at the saddle of the bike to keep you in place, the force of his thrusts nearly making you lose your balance. 

“That’s what you wanted, right princess? Having a bunch of guys watch you get fucked by me. Look around princess! Look at them and tell them your pussy belongs to me!”

You blinked rapidly but followed Hyungwon’s command, turning your head from side to side and realising how many actually watched you being railed like that. “Fuck”, you cursed, clenching around his dick harder than before.

“TELL THEM, PRINCESS”, Hyungwon growled at you, loud enough for everyone to hear as well. He moved one of his hands to your front, circling your clit and driving you even closer to your release.

“FUCK”, you yelled out as your body already started to twitch from the pleasure, “FUCK, oh my god, fuck, fuck, fuck. HYUNGWON!”

“That’s it princess! Who do you belong to? Whose dick is making you feel this good? Who is the only one allowed to fuck you like this? To fuck in general!”

“YOU, HYUNGWON, ONLY YOU!” You cried out before you turned into an incomprehensible mess, blabbering praises with every thrust.

Hyungwon pinched your clit, making you scream as you got caught up in your orgasm. He pushed deep into your hole, spilling his seed into you. 

Hyungwon stayed inside of you, even though he felt his dick slowly softening. Instead he rubbed his hands over your sides and pulled your top back down over your torso, patiently waiting for you to come down from your high.

Once you whined from oversensitivity, he pulled out and brushed your skirt over your ass again. He slowly turned you around in his arms and brushed some strands of hair out of your face, kissing you ever so softly. 

“Ready to go home now?”

You nodded slowly, still slightly dazed from this experience. 

Hyungwon leaned closer to you, grabbing the helmet from his bike, while he whispered into your ear: “Be prepared, this was just the beginning of our night.”

You clenched around nothing, wishing his dick was inside of you again. “Fuck”, you breathed out, turned on once again. Now you definitely couldn’t wait to get home with him.

Hyungwon chuckled lowly and placed the helmet on your head, securing it and then helping you on his bike before he sat down himself. He patted your hands that automatically wrapped around his middle, feeling his ego rising again after this little stunt.

“Let’s get home so I can fuck you again”, he stated and turned on the engine, driving off and away from the infamous Jackson Wang party.

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Taglist: @xavi-in-kpopland​

[kpoptimeout]

K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the Fourth Week of January and 2024 (Jan 22 - Jan 28 2024)

Jan 22

AB6IX - GRAB ME

Talented boy band AB6IX shows their seasoned stage presence in this smooth track!

EVNNE - UGLY

Popular BOYS' PLANET contestants EVNNE return to slay in this powerful track!

(G)I-DLE - WIFE

Popular girl group (G)-IDLE teases their comeback with this edgy pre-release track!

SUPER JUNIOR L.S.S. - Suit Up

Super Junior's 6th sub-unit returns for some chaotic good fun!

TWS - plot twist

PLEDIS' first boy band since NU'EST and SEVENTEEN debut in this sweet song which screams nostalgic and innocence!

Jan 23

I.M - Slowly ft. HEIZE

MONSTA X's I.M drops a mellow collaboration with top RnB soloist HEIZE.

IU - Love wins all

IU croons sweetly in the post-apocalypse with BTS' V in her pre-release single!

SEOLA - Without U

GWSN's SEOLA goes solo in this confident dance-pop ballad.

Jan 24

CIX - Lovers or Enemies

Dark-concept boy band CIX returns as android lovers in this smooth track.

KIM JAE HWAN - Ponytail

WANNA ONE's main vocal Kim Jae Hwan is back with with funky and vibey performance!

Jan 25

No releases.

Jan 26

No releases.

Jan 27

No releases.

Jan 28

No releases.

What is your favourite release of the week?

[official-wonho]

The secret to Wonho's abs: two 2-hour gym sessions and no instant ramen

K-pop's resident beefcake shares his well-oiled fitness and diet routine

K-pop idol Wonho's love of fitness is something he developed only when he started training to become a performer, which makes his status as the industry's resident hunk even more impressive. Even if you've never heard any of his music (we recommend you hit ‘add to library’), you've likely seen a fancam or two of him grace your Twitter timeline or Instagram explore page. To put it plainly, he's got a rockin' bod.

All abs, thighs and arms, Wonho has been a staple in K-pop since 2015 when he debuted with the group Monsta X, who quickly became known for the masculine ‘beast idol’ concept. Since 2020, he's embarked solo, infusing that strong outer appearance with something more vulnerable. He's just released his second single album Bittersweet, which he's been promoting since early October. The promotions for a K-pop idol are gruelling and intense. Never just about an expertly conceptualised music video, they also include early start appearances on music shows, long interview days and ‘fan calls’ that involve a steady stream of Facetimes with fans who win the chance to talk to their fave starts off the back of buying albums. The process is a well-oiled machine, and so is the fitness routine and diet that Wonho has developed alongside it.

Not one to shy away from a revealing stage costume that shows off his six-pack in equal measure to his dance moves, or to entice fans with an expertly taken thirst trap, it's obvious Wonho has mastered the balance required to maintain one of the most jacked physiques in music and the gruelling reality of promoting as an idol. Here he explains what it takes to be the adonis of K-pop.

Workouts

"Monday morning I will work out my chest and then after I'll do my back and shoulders. Then the next day it will be my arms and my lower body, and then I'll repeat myself. So I spend four hours working out in total per day. I'll divide it up into the morning and the night, and then as well as that I'll also do a one-hour cardio workout. There are two types of ab workouts that I do after the main workout. I'll use the machine called hanging raise, and then I'll also work out with the cable, and I'll do 10 sets every single day. Seven days, every week.

So my favourite workout would be exercising my back because I often feel that I've worked out really hard and have that fulfilling feeling, I guess. I hate working out my chest because it's hard to get the posture right and I have back pain so, it's kind of hard to do it. I start off my set with free weights without using the machine, and I'll use the equipment in every gym that I would like to try out. There's a lat pulldown machine from the Italian brand Panatta that I really like.

For most Korean artists, when we start our album promotion [schedules] are packed and really tight, so many artists will sleep for, like, one or two hours and then get up and do another schedule. Whenever I don't get enough sleep, in the morning I often feel like giving up that day. But I'll never skip my workouts, especially because my face will bloat. So if I don't do it before the schedule, I'll do it during.

During the pandemic, it was really hard for me to work out in the gym. In Korea, many of the gyms were closed, but I had my own gym and supplements in my house. So I would use those to work out, but I also went outside a lot instead. Even if I couldn't focus on weights, I kept on working with my dancing and being mobile. [To dance] I do a lot of stretching and I use a foam roller constantly which helps a lot with balance. I think because I practice a lot of dancing, regardless of my muscles, [that fluidity] just naturally comes."

Diet

"I start my morning by training, and after working out I'll drink an oatmeal juice. For my first meal, I eat chicken with carrots, broccoli, kale and rice, and for my second I eat beef rump with rice. Then, in between my dinner and the second meal, I'll have another oatmeal juice. For dinner, I'll have white fish, again with rice, carrots, broccoli and kale, and I'll finish it off with egg whites. Sometimes I'll also eat pineapple for digestion.

It's probably a special case for me, and I don't think it will apply to many other people, but I often think of my fans or of being in front of a camera, and so naturally, it makes me handle my appetite and drive me further. It's like a motivation for me."

Vices

“My favourite food is ramen, but ramen is often recognised as an instant food and something that's not good for your health. But I can never resist it, so whenever I finish shooting a music video, or after my album promotion, I'll eat it. But since I have a photoshoot coming up, I won't have it yet.”

Skincare and beauty

"I don't use any specific skincare. I don't really know how to care for my skin, to be honest, so I will just use things that I see in front of me. For example, when I go to the gym they will have skincare that people can use, so I'll just use that.

I do love using perfume, though. My favourite is, and sorry to use a swear word, called Fucking Fabulous Eau de Parfum by Tom Ford."

Source: gq-magazine.co.uk

[svt-yexi]

Monsta X abandons Jung Se Woon and K. Will after failing to recognize BTS's Jin and Seventeen's Yexi on 'The Game Caterers 2'

Jung Se Woon and K. Will are abandoned by Monsta X after failing to recognize BTS's Jin and Seventeen's Yexi on 'The Game Caterers 2'.

On the latest episode of 'The Game Caterers 2', artists under Starship Entertainment gathered to play various games to win some late night snacks. Monsta X, Jung Se Woon, and K. Will were in a room together to play the 'person quiz' game where players are shown photos of different famous celebrities and they have to shout out the correct celebrity name within a given time limit. During one moment, Jung Se Woon was shown BTS member Jin's face, but Jung Se Woon failed to recognize Jin and was unable to say a name out loud. Seeing this, the Monsta X members and K. Will were in shock, quickly attempting to leave the room and not associating themselves with Jung Se Woon who had just failed to recognize a member from BTS.

It wasn't long after that K. Will made a similar mistake but with Seventeen's Yexi. It's no secret that Seventeen and Monsta X are close so it came as no surprise that Monsta X stood in solidarity and was heard saying, "Let's go, let's pack," as they quickly got up and hurried towards the door. A stunned-looking K. Will was heard apologizing to Yexi via the camera and told the camera's that he hadn't seen her in a long time so he didn't recognize her at first glance but assured the Monsta X members that he knew who she was.

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You knew he’d would be slightly screwed up by the adrenaline high. You knew he’d be wilder than he usually is. Buzzing with energy, smiling and laughing, celebrating like he should be. Because he deserves to. Because he worked so hard for this.

In your humble opinion, you know Jooheon pretty well - you’d be hesitant to say you know him better than anyone, but there are definitely sides to him that only you know.

Yet apparently, even those still leave quite a lot to be explored. There really is no other explanation for the situation you found yourself in.

What you expected was, maybe, to get lifted into the air and spun. To wrap your legs around his waist as he kisses you breathless. You wouldn’t even be surprised if he wrapped up quickly to drag you to the car and speed back home or to the studio, any closest space that would allow for privacy.

What you got instead is getting railed into oblivion against the wall of the waiting room, legs open and knees hooked over his arms.

With his brutal thrusts there’s hardly any need for him to support your weight as he keeps slamming into you so hard you keep bouncing up on the wall. He’s lucky your mind has already turned into mush or you’d tell him off of ruining your shirt and the backache you can already feel settling in.

“Shhh, baby - shit - babe, I know, but hush,” he mumbles against your lips, desperation lacing his voice. He hopes to swallow the noises you make, but it only drives him further into his own madness. He wants to get lost in the pleasure too, however years of experience have taught him to be careful. Clearly not enough since he just had to fuck you here, right after the recording ended, but let’s forget that for a second. 

Because he deserves to celebrate however the fuck he wants. And if it just so happens to be by fucking his favorite girl, then so be it.

“C-can’t, ‘s too good, Joo,” you hiss through gritted teeth. It helps reduce the noise but you’re too worried you’ll shatter them if you keep it up. You slap a hand over your mouth, muffling the moans somewhat.

Jooheon’s hips snap into yours over and over and he needs to bite down on your shoulder to keep himself silent. The sudden pain makes you clench around him so hard he swears you want to squeeze him dry and he picks up the pace. Maybe one rumor wouldn’t hurt. Maybe traumatizing the rookies in the next room wouldn’t be so bad.

He steps closer, pushing you further up the walls and the new angle makes him hit deeper and attack your sweet spot with dangerous precision.

“J-Joo,” you choke out, “C-can’t, please.”

“Just a little more,” he groans, raising his head from your shoulder to crash your lips together, “Take it, c’mon.”

He licks into your mouth and closes his eyes at your moan that feels like it vibrates through his entire body too. His eyes roll back and his hands squeeze the flesh of your thighs. He’s so close, so pumped with adrenaline and want that he lets go.

He fucks into you rough and hard, not caring about the noise. Everyone’s always loud here anyway. He ignores that he might be making thumping sounds against the wall with your body for which there won’t be a reasonable explanation but he ignores it, doesn’t even think about it. If you can’t keep down the volume, he’ll make you cum fast and take you home faster so you can celebrate some more.

He fills you up to the brim, opting for rough and quick thrusts that he barely needs to pull out for. With how much you’re sucking him in, he doesn’t want to either - and seems like you share the sentiment.

“Will cum,” he grunts, “Right inside. Make you keep it all in.”

You whine, clenching around him, right at the edge of climax and you have to bury your nails into his biceps to keep yourself from losing your mind with how good he feels.

“Cream my cock,” he pants right into your ear and the edges of your vision go white, “Do it for me baby.”

So you listen, and you feel him spill his load inside, feel the warmth spread. 

He holds you up until the fog clears out of your heads and only then does he pull out and lets you down gently. He gives you a sheepish look when he sees your wobbly walk. One of his arms wraps around your waist to help you walk on instinct.

Now that his head is clear, he starts overthinking. Did anyone hear? He’s pretty sure that at least some staff members had to. Is he in trouble? He doesn’t want that to spoil his day.

So he makes you both stand glued to the door and listen until it’s perfectly silent outside. Then you make a beeline for the car.

He wasn’t out of it enough to forget what he told you - and neither were you. It’s uncomfortable and you feel his seed drip and pool in your underwear, but most of all you’re soaking it with your own juices too because you can’t wait to see his reaction when he pulls it off again.

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Idol Life Ship

@aeriscallanga I hope you like the Idol Life Ship

Your Life as a Soloist

Your Company

Starship Entertainment

Brother Group

Monsta X

Sister Group

IVE

Your Concept

Your concept is super badass, and the story line involves you time traveling back in forth in time to change the way your life ends up. The music is inspired by both kpop and early 2000s alternative/rock music. You end up becoming known for your dark feminine vibes and impeccable styling. Most of your fans want your storyline turned into a kdrama.

First Win

You receive your first win only 30 days after your debut, and everyone is shocked by how much you won by!

Dating Scandal

Your dating scandal was with Heuning Kai. The two of you were very close friends, but of course there were some ‘fans’ that were convinced that meant the two of you were dating. Honestly things got pretty out of hand at one point and you both had to deal with invasions of privacy. You ended having to basically go off of those ‘fans’ before everything calmed down. There are still one or two fans that keep the rumors alive, but most people have learned to respect your privacy and your friendships.

Extra Activities

Some extra activities you do outside of making music:

Making art

Writing a book

Having a YouTube channel where you do makeup, cook, create art, sculpt, and also make blogs about anything you find interesting at the moment

Your Boyfriend

You end up actually dating Jongho! You meet backstage at Music Bank, and it was basically love at first sight for both of you. You both love and respect each other so much, and would do anything to make the other happy. It didn’t take you long to realize that Jongho was who you were meant to be with forever.

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Build Up, Ep 4 Recap: River vs A Letter

Welcome back to the project everyone loves waiting two weeks for -- my MNET Build Up Recaps! In the previous one, we saw WEi’s Seokhwa and AB6IX’s Woong take on two trainees. In this one, a bunch of my favorites face off -- Kim Minseo, Bain, Lee Gwangsuk, and Kim Sungjung. Oh no! Who will win? Let’s find out!

The guys come out, and as they stand there on stage, everyone notices how nicely dressed most of them are, and how tall. 

Bain and Minseo introduce themselves as Blackfire.

The colors in Blackfire refer to their hair colors, they explain. Looks like Minseo has trimmed his hair a bit, and it makes him look a little older. Bain’s is also restyled in a way that’s a bit more flattering to his head shape, which is good. This is all good. 

Wait, what is Bain wearing? 

Ok, I think he’s wearing a translucent white turtleneck, a white… vest? Cumberbund? … and a white blazer, with white trousers that also appear to be maybe a bit too translucent for me. 

Anyway, they explain that Bain even dyed his hair dark red (it had been orange before) as a step in becoming “ferocious” to beat the hyungs in the other team. 

Gwangseok and Sungjung introduce themselves as Black Haired.

Ok, obviously something is going on here -- a mysterious hair battle. What’s going on? Baekho reads the file and finds out that Sungjung said something surprising, so much so that VCG is like, “What is this, the Joseon Dynasty?” (That’s like asking, “What’s going on, are we in Renaissance times?”) 

We flashback to the rival matching moment, as Bain and Minseo make their way up to the RCPA (Rival Choosing Platform Area).  A lot of teams step forward to challenge them, including Geonu’s team, which is extra painful because Geonu and Bain are both on Just B together! Hey man, that’s gotta be a Survival-Show No-Go. An SSNG. 

Left to right: Team Geonu x Soomin; Team Lim Junhyeok x Yeo One; Team  Lee Gwangsuk, and Kim Sungjung; Team Yoon Inhwan x Ma Jaekyung. 

I guess later on I’ll try to reconstruct the order that the matching took place, because obviously this was pretty early on. 

Bain takes it in stride. He’s like -- “four teams thought they could beat us. It was fun!” And he gins. I really like Bain, guys. I wish he had a better stylist because he’s really charming in a Joohoney from Monsta X kind of way. 

So, Bain and Minseo start to think they’ll probably try to tackle one of the two teams on the left, and Sungjung notices the direction their eyes keeps going. He interviews, “Just by looking at them, I thought they’re someone we could beat with just emotion.”  He decides to make a strong provocation to get them to pick his team and he says, “I don’t like men dying their hair red.”

Bain, being iconic, is like, “well, first of all, it’s ORANGE, you dumb dumb!” 

At first, everyone is laughing, but then Bain is like, oh no you better don’t, and he picks Sungjung’s team. “They fell for our provocation. I’ve already made a plan. There’s no way we can lose -- I’m riding a wild horse. I have the fastest strongest horse. I’ve brought The Red Hare. I have… Lee Gwangseok.” 

Sungjung and Gwangseok meet up some time later to prepare for the challenge. MNET blurs out the brand name on their keyboard, which is important. Also, Gwangseok looks to be wearing a big, thick turtleneck s w e a t e r. Keep that throat warm, Gwangseok-ah!

Sungjung explains that his plan was to pick a really great partner and ride on his coattails, which seems weird given that Sungjung is also pretty highly regarded on this show. 

Sungjung explains that he really loved Gwangseok’s voice in both performances, even in Tomboy when Gwangseok was chosen as Low Tier. Sungjung says that he thinks they should do an emotional song, and again says that Gwangseok has a “wild horse” feeling, and every time he says that, the show plays a horse sound effect and it’s just like… 

FYI, please don’t be too concerned. This isn’t a real photo, as realistic as it looks. I did this in Microsoft Paint! I know, I know. You didn’t know your BPR-unnie could work magic like this. 

I think Gwangseok starts to get a bit uncomfortable with Sungjung constantly saying he’s like a wild horse, but that’s just my feeling. 

Sungjung says he wants to do a song with so much emotion that it smells. “I’d say a song that almost stinks!” Sungjung, are you ok? (This is probably a Korean figure of speech.) 

They decide on A Letter by Bumjin. This is the gist of the lyrics: 

“As I saw you turning around, I couldn’t say anything, and my short-lived year of being sad came to an end. When the harsh memories that pass by are scattered by the wind, I try to let them go as if nothing happened so that no painful feelings remain. Goodbye, my day is fading away, my stars that failed to shine, the words I have been saving, finally, I will send you my goodbyes.” 

At Gwangseok’s suggestion, they decide to just let their rugged vocals and the emotions of the song carry the piece.  Sungjung literally says he’ll do whatever Gwangseok wants to do, and Gwangseok again is made a bit uncomfortable, like, “this is too much pressure!”  Still, he really loves the song and thinks the performance could be really great. 

They gather to rehearse by singing into iced tea bottles in a… department store changing room? IDK, fam. Gwangseok says that neither of them majored in music, so he’s worried. It surprises me to hear that Sungjung didn’t major in music, since he seems to have some training under his belt, but I guess you never know. They practice a lot to make sure they have a good stage with their “unpolished” voices. 

And the performance begins!

Full version without reactions 

Overall, very nice, if a bit… boring? I think that’s because of the song as much as anything. It’s just so slow and plodding, with a beat that you simply cannot tap your feet to no matter how hard you try. 

Both guys have lovely vocal tones, and I really didn’t hear anything “off” or “wrong” about the performance when I just listened to it without watching. 

Gwangseok sounds husky, on the verge of him losing his voice, but that’s kind of his thing, isn’t it? 

Sungjung’s voice is so clean, almost featureless that it could blend with almost anyone’s, from Jay to Hayoon. I feel like I couldn’t really hear him in this performance, partly because he sang a bit too softly, and partly because Gwangseok sang a bit too loudly.

Something obviously went wrong part way, as Gwangseok seemed to have some sort of problem with his in-ear piece, and I think his inexperience on stage hurt the team a lot. In-ear piece giving you trouble? Subtly take it out and just move on. But he did the opposite -- he made a big deal out of his ear piece not working, shaking his head, getting his partner’s attention to point it out, just basically having no chill. 

And then, without the in-ear piece to help him judge volume levels, Gwangseok seems to lose control of his dynamics, and he suddenly and randomly gets really loud and even a bit shouty. It hurts the blend of the harmonies. It’s a shame, because I think that Sungjung’s voice is really interesting and wanted to get to hear him more. I feel like Gwangseok kind of dominated the show. It never sounds bad, but both of them look kind of miserable on stage and the vibe is off. 

And that’s the worst thing about it, since the whole point was supposed to be to portray this sad break up song in a way that makes the listener cry. The listener is too busy wondering “what’s wrong with Gwangseok’s earpiece?” to connect emotionally with the song. 

I’m not sure what happened here. Maybe they practiced too much and Gwangseok wore his throat a little raw and he just sort of lost confidence. Maybe it was just singing with the in-ear piece. I don’t know. But I think that Sunjung maybe shouldn’t have been so weird about the whole thing, because it put a lot of pressure on Gwangseok. 

Also, I think they should have planned what they would do between verses besides stand there and bop. Maybe they could have had the lights dim on them a little, or have something projected on the back screen, something to take the focus off of them while they weren’t actively singing. 

In the MNET edit, everything seems to start right. Right when Gwangseok starts singing, everyone seems to love his singing. Sungjung gets a lot of happy nods, too.  

Eunkwang is enjoying it. I think. I guess?

But then it starts to go wrong. Gwangseok lets everything show on his face and totally forgets about portraying the emotions of the song, which was supposed to be the whole point. The judges start to look kind of bored, kind of concerned. 

(next to Baekho’s face, it says “complicated”) 

It's a bummer, because they sound ok, despite the lack of blend in their voices and the problems with Gwangseok’s dynamics.

When the guys are done singing, the judges applaud a little, and VCG is smiling, but it’s a bit muted. Sungjung asks Gwankseok about his in ear monitors, and Gwangseok says they were “unstable.” 

Backstage, the guys say they’re not sure what the judges will say. They think it started off well, but was disappointing toward the end. They also aren’t sure the two singers' voices blended well, which I actually think I disagree with. I think they didn’t practice matching their dynamics properly, and if they had, their voices might have sounded really nice together. I think their lack of training ended up biting them in the hinder.

The judges seem to take a long time voting. Finally, we learn that their high is 90 and their low is 75, from -- who else -- Jaehwan. 

Jaehwan says that the song suited Gwangseok’s voice well, but it became too strong. Solar chimes in to say that Gwangseok sang a bit too loudly at points and it wasn’t balanced enough. Eunkwang scolds Gwangseok a little, saying that he really has to watch his dynamics because otherwise he won’t be a good member of a team. “You guys are really good,” Eunkwang says, even if they haven’t had training, “but there are parts that are disappointing.” Sungjung lacks energy, Eunkwang says -- and Baekho agrees. I think they’re all pretty correct. 

As the guys walk off stage, Baekho and Seungkwan compare Gwangseok’s voice to a gemstone that just needs some polishing. 

Next it’s Bain and Minseo’s turn. Backstage, they’re nervous -- scared, even. 

We flashback to the rival choosing day. Bain feels bad, partly because so many guys thought they could challenge his team, and partly because he was baited into choosing Sungjung’s team. But no more regrets! He is determined to find a song that fits his voice well. 

Minseo is frustrated, because he was low tier. “I expected no one to come my way and no one did,” he says. They were basically the team of leftovers, we see. Minseo says that he feels grateful to Bain and determined to do better. 

Some time later, Bain’s hair is now pale orange, and they’re meeting in an office space of some kind. Neither is wearing a sweater! What kind of bullshit is this? 

But at least Minseo has a nice coffee. Good, keep that up. 

They’ve already decided to sing a pop song. But which one? 

We see a pre-production meeting with Different-Hair Bain. I like this look better than the weird helmet cut he has going in episodes 1-2. He says that he thinks he must have been a foreigner in his previous life, because he feels so at home in the United States. Oh, come to visit, Bain! I have a spare bedroom. My fella and I will show you around. We can go do karaoke!

He just really likes pop music, by which I think they mean specifically Western pop music. They decide to do River by Bishop Briggs. I mean, yeah. That’s a great song to sing. Powerful, driving, oddly emotional despite the fact that the lyrics don’t really make sense no matter what language(s) you speak. Yep. 

People thought these two would be pushovers, easy to beat. It’s just made them want to try harder.

And then it’s time for their performance. Solar is worried that the song would be too powerful for them, but I know my Bain and I think this will be good.

Full version without reactions 

My thoughts:

FUCK YEAH. 

THAT��S THE STUFF.

Ok, guys, I would like to point out that I TOLD YOU ABOUT BAIN. I told you! I told you that he’s fucking great and I know that the show has up until now edited him to look like a schmuck but YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOUR BPR UNNIE TOLD YOU ABOUT BAIN. I also called Minseo “one to watch.” Listen to your unnie! 

One of my favorite parts is when, even in the Youtube version with no reactions, you can actually hear the judges screaming right toward the end. Amazing. Love it. 

Their voices are actually really similar, so I can mostly describe them together. Both of them have a fantastically well developed upper mix, meaning they can hit higher notes with a full voice rather than a falsetto. They both have a perfect vibrato that provides texture and interest without making it sound wobbly or fussy.

In terms of performance in general, they seemed confident, striding around the stage like they knew they were hot fucking shit, which they are. Bain’s little grin as he whispers “like a river”  toward the end is so good. 

Nitpicks? Just three. (1) At once point, Minseo got a tiny tiny bit shrieky as the note got away from him, right toward the end. (2) Bain’s falsetto was a little thin and underdeveloped. (3) Minseo in particular could improve his English pronunciation. But who cares, this rocked. I forgive it all. At this point, I prefer this to the original version by a decent amount. If only they’d worn sweaters it would have been completely perfect.

Ok, for once I’m excited to see the MNET version. 

It’s so fun to watch the judging panel go apeshit, even if it was filmed on a potato.

VCG likes it so much he gives his Super Dorky Smile of approval.

There are so many instant replays but I don’t even mind. I suspected Bain’s whispered “like a river” would get replayed and it did, but a bunch of other things too.

The judges are just open mouthed while the guys backstage are like, “this is so dark and sexy! They’re like different people.” Even Minseo’s slightly shrieky high note toward the end gets love.

When they’re almost done the judges are already on their feet screaming, but then the singers have two more notes to sing and the judges hush their mouths to listen. 

So. Satisfying. 

Backstage, the guys are mostly gobsmacked. Most of them didn’t know that Bain was that good. On stage, VCG is wiping away tears and Jaehwan is comparing Bain to Rihanna. 

Bain and Minseo are being so polite and reserved that VCG teases them that they should be more cocky about it after a performance that good.

Solar calls them “perverts,” which again refers to that thing Seunghwan said in the first episode, which is just a little bit beyond my ability to research. I assume it’s Korean slang. “You seemed to know what it means to put on a performance,” she adds, which, yeah. 

Seungkwan asks if they’re both actually Korean, which is pretty funny. 

“What? Hyung, what? Why are you laughing at me, hyung? I’m going to tell S. Coups on you." - Seungkwan, probably

Seungkwan says that the song River could come off as cheesy if you’re not careful, but Bain was so sexy and Minseo went nuts! 

VCG says “Bain, that’s how one should sing -- with all the different tones. That’s the taste I’ve been wanting. That’s how you get the listeners to focus. And Minseo? You’re a trainee but you gave more taste than the pros.” 

Eunwkwang says that even though they were powerful, their singing was clean and they never lost control. 

Jaehwan says they’re in trouble… because now they have to do even better in the next round. Baekho is like, come on! 

Time for the judges to vote! Backstage, poor Gwangseok and Sungjung -- remember them? -- know what’s up. Reveal the votes, but not really! Commercial break! Reveal the votes again! But not really! Ok, finally reveal them this time!

Seungkwan, VCG, and Wendy all give 100s. Baekho and Wendy give 97s, and Solar and Jaehwan must have given 98 or 99.

The continued look of astonishment on Minseo’s face is just about the cutest/dorkiest thing on earth. I love it. 

And Bain low-key looks like he might cry:

Dahee calls out the first team, who walk up on stage kind of sadly. Since their high score was 90 and low score was 75, there’s just no way that they could have won, but we get the scores anyway: 690 to 587. 

Doing the math, Solar and Jaehwan must both have given Bain and Minseo a 98. As for the Gwangseok and Sungjung, if you subtract out the high and low scores, it turns out the average of the other judges scores was 84. 

Backstage, Inhwan and Jaekyung note that Bain and Minseo’s team would have beaten any of the teams who challenged them. As a reminder, they were challenged by: Geonu x Soomin and Junhyeok x Yeo One as well as Gwangsuk x Sungjungand Inhwan x  Jaekyung. You might notice that two of those teams haven’t performed yet…. Hmmmm. I wonder if maybe these performances were shown a bit out of order? So now we’re spoilered that Team Geonu x Soomin and Team Junhyeok x Yeo One will both score below 690. 

Dahee asks the losing team if they have any remarks, and our leaping lizard Sungjung says, “I just want to say one thing. Red hair suits you well.” Everyone laughs and the good feeling is restored.

Gwangseok says, “But seriously, we just wanted to be cool. We thought a loss would be acceptable if we did well, but the opponents did better.” The implication is that maybe he thinks they *didn’t* do well. The judges reassure him that he did, and Dahee adds her piece: “I don’t know if it’ll comfort you, but from where I stand, you guys still seem cool to me, even though you lost.” Aww, Dahee is pretty great, isn’t she? I was unsure about her in the beginning but she’s just the cutest. 

Backstage, Gwangseok and Sungjung say they should just go get some soju. And Bain and Minseo are in a state of delighted disbelief. 

Anyway, that was fun! I feel a bit sad for Sungjung and Gwangseok, but it also feels fair. I think Sungjung put all his hopes on Gwangseok instead of just sort of running his own (horse) race, and I think Gwangseok’s inexperience showed. I still think both of them are great singers and I hope they can continue to learn and grow from all this. 

Thanks as always for reading! And if you’re enjoying my recaps, feel free to talk about them whenever/wherever/however! See you as always in the next one.

[naesarangyunho]

naesarangyunho's masterlist:

ATEEZ

ATEEZ masterlist

MONSTA X

MONSTA X masterlist

TXT

-Drunken Confessions- Choi Yeonjun x male reader (mature) (fluff) (slight angst)

NCT

-Something Good- Yuta Nakamoto (fluff?)

WayV

-A First- Qian Kun (smut) (fluff)

-OK!- Liu Yangyang (smut)

BTS

-Okay- Min Yoongi x male reader (tw:mental health issues) (hurt/comfort)

ENHYPEN

-By Your Side- Jake Shim (angst)

-Enha as things my family has said

-Winning Hand- Heeseung (smut) (fluff) (requested)

STRAY KIDS

-Gumiho- Lee Know (fluff) -Stress Relief- Lee Know x Male reader (Smut) -Thighs- Bang Chan (Smut)

ONLYONEOF

-Kiss Me, Hyung- Yoojung x male reader

[brofisting]

2️⃣3️⃣ BANGERS FROM 2023 🎶

I listened to a lot of music in 2023!!! I love music!! There was sooooo much new-to-me music that I found this year, especially since I really committed to listening more widely to k-pop.

BUT if I made a list of new-to-me music I enjoyed this year we would be here forever, so I've made a list of 23 songs that came out in 2023 that made my year, and that I wanted to share with people. Enjoy!!! (I stuck to one song per artist, with one exception.)

Commentary under the cut!

Memories, RIIZE – What can I say; they're my boys of 2023. This is probably not going to be their sound going forward but I'm so glad they put it out as their first ever full song, because it's the perfect boyband song and it hooked me from day one.

Baggy Jeans, NCT U – This is Thee song of 2023. I will entertain no arguments on that.

The Last One, Maisie Peters – This did the same thing to my brain this year that Taylor Swift's Long Live did to it in 2010 which I think says everything.

Angel Eyes, NCT 127 – Yes, I realize NCT 127 is most known for crazy anti-music. This is like... anti-anti-music. It's Doyoung Does Journey. It's perfect in every way and I love it so much.

Naked In Manhattan, Chappell Roan – I realize this technically came out as a single in 2022 but I didn't appreciate it then and when I was picking a song off The Rise & Fall Of A Midwestern Princess it had to be this one, for me.

get him back!, Olivia Rodrigo – Everyone loves it for a reason, the reason is because it rules.

Something To Believe In, Kesha – If you haven't listened to Kesha's album from this year do yourself a favor and go do so right now. It's discomfiting and gorgeous.

CAKE, KARD – I dunno why I thought KARD was going to be music for heterosexuals. It is not music for heterosexuals. Watch the dance practice to see a giant LA frat-adjacent boy serve cunt.

On My Youth (English Version), WayV – This whole album rules but this stands out to me as a really great song that works perfectly both in Chinese and in English. They really sell it and it slaps. Also, the dance challenge they did for it stands out as the most fun one I saw all year, which really has nothing to do with the song but made me follow them on Instagram and now I'm obsessed with them.

Paint The Town Red, Doja Cat – Another one where it's just like... The Masses Are Correct. It's great.

Good Enough, CHANYEOL – This song makes my entire body and brain relax.

Beautiful Liar, MONSTA X – Classic Monsta X, fun and exciting and interesting and cool as hell. Video rules. So grateful we got this before they all had to enlist this year.

Back for More (with Anitta), TOMORROW X TOGETHER – The squawk of outrage that I made when I watched this video for the first time and Kai was hot in it.........also it was on repeat for a solid 4 weeks. It's catchy, Anita's part is great, and it ruined my life a little.

Get it? Got it? Good (feat. Amber Liu), Jessica – A late addition that is on repeat as we speak. Proof that a good hook is magic, IMO.

I AM, IVE – I'm ashamed that it took seeing IVE in concert to realize how fucking great they are, but they are so great, and this entire album is so solid with this song as the glittering diamond in it.

Voice, JOOHONEY – This one also feels a bit like cheating because I actually heard it in 2022, in concert. But it came out this year on Jooheon's solo album, and it's just... so, so good, and it makes me feel so much.

God Of Music, SEVENTEEN – I went back and forth between this and Super, but in the end, this won out for sounding like a party in progress, and being the Seventeen song that made me really take a second look at them and promptly fall down the rabbit hole. It's so fucking good, and it's so fucking fun, and they deserve all the recognition they got this year.

TOPLINE (Feat. Tiger JK), Stray Kids – A very Stray Kids song, by Stray Kids. I think it's my favorite from them this year, though there's definitely competition. This is winning due to the amount that I sing along to it in my kitchen.

BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS), ATEEZ – ATEEZ are more my boys-in-law than my boys, but far be it from me to deny that BOUNCY is one of the songs of the year. I cannot put that shit on without dancing along.

One Kiss, Red Velvet – Chill Kill is a phenomenal album front to back, but this song stands out as soooo perfect. Throwback vibes but feels contemporary, great vocals, lots of fun.

Guilty, TAEMIN – Primarily I'm obsessed with the artistic choices Taemin made on this album, but even discounting that, this song is a masterpiece.

NO PROBLEM (Feat. Felix of Stray Kids), NAYEON – This is a light, fun, kind of soothing bop which, if it were anyone else who'd featured I'd have probably been like "why did you ruin it with a random feature", but somehow since it's Felix featured he just brightens it up even further. I love it.

Talk Saxy, RIIZE – Yeah, of course this was going to be the artist who got two. What can I say. I was skeptical when the title "Talk Saxy" dropped, and then was made to eat my words so thoroughly I am now obligated to talk up Talk Saxy every time RIIZE comes up for the rest of my life. A perfect boyband bop, goofily age appropriate song, great dance, great vocals, good boys. Made me so excited about their future and sealed the being obsessed with them deal. Hashtag Stan RIIZE.